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Well Argued

Well Argued publishes court wins, research papers, articles, case comments and policy notes by law students and advocates. You do not need a win in court to submit. Whatever is published also shows on your portfolio.

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Edited by peopleClient identity removed from winsOpen to studentsFree to submit

What you can submit

Court winAn order or judgment you argued, assisted on or drafted for.Research paperOriginal research on a point of law. Students are welcome.ArticleA considered piece on law or legal practice.Case commentYour analysis of a recent judgment or order.Policy noteA note on a bill, a rule or a regulatory change.

How to submit

Choose what it is

A court win, research paper, article, case comment or policy note.

Tell us about it

For a win: the court, date of the order, your role and the outcome. For writing: the title, area, a short summary, and where it appeared, if anywhere.

Upload it

The order or judgment for a win, or your document for anything else, as a PDF.

Consent

For a win, confirm the client’s identity will be removed and that you may share the order. For writing, confirm it is your original work and yours to share.

What happens next

Submitted

The Claw desk checks that the document matches the submission

With the editors

The editors prepare it for publication and, for wins, remove anything that identifies the client

Published

It appears on Well Argued and as a tile on your portfolio

Not taken forward

The editors tell you why

In a win, the client is never named

Names, addresses and anything else that could identify the client are removed before publication.

Reporting, not advertising

Well Argued reports what courts decided and publishes legal writing. It does not rank advocates or invite work, in line with the Bar Council of India rules.

Won a matter, or written something worth reading? Put it on your portfolio.

Submit from your workspace. It takes a few minutes.

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