ILNU Team Wins 16th Justa Causa National Law Moot Court Competition Festival 2018

The team constantly worked hard qualifying the Memorial Rounds and beating many prestigious law schools throughout their journey of competition.In the late evening of 21st January, 2018 came a proud moment as the team from Institute of Law Nirma University (ILNU), Ahmedabad who won the prestigious 16th Justa Causa National Law Moot Court Competition Festival 2018 held at Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Law, Nagpur this week from Jan 19-21, 2018. The winners of the competition Saloni Modi, Soham...

NUJS Holds Conference On Ways To Enhance ‘Access To Justice’ Through Mediation

NUJS Legal Aid Society recently organised a conference in Kolkata on the theme ‘Access to Justice’, inviting ideas and proposals to alleviate the state of access to justice in West Bengal. The event was presided over by Justice Protik Prokash Banerjee, Kolkata High Court, and Rahim Shamji, founder of ADR-ODR London.This event was a follow-up to the IMW awareness campaign, supported by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India and endorsed by the Supreme Court Mediation and...

Panel Discussion On ‘Baptism By Fire: Trial Of Speech, Democracy And Media In India’ Successfully Held At Nirma University

The Institute of Law, Nirma University, organized a panel discussion presided by Rafael Cohen Almagor (director MESG, School of Politics, University of Hull and Professor and Chair in Politics, School of Politics, Philosophy and International Studies, University of Hull, UK), academician Salil Tripathi (contributor editor, Mint and Caravan-Chair, PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee and senior advisor, Institute for Human Rights and Business, UK) and senior journalist Ajay Umat...

Lex Infinitum 2018, 3rd Edition of VMSCL–WMO International Dispute Resolution Competition, Concludes

The 3rd Edition of International Dispute Resolution Competition, Lex Infinitum 2018, hosted by VM Salgaocar College of Law (VMSCL), in collaboration with the World Mediation Organisation (WMO), Berlin, concluded on Saturday after four days of rigorous activity.The closing ceremony, held at Marriott, Miramar, started off with Dr Sandhya Ram, director of Lex Infinitum 2018, welcoming the gathering and introducing chief guest Justice Nutan D Sardessai, judge at High Court of Bombay at Goa.Justice...

MNLU Mumbai Opens Centre for Research in Criminal Justice

Justice NH Patil and Justice AS Oka, judges of High Court of Judicature at Bombay, inaugurated the Centre for Research in Criminal Justice (CRCJ) on Saturday at the Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Mumbai. The CRCJ is an initiative of the university to improve research in criminal justice administration and to make a quality contribution towards an efficient criminal justice administration through the active participation of students, judiciary, civil society members and other relevant...

Lex Infinitum: VMSCL-WMO International Dispute Resolution Competition 2018 Begins With A Bang In Goa

The curtain-raiser for the 3rd edition of VMSCL-WMO International Dispute Resolution Competition  (Lex Infinitum 2018) hosted by VM Salgaocar College of Law, in association with World Mediation Organisation, was held in Panjim city on Wednesday. The event was inaugurated by Cyril Shroff, managing partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas - Advocates & Solicitors, along with Guest of Honour Vandana Shroff, partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Advocates and Solicitors. Lex Infinitum 2018 will be...

Prelude to Lex Infinitum 2018: VM Salgaocar’s Mediation Musings Resonates in Goa

VM Salgaocar College of Law, Goa, in collaboration with the World Mediation Organisation, Berlin, hosted customary ‘Mediation Musings: Settling Disputes Outside Courts – The Win-Win Way’, a prelude to Lex Infinitum 2018, on Tuesday at International Centre, Goa. The theme of the panel discussion was the need to open up the options of dispute settlement to the common man, without resorting to court. The four-day Lex Infinitum 2018 will start on Wednesday.Speaking at ‘Mediation Musings’, advocate...

Admission Notification: NLU Delhi 2018

National Law University Delhi has invited applications for admission to B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M. and Ph.D. programmes for the Academic Year 2018-19 commencing from August, 2018. Eligibility, total seats and other details for these programmes are asunder:B.A.LL.B. (Hons.): Five-Year Programme Eligibility: Senior Secondary School Examination (10+2 System) or Equivalent Examination with 50% marks. Candidates appearing in the 12th standard examination in March/April, 2018, can also apply. Total...

ConQuaestio 2017: ICFAI Law School’s Constitutional Quiz Competition 2017 Concludes Successfully

ConQuaestio 2017, the ICFAI Law School’s Constitutional Quiz Competition for the year 2017 was successfully organised in the ICFAI Law School campus.With the objective of spreading constitutional awareness, began the preparation for the organisation of the ILS Constitutional Quiz Competition for the year 2017. The name ‘ConQuaestio’ was coined by student coordinator Anshuman Sahoo, picking the ‘Con’ from the word ‘Constitution’ and adding the Latin word ‘Quaestio’ (to ask) to it.On 6th...

CCI Empanels NUJS For Competitive Assessment Of Economic Bills, Legislations, Policies

The National University of Juridical Science (NUJS) has been selected by a committee constituted by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to be a part of their panel of reputed institutions for three years to carry out competition assessment of economic legislations, bills and policies.The empanelment by the selection committee was based on the evaluation of abilities demonstrated by the NUJS in a sample Competition Assessment submitted to the CCI in response to a public advertisement.The...

CLAT 2018 To Be Held On 13 May

Next edition of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) will be held on 13 May, 2018, from 3 to 5 pm. The online applications for the exam will begin from 1 January and the last date for application is 31 March.The 2018 exam will be organized by National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) Kochi, for admission to five-year LL.B (undergraduate) and LL.M (postgraduate) courses at eighteen National Law Universities.Interestingly, this year's notification does not prescribe an age limit for...

Jindal Global Law School Signs MoU With Cornell Law School

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) of OP Jindal Global University (JGU) has signed an MoU with Cornell Law School, New York, allowing the students of JGLS to pursue a dual degree programme.An MoU to this effect was signed by Professor Eduardo M. Peñalver, Dean of Cornell Law School, and (Dr) C Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, JGU, in New Delhi on Sunday.The dual degree programme will enable students to get access to and learn from the top-notch and renowned law professors in Cornell University...