About the Law Review

The NLIU Law Review is an endeavor on the part of the student body of the
National Law Institute University, Bhopal to encourage and inculcate in the students
a spirit of legal research and develop their interest further in unexplored areas of the
law. It is the first of its kind in the University which has entirely been the effort of
the Student Body. This exclusively student-run journal is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed
law journal which seeks to focus on the burning issues in the legal scenario and
promote interest in the same. The first issue of the journal was a success and we look
forward to an increasingly positive response to carry forward the journal and ensure
a heightened level of enthusiasm in the legal fraternity regarding the same.

Call for Papers

The NLIU Law Review invites submissions for Volume 2 Number 2 to be published
in September 2011 with the theme “Judicial Accountability: An Evolving Paradigm”.
Furthering the aim of the Law Review as a medium of intellectual discussion and a
platform for debate on current issues in the legal field, we have dedicated our next
issue to the vast and passionately debated area of Judicial Accountability.
The issue aims at exploring this topic from the perspective of the following sub
themes:

1. The Judicial Standards and Judicial Accountability Bill, 2010

2. Legislative and Judicial Trends in Judicial Accountability in India
3. Need of a Watchdog for the Judiciary
4. Right to Information as an Instrument of Judicial Accountability
5. Judicial Accountability and Independence of the Judiciary

The entries could also be focused on a narrow, specific issue within any of the above
sub themes. The Law Review will accept academic submissions in the form of
articles of 4000- 8000 words for this issue. Co-authorship is allowed upto a
maximum of two authors. All manuscripts must be the original work of the authors
and must not have been published or considered for publishing elsewhere.
The Journal is edited by an Editorial Board consisting of students from the National
Law Institute University selected on an annual basis through a selection process that
tests them on their editing skills and knowledge in the concerned areas of law.

The NLIU Law Review is now accepting submission for the forthcoming issue. The
deadline for submission is 15th June, 2011.
Submission Guidelines
 The submissions must conform to the guidelines specified and should be sent
with a declaration of originality (which is available at www.nliulawreview.in) in the
specified format by 15th June, 2011. Submissions received thereafter shall be
considered for publication in the next issue.
 Submission should be accompanied with a covering letter including author’s
name, email ID, mobile number and college name.
 Submissions must be in electronic form sent via email.
 Papers submitted must not be written by more than 2 authors.
Style guidelines
 All submissions must be in (.doc) format. It must word processed and compatible
with Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007.
 Papers must include an abstract of 250-300 words inclusive in the word limit.
 The text for the Main Body must be in Times New Roman, 11 points, 1.15 line
spacing, justified, 1 inch margins on all sides. For the Footnotes it must be Times
New Roman, 9 points, 1 line spacing, Justified.
 Citations must conform to standards laid down in The Bluebook: A Uniform System
of Citation (18th ed. 2005).
 Submissions must use only footnotes as a form of citation. Substantive footnoting
is permissible.

For further clarifications regarding the submission guidelines or any other subject
matter, please contactnliu.lawreview@gmail.com or visit www.nliulawreview.in