Cfp for law students: NLIU-Trilegal Summit on Corporate and Commercial Laws [May 2]: Submit by April 18

The Summit shall witness fifteen paper presentations (including essays and articles), held virtually. These shall be selected after an intensive review procedure to be conducted jointly by CBCL and Trilegal. The participants may adopt any suitable means for presenting the papers including audio-visual aids, such as PowerPoint presentations, etc.

The fifteen selected manuscripts shall be published in a commemorative book (with an ISBN number). The top three presentations will be conferred with rewards. All presenters at the Summit will receive a certificate acknowledging their participation as a delegate.

Themes

International banking and finance
Cross border restructuring and insolvency
Corporate governance
International capital markets
Recent developments in competition law & antitrust regimes
Analysis of major transactions or sectoral studies
International taxation law
Commercial issues relating to digital economies & E-commerce
Cross-border investment law
Social/sustainable investments
Ethical compliance and risk analysis trends in commercial law
Recent issues in insolvency and bankruptcy landscape
Foreign investment and emerging trends in India
Taxability of cryptocurrency in India
Data privacy and competition law concerns
Special purpose acquisitions companies in India
Mergers & acquisitions in the Ed-tech sector

The above areas of law and themes are indicative in nature. The participants are free to choose an inter-disciplinary topic involving one or more of the above areas of law or themes, provided that it fits within the contours of corporate and commercial laws.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions can be made under the following categories:

Articles: Manuscripts under this category should be 4000-6000 words long dealing with an issue in-depth and demonstrating a comparatively higher level of analysis. Co-authorship of papers (maximum two) among individuals from the same or different institutions is allowed.

Essays: Manuscripts under this category should be 2000-3000 words and either cover a recent development or be issue-specific. Co-authorship is not allowed. All submissions must contain an abstract of maximum 300 words. Kindly note that the word limit is exclusive of footnotes and the abstract. Citations must conform to the standards laid down in the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th 2015). Submissions must use only footnotes as a
form of citation. Substantive footnoting is permitted.

The other details and specifics can be found in the call for papers.

Registration and Submission Deadline

All papers must be submitted on or before 18th April, 2021 (23:59 IST) through the specified google form link. Further, any clarifications should be sent to: trilegal.nliusummit@gmail.com. Each submission must contain the following documents, in addition to the manuscript and personal details and affiliation of the author(s), without which the submission will NOT be accepted:

An originality statement, signed by the author(s), declaring that the manuscript is the original work of the author(s).
A copyright statement, signed by the author(s), whereby the author(s) agrees that the copyright in the work shall vest with CBCL.

Kindly make your submission here