Call for Blogs – UPES Student Law Review Blog by UPES, Dehradun (Rolling Submissions)



 

About UPES

UPES was established in the year 2003 through the UPES Act, 2003 of the State Legislature
of Uttarakhand. With an ambitious vision and peerless approach, UPES emerged as an
innovative institution offering industry-specialized undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of Engineering, Business, Law, Design, Health Sciences and the newest of the lot – Modern Media.
The university’s singular purpose is to enable each one achieve their individual purpose in
life, through the guiding light of knowledge. The university believes that each one is
empowered to pursue their dreams and passions in a meaningful and responsible manner.
Thus, enabling one to choose life-pathways that fulfil their individual purposes fruitfully is
the ultimate motive of UPES.

About UPES Student Law Review:

UPES Student Law Review (USLR) is a bi-annual, student coordinated, double-blind peer-
reviewed legal e-journal based at School of Law, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
emanating and embracing legal academia. The publication is entirely produced by the
students of the University under the supervision of accomplished faculty advisors and a
prodigious advisory board.
The USLR Journal aims to publish comprehensive treatments of subjects (“articles”), written
by law students, legal scholars, professors, jurists and all diverse members of the legal
fraternity as well as shorter pieces, such as “notes” and “comments”.

About the Opportunity:

The UPES Student Law Review Blog is a digital platform for academicians, students, and
law professionals across the globe to voice out their opinions in the form of “Blog Articles”
on multidisciplinary fields of law of national as well as international significance with an
objective of promoting academic research and fostering discussions on various contemporary
legal issues. The blog is our endeavor to further provide an easy to access opportunity to all
budding academicians to exchange ideas and share their knowledge with our readership on
the internet.
UPES Student Law Review Blog welcomes submissions on a rolling basis for its second
edition on any area of law. We prefer analytical submissions on contemporary topics in law
but are not hostile to static topics containing novelty.

Eligibility

The opportunity is open to everybody from the legal fraternity.

Theme:

We invite submissions on all areas of law. However, preference will be given to submissions
on contemporary subjects.

Submission Guidelines:

? Word Limit: 1300 – 2000words (exclusive of footnotes)
? Co-Authorship: Maximum of 2 authors
? Plagiarism: Not exceeding 15% of the entire submission.
? Method of Referencing: Footnotes (The Bluebook 20 th edition)
? File Format: .doc and .docx only
? Font Style: Times New Roman
? Font Size: 12 – Main Text, 10 – Footnotes
? Text Alignment: Justified
? Line Spacing: 1.5 – Main Text, 1.0 – Footnotes
? The manuscript shall not contain any personal credentials or any form of identifiable
marks.
? The author(s) shall refrain from using page borders or any other unnecessary
formatting features.
? The submissions shall be original and unpublished and should not be in consideration
on any other forum. Authors should strictly adhere to the policies of Academic
Integrity and refrain from any act of plagiarism or copyright infringement. In case of
any dispute, UPES Student Law Review or the University shall not be held liable for
the professional misconduct of the author(s).
? For detailed guidelines and other instructions, please go through the Editorial
Policy in the official brochure.

How to Submit

Authors may submit their manuscripts by filling the following Google Form:

Click Here.

Submission Deadline

The submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.

Contact Information

For any further queries or clarifications, please feel free to reach out to:
Atishya Ghosh: +91 – 9119748399/9723334599
Khushal Juneja: +91-8222886633