Tag: Legal Education

LLM Program in Financial Regulation

May 21, 2019

[Announcement from the Kirit P. Mehta School of Law] The Indian financial regulatory landscape has seen rapid change in the last decade. From the merger of two financial sector regulators to the evolution of an entirely new ‘fintech’ space, the enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 which affects firms in the business of…
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Certification Courses in Corporate Law

June 23, 2014

[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] [Student readers may be interested in the following certification courses in corporate law offered by Rainmaker] The Advanced Professional Certification in Corporate Law Practice is designed specifically for senior law students (4th or 5th year students in 5-year LL.B. courses, or final year students in 3-year LL.B. courses) and junior associates…
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Globalization and the Indian Legal Profession

November 9, 2013

[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] The Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession has been conducting an extensive study called Globalization, Lawyers, and Emerging Economies (GLEE), which examines the changes occasioned to the legal profession in various countries such as China, India and Brazil due to the effects of globalization. As part of this effort,…
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Moot Court Problems on Indian Corporate Law

September 11, 2013

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NUJS announces scholarships for online business law course

February 18, 2013

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Indian Journal of Arbitration Law

September 30, 2012

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Course announcement: NUJS Diploma course on Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws and How It is Useful for Law Students

June 27, 2012

[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] [The following announcement is posted on behalf of the course administrators. It may be of interest to some of our readers] Law schools or colleges in India do not really focus on teaching practical skills – they rather try to inculcate skills of research, writing and analysis – which are essential,…
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Bits of Interest

May 4, 2010

[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] 1. Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies Drawing lessons from the role of credit rating agencies (CRAs) in the recent financial crisis, SEBI has imposed additional transparency and disclosure norms for the Indian CRAs. SEBI’s circular issued on May 3, 2010 covers issues such as maintenance of records of the rating process,…
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Inculcating Business Ethics

January 12, 2010

[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] Following the financial crisis, there has been a reconsideration of the manner in which business schools have been imparting education. Questions are being raised as to whether alternate methods of business education could have modified some of the ethical and behavioural traits that may have fuelled the crisis. In this scenario,…
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Ranking of India’s Top Law Schools – 2009

June 15, 2009

[Posted by Umakanth Varottil] India Today has just published its survey of top educational institutions in India. As far as law schools are concerned, there has been a shuffle at the very top compared to 2008. National Law School of India University, Bangalore has regained the top spot, while NALSAR, Hyderabad ranks second. They are…
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