Important Notice

Students who participate and contribute to different clubs and socities and are further desirous of being nominated as the Convener, Deputy Convener and the Secretary, may wish to apply along with their CV, suitabilyity and plan of action to the Director ALS, Noida on "ob.alsnoida@gmail.com".

(This is only with regard to the slots that were held by students of Batch 2008-2013)

Major General Nilendra Kumar

Director

Grand Intras for Even Semester (Nationals)

Grand Intras (National) Individual Rounds for Even Semester will take place on the 9th and 10th of January, 2013 and can be extended till 11th of January depending on the participation. Team Rounds will take place on 15th and 16th of January

Registration with the MCS latest by 8th January.

Timings would be intimated to the participants by 8th of January 2013.

Some changes have been made in the rules of the Intras, it is advisable for all to go through the rules before registering.

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Urgent : Internship Opportunities

1. Paid internship with a Lawyer in Patiala House.For 10th sem students or pass out 2012 batch. Excellent scope to learn for those keen to take up litigation. Contact Director ALS.
2. A couple of slots for Legal Trainees in one of the Leading PSUs. For those graduated in 2010 or 2011.Successful initial training would lead to absorption as Legal Manager.Pl contact the Director ALS urgently.

Urgent Notice

The 8th SEMESTER (B.A.LLB, BBA LL.B and B. COM LL.B) and the 6th semester (BBA LL.B) classrooms (currently on the 4th floor) are being shifted to the ground floor and the 2nd SEMESTER (B.A.LLB, BBA LL.B and B.COM LL.B) classrooms (currently on the ground floor) are being shifted to the 4th floor w.e.f 11th December, 2012.

The new room allocations are as follows:

BA. LLB 8 Sem (a) - G 03

BA. LLB 8 Sem (b) - G 05

BBA LLB 8 Sem - G 06

B.Com LLB 8th Sem- G 08

BBA LLB 2nd Sem - 402

B.Com LLB 2nd Sem - 405

BA. LLB 2 Sem (a)- 407

BA. LLB 2 Sem (b)- 404 

BA. LLB 2 Sem (c) - 403

BBA. LLB 6 Sem - G 02

NALSA Project

The  Central Authority meeting of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) was held on 7/7/2012, chaired by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir (the then Executive Chairman, NALSA).  It was resolved that the problem of excessive sand- mining from the rivers and the resultant drop in the water level resulting in destruction of rivers, should be taken by NALSA as a Social Justice Litigation under Section 4 (d) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. It has also been resolved in that meeting to request the law colleges and law universities to engage law students to examine and enquire into destruction of the environment and to send reports to NALSA for initiating appropriate steps:

• Kindly depute law students of your esteemed institution to examine and enquire into instance of environmental destruction including the adverse ecological impacts due to sand-mining from major rivers and send their reports periodically to this Authority for taking appropriate action.)
• While on their home stations during the impending winter break, the students are advised to examine this aspect with regard to the local environment/position. Those who are interested to work further may then submit a report on their rejoining and discuss the further course of action.

Interested students please contact :

Ms. Sheetal Singh

ssingh21@amity.edu

Intra Moot Court Trials (National), 2012-13

This is to inform all students that the MCS is organizing the Intra Moot Court Trials (national),  2012-13 on  12th December, 2012. Participants are requested to register as a team specifying the oralists and researcher latest by 10th December by 5:00 PM. A written test would also be conducted for the researcher's.

The moots would be included in the list for the odd semester. Please find attached the moot problem for the trials.

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Report on 5TH JUSTICE HIDAYATULLAH MEMORIAL COMPETITION 2012

A team comprising of Ayush Khanna (7th Semester), Sakshi Athwani (7th Semester) and Shreyosi Pal (5rd Semester), participated in the " 5TH JUSTICE HIDAYATULLAH MEMORIAL COMPETITION 2012" held from 19th – 21st Oct, 2012 at HNLU, Raipur. The competition comprised of 24 teams from all over India, with all the top national law schools participating.

There was a memorial selection round in which many teams participated out of which 24 teams qualified .The team won both the matches of prelims round and was appreciated by the judges and fellow participants for their research and presentation skills. It was a great learning experience for all of us.

With our experience and the reviews given by the judges, we would like to suggest the teams participating in different moot court competitions, to keep in mind the following points during their preparation:

Research should be wide and should not be restricted to the issues raised.

Please be thorough with the facts of the case, your research and the compendium.

The rules of the competition should be thoroughly interpreted, specially the rules regarding the drafting of the memorials and whether the arguments can be made out of the memorial or not.

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Report by Participants

Happy Diwali

Upcoming Events

1. Essay writing competition on theme of Socio-Legal issues organized by Amity Law School, Delhi.  Abstract of 500 words to be forwarded by 15 November 2012.  Last date for submission of essay of 3000-4000 words is 30 November 2012. For further details, contact ALS Delhi.

2. 36^th All India Conference of The Indian Society of Criminology (ISC) – 15-17 February, 2013 organised by NLU, Delhi.  Abstracts of 300 words to be forwarded by 25 December 2012.  Full paper by 20 January 2013.

3. International and Comparative Human Rights Law Practicum (December 17, 2012 to January 5, 2013) at NLU, Delhi.

Washington Scholarship Internship Program

Sangamitra Sankariah , BBA LLB (2009-14 Batch) of ALS, Noida has been selected for the Washington scholarship internship program, called the Prudential Foundation Global Citizens Program(PFGC) at The Washington Center(TWC),.Her selection took place after various levels of rigorous interviews and screening processes. The Program is from 28th January 2013 to the end of May and consists of the opportunity to work in Washington through an internship.

Only 20 students get the selected across six different countries and about 3-4 students have been selected from India.