Belling The Cat- What to do in your first moot court.

The reason I am writing this is cause when I went for my first moot court I had no definite idea of what to expect.I hope this helps future first time mooters.

First what are the things you need-

1) Confidence- Have confidence in yourself, in your team mate and most importantly in your research.A good memorial is worth more then half of the work.

2) Language- This is a courtroom we are talking about, not a party. No matter what happens, BE        HUMBLE AND SMILE. Your smile will give you confidence.Learn the proper terms.
     Always address the judges as-
                                                   The Bench,This Hon'ble Court, The Hon'ble Court, Your Lordships, The Hon'ble Bench.

   Always be polite. It helps. Start with- "If it pleases the Hon'ble Court, I am.."
After finishing ever issue ask the court if you can proceed to the next issue.
LOOK AT THE BENCH. DONT READ.   This will show your confidence in yourself and boost your case.
Do not lecture the bench.Remember this is not like a simple presentation. All your points must be interlinked allowing a easy flow of thought.Lead the bench through your point of view.

3)Its NOT wrong not to know- No one's perfect. If you dont know something, accept it. Do NOT bluff.
 
4) The Bench will be harsh- The bench is supposed to be harsh.It wouldnt be so highly valued if it was easy.They will try their level best to break you. DO NOT BREAK UNDER PRESSURE. If things are not going well, take a deep breath pause and then continue. No need to hurry.

5) Read..As much as you can- It is true. Once your standing infront of the bench the only thing that can help you is your ability to think on your feet.Reading a lot will help you in this.Read beyond the topic also. Link up stuff. Moot is not a test of memory. Its a test of skill and knowledge. Your PRACTICAL thinking is tested. Think out of the box. You will be appreciated for that.

6)PRACTICE- Trust me when i say no amount of practice is enough.Practice till your ready to drop dead.


A MOOT COURT IS NOT A MATTER OF JOKE. REPRESENTING YOUR COLLEGE AS A MATTER OF GREAT HONOR. REMEMBER THAT. IF YOU CANNOT TAKE PRESSURE THEN THIS IS NOT FOR YOU.KEEP IT SIMPLE.LEARN THE PROPER MANNERS TO ADDRESS.THE FIRST FEW ROUNDS ARE ALWAYS THE TOUGHEST BUT THE PRIZE IS WORTH THE WORK. ALL THE BEST.Hope it helps.:)

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Call for Papers: Volume I, Issue 4

The A38 Journal of International Law (ISSN 2277-9361) is a quarterly academic journal, published online, that seeks to provide an international forum for the publication of articles in the field of International Law. The Journal is currently soliciting submissions for Volume I, Issue 4, which will be published January 2013. The submission deadline for Issue 4 is November 30, 2012. We welcome submissions from academicians, practitioners, students, researchers and experts from within the legal community. We have a strong preference for articles that assert and defend a well-reasoned position.
Issue 4 will be devoted to “Diplomatic and Consular Immunities, Privileges and Protection under International Law”.

We welcome submissions under the following categories, with ballpark figures for word limits:

1.) Articles (between 6000-10000 words including footnotes)

2.) Short Notes (3000-6000 words including footnotes)

3.) Book Reviews (1000-2000 words including footnotes)

4.) Commentaries (3000-5000 words including footnotes)

Co-authored papers are welcome.

All submissions must conform to the following guidelines:

1.) Submissions are to be made only in electronic form, and are to be sent to submissions@athirtyeight.com.

2.) All submissions for the current issue must be submitted on or before November 30, 2012.

3.) Each Article must be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 300 words. No abstract is required for Short Notes, Book Reviews or Commentaries.

4.) For Book Reviews, you must describe the subject of the review clearly, including the name of the book, the name of the author, the name of the publisher, the date of publication, and, if applicable, the edition number.

5.) Please provide Author details with your submission, including qualifications and institutional affiliations. These details are to be provided in the first footnote of the article, referenced from the author’s name.

6.) All work must be original. By submitting any work, the author is presumed to declare that the article is original and has not been published elsewhere.

7.) All articles must be submitted only in MS Word format (.doc or .docx extensions).

All submissions are promptly acknowledged within a few hours of the receipt of submission. The decision on publication takes a minimum of 2 – 4 weeks. Requests for expedited review can be sent to

submissions@athirtyeight.com when the submission is being considered for publication by other journals. Should you request expedited review, please mention the name of the journal for which your article is under consideration, along with the name and e-mail address of one contact person on the Editorial Board of that journal and a date by which you expect our response.

