“Let Our Voices Be Heard, Let Our Stories Be Told”
Call for Articles: Volume 24
The Tribal Law Journal is accepting submissions for Volume 24, to be published in Spring 2025. This call is open to current law students, recent graduates, and legal professionals. This year our topic will center around internal Tribal law. This includes discussions of Tribal case law and statutory law as well as traditional and customary law.
Submissions should include internal Tribal law topics such as Tribal self-determination, Tribal sovereignty, and Tribal self-government.
The Tribal Law Journal was established in Fall 1998 to promote indigenous self-determination by facilitating discussion of the internal law of the world's indigenous nations. The internal law of indigenous nations encompasses traditional law, western law adopted by indigenous nations, and a blend of the two. Underscoring this purpose is the recognition that traditional law is a source of law.
Deadline
The Tribal Law Journal will consider proposals submitted by Wednesday, September 04, 2024. Upon receipt of your proposal, the Tribal Law Journal will send an acknowledgement to you. Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. You will be notified by Friday, September 13, 2024, if your proposal has been selected. If your proposal is accepted, the deadline to submit your manuscript will be Wednesday, October 30, 2024, and you will be required to adhere to the scholarly article format requirements listed below.
Article Format
- The manuscript must not exceed 15,000 words.
- Text must be double spaced, plain font (Courier or Times New Roman), and no smaller than 12 pt. size.
- 8.5” × 11” white paper with all margins one inch wide.
- Page numbers must appear at the bottom of each page.
- Title and author name(s) must appear on the first page of text.
- The first footnote must be a brief author(s)’s biographical (1-2 sentence(s)).
- Submissions must use only footnotes as a form of citation. Footnotes should be single spaced.
- Block quotations must be single spaced, indented one inch from margins, and be at least 50 words.
- Citations must conform to the rules of The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed.), available from the Harvard Law Review Association or at bookstores carrying legal materials. See Author’s Manuscript Preparation Information.
- Tribal code and case citation format should conform to the high court of that particular tribe. See Author’s Manuscript Preparation Information.
- Tables and figures must have a maximum size of 4.5” × 7” with headings and notes within those dimensions.
Questions
For more information, please visit the Tribal Law Journal website at lawschool.unm.edu/tlj/.
If you have questions, please contact the Tribal Law Journal at: tlj@law.unm.edu.