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SUBMISSION POLICY

Eligibility

We encourage submissions from undergraduates, postgraduates, and Higher Degree Research (HDR) students within Bond University’s Law Faculty, in addition to academics and legal professionals. At this stage, submissions from external students will not be considered.

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The submission must be the author’s own original work and not already published. Original essays produced for university assessments may be submitted for consideration by our Editors where:

  • the topic is of the student’s own devising, or the student’s approach to the topic is particularly nuanced; and

  • the essay has been submitted and marked for the relevant assessment piece.

 

Submission Process

You will first need to decide if you would like to submit an article for ‘The Brief’ or for ‘The Memorandum’. Each type of article requires compliance with different criteria, included below. All submissions must be in Microsoft Word or Google Docs; submissions in other formats will not be considered.

 

~The Brief~

This is a short, ‘news’ style, article intended to raise awareness about topical legal issues or areas of research.

Criteria:

  • 800 words maximum (excluding non-substantive footnotes);

  • include your proposed title with the draft article;

  • include footnotes, in compliance with AGLC 4th ed. Referencing (available for free from the University of Melbourne here);

 

  • include a short list (3-5 sources) of ‘Further Readings’, relevant to your article.

 

~The Memorandum~

This is a longer article that provides deeper analysis of a particular legal topic.

Criteria:

  • 2,500 words maximum (excluding non-substantive footnotes);

  • include your proposed title with the draft article;

  • include footnotes for in compliance with AGLC 4th ed. Referencing (available for free from the University of Melbourne here);

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Please submit your article to thelegalresearchhub@gmail.com 

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Review & Editing Process

The decision to publish your work on the Legal Research Hub remains at the discretion of our Editors.

  • Within 14 days of receiving your submission, our Editors review your work and provide you with personalized feedback regarding proofing (grammar, spelling, punctuation etc.) and content, as necessary. This feedback will be returned to you via ‘track changes’.

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  • ​*Plagiarism – our Editors will conduct a thorough check of your submission for plagiarism. By sending us your submission, you consent to the use of plagiarism-checking software for this purpose. Plagiarism refers to the representation of another’s work or ideas as your own, without appropriate acknowledgement. Plagiarism may occur of another’s work or ideas, regardless of whether that material is published or unpublished, and regardless of whether the material is documentary, multimedia, or electronic in nature. 

  • Plagiarism can be intentional, reckless, or unintentional. Intentional plagiarism includes, for example, the deliberate copying of work - such as copy-pasting sections of text from another author’s work without appropriate citation. Reckless plagiarism includes, for example, paraphrasing another’s work or collaborating with another author without appropriate citation to their contribution. Unintentional plagiarism includes, for example, inaccurate citations or acknowledgements of another’s work which are not done deliberately.

 

NO submissions which include plagiarized materials, or suspected plagiarized materials, will be accepted for publication.

 

It is your responsibility as the author of the submission to carefully check your work before submitting to the Editors. Our Editors maintain full discretion to reject subsequent versions of a submission which was found to include or suspected of including plagiarized materials.[1]

  • After receiving the Editor’s feedback, you must review the suggested amendments and email us to advise whether you accept or reject the amendments (you may also choose to do this using the ‘track changes’ function). We require your response within 7 days.

    • If you reject a suggested amendment, you should provide reasons for this in your response to our Editors for their consideration.

  • Following receipt of your response to the suggested amendments, our Editors will notify you of the decision to accept or reject your submission for publication as soon as practicable after this decision has been made. The decision to publish your work on the Legal Research Hub remains at the discretion of our Editors.

    • If your submission has been accepted for publication, our Editors will also consult with you about proposed images to accompany your published article. Our Editors will then email you a copy of the article as it will appear once published, including images. We also ask that you please provide a short bio of yourself and your research/legal interests for inclusion with your article. We require your written approval of the final copy of the article and your bio before publication will occur. You will be notified via email once your article has been published.

    • If at any time you decide you would like us to remove your article from our online publications, please contact us immediately. We will complete your request as soon as practicable and notify you once the article has been removed. We do not accept any liability for publication or copying of your work by third-parties, which may occur during the article’s publication period.

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Copyright and Content Ownership

Please see our separate Copyright Policy, available <link here>.

 

Enquiries

Please direct all enquiries to legalresearchhub@gmail.com.

 

[1] For further examples and information, please see: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism ; https://bond.edu.au/files/2921/TLR%204.02%20-%20Academic%20Integrity%20Policy.pdf .

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