JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.13.1/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.validate/1.13.1/additional-methods.js"></script>
<form class="form" id="contactusform">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-4 form-label">
            <label for="cname">Contact Name*</label>
        </div>
        <div class="col-sm-6 form-row">
            <input id="cname" name="name" type="text" class="form-field" required>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-4 form-label">
            <label for="cemail">Contact Email Address*</label>
        </div>
        <div class="col-sm-6 form-row">
            <input id="cemail" name="email" type="email" class="form-field" required>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-4 form-label">
            <label for="cphone">Contact Phone Number</label>
        </div>
        <div class="col-sm-6 form-row">
            <input id="cphone" name="phone" type="text" class="form-field">
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-sm-6 form-send-button">
            <div class="">
                <input id="submit" type="submit" class="btn send-button" value="SEND">
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    
    $("#contactusform").validate({
        rules: {
            name: "required",
            email: {
                required: true,
                email: true
            },
            phone: {
                digits: true,
                minlength: 11
            }
        },
        messages: {
            name: "Please specify your name",
            email: {
                required: "We need your email address to contact you",
                email: "Email must be in the format of name@domain.com"
            },
            phone: {
                minlength: "please insert a number of {0} digits",
                digits: "The value must be a number"
            }
        }
    });
    
});