A renowned advocate once said the art of advocacy is to complicate simple issues and simplify complicated issues. The first thing a law student learns about the art of advocacy after reaching a law school is the Moot court. Moot courts are not only the first introduction to a law student of how court functions but moot courts also prepare one for court mannerism, etiquette and the code of conduct in front of a judge […]
Unlike most other professional courses, the legal training imparted in colleges is mostly restricted to classroom teaching only. Almost all of the subjects one is introduced to in one’s law school tenure, majority of the subjects are taught by the Law Faculties with the help of the conventional textbook reading and learning style, which is alittle discouraging and makes the highly practical profession of law look extremely […]
As one embarks upon the journey of writing a legalresearch paper, the blank word page staring one back to fill it up itself seems like a world of difficulty. One would have great ideas in one’s head, but putting these ideas in black and white needs proper structure and organisation and it is always a challenging work. There would come a time […]
What are the basics of selecting a topic? : a. Selection of an area for research: The central point of consideration is that one must narrow down on anarea that interests one. A great deal of time is consumed in legal research and legal writing, therefore, selecting an area of interest helps one stay focused on the tedious job of legal research. The true essence […]
An English poet, Charles Lamb, once said – “He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides”. The above statement puts the concepts of analytical thinking and reasoning skills of a legal brain in a nutshell and this piece is all about how it is critically important to imbibe the reasoning skills for a lawyer. Reasoning is a skill with various essential branches, such […]
India is currently facing the wrath of deadly Covid-19 virus and the entire country is in lockdown for about over two months now. The businesses are closed and so are courts. Right now, as we are forced to sit idle at our homes, it is the best time for law students and lawyers to hone their legal research, […]
Each year, for almost 2900 seats in all the National Law Universities’ undergraduate program combined, nearly 50,000 students appear for CLAT. These statistics evidently imply that the selection percentage is below 6%, thereby making it really difficult to secure an admission in the prestigious National Law Universities. It’s great for the 6% ofstudents who can secure admission in one, but what about […]
CLAT, since its inception, has been held on the second Sunday of the May. This year, CLAT was supposed to be conducted on 10th May, which was a few days before you are even reading this. However, the global pandemic Covid-19 has caused a delay in the test and the tentative date for CLAT 2020 now is 1st July. The students preparing for CLAT are […]
Getting admission into a National Law University is a dream of every law aspirant. Currently, there are 23 established National Law Universities in India. National Law Schoolof Indian University, Bangalore, also known as NLSIU, established itself at the first National Law University of the country in 1988 and Dr. BhimraoAmbedkar National Law University, Sonipat, is the last […]
With over 47000 students competing for 2820 seats in NLUs in 2019, CLAT is seen as one of the most difficult entrance exams in the country. Around 54,450 students appeared for CLAT in 2018, too. With a minute increment of the seats in National Law Universities this year and the number of students expected to […]