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CLAT postponed for 3rd time to between 1st and 21st July • Starts Telegram channel to connect to the kids
Again, very few surprises to anyone as the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020 has again announced that it would postpone its exam from 21 June to some indeterminate point after 1 July, in light of the ongoing and extended Covid-19 crisis and lockdowns.
BCI schedules AIBE XV very very tentatively for 16 August (no refunds if not)
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced 16 August 2020 as the date for the next All India Bar Exam (AIBE).
NUJS Regulatory Studies journal releases very topical Covid-19 special issue [UPDATE-1: Editor responses]
NUJS Kolkata’s Journal of Regulatory Studies has released a special issue with 18 articles about the pandemic and related legal and policy issues, in possibly the first such publication by an Indian law school’s journal.
LSAT-India law entrance exam to go entirely online with AI + human proctors via webcam, postponed to 14 June [UPDATE-1]
Scoop: And with an online LSAT postponed to 14 June, can the CLAT still hit its offline date of 21 June?
NLS VC Sudhir Krishnaswamy one of 20 members of Facebook’s new oversight trust that is to cure its Content Problem
NLSIU Bangalore vice chancellor (VC) Prof Sudhir Krishnaswamy has been appointed to a novel Facebook content oversight board that seeks to help solve the US-based advertising behemoth festering content moderation problems, as first reported IANS.
HK-based NUJS grad Debolina Saha on the hard work of starting a platform in her free time to provide internships for women, by women
“I had always made it a mission to mentor students to the extent I can,” says Debolina Saha. “What I noticed over these years, there were brilliant students who had everything on their CV. The only thing they didn’t have was a brand name of top school or university.”
CLAT postponed for second time, now by a month on 21 June
‘No way out’: the second extension of CLAT dates was indeed inevitable
Prof denies homophobia as NLU Jodhpur VC submits controversial course materials for expert review
Exclusive: The devil may lie in the many details in the epic nine-day row over apparently homophobic course materials that had been shared with students as part of their sociology course…
How the world’s biggest virtual moot was won: NUJS Vis Vienna victors Ashika Jain, Kaira Pinheiro share experience, tips
From new technology to coping with being scattered around the country, mooting virtually brings new challenges, besides the pressure of the Vis itself*
NIRF ceremony postponed due to corona (but could the law school rankings be virtually ready?)
The 2020 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) that ranks law schools has been postponed, as reported by the Hindustan Times.
NUJS wins Vis Vienna virtual moot against 247 other teams • NLS, NLIU made last 16 [LIVE: UPDATE-4]
9 April 19:54: NUJS Kolkata has won the 27th Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which is one of the largest and most prestigious mooting competitions in the world.
Nuals beats NLIU in video conference finals of elite international Stetson moot competition
A team from Nuals Kochi has won the prestigious 24th Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, beating a team from NLIU Bhopal in the finals held via video conference.
Nalsar not to detain students over exams, as Symbi, NMIMS cancel theirs • NUJS refuses student requests
As many law schools have transitioned to online learning, more problems have continued to emerge
Law of the Jungle: GNLUites ask Netflix to rename college in series on sex, drugs, rock’n’roll at law school [APRIL FOOLS]
GNLU Gandhinagar alumni have written an open letter to Netflix about a new TV show it is shooting about “unruly students” at a fictional Gujarat National Law Academy, provisionally entitled Law of the Jungle.
NLU Delhi’s AILET postpones exam to 31 May, 6 days after larger sibling
Exclusive: CLAT 2020 application, exam dates postponed due to coronavirus
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLU) has extended the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) date to 24 May 2020, with the application deadline extended to 25 April 2020.
A front-line account of Nalsar’s challenges and successes in transitioning to online learning
After having NALSAR’s largest fest, Carpe Diem, effectively cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation, the campus too was shut down by government order, with all students returning to their homes.
NLS 25% reservation passed by Karnataka assembly
‘Save my academic session’: Law school VCs grapple with e-learning, tech, anticipating long-term corona lockdowns
Indian law schools have been trying - and in some cases struggling - to convert tuition to online learning courses in the wake of most having shut down physical tuition to attempt to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
State-of-the-art Prof Shamnad Basheer Accessibility Lab is born at NUJS by IDIA
Basheer had passed away in August last year, project was conceived in September