NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW, Hyderabad In Collaboration with NALSAR Pro-Bono Club
(Nyaya Bandhu Pro Bono Legal Services), An Initiative Under Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice Offers “Workshop on Skills for Practicing Law”:
(May 6th, 2023)
Schedule:
- 9:30 -10:00 Introduction
- 10-11:30 (Bharti, Margaret, Ashwini): Client interviewing
- 11:30-12:00: Tea break and group exercise
- 12:00-12:30: Interaction: groups report and get feedback
- 12:30-1:30: lunch
- 1:30-3:00: (Bharti, Margaret, Ashwini) Legal Research and Writing
- 3:00-3:30: Tea break and group exercise
- 3:30-4:00: Interaction: groups report and get feedback
- 4:00-5:00: Persuasion (Bharti and Margaret)
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/7fvJZNTFUMaZuEJu9
About the NALSAR: NALSAR University of Law is a premier National Law School located in Hyderabad, India. It was established in 1998 by an Act of the State Legislature of Andhra Pradesh. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in law and legal studies, as well as a number of interdisciplinary programs. NALSAR is known for its rigorous academic curriculum, highly qualified faculty, and state-of-the-art infrastructure. The university's curriculum emphasizes the development of critical thinking, research, and communication skills, and prepares students for careers in a variety of legal fields. The university has a vibrant and dynamic student community, and provides numerous opportunities for students to engage in extracurricular activities and develop their leadership skills. NALSAR has established partnerships with a number of leading institutions and organizations, both in India and abroad, and is actively involved in the research and outreach programs aimed at promoting the rule of law and advancing legal education. The university is widely recognized for its commitment to social justice, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades for its contributions to legal education and research. Overall, NALSAR University of Law is an excellent institution for anyone interested in pursuing a career in law and legal studies. Its commitment to academic excellence, social justice, and professional development makes it one of the top law schools in India and a leader in legal education in the region
About the NALSAR Pro-Bono Club:
The NALSAR Pro bono club is constituted to strengthen the Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono Legal Services) program which is an initiative under the Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice. The Nyaya Bandhu (Pro Bono Legal Services) is the Government of India’s primary initiative to establish a framework for the dispensation of pro bono legal services across the country.
"Learning by doing” is recognized as an excellent pedagogical method to study law. When students actually engage in the “real work” of law, they can learn doctrine, ethics, theory and “test” law’s strengths and weaknesses as it applies in real-life situations. Pro Bono club activities are structured to carry out multiple objectives.
1)To enable law students to acquire practical skills. Students have the opportunity to be involved in real issues, cases or projects.
2) Students will engage in the real work of law which will help the students to develop systematic methods of learning from experience, as well as gain insight into a lawyer's functioning as advocate and counsellor, investigator, negotiator, and planner.
3)Pro Bono club will function with the mission of promoting justice, or the public interest by organizing legal awareness programs, legal aid, law reforms etc. for the benefit of the powerless people, minorities, and vulnerable communities.
It works to promote public interest. Pro Bono Club has conducted door to door legal awareness campaign on Right to Health, Rythu Bandhu scheme, Land Rights and Caste, Secondary Education, Right to Food and Sanitation. Pro Bono club has also conducted successful workshops in the Shamirpet and Pudur Villages.
Workshop: NAL:SAR University of Law invites applications from students
studying law from any law school for an online, Worshop on “Skills for Practicing
Law” scheduled on May 6th,2023.
The workshop is designed to offer an advanced inquiry into law practice skills, on themes which are scarcely included in the regular curriculum and teaching-learning process. The course offers a practical understanding of the following tentative aspects:
1) Interviewing
- Self party or client
- Opposite party before trial ( Summons, Quesstionaire and Discovery and Inspection of Documents)
2) Legal Research and Writing
- Research
- Effective Writing
- Drafting (Plaint and Written Statement)
3) Problem Solving
4) Persuasive Presentation.
The workshop will equip participants with a practical understanding of the above-stated skills for
practicing law and enabling them to enrich their advocacy skills.
