Starting law school is an exciting journey, but it can also feel overwhelming as you step into a world filled with new concepts, expectations, and challenges. Manupatra presents a 3-Part Webinar Series designed exclusively for first-year law students like you. This series is your roadmap to navigating the foundational aspects of your legal education, equipping you with the insights you need to hit the ground running.
Here’s what you can look forward to:
Decoding Judgements
- Importance of judgments in legal practice and their role as precedents
- Outline of a typical judgment structure
- Key components of a judgment
- Effective methods for reading judgments, identifying critical information, understanding legal language, and distinguishing between ratio decidendi and obiter dicta
Speaker
Ms. Shriya Maini is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India, specializing in cross-border dispute resolution, commercial, and criminal litigation. A gold medalist from Gujarat National Law University, she joined the Dispute Resolution team at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Suresh A. Shroff. She was awarded the Oxford Global Justice Award for Public International Law (2015-16) and pursued a BCL at the University of Oxford on a full scholarship, majoring in International Crime and Commercial Remedies. Shriya worked with Justice (Retd.) Dr. Theodor Meron in the Netherlands and is a visiting faculty member at National Law University Delhi. Her academic contributions include several published papers and contributions to legal books.
Roadmap for Internship in Law School
- What is internship and why is it important
- Types of internship opportunities
- How do you find internship opportunities
- What should you be aiming to learn during your internship
- In first year what kind of internship should a student be doing
Speaker
A proficient professional and former litigating lawyer with a fervour for achieving results, ideating solutions and propelling success.
She graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai. Her experience spans across organizations such as Naik Naik & Co. and AZB & Partners where she excelled in various capacities, including business development, corporate communications, client outreach, and market research. These roles have allowed her to develop a comprehensive skill set and a keen business acumen.
As a Wave Maker at The Grey Matter, she exhibits her expertise in strategic thinking and research by crafting transformative strategies that ... more
Moot Court Prep 101
- Overview of moot court and its importance in legal education
- Understanding the Moot Problem
- Drafting Memorials
- Oral Advocacy Skills
- Roles and responsibilities within a moot court team
- Understanding what judges look for in memorials and oral rounds
Speaker
Mr. Ojaswa Pathak is a 2021 graduate of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. He has been an avid mooter during his undergraduate studies and this prompted him to pursue litigation as a profession in the courts of New Delhi after his studies. Since then, he has been practising before the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India by representing a highly diversified clientele which includes the Govt. of India, various sectoral regulators, Central public sector undertakings and many individuals in civil, criminal and revenue litigation. As an undergraduate student, he has also ventured into academic writing and his work has been published in law journals of reputed public universities in India."