9th Virtual National Client Consultation Competition: Register by 31st October 2023

About The School Of Law

The vision of the School of Law is to be ranked amongst the best law schools in India and one of the most preferred private university destination for law aspirants. School of Law at The NorthCap University provides the highest quality of professional legal education to equip students for a transnational practice and to face the challenges posed by the internationalisation of the legal profession. The school has continually strived to achieve excellence in legal education through interactive teaching-learning processes, clinical opportunities, exposure to legal work through internships and externships, industry-ready curricula and innumerable opportunities to interact with the stalwarts in the legal profession. This 9th Edition of The National Client Consultation Competition is being organised by The School of Law, The NorthCap University on 09th – 10th November 2023.

About The Competition

The Competition aims to promote excellence in knowledge and practical skills among student advocates in the preventive law and counselling functions of law practice. It will encourage students to develop interviewing, planning, and analytical skills in the lawyer-client relationship in the law office. Interviewing and advising are a significant part of most lawyers’ work. The Competition provides an opportunity for a valuable educational interchange between students, law teachers and legal practitioners. The Competition simulates a law office consultation in which two law students, acting as lawyers (attorneys/solicitors/legal practitioners), are presented with a client matter. The students interview with a person playing the role of the client. Students are expected to elicit the relevant information from the client, explore their preferred outcome with the client, outline the nature of the problem, and present the client with a means (or range of alternatives, if appropriate) for resolving the issue. The interview with the client is then followed by a post-consultation period during which the students, in the client’s absence, analyse the interview and discuss the legal and other work to be undertaken. The interview and post-consultation period last a total of 30 minutes. A panel of judges evaluates the students. In a lawyer-client interview, the students are assessed against specific criteria emphasising listening, questioning, planning, and analytical skills. The students will be called back after the judges complete their interview evaluation. The judges will briefly critique the team’s handling of the consultation and post-consultation periods.

Composition Of Teams

Only bonafide students pursuing LL.B. three-year/five-year degree programmes in institutions during the current academic year are eligible to participate.

There can be a maximum of 3 Teams from one university/college. Each team shall consist of only two participants.

Registration

• The last Date for registration, along with fee payment, is 31st October 2023.
• The Link for registration is as follows.

Eligibility

• Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and is open to the first 30 teams.
• Teams/Participants are required to duly fill out the Registration Google Form (link given above) along with the Registration Fee of Rs.1500/- via online payment on or before the last date of registration, i.e., 31st October 2023.
• The NEFT transaction details are as follows:

Name of the Institution: The NorthCap University
Name of the Bank: Canara Bank.
Branch: NCU, Sector 23-A, Gurgaon
Account No.: 82472010013980
IFSC: CNRB0018247

Awards

Total Prizes to be won upto INR 50,000

• Winner – Cash Prize up to INR 5,000, One year EBC Learning Subscription for both the team members worth INR 24000 and Certificates
• Runner up – Cash Prize up to INR 2,500, Half yearly EBC Learning Subscription for both the team members worth INR 12000 and Certificates
• Participants – Participation Certificates.

Rules And Regulations

• The event will be conducted in four Rounds: Preliminary Round, Quarter Finals, semi-final round and Final Round.
• Preliminary Round will be conducted in two slots; each team will get only one chance to appear in the round.
• The top 15 teams will go to the quarterfinals, the top 4 will go to the semi-final round, and the top 2 will go to the Finals.
• In case of a tie for the 4th place, all the tied teams will be eligible to go to the semi-finals.
• The top two teams from the semi-final rounds will go to the final game based on team scores.
• The problems for the competition will be set from the areas of Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Civil
• Law, Cyber Law, Corporate Law, Family Law and Contemporary Issues of Law.
• The organisers will select the clients to play the role as the problems require.

Contact Details

Student Communication Heads:

• Nitya Agarwal (Mobile: 9891360900)
• Avantika Shankar (Mobile: 9810066150)

Email ID- nccc2023@ncuindia.edu