With the aim and objective to promote the interests of the students and professionals in the arena of Corporate Law, LexQuest, a Research and Action Organisation, in collaboration with CorpComm Legal, a Full Service Corporate Law Firm, with its head office in New Delhi, hereby present to you the very first edition of our National Corporate Law Essay Writing Competition, 2018. The recent developments in the corporate world have conferred upon it, the role of an engine in the economic growth process of the Country. The sector has been regulating the interaction among the business houses, investors, creditors, shareholders and any juristic person with regard to their rights, relations, conduct and obligations.
In addition, FDI is into full flow and the foreign companies are taking a huge leap into the Indian market, thus enhancing the need of the “corporate lawyers” who could assist them with their set up in the corporate sector of the country. The Corporate Law Firms out there are increasing their capital by acquiring the big fish of the market. It can be thus concluded that the scope of Corporate Law is widening now more than ever! Hence, here is also a chance for you to pen down your analytical views about the corporate world of our country and enhance your capital & knowledge by being the best.
These are the Themes for the Competition:
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
- Company Law Amendment
- RBI: A Sleeping Watchdog?
- Corporate Ethics
- Role of Independent Directors
Note: These are just themes, that you could write on. These are not actual topics for the Essay Writing Competition.
Deadline for Registration: 15th May, 2018.
Deadline for Submission: 31st May, 2018.
Eligibility Criteria:
Any student or professional is free to participate in and put forth their views through this Essay Writing Competition.
What’s in store for you?
1st Position:
- Cash Prize worth 5000/- INR.
- Guaranteed Internship Opportunity at LexQuest, a Research and Action Organisation and Corp Comm Legal, a Full Service Corporate Law Firm.
- Certificate of Appreciation by LexQuest and Corp Comm Legal.
2nd Position:
- Cash Prize worth 3000/- INR.
- Guaranteed Internship Opportunity at LexQuest, a Research and Action Organisation and Corp Comm Legal, a Full Service Corporate Law Firm.
- Certificate of Appreciation by LexQuest and Corp Comm Legal.
3rd Position:
- Cash Prize worth 1500/- INR.
- Guaranteed Internship Opportunity at LexQuest, a Research and Action Organisation and Corp Comm Legal, a Full Service Corporate Law Firm.
- Certificate of Appreciation by LexQuest and Corp Comm Legal.
- Certificate of Participation, by LexQuest.
Each participant who sends across an entry for the competition, will be eligible to receive a Certificate for Participation.
Registration: [As we are a non-profit organisation, the registration amount will be utilised either for the prize money pool, or to advance any of our other organisational goals.]
Students:
Contribution Amount for Single Author: Rs 350
Contribution Amount for Co-Authors: Rs 500
Professionals:
Contribution Amount for Single Author: Rs 750
Contribution Amount for Co-Authors: Rs 1000
Guidelines and Rules:
- The Essay must be written in English.
- Co-Authorship is allowed. Multiple or incomplete submissions will lead to disqualification.
- The essay shall not be plagiarized. Only the original essays will be considered for the competition. No part of it should have been published earlier nor should it be under consideration for publication or a contest elsewhere. Any form of plagiarism will result in disqualification of the essay. The participants will submit a separate undertaking with regard to originality of work.
- Copyright of the Essays shall rest with the organizers. Organizers hold the right to republish the essays if required.
- Identification mark (name or any mark which identifies the author) must not be found in any part of the essay.
- The Participants must submit their essay via e-mail only, with the following attachments:
- Essay in MS Word/Open Document/Google Document format with the subject “Essay Writing Competition”.
- Cover Page containing Name, Nationality, Address, E-mail ID, Contact Number and Name of the College/University of the Participant.
Length of the Essay:
- The submission shall consist of an Abstract, Essay and Bibliography.
- The abstract should not be of more than 250 words including title and keywords.
- The length of the essay should be between 1800 to 2000 words.
- Footnotes must conform to the authoritative standard rules of citation and must include a description of each authority adequate enough to allow a reasonable reader to identify and locate the authority in a publication of general circulation.
Format:
- Font Type: Times New Roman
- Font Size: 12
- Line Spacing: 1.5
- Page Number: Top right of the page
- Footnote Size: 10
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NOTE: All queries and submissions must be sent to [email protected] only, with the subject: “LexQuest 1st National Corporate Law Essay Writing Competition, 2018”.
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