NUJS, Invicta, Sports and Girls

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The situation is pretty unfortunate. Earlier, we had some awesome seniors who themselves used to take part in events like volleyball, throwball, basketball and also egged us on to participate. It was a nice camaraderie. However, the scene is not the same anymore. Girls not showing any kind of interest for sporting events is sad. By Issac John and Samyak Sibasish

VIA LEGALLY INDIA :‘Victim Blaming’ frenzy continues as NLSIU faces eviction over rape...

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How about you stop tolerating that a rape allegedly took place on your grounds, rather than blaming students for ‘bad behaviour’. Sadly, for the college this approach appears to be easier than acknowledging that it failed to keep its own back garden safe and something terrible appears to have happened on their watch.

China-Like Internet Censorship in RGNUL, Patiala: Gag Order on Protest Video; Facebook Banned

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A year ago a student captured the video of how this unhygienic food was being prepared in RGNUL's kitchen. The video was uploaded on Facebook. The administration instead of bettering the food, passed a gag order on the video.

REVEALED- Talibanization of RGNUL: Boys Can’t Wear Shorts; Sans Electricity Hostels Force Class Attendance

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Lawctopus has gained access to these two of these 'notices' issued by the administration of RGNUL Patiala. According to one notice electricity in hostels has been cut from 9 am to 3 pm as an attempt to force students to attend classes.

Interview- Vrinda Bhandari (NLSIU, Rhodes Scholar 2012): How To Win The Rhodes Scholarship

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I think the key to a perfect application is to actually believe in what one is writing. The panel is very experienced and are easily able to distinguish between an applicant who is committed to his/her area of interest from someone who has tried to force a research agenda. This also makes the preparation process more meaningful and fun.

CLAT 2011 Pattern Announced, NUJS Makes Significant Changes

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The General Knowledge section will concentrate only on current affairs from May 2010 to May 2011. Students weak at Mathematics as only elementary maths questions of standard 10 level will be asked.

2nd NLS Model United Nations

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There were as many as 176 delegates taking part in serious discussions during the day and were in for an equal amount of fun during the socials which included a delegate dance, the MUN ball and the championship dinner.

Amity Law School Delhi Student Journal’ Call for Papers; Special Focus on PIL

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The Student Journal Society of Amity Law School, Delhi is starting a bi-annual student-edited, peer-reviewed law journal titled “THE ALSD STUDENT JOURNAL”. The journal welcomes submissions for Volume I Issue I to be released in April 2011. The issue will be multi-disciplinary with a special focus on "Public International Law".

Strawberry Fields in Words & Pics- The Scoop from the NLS Bangalore Music Fest...

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The Raghu Dixit Project had the crowd singing and dancing to their tunes, especially with their signature song, Hey Bhagwaan. The winners of Strawberry Fields were Goddess Gagged from Mumbai. They won themselves an all expenses paid tour of the country as part of the Hard Electric Tour 2010.

Pranay Bhatia- NLS Debate 2010 Champion: On Parliamentary Debates, Logic, Being Well Read and...

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That's probably the only prerequisite, a curious mind # You need to be well read to debate well # By and large Parliamentary, I find it the most engaging form of debate - it allows for very little fluff and hiding behind confusing words. # I'm a bit of a news junkie, so I read quite a bit - the daily newspaper (Indian Express is awesome), Time magazine, the New York Times website

HNLU, Raipur Gets its New Vice-Chancellor

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Punjab University’s department of law chairman Prof. Paramjit S. Jaswal has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of HNLU for a term of five years. He would be replacing Dr. Anand Pawar.

9th NLS Debate, 2010: IIT Bombay Wins, Pockets the 27000 Prize Money

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The 9th NLS Debate that concluded yesterday in a grand finale witnessed some amazing debating. This is the sub-continent’s biggest parliamentary debating tournament and this year saw 58 teams participating over five days in an intensive competition.

IDIA Announces its Internship Program- Educate the Underpriveleged, Help Legal Education

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It must be noted that IDIA Hyderabad has conducted sensitization programs and aptitude tests for the disabled students at Sai Junior College founded by the Devnar Foundation for the Blind and teaching these students should be, as the IDIA blog post puts it, "a self discovery".

Presenting the 9th NLS Debate 2010: The Home of Indian Debating

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The 9th edition of the NLS Debate kicked off today at the NLSIU campus.

Interview-NALSAR’s Rhode’s Scholar Shreya Atrey: Choose With Guts Not With the Herd

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Needless to say the vision expressed in the Will of the founder is paramount. Thus, literary and scholastic attainments; fondness of and success in outdoor sports; exhibition of moral force of character and leadership qualities - all need to be reasonably demonstrated in an application. More importantly I have been very thoughtful about my choices while at law school—it’s important to choose with gut not with herd.

NUJS-Max Planck Workshop on Innovation, Creativity and IP Policy-Register Soon!

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Registration fee has been waived for students registered for courses at any university. According to information received by Lawctopus certificates will be provided to the students attending the workshop. The students will have to take care of their own accommodation and food. The workshop promises an exciting two days of lively IP, trade and competition law discussions.

Interview: Gautam Bhatia- NLSIU Student, Rhodes Scholar 2011

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Two fifth year students- Shreya Atrey from NALSAR and Gautam Bhatia from NLSIU have won the coveted Rhodes Scholarship for 2011 which entitles them to pursue a law course for one year at the University of Oxford.

RGNUL Patiala cruises through NH-65, the NLU-J fest

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The brochure promised unadulterated fun in the Sun City of Jodhpur. True to word, the fest that takes its name from the location of National Law University, Jodhpur was a brilliant cocktail of fun and the spirit of competition. RGNUL Patiala demonstrated that spirit in ample amount to not only grab the winners trophy piping NLU-Delhi but also the Spirit of NH-65 award.

Behold the Summons! Symbiosis Declared the Best Team

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We are back with our coverage of Summons' 10, the very first of law school fests to kick off this year! Bring back the colours, soak in the flavours, usher in the fun and let the music take over!

RBI Young Scholar Award. Meet the October 22 Deadline

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The deadline for submitting the forms to the RBI Young Scholars Award Scheme which is meant to "generate interest in and awareness about the Indian banking sector and RBI" is October 22. It should be of interest to law students in India who wish to pursue a career in banking law or want to juggle economics and law for a career. Here is the competition in complete detail.

Summons 2010 kicks off!

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Ongoing in Justice City right now is NALSAR's inter college extravaganza Summons’ 2010. The four day fest is to last from 30th September to 3rd October.

Moily in HNLU: Technology Courts and World Class Law Schools

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Sri M. Veerappa Moily was in the Learning Halls of HNLU Raipur on September the 29th to talk about his ambitious Second Generation of Legal Reforms consisting of: Expansion, Inclusion and Excellence. Sri Moily firmly believes that mediocrity has no place. He endeavors to give us world class infrastructure in our colleges and much more:

CLAT 2011 on May 15; Emphasis on Current Affairs, Logic Reasoning

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The Times of India has reported the announcement of CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) 2011 here. The CLAT 2011, to be organised by the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata will be held on May 15, 2011.