Tag: law
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The Conversation Junction
We often come across students and young law & policy professionals who are not familiar with the myriad opportunities which can help them design a desirable career path in their specific areas of interest. While some cannot determine the skills or inclinations that can leverage their career trajectory, others cannot zero down to one area…
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Of Law and Policy…
By Tanya Chandra, Founder, LexQuest Foundation. At LexQuest, we have come to believe that thus far, our most well received articles are the ones which are purely legal in nature, and delve deeper into various facets of a certain aspect of law alone. Now, we know fully well that the dearth of good legal literature…
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part I
By Adv. Shriya Maini. “There are no Victors in the game of law until the Court verdicts…” Justice is the most important task of Rule of Law of the State. The role of an attorney is an integral part of the justice system of the State which fails its society if the litigant is not…
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A Commentary on the Biography ‘Cornelia Sorabjee: India’s Pioneer Woman Lawyer’
By Sandhya Shyamsundar, WBNUJS, Kolkata. On reading the biography ‘Cornelia Sorabjee: India’s Pioneer Woman Lawyer‘, one is bound to fall in love with Suparna Gooptu’s take on the legal luminary Cornelia Sorabji who was the first woman to study law in Oxford and, India’s second woman advocate. Cornelia, though being a pioneer in multiple ways at…
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Importance of law firm internships in the life of a law student
By Akash Agarwal, Amity Law School, Noida. Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.-William Shakespeare As rightly pointed out by the legend of literature that with the power of knowledge, one can have access to the doors of heaven. It is not only he, who recognised the importance and…
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Tips for Internships in India
By Amit Agrawal, IMS School of Law, Dehradun. Internships, the first thing we strive to do in order to know the practical aspects of our legal field, to fulfill the mandate of our Law schools and also to improve our curriculum vitae. This article is, in particular, with respect to my experience of internship with an…
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E-Courts in India: A much needed initiative
By Vartika Aggarwal, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies. Disputes and litigation have increased to such an extent in India that they have overburdened the Indian Judiciary. Courts have to struggle hard to cover the backlog of cases but the backlog keeps on increasing on a daily basis. Many of such disputes can be either avoided…
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Supreme Court Internships: Worth it?
By Darshi Mehta, Government Law College, Mumbai. Here are 9 reasons why you should intern at the Supreme Court of India! Internships are an elemental portion of today’s legal education. Choosing where to intern can turn into a pickle. And interning at the Supreme Court is another affair. Here’s why?
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Internship in Lower Court: A must for Law Students?
By Aparna Menon, Government Law College, Mumbai. Nowadays, the old trend of interning in an NGO in the first year, High Court in the second, Supreme Court in the third and law firms in the fourth and fifth years has faded away. Each law student, now, gets time to have multiple internships per year, which…
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Internship Culture in India
By Mandavi Mehrotra, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. For all those young bloods who choose to burn the midnight oil and take internships for trade and vocational jobs, though even reluctantly when no stipends are given, serious questions of legitimacy and importance of internships/stages/work experience/industry experience pop up, especially in the Indian…