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ONDEMANDLAWS’ 1 ST NATIONAL ONLINE MEDIATION WRITING COMPETITION-2018

OnDemandLaws presents India’s 1st National Online Mediation Writing Competition

2018. The aim behind organising this ‘Mediation Competition’ is to promote the

concept of ‘Mediation’ among the law students and it is also aimed at helping the

students to gain practical knowledge of the aspect. This initiative in itself is a

revolution. You all must have participated in offline mediation competitions. But, have

you ever wonder that it is not possible for every law student to participant in person

due to variety of reasons and therefore, OnDemandLaws decided to bring something

new. So, here we present 1st online mediation writing competition. The competition is

designed to acquaint the law student participants with advocacy skills in alternative

dispute resolution processes, specifically mediation. The focus of this competition is on

attorney representation of clients in mediation. The judging criteria are designed to

reward those participants who use an effective combination of advocacy skills and a

problem-solving approach in the mediation. Participants are not expected to sacrifice

their client’s interests in order to be collaborative. This competition is designed to

acquaint the law student with advocacy in these processes, specifically mediation. The

focus of this competition is on attorney representation of clients in mediation. Judging

criteria are geared toward examining the effective combination and use of advocacy

and collaborative problem-solving skills.

Website: https://www.ondemandlaws.com

Email: info@ondemandlaws.com

ELIGIBILITY: The participants must be currently pursuing their Bachelor’s Degree in Law i.e.

3-Year LL.B. course or 5-Year LL.B course from any recognized

university/school or pursing LLM from any recognized University or person

who is preparing for judiciary or any person who is perusing his/her Bachelor

or Master Degree in any field as the case may be or any person related to the

field of law whether directly or indirectly.

In one team, not more than three participants are allowed (3 participants

are compulsory). A team comprising students from different colleges are

not eligible to participate in the competition.

Any Law College or Law University can send any number of

entries. There is no restriction on the number of entries from any

college or university.

The competition shall be in English only.

Write-ups shall have no plagiarism and should be an original work of the

participants.

TEAM CONSISTS OF FOLLOWING MEMBERS:

1st Legal Attorney (1st legal attorney will represent Plaintiff’s side).

2nd Legal Attorney (2nd legal attorney will represent Defendant’s side).

Sole Mediator (Sole mediator will act impartially and will give his/her final

order & findings on the matter in dispute).

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Word limits –3500-4000 words (Including Footnoting).

Format – MSWord

Font – Times New Roman

Font size- 12 for text, 10 for footnotes

Page numbers – bottom centre

Line Spacing- 1.5 for text and 1.0 for footnotes

Alignment- Justified

Margin- One inch each side

The citation methodology to be followed is Harvard Bluebook (19th Edition) (Can download from our official site).

REGISTRATION FEE: The Registration Fee is Rs.1200/- for a Team Registration.

Mode of Payment: Registration Fees should be paid via Paytm @ 8262892004,

8351033361 on the name of OnDemandLaws or deposit the registration fees into

a bank account through net banking or through any other mode of banking.

The participants must submit the duly filled registration form via JotForm after

making Payment and attach the screenshot of Payment while filling up the

registration form.

An acknowledgement will be auto generated after filling up the registration

form.

REGISTRATION LINK:

https://form.jotform.me/81133996084463

REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES FOLLOWING THINGS: Cost of Hard Copies of Certificate of Participation.

Cost of Cash Prizes.

Cost of Trophies.

Other necessary expenses.

SUBMISSION FORM:Mediator’s Order and 1st & 2nd Legal Attorneys’ Contentions must be sent as DOCX

files through a Google form. Submissions submitted through any other mode other

than Google form shall be disqualified. The link to Google form is given below,

https://goo.gl/forms/8WP7JDM7mrSJD4mr1 . The title or name of the files must be in the following format namely,

1. For 1st Legal Attorney, it must be as “1st Legal Attorney’s Contentions”.

2. For 2nd Legal Attorney, it must be as “2nd Legal Attorney’s Contentions”.

3. For Sole Mediator, it must be as “Mediator’s Order”.

NOTE: Registration fee is not refundable at all costs. It will be refundable only in a

case the competition is called off by the organizing committee due to any

unavoidable circumstances. (In such a case refund will be initiated in your PAYTM &

BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS).

IMPORTANT DATES:

Last date for registration: 1st June 2018 Last date for clarification: 3rd June 2018

Allotment of team codes: 4th June 2018

Last date for submission of soft copies: 15th June 2018

Declaration of result: 15th July 2018

NOTE: To download the official mediation proposition, please click on the link given

below,

http://ondemandlaws.com/events/

EVALUATION CRETERIA:PARTICULARS MARKS

BEGINNING & OPENING OF THE 10MEDIATOR’S ORDER/LEGALATTORNEY’S CONTENTIONSISSUES AND POINTS FOR 20DETERMINATIONCITING OF RELEVANT LAWS VIZ. CASE- 20LAW, STATUTES & OPINIONS OFJURISTSDECISION ON ISSUES FRAMED (IN CASE 30OF MEDIATOR) & LEGAL ATTORNEY’SCONTENTIONS ON ISSUES FRAMEDPRESENTATION, STYLE, CLARITY, 20APPEARANCE, & OVER-ALL IMPRESSION

ANONYMITY:Each team will be provided with a unique code upon registration. The identity of the

teams shall not be disclosed at any stage; such disclosure shall invite penalties

including disqualification. The decision for the same shall be at the discretion of the

Organizing Committee.

