Law & Practice Blog’s 1st National Essay Competition [Submit by Feb 10]

The Law & Practice Blog has announced its 1^st National Essay Writing Competition. The theme for the competition is ‘Trade Secrets and Data Protection in India’.

Eligibility: Students pursuing three/five/six-year law course (LL.B)/ LL.M/ Ph.D. from any Indian university are eligible to participate.

Word Limit: Essays (excluding footnotes) should be at least 2500 words. The content of the abstract, if any, should not be more than 200 words, including the title and the keywords.

Registration: Registration is free and participation certificates shall be awarded to all authors.

To register, click here.

Important Dates:

• Last date of registration: 2^ndJanuary, 2018


• Last date for Submission: 10^th February, 2018

Guidelines:

• Essays are to be submitted in .doc/.docx format


• Essays should be in 12pt font size and 1.5 line spacing in the Times New Roman Font.


• Footnotes shall have 10pt font size and no line spacing.


• Footnotes must conform to OSCOLA (4th ed.) authoritative standard rules of legal citation and must include a description of each authority adequately to allow a reasonable reader to identify and locate the authority in a publication of general circulation.


• All participants are required to attach a plagiarism report (preferably Turnitin®) along with their submission.

Prizes:

• First Prize: INR 5000


• Second Prize: INR 3000


• Third Prize: INR 2000

Top 2 entries shall be awarded a letter of recommendation from one of our knowledge partners.

Top 15 selected essays will be published in the form of an e-journal.

Queries can be directed to contact@lawandpracticeblog.com.

For further details, please refer to the brochure of the competition.