Law College Dehradun Organises a National Webinar on Career Awareness in Legal

Globe

Law College Dehradun Organises a five day National Webinar on ‘Career Awareness in

Legal Globe’ from 8th – 12th June 2020, in collaboration with young motivated and leading

minds of the country through Zoom Platform. The lecture series focused on the topics, about

which every law student must know and highlighted the issues related to Opportunities,

Challenges and Global practices relevant to the development of the career of a law student.

The criteria for participation were undergraduate as well as the postgraduate law students

from any recognised university across the nation. The event aimed to make the students

understand the significance and need of the society and to equip them to be better

professionals.

Day – 1: 8th June 2020

Speaker: Ms Debolina Saha (Founder Of Internship Bank)

Topic: The Art of Choosing Internship

Moderator: Saakshi Suneja

The five-day webinar started with the warm welcome to the Hon'ble Guest Speaker along

with Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Bahuguna, Dean, LCD/Vice-Chancellor, UU (officiating) and Prof.

(Dr.) Poonam Rawat, Principal, LCD (officiating), Dr. Razit Sharma, Chairperson YPS,

along with all the attendees of the event. The event commenced with a welcome note by Prof.

(Dr.) Rajesh Bahugun, who then inaugurated the session quoting the significance of career

awareness for graduating students.

Ms Debolina is the founder of ‘Internship Bank’, an online platform that seeks to connect

upcoming young professionals to senior professionals through Internship opportunities. She

has also worked as an Associate at Dorsey & Whitney, a senior Legal Counsel for the APAC

Region at Cantor Fitzerland and an Associate at Allen & Overy, Hong Kong besides working

in reputed law firms in India.

Ms Debolina Saha vividly covered the different aspects of choosing an internship and its

importance in the career of a law student. She also covered the different areas in which

student can apply for an internship, the procedure for applying under advocate, law firm and

explained the criteria involved in it. Before choosing an internship, one should do a self

analysis and try to reach out to people by coming out of their comfort zone. She also stressed

the students to treat an internship like a job itself and stay committed to and utilize the

opportunity to its maximum. At the end of the session she answered queries of the

participants paving way for further clarifications.

Day – 2: 9th June 2020

Speaker: Ms. Sukriti Singh (Chief Administrative Officer, Live Law)

Topic: Fundamentals of legal writing

Moderator: Sonali Jayara

Ms. Sukriti Singh has completed her graduation from University institute of Law R.D.V.V.

Jabalpur and masters from Rabindranath Tagore University. Currently she is associated with

‘Live Law’ and is a contributing editor in several National and International Journals.

Ms Sukriti Singh began the session explaining the fundamentals of legal writing in the law

profession. She covered the queries of the student and explained in brief everything related to

it and gave her valuable knowledge for strengthening the art of legal writing. Legal writing is

a basic tool to achieve success in the profession. The key to hone this skill is reading as much

as possible along with the art of analysis in one’s own language. Originality in thoughts

comes with an in depth research and this should be presented in a lucid way avoiding jargons

and ambiguity. This was followed by an energetic question answer round, where the students

cleared their doubts regarding legal writing.

Day -3: 10th June 2020

Speaker: Mr.V.Inbavijayan ( International Arbitrator & Managing Partner KFCR)

Topic: Scope and Practice in Arbitration

Moderator: Nitin Garg

Mr. Inbavijayan is an International Arbitrator and Managing Partner at KFCRI. He pursued

law from Dr. Ambedkar University and is currently managing partner in ‘Kolve Globe’. He

has presided as a sole arbitrator in more than 300 domestic cases at the National and

International level. His key areas include International Commercial Arbitration, Maritime

Arbitration and IPR.

The expert Speaker covered the areas of arbitration and mediation and its scope in future. As

traditional litigation is time taking due to the complexities involved and commercial matters,

the need for arbitration has increased. He also discussed on International Arbitration and its

functioning. A law student can undertake any roles like arbitration counsel, experts,

arbitrators etc. Before handling a case one should have a proper strategy as how to handle a

particular case, a deep understanding of a contract comprising arbitration clause Knowledge,

ability to express and a holistic approach. He enlightened the students with his experience in

this field and encouraged them to be part of the emerging arenas of law. In the end, during the

question answer session he guided the students regarding the internship in the arbitration

institute.

Day – 4: 11th June 2020

Speaker: Mr Abhinav Sharma (Advocate, Supreme Court)

Topic: How to make a Career in Litigation

Moderator: Ashutosh Raturi

Mr. Abhinav Sharma is practising in various courts and tribunals in Delhi and Punjab. He

completed his law from Delhi University and deals in cases related to criminal, economic

offences, Negotiable instruments, service law, Matrimonial, SARFAESI, and Insolvency etc.

A profession in law is a social obligation full of challenges, yet satisfying. A law student

should be clear with the concepts and bare acts, read the judgments and analyse them. He also

stressed on the importance of gaining practical knowledge through internships, participating

in Moot Courts, drafting and keeping abreast of the latest technologies and its relevancy to

the profession. One should develop a passion for the same and know the art of handling

clients. The lucid and practical approach of the speaker grabbed the interests of the audience.

Day – 5: 12th June 2020

Speaker : Ms Tanvi Dubey (Associate, Amarchand Mangaldas)

Topic: How to Customize 5 year Law Course

Moderator: Niharika Jha

Ms. Tanvi Dubey completed her law from Barkatullah University and worked with

Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. She has interned with stalwarts of law like Ram Jethmalani,

Justice Deepak Mishra and Mohan Parasaran and several other organisations of repute. Her

expertise is in the area of Alimony, Arbitration, Civil and Criminal Law.

Ms Tanvi Dubey explicitly covered the topic to customize the five years in a law college. She

shared her journey about the internship, certification courses and its relevance. Discussing the

various opportunities one has in law school, she highlighted the importance of taking part in

activities like moot courts and academics. At the end of the session, she answered the

questions of the young participants warding off the perplexity in their minds.

Patron Prof.(Dr.) Rajesh Bahuguna Prof. (Dr.) Poonam Rawat Dr. Razit Sharma

Or Organising Team

The five day National Webinar Session on “Career Awareness in the Legal Globe”,

culminated with a formal vote of thanks by the Chairperson of