Call for Blogs: Pro Bono Club, NLU Odisha (Rolling Submissions)

The Pro Bono Club at National Law University Odisha (NLUO), Cuttack invites contributions to its blog. Submissions are open on a rolling basis, so you can send in your piece whenever it is ready rather than racing against a single cut-off date.

The blog aims to foster dialogue on contemporary legal and social issues, with a particular focus on the role of law in advancing access to justice and public welfare. If you enjoy writing critically and want a respected NLU platform for your ideas, this is an open, ongoing invitation.

The Pro Bono Club at NLUO was established in March 2022 under the Department of Justice initiative, beginning with nine Pro Bono Associates (PBAs) as its founding student members. Since its inception, the Club has worked to nurture a culture of pro bono service within the legal fraternity.

Its mission is to enhance access to justice by connecting law students, practising advocates, and civil society organisations. The blog is one of the ways the Club encourages original thought and informed discussion on the evolving relationship between law and society.

The call is open-themed. You are welcome to write within the broad areas of law, justice, dispute resolution, litigation, and society.

These areas are not exhaustive. Contributors are encouraged to write on any contemporary or socially relevant topic, including those relating to pro bono services and access to justice. Submissions must compulsorily be analytical, and not descriptive, in nature.

The call is open to all students enrolled in the five-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) programme and the three-year LL.B. programme. Your piece must be original and unpublished and fit the broad scope above.

• Nature of writing: Submissions must be analytical rather than descriptive.
• Main text: Garamond, font size 12, line spacing 1.5, with one-inch margins on all sides. The title should be in sentence case, bold, and underlined.
• Citations: Only relevant legal sources that cannot be accessed online may be cited through endnotes. Endnotes should be in Garamond, font size 10, single-spaced, and follow the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) 4th Edition.
• Visuals: Images, graphs, and tables may be used wherever necessary to illustrate a point.
• Originality: Each manuscript undergoes a plagiarism check, so submissions must be original and unpublished.
• Word count and abstract: Confirm the current word limit and any abstract requirement with the Club at probonoclub@nluo.ac.in before submitting.

There is no submission or publication fee. Contributing to the Pro Bono Club blog is completely free.

Each manuscript goes through a plagiarism check followed by content review, including a peer review. Accepted pieces are published on the Pro Bono Club blog.

Submit your blog through the official Google Form linked below, or write to the Club at probonoclub@nluo.ac.in. There must be no hint of the author's identity within the document itself.

• Original, unpublished, analytical (not descriptive) blog
• Main text in Garamond 12, 1.5 spacing, one-inch margins; title bold and underlined
• Endnotes in Garamond size 10, single-spaced, OSCOLA 4th Edition
• No author identity within the document
• Submission made via the official Google Form or to probonoclub@nluo.ac.in