Call for Blogs | Centre for World Affairs (CWA) | MNLU, Aurangabad

About Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad:

Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad was created under the Maharashtra National Law University Act 2014, on the 16th of March, 2017, and is one of India’s premier national law Universities. The university is dedicated to developing and advancing legal education and imparting specialized and systematic instruction, training, and research in the field of international affairs.

About The Centre for World Affairs

The Centre for World Affairs since being set up has been working continuously with the aim to create awareness and encourage interest and research in the field of international affairs. The Centre has so far conducted numerous guest lectures and the National Conference on Tourism Laws. The Center for World Affairs was set up in 2021 with the vision of familiarizing students with contemporary world affairs and encouraging an interest in various international affairs and research and is in constant efforts to further this goal. The Centre has so far conducted numerous guest lectures on a wide variety of topics delivered by professionals across the globe and also conducted a National Level Conference. It now aims to “Call for Blogs” in which it invites blogs from emerging writers interested in writing on leading current affairs.

About Call for Blogs

The CWA Blog is a peer-reviewed, double-blind, open-access blog, operating under the flagship of The Centre for World Affairs, Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad, wholly devoted to studying current political, economic and legal developments in various countries of the world. The blog’s objective being the exposition of contemporary developments in World Affairs, we encourage authors to explore the latest developments in the field while also giving readers an insight into overlooked areas.

We invite submissions on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year from members of the bar, legal professionals, law students, or others who are interested in publishing with us and wish to further legal discourse.

Theme:

Any topic related to world affairs you are interested in.

Eligibility:

Open for students, academicians and professionals

Submission Guidelines:

• Word limit – All submissions should be approximately 1000-1500 words.

• Hyperlinking of sources wherever possible is encouraged; if no online sources are available, footnotes may be used.

• The author(s) may include an additional section for recommended readings at the end of their submission if they find any particularly interesting articles that would benefit the readers.

• Author Details –A maximum of two co- authors are allowed per entry.

• Please include the following details in the body of the email:

  1. Name of Author(s),

  2. Year of Study (if applicable),

  3. Institution or Organisation of affiliation.

• You may also include a short bio (40-50 words).

• The blog has to be submitted through following link:

  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfj8OjxKgTYgw_HdWXF9QjxvjRPDtYgEfjWYxOvv8Vh9vWxQw/viewform

Plagiarism policy:

• We value the originality of pieces above anything. Although we expect blog posts to be original and not exceed 20% plagiarism, the Editorial Board may relax this standard up to an acceptable level, if required to maintain the quality of the post.

• Contributors must make known to us any submissions of the draft post with other publishers, at any time during the review process. We reserve the right to cease collaboration with respective contributors if they fail to do so.

Review and submission policy:

• The Review Policy includes double peer review, which we undertake to complete within 15 days of submission. Please note that suggestions from the Editors may need to be incorporated by the contributors within 7 days of notification, or such other duration may be specified.

• The result of the review process would be communicated by the Centre within 14 days from acknowledgement through its official mail ID.’

• All submissions for The CWA Blog are to be made by submissions via E-mail.

• The submission of the draft post must be in MS Word format (.doc/.docx).

• We shall send an email acknowledging receipt of the draft post within 48 hours of receiving your entry. If you do not receive one, do email us at cwa@mnlua.ac.in

• Withdrawal of submission after communication of acceptance is not permitted. We reserve the right to cease collaboration with respective contributors if they do so.

Copyright policy:

• In making submissions to the MNLUA CWA Blog, the contributor(s):​

  1. Guarantees that the writing is their own original work and has not been previously Published.

  2. Acknowledge that the copyright of a blog post, once accepted, vests with the MNLUA CWA Blog and the name of the author/(s) is there for credit.

• Each post will be shared on MNLUA CWA’s social media pages with due credit to the contributor(s).