1st National Blog Writing Competition by NUSRL Law Review, Ranchi [Online; 15 Oct to 15 Nov]

The NUSRL Law Review is the flagship journal of National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi. It is organising its 1st National Blog Writing Competition to create a common platform for law students to engage in insightful legal writing through thought provoking manuscripts. The competition runs from 15 October to 15 November.

Every submission should present original arguments, supported by accurate legal authorities, empirical evidence or other reliable sources, and should maintain high standards of academic integrity. Since the top blogs will be published by the NUSRL Law Review, contributors should write in simple language, explain technical concepts where necessary and communicate complex ideas without unnecessary jargon.

The Review welcomes contributions from a diverse pool of writers working on or engaging with the justice system or allied fields, including but not limited to lawyers, students, academics, researchers, journalists and other practitioners from allied disciplines. Entries are invited from peers and law students from across India.

A blog may be written by a single author or by co-authors, with a maximum of two authors.

Submissions should be centred around themes regarding the following areas, and others:

• Constitutional Law
• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Human Rights Law
• Environmental Law
• Technology and Cyber Law

• Word count: 800-1500 words. In exceptional cases the discretion of the Editorial Board is final.
• Title: the submission must have a concise and clear title that explains the manuscript.
• Format and procedure: each submission shall be in .docx and submitted through the designated Google form provided in the brochure.
• Anonymised body: the body of the text must not contain any details of the author or any other identifying details.

• Font: Garamond, size 12, single spaced.
• Margin: 1.5 inch on each side.
• Quotations: double quotes and italics for verbatim quotes. Names of statutes, case laws and other legal documents are italicised.
• Headings: the title and sub-heading 1 are left-aligned, bold, Capitalize Each Word. Sub-heading 2 is left-aligned, italicised and in Sentence Case.

All references should, as far as possible, be hyperlinked within the text itself. Where an online source is not available, endnotes may be used. Endnotes shall strictly follow the Bluebook, 21st Edition.

• Every submission shall be the original work of the author(s). Any form of plagiarism is strictly prohibited and every source relied upon must be duly cited.
• Plagiarism must adhere to the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2018, and must ordinarily be 10 per cent or below. The rulebook also states that up to 15% plagiarism is allowed.
• Use of generative-AI writing tools is permitted only to the extent of 15% of the submission. If AI is used, it should be mentioned in the form.
• Plagiarism and generative-AI content are checked using Drillbit. The calculation of plagiarism excludes footnotes, case laws and quoted text.

• Single author: ₹300
• Co-authorship (maximum two authors): ₹250 per author

Registration is through the registration form linked from the rulebook.

• First Prize: ₹3,500 and Certificate of Merit
• Second Prize: ₹2,500 and Certificate of Merit
• Third Prize: ₹2,000 and Certificate of Merit
• Top 10 blog entries: publication on the official NUSRL Law Review website
• All participants: Certificate of Participation

The rulebook lists Prof. (Dr.) Ashok R. Patil, Vice-Chancellor of NUSRL, as Chief Editor, Mr. Abhinav Gupta, Faculty, NUSRL, Ranchi, as Faculty Editor, and Anurag Kumar as Student Editor in Chief.