Guidelines for Authors

Submission Guidelines

  1. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year.
  2. Submissions can be made to “centreforlabourlaw.nliu@gmail.com” with the subject: Blog submission: *title*
  3. The blog post must be submitted in a .docx file attached to the email sent. PDFs or blog posts in the body of the email will not be accepted.
  4. The submission must be between 800-1500 words. Posts falling below or beyond this range will be considered depending upon the editor’s discretion.
  5. Font: Times New Roman, 12. Alignment: Justified. Line Spacing: 1.5.
  6. Posts must include hyperlinks to relevant legal sources and references made, including any judgments, laws, treaties or other legal texts which are mentioned. End notes must be used only for offline sources and must comply with 20th Bluebook edition.
  7. Co-authorship is permitted up to 2 authors.
  8. Posts should reflect authentic, original and unpublished work of the author(s).
  9. The author(s) must not mention their name(s), college/firm, address or any other information that may indicate their identity, in the document submitted.
  10. Cross-publishing is not permitted.
  11. The authors must submit a declaration in their mail that the piece submitted is original & not plagiarised from any other sources, and all the references are made therein, according to the relevant guidelines. 
  12. The Centre for Labour Laws will hold the moral rights and copyright over the manuscripts published in the CLL Blog.
  13. For any query, feel free to drop us a mail at centreforlabourlaw.nliu@gmail.com.