We accept submissions on any relevant and contemporaneous issue in law or government policy. Only original work will be considered — all submissions are screened for plagiarism, and pieces already under review elsewhere will not be accepted.

Submissions must be made via this form as a Microsoft Word document (.docx). Neither the document title nor its body should contain any personal identifiers — no names or institutional affiliations. Please include a short author bio and affiliated institution separately in the submission form. Co-authorship of up to three authors is permitted.

All submissions from students of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore must be sent directly to lawschoolpolicyreview@nls.ac.in.

Word count should preferably fall between 1,800 and 3,000 words, though this is flexible at the Editors’ discretion in exceptional cases. Submissions intended for the Axes of Difference Column may be between 1,000 and 3,000 words — please indicate this on the submission form if applicable.

All references must be provided as hyperlinks within the text. Footnotes or endnotes should only be used where a hyperlink is unavailable, and must follow OSCOLA (4th edition). The document title must include 5 keywords describing the article’s subject matter.

Authors must attach a high-quality image (minimum 1000px wide, aspect ratio 2:1) representative of the submission’s topic, along with the image source for creator credits.

For articles on very recent developments that may lose novelty within days, authors may request expedited review by adding the word “Expedited” to the title of the piece.

A short abstract and author bio must accompany the submission.

Submissions are evaluated on originality, argumentation, language, structure, and analysis. Purely descriptive pieces are discouraged. Authors should also ensure their theme and core arguments have not already been substantially covered in past articles on LSPR — such submissions will be rejected without review. This does not apply to responses or contrary opinions to existing content.

Our 2-stage review cycle allows the Editorial Board up to 14 days to respond. Once accepted, publication follows within 7 days. Articles marked “Expedited” are reviewed within 7 days, solely at the Board’s discretion.

Due to the volume of submissions, we do not send formal acknowledgements of receipt. Editors will respond directly with a verdict. When responding to an Editor’s comments, authors must retain those comments in the document and make all edits in track changes mode.

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