LawInternships is organizing an Online

National Judgment Competition, 2020 in

association with All India Law Students

Federation for the overall development and

enhancement of legal writing knowledge of

law postulants. Judgment writing also

provides a holistic approach towards

understanding, thinking and decision making

skills of a law student. Writing a judgment

encompasses a detailed process of

understanding and reasoning the factual

matrix of the case, applying appropriate law,

and knowledge of Court room practices,

ability to make a fair decision and finally

deliver it in a reasonable manner- “De jure”

ABOUT LAWINTERNSHIPSLawInternships is an organization that provides

internship opportunities in the field of law

primarily to the students pursuing undergraduate

or postgraduate programs. We assist in providing

opportunities for gaining professional experience

as well as improving legal skills while being

enrolled in a full-time law program. The objective

is to prepare students for the real world by

imparting practical exposure and relevant skills

through legal internships.

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

NATIONAL ONLINE JUDGMENT WRITING COMPETITION, 2020

LawInternships

In association with All India Law Students Federation

ABOUT ALL INDIA LAW STUDENTSFEDERATION

All India Law Students Federation is an NGO

with a highly capable team of Lawyers, Legal

Academicians, Legal Luminaries & Law

Students who are dedicated towards the

cause of Law Students Welfare by

empowering them with knowledge,

experience and wisdom.

ELIGIBILTY CRITERIA

The Participant(s) should currently be pursuing their Bachelor’s Degree in law being

enrolled either in 3 year LLB course or 5 year integrated LLB course from any recognized

University/College.

A team must necessarily only comprise of two participants.

Note: Two participants from different university can also apply as a team. (Cross-

university teams)

FORMATTING GUIDELINES

Name of the Competition

Name of the Court

Presiding officer

Date of Delivery of Judgement

Case Number

Name of the Parties. (for eg. A vs. B)

Advocates appearing on the behalf of the parties (only

Team Code

Other relevant details

Cover Page shall consist of the following essentials:

if mentioned in the proposition.)

SUBMISSION FORMAT

The language of the submission should necessarily be restricted to English.

Word limit- 1500-2500 (including footnotes)

Format- The submissions should be made in MS Word/ .doc/ .docx and PDF

format. Both formats must be attached. The submissions must be in Times

New Roman, Size 12 with 1.5 Line Spacing.

Page Number- Bottom Right

Team Code should be necessarily mentioned in every page.

Citation methodology to be followed in Bluebook 19th or 20th Edition.

DECISION

Decision of the Organizing Committee shall be binding in interpretation of any

rule or for any query or otherwise.

REGISTRATIONS

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE DATE

Provisional Registration Date Begins from 20th August to 5th

September 11:59 PM PM IST.

Final Registration Date (Team Codes

will be released as soon as Final

Registration is completed)

7th September 11:59 PM IST.

Release of the Problem 25th August

Last Date for Clarifications

Clarification Release

5th September 11:59 PM IST.

6th September

Last date of Submission of Final

Judgement

12th September 11:59 PM PM IST.

Review with the Judges 19th and 20th  September

Results 21st September

Fees

Individual Registration- Rs. 400/- (Rupees Four Hundred only)

Team Registration (of two) - Rs. 700/- (Rupees Seven Hundred only)

The participants are required to complete the “Provisional Registration” through

this Google Form link annexed below which shall be done on or before September

5th, 2020, 11:59 PM IST.

Link to google form for provisional registration:

https://forms.gle/hVVQZRK6JhQq8Aeu7

 The “Final Registration” shall be considered to be completed only after the

participants make the payment of the registration fees which shall be done on or

before September 7th, 2020, 11:59 PM IST.

Mode of Payment

Note: Account Details and Judgment Writing Competition Composition/ Problem will

be released to participants individually via e-mail, only after the provisional registration

process is completed.

Fees shall be paid online.

Payment details shall be sent to the participants along

with the confirmation e-mail of provisional registration.

PENALTIES

Non-Submission of Judgment

Upon disclosure of the identity of the participant (name and college name) in the

any manner whatsoever. 

Submission of Judgments not complying with the above-mentioned rules shall

attract a penalty of two marks.

Submission of Judgment (Soft Copy) after the date of submission shall attract the

penalty of ten marks per day.

Participants must be very careful about their contents. We will entertain original

works only. Maximum limit to which plagiarism would be entertained is 10%

(excluding citations), if the same is found beyond this limit it would attract negative

marking.

Notwithstanding, any other rule, following are the penalties which could be levied on

participants on grounds of proven misconduct in any manner, whatsoever:    

   

i.   Disqualification on grounds of:

 ii.  Deduction of the marks on grounds of:

ACCOLADES

Individual Winner Prize: Rs. 1500/- (Rupees One Thousand Five Hundred only)

Runners Up- Rs. 1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only)

Team Winner Price: Rs. 3000/- (Rupees Three Thousand only)

Runners Up- Rs. 1500/- (Rupees One Thousand Five Hundred only)

1.   CashPrize:

2.   Internship Opportunities to all the winners and runners up will also be provided by

LawInternships at Lex Jura Law Journal.

3.  Top 10 Short listed judgments shall be given live review/feedbacks by Justices of

Courts/Tribunals of India.

4.   Free Publication of top 10 judgments at Lex Jura Law Journal (ISSN: 2582-3949)

5.   Certificate of Merit to top 10 Participants.

6.   Certificate of Participation to all the Participants.

CLARIFICATION

Clarification on the composition shall be sent via email on lawinternships.oc@gmail.com 

CONTACT INFORMATION

For any further queries and requests for information, the

participants may feel free to contact the Organising Committee

through the below mentioned details:

Harshita Khare: +91 8770412622

Prerna Kala: +91 7090421904

Mansi Shrivastava: +91 6265326987

Divya Jain: +91 9148920662

Ridhi Jindal: +91 9316436282

R. Abhishake Castro : +91 9080886304

Sajal Khare: +91 7737806244

The participants may also direct their queries and requests

for information to Organising Committee at our offcial mail ID:

lawinternships.oc@gmail.com

info@lawinternships.in

Publishing Partner: Lex Jura Law Journal