Essay Writing: 11th RMLNLU-Khaitan & Co International Legal Essay Writing Competition 11th RMLNLU-Khaitan & Co International Legal Essay Writing Competition

Essay Writing: 11th RMLNLU-Khaitan & Co International Legal Essay Writing Competition, Submit by 27 August, 2023

RMLNLU along with Khaitan & Co. is organising a Legal Essay Writing Competition and Conference on “Competition Law”. Entries for the same are invited from interested law students.

Themes and Sub themes
This year the Committee is inviting original submissions from authors in the form of essays falling within the indicated contours of the theme of the offline conference – “Competition Law”. The list of the indicated sub-themes is given below to aid the participants:

 Assessing the efficacy of Deal Value
 Balancing IPR and Competition Law
 Merger Control: The Introduction of the Green Channel Route
 ESG Collaboration and Competition Law concerns
 MSME & Competition law
 CCI’s jurisdictional Issues

NOTE: Sub-themes are merely indicative in nature and not exhaustive.

Eligibility
Authors must be pursuing their 5-year integrated LL.B. (Hons.) course/ 3-year LL.B. course/ LL.M from any recognised university in India and equivalent law degree abroad for the academic year of 2023-2024, to be eligible to participate in the competition.

Structure

 All entries will be judged and ranked by Khaitan & Co and the Committee.
 The authors of the top three entries will be selected for an offline conference. In the conference, they would be required to present their papers before a panel of judges.
 The participants may adopt any suitable means for presenting the papers including audio-visual aids, such as PowerPoint presentation.
 The final rankings of the authors of the top three entries shall be declared on the basis of their paper presentations in the conference.
Cash Prizes
 Winner: INR 15,000/-
 First Runner- up: INR 10,000/-
 Second Runner- up: INR 5,000/-

Other entitlements

 Authors of top three entries will be receiving a ‘Certificate of Achievement’ and may, upon the discretion of Khaitan & Co, receive an internship opportunity as per the Internship Policy of the Firm.
 A ‘Certificate of Merit’ shall be provided to the selected entries.
 Top three entries will be published on the RMLNLU Law Review Blog.
 Top three entries may be considered for publication in the next issue of the RMLNLU Law Review Journal.
 All participants shall be receiving a ‘Certificate of Participation’.

Submission Guidelines

 Word Limit: 4000-5000 words (excluding footnotes).
 Individual Attachments: Name; contact details; current academic status (year of study, name of university etc.); undertaking as to guarantee of originality.
 Font and size for the essay: Times New Roman – 12
 Font and size for footnotes: Times New Roman –10
 Paper Size: A 4
 Line spacing: 1.5
 Margin: 1” from all sides
 Alignment: Justified
 Citation Style: Footnotes must be properly cited strictly in accordance with the latest OSCOLA (4th edition) format.

No endnotes or speaking footnotes (descriptive footnotes) are permitted.
 Entries should be emailed to rilec.rmlnlu@gmail.com under the subject title “Entry for 11th RILEC – [Name(s) of Author(s)]” in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) format.
 Any queries relating to the Competition should be addressed to rilec.rmlnlu@gmail.com.

Important Dates
 Last date for submission of manuscript: 27th August 2023. Late entries will not be entertained.
 The dates of the offline conference will be announced soon.

Contact Information

E-Mail ID (for queries): rilec.rmlnlu@gmail.com.

Contact Persons:
 Priyanshi Bhageria : +91 8852012939
 Aarya Parihar: +91 6306002885
 Khushi Gupta: +91 7007619012

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