The NALSAR Tech Law Forum Blog welcomes posts from students, academicians and practitioners alike. If you are interested in the field of Tech Law and have an opinion or an idea that you would like to put out, this Blog is the platform for you. We welcome novel arguments and perspectives on any topic, as long as it pertains to technology law(s).
Submission Guidelines
The Blog accepts submissions on a rolling basis. Please mail all your submissions to techlawforum@nalsar.ac.in with the subject “Submission for TLF Blog”, only in a Microsoft Office Word-compatible format (.doc or .docx). Please note that the original manuscript should be anonymised. Further, please ensure that you attach a separate Word-compatible document (.doc or .docx) containing a brief 1–2 line summary of the article. The document should also include the author’s full name, phone number, email ID, university name, and current academic qualification (e.g., “III Year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Student at NALSAR Hyderabad”). The Blog accepts only original submissions. Submissions must be the original work of the author(s) and not under consideration elsewhere. Any concurrent submission or prior publications are strongly discouraged. Upon publication, the copyright of the article will vest exclusively with Tech Law Forum.
Word limit & style
There is no mandatory citation style (though we prefer hyperlinks) or word limit, though it is required that due credit is given to the sources that are used. It is recommended that all sources be hyperlinked to the text wherever possible; if no online sources are available, footnotes may be used. If you find any particularly interesting articles that would benefit the readers, please include them as ‘recommended readings’ at the end of the posts. We prefer the submissions to be approximately 1200-1500 words.
Author details
As indicated above, please include the following details in the separate Word-compatible document (.doc or .docx):
- Name of Author(s), Email ID, Year of Study (if applicable), and Institution or Organisation of affiliation. You may also include a short bio (40-50 words).
Review process
Submissions to the Blog will be acknowledged at the earliest. After this, the Blog follows a two-step review process. In the first stage, the editorial board will undertake a preliminary review of the submission and notify rejection or provisional acceptance to the authors; this may take around 7-14 days from the receipt of the article. If the submission is accepted after the preliminary review, the editorial board may ask the authors to make changes to the article, which can take up to 14-20 days after receipt of the article. In case the topic is of a temporal nature, an expedited review may be requested by stating the subject of the submission email in the format: “Expedited | Submission for TLF Blog”.
Final acceptance will be communicated only after the changes have been made to the satisfaction of the Editorial Board. All decisions regarding review, acceptance, publication, formatting compliance and dispute resolution rest solely with the Editorial Board and shall be final and binding. Further, the editorial board has complete discretion to reject submissions at any stage.