About The Law Addicts

Law Addicts is a student lead organization driven by its motto,  "Addiction yielding Knowledge" that aims to promote law among individuals who have an infinite passion for legal knowledge. It is an expanding rostrum with a long term objective of providing scholarships to law aspirants who want to take part in educational competitions but cannot do so because of their financial constraints. With this agenda, Law Addicts seeks to ensure that every penny spent by its participants, not only enhances their knowledge but also aids deserving fellow compassionate law aspirants to participate in their dream contests. 

To get a step closer in achieving this objective, Law Addicts is now proud to launch its 1st Edition of National Virtual Negotiation Competition with an aim to promote student involvement in Social issues by providing a fair and competitive environment for exchange of thoughts.  

Eligibility

  1.  All students pursuing 3 year or 5-year L.L.B. course or an L.L.M. course from a recognized Law School, University or Institution in India shall be eligible to participate.
  2. Team Members should belong to same Law School, University or Institution in India

Registration  

  1. Teams are required to complete the registration on or before October 27th, 2020.
  2. The Registration Fee is ₹. 700/- per team. The registration fee payable for the Competition must be paid latest by 27th October, 2020 to: 

Account Name: J.S. Shreedhar

Account Number: 36746793528

IFSC Number: SBIN0015264

Or

Google pay: 9790696219

The payment reference number and date of payment has to be inserted in the registration form and only then will the registration be deemed to be complete.

The Registration shall be done by filling up the form available by clicking here and by following the 'rules of registration' mentioned in rule book

Team Composition

  1. The competition shall be in the format of a negotiation competition wherein each team shall consist of minimum 2 persons.
  2.  One member of the team will be designated as “Client”, and the other person as the “Counsel”. Further, it shall be mandatory for each participant to play the roles of both Client and Counsel in the Preliminary rounds, i.e. if a participant plays the role of a Client in the first preliminary round, she/he would be required to participate as a counsel in the second preliminary round and vice-versa for her/his team partner.

Competition Structure

  1. Draw of lots will be conducted on 29th October, 2020. The sides, round timings shall be sent via mail before 29th October, 2020.
  2. The Competition shall consist of the following rounds:

I. The Preliminary Round (30th October, 2020);

II. The Quarter-Final Round (31st October, 2020);

III.The Semi-Final Round (31st October, 2020);

IV. The Final Round (1st November, 2020).

The Structure, Dates, Timings, Format and Rules for each round has been provided in the RULE BOOK (BROCHURE). 

Confidential Information

  1. The Confidential Information shall be given to the participants 30 minutes prior to the rounds.
  2.  Teams, assessors and members of the OC and anyone else who is privy to the Confidential Information shall not disclose it to others. Confidential Information will remain in the custody of the tournament organizers and distributed during the preparation time by designated representatives.
  3. The prep time between both the members of the negotiating team will be offline. You may use any mode of communication to communicate with your teammate during the preparation time. Use of the internet is allowed during the preparation time.  

Awards & Incentives

  • Best Negotiating Team (Winner) - Rs. 2000/- along with Certificate of Merit.
  • Second Best Negotiating Team  - Rs. 1000/- along with Certificate of Merit
  • Best Client (From Preliminary Rounds) - Rs. 500/- along with Certificate of Merit
  • Best Counsel (From Preliminary Rounds)  - Rs. 500/- along with Certificate of Merit
  • E-Certificate of participation will be provided to all participating teams and E-Certificates for advanced rounds will be provided to qualifying teams. Awardees shall be granted complete exemption in a training course 

All the other Details and Rules regarding the Competition is provided in the Brochure. 

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