Beruflich Dokumente
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INAUGURAL SESSION
9.30 AM 10.30 AM
Welcome Address
Inaugural Address
Presidential Address
Guests of Honour
Special Address
Vote of Thanks
10.30 AM to 10.45 AM
TEA BREAK
10.45AM to 12.45PM
Key
Issues:
State of the Legal Profession today; where it is headed;
Challenges ahead of the legal profession in 2020;
Law reform and legal development- areas for focus
Legal Profession in India and the Need to Embrace Technology and other practices to revamp legal profession and
delivery of justice
Access to justice in rural and tribal areas and the alternatives
Role of Legal Aid Services and NGOs in Dispensation of Justice
10.45AM to 11:45 AM
Chairman
Keynote Speakers
11.45AM to 12:45 PM
FIRST
NLSIU ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
CONFERENCE 2015
ON
LEGAL SERVICES, LEGAL EDUCATION AND
THE STATEOF THE PROFESSION: EMERGING CHALLENGES
Date & Venue: APRIL 25-26 2015 AT NLSIU, Bengaluru
Chairman
Keynote Speakers
12.45 PM to 1.30 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1.30 PM to 3.30 PM
Key
Issues:
Role of Bar Council of India and State Bar Councils Regulating Unethical Practices
Need for Practical Training and Mentoring of Lawyers, Continuing Legal Education and upgrading skills
Regulation of legal services by unqualified legal persons/entities
Should company counsel be made mandatory for businesses similar to requirement of company secretary/auditors?
New Laws or Effective Implementation of Existing Laws?Ethical Dispensation of Justice (commercialization of
profession, economic benefits, etc.) -the realities of practice of law in India
Pro bono legal services
1.30 PM to 2.30 PM
Chairman
Keynote Speakers
2.30 PM to 3.30 PM
Chairman
Keynote Speakers
3.30 PM to 5.30 PM
TO JUSTICE
Key Issues:
Lack of infrastructure and inadequate allocation of funds by governments resulting in shortage of judicial officers and
FIRST
NLSIU ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
CONFERENCE 2015
ON
LEGAL SERVICES, LEGAL EDUCATION AND
THE STATEOF THE PROFESSION: EMERGING CHALLENGES
Date & Venue: APRIL 25-26 2015 AT NLSIU, Bengaluru
support staff
Use of Technology in Courts to overcome procedural bottlenecks (use of electronic communication for notices,
examination of witnesses, Case management and use of management techniques to expedite disposal of cases)
Appointment of Judges and Judicial Officers An Effective Mechanism
Need for Better Institutional Framework for Judicial Training; Continuing Legal Education for Judiciary.
An Efficient Lower Judiciary Key to address multiplicity/duplicity of cases
Countering Corruption in Judicial Administration
3.30 PM to 4.30PM
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Chairman
Keynote Speakers
4.30PM to 5.30PM
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Chairman
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Keynote Speakers
5.30PM to 5.45PM
TEA BREAK
5.45 PM to 7.45 PM
SESSION
Key
IV:
ALTERNATE/APPROPRIATEDISPUTE
RESOLUTION METHODS
Issues:
Reducing Burden on Courts through Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism
Creating Public Awareness of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism
Appeals against ADR awards A Norm or an Exception?
Measures to clear the Backlog of Cases
5.45 PM to 6.45 PM
SESSION IV A: ALTERNATE/APPROPRIATEDISPUTE
RESOLUTION METHODS
Chairman
Keynote Speakers
6.45 PM to 7.45 PM
SESSION
IV
B:
FIRST
NLSIU ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
CONFERENCE 2015
ON
LEGAL SERVICES, LEGAL EDUCATION AND
THE STATEOF THE PROFESSION: EMERGING CHALLENGES
Date & Venue: APRIL 25-26 2015 AT NLSIU, Bengaluru
ALTERNATE/APPROPRIATEDISPUTERESOLUTION
METHODS
Chairman
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Keynote Speakers
8.00 PM to 9.00 PM
9.00 PM onwards
Key Issues:
Traditional Legal Education Framework vis--vis the Emerging Trends in Legal Education (need for revamping
curriculum, emphasis on legal drafting, student exchange programs, quality of faculty, growing expense of legal
education, etc.)
How to revamp the curriculum in Law Schools in India to synch with contemporary developments in the legal
profession
Legislative Drafting As a Specialized Course The need of the hour for effective laws?
9:00 AM to 9:45 AM
Chairman
Keynote Speakers
9:45 AM to 10:30 AM
Chairman
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Lakshmikanth
Dr. Arun Thiruvengadam, National University of Singapore
&Class of 1995
Siddharth Raja, Samvad Partners &Class of 1997
Alex Antony, CEO Rainmaker & Class of 1998
FaizTajuddin, Jindal Global Law School & Class of 2005
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
FIRST
NLSIU ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
CONFERENCE 2015
ON
LEGAL SERVICES, LEGAL EDUCATION AND
THE STATEOF THE PROFESSION: EMERGING CHALLENGES
Date & Venue: APRIL 25-26 2015 AT NLSIU, Bengaluru
Harish
Narsappa,
Samvad
Daksh&Class of 1996
Partners
&
Co-founder
11.00 AM to 11.15AM
TEA BREAK
11.15 AM to 1.30 PM
Guest of Honour
VALEDICTORY SESSION
Honble Justice Vikramjit Sen, Supreme Court of India
Chairman
Co Chairman
Presentation of Reports
Vote of Thanks
FIRST
NLSIU ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
CONFERENCE 2015
ON
LEGAL SERVICES, LEGAL EDUCATION AND
THE STATEOF THE PROFESSION: EMERGING CHALLENGES
Date & Venue: APRIL 25-26 2015 AT NLSIU, Bengaluru
ABRIDGED PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2015
INAUGURAL SESSION
9.30 AM 10.30 AM
Welcome Address
Inaugural Address
Presidential Address
Guests of Honour
Special Address
Vote of Thanks
VALEDICTORY SESSION
11.15 AM to 1.30 PM
Guest of Honour
Chairman
Co Chairman
Presentation of Reports
Vote of Thanks
FIRST
NLSIU ALUMNI WORLDWIDE
CONFERENCE 2015
ON
LEGAL SERVICES, LEGAL EDUCATION AND
THE STATEOF THE PROFESSION: EMERGING CHALLENGES
Date & Venue: APRIL 25-26 2015 AT NLSIU, Bengaluru