All India Law Students Association lawstudentsindia.org : National Legal Essay Competition 2013

Name of the Organisation : All India Law Students Association (lawstudentsindia.org)
Name of the Competition : National Legal Essay Competition 2013
Location : India

Website : http://lawstudentsindia.org/
Competition : https://web.archive.org/web/20131011032424/http://www.nlec2013.net:80/

National Legal Essay Competition 2013 :
NLEC’13 is the very first edition of the National Legal Essay Competition being organised by AILSA. It provides a platform to the students enrolled in law schools and colleges all over the country to express their views on topics based on the different avenues of the legal field.

Though it is still in its first edition, NLEC offers an educational exposure through a research read and write based learning approach. It encourages research in the emerging areas of law among the participants. In view of this approach, the topics shall be provided accordingly, which are broad, interesting and diverse that will enable the participants choose from a wide range of issues and will boost the level of participation as well. The competition is innovative as the topics are not limited to the conventional areas of law.

AILSA has tried to go beyond the mundane subjects to throw light on the dynamic facets of law namely aviation, arbitration, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, environment law, labour, employment laws and much more. Students by way of participating in this competition would be able to enhance their professional skills and hone their overall personality.

Therefore, AILSA brings forward a golden opportunity through NLEC ’13 for law students nationwide to be a part of an enriching and resourceful learning experience.

Rules of the Competition :
** The competition shall be open to all students pursuing a 3-year or 5-year Law Course from any institution recognised by the Bar Council of India, in India and abroad.
** Co-authorship to the essay shall be permitted, but to a maximum of 2 individual authors per essay.
** Multiple entries by the same individual shall not be permitted whatsoever, and in such a case the concerned individual shall be disqualified.
** It shall be required from each person to e-mail their essays on submissions AT nlec2013.net; and submit 3 hard copies, along with 1 soft copy on CD/USB Drive; to be sent to the following address :

All India Law Students Association
(Western Region Office)
C/o Manas Dowlani
H/2 Mandar Society, Raut Lane,
Nr. ISKCON Temple, Juhu – 400049
Mumbai (MH)

** The soft copy of submissions should be a MS Word file (.doc/.docx).
** Each person shall be required to fill the online registration form and also send a filled-up registration form as given in the brochure.
** Last date of Submission shall be 31st December 2013.
** The result for the completion shall be declared on 24th January 2014.

Rules for Submission :
** The maximum word limit for the essay is 5000 words (including footnotes).
** The first page of the submission should contain the following details only :It is expected of all individuals to acknowledge the primary source of the information.
** Name of the Student Participant(s)
** Name of the institution
** Course and year pursuing
** Contact information (Mobile no., Email Id, Address for Correspondence)
** Any essay found to be plagiarised shall be disqualified.
** Any material previously published shall not be accepted.
** No mention of name, contact details, or the name of the institution should be there in the main body of the essay.
** Incase of a tie, the decision shall be reserved by NLEC Core Committee.

Miscellaneous Rules :
** Copyright to all the essays sent as entries for this competition shall rest with AILSA.
** NLEC’13 Core Committee shall send Certificates of Participation to all authors via email; and anyone desirous of receiving the certificates in hard copy should attach a Bank PO/DD of Rs.100 in favour of “All India Law Students Association” payable at New Delhi.
** If there arises any situation that is not contemplated in the Rules, the decision on the same by NLEC’13 Core Committee shall be final.
** NLEC’13 Core Committee, reserves the absolute right to cancel, defer, or postpone indefinitely, the competition in the event of the accruing of any incident, natural or man-made.
** NLEC’13 Core Committee will reserve all rights to modify any of the above mentioned terms and conditions as they deem appropriate.
** The decision of NLEC’13 Core Committee w.r.t any disputes arising in connection with competitions, eligibility, submissions of entry, marketing criteria, results, or any other matter shall be final and binding.

Format :
Font Type : Times New Roman
Font Size : 12 pts
Line spacing : Double spacing with ‘0 pts’ before and after.
Alignment : Justified
Page Margins : 1 inch on all sides
Footnotes : Font size 10, the rest standing to be same as body of the essay.

Judging Criteria :
Originality of content : 20 marks
Formatting and Presentation : 15 marks
Quality of Research : 25 marks
Argumentation : 25 marks
Use of Authorities and Citations : 15 marks

Prizes to be won (Subject to increment on revision) :
1st Prize : Worth Rs. 25,000
2nd Prize : Worth Rs. 15,000
3rd Prize : Worth Rs. 10,000

Register Online

Note :
All participants are requested to note that, in addition to the online registration form each participant is also to fill up the hard copy of the form as given in the brochure and send it along with the Essays to the Western Region Office of AILSA.

For queries particularly pertaining to the following, you may write to us on the respective em AT il ids :
To sponsor our event : marketing@nlec2013.net
To partner with us : media@nlec2013.net
For any other : contact@nlec2013.net

Last Date : 31st December 2013