University College London
Journal of Law and Jurisprudence (UCLJLJ)
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: VOLUME
11 (SPRING 2022)
The UCL Journal of Law and
Jurisprudence is a law journal run by students of the UCL Faculty of
Laws. The Journal is available through open access. The Editorial
Board is pleased to announce a call for submissions for publication in Spring
2022. The Board welcomes papers covering all areas of law and
jurisprudence. All submissions are assessed through double blind peer
review.
Successful submissions will
provide an original contribution or insight into a legal field or propose an
answer to a complex and/or yet unanswered legal question. We accept
articles of between 8,000-12,000 words, case notes of 6,000-8,000 words,
current affairs pieces of 2,000-4,000 words and book reviews of 1,000-2,000
words. Contributions that have already been published or that are under
consideration for publication in other journals will not be considered.
All submissions must be appropriately referenced and comply with the Oxford
University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA).
In addition, articles must be
submitted in Microsoft Word format and include an abstract of approximately 150
words. Journal submissions are expected to meet the standards for
publication at the time of submission. You can find more information
about the expectations of journal submissions, including published articles
from prior years, at: https://student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/laj/issues/.
The deadline for submissions
is Thursday, 13 January 2022. Late submissions will not be considered.
Manuscripts must be uploaded
via the submissions section on our website (https://student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/laj/submissions/).
Users will be required to register on the UCLJLJ website prior to submitting an
article. We do not accept submissions via email. Authors should
submit an anonymous version of the manuscript, stripped of all identifying
references to the author(s) for peer review.
For any further questions
regarding the Journal, past issues or the submissions process, please refer to
our website (https://student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/laj/).
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