Posted by The USLLS ADR Blog is a project of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University’s University School of Law and Legal Studies. The team at USLLS ADR Blog thinks that long-term scholarly debate is essential to ensure that the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution Law continues to expand and becomes the mainstream answer to disputes.
Submission Rules
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- Submissions should be original and unpublished work of the author(s).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
- Mode of Citation
- 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 subjected to a thorough double-blind review process in which they are evaluated on several aspects by two editors.
The review procedure is normally completed within 14 days after receiving the acknowledgement of the application.
Once the review is completed, the author is informed of the decision of acceptance (conditional or unconditional) or rejection.
The writers will be given 10 days to make any modifications that the editorial board may advise. All changes are expected to be made in good faith by the authors.
Exclusivity and Copyright
The copyright to the manuscript shall vest in the Blog upon approval of the manuscript for publication by the editorial board. However, the author retains moral rights to the manuscript (s).
Exclusive releases are exclusively accepted on the Blog. Once a manuscript has been approved, it cannot be published elsewhere.
Submission Procedure
- 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
For queries- operations@usllsadrblog.com or to submissions@usllsadrblog.com
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