Call for Blogs: LSC Blogs, Legal Services Committee, NLU Odisha [Theme: Labour Justice, Migration and Legal Aid in Industrial India]

The Legal Services Committee (LSC) is a student-run committee at National Law University Odisha (NLUO), Cuttack, which works on facilitating access to free legal aid and promoting legal awareness. NLUO was established in 2009 under the National Law University Orissa Act, 2008. The Committee runs its own platform, LSC Blogs, where it publishes writing on legal aid and access to justice.

The Legal Services Committee invites blog submissions on the theme "From Dust to Displacement: Labour Justice, Migration and Legal Aid in Industrial India". The blog is open to any topic that revolves around this theme.

• Occupational Health and Safety in Hazardous Industries
• Migrant Labour and Interstate Access to Justice
• Wage Justice, Contractual Precarity and Social Security
• Industrial Displacement, Rehabilitation and Community Rights
• Legal Empowerment and Access to Justice Mechanisms

The Committee states that the sub-themes above are suggestive and not exhaustive.

Submissions are welcomed from students, academicians and practitioners alike. Co-authorship of up to two authors is permitted. Submissions must be unpublished and the original work of the author(s).

• Word limit: 1000-1500 words, exclusive of endnotes. Longer posts may be accepted and published in parts at the editors' discretion.
• Format: Microsoft Word-compatible file only (.doc or .docx). PDFs will not be accepted.
• Anonymity: the document must carry no hint whatsoever of the authors' identity.
• Formatting: Times New Roman, size 12, line spacing 1.5, justified. Endnotes in the same font at size 10 with single line spacing.
• Citation format for endnotes must be uniform, preferably the latest edition of the Bluebook.

References must be in the form of hyperlinks, linked to keywords and phrases in the body of the submission. For Indian case law, authors may link to the case on Indian Kanoon or on the website of the relevant court, and may cite particular statutory provisions using the India Code website. Every factual assertion must be supported with an appropriate link to its source.

Submissions must not exceed a similarity index of 10% (plagiarism) and must not contain more than 10% AI-generated content.

Mail the submission to nluolas@gmail.com with the subject line: Blog Submission: "Title". The body of the email must contain a short bio of the author(s), the name of the institution they are affiliated to, and a paragraph or two summarising the manuscript. The last date to submit is 29 August 2026. There is no submission or publication fee.

Analytical posts are preferred over descriptive ones. Posts are considered for publication on factors including relevance, quality, structure, logic, writing style and originality. Once posted on the Legal Services Committee webpage, a submission may be cross-posted on other platforms, provided the cross-post carries the words 'First posted on the Legal Services Committee NLUO' along with a link to the post.