Thursday, April 21, 2011

movie screenings. the ones intended

It's been assumed sometimes that the law and society committee has been one confined to the 'academic intellectuals' at law school. So, as part of its 'inclusive policy' to involve the participation of all lawschoolites in the process of discussing the law and the society, LawSoc intends to screen movies which are popular, have a mass appeal, and yet have underlying social messages. the screenings would be followed by discussions. Language is not a barrier, we believe, and therefore here again, the 'inclusive policy' of screening movies in as many languages as possible has been resolved. Throughout the trimester, LawSoc would, on dates convenient to the majority of the law school population, screen movies. We also intend to screen acclaimed documentaries like "I Am" by Onir.

Hence, there is much to be awaited for this trimester!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Study Circle on 'Implications of the Lok Pal Bill



What is the Lok Pal bill? How is it to be consolidated with the Jan Lok Pal Bill? what are the similarities and differences between the Lok Pal Bill and the Jan Lok Pal Bill? Is the center justified in adhering to Anna Hazare? what could have had been a possible alternative? These and many more issues of relevance shall be discussed in the 1 hour long study circle. Do turn up because your point of view matters! Basic Readings on the topics have been mailed to the NLS ID. (However the readings are not mandatory).

Time: 7:00 PM
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011
Venue: Quad

Friday, April 15, 2011

Notifications

Conferences 
1.  23 to 24 May 2011 in Macau. 
2. Clinical and experiential legal education conference will be held from 7 to 9 September 2011 at Sydney, Australia. 
3. 8th International Workshop on Commercial Law will be held on 3 August 2011 inJohannesburg, South Africa

Opportunities
1. Applications for the Bucharest Summer School on Energy and Economic Development and will close on June 24th. 
2. Wikistrat is organising an international strategy competition.
4. Bridge to India is looking for interns.
5. People's Watch, a human rights organisation in Madurai, has vacancies
6. The Kabir Project is offering a four day workshop on 'Learning with Kabir' from May 18-21. Contact chintan.backups@gmail.com.
7. Caravan magazine is looking for someone to copy edit.
8. The Centre for Civil Society is looking for interns for their summer internship program. They are also hiring.
9. Megarth, a social sector startup is looking for interns.
10. The Script Pipeline competition on script writing is now open.
 
Events 
1. Aditya Sudarshan will be launching his second book Show me a Hero at Crossword, today, at 6 30 pm.
2. Daksh, a Bangalore NGO will be releasing a report that reviews the working of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, on 16 April at Ashirwad, on St Marks Cross Road, at 10 am. Contact kruthi@dakshindia.org for details.


 

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Theme "Corruption and Good Governance": Event No. 1


Law Soc is going to kick-start activities based on the theme for this trimester-
"Corruption and Good Governance"- with a movie-screening!
What: 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro', which is a satire on the wide spread corruption
in politics, business and bureaucracy in India. Starring Naseeruddin Shah,
Ravi Baswani, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Satish Shah and Bhakti Barve.
When: The screening will take place at 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 7, 2011.
Where: Fourth year classroom.
Looking forward to seeing you there!

Activities for this Trimester


Hello Everyone! 

Greetings from Law Soc :D  

So what has dominated the headlines the last couple of months? the CWG scam, the 2G spectrum issue, the Nira Radia tapes, the Antrix-Devas scam, Hasan Ali, P. J. Thomas????  

Have you wondered the common thread running through these apparently isolated incidents? Yes, you guessed it right: CORRUPTION!!  

We have all been reading about this issue in one form or another- corruption, good governance, public policy etc. But what do we really know about the subject (besides the information the TOI provides!) Issues of corruption and good governance are of particular relevance in the contemporary times, highlighted by the recent events. The scale of the phenomena is such that demands have been raised for the enactment of specific anti-corruption laws (Lok Pal Bill). In this context, the Law and Society Committee aims to look at certain issues which have been identified keeping in mind the need to come up with a solution to the problem. We are thus proud to present to you a host of activities themed around Corruption and Good Governance 

We have the following extremely interesting, engaging and fun activities lined up for you this trimester

1. Movie and documentary screenings for movies which will be notified soon

2. A LawSoc Lecture series with eminent panelists and speakers 

3. A Panel on Judicial Accountability which will discuss, inter alia, the recently tabled Judicial Accountability Bill- learn what is wrong with the recently tabled bill which has attracted all round criticism from Justice (Retd) A.P Shah, Prashant Bhushan, Ashok Desai etc. If you are interested, you can also be part of these legislative analysis briefs

4. A series of workshops on the RTI and Wikileaks- learn how to file your own RTIs from experts 

5. Developing Socio Legal Notes on corruption and good governance- This is an interactive space (on our blog) where your contributions are invited and will be welcome:) You can write on any contemporary issue of their choice having a law and society interface 

So enough talking, start working!  

We will keep you updated over the next few weeks regarding the date and time of the scheduled activities. Please do mail us, if you have any other suggestions.

Looking forward to your participation 
Lowe 
Vrinda Bhandari 
On Behalf of Law Soc 2010-11