Legal assignments/projectsgiven out are an excellent opportunity to go into the depth of a stream of a subject in the field of law. Any law student can learn a great deal about the subject if he takes his assignment seriously and works on them with integrity. It lies on theuniversityto provide creative, unconventional and out-of-the-boxassignmentsto the students to hone their creative skills. […]
I’ve been thinking of what a shithole the Mirzapur court is. The place reflects so much of what the messed-up parts of India are; there is a certain degree of grimness in the hopelessness of the whole deal. One of the first typically Indian features is that it’s almost always crowded; the road that leads to the court is narrow […]
Developmental editing is a form of specialisation that focusses on the drafting, editing and revision of a given piece; the focus is on the method of writing and not just the topic or subject and, hence, there is a division of work between a researcher and a developmental editor. The role of developmental editors is on the […]
Legal research and writing projects are given out in law schools are great opportunities to go into the depth of a stream of a subject. Any law student can get to learn a great deal about the subject if he takes his legal writing seriously and works on them with integrity. It lies in the university to provide creative, unconventional and out-of-the-box […]
Essay competitions are a common yet mostly unexplored platform by law students in particular. The question that needs to be posed is why such unwillingness to participate in law essay writing competitions? The prime reason is that there are no judging criteria for them. A plethora of organizations (for-profit as well as non-profit) or law schools that organize such competitions […]
There’s much to be said about an NLU experience. One of the most peculiar observation that one might make is that you get to meet some of the most interesting people (including professors) from across the nation there. Primarily, that is because of the tag (and glory) that an NLU comes with. Apart from just academics, legal […]
Research papers are important in today’s digital age where knowledge is accessible at clicks of a button. Some even go on to say that it is one of the most basic abilities to articulate your thoughts into words and to pen them down. Writing a research paper is an essential part of legal training from any novice student. It gives them visibility, establishes […]
One of the most underrated issues I want to put forward is the importance of taking running notes in your classrooms. In today’s technologically advanced countries, there are record lecturers and on-demand tutorial classes but let me tell you, nothing beats the old-school note-taking approach in your classrooms. Human brain encodes information in different ways and […]
Practice of Law: Ever wondered why the services of advocates are known as the ‘practice’ of law? Practically speaking, the dictionary meaning of ‘practice’ is actual application or use of an idea, belief or method. Now, such application of law in everyday life comes from knowing what works in the real world and more importantly what does […]
A tough realization awaits pass-outs of integrated law courses in India who choose litigation as their career, i.e. they discover that not much of what they had been taught is immediately useful to them. And this is just one amongst many others. For example, they also discover that the legal drafting and the legal research that they did […]