The Centre for Legal Research and Studies invites papers for its online international conference on law, technology, rights, regulation, and justice.
About the Organisers
VidhiAagaz, founded in 2017 and based in Madhya Pradesh, publishes the International Journal of Law Management and Humanities and the International Journal of Law Science and Innovation. The organisation states that its journals are indexed in HeinOnline, Manupatra, and Google Scholar. VidhiAagaz will publish the edited book arising from the conference, with a Crossref DOI assigned to every chapter.
The Centre for Legal Research and Studies (CLRS) is the academic arm of VidhiAagaz. It conducts certificate courses, workshops on drafting and legal research, national conferences, and publishes the CLRS Journal of Global Justice and Governance.
About the Opportunity
The CLRS International Conference on “Law in the Digital Decade: Rights, Regulation and Justice in a Rapidly Changing World” invites original research papers examining how law is adapting to technological developments and the changing nature of rights, regulation, and justice.
The conference is open to academicians, research scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students, legal practitioners, judicial officers, and independent researchers from India and abroad. Papers may have up to two authors.
The conference will be conducted online through Zoom on September 13, 2026.
Theme
The theme of the conference is “Law in the Digital Decade: Rights, Regulation and Justice in a Rapidly Changing World.”
Conference Themes
Submissions are invited on the following areas:
- Artificial intelligence and the accountability of automated decisions.
- Data protection, privacy, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act in practice.
- Platform regulation, intermediary liability, and governance of online speech.
- Cybercrime, digital evidence, and the criminal process.
- Fintech, digital payments, and regulation of virtual and crypto assets.
- Intellectual property in the age of generative technology.
- E-governance, digital public infrastructure, and the right of access.
- Competition law in digital markets and the conduct of dominant platforms.
- The gig economy, algorithmic management, and the future of work.
- Online dispute resolution and technology in the delivery of justice.
- Surveillance, national security, and civil liberties in a networked state.
- Consumer protection in electronic commerce.
- Health data, telemedicine, and governance of digital health.
- Constitutional questions raised by emerging technologies.
- Other contemporary questions of law in the digital decade.
Comparative and international perspectives are encouraged, and papers need not fit within a single listed sub-theme.
Eligibility Criteria
- Academicians, research scholars, postgraduate students, undergraduate students, legal practitioners, judicial officers, and independent researchers may submit.
- Submissions are open to participants from India and abroad.
- A paper may be authored by a maximum of two authors.
Submission Guidelines
The abstract should be between 250 and 300 words and may include up to five keywords. It should state the research question, sources or method, and argument.
The full paper should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words, including footnotes, and will be peer reviewed before acceptance for the conference and edited book.
Submissions should follow Times New Roman, font size 12, with 1.5 line spacing. Footnotes should be in font size 10. Authors may use either Bluebook 20th Edition or ILI citation style consistently throughout the paper.
The full paper must be submitted as a Word document in .doc or .docx format. PDF files will not be accepted.
The work must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. Similarity must remain below 10%, AI-generated text is not accepted, and the paper must not contain defamatory material.
The file submitted for review must not contain the author’s name or affiliation because the full paper will undergo a double-blind review process.
Important Dates
The abstract submission deadline is August 24, 2026.
The presenter registration deadline is August 26, 2026. Registration may close earlier if all available slots are filled.
The full paper submission deadline is September 6, 2026.
The online conference will be held on September 13, 2026.
Review results for submitted papers are scheduled for September 20, 2026.
The edited book bearing an ISBN and Crossref DOI is scheduled for publication on October 5, 2026.
Registration Fees
Attendees who do not present a paper will be charged ₹400.
Students and research scholars presenting a paper will be charged ₹700.
Academicians, professionals, and practitioners presenting a paper will be charged ₹1,000.
Foreign delegates presenting a paper will be charged $30.
Registration is charged only after an abstract is accepted and confirms the author’s place to present. It includes participation in the full programme and an e-certificate.
Publication
Accepted papers may be published in an edited book bearing an ISBN, with a Crossref DOI assigned to each chapter. Publication is optional and is available to accepted papers at a charge of ₹1,500.
The publication charge includes a printed copy of the book and a hard copy of the certificate, posted to the author. There is no separate per-page or processing fee.
Every presenting author will receive an e-certificate of presentation. Authors whose papers are published in the book will additionally receive a printed certificate. Attendees will receive an e-certificate of participation.
Contact
Email: conference@academyclrs.org
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Application Procedure
Interested contributors may submit their abstracts online through the conference submission portal.
The abstract must be submitted by August 24, 2026.
The full paper may be submitted only after acceptance of the abstract. The deadline for full paper submission is September 6, 2026.
Authors will receive an Abstract ID by email. Subsequent stages, including the decision, registration, full paper submission, and publication, will be tracked through the submission page.
