Call for Blogs| Global Business Law Review Blog by Jindal Global Law School: Submissions Open!

About Jindal Global Law School

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) is a private law school at O.P. Jindal Global University in Sonipat, Haryana, India, known for its global outlook, rigorous academics, and high rankings. Established in 2009, it was India’s first global law school and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs

About SCCLP

The Student Chapter for Corporate Law and Practice at JGLS aims to inculcate a robust learning environment for corporate law at JGLS. It also aims to provide a platform for aspiring corporate lawyers to showcase their analytical proficiency through research and other activities.

The current initiatives being undertaken by SCCLP are the Global Business Law Review Blog (GBLR), Pre-Placement Symposium Series, and the Peer-to-Peer Sessions.

About the Blog

The Global Business Law Review Blog acts as a structured reserve for articles on Corporate Law and other niche areas of Business Law. GBLR is open to both, internal and external contributors, including imminent scholars and legal practitioners. In the past year, it has had many submissions on various relevant areas of business law and it is proud to publish the articles approved by our editors on the website.

Themes

Contributions submitted must concern any of the following (but not limited to) areas of corporate & commercial law:

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Taxation Law
• Real Estate
• Competition Law
• Insolvency Law
• Securities and Investment Law
• Labour Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Technology Law
• Banking and Insurance Law
• Commercial Law
• Contemporary Issues
• Landmark Judgements

Submission Guidelines

Authors wishing to contribute their work should ensure that their submission conforms to the following guidelines:

• The articles submitted must adhere to a word limit between 1,000 to 1,500 words and should be analytical in nature.
• References must be hyperlinked within the text of the article with credible online sources. Endnotes to be used in case of unavailability of online sources. 
• The content should be original and co-authorship up to 2 authors is permitted.
• The article should be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx) to [email protected]
• The details of the author(s) should be mentioned in the body of the email including Name, Year of Study (if applicable) and Institution / Organisation of Affiliation.

Formatting guidelines

• The article shall be in Font Times New Roman in Size 12 with double spacing.  File name must be in the following format: Topic_Author Name.docx
• The title of the article should be equal or not more than 100 characters.
• Abbreviations of any defined terms used shall be placed inside (parenthesis) at the first occurrence in the manner specified. For example, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”).
• Cases should be cited in italics using the full name of the parties along with the full citation in the first instance. If used as a defined term, it should be made bold, italicized and placed inside (parenthesis) at the first occurrence. Thereafter, the defined term should continue to be used in italics. For example, ABC v Union of India (“ABC’).​
• Dates shall be in the following format: January 1, 2021.
• Statutes and legislations must be mentioned by their full name including the year, at the first occurrence. For example, Competition Act 2002.
• When making reference to a particular section/ rule/ article of any law, first letter should be capitalized. For example, Article 21. 
• Emphasis must be indicated by italicising the relevant word or phrase. 
• Direct quotations from any judgement or order should be italicised and placed inside “double quotes”. To add emphasis on quoted phrases, the relevant word/ phrase must also be underlined

We will be accepting submissions on a rolling basis throughout the year.

Registration Details

There are no Registration/Submission Charges, Processing Charges, Publication Charges or Certification Charges to participate in the call.

Submission Procedure

You can send your contributions at [email protected]