For the CCLGFL Blog and Journal, we invite submissions from students, academicians and practitioners on contemporary issues relating to corporate law, corporate governance, securities and financial laws, mergers and acquisitions, insolvency and restructuring, corporate finance, and other allied areas that further the objectives of the Centre.
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Submissions
The Centre publishes a Blog and a Journal. Each has its own guidelines.
CCLGFL Blog
| Length | 1,000 to 1,500 words |
|---|---|
| Authors | Up to two |
| Decision | Within 30 days |
| Deadline | None; submissions are accepted on a rolling basis |
Journal of Corporate and Financial Laws
| Long articles | Above 5,000 words |
|---|---|
| Essays | 3,000 to 5,000 words |
| Book reviews, case and legislative comments | 1,500 to 3,000 words |
| Review | Three-tier, double-blind |
Submitting to the Blog
- Prepare your pieceCheck it against the points below and the Blog’s full guidelines.
- Submit it through the Google FormThe form is linked from the Blog’s submissions page.
- ReviewThe piece goes through editorial and peer review.
- DecisionThe Editorial Board writes to you within thirty days of receiving it.
Before you submit
- Between 1,000 and 1,500 words, with a title of no more than ten words.
- Analytical and critical. Purely descriptive pieces are not considered.
- A Word file (.doc or .docx) named “Title_CCLGFL Blog”, in Times New Roman, 12 point, 1.5 line spacing.
- References as hyperlinks in the text, not footnotes.
- No name, university or other identifying detail in the text or in the file’s metadata.
- Original work, not published or under consideration elsewhere. Every submission is checked for plagiarism and AI-generated content.
- No more than two authors.
- Sent through the Google Form only. Submissions sent any other way are not considered.
This is a summary. The Blog’s own guidelines apply in full: read them on the Blog.
Submitting to the Journal
Manuscripts carry an abstract of up to 300 words and five keywords, and follow the Bluebook (20th edition). Each one passes through preliminary screening, a detailed substantive and stylistic review, and a final review by the Student and Faculty Editors-in-Chief. The categories, formatting rules and procedure are on the Journal’s website.