CPSLR-NUALS GIRI & GIRI National Legal Research Essay Competition 2013-14
The Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Law Reforms (CPSLR), The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) in association with GIRI & GIRI (Advocates and Solicitors), New Delhi is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual CPSLR-NUALS GIRI & GIRI Legal Research Essay Competition 2013-14.
Eligibility:
- Full time LL.B. / LL.M. / P.G. Diploma (Law) Students of any College, University, Law School, in India may participate in the competition.
- Entries of students from other Professional Programmes who study Law as a subject may also be accepted at the discretion of the organizers.
Topic: De-Criminalising Indian Parliamentary Democracy
Submission Guidelines:
Joint authorships are permitted (Maximum of two authors).
- The first page of the submission shall be a covering letter indicating the name of the author(s), designation, affiliation, e-mail id, mobile number and full postal address with Pincode (for delivery of certificate/ award, if eligible). The author's name or affiliation shall not be mentioned anywhere else on the entry for the competition. There shall also be a signed undertaking (affix scanned image of signature) by the author(s) that the entry is not offered elsewhere for publication or for competition.
- All entries must have a separate title indicative of the content of the essay. The title shall be distinct and not a verbatim copy of the topic headline.
- The main text of the essay shall be prefaced with an abstract of not more than fifty words.
- Contents must be typed neatly on A4 size page without any fancy embellishments like page or text borders.
- Word Limit: 3000 - 5000 words (inclusive of footnotes, exclusive of abstract).
- Main text: Times New Roman, font size 12, single line spacing, 6pts paragraph spacing.
- Foot notes: Times New Roman, font size 10, single line spacing, no paragraph spacing.
- All submissions must be word processed and compatible with any version of Microsoft Word 2007 upwards. Only *.doc or *.docx files will be entertained. No *.pdf files will be accepted.
- All submissions shall be made by email to cpslr@nuals.ac.in with the topic as the subject line. Hardcopies or any other submission methods will not be entertained as a valid entry to the competition.
Please note that there is no entry fee. The top ranked fifty entries shall be emailed a scanned copy of certificate of participation issued by the organizers.
Prizes:
- First Prize: Rs. 10000
- Second Prize: Rs. 5000
- Third Prize: Rs. 2500
Deadline:
The last date for receipt of entries by email is 20th February, 2014.
Contact:
Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Law Reforms,
The National University of Advanced Legal Studies,
HMT Colony P.O., Kalamassery, Cochin 683503.
Email: cpslr@nuals.ac.in
Website: www.nuals.ac.in