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1st National Law & Governance Essay Competition

The Centre for law & Governance, ILNU is proud to announce its 1st National Law & Governance essay Competition. As an aspiration to stimulate its aim of proliferating new thoughts and research skills, the competition is designed to motivate students and young professionals to apply their tenderfoot genius to the complex world of Legal governance. The encouragement received during the various exercises conducted, has prompted the need to incorporate an incentive based activity which would both promote as well as edify the fundamentals amongst the participants. The endeavour, being the institute's first, has inspired us to reward the deserving author with a certificate & various prizes. Themes: 1.) Judicial Accountability Bill – Need & Consequences 2.) Right to Information Act – Analysis & activism 3.) Inference of Lokpal & Lokayukta – Transparency and accountability 4.) Evolving Role of CAG in ensuring transparency & accountability 5.) Impact of promotion in SC/ST & OBC quota in public employment 6.) Social Networking websites vis-à-vis Art. 19(1)(a) of the Constitution 7.) Role of Communication & Communication Management in Law Prizes 1.) 1st Prize - Rs. 10,000 2.) 2nd Prize - Rs. 7,000 3.) 3rd Prize - Rs. 5,000 4.) 4th prize - Rs. 3,000 5.) 5th prize - Rs. 2,000 2 General consolation Prize - 1000 3 exclusive 1st year student prize - Rs. 1000 All prizes are being sponsored by Shree Ram Group & Comp. and the cheque of prizes shall be sent by courier. Important Dates 1.) Last Date of submission of essay - 12 November, 2012 2.) Result declaration - 30 November, 2012 3.) Dispatchment of certificates - 05 December, 2012 Eligibility Any undergraduate law student (3 years/5 years course) & L.L.M can participate in the competition. No more than 2 authors can participate together. Participation Fees Every participant of the essay competition has to submit the Demand Draft of 200 Rs. in the name of 'Institute of Law under Nirma University, payable at Ahmadabad. (if there are two authors than both has to pay individually) All the essays to be submitted on clg.ilnu@gmail.com All the selected Essays would be published in Centre's Publication. Any further queries to be directed to: • Mitsu Parikh +919898717470 • Kaustubh Prakash +918347032344 For More Details CLICK HERE

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Two day National Seminar on Economic Reforms, Economic Liberalisation and FDI 8th & 9th February, 2013

Indian economy had experienced new economic reforms with emphasis on Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (LPG) model of development since 1991.The reforms were launched to usher into a fastest growing as well as globally competitive economy. The reforms shunned India the traditional path of self reliance policies of economic development with the consequent restrictive form of governance.

Sub-themes of the Seminar

1.) Economic Reforms in India: An Overview

2.) Economic Liberalisation: Law practice in India

3.) Economic Liberalisation: Role of FDI in  shaping different sectors of Economy

4.) Economic Liberalisation: Challenges  ahead

Interested scholars, academicians, journalists and other professionals may participate in the afore-mentioned two-day national seminar.

Submission of Abstract and Full Paper

1.) The paper presenters may submit the abstract of the paper in both hard and soft copy or send online latest by 26th December 2012. The abstract must not exceed 400 words.

2.) The full paper (2500-5000 words only) may be sent (soft copy only) latest by 25th January 2013

They are requested to send their abstract along with dully filled-in Registration Form and a demand draft towards Registration Fee latest by 23 rd December 2012. Registration form without abstract and demand draft (DD) shall be rejected.

1.) dr.shwetamohan312@gmail.com

2.) sabaribandyopadhyay@gmail.com

3.) alik.banerjee87@gmail.com

For More Details CLICK HERE

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The Commonwealth Moot Court Competition -2012

E-Mail: All correspondences relating to the Moot Court Competition should be made to the official Email id for the Moot Court Competition which is:mootcourt.folmits@mitsuniversity.ac.in
 

For More Details CLICK HERE

For general queries contact:
• Faculty Coordinators:
Dr. Vishal Guleria: +917597582624; vishalguleria22@gmail.com
Dr. Sonia Jain: +919413659737; drsoniajain@rediffmail.com
 

• Student Coordinators:
Aishwarya Riti (Communication): +919214288010
Mani Sharma (Travelling and logistics): +919214288009
Mahima Kirori & Shivani Singh (email communication): msmitsfol2012@gmail.com

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National Conference on Youth Migration and Development

WHEN: 8th & 9th February, 2013

WHERE: Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Chennai

ORGANISER: School of Youth Studies and Extension (SYSE), RGNIYD

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Papers are invited from policy makers, senior government officials and administrators, academicians, researcher scholars, students, migration-consultants, officials from Embassies, NGOs, practitioners, activists and policy makers on the following sub-themes.

