The Editorial Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association Adjudicature Review Committee (EC of the NBA ARC) has announced a call for scholarly contributions for publication in the maiden and next two issues of the Nigeria Adjudicature Review Quarterly (NARQ).
The forthcoming editions are scheduled as follows:
- [2026] 1 NARQ (Part 1) – February 2026
- [2026] 1 NARQ (Part 2) – May 2026
- [2026] 1 NARQ (Part 3) – August 2026
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According to the Editorial Committee, NARQ was established to fill a critical gap in Nigerian legal scholarship by focusing specifically on adjudication, evidence, practice, and procedure—areas through which substantive law finds practical expression in actual trials. The journal aims to address recurring challenges within Nigeria’s judicial system in a concise, accessible, and problem-solving manner, particularly for judges and litigation practitioners at the Bar and on the Bench.
For the maiden issue (February 2026), contributions are invited on issues of jurisdiction and precedential uncertainty, especially contradictory or inconsistent decisions of superior courts, including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, National Industrial Court, Sharia and Customary Courts of Appeal, and other courts exercising final appellate jurisdiction.
The second issue (May 2026) will focus on appeals, delays, and their costs, examining procedural rules, practices, and laws that hinder effective appellate quality control in Nigeria’s justice delivery system.
The third issue (August 2026), coinciding with the NBA Annual General Conference and a transition to a new NBA executive, will interrogate ethics, etiquette, and the impact of declining standards in professional ranking and promotion across the three core pillars of the legal profession: legal academia, the Bench, and the Bar.
The Committee encourages submissions in two main categories:
- Short case comments (250–1,600 words)
- Essay articles (2,000–4,000 words)
All submissions must be in Microsoft Word format, prepared in Times New Roman (font size 12 for text and 10 for footnotes), and must comply with the journal’s double-blind peer-review policy by excluding all author-identifying information from the main manuscript. Author details are to be provided separately on a cover page.
The Editorial Committee emphasized that its goal is to publish impactful scholarship capable of reshaping judicial thinking and addressing systemic problems, rather than lengthy academic tomes with limited practical utility.
Interested contributors are requested to kindly find attached the full submission guidelines and detailed information for the Nigeria Adjudicature Review Quarterly (NARQ).
Detailed information for the Nigeria Adjudicature Review Quarterly (NARQ).
