The Editorial Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is calling on members of the Nigerian Bar to submit well-researched articles/papers for the first volume of the Nigerian Bar Journal. The call was made known by the Nigerian Bar Association through a statement signed by Dr. Rapulu Nduka, the Publicity Secretary of the Association. As stated in the attached call, the Editorial Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association calls for well-researched papers in diverse areas of law with contemporary relevance for publication in the Nigerian Bar Journal. The Nigerian Bar Journal is a flagship publication of the Nigerian Bar Association.
“The Journal seeks to promote the development of law and
jurisprudence and welcomes manuscripts from all stakeholders in the legal
profession and the social sciences, even from an interdisciplinary perspective.
This may be in the form of full-length articles, short notes, case comments,
statute reviews or Bills analyses especially from the National Assembly.
“Articles published in the Journal are subjected to rigorous
peer-review to ensure that they provide original analyses of the issues
considered, in a manner that interests the academia, the Bar, the Bench, and
other relevant stakeholders. Contributions are accepted throughout the year but
the journal shall be published bi-annually in July and December of each year,”
the statement reads.
Guideline for abstract:
The abstract
is not expected to be more than 200 words. Same must come before the
introduction.
General Guideline:
Doc Format:
Microsoft word, not PDF.
Theme Font: Time
News Roman
Spacing:
1.5
Font Size: 12
English Standard: UK
Noting Format:
Footnote, not Endnote (Ctrl, Alt & F – a combination of all, helps for
automatic footnoting or located references tag on Microsoft for manual
footnoting.
Footnote font size: 10
Citation style:
OSCOLA (fourth edition: access same at: http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola.)
Other details:
The
manuscript or contribution must be original and must not have been submitted
for publication elsewhere.
1. Contributions
shall be between seven thousand to ten thousand words in the case of
full-length articles; and not more than five thousand words in the case of
short articles which may be statutes reviews, Bills analyses or case comments.
In any case, the number of words shall be inclusive of footnotes.
2. The
manuscript shall be subjected to blind peer review. As such, the names and
institutions of the author should not be included at the head of the
manuscript, except the title of the manuscript. Instead, these shall be on a
title page which shall contain the title of the manuscript, the name of the
author with qualifications obtained, the author’s institutional affiliation,
professional and/or academic status and email address.
Additional Note:
The
manuscript submitted does not infringe copyright or is defamatory, obscene or
otherwise unlawful or litigious. To be considered for the Vol. 11 No. 1 of
2021, all articles must be received by the Editorial Committee on or before, 15th
June, 2021. All papers should be clearly marked for the attention of Chairman
of the Editorial Committee and sent to nbaeditorialboard@n
igerianbar.org .ng
For
more information on the Nigerian Bar Journal, please contact the Chairman of
the Editorial Committee-Prof. U.U. Chukwumaeze, SAN on:08036670053; or the
Secretary of the Editorial Committee-Raymond Nkannebe Esq. on 08068271477.
The
statement was signed by the Secretary of the NBA Editorial Committee, Raymond
Nkannebe.
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