Call for Entries: 11th RMLNLU-Khaitan & Co International Legal Essay Writing Competition and Conference on Competition Law: Submit by 27 August, 2023

08 Jul 2023

Categories: Call for Papers Conferences & Seminars

About RMLNLU

RMLNLU was established in 2006 to impart quality legal education to students all over the country and to meet emerging challenges in the field of law. RMLNLU is committed to providing excellent infrastructure to its students and facilitating an environment that advances and disseminates knowledge of the law and legal processes. It aims to develop in students and research scholars a sense of responsibility to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in advocacy and legal writing.

About Khaitan & Co

Khaitan & Co is a top tier and full-service law firm with over 1000 legal professionals, including 240 Partners and Counsel, and presence in India and Singapore. With more than a century of experience in practicing law, we offer end-to-end legal solutions in diverse practice areas to our clients across the world. We have a team of highly motivated and dynamic professionals delivering outstanding client service and expert legal advice across a wide gamut of sectors and industries. The firm’s expertise in its practice areas has been widely recognised by various leading international rankings and publications including Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, IFLR 1000, WWL, Benchmark Litigation and Asialaw Leading Lawyers.

Additionally, the Competition law team offers unrivalled expertise on competition law matters, which stems from a strong understanding of the Indian business environment and pragmatic commercial considerations. The Firm has been recognized for its impeccable work in the field of Competition Law through various awards. Recently, it was recently conferred with the IBLJ Best Overall Law Firms 2023 in Competition Law Area, Global Competition Review 100 -2023 (Highly Recommended Practice), Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific - Ranked as Tier I Law Firm 2023, and Legal 500 Asia Pacific Tier I Law Firm 2023.

To know more about our Firm, visit www.khaitanco.com

About the Journal Committee

The Committee was constituted with the objective of promoting legal research and writing. Apart from conducting RILEC every year, the Committee annually publishes two peer-reviewed journals – the RMLNLU Law Review and the RMLNLU Journal on CMET (Communication, Media, Entertainment and Technology) Law. Both these journals publish articles, essays, case notes/comments and book reviews from contributors all over the world. The RMLNLU Law Review also runs a blog that provides a platform for people in the field to express their opinions on contemporary legal issues.

Themes and Sub themes

This year the Committee is inviting original submissions from authors in the form of essays falling within the indicated contours of the theme of the offline conference – “Competition Law”. The list of the indicated sub-themes is given below to aid the participants:

Assessing the efficacy of Deal Value
Balancing IPR and Competition Law
Merger Control: The Introduction of the Green Channel Route
ESG Collaboration and Competition Law concerns
MSME & Competition law
CCI’s jurisdictional Issues

Note

Sub-themes are merely indicative in nature and not exhaustive.

Eligibility

Authors must be pursuing their 5-year integrated LL.B. (Hons.) course/ 3-year LL.B. course/ LL.M from any recognised university in India and equivalent law degree abroad for the academic year of 2023-2024, to be eligible to participate in the competition.

Structure

All entries will be judged and ranked by Khaitan & Co and the Committee.
The authors of the top three entries will be selected for an offline conference. In the conference, they would be required to present their papers before a panel of judges.
The participants may adopt any suitable means for presenting the papers including audio-visual aids, such as PowerPoint presentation.
The final rankings of the authors of the top three entries shall be declared on the basis of their paper presentations in the conference.

Cash Prizes

Winner: INR 15,000/-
First Runner- up: INR 10,000/-
Second Runner- up: INR 5,000/-

Other entitlements

Authors of top three entries will be receiving a ‘Certificate of Achievement’ and may, upon the discretion of Khaitan & Co, receive an internship opportunity as per the Internship Policy of the Firm.
A ‘Certificate of Merit’ shall be provided to the selected entries.
Top three entries will be published on the RMLNLU Law Review Blog.
Top three entries may be considered for publication in the next issue of the RMLNLU Law Review Journal.
All participants shall be receiving a ‘Certificate of Participation’.

Participation Guidelines

Co-authorship of entries (maximum two) among individuals from the same or different institutions is allowed.
Multiple entries for the same authors are not allowed.
Entries should be original, unpublished and non-plagiarised.

Submission Guidelines

Word Limit: 4000-5000 words (excluding footnotes).
Individual Attachments: Name; contact details; current academic status (year of study, name of university etc.); undertaking as to guarantee of originality.
Font and size for the essay: Times New Roman – 12
Font and size for footnotes: Times New Roman – 10
Paper Size: A 4
Line spacing: 1.5
Margin: 1” from all sides
Alignment: Justified
Citation Style: Footnotes must be properly cited strictly in accordance with the latest OSCOLA (4th edition) format. No endnotes or speaking footnotes (descriptive footnotes) are permitted.
Entries should be emailed to rilec.rmlnlu@gmail.com under the subject title “Entry for 11th RILEC – [Name(s) of Author(s)]” in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format.
Any queries relating to the Competition should be addressed to rilec.rmlnlu@gmail.com.

Miscellaneous Rules

The copyright for all entries shall vest with the Committee who herewith reserve the right to modify, postpone or defer the Competition and its adjudication indefinitely as and when exigencies of an unforeseen nature may arise.
Any attempt, direct or indirect, to contact the panel of judges will be met with the immediate disqualification of the relevant entry.
Any indication of the author’s name or university in the entry shall lead to immediate disqualification from the Competition. Details about the author may only be specified in the body of the mail and the name of the author must not be mentioned in the name of the file submitted.

Important Dates

Last date for submission of manuscript: 27th August 2023. Late entries will not be entertained.
The dates of the offline conference will be announced soon.