Call for Blogs for Conscientia Legalis: Submissions on Rolling Basis!

03 Feb 2024

Categories: Call for Papers

About Conscientia Legalis

Conscientia Legalis is a student-run legal blog site and initiative that primarily aims to spread legal consciousness and the knowledge of law among individuals by providing legal professionals, students, academicians, and people with a knack for law, an opportunity to contribute to the legal field.

Our vision is to provide opportunities to law students and encourage them to indulge in legal research. We aim to encourage young minds to read more and more, so that they form sound opinions based on facts and authentic as well as progressive ideas.

We have a double-blind peer-reviewed process for the evaluation of manuscripts to ascertain their fitness for publication on our blog site. We receive submissions from the legal fraternity including law students on wide-ranging topics pertaining to the law and contemporary legal development.

Submissions are received on a rolling basis.

Eligibility

Students of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Ph.D. programs, professionals, and academicians are eligible to make their submissions.

Themes

There is no specific theme for the blog. However, the submissions shall pertain to the field of law in general, and any area of law, in particular. Submissions may be in the form of articles, legislative notes, case analyses and briefs.

Submission Guidelines

The following guidelines need to be adhered to while submitting articles and analyses:

Word Limit

Articles: 1500-2000 words
Case Analysis/Briefs: 1200-1500 words
Legislative Notes: 800-1500 words

Formatting

Font- Times New Roman
Font Size- 12
Line Spacing: 1.5

A uniform footnote and citation style should be followed by the authors. Alternatively, relevant sources may be hyperlinked. (Note: The author shall either use footnotes or hyperlink the relevant sources.)

All submissions made should be the original work of the author and must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The manuscript may contain a maximum plagiarism of 12%. Manuscripts containing plagiarism more than the prescribed limit will be summarily rejected.

Co-authorship is allowed only up to two authors.

The manuscript submitted shall not reveal the identity of the author in any manner.

The author(s) bear the sole responsibility for the originality of their work and the accuracy of facts and opinions in their submissions.

If published, the copyright of the submission shall vest with Conscientia Legalis. However, all the moral rights shall vest with the author.

The manuscripts should abide by the above-mentioned guidelines. Non-adherence may lead to immediate rejection. The final discretion of acceptance of the manuscript lies with the Editorial Board.

All submissions will be acknowledged within 3-4 business days of their receipt.

Acceptance/Rejection for publication will be communicated to the author(s) within 3 weeks of their receipt.