It can take over a year for a work to be published. Fortunately, many academics post early drafts on databases like those listed below. Check the following links to see if another academic is working on a paper similar to yours.
Searchable database of law-related research materials, across individual institutional repositories, such as law schools, research units, institutes, centers, think tanks, conferences, and other subject-appropriate groups, which post materials to specific publications (e.g., the USC Working Paper Series). Works are often either recently published or forthcoming/pre-prints.