National competition on legislation drafting

Updated on: Wednesday, February 15, 2012

In a unique attempt to show future lawyers the other side of the legal fence, Pravin Gandhi College of Law (PGCL) has announced a competition on law making. Conficiendis Legislativa, as it has been dubbed, aims to provide the novice advocates not only a platform to understand the complex process of drafting a bill, but also hone their own skills in the field.

Global economic development and new trading networks among nations have created a need for more sophisticated and technically proficient legislative research and drafting. As a result, there is a growing demand for extensively trained legislative drafters, both on the national as well as global scale. The concept, although, has not been explored to the desired extent amongst law students, says LR Dwivedi, principal at PGCL, while explaining the idea behind the initiative. Also, we hope to enable the students to understand the intricacies involved in the making of the laws they would be advocating. Conducted by the Moot Court Society (MCS), a student-body organisation of the college, this event will be conducted along with their annual moot court competition.

The burden of creating a democratically compatible and convenient to interpret legislation draft, in itself makes this event sensitive and of key importance to a student of law.

The organisers, however, have raised the challenge a notch, by taking , the subject of much social controversy, as the central topic of the competition. Various contemporary issues have not yet been addressed by the legislations in our country. So, we decided to pick this very fragile, yet relatively untouched topic with the aim to open new avenues for scholastic learning, explains Dwivedi. Echoing his sentiments, Afrin Khan, secretary, MCS adds, As students of law, it becomes more than pertinent for us to understand and address the various economic and social problems that plague our country and such endeavours can be very motivating.

Registrations for the competition are open until February 17, following which entries will be accepted till February 27. The best entry will be awarded Rs 7,000, while the second and third best entries will be awarded Rs 5,000 and Rs 3,000, respectively. For more details visit www.mcspgcl.blogspot.com

Courtesy: Myeducationtimes.com

Times of India

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