Call for Papers | MNLU Aurangabad’s Journal for Dispute Resolution: Submit by Jan 19

About Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad

Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad (MNLU Aurangabad, MNLUA) is a National Law University in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It was established in 2017 by the Government of Maharashtra, the third and final university to be installed through the Maharashtra National Law University Act, 2014 following Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai and Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, the 21st National Law University in India. The Chancellor of the university is Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court of India and the Vice-Chancellor is K. V. S. Sarma.

About MNLU-A Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution

The MNLU-A Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, a student initiative that took shape in 2022, to promote academic interest and research on themes pertaining to Alternative Dispute Resolution constituting dispute resolution methods like Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation. The Centre aims to promote and strengthen ADR mechanisms across the nation by providing a platform for an unbiased study and research in the field.

About Journal for Dispute Resolution

The Journal for Dispute Resolution (JDR) is a student-run, annual, ADR focused, student-edited, and peer-reviewed journal. The journal aims to provide a platform for engaging in discussions on various themes of ADR mechanism in India and international jurisdictions. The Journal primarily seeks to promote interest, research and academic writing among academia, practitioners, students and research scholars alike and to promote meaningful discourse on contemporary legal issues surrounding ADR.

Call for Papers

The JDR is inviting submissions for its 1^st ever volume of the Journal. Contributions for the Journal are welcome from all academicians, practitioners and law students. JDR accepts submissions on a rolling basis, subject to the preference for publication in the upcoming issue granted for those submissions made before the prescribed date, i.e. 19^th January,2023.

The journal permits submissions in the nature of Articles, Case Comments, Legislative Comments and Book Reviews falling within the scope of Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions can be made under the following heads:

Long Articles — Word limit of 6500 words
Short Articles — Word limit of 4000- 5000 words
Case Comments — Word limit of 1500-2500 words
Book Review — Word limit of 2000-3000 words

The word limit is exclusive of footnotes.

Permitted Level of Similarity is 15% excluding references/footnotes.

Co-authorship is permissible only up to a maximum of two authors.

Format of Submissions

All the contributors must adhere to the following guidelines:

All submissions must be in ENGLISH only
All submissions must be accompanied by an abstract not exceeding 350 words
The body of the document must be in Times New Roman with font size of 12 and line Spacing of 1.5 with justified alignment
All the footnotes must conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
All submissions are required to be mailed in .doc/.dox format only

Copyright and Editorial Policy

Submissions made to JDR are on an exclusive basis.

The submissions must not have been previously published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The contribution presented to and accepted for publication along with the copyrights therein shall be the intellectual property of JDR and vests with it.

JDR strives to promote originality and commits itself to strict requirements of integrity. Plagiarized works shall be ineligible for publication.

The author(s) are to cite their sources and acknowledge the sources for the content which is not original. JDR editorial team reserves its right to reject and/or discontinue further collaboration on non-fulfilment of the academic integrity criterion.

Submission Procedure

Submissions which do not adhere to the guidelines provided shall not be considered for review. All the submissions must be mailed only to [email protected] under the subject CADR JDR- Journal Submissionalong with a cover letter specifying the following: