Posted by The objective of this blog is to provide a conducive platform that fosters discussions and deliberations pertaining to the field of ADR by academicians, researchers, law students and legal practitioners.
The Advisory Board of the Blog consists of extremely accomplished individuals in the field of ADR so as to enable the Blog to ensure that the viewpoints of the various stakeholders are addressed through the holistic functioning of the Blog.
Board and its members
The members of the Board of Advisors are: Mr. Ratan K. Singh (Senior Advocate and Arbitrator), Mr. Shashank Garg (Independent Counsel and Arbitrator), Mr. Divyakant Lahoti (Advocate-on-Record and Arbitrator), Mr. Thomas P. Valenti (Attorney and Conflict Resolution Specialist), Ms. Veena Ralli (Mediator and Organising Secretary, Samadhan – Delhi High Court Mediation & Conciliation Centre), and Dr. Nidhi Gupta (Associate Professor, NLU Jodhpur).
Submission Rules to Adhere
All submissions pertaining to the field of ADR, subject to the following guidelines are welcome:
- Co-authorship up to two authors is allowed. Refrain from mentioning the name, institutional affiliation, or any other detail of the author(s) in the document to facilitate the double-blind review process.
- Submissions should be original and unpublished work of the author(s). Any form of plagiarism will result in an automatic rejection. Moreover, if the Turnitin similarity index reports over 20% similarity (after making the relevant exclusions such as bibliography, quotes, small matches etc.), then the submission shall be rejected.
- Submissions should be concise. They should range between 1000-2000 words. Longer posts may be published in parts subject to editorial board’s discretion. The word limit is exclusive of endnotes.
Formatting Rules
- Formatting Typescript
- Font Type: Times New Roman
- Font Size: 12
- Line Spacing: 1.5
- Text Alignment: Justified
- Citation Style
- Method of Citation: Endnotes
- Format of Citation: BlueBook 20th Edition
- Font Type: Times New Roman
- Font Size: 10
- Line Spacing: 1.0
- Text Alignment: Justified
Review Procedure
- All submissions are put through a rigorous double-blind review process where they are evaluated by two editors on different parameters.
- The review process usually concludes within 14 days from the date of receipt of the acknowledgement of the submission.
- Once the review is complete, the decision of acceptance (conditional or unconditional) or rejection is communicated to the author.
- The authors will be provided 10 days to make the necessary changes that may be suggested by the editorial board. It is expected that the authors will make all changes in good faith.
Exclusivity of Use
Upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication by the editorial board, the copyright over the manuscript shall vest in the Blog. However, the moral rights over the manuscript shall vest in the author(s).
The Blog only accepts exclusive publications. Once a manuscript is accepted, the same can not be published elsewhere.
Procedure for Submission
- Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.
- All submissions must be made to: submissions@usllsadrblog.com
- The file must be a word document (‘.doc’ or ‘.docx’).
- An abstract of not more than 100 words must accompany the submission. The abstract is exclusive of the word limit for the article.
- The author(s) are also requested to submit a short biography detailing their current designation and institutional affiliations.
Relevant Links and Contacts
- Official website
- For further clarity one can reach out to operations@usllsadrblog.com or to submissions@usllsadrblog.com
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