SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL DEEMED UNIVERSITY

WEBINAR REPORT

Submitted by

HAOVANGDONGLIEN KIPGEN

DIV: A

PRN: 18010323055

BATCH-2018-2023

SEM- 5th

In the month of

AUGUST 2020

Under the guidance of

Dr. Prageetha G Raju

Mr R. Vidhyadhar
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Serial Name of the webinar Date

No.

1. Civil and Commercial Suit 10th JULY

 Summary of the topics discussed
 My views
 Proof of attendance
2. Straight talk: Advanced legal study 6th AUGUST
 Summary of the topics discussed
 My views
 Proof of attendance
3. National webinar on “Impact of social media on mental health” 8th AUGUST
 Summary of the topic discussed and my views together
 Proof of attendance
1. Webinar conducted by training and placement cell on 10th July, 2020

“Civil and commercial suit”

Addressed by Mr. Nitin Prasad (Partner- King and Partridge, Bangalore)

About the webinar

The webinar started with Nitin sir offer us a short overview on civil suits and their importance. As law
students he said, it was important for us to understand the disparity in regards to civil and
commercial suits from what is taught in private colleges and the actual practice in court. According
to the Commercial Court Act, 2015 all civil suits could only go to the civil courts, but all suits that fall
under the definition of 2(c) of the act could also be filed in commercial courts after the amendment.
After the amendment in 2018, privately made agreements by parties was not enforceable but under
commercial court it was possible but it also involved court fee and it was regarded as a cheap
litigation process. He also noted certain parallels and discrepancies with regard to the rules of the
Court of Civil Procedure and Commercial Courts, and specified the conditions for bringing a
commercial suit. He also talked about the benefits of arbitration and how it was better in today's
world and amending 2018 also introduced compulsory mediation, as dispute resolution methods are
known to be quicker, more structured and less unpredictable relative to ordinary trials, and more
companies would turn to this. The speaker outlined the revised Order 13 A of the Code of Civil
Practice where conflicts of a contractual nature could be dealt with under the act of commercial
courts without having to go through a full jury process, he briefly listed summary courts under Order
37 of the Code and said that they allowed the courts a great deal of control. Overall he listed what a
lawyer should look at when entering a firm which would be big areas that a young lawyer would
work on. The session concluded with a round of questions and answers, where the participants
expressed their passion for the topic and asked information about the topic.

My view about the topic

For law students, I think it is important to provide a clear knowledge of the workings of the courts
and the judicial proceedings. I was fortunate enough to attend this webinar, because it gave me a
very good picture which would certainly support me in my future internships. I was not well aware
of some of the facts the speaker mentioned, and I did not have immense knowledge on this subject.
This webinar provided an overview of the entire concept of civil and commercial tribunals and suits.
Some of the important things I learned in this webinar were, first of all, various modifications made
regarding the registration of suits in commercial courts, the position of the parties, the enforceability
of suits and the stages to file a commercial suit. Secondly, the value of arbitration was emphasized
and its features were addressed very well with the intention of making businesses resort to these
conflict resolution mechanisms. Third, and most significant, were amendments relating to written
arguments, the history and the erroneous method of handling the arguments put forward by the
parties which led to the idea of written arguments highlighting its advantages and laws. The speaker
was asked various questions relating to the jurisdiction of high courts, the on going practice of
arbitration, the digitization of courts, etc. which made the session more interesting. As a law
practitioner, he gave his views on what prospective law seekers will concentrate when deciding their
line of work and gave points about how we should improve our principles and frameworks to handle
the challenges that may emerge while faced with potential cases. Finally, I would say it was a very
helpful and enlightening session for me and it certainly has opened up new spheres of
understanding the subject.

Proof of attendance
2. Webinar conducted by Training and Placement Cell on 6th August, 2020
“Straight talk: Advanced Legal Study”

So the main speaker for this webinar was Ms Heather Wallick. She is the co-founder and
Director of Wallick Consulting services.

About the webinar

Firstly she talks about herself and her career is India. She gives us a lot of information which
I will talk about in summary down below.

 Impact of COVID
She started off talking about how this global pandemic has affected educational
institutes. She talks about how top tier universities are dealing with the situation. For
example Columbia, Harvard, UC Berkeley are all offering hybrid strategy and other
colleges and universities are a adopting the “wait and see” approach. Since certain
universities did not permit Deferrals, the students need to withdraw and re apply.
She went on to say the tuition fees will remain unchanged.
 What do top schools requires?
What top schools required the most according to her is High academic achievement.
The application should be well thought out, matured and the reason for applying to
the particular school should be specified. She also said top school prefer applicants
who are intellectually curious, and took part in diverse extracurricular activities
including moot, articles, law reviews etc.
 When to apply?
According to her we should start applying when we decided to go for advanced legal
education. Most students wait for 5 years which according to her is late.
 Guide of writing SOP
An application should not waste words when writing SOP because they are provided
with limited words. Moreover they should praise the school they apply to or the
school they attended because the admission officers already know what type of
school you came from. Lastly, applicants should not repeat their resume in the form
of an essay
Instead they should focus on what differentiate them from other applicants.
 Writing LOR
When writing a letter of recommendation it should be written by faculty member,
organiser or supervisor. And it should not contain more than 2 pages. Moreover
students should not edit or make changes to the letter written by the said people
because the admission will know. There are some cases where the letter consists of
more than 5 pages so the committee immediately knows it was being edited by a
student because no faculty member will have time to write more than 2 pages of
letter of recommendation. And the student should go for a faculty member that
 he/she is familiar with. The faculty member should know the student or at least he
has taught the student in some way.
 Financial aid available
She told us few financial aids we can get such as third party scholarships and low
interest student loans. Some university provide work on campus like in the library
where students can earn some money.
 Final tip she gave was to proof read the essay because there are a lot of stupid
mistakes in the past and to not over think, over write it and just get done with it.

My view

This webinar was overall helpful especially to students who are interested in advance
legal study because she gives pure insight on how the system works. She gave useful
knowledge which we will need when applying for advance study. Through her advice
I believe it makes people more interested in studying LLM. First of all we came to
know how much COVID affect universities outside of India. We learn a lot about
what to write and what not to write in our essay writing and we also learn the
process of getting a letter of recommendation. We came to know that admission
committee care about ranks but our rank does not define who we are. Certain
extracurricular activities like moots will help us but our rank must be at the higher
end or it won’t make any difference. This webinar was a much needed one and I
expressed my gratitude to those concerned in arranging it. Because we as a student
were blindfolded when it comes to advanced legal study because we know only what
we are being taught. She gives insight of the application process from her view as
she is experience and been working on this field for more than 10 years. She has
screen over thousands of application from Indian Aspirants. She gives information on
what the committee wants and the type of essay they want and she further talks
about the mistakes applicants from India makes. Therefore it was very much helpful
to attend her webinar.
Proof of attendance
3. Webinar conducted by CRDA on Saturday, 8th August, 2020
“Impact of social media on mental health”

So the guest speaker for this webinar was Anshu Gupta and she talks about different types of mental
health problem faced by people who uses a lot of social media. Our senior Purvi also shared her
personal experience which every can relate I believe and help us in understanding the problem. The
main topic discuss in the webinar was that social media increases the risk of depression, anxiety,
loneliness and even suicidal thoughts. A person who spends a lot of time on social media will have
certain issues like FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). So I will conclude the whole webinar in to five main
questions or issues discussed along with the answer for them.

This will include the topics discussed and my views to the topics.

Question no. 1. Why is there a rat race to show our productivity?

So the main reason for this because people what to show what they are good at. We are very
selective in showing things about us. We want to show only the best version of us even if that
version is not real or authentic. This is all because everyone else is doing the same that is showing
only the best version of them so we automatically think they are happy and doing great which in
turn forces us to do the same. We want to prove show that we are happy like them too. This is why
we never show our bad sides or struggles in social media. We need validation from people. People
need to know that it is okay to be authentic and vulnerable on social media.

Question no. 2. How does social media influence the way we communicate/think?

There are two sides to this question. The Positive side, and the negative side. The positive side being
we can connect with old friends and families which we do not see every day. And we are also aware
about certain issues globally and can reach out to a much wider community. Social media is also a
great platform for people with Introvert personalities or shy people to give their voice because they
wouldn’t do it in person. With the present global pandemic, life would be much harder without
social media meaning that the pandemic will have a much greater impact on mental health.

The negative side is that we get too attached with our technological devices and often completely
ignore people right in front of us. And for a student it is a form of distraction. It greatly affects our
social life and some people even do not know how to communicate with real people anymore.

Question no. 3 how do negative content influences us?

The world of social media is filled with positive and negative content and we usually let the negative
content influences us. There is online bullying which can cause serious mental health to the victim,
and people form groups where they can bully people.

Question no. 4 FOMO is becoming more relevant in the present day?

If we go back couple of years, FOMO means fear of missing out. Basically missing out on certain
social functions or activity but now it completely means different thing. In present day FOMO means
that we should own whatever people is buying whether it is a necessity to us or not. FOMO should
not make us do things we are not comfortable with.
Question no. 5. Relation between social media and mental illness

Social media has deeply affected our lives. It causes disturbed sleep cycle, we spend hours in front of
screen because another content keeps coming up and we feel kind of addictive to it and we often
ignore or personality development.

With this I conclude this webinar.

Proof of attendance