Indian American Sujit Choudhry resigns as Dean of Berkeley Law School, California after being sued for sexual harassment

Mr. Sujit Choudhry, Dean of Berkeley Law School in California resigned on Thursday, after he was sued at the Alameda County Superior Court by his Executive Assistant for sexual harassment. A University spokesman was quoted as saying that Mr. Choudhry, the first ever PIO to head a law school in America, will remain a member of the school’s faculty “at present”, under the University of California’s tenure policy.Earlier on Wednesday, Mr. Choudhry had announced that he would be taking an...

Professor (Dr.) Yogesh K Tyagi has been appointed as Vice- Chancellor of Delhi University

Professor Yogesh K Tyagi, former Dean of the Law Faculty at South Asian University (SAU), has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Delhi University (DU) by the President of India on 15th February, 2016.This is indeed a great news particularly for legal academician in country. The appointment of law professors to such offices in traditional universities like Delhi University is a rare sight. This is only the second time that a professor from legal profession has occupied this designation...

RGNUL Patiala misrepresents facts under RTI

The organiser of CLAT 2016 – Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala’s alleged reply to an RTI query dated 05.02.2016 relating to the curfew timings has caused a furore in the RGNUL campus. Apparently, this reply is in stark contradiction to the Law University’s own circular dated 02.03.2016 wherein it is clearly stated that the curfew timings for girls has been revised from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM.Live Law has gained access to two of these documents-the first one being an RTI query replied...

GNLU wins the First Professor N R Madhava Menon SAARC Mooting Competition

After the cut throat competition, before the panel of 5 bench Delhi High Court senior most judges (Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jayank Nath, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Najmi Wazir, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Judge, Hon’ble Mr. Justice I S Mehta, Hon’ble Ms. Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal) the winner of the First Professor N R Madhava Menon SAARC Mooting Competition was declared as Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar and the runner up team was Kerala Law Academy, Trivandrum.  Along with the...

Smart Start work experience programme launches in India

The Smart Start Experience, Allen & Overy’s award-winning work experience scheme, will be launched in  India on 8 March.The programme, which aims to give young people from disadvantaged backgrounds a real insight into the world of business, will be held in collaboration with the Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) project in India. IDIA identifies candidates with potential from marginalised and under-represented backgrounds and aims to introduce them to law as a career...

91 Students gets Placement from 2015 Batch of Jindal Global Law School

The 2nd batch of the five-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) batch at Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) graduated in 2015 alongside the students of the three-year LL.B. and one-year LL.M. batch. A total number of 91 students from the B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) batch, 24 students from the LL.B. batch, while the total number of LLM graduates was 22.The graduating students opted for diverse careers in organizations ranging from law firms, corporates, senior counsels, think-tanks, start-ups, and public policy...

GLC Mumbai presents the Launch of the Annual College Magazine, méLAWnge 2015-16

The Magazine Committee of Government Law College cordially invites you to the launch of the 86th edition of the annual college magazine “méLAWnge”. The Chief Guests for the occasion are Mr. Mukul Rohatgi: 14th and Current Attorney General for India, former Additional Solicitor General of India and designated Senior Counsel and Ms. Pinky Anand, Current Additional Solicitor General of India and designated Senior Counsel. Also attending the event is Mr. Shardul Thacker, Sr. Partner, Mulla &...

Harvard Law School scraps official emblem linked to slavery

Harvard Law School, one of the most prestigious colleges in the world, has decided to scrap its official seal, which features a crest of a notoriously brutal 18th century slaveholder.The crest, which says “Veritas”, the Latin word for truth, and shows three sheaths of wheat, was adopted by the law school in 1930s, after the Royalls, a family of plantation owners and merchants had helped establish Harvard’s first law professorship through a donation.The decision was taken after recommendation by...

NLUO Inter-University sports fest ‘VIRAJ-2016’

The National Law University Odisha (NLUO), Cuttack is organizing its first .inter-university sports fest, VIRAJ, from l8th to 20th March, 2016.Date: 18th – 20th March, 2016-02-26The first edition of VIRAJ would be a three day extravaganza which will witness participants from different law schools, engineering Schools and even Business Schools across the nation.The list of sporting events that would be held at VIRAJ is as follows:Cricket (Men's only)Football 3. BadmintonVolleyballBasketballThrow...

Vidhi's 'Great Cases' series: Invitation to a talk by Ms. Rebecca John on the Hashimpura Massacre case

The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy cordially invites you to its eighth talk in the Great Cases series. The talk shall be delivered by Ms. Rebecca John, Senior Advocate, High Court of Delhi on the Hashimpura Massacre case (State of Uttar Pradesh v. Surender Pal Singh and Others).Ms. John is a distinguished criminal lawyer and has been a defense counsel in several prominent criminal cases, such as the Arushi Talwar murder trial, the 2005 Delhi serial bomb blasts case, and the Ishrat Jahan...

Delhi HC to amend its RTI Rules bringing it in conformity with RTI Act, on law students’ petition [Read Order]

In a welcome step, Delhi High Court has decided to amend its Delhi High Court RTI Rules, 2006, to bring it in conformity with RTI Act, 2005. The decision was communicated to the division bench of the Delhi High Court, on a petition filed by law students, Aastha Sharma, Ishwin Mehta, Paras Jain and Kumar Shanu.A media report from July, 2015 had apprised the petitioners of the request by the Department of Personnel and Training to the Registrar of all High Courts to harmonize their RTI Fees in...

Workshop on Corporate Law as a Career Organized by NUJS & iPleaders’

To celebrate 5 years of their efforts to make practical legal education available to a wider audience & acknowledging industry experts for their contribution and giving a platform to students who have benefited out of the “NUJS Diploma Course on Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws” to share their experience National University of Juridical Sciences and iPleaders is organizing a workshop on charting a career in corporate law.Date & Time: February 25, 2016 from 9:00 AM to...