About Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies
Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS) is committed to realizing the words of Swami Vivekananda: “Man Making, Character Building and Nation Building”. Dr. S. C. Vats, Chairman, VIPS has set the motto of VIPS as “In pursuit of perfection”. Thus, VIPS is consistently striving for perfection. Prof R Venkata Rao, (Former VC, NLSIU), Chairperson, VSLLS and VSES, says Education is not information but formation- formation of a complete Human Being.
Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, recognized by Bar Council of India and UGC under Section 2(f), with NAAC ‘A’ accreditation. Over the years, VIPS has shown a remarkable growth in terms of number of courses offered as well as students in
take every year, apart from creating a niche for itself with its all-round performance in the university examinations. It has been an endeavor at VIPS to constantly provide a better learning atmosphere for students and become a center for excellence. Currently, VIPS is running a number of programs including BCA, MCA, B.A.LL.B (Hons.), B.B.A.LL.B, LL.M, BBA, BBA (B&I), B.Com (Hons.), B.A.(H) (Economics) and PGDBM.
About VIPS Student Law Review
VIPS Student Law Review is a student run Peer and Blind Reviewed Journal. The Journal runs under the faculty advisory committee of VSLLS, VIPS. It has been
established with the objective of becoming a formidable instrument in taking the standard of legal research in country up by several notches. It is an annual, student edited journal focusing on inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary approaches towards legal writing. The Journal aims to publish long articles/ short articles, case comments, book reviews/ legislation review on all aspects of law and related issues. The Journal aims at giving the opportunity to legal academia, research scholars, students, advocates and activists working towards the enhancement of legal scholarship. Hence, the Journal will serve as the platform for innovative thought sharing and will aim at contributing in dynamic growth of legal knowledge.
Categories for Submission
The Editorial Committee of VIPS Student Law Review is inviting quality research papers on law and legal policies including its allied branches from the legal fraternity:
♦ Research Scholars
♦ Students
♦ Professionals
The Review seeks to provide a platform for engaging in multi-disciplinary discussions on themes of law, society and justice. Research Articles should have proper research questions and should also reflect the findings. The submission can be sent under the following categories:
1. Long Articles: Between 4000 to 6000 words, inclusive of footnotes. 2. Short Articles: Between 3000 to 5000 words, inclusive of footnotes. 3. Case Comments/Book Review/Legislation Review: Between 2000 – 3000 words, inclusive of footnotes.
Guidelines for Submissions
♦ Submissions should be in Times New Roman, 12 font size with 1.5 line spacing, justified text and 1 inch margins on all sides of an A4 sheet. The page number should be center aligned at the bottom of each page.
♦ Footnotes should be in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing.
♦ Graphics, Charts, Tables, and Diagrams should be numbered consecutively and included in the body of the work. Submission must be compatible with Microsoft Word.
♦ All the submissions must be emailed at vips.studentlawreview@gmail.com along with a cover page with the title of the research paper, Name of the author and Designation of the author. The research paper should not contain any reference to the identity of the author in order to enable anonymous screening and peer review.
♦ Each submission should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 300 words.
♦ The submission must be the original work of the authors. Any manuscript above 15% plagiarism will lead to disqualification.
♦ Submitted entries must not have been sent for consideration at any other place for presentation or publication. A declaration to the same effect must accompany each submission.
♦ Co-authorship is allowed. Maximum number of Co-authors for a submission shall be restricted to 2 (two).
♦ Multiple submissions by the same author(s) are not allowed. ♦ VIPS Student Law Review follows the Harvard Blue Book (20th Edition) citation style. Authors are requested to follow the same.
♦ Copyright of all the submissions shall exclusively vest with VSLLS, VIPS.
♦ One complimentary hard copy of the Journal would be issued to the author after publication. In case of co-authorship, the complimentary hard copy would be issued only to the first author.
Opening Date of Submission:-
5th February 2022
Closing Date of Submission:-
30th April 2022
VIPS Student Law Review, Volume IV shall be published in August 2022