Details of the Course Eligibility: Students studying law from any law school can apply for
this course.
Date : The workshop will be held on 6th May,2023.
Time: 9:30 am-5:30pm
The work shop will contain a total of 4 sessions, approximately 1.5hours each . As per the thematic agenda, sessions will be held as lectures, group exercises and activities, as well as discussions.
Participants will be given ample opportunity to engage and interact with course instructors
and their fellow participants, to enable an environment of collaborative learning.
Course Instructors:
1) Margaret Phillip
Department Chair, Associate Professor Paralegal Studies
Daemen University, New York Margaret Phillips, J.D., Associate Professor, Director of
Paralegal Studies, Fulbright-Nehru Scholar. As director of the Daemen College Paralegal Studies Program, Margaret Phillips oversaw the extensive evaluation process that led to the program being granted approval by the American Bar Association. It is the only ABA-approved college programs in the Buffalo Niagara region. Serving as a director since the program was established in 2011, Phillips has grown the program’s offerings to include a bachelor’s degree, a 21-credit undergraduate certificate for Daemen students, and a 21-credit post-baccalaureate certificate for those who already hold a four-year degree. She has also developed a service-learning course at Daemen that gives paralegal students the opportunity to work on refugee, family law, and housing issues. Phillips recently published a textbook on legal skills and has written articles on trends in undergraduate legal education and the legal profession in the Buffalo Law Journal, Business First, and the Paralegal Educator. Phillips clerked for a state appellate court before becoming a litigator, focusing primarily on civil matters. She was also a lecturer at the University at Buffalo Law School, where she taught research and writing to first-year law students, and developed a service-learning course that brought law students to New Orleans to work with public interest lawyers on Hurricane Katrina recovery. She earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Barnard College. After a brief stint as a program director at a not-for-profit in Brooklyn, she went on to earn a law degree cum laude from the UB Law School.
2) Dr Bharti Yadav
Assistant Professor of Law
National Law University Delhi
Dr Bharti Yadav has been a National Law University Delhi faculty since 2012. Her areas of interest and specialization are Criminal Law, Research Methodology, Legal Aid and Clinical Legal Education. She has organized many international and national workshops and conferences on criminal law and clinical legal education at National Law University Delhi. She has also presented papers on various aspects of criminal law and access to justice at national and international conferences. Her research papers are published in many journals and books. She has also supervised a number of LL.M. students for their dissertations. She has been involved in prison administrative reform initiatives by conducting various empirical research. She has collaborated with Delhi Legal Services Authorities in various Legal Aid initiatives. She has been a resource person at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration in various training programs for HCS officers and law officers of Haryana. She has also been a resource person in many workshops and training programs organized by NLUD. Since 2015, she has been continuously appointed as an external member of the complaint committee against sexual harassment at the workplace of NABCONS and NABARD. She has contributed to e-pathshala and the MOOCs Programme of UGC by writing modules on various aspects of access to justice and coordinating the courses. She has also been a resource person for a live legal awareness program on the Gyan Darshan TV channel. She has offered seminar courses at the University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany in the years 2016 & 2017. She was invited by Justice Academy, Ankara, Turkey for addressing Judges and advocates on the art of cross-examination in the year 2017. She has presided over sessions on promoting justice education at international conferences of The Global Alliance of Justice Education in Turkey in 2015, Mexico in 2017 and South Africa in 2022.
3) Ashwini Kumar Pendyala
Assistant Professor,
NALSAR University of Law and Co-ordinator of the Worshop
Mr.Ashwini Kumar Pendyala has been a NALSAR University of Law faculty since 2013 His areas of interest and specialisation are Civil Procedure Code,Jurisprudence and Ancient Greek Jurisprudence, Insurance Laws, Law and Poverty and Legal Aid and Leagl Awareness Clinics. He has delivered lectures as resource person in CRPF, Singareni Colleries Company Limited and Gandhi Medical College. He has organised around 55 legal awarenes programs.
Certificate: All participants will be awarded a certificate upon successful completion of the course.