An Article is a comprehensive analysis of an issue relevant to the understanding or development of arbitration law without any limitation of length. Please, however, bear in mind that short pieces enhance the quality of legal scholarship. We encourage works on a contemporary legal issue or legislation but also consider historical or jurisprudential writings. You should submit an abstract of 100-500 words with an Article if it exceeds 5000 words.

Blog Posts can range between 1500-5000 words. Blogs tend to be more narrowly focused than Articles and maybe (but not necessarily) relatively informal in tone and style of referencing. The Blog may advance an idea, engage in discussion, or contextualize a development.

A Case Comment is a critique, rather than a mere summary, of any court decision and should ideally be not more than 3000 words. We prefer Case Comments on relatively recent decisions but also consider those that take a new approach to an important older case.

Our in-house team prepares Updates and Weekly Highlights, but for any particular reason you wish to contribute to either type of publication, please contact the editors at editor@nfral.in.

For items not described below, follow as far as possible the latest OSCOLA style of citation available at http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/publications/oscola.php.

• Books: Author, Title of the Book, Volume if applicable, Page No., Edition, Publisher, Year of Publication.

  Example: Gary B Born, International Commercial Arbitration, Vol. 1, 342-343 (2 ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2014). Do not use dots in the author’s name.

• Cases: Case name, commonly accepted citation for the reporter, paragraph [denoted by para].

  Example: Bhatia International v. Bulk Trading SA & another (2004) 2 SCC 105, para 2. Do not use dots in the name of the case. Use a dot after “v” when segregating the names of the parties.

• Statutes:

  If not defined in the submission: Section, name, year. Examples:  Section 34, Indian Contract Act, 1872.

  If defined: Section followed by the definition without any comma. Example, Section 34 ICA.

We do not emphasize strict adherence to the OSCOLA style if your citations are of a generally accepted standard, consistent, and provide all information necessary to locate the source.

Please make your submission by clicking on the "Submit Now" button at the end of this page. Ensure that you have filled in all the relevant sections of the submission form.

The Microsoft Word document containing the submission should not contain any information identifying the author(s).

Our review process is very intensive and consists of preliminary screening, technical review, and a substantive review of the submission's merit and structure. Very often, we engage with subject experts outside NFRAL. Submitting a piece is an acknowledgement that you agree to work with the NFRAL team, if required, during the advanced stages of the review. 

NFRAL does not accept non-exclusive submissions. You must agree not to submit your draft for consideration anywhere else until two weeks from the date of your submission to us.

There can be multiple authors. Please provide the details in the Submission Form.

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We retain the right to reject your draft at any stage of the review, preliminary or advanced. We also retain the right to take down from the website any published work if so warranted for any reason.

You can make a query concerning a contribution to editor@nfral.in.