Call for Papers by Young Lawyers Forum [Vol 1, Annual Issue 2023]: Submit Now!

Young Lawyers Forum is issuing a Call for Papers for the first edition of its journal titled “Journal of Legal Theory and Practice [JLTP]” for Vol. 1 (Annual Issue 2023).

About the Organiser

Young Lawyers Forum is a Not-for-Profit Registered Society based in Srinagar, J&K. The Organization works in the areas of Public Interest Litigation and Public Legal Awareness besides advocating for quality legal education and research amongst students of law by various initiatives in the nature of competitions, work-shops and career guidance to budding lawyers.

The Journal of Legal Theory and Practice is one such ambitious initiative of the Organization.

About the Journal

Young Lawyers Forum is issuing a Call for Papers for the first edition of its journal titled “Journal of Legal Theory and Practice [JLTP]” for Vol. 1 (Annual Issue 2023).

The Journal will cover contemporary legal issues across diverse areas of legal field and will be a great opportunity for people associated with the field to get their work published and publicized.

It will be an annual, double blind, peer reviewed and refereed journal, intended to promote quality legal research. The editorial team on board are well known and qualified legal experts in different areas of law.

Theme

Authors can submit their works on any Legal theme of contemporary relevance.

Submission Categories

• Long Articles: 5000-10000 words
• Short Articles: 3000-4800 words

General Guidelines

Authors are requested to strictly adhere to the following guidelines:

• An abstract of not more than 250 words providing a capsule summary of the paper followed by 6 keywords is mandatory.
• Co-Authorship of up to two authors is permitted
• Plagiarism of up to 20% is permissible.
• All submissions must be in (.docx) format
• Manuscripts not in conformity with the Submission Guidelines may be rejected at the sole discretion of the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board reserves the right to send the manuscripts back to the authors for any modification(s) at any stage, in the event of non-conformity with any of the submission guidelines.

Formatting Requirements

• Font Style- Times New Roman
• Main title – Size 14, centre aligned, in bold.
• Headings within the main text – Size 12 sentence case, left aligned, numbered (1, 2, 3….), in bold.
• Subheadings within the main text – Size 12, sentence case, left aligned, in italics, numbered using decimal levels (e.g First sub-heading under Heading 1 to be numbered as 1.1, Second subheading as 1.2, and so on.)
• Footnotes – Size 10
• Line Spacing – must be 1.5 for main text and 1.0 for footnotes.
• General alignment must be justified.
• Abstract Formatting: Style: Times New Roman, Size :12, Italics
• Citations must conform to standards laid in the OSCOLA (4th edition)/ Blue Book (20th edition). Speaking footnotes are discouraged.

Who is it for?

JLTP shall accept only original and unpublished manuscripts of the author(s). In case, the manuscript is under consideration at any stage with any other publication platform, the author must make a disclosure of the same upon submission of their manuscript following which the submission will be considered for preliminary review.

However, only submissions made exclusively to JLTP shall be forwarded for qualitative review for which the author(s) shall be given an option to proceed exclusively or withdraw their submission.

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions shall be taken on a rolling basis exclusively through the form provided in the Link.
• Authors of co-authored manuscripts are required to designate one amongst themselves as a corresponding author. All communications regarding the processing of their manuscripts shall be addressed to the corresponding author their e-mail address.
• Authors of single authored papers do not need to provide correspondence details separately.

The following files in .doc only format are required to be uploaded:

1. A cover letter consisting of the following details of all the authors:

a. Name of the Author(s) along with phone number and e-mail address.
b. Affiliation (Student/Lawyer/Researcher/Academic). Students are required to indicate the programme name and year of study.
c. Name of the institution affiliated with.
d. Title of Submission
e. Total Word Count of Manuscript (Abstract, Keywords and Manuscript Body).

2. Manuscript File requirements:

a. The file name must only contain the title of the Manuscript and no other information.
b. The file must contain the following in the same order as specified : Title, Abstract, Keywords and the Manuscript.
c. Important: The Manuscript file should not contain any information which can serve as identity markers of the Author(s) or their institution.

Location

Remote/online

For any quarries feel free to reach out to us at journal@ylfkashmir.com

Click here for the website.

Click here to register.

Source: Lawctopus