“Article Writing Competition in collaboration with ProBono India”.
Article Writing Competition in collaboration with ProBono India
The Society of Law and Literature, National Law University Odisha, Cuttack is pleased to announce its first collaboration?ith?roBono India with regards to the Article Writing Competition on the tentative theme?strong>”Teaching of Legal Language in Indian Law Schools needs?/strong>Urgent?/strong>Attention”.
ProBono India is India’s first platform?hat?tarted in 2016?nd?hich focuses on highlighting all legal aid and awareness activities around the world on one platform.?t is a platform which provides free legal aid service to serve the needs of people. The objective of the organization is to provide legal aid, conduct legal awareness activities, disseminate legal aid,?romote?egal awareness activities of various organizations of the world and conduct research?n?ll aspects of legal aid and legal awareness.
The Society of Law and Literature, National Law University Odisha, Cuttack was established in the year 2020. The objectives of the Society are to create an atmosphere where literature is to be read and promoted through artwork, theatre, article writing, articl</book review, film making, street play and the analysis of the literary aspect of judgments, to publish a cumulative research paper inclusive of new findings and the emerging topics by bridging the gap between literature and law and to create a forum where literary activities can be conducted and promoted.
OBJECTIVE OF THE COMPETITION
As we all know,?aw is a complex subject, especially for laymen. Efforts are being made to simplify the same for the benefit of the larger public. Many a time it becomes difficult to understand the legal language because of?he?sage of?egal?argon?hich is derived from Latin, French?nd?nglish languages and?hich?re?n use for decades.?he?aw Curriculum covers??ubject on Legal Language in the very first year of study in??aw school. This subject is?f?tmost importance?o understand the law and its intricacies but we have?bserved?hat this subject is not very well?eceived by students?n most law schools. Most of the time it is left to the students to study on their own which leads to difficulty in understanding various law subjects?hile?ubsequent study,?s well as,?n practice. This situation needs urgent attention and?e can?ome up with some feasible solutions. The main objective of?his?ompetition is to discuss and deliberate the challenges?aced by legal education in the linguistic aspect.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Students of Five/ThreeYears’?aw, LL.M., M Phil, PhD can participate in the said competition. Only one co-author is allowed.
- The word limit for an article should be between 1200 to 1500words.
- Font typeshould be?imes New Roman, Heading size is?4, Text size is 12, Spacing is 1.5, Footnote is?ize?0, and no spacing is allowed.
- All referencesare?o be mentioned in?he?ootnote?nd using?SCOLA referencing style only.?ny?lagiarised article will be outrightly?ejected.
- The cover page must contain Name, Affiliation, MobileNumber, and E-mail?D.
- Articleis?o be submitted to?strong>sll@nluo.ac.in?arking a cc to?strong>probono.in@gmail.com?y April 30, 2020.
- The result will be declared on May 31, 2020.
- 10best?rticles will be compiled and published on the website of National Law University, Odisha and ProBono India.? of the best?rticles will be given a certificate of merit and all participants will get a certificate of participation.
Society is hoping for a good response from the students of the University itself.
With Best Wishes,
Aayush Akar, Co-Convenor,
Society of Law and Literature,
National Law University Odisha, Cuttack?/p>
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