CfP for law students: 12th Virtual International Seminar on Dimensions of Media Law by Kerala Law Academy [June 25]: Submit by June 2

Kerala Law Academy Law College in association with Centre for Advanced Legal Studies and Research (CALSAR) is organizing a One Day International Seminar on Changing Dimensions of Media Law on June 25th 2022 from the Kerala Law Academy Campus, Peroorkada, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Professor Jeeva Niriella, Dean Faculty of Criminal Justice, General Sir John Kotelawala University, Sri Lanka is our Chief Guest of this International Seminar

Further Details

The Organizing Committee is calling for Research Articles from Law Students, Academicians, Lawyers, Social Workers, Policy Makers, and Officials from various Departments- Representatives from Institutions and Professionals; NGO, Social Activists, Social Science Researchers and Faculty and Research Scholars.

Mode of the Seminar

The Seminar is conducted through the online platform ZOOM. All the participants should have good access to the internet and be able to access the above said online platform.

Sub-themes

The Protection of Journalists’ Sources and Materials
Access to State Information I (freedom of information)
Legal Regulations for Social Media
Media in shaping critical consciousness for Power Balanced World.
Regulating Surreptitious Journalistic Practice
Misuse of private information
Access to state information
Masculinity and hierarchy in Media System
Paid news and propaganda: Government and Corporate Houses
Media Policies & Gender equity
Parliamentary Privileges, Judicial Reporting and the Media
Competition and Regulation of monopoly in media
Treacherous terrains: Whistleblowing and Investigative Journalism
Media in Democracies and non-democratic polities
Monitoring for Piracy and Plagiarism

Note: These Themes are not exhaustive; Authors are open to work on any topic related to above mentioned theme.

Kindly send the abstract on or before 2^nd June 2022 by e-mail to: [email protected]

Publication Opportunity

The Research Articles received would be published in Proceedings with ISBN.

Submission Guidelines

Kindly confine yourself to the areas identifiable with the title of seminar.
The papers must be in Times New Roman, Font Size: Heading-14, Text-12 in A4 format, single line spacing, in justify not exceeding 2500 words including Title, details of the Author/s and Footnotes.
Authors are encouraged to use The Bluebook (21^st ed.) citation format for footnoting and it should be in Times New Roman Font 10 size. Further, speaking footnotes are discouraged.
An Abstract not exceeding 250 words shall be submitted for consideration.
The Abstract shall contain the Synopsis of the Paper, Subtitles, Reference materials and conclusion indicating author’s perspective.
The Abstract must be mailed to [email protected] on or before June 2nd, 2022. It must be accompanied by a cover page, stating the following: Title of the paper; Sub-Theme; Name of Author(s); Name of Institute/Organization; Official Designation; E-mail Address; Postal Address, Contact Number.
The Submission should be in WORD FORMAT.
All foot notes must adhere to 21^st edition of Bluebook standards and must be styled using the foot note option in word. Borders, underlines or other design objects must not be included in the paper.
References need not be mentioned at the end of a paper and must be included within footnotes.
Precedents may be in Italics but not bold.
All sub headings must be left aligned, in bold.
The Papers shall be screened by a Committee. The Full Papers (2500 words) approved by the Committee shall be accepted for presentation in the Seminar. The intimation of selection will be made through E-mail.
The final paper should contain a cover page which includes Name, Designation, Relevant Discipline and Year of Study, Address, E-mail id and Contact number. Authors are to give details in the Full Paper.
Abstracts and papers should be written in English, and the working language of the Seminar will be English, and presentations shall be done in English.
Submissions should be made by the author who will attend the Seminar.
Co-Authorship is allowed but limited to one Co-Author only.
Only one paper per participant will be permitted. Multiple submissions will lead to disqualification.
No part of the paper should have been published earlier nor should it be under consideration for publication. Any form of Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.
The Organizers will take earnest effort to publish the best articles selected from among those received, subject to their acceptance by reputed journals as per their criteria.
Publishing Charges if any demanded for the journal is to be paid by the author.

Submission Procedure

Kindly send the abstract on or before June 2^nd, 2022 by e-mail to klainternationalseminar12 @gmail.com

Important Dates

Submission of Abstracts: June 2, 2022.
Communication of Abstract Acceptance: June 4, 2022
Submission of Full paper: June 18, 2022
Intimation of Full paper Acceptance: June 21, 2022.
Date of payment of Registration fee: June 23, 2022.
International Seminar: June 25, 2022

Registration Fee and Payment Details

There is a registration fee of INR 750 per Author (Additional fee of INR 250 should be paid in the case of maximum one Co-Author).

For Seminar Participation only: INR 100.

The payment can be made through the online link provided in the Kerala Law Academy website.

Awards

All the Participants registered for Presentation and Participation will be awarded with a respective E-certificate.

Relevant Link and Contacts

Further Details

For further clarity one may reach out to:-

Faculty Convenor:

Adv. Darsana S Thampi (Assistant Professor , Kerala Law Academy Law College): +91 8086406054
Smt. Prajitha (Assistant Professor, Kerala Law Academy Law College)
Sri. Sachin B (Assistant Professor, Kerala Law Academy Law College)

Faculty Co-Convenor:

Dr. Dakshina Saraswathy (Assistant Professor, Kerala Law Academy Law College): +91 97441 69215

Student Convenors: