Depends which department / practice area you're applying into. If you're applying into a litigation department, whether or not it will move the needle will depend on whether or not the contents of the journal article(s) are relevant to the kind of litigation the department engages in. If not relevant, it will showcase your intellectual capabilities, but nothing more.

If you're applying into corporate department, generally corporate practitioners don't really care about whether or not your articles were published, or the fact that you wrote articles. Corporate practice is less about the cutting edge of the law, and more about securing the least legally risky position for your client for a particular transaction.


Note that securing a TC (barring some backward big4 hiring practices) depends on your fit in the team and how personable you are, not just your intellect.