A Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) polishes a legal professional’s knowledge of the subject, thereby making them a subject matter expert. With the cut-throat competition that exists in the legal community, it becomes essential to stand out from the crowd. Jindal Global Law School, India’s #1 law school (as per QS World University Ranking 2021), launched its LL.M. program in Corporate and Financial Law, in a blended learning format, enabled by upGrad, India’s largest online higher education company.

When you think of a career in the field of law, what’s the picture that your mind frames? A dark, barely lit room with a stressed-out lawyer buried in paperwork - this is the image that our mind painted as well.

In today’s rapidly growing markets, there are a plethora of opportunities in the field of corporate and financial law. Someone venturing for the first time in the field or a seasoned professional needs to keep themselves updated with the financial environment.

Become the advocate you were meant to be.

In a historic decision, the US Supreme Court recently ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQI employees from discrimination based on sex. It was seen as a surprise decision, going against the tide, overturning the few backward steps issues around human rights have taken in recent times. That’s the power of law–it can spring hope, change and progress. For anyone interested in the world of law, the three-year B.A. (Hons.) Legal Studies programme can be the first step in the right direction.

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Sponsored: Against all odds, an insolvency resolution professional leveraged legal technology to execute 1,100 cr Orchid Pharma Insolvency resolution Plan involving 22 banks around the world in under 8 hours

In this competitive world it is the skill sets possessed by you that will give you the desired edge. As a busy legal professional or student it is difficult to acquire new skills, given the time demands of your professional or student life. However, learning new skills can give you an edge in your professional life especially in today’s demanding marketplace.

In today’s fast paced world, time is lawyers’ most valuable asset. Imagine a vast mobile-first library that is quickly searchable through single-search and provides high quality law titles while occupying no space in your office or library.

EBC is pleased to announce the release of the book, titled Insider Trading: Law and Practice. The book was authored by Armaan Patkar, a Senior Associate at AZB & Partners.

To stimulate interest and foster growth of arbitration jurisprudence, Kachwaha and Partners initiated an all India article writing competition on the subject of arbitrations (“arb excel”) in 2011-12.

Established in 2016 by the Marwadi Education Foundation through the Gujarat Private Universities Act 9, 2016, Marwadi University is a private university located in Rajkot, Gujarat, offering several different courses with a world class infrastructure, having a rich pedigree of faculty and focusing on the holistic development of students also providing them great placement opportunities.

Law is the big thing, next only to politics, impacting people’s lives.

Established in the year 2000, the International Association of Law Schools is a private, non-political, non-profit, volunteer, cooperative society working towards the betterment of the global legal education community. Over 160 law schools from all over the world are connected with the IALS for improving legal education.

Verus Associates presents the Inaugural Edition of the REEMA RAY PRIZE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW 2017 an international essay competition open to all undergraduate law students, scholars (completed bachelors in law & pursuing academia) and young practitioners/ in-house counsels (under 35 yrs of age) from around the world, with the best essay to be awarded with a prize of Rs 100,000.

We are in the middle of a cycle of evolutionary change that is taking place all around us in the legal sector. It may not be far-fetched to claim that this is one of the toughest phases that lawyers around the world have had to deal with, given the multiple avenues from where challenges are emerging.

Students of Jindal Global Law School have received opportunities to pursue global legal internships in the United States of America, United Kingdom, China, Australia and Abu Dhabi. They have been invited to work in international law firms, NGOs and government agencies besides being given an opportunity to work as judicial clerks with the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Many lawyers and firms consider legal directory rankings a necessary evil. Those managing the directory submission process for law firms dread the activity and consider it the bane of their lives. For law firms that include legal directories as a part of their strategy, this currently is the peak submission period.

IDEX Legal announced the winners of the sixth annual IDEX Legal Awards held in Mumbai at The St. Regis Hotel on April 21st.

We have great pleasure in announcing admissions of Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) for the academic year 2017-18 on the basis of LSAT—India Entrance Exam 2017 for 5-year BA/BBALLB (H) and 3-year LLB and 1-year LLM programmes.