PENALTIES:Notwithstanding any other rule, the following penalties may be levied on participants:

1. Disqualification on grounds of

i. Non submission of soft copies.

ii. Breach of anonymity rule.

iii. Submission of soft copies beyond five days of the date of submission.

2. Submission not complying with Rules shall attract a penalty of two marks.

3. Submission beyond the date of submission shall attract penalty of ten marks

per day.

THE COMPETITION: The Competition will consist of only single round.

It shall be an online event.

FORMAT OF THE MEDIATOR’S ORDER AND LEGAL ATTORNEYS’

CONTENTIONS: A separate cover page in a DOCX file stating the name of the competition,

the name of your Institution and the names of student authors along with

their roles in the competition. One cover page is sufficient for a team. No

need to make different cover pages.

The Mediator’s Order and Attorneys’ Contentions shall begin in a new DOCX

file. The first page of Mediator’s Order and Attorneys’ Contentions must

contain Team Code, Name of the Mediator, Case Name, Case Number, Legal

Attorneys’ Names, Date of Institution of Suit and Date of Mediator’s Order.

History and Procedural History of the Case.

Issues and Points for Determination.

Framing Specific Questions for determination.

Reference to Precedents, Other Sources (both authoritative and persuasive).

Decision on issues framed or points formulated.

DECISION: Decision of the jury shall be final and binding. Decision of the Organizing Committee

shall be binding in interpretation of any rules or for any query or otherwise.

REWARDS:1. Winning Team: 5000 (Cash Prize) + Winner’s Trophy + INR. 2000 Gift Voucher of

Legal Desire Course + One publication free of cost in The Journal for Indian

Researchers ISSN: 2581-3595 (Law Journal) (Publication must comply with Journal’s

publication policy).

2. Runner Up Team: 3500 (Cash Prize) + Runner Up’s Trophy + One publication free

of cost in The Journal for Indian Researchers ISSN: 2581-3595 (Law Journal)

(Publication must comply with Journal’s publication policy).

3. Best Mediator: 2000 (Cash Prize) + Best Mediator’s Trophy + One publication free

of cost in The Journal for Indian Researchers ISSN: 2581-3595 (Law Journal)

Publication must comply with Journal’s publication policy).

4. Best Legal Attorney: 2000 (Cash Prize) + One publication free of cost in The Journal

for Indian Researchers ISSN: 2581-3595 (Law Journal) (Publication must comply with

Journal’s publication policy).

NOTE: OnDemandLaws reserve the right to remove any of the above-mentioned

rewards (Only if we do not receive suitable submissions for the concerned rewards). All

the participants who submit the submission in the prescribed format would get a hard

copy of the participation certificate & 10 per cent discount to all the participants on

Online Legal Courses being provided by Legal Desire. Provided that 10 per cent

discount will be given to only those participants who submit their submissions in the

prescribed format. Those participants who don not submit their submissions are not

eligible to get 10 per cent discount coupons. OnDemandLaws wouldn’t be liable for any

prizes sponsored by the Sponsors. OnDemandLaws is liable to pay only cash prizes.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:1. Mr. Amit (Co-Founder and COO & Partner, 8262892004).

2. Mr. Varun Kumar (Founder and CEO & Partner, 8351033361).

3. Mr. Abhishek Puri (Co-Founder and COO & Partner, 9625577005).

CONTACT TIMINGS:

10:00 AM to 9:00 PM

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The Journal for Indian Researchers (ISSN: 2581-3595) is an online Law

Journal published bi-monthly. The aim behind running this online Law

Journal is to promote the legal education within the country. This online

Law Journal basically focuses on current legal issues prevailing within

the country. Any person who is related to the field of law, whether

directly or indirectly, such as students pursuing law graduation, law

professors/lectures, can contribute towards this online Law Journal, in

the form of articles, research papers etc. This is a peer-reviewed journal.

In order to be published in our Law Journal, contributors are required

submit their original & unpublished work. This online Law Journal is a

combined initiative of young minds to bring the change in the Indian

society or in the field of law by publishing brilliant research work in the

field of law. As we all know that it is not that easy to understand the

concept of law, it includes various completed aspects. So, our mission is

to make it India’s largest online legal Library/Journal, which can be easily

accessible all over the world. If you believe that you are enough capable

of influencing the legal society by you legal research work skills then you

can submit your work in our journal without any kind of hesitation.

In case of any query mail us at: Info@ondemandlaws.com