Call for Papers | NUALS Securities Law Review – Volume 3: Submit by Feb 28

About NUALS Securities Law Review

The Centre for Law and Development (CLD) is a research initiative led by Dr. Balakrishnan K., the Director of CLD and Associate Professor at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS). The Centre is primarily known for contributing to securities law through its securities law newsletter, which has provided legal literature and excellent dissemination of capital market-related developments for over a decade. The NUALS Securities Law Review is an academic journal brought out by the Centre that focuses on securities law and the capital market, featuring articles by members of the legal community in these fields.

About Call for Papers

The NUALS Securities Law Review invites submissions for its 3rd Volume to be published in June 2025. Contributions are encouraged from academicians, legal professionals, and law students.

Topic

The submissions must be an original work of the author(s) relating to recent developments and events related to Securities Law and Capital Markets. Preference will be given to submissions that provide critical analysis of legal questions accompanied by possible solutions for the same.

Submission Categories

The SLR accepts submissions in the form of:

• Case Comments: 2000 – 5000 words
• Essays: 2500 – 5000 words
• Articles: 5000 – 10000 words

Submission Guidelines

• Exclusive Submission Policy – The Submission should be original work and not submitted simultaneously to other publications.
• Zero Plagiarism – Plagiarism is strictly prohibited; all references should be cited.
• After review, manuscripts may be returned to authors with suggestions to change content, style or structure. Acceptance of the piece for publication would be contingent upon incorporating the suggestions.
• The submissions must be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 250 words.
• All manuscripts should be formatted in Times New Roman, size 12, and have a line spacing of 1.5. The citations should be in Times New Roman, size 10, and have a line spacing of 1.
• Footnotes are required and should be in the Bluebook 21^st Edition format. The word count is exclusive of footnotes.
• All submissions should be in .doc or .docx format.
• The submissions shall be subjected to a peer-review process by the editors, and the final decision shall lie at the discretion of the board of editors.
• Co-authorship of submissions is allowed for up to two persons.

Last Date to Submit

Entries can be submitted on or before February 28, 2025.

Submission Procedure

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Contact Information

In case of any queries, you can reach out to cldpublications[at]nuals.ac.in or contact:

• Anasruta Roy – +91 83360 13721
• Aadithya J Nair – +91 99620 82907