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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
DETAILED PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2015

INAUGURAL SESSION

9.30 AM 10.30 AM
Welcome Address

Prof.(Dr.) R.Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, NLSIU, Bengaluru

Introducing the Conference

Ms.Sundari R Pisupati, Advocate,Hyderabad & Class of 1993

Inaugural Address

Honble Justice M N Venkatachaliah (Retd), Former Chief


Justice of India

Presidential Address

Honble Justice Rajendra Babu (Retd), Former Chief Justice of


India & Honorary Professor, NLSIU

Guests of Honour

Honble Justice V Gopala Gowda, Supreme Court of India


Honble Justice Kumar, Karnataka High Court

Special Address

Honble Shri. D N Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Law


& Justice

Keynote Address: Legal


Services 2020: A Snapshot

Prof. Umakanth, National University of Singapore & Class of


1995

Vote of Thanks

Ms.MenakaGuruswamy, Advocate, Delhi& Class of 1997

10.30 AM to 10.45 AM

TEA BREAK

10.45AM to 12.45PM

SESSION I: STATE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION TODAY


AND OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW

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

SESSION I A: STATE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION


TODAY AND OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW
Prof. V.S. Mallar, Chair Professor of V.R. Krishna Iyer Chair
on Public Law and Policy Choice, NLSIU

Keynote Speakers

Honble Justice Kumar, Karnataka High Court


DrRanbirSingh,Vice-Chancellor, NLU Delhi
NandanNelvigi, Partner White & Case & Class of 1993
Murali Neelakantan, Class of 1996

11.45AM to 12:45 PM

SESSION I B: STATE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION


TODAY AND OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW

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

Prof (Dr.) VS Elizabeth, NLSIU

Keynote Speakers

MenakaGuruswamy, Advocate & Class of 1997


Ekta Bahl, Tatva Legal & Class of 1997
Promod Nair, Arista Chambers & Class of 2001
RitvikLukose, Co-founder & CEO Vahura, & Class of 2004
SatyajitSarna, Advocate & Class of 2008

12.45 PM to 1.30 PM

LUNCH BREAK

1.30 PM to 3.30 PM

SESSION II: CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION AND


THE ROLE OF THE BAR COUNCIL AND BAR
ASSOCIATIONS

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

SESSION II A: CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION


AND THE ROLE OF THE BAR COUNCIL AND BAR
ASSOCIATIONS

Chairman

Honble Justice V Gopala Gowda, Supreme Court of India

Keynote Speakers

Prof (Dr.) NR Madhav Menon, MILAT, &Former Director


NLSIU
Mr.Dushyant Dave, Senior Advocate
Prof. Umakanth, National University of Singapore & Class of
1995
Manoj Kumar, Partner Hammurabi & Solomon& Class of
1995

2.30 PM to 3.30 PM

SESSION II B: CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION


AND THE ROLE OF THE BAR COUNCIL AND BAR
ASSOCIATIONS

Chairman

SV Joga Rao, LegalExcel

Keynote Speakers

RoopaDoraswamy, Class of 1994


Elizabeth Thomas Seshadri, Advocate & Class of 1996
Abhishek Malhotra, TMT Law, Class of 1999
Nandan Kamath,The Law Offices of Nandan Kamath&Class of
2000

3.30 PM to 5.30 PM

SESSION III: THE ROLE OF JUDICIARY AND ACCESS

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

SESSION III A: THE ROLE OF JUDICIARY AND

ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Chairman

Prof Babu Mathew, NLSIU

Keynote Speakers

Honble Justice Dr S Murlidhar, Delhi High Court


Sundari R Pisupati, Advocate, Hyderabad&Class of 1993
SajanPoovayya, Senior Advocate& Class of 1996
Pramod Rao, Citi India General Counsel, Class of 1996
GowthamanRanganathan, Alternative Law Forum& Class of
2010

4.30PM to 5.30PM

SESSION III B: THE ROLE OF JUDICIARY AND

ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Chairman

________________

Keynote Speakers

Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan, Advocate &Class of 1993


Vipul Kundalia, Partner Kundalia Associates &Class of 1994
TK Bhaskar, HSB Partners &Class of 1995
Harish
Narsappa,
Samvad
Partners
&
Co-founder
Daksh&Class of 1996
Sumeet Malik, Associate Editor, Supreme Court Cases &
Director Eastern Book Co, EBC Publishing& Class of 1999

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

Prof (Dr) V.Vijaykumar, NLSIU

Keynote Speakers

MsLaila Ollapallly, Founder, Center for Advanced Mediation


Practice (CAMP) Bengaluru
Sriram Panchu, Senior Advocate & Mediator
Arvind Datar, Senior Advocate
Dr Aditya Sondhi, Senior Advocate &Class of 1998

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

______________

Keynote Speakers

Anuradha Mukherjee, Class of 1993


Veena Gowda, Advocate &Class of 1995
ShreyasJayasimha, Aarna Law & Class of 2000
PoornimaHatti, Samvad Partners& Class of 2003

8.00 PM to 9.00 PM

CULTURAL PROGRAMME BY NLSIU STUDENTS& ALUMNI

9.00 PM onwards

GALA DINNER @ NLSIU

SUNDAY APRIL 26, 2015


9:00 AM to 10:45 AM

SESSION V : LAW SCHOOLS & LAWYERS

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

Make technology, business and management part of legal curriculum

Learnings from foreign law schools, if any;

Trial Court Practice A mandate for every law graduate

Legislative Drafting As a Specialized Course The need of the hour for effective laws?

9:00 AM to 9:45 AM
Chairman

SESSION V A: LAW SCHOOLS & LAWYERS


________________

Keynote Speakers

Prof (Dr.) Nagaraj, NLSIU


Dr. Sashikala Gurpur, Director Symbiosis Law School
Indranil Choudhury, CEO Lexplosion Solutions & Class of
1994
Prof (Dr.) PrabhaKotiswaran, Kings College London & Class of
1995
Prof Shamnad Basheer,& Class of 1998

9:45 AM to 10:30 AM
Chairman

SESSION V B: LAW SCHOOLS & LAWYERS


______________

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

SESSION VI: OVERVIEW OF THE RULE OF LAW PROJECT


BY DAKSH

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

Prof (Dr.) NR Madhav Menon, MILAT, &Former Director


NLSIU
Prof.(Dr.) R.Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, NLSIU

Co Chairman
Presentation of Reports

Inaugural Session and Session I


Session II
Session III
Session IV
Session V
Session VI
Open House Discussion on reports
Resolutions & Recommendations
Follow-up actions

Vote of Thanks

Manoj Kumar, Partner Hammurabi & Solomon& Class of


1995

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

Prof.(Dr.) R.Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, NLSIU, Bengaluru

Introducing the Conference

Ms.Sundari R Pisupati, Advocate,Hyderabad & Class of 1993

Inaugural Address

Honble Justice M N Venkatachaliah (Retd), Former Chief


Justice of India

Presidential Address

Honble Justice Rajendra Babu (Retd), Former Chief Justice of


India & Honorary Professor, NLSIU

Guests of Honour

Honble Justice V Gopala Gowda, Supreme Court of India


Honble Justice Kumar, Karnataka High Court

Special Address

Honble Shri. D N Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Law


& Justice

Keynote Address: Legal


Services 2020: A Snapshot

Prof. Umakanth, National University of Singapore & Class of


1995

Vote of Thanks

Ms.MenakaGuruswamy, Advocate, Delhi& Class of 1997

SESSIONS I-VI APRIL 25-26 see detailed PROGRAMME SCHEDULE


SUNDAY APRIL 26, 2015

VALEDICTORY SESSION

11.15 AM to 1.30 PM
Guest of Honour

Honble Justice Vikramjit Sen, Supreme Court of India

Chairman
Co Chairman
Presentation of Reports

Vote of Thanks

Prof (Dr.) NR Madhav Menon, MILAT, &Former Director


NLSIU
Prof.(Dr.) R.Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor, NLSIU
Inaugural Session and Session I
Session II
Session III
Session IV
Session V
Session VI
Open House Discussion on reports
Resolutions & Recommendations
Follow-up actions
Manoj Kumar, Partner Hammurabi & Solomon& Class of
1995

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

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