DBRANLU invites submissions for Volume I of its student-run law review journal.
About the Organisation
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University, Sonepat (DBRANLU), established by the Government of Haryana through State Legislature Act No. 15 of 2019, is one of India’s emerging National Law Universities committed to advancing legal education grounded in constitutional values and social justice. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in law and actively promotes interdisciplinary engagement through specialised research centres, academic cells, and community-oriented initiatives such as its Legal Aid Clinic.
Located in close proximity to Delhi, the university benefits from strong academic connectivity and institutional collaborations with reputed organisations such as the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies, and the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Through these partnerships, DBRANLU fosters global academic exposure and encourages high-quality legal research among students and scholars.
The DBRANLU Law Review Journal Students’ Edition reflects the university’s commitment to nurturing early-stage legal scholarship and providing students with a credible academic publication platform.
About the Opportunity
The DBRANLU Law Review Journal Students’ Edition is inviting submissions for its inaugural Volume I. This student-run double-blind peer-reviewed journal aims to promote original legal research and provide a structured platform for emerging legal academics and law students to contribute to contemporary legal discourse.
The journal seeks to encourage analytical writing across a broad spectrum of legal subjects, including constitutional law, corporate law, criminal justice reforms, environmental law, international law, and technology law. Interdisciplinary research contributions examining law through the lenses of policy, governance, economics, or social justice are also strongly encouraged.
As a newly launched academic initiative, this journal offers contributors the opportunity to publish in a peer-reviewed platform while strengthening their academic writing portfolios and research credentials.
Nature of Work and Submission Themes
The journal welcomes submissions addressing a wide range of legal themes and contemporary developments in law. Suggested areas include constitutional jurisprudence relating to fundamental rights and judicial review, criminal law reforms under the new criminal statutes, prison reforms and rehabilitation frameworks, and legal protections for vulnerable groups within the justice system.
Submissions may also explore corporate governance and accountability mechanisms, competition law developments, insolvency frameworks, securities regulation, and evolving capital market structures. Contributions examining digital governance, cybercrime regulation, artificial intelligence accountability, and data protection laws are particularly encouraged given their increasing relevance in modern legal systems.
Authors may also submit interdisciplinary work addressing emerging issues in intellectual property law, media regulation, sports law, or recent legislative and regulatory developments across multiple fields. The journal explicitly welcomes innovative perspectives beyond the listed sub-themes.
Eligibility Criteria
The journal invites submissions from:
Law students enrolled in recognised universities across India
Recent law graduates and emerging legal academics
Individual authors or joint authors (maximum two contributors per submission)
Guest authors may also contribute and may exceed the usual word limits where necessary, subject to editorial approval.
All submissions must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration by any other journal or publication platform.
Skills Benefits and Learning Outcomes
Publishing in a student-edited peer-reviewed law journal provides authors with valuable academic exposure and strengthens their research credentials for future opportunities in litigation research, policy institutions, postgraduate programmes, and academic careers.
Participants gain experience in structured legal writing, citation compliance under OSCOLA (4th Edition), and manuscript preparation aligned with scholarly publication standards. The double-blind peer review process further ensures constructive academic feedback that helps authors refine analytical arguments and methodological clarity.
This opportunity is particularly beneficial for students preparing for LL.M. admissions, judicial services examinations with research components, or careers in legal academia and public policy research.
Authors whose work is accepted will contribute to the inaugural volume of the journal, providing them with early publication visibility in a nationally recognised student-run academic initiative.
Duration Mode Location and Processing Charges
The DBRANLU Law Review Journal Students’ Edition follows an online submission and review process. Contributors may submit manuscripts remotely through the official submission portal.
There are no submission or publication charges associated with this journal. The initiative operates as a free-to-submit academic platform intended to encourage wider student participation in legal research.
Important Dates
Last date to submit manuscripts: 20 April 2026
Authors may expect an initial editorial response within two weeks of submission. The complete review process is expected to conclude within approximately six weeks from the submission deadline.
Who Should Apply
This call for papers is particularly suitable for:
Law students interested in academic publishing and research writing
Participants preparing for postgraduate legal studies such as LL.M. programmes
Students seeking publication experience for moot court or research portfolios
Early-stage researchers exploring interdisciplinary legal scholarship
Aspiring academics and policy researchers
Students analysing contemporary developments in constitutional, criminal, corporate, or technology law
