Outlook releases Law School Rankings 2015; NLSIU,NALSAR and NUJS in Top 3

After India Today, the Outlook magazine has now released its own law school rankings. The rankings released by Outlook differ significantly from the one released by India Today.Outlook Law School ranking 2015While NLSIU Bangalore and NALSAR Hyderabad continue to hold the top two positions in both the rankings, NUJS and NLIU find themselves at the third and fourth spot in the Outlook rankings. On the other hand, India Today had placed Faculty of Law, Delhi University and GNLU at the third and...

Mooters Speaking ; Meet NLU Jodhpur Team, runners up of ELSA WTO Moot Court Competition

The 13th Edition of European Law Students Association (ELSA) WTO Moot Court Competition Geneva, Switzerlandis one of the prestigious mooting competitions among all national and international moots.The ELSA Moot Court Competition (EMCC) is a simulated hearing of the Dispute Settlement System of the World Trade Organization and deals with...

NALSAR becomes the first institution to issue a gender neutral degree in India

In a sui generis event, NALSAR, Hyderabad has issued a gender neutral degree to a student who wanted to be identified not Mr. or Ms. But as Mx.Anindita Mukherjee, student at NALSAR had requested the University to issue her the certificates with Mx. as the prefix.Reportedly, the certificates also mention Anindita Mukherjee as “they” rather than “he”...

Interview with Salman Khurshid ; There has been very little presentation of the fundamental concepts including the ‘Basic Structure in NJAC Hearing

Salman Khurshid is a designated Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India and a prominent politician. He is the son of Khurshed Alam Khan a former Union Minister of External affairs, Government of India, and maternal grandson of Zakir Hussain, the third President of India. Salman Khurshid was the Cabinet Minister for Law and Justice, and...

India Today releases Law Schools Rankings, NLSIU at top

The widely read magazine, India Today has released its rankings for various educational institutions, including law schools. As per the ranking, NLSIU, Bangalore is the best law school in India, followed by NALSAR Hyderabad.Interestingly, India Today has not differentiated between 3 year law courses and 5 year integrated courses and has marked...

TNNLS Vice Chancellor Resigns, NLSIU Graduate IAS officer to take charge

All’s not well for Tamil Nadu National Law School (TNNLS) as Founder Vice Chancellor demits office citing lack of adequate support from some members of the Executive Council as reported by the Hindu. Murgavel who earlier served in the Department of Law of Madras University was one of the main architects of the newly established Tamil Nadu National...

Advance Course on Economic Analysis of Constitutional Law by Centre for Law & Economic, Gujarat National Law University

The Centre for Law and Economic of Gujarat National Law University is organizing the course on Economic Analysis of Constitutional Law from August 1 to August 6, 2015.This course is designed to answer in details about the questions of consequences of the constitutional rules. The questions like “ Would you say the government is pretty much run by a...

Call for Blogs: SRIL International Law Blog

The Society for Research inLaw [SRIL] International Law Blog is now accepting posts on contemporary issues of International Law. The blogs will be accepted on a rolling basis. We also accept articles in response to already published pieces on our blog.Submission Guidelines The article should be original and unpublished.Make clear and precise...

Mooters Speaking: In Conversation with Quarter finalist of 19th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition

The 19th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, is one of the prestigious mooting competitions among all National and International moots. The competition was conducted from April 16-18, 2015. There were four teams from India and performed excellently in the International rounds. The teams were from NLU Jodhpur, NUJS...

IPAN-DAAD Scholarship for Batch of 2015, Apply by June 18

The International Policy Analysis Network (IPAN) in association with The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD in association with has announced two scholarships for students from India.IPAN DAAD Scholarship for US-German Summer School in International & Comparative LawThe youth run policy think tank, IPAN in association with DAAD provides a...

12 Tips on How to Succeed in Litigation as a Career: A Snippet from Tanuj Kalia’s Book on Law as a Career (LexisNexis)

Tanuj Kalia’s (Founding CEO of Lawctopus) book titled ‘Law as a Career’ is out in the market! Published by LexisNexis the book is a complete guide for law aspirants and law students keen on pursuing a career in law.Below is a section from the chapter on ‘Litigation as a Career Option’. The content has been edited slightly to be suitable as a...

NGLSJ writes to Union Minister for Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs for Maggi recall and initiation of prosecution

NATIONAL GROUP OF LAW STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE(NGLSJ) has sent a representation to the Union Minister for Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan with a request to initiate criminal prosecution of Nestle for Homicide, Seizure & destruction of products for which recall orders have been issued.The representation refers to the...