About NLUJAA
The National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA) has been established by the Government of Assam by way of enactment of the National Law School and Judicial Academy, Assam Act, 2009 (Assam Act No. XXV of 2009). The word ‘School’ was replaced by the word ‘University’ by amending the National Law School and Judicial Academy, Assam (Amendment) Act, 2011. The Hon’ble Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court is the Chancellor of the University. NLUJAA promotes and makes available modern legal education and research facilities to students and scholars drawn from across the country, including the North East, coming from different socio-economic, ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds.
Eligibility
TCLF is inviting submissions in the form of call for blogs on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year from members of the bar, legal professionals, law students, or others who are interested in publishing with us.
Submission Rules
TCLF is a forum for the exchange of ideas and we are open to submissions from all areas of law, as long as they have some contemporary relevance.
Submissions should conform to the following guidelines:
- Articles should contain content that is both original and unpublished.
- Co-authorship is allowed up to 2 authors.
- Authors should preferably use hyperlinks within the text itself for citing the resources instead of footnotes.
- If hyperlinking the resources is not possible, authors may use Oxford Standard OSCOLA (4th edition) or any uniform citation style to cite authorities as endnotes.
- Authors should restrict their submissions between 1500- 1800 words.
- Submissions should be made in Microsoft Word format.
- Language used should be British English.
- Authors must adhere to the following formatting style; Font style: Times New Roman, Font size: 12 and Line spacing: 1.5.
- The articles would be evaluated on the following broad parameters: novelty/originality of the idea, articulation, structure, relevancy and authors’ insight.
- The review process usually takes a week’s time.
Submission Process
- Authors interested in submitting a piece for the call for blogs are requested to mail their submissions at [email protected] with the subject line ‘Submission_TCLF’.
- The body of the email must contain a short bio of the author(s) and the name of the institution that they are affiliated to.
Advisory Board
- TCLF is supported by a noted and diverse group of industry professionals, comprising:
- Mary Prior QC (36 Group, United Kingdom), Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey (ex-Partner, CAM), Mr. Jawahar Lal (Partner, PRA Law Offices), Mr. Talha Abdul Rahman (Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India), Mr. Suvigya Awasthi (Associate Partner, PSL Advocates & Solicitors), Mr. Vatsalya Vigya (Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India), Ms. Rachana Yadav (ex-Senior Associate, AZB & Partners).
- Not only these, they are also supported by Dr. Charu Mathur (Advocate on Record, Supreme Court of India), Mr. Yash Patel (Associate, Khaitan and Co.), Ms. Anindhya Sharma (Associate, Inttl Advocare IP Attorneys), Mr. Sarthak Raizada (Advocate, Supreme Court of India), Mr. Gaurav Pathak (Practicing Advocate, Delhi HC), Mr. Sharad Verma (Lawyer with Gray & Company, Canada) and Mr. Sameer Avasarala (Associate, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas).
Relevant Contact
For further clarity one may reach out to [email protected]