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Development & Rule of Law becomes the theme of the first alumni meet cum conference at NLSIU
The inaugural National Conference of the alumni of National Law School of India University to discuss “Legal Services, Legal Education and the State Of The Profession: Emerging Challenges” was held at the NLSIU campus on 25- 26 April 2015. Justice .V.Gopala Gowda, judge of the Supreme Court along with former Chief Justices of India Justice M N Venkatachaliah and Justice Rajendra Babu graced the occasion by inaugurating the conference. Justice Gowda even addressed the conference by calling on...
KIIT Centre for International Arbitration organizes seventh guest lecture for General Arbitration Certificate Course (GACC)
KIIT Centre for International Arbitration (KCIA) was established in November 2013 as an independent arbitration Centre in the premises of KIIT University, situated in Bhubaneswar.KCIA, supported by Thomson Reuters Westlaw India, organized its inaugural six-day training workshop on International Arbitration, from the 9th to 14th of November, 2013, which witnessed over 191 participants. KCIA was also proud to organize the 1st Annual KCIA Lecture during the above stated period, which was delivered...
Challenging humor: The NLU Delhi girls protest
Gone are the days when there was only good humor or satire. Swear words, crass, nasty, blunt, sexist jokes are setting the stage on fire these days. Interestingly, in most parts, the ‘civilized’ population finds a temporary refuge by laughing their heart out on these narrations/performances/standup comedy stints. The performances are duly appreciated as well. But whenthe limit of dignity is actually crossed is a grey area to be decided. The subject matters (butt) of the jokes, or so to speak,...
GLC Thrissur launches law review Elenchus Vol. (I) 2015
Elenchus Law Review, the flagship academic journal of Govt. Law College, Thrissur has been published by Centre for Economy, Development and Law of the institution. Prof. N.K Jayakumar, former Vice Chancellor, National University of Advanced Legal Studies presided over the inaugural on March 9th 2015. Senior editor of Deccan Chronicle Mr. K J Jacob received the first copy of Elenchus during the release of Elen L R Vol. (I).The name Elenchus has been derived from the Socratic Method of reasoning...
Lend support to IDIA trainees
The IDIA project was initiated with the purpose of securing admissions for interested students across the nation from marginalized and lower strata of the society into various national law schools of the country. These underprivileged students are selected for IDIA for training extending up to two years in few cases. Around May, all these students will appear for CLAT and AILET which determine the admissions to the various NLUs (National Law Universities). It is unfortunate that the law entrance...
Justice Shri Prabha Sridevan inaugurates Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) in NUALS
National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) formed the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) which was inaugurated by the former Judge of Madras High Court, Justice Shri Prabha Sridevan who has also been the former chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB).The welcome speech has been delivered by Mrs.Athira.P.S, Director of the Centre, followed by the Presidential Address delivered by Prof. (Dr.) Rose Varghese, Vice-Chancellor, NUALS. She emphasized the need...
CLAT issues notice with respect to Upper Age Limit, to comply with High Court orders
The Convener CLAT -2015 today released a notice on its website which says, "The candidates exceeding the upper age limit as mentioned in the CLAT - 15 notification issued earlier shall also be eligible to submit their application online w.e.f. 16th of March, 2015." The said notice has been released to comply with the orders passed by the Allahabad High Court and Rajasthan High Court in petitions by students to quash the age limit."However, the notice also says , "The candidature of...
IDIA kicks off operations in Mumbai, organizes “A walk to Awake”
IDIA (Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education) kicked off operations in Mumbai this Saturday by successfully organizing ‘A Walk to Awake’, which commenced with a walk from Azad Maidan at 10:30am.During the walk, IDIA well-wishers and student volunteers from GLC, Mumbai, led by Mr. Arnab Roy, Director In-Charge of the IDIA Mumbai Chapter and Ms. Sachi Jain, Team Leader of the IDIA Mumbai Chapter, interacted with the people of Mumbai to spread awareness about law as a career....
Maharashtra’s First National Law University gets off to a bad start
The Maharashtra National Law University which was proposed to be a world class university providing legal education in the state of Maharashtra is unlikely to be open this year due to alleged problems with the Maharashtra government. Reportedly, “differences” between the newly appointed Vice Chancellor and the State Government about the allotment of land and funds required to start the University. Professor Bhavani Prasad Panda, a Professor with Behrampur University was recommended by the...
Delhi University to Shift Law Faculty out of Its 90 Years Old Campus
Delhi University finally decided to shift its law faculty out of its 90 years old campus after the criticism by the Bar Council of India (BCI). However, this decision seems to draw flak from the students who are unhappy over the size of the new facility.The letter which was sent to the dean of the Law Faculty said, “The three law centres, namely Campus Law Centre, Law Centre-I and Law Centre-II, will operate from a common building from the upcoming session adjacent to the Central Reference...
GNLU partners with Government of India to host Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2015
The Gujarat National Law University in partnership with the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and the Government of Gujarat recently played host to delegates from more than 45 countries for the Youth PravasiBharatiya Divas 2015 celebrations. GNLU students were taken in the Organizing Committee of this mega event and provided both logistical as well as research support to this mega event.The PravasiBharatiya Divas is being celebrated every year since year-2003 in memory of Mahatma...
CNLU to hold its convocation in Feb, CJI to bring honor to the occasion
Chanakya National Law University(CNLU) Patna will host its second convocation on February 14 for BA-LLB (Hon.) students who have graduated in 2013 and 2014 and LLD and PhD scholars whose results will be declared before January 21.CNLU Registrar S.P.Singh confirmed that the Chief Justice of India HL Dattu will deliver keynote address at the convocation. Cheif Minister of Bihar M Jitan Ram Manjhi, former Cheif Minister Nitish Kumar, Education minister...