Call for Contributions for law students:- Centre for Competition Law and Policy’s Newsletter by NUALS, Kochi: Submit by Oct 15

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  • The Centre for Competition Law and Policy [CCLP] is a Centre for Research, set up with the objective to encourage study and research in Competition Law and Policy.
  • It focuses on disseminating ideas and promoting scholarship and research in competition law through a large network of competent professionals such as regulators, academicians, practitioners, industry experts and students.

Further Details

  • The Centre for Competition Law and Policy puts forth the Competition Law e-Newsletter to engage the legal community in thought-provoking discussions on various issues which lie connected to competition law.
  • The e-Newsletter, the first of its kind in the field of Competition Law in India, aims to disseminate knowledge relating to the current developments in the field of competition law. Centre for Competition Law and Policy, NUALS, Kochi is making a call for contributions for its Newsletter.
  • All submissions will undergo a thorough review by the Editorial Board and the selected submissions will be published in the e-Newsletter.

Eligibility Criteria

The Editorial team of the NUALS Competition Law e-Newsletter is pleased to invite original and unpublished manuscripts for the 5th Volume of the e-Newsletter from academicians, professionals, and law students.

Categories of Submission

The article section will consist of theoretical and practicality-based essays. The Newsletter would also include Case Summaries of cases from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), and the Supreme Court, as well as Anti-Trust cases from the European Commission and the American courts.

Submission Rules

  1. Categories of submissions
    • Short Articles: 1500 words
    • Long Articles: 2000 -3000 words
    • Case comments: 700 words
  2. The word limit is exclusive of footnotes and is flexible at the discretion of the Editorial Board.
  3. The body of the mail shall contain details of the author [full name, semester & course (if a student)], university/organization/freelancer (specify) and contact number.
  4. Submissions must be made before October 15, 2022.
  5. The submissions must be original works and should not have been published or be in consideration for publication elsewhere.
  6. All submissions are subject to a plagiarism check, if the work is found to be unoriginal the submission will be rejected. (Maximum plagiarism allowed is 10%.) The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject any work during the review process if it is found to be unoriginal or not meet the standards set by the editorial board.
  7. Co-authorship of a maximum of two people is permitted.
  8. Authors should submit a ‘Declaration of Originality’ along with the submissions.

Formatting Guidelines

  1. All submissions are to be made in .doc/.docx/.odt format. PDF submissions are not accepted.
  2. The body of the manuscript must be according to the following specifications:
    • Font – Times New Roman
    • Font size – 12
    • Line spacing- 1.5
  3. Submissions must follow the Bluebook (20th edition) style of citation. Footnotes must be in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing.

Declaration Form of originality

Submission Procedure

All submissions must be made in electronic form to cclpnewsletter@nuals.ac.in under the subject heading “Submission: The Competition law e-Newsletter”.

Submissions must be made before October 15, 2022.

For further clarity one may reach out to the following:-

  • Prof. Dr Mini S., Faculty coordinator at mini.s@nuals.ac.in
  • Giri Aravind, Editor-in-Chief at +91 77361 41469 or write at giriaravindonline@gmail.com
  • Neha Maria Antony, Deputy Editor-in-Chief at +91 99614 47200 or nehamaria212@gmail.com
  • Neethika Manoj, Deputy Editor-in-Chief at +91 99957 39779 or at neethika.manoj@gmail.com
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