National Essay Competition by AmicusX: Register by August 15

About AmicusX

AmicusX is an online platform that reflects the evolving dynamics of legal education. This website is the result of the enthusiasm of a group of law students, lawyers and laymen, who have come together to decode and cognize the multi-faceted understanding of law.

AmicusX is organising National Essay Competition.

Eligibility

Any student of the 3 years LL.B. Course, or the 5-year Integrated Law Courses, or the LL.M. Course is eligible to participate.

Themes

The broad themes are as follows:

• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Human Rights Law
• Cyber Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• Banking Law
• Company Law

An essay can be based on any of the above broad themes.

Word Limit

5000 words (inclusive of footnotes)

Formatting Guidelines

• Font Style: Times New Roman
• Heading: 14, Bold
• Sub-heading: 12, Bold
• Body Text: 12.
• Foot Notes: 10
• Citation: Any uniform citation style

General Guidelines

• An essay is allowed to have a maximum of 2 co-authors.
• References are compulsory. Any statistical data, fact or any other informative text when being used, need to have references to it in the form of footnotes/bibliography/webliography. References should be authentic in order to be reliable.
• Submissions that are plagiarised to a level of more than 20% will not be accepted.
• Once you submit your essay to us, you can publish it anywhere you want. Submission to us will not be a bar to you from submitting it elsewhere.
• Registration to be made through this Google Form only.

Entry Fees

• Rs. 300 for single-author essays.
• Rs. 350 for co-authored essays.

Kindly download or take a screenshot of the payment made, as it will be required during filling the registration form.

Prize

• 1st Prize: 4,000 INR + Certificate of Merit + Internship Opportunity at AmicusX
• 2nd Prize: 2,000 INR + Certificate of Merit + Internship Opportunity at AmicusX
• Top 10 submissions will get ranked certificates of merit.
• Certificate of Participation for all.

Payment Details

• UPI: 8100689093@sbi (SBI YONO)
• 8100689093@paytm (PayTM)
• aritradeb63@okicici (GPay)

Account Transfer

• Account Number: 35828859167
• Account Holder’s Name: Aritra Deb
• IFSC: SBIN0017368

Registration to be made through this Google Form only.

Important Dates

• Last Date of Registration: August 15, 2020
• Last Date of Essay Submission: August 31, 2020
• Date of Result Declaration: September 15, 2020

Contact Details

For any queries regarding registration, call +91 7908471116.

E-mail ID: info.amicusx[at]gmail.com.

For the official link, click here.