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Organization : National Law University, Jodhpur
Competition Name : National level Essay Writing Competition on Legal Theory 2016
Applicable For : LL.B Students
Submission Last Date: February 20, 2016; 2355hrs.

Website : http://www.nlujodhpur.ac.in/event_detail.php?evnt=443
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Essay Writing Competition :

The Centre for Legal Theory is organising a National level Essay Writing Competition on Legal Theory, on the theme: “Do we have an obligation to obey law? ”

Related : MCL Online Essay Competition : www.contest.net.in/3575.html

Eligibility:
Students enrolled in a 5 year integrated undergraduate law degree programme or a 3 year LL.B. degree programme, recognised by the Bar Council of India.

Word Limit: 5000 words (excluding footnotes)

Rules Of The Competition:
** There is no registration fee for the competition.
** The competition is only open for students enrolled in a 5 year integrated undergraduate law degree programme or a 3 year LL.B. degree programme, recognised by the Bar Council of India.
** To participate in the competition, interested students shall submit a soft copy of their completed essay on or before February 20, 2016, 2355hrs at nluj.cltessay@gmail.com.
** Late submissions shall not be accepted.
** No hard copy submissions are required.
** No part of the essay should contain any form of identification of the participant, and any such information if found would lead to disqualification.

Submission Guidelines:
** The essay must be submitted in MS Word format only.
** The essay must contain an Abstract, not exceeding the limit of 250 words, wherein the keywords are mentioned and the tentative conclusions are set out.
** The essays must not exceed a total of 5000 words (excluding footnotes).

The essay must be sent along with a separate document (as a separate MS Word document) containing the following information about the author:
** Full Name
** Current year of study
** Name and Full Address of Law School/University
** Phone Number of University
** Phone Number of Author
** E-mail id of Author

** All submissions must be original and bona fide work of the participants.
** The contestants by entering in the competition agree to indemnify the organisers from and against all claims, suits and damages based on any claim of copyright infringement or plagiarism or unauthorised use.
** All entries shall be considered to be the property of NLUJ for, which NLUJ also reserves the right of publication of the same in any book, journal, or in any other manner as it may deem appropriate, without providing any royalty or compensation.
** The essay should not be submitted for any other competition and/ or for any other purposes. Any further publication after declaration of results, shall only be pursued after express permission has been sought from the organisers.
** Font type should be Times New Roman and Font Size should be 12 pt. for the text and 10pt. for the footnotes.