Young Lawyers’ Journal: NBA YLF Extends Deadline for Submission of Papers
Sequel to its first bulletin, the Editorial Board of the NBA-Young Lawyers’ Forum wishes to announce the extension of time for call for well- researched papers in diverse areas of law with contemporary relevance for publication in the Young Lawyers’ Journal. By this notice, the deadline is extended from 30th November 2023 to 15th December 2023. The Journal is a flagship publication of the NBA- Young Lawyers Forum. The Journal seeks to promote the development of law and jurisprudence and welcomes manuscripts from Only Young Lawyers in the profession.
GUIDELINES: Please note that the Editorial Board will only consider papers for publication where they comply with the following guidelines
The manuscript must be in Microsoft Word format with font 12 size using Times New Roman character, typed in U.K English and with 1.5 line spacing on A4 paper.
All referencing must be done with automatic footnoting using font size of 10, numbered consecutively and in accordance with the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) citation style, fourth edition. The OSCOLA citation style can be assessed at.
The manuscript or contribution must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. If the article is under consideration by another publication, the contributor should indicate at the point of submission.
Word limits for manuscripts should be:
a. Articles—A minimum of 4000 (four thousand) and a maximum of 8000 (eight thousand) words.
b. Book or paper reviews -A maximum of 5000 (five thousand) words.
c. Case and legislation notes – A maximum of 4000 (four thousand) words.
d. Word limits in (a) – (c) include footnotes.
The body of the manuscript shall commence with an abstract of not more than 250 words before the introduction, with 4-7 keywords immediately after the abstract.
The manuscript submitted does not infringe copyright or is unlawful or litigious.
All comments should be fair and reasonable. The journal does not allow offensive, denigrating, sexist, defamatory, abusive and inciting comments/language.
To be considered for this Journal, all articles must be received by the Editorial Board on or before 15th December 2023. All papers should be clearly marked for the attention of the Secretary of the Editorial Board and sent to ylfjournal@gmail.com
