About the Organization
NMIMS School of Law offers an outstanding legal education to inculcate a wide range of legal skills useful for the legal profession including at the corporate level.
Established in 2018 by NMIMS University, one of the premier Deemed-to-be Universities in India, the programs offering in our law school has all qualities and niceties of the programs offering by the world-class Universities over the world.
About the Event
SAHITYA: The Literary Society of the SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies School of Law, Bengaluru Campus is organizing its 3rd National Legal Essay Writing Competition through online submissions.
The objective of the essay writing competition is to bring out the creative writing talent of law students across the country on issues of contemporary and national importance.
Important Dates
- Deadline for Registration: October 5, 2022 11:59 PM
- Deadline for Submission: October 15, 2022 11:59 PM
- Date of Result Declaration: November 30, 2022 (Tentative)
Topics
- Privacy and Data Protection Laws in India.
- The Metaverse and Legal Frameworks Around It.
- The Future of Autonomous Vehicles in India
- IPR Laws and Emerging Trends-Global Perspective
Who is it For?
- Students pursuing the three or five-year LL.B. course from any Law school/ college/ university affiliated in India are eligible to participate.
- Students pursuing their LL.M. from any Law school/ college/ university affiliated in India are eligible to participate
Submission Guidelines
- The word limit of the Essay should be a minimum of 2000 words and a maximum of 4000 words inclusive of footnotes. For Footnotes, the ABA format should be followed.
- Submissions should be made in MS WORD format.
- The essay should be in Times New Roman, font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing.
- The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing.
- Any submission not accompanied by the above-mentioned details shall be rejected.
- Plagiarism in any form is discouraged and will lead to disqualification. The maximum allowed for Plagiarism is 15%.
- The work should be the original unpublished work of the Author.
- Co-Authorship is permitted to up to two authors per submission.
- Any submission not in accordance with the submission guidelines will be rejected.
General Rules
All submissions should be accompanied by a separate cover page with the following details:
- Title of the Essay
- Name of the Author(s)
- Designation/Year of Study
- Institutional Affiliation
- Current Address
- Email address(es) of the author(s)
- Contact number(s) of the author(s)
- Any submission not accompanied by the above-mentioned details shall be rejected.
All submissions should be sent via email to litsoc.sol@nmims.edu.in with the subject line as “3rd ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION SUBMISSION”.
Prizes
- 1st prize: Prize worth Rs. 8000 (Inclusive of a cash prize of Rs. 4000 and Course Coupon from Enhelion worth Rs. 4000) Internship at Khurana and Khurana (On the basis of CV) and winning certificate.
- 2nd prize: Prize money worth Rs. 6500 (Inclusive of a cash prize of Rs. 2500 and Course Coupon from Enhelion worth Rs. 4000), Internship at Khurana and Khurana (On the basis of CV), and winning certificate
- 3rd prize: Prize money worth Rs. 5500 (Inclusive of a cash prize of Rs. 1500 and Course Coupon from Enhelion worth Rs. 4000) Internship at Khurana and Khurana (On the basis of CV) and winning certificate.
Registration
- The participants can register from the link given at the end of this post.
- Registration Fees:
- Single Author: Rs 300/- per submission
- Co-Authorship: Rs 400/- per submission
- Deadline for registration: October 5, 2022
Details of Payment
- Name of Account Holder- Pritam Kumar Ghosh
- Name of Bank- Axis Bank Ltd.
- Account No.- 191010100023603
- IFSC- UTIB0000191
- Account Type- Savings
- Branch- Laketown, Kolkata
Please note that in case any participant wants to pay by GPay, Phonepe or Paytm they can send the money to +91 63637 59532 alternatively.
NOTE: Please attach a screenshot of the payment details to the google doc form while doing registration.
Contact Information
All queries about the competition should be directed to
- Dr. Tanmeet Kaur Sahiwal: Assistant Professor, NMIMS School of Law, Bangalore (Email: tanmeet.sahiwal@nmims.edu)
- Student Conveners: Prashuk Jain (convenor) (Contact number: 7706954057, Email: prashuk.jain98@nmims.edu.in)
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