About Tech Law Forum @ NALSAR

The Tech Law Forum is a student-run collective at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. The TLF Blog serves as a public forum for timely commentary and quality scholarship on technology law and policy.

Details about the Opportunity: Mandate & Scope

We publish short, focused pieces that examine legal, regulatory, and policy issues and developments in relation to technology law. Submissions that adopt comparative, empirical, doctrinal, or normative approaches are welcome.

Typical (but non-exhaustive) subject areas include:

• Artificial Intelligence (governance, liability, explainability, audits)
• Data protection & privacy law
• Cybersecurity law and policy
• Platform regulation, content moderation, and intermediary liability
• Digital competition and antitrust in platform markets
• FinTech, payments law, and crypto-assets/DeFi regulation
• Telecommunications, spectrum and net neutrality
• Intellectual property in the digital economy
• Biotech, health data governance, and digital health regulation
• Algorithmic transparency, fairness, and discrimination
• Digital identity, e-governance, and public sector technology
• Digital evidence, forensics, and criminal procedure
• Technology & human rights (surveillance, free expression)
• Legal tech, access to justice, and automation of legal services
• Regulatory sandboxes, experimental governance, and design of tech policy
• Responses to recent cases, rules, or policy consultations
• Short empirical notes, policy briefs, and book reviews related to tech law

We especially encourage submissions that are contemporaneously relevant, comparative in outlook, or which propose practical regulatory solutions grounded in legal analysis.

Who is it for/Eligibility

This call for blogs is open to students, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and interdisciplinary researchers.

Word-length & Style

• Preferred word length is 1,200–1,800 words. We may accept submissions up to 2,500 words for particularly substantive pieces. If your submission is longer, please justify the length in your submission form.
• Citation style is not mandatory. However, authors are encouraged to hyperlink sources whenever possible. If sources are not online, use footnotes (OSCOLA 4th Edition is acceptable but not mandatory). For statutory provisions, authors are encouraged to use India Code hyperlinks.
• Writing style should be clear, precise, and persuasive for an informed but broad audience.

Submission Rules & Copyright

• Originality: Submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by another publication.
• Anonymity: The manuscript must be anonymized, with no author names, institutional affiliations, or identifying metadata.
• File format: Submissions must be in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
• Copyright Exclusivity: If accepted, publication will be exclusive to the TLF Blog. Copyright will vest with the Tech Law Forum by virtue of the Copyright Act of 1957 and Creative Commons (CC) licenses upon publication. Authors will be prominently credited.
• Ethics & clearance: Authors are responsible for ensuring compliance with ethical research norms, including obtaining necessary permissions for any reproduced material.

How to Submit

Submissions must be sent via the form ONLY (attached at the end of the post).

The subject line of the submission form should be “Submission for TLF Blog — [Title of Piece].” For time-sensitive pieces, please use “Expedited | Submission for TLF Blog — [Title of Piece]” and explain why you believe the piece requires expedited consideration.

Review Process & Timeline

• Acknowledgement: You will receive an acknowledgment upon receipt of your submission.
• Preliminary review will take 7–10 days, after which we will notify authors of rejection or provisional acceptance.
• Revision stage: If revisions are requested, authors should typically respond within 10–20 days. Final acceptance is communicated after satisfactory revisions.
• Publication: After final acceptance, we aim to publish promptly, though the exact time will vary based on editorial scheduling.
• Note: Editors have sole discretion on acceptance, formatting, and dispute resolution.

Contact

For any queries, please direct them exclusively to [email protected].

Click here to submit.