Category: Law school
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Academics On-(The)-Line
Ever since COVID-19 has sunk its claws into our world, it has wrapped us around its little finger. Not quite unlike other catastrophic events, it has forced us to adapt our lives based on its whims and fancies. It has dug up the two-lane highway of routine lives and left commuters struggling to find a…
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A reflection on the online semester: The new normal for education
“Am I audible?” became the new “Good morning children!” for every student last semester. All owing to the fact that a health crisis was looming large over our heads with no certainty of the future. However, educational institutes managed to continue imparting education even in these tough times. The new makeshift arrangement to deal with…
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Mistaken Illustrations
(The author is a Lecturer at the Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat. The prompt behind this post came from three of her students: Akshay Purandare, Manan Parekh and Ritvik Mishra. The author thanks Malcolm Katrak for his insightful comments on a draft version of this post.) In these difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, most…
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Importance of Assignments for Law Students
With the onset of the new month and examinations overhead, it is about time to quantify how much of the assignments are complete, and all of it has to come through in the next few days. If one has little time to complete the tasks, it is about time for students to be reflective and…
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Want to become a lawyer? Get your resume right following these simple tricks!
As it is rightly said, “The first impressions last long”, well your resume is no different. In most cases, your resume is your first contact with your potential employer, and hence, your best shot to stand out among the other applicants. Since a firm doesn’t always have the time and resources to call each interested…
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Legal Education in India: From ‘what is’ to ‘what could be’
Right from the beginning, when a student frames his mind to take up the legal profession, then and there, he is made aware of the tedious route. From entrance test battle to decoding the ambiguity over placements, this route of legal profession never stops to offer surprises. Five-year academic or three-year academic, as the case…
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