Call for Blogs: Synthesis, The Law Review Blog of the Society for Technology and Law, NLU Assam (Technology Law) [Rolling Submissions]

Synthesis is the Law Review Blog of the Society for Technology and Law at the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJA), Guwahati. The Society works on academic research at the intersection of technology and law, and Synthesis serves as its platform for scholarly writing on the evolving legal landscape around emerging technologies.

Submissions may address any relevant theme within technology law. The Society lists the following as indicative, not exhaustive:

• Cybersecurity and Privacy Law
• Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
• Blockchain and Legal Implications
• E-Governance and Digital Rights
• Data Protection and Regulatory Compliance
• Telecommunications Law in the Digital Age
• Emerging Technologies and Intellectual Property
• Internet of Things (IoT) and Legal Challenges
• Smart Contracts and Contractual Governance
• Legal Challenges in Space and Technology Exploration

Open to professionals, academicians and students (UG, PG and PhD) across all disciplines, not limited to law, in keeping with the Society's interdisciplinary approach. Co-authorship is permitted, with a maximum of two authors per submission.

• Manuscripts must be original and must not have been published elsewhere.
• The call sets the permitted similarity index at 15% for plagiarism and 10% for AI-generated content; the blog's guidelines add that any form of plagiarism leads to disqualification from publication.
• Length: maximum 1,800 words, excluding endnotes. Longer submissions may be considered for publication in parts, at editorial discretion, after discussion with the Editorial Board.
• Formatting: title in Garamond, size 14, bold, Small Caps; body in Garamond, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing.
• Citations: use hyperlinks in the text for all references, including supporting materials and legal texts. Where no hyperlink is available, endnotes in any uniform citation style may be used. Speaking footnotes or endnotes are not permitted.
• File format: Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx).

Submissions are assessed on relevance, content quality, language proficiency and originality of perspective, with preference for angles not adequately covered elsewhere.

Upload the manuscript in Microsoft Word format through the official submission form (a Google Form linked from the blog's submission guidelines; it requires a Google sign-in to upload the file). The guidelines ask authors to give 4 to 5 relevant keywords and a brief description of 80 to 100 words in the form.

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, so there is no closing date. No submission or publication fee is mentioned in the official guidelines. Queries may be sent to stl@nluassam.ac.in or synthesisthelawreview@gmail.com.