CEERA NLSIU BANGALORE with the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE is conducting Professor VS Mallar Memorial legal aid competition
ABOUT
The legal aid competition stands to provide an important platform to encourage performance in the legal aid community.
STRUCTURE
STREET PLAYS: Each participating team shall conduct 2 street plays in the regional language on the legal landscape on Domestic violence, child abuse, child marriages, right of elderly citizens
JUN SUNWAII: The jun sunwaii shall be tested on the level of mobilization, crowdsourcing, and level of discussions including the quality of stakeholders.
VILLAGE/ COMMUNITY HALTS: Each participating team will be required to submit a report on the activities conducted in the course of the village halt
VILLAGE ADALATS: The topics shall include: domestic violence, child abuse, child marriages, right of elderly citizens
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR THE FINAL REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED
Should be in word format
Times new roman, size 12 with 1.5 spacing
The footnotes should be in 10 with 1 spacing
Justified alignment with no page borders with a declaration signed by the HOD
TEAM COMPOSITION
A faculty coordinator, a student coordinator, and a core team of 8 other students
REGISTRATION DETAILS
INR 4000, Deadline: June 15, 2022
AWARDS
BEST LEGAL AID CLINIC: INR 25000
FIRST RUNNERS UP: INR 20000
SECOND RUNNERS UP: INR 15000
BEST RURAL LEGAL AID CLINIC: INR 15000
BEST FACULTY COORDINATOR AWARD: INR 10000
BEST ALL INDIA LEGAL AID CLINIC STUDENT LAWYER: INR 10000
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CUSB was established under the Central Universities Act, 2009, with the motto, “Collective Reasoning”. The University has been conducting its academic and other activities in its campus which extends over 300 acres at Panchanpur (near Gaya town). The School of Law and Governance is a pioneer in grooming modern day legal professionals with a multidisciplinary edge by providing specialization in Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Labour Law, Constitutional Law, Taxation Law, International Trade & Investment, Banking, Finance & Insurance, IPR, Environment Law and Medical & Forensic Law.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF LAW & GOVERNANCE
Law is a social science and it is closely linked with society. A society cannot remain static and therefore, law in order to meet the changing requirements should keep abreast of time. It is not fanciful omnipotence in the sky but a flexible instrument of social order, dependent on the political and other values of the society which it purports to regulate. School of Law and Governance, CUSB is contributing towards legal education which helps in bringing and establishing socio-economic justice. The School of Law and Governance purports to provide quality legal education to the law students by taking into consideration the changing needs of the society and in the changing era of globalization. At the same time, this department also purports to provide traditional views of legal education and research as well because they have become relic of the past.
ABOUT THE LEGAL AID CLINIC
The Legal Aid Clinic of any law school is one of the most important student bodies with an attitude to impart the students an enriching experience by providing them with practical exposure that goes hand in hand with the academics. The committee aims to mould well informed and aware citizens of the country on women rights and provide room of discourse, dissent, and discussion in the student community. The Legal Aid Clinic at Central University of South Bihar under the astute guidance of Faculty Coordinator Dr. Deo Narayan Singh, Assistant Professor, SLG, CUSB is in its 9th year of continuous functioning since its inception. The Legal Aid Clinic has organized prison visits and conducted various social awareness programs in schools and villages. National Conferences & Quiz competitions have also been organized to raise awareness about importance of legal services among the budding lawyers.
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL E-CONFERENCE
The conference will comprise of eminent resource persons from India & foreign who shall be delivering lectures on the ongoing trends in the area of Consumer law practice and advocacy. The students of law will get benefitted through this seminar along with gaining knowledge on the worldwide happenings around consumer law. The earlier Act of Consumer law (1986 Act) has been repealed by the new Act of 2019. Series of new addition has been brought through the new Act. The students who had learnt the consumer law before 2019 enactment would receive insights about the changes ushered in by the new Act and would learn about the emerging trends in this area.
The speakers for this event are reputed authorities in the area of Consumer Law. We are proposing the illuminating upcoming experience to students of law as a whole. The seminar is being conducted at an international level to provide the young law students with exposure and great value addition.
Sub – Themes:
Comparative study of Consumer rights in south Asia with special reference to Nepal.
Future of ODR as a mode of resolution of consumer disputes in India
Laws and Reality of Consumer Rights in Bangladesh.
Challenges ahead with respect to the Consumer dispute resolution in the globalized world.
Panellists:
Prof. (Dr.) M. K. Padhy, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Christine Richardoson, Dean, Faculty of Law, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr. Sushila, Associate Professor, National Law University, Delhi, India
Dr. Balram Prasad Raut, Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Dr. Vandana Singh, Assistant Professor, USLLS, GGSIPU, Delhi, India
Dr. Sapna Chadah, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, India
Mr. Vijay Prasad Jayshwal, Assistant Professor, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Last Date for Registration: 24th February, 2022
Conference Date: 25th & 26th February, 2022
Registration Fee: NIL
E-Certificate shall be provided to all the participants!!
In the year 2018, Vidhi Mitra, The Legal Aid Cell, Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur, was founded. Its goal is to make the legal system and justice more accessible to the general public, as well as to raise public awareness about current legal concerns and established human rights.
About the Blog
The Vidhi Mitra Blog is intended to provide an active venue for the legal community to voice and share their experiences and thoughts on current legal topics and themes that the cell has prescribed.
Call for Blogs
The Blog’s Editorial Board invites submissions of articles, case notes, blog entries, book reviews, and discussion that fall within the boundaries of the subject area, namely, “Constitution and Legal Aid.”
Theme
The Blog is open to any topic which revolves around “Constitution and Legal Aid” or any other contemporary legal issue(s) related.
Sub-themes
There are numerous study subjects in the presented theme, however they have grouped it into the following sub-themes, keeping in mind the current topics of discussion on the constitution and legal aid:
Introducing the citizenry to their constitutional rights by using the tool of legal aid.
Tele Laws beneficiary surge: A Critical Analysis.
Comparing & contrasting the legal aid systems of various countries.
Weighing the merits and demerits of the Legal Services and Authorities Act, 1995.
Legal Aid Services’ contribution in making bail, the norm.
Where does Legal Aid fit in? (DPSP vs FR)
Reflecting back at Article 39A: Possible Amendments.
Misuse of Legal Aid Frameworks in the contemporary times.
Constitutional expectations from Legal Aid.
Submission Guidelines
The author may choose one or more sub-themes for his/her manuscript.
The article should be an original work of the author and neither published nor under consideration for publication in any other journal or blog. The work must not be plagiarised.
Co-authorship (limited to 2 authors) is allowed.
Word Limit
Articles: 2500-3500 words;
Case Notes: 1000-2000 words;
Book Review: 1500-2500 words;
Blog: 1000-1500 words.
Manuscripts above the prescribed word limit shall not be considered as a general rule, except under special circumstances subject to the sole discretion of the Editorial Board.
In case author(s) want(s) to roll out a series of blogs, the decision on the word limit shall be taken by editorial board accordingly.
All submissions should be typed in font Times New Roman with heading size 14, font size 12, line spacing 1.5′; justified.
The submissions should be made online in a MS Word format document to: legalaid@mpdnlu.ac.in mentioning the details of the author(s), the category of the manuscript and the sub-theme(s).
Citation Guidelines
The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (21st Ed.) is to be followed for citation.
All endnotes must be in Times New Roman, font size 10, single-spacing, and justified text.