SUB-THEMES:

1.       Migration and Climate change.

2.       Migration and sustainable development

3.       Youth, Employment and Migration – unskilled/skilled

4.       Social inclusion of Migrants

5.       International Migration and Development

6.       Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD)

7.       Trafficking and smuggling of Young Migrants

8.       Migration in the context of Terrorism and Violence

9.       Migration and Human Rights

10.    Migration and State/Nation Security

11.    Migration Policy and management

12.    Migration and Millennium Development Goals

13.    Development of Social Services for young migrants

14.    Young Migrants and global economy

15.    Education Programme for the Migrant’s children

16.    Migrants in the construction work

17.    Migrants and labour rights

18.    Vulnerability of Female Migrants

PUBLICATION: Selected papers will be published as edited volume with ISBN number.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

You can submit the abstracts on the themes designated.  The abstracts should be submitted to the conference E-mail ID conferenceyouthmigration@gmail.com

The abstract should contain the following:

·         Font type: Times New Roman

·         Font size: 12 for Text and 14 for Title

·         Line Space: 1.5

·         Word Limit: 500

·         Key words: 5

On receipt of acceptance of the abstract, the full paper must be submitted in the format given below;

·         Font type: Times New Roman

·         Font size: 12 for Text and 14 for Title

·         Line Space: 1.5

·         Word Limit: 5000

REGISTRATION:

Registration Fees

1.       Faculty members/NGOs and others: Rs. 1000/-

2.       Students/Research Scholars: Rs.500/-

·         Registration fee should be paid in the form of a crossed Demand Draft drawn in favour of Director, RGNIYD Payable at Sriperumbudur.  Kindly mention the name, place and contact number of delegate on the reverse of the Demand Draft.

·         Registration fees will include a Book of Abstract, CD of full papers, breakfast, lunch, refreshment and dinner.

·         Student ID is required for the Student registration fee.

·         Full paper will only be included in the proceedings once payment is received by the secretariat.

IMPORTANT DATES:

·         Last Date for submission of abstract: 10th November, 2012

·         Notification of acceptance: 15th November, 2012

·         Last date for submission of full paper: 31st December, 2012

See more details here

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National Seminar on Cultivating Social Trust for Inter-religious Peace and Harmony: Call for Papers

WHEN: 12 & 13 December, 2012

WHERE: University of Madras

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Research scholars are invited to make presentations on the basis of their researches on the below-mentioned sub-themes or related themes. Selected papers will be published in the Indian Journal of Christian Studies with ISSN No: 2231-0835. 

SUB-THEMES:

·         Clarifying the concept of social trust and social capital (Robert Putnam, Francis Fukuyama, Ashutosh Varshney and others)

·         Bonding and Bridging Face-to-face Networks and Generation of Social Trust

·         Inter-faith Initiatives as Bridging Networks

·         Re-visiting the Religious Teachings on Social Trust

·         Religions on Peace and Harmony

·         Religions and Violence: a Context-Sensitive Appraisal

·         Role of Rumours in Generation of Conflicts

·         Resisting Rumours through Bridging Face-to-face Networks

·         Associations of Multiple Identities and Nurturing of Vibrant Civil Society

·         Inter-cultural Dialogue for Social Trust

·         Peace Initiatives in a Global Era

·         Market Forces and Violence

·         Forces of Exclusion in the Global Era

·         Religions and Civil Society

·         Faith-based NGOs in the Civil Society

·         Resurgence of Religions and their Social Implications

·         Media and Violence

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Those who wish to present papers are requested to send an abstract of 300 words to the e-mail id:gnanapatrick@gmail.com on or before 05 November 2012. Those selected will be required to send their papers by 05 December 2012.

NOTE: Paper presenters will have to find their accommodation and travel expenses.

IMPORTANT DATES:

·         Last date for sending abstracts: 05th November, 2012

·         Last date for submission of full paper: 05th December, 2012

Source Link: http://www.unom.ac.in/uploads/seminar_conference/nationalseminar_20121008202602_62325.pdf

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