CALL FOR APPLICATION: NMIMS’ National Negotiation & Mediation Competition

 

About the NMIMS

NMIMS is an institution dedicated to disseminate education to innovation by imparting critical and unique analytical abilities to students in numerous interdisciplinary domains of studies. Being ranked as one of the top B-schools in India, our campus has successfully completed three years of law program since its inception with phenomenal efficacy. Established in the year 2018, NMIMS, School of Law, Navi Mumbai offers two courses, BA LLB (Hons.) and BBA LLB (Hons.), in order to provide the legal industry with young lawyers in the field of corporate law as well as in the judiciary and other likewise stream of Law.

About the competition

Envisaged with a student-oriented curriculum, our law school steadily strives to provide the cutting edge to law students through innovative methods of competitive opportunities. The University  focuses on filling the need to be updated in the legal industry by providing  a practical approach through para academic activities like Moot competitions, debates, ADR competitions, etc. The First Virtual National Negotiation-Mediation Competition, 2021 organized by our law school is one of such means to offer law students across the country an opportunity to cultivate and enhance their mediation and negotiation skills.

The Dispute Resolution Committee of SVKM’s NMIMS School Of Law, Navi Mumbai  is pleased to announce its First Virtual National Negotiation- Mediation Competition, Rachna, with the aim of providing law students across the country a forum to enhance their advocacy skills within alternative dispute resolution arena. The competition is set to take place from 27th to 29th of August 2021 through Virtual Mode owing to the current pandemic. The competition involves a total of five rounds, the first two preliminary rounds shall be conducted in form of Negotiation whereas the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, and the Final rounds shall be conducted in form of Mediation.

Perks

• The Winning Team of the Final Round will be awarded a cash prize of INR 10,000/-
• The Winning Mediator of the Final Round will be awarded a cash prize of INR 5,000/-
• Runners-Up Negotiators will be awarded a cash prize of INR 4,000/-
• Runners-Up Mediator will be awarded a cash prize of INR 2,000/-
• E-certificate of participation will be provided to all the participants.

Collaborations

The competition is organized in Collaboration with L&L Partners (formerly known as Luthra and Luthra Partners),  Samvād Partners and Ms. Veena Ralli ( Organizing secretary of Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre). It is pertinent to note that all these dignitaries/ Esteemed Law Firms of India are the drafters of our different propositions which shall be utilized in respective different rounds.

Important dates:

• 27th August – 29th August, 2021 – Main Event

Registration

The registration fee for the aforementioned competition shall be INR 1,500/- (One Thousand Five Hundred Rupees) per team. Please refer to the Rulebook for bank details or online transactions.

Important links

Brochure

Rulebook

Application Procedure- The interested students before filling out the participation form MUST apply at soladr@ddn.upes.ac.in and cc to  aprajita.singh@ddn.upes.ac.in latest by July 24th, 2021 before 11:59 AM. In case of any query, contact team ADR but kindly do not upload wrong information; for the application shall be rejected outright, if any discrepancy is found.