Rachna 1st National Negotiation- Mediation Competition, 2021 By NMIMS Navi Mumbai [27th To 29th August 2021]

NMIMS is an institution dedicated to disseminate education to innovation by imparting critical and unique analytical abilities to students in numerous interdisciplinary domains of studies. Being ranked as one of the top B-schools in India, our campus has successfully completed three years of law program since its inception with phenomenal efficacy. Established in the year 2018, NMIMS, School of Law, Navi Mumbai offers two courses, BA LLB (Hons.) and BBA LLB (Hons.), in order to provide the legal industry with young lawyers in the field of corporate law as well as in the judiciary and other likewise stream of Law.

Envisaged with a student-oriented curriculum, our law school steadily strives to provide the cutting edge to law students through innovative methods of competitive opportunities. The University focuses on filling the need to be updated in the legal industry by providing a practical approach through para academic activities like Moot competitions, debates, ADR competitions, etc. The First Virtual National Negotiation-Mediation Competition, 2021 organized by our law school is one of such means to offer law students across the country an opportunity to cultivate and enhance their mediation and negotiation skills.

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

The Dispute Resolution Committee of SVKM's NMIMS School Of Law, Navi Mumbai is pleased to announce its First Virtual National Negotiation- Mediation Competition, Rachna, with the aim of providing law students across the country a forum to enhance their advocacy skills within alternative dispute resolution arena. The competition is set to take place from 27^th to 29^th of August 2021 through Virtual Mode owing to the current pandemic. The competition involves a total of five rounds, the first two preliminary rounds shall be conducted in form of Negotiation whereas the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, and the Final rounds shall be conducted in form of Mediation.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

• The Winning Team of the Final Round will be awarded a cash prize of INR 10,000/-
• The Winning Mediator of the Final Round will be awarded a cash prize of INR 5,000/-
• Runners-Up Negotiators will be awarded a cash prize of INR 4,000/-
• Runners-Up Mediator will be awarded a cash prize of INR 2,000/-
• E-certificate of participation will be provided to all the participants.

COLLABORATORS AND PARTNERS

The competition is organized in Collaboration with L&L Partners (formerly known as Luthra and Luthra Partners), Samvād Partners and Ms. Veena Ralli ( Organizing secretary of Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre). It is pertinent to note that all these dignitaries/ Esteemed Law Firms of India are the drafters of our different propositions which shall be utilized in respective different rounds. We have collaborated with LiveLaw as our Media Partner & collaborated with SCC Online & EBC as our exclusive Knowledge Partners for the aforementioned competition.

IMPORTANT DATES

• 6^th July, 2021 - Provisional Registration Starts
• 3rd August, 2021 - Final Registration
• 17th August, 2021- Release of Proposition
• 20th August, 2021 - Last Date to Seek Clarifications
• 23st August, 2021 - Answer of Clarifications
• 27th August - 29th August, 2021 – Main Event

REGISTRATION FEE

The registration fee for the aforementioned competition shall be INR 1,500/- (One Thousand Five Hundred Rupees) per team. Please refer to the Rulebook for bank details or online transactions.

REGISTRATION LINK

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKO7CbqkWDFcZIlf_qpj6Llu-rK-JOl7yKpGwOAXRIv7uJGg/viewform

LINKS TO DOWNLOAD BROCHURE AND RULEBOOK

BROCHURE:-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18yUk-7ijm5d0in9JruE7jhY5hl3PItDr/view?usp=sharing

RULEBOOK:- 

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/18MZWjth3cBgTwkptQN4M5ZIL0jmhgekt/view?usp=sharing

DISCLAIMER- whoever approaches the aforementioned entities / firms for the purpose of acquiring any kind of information or holding any kind of discussion pertaining to the propositions of the aforementioned competition, her/his team shall be subjected to disqualification from the competition.

CONTACT

For any queries relating to the competition, please write us at adr.sol@nmims.edu.in

Or contact any of the following;

• Kartikeya Awasthi, President, +91-7021215310
• Gul Zehra, Vice President, +91-8726350168
• Shuchita Ray, Secretary, +91-9004995171

LIVELAW is the media partner for the competition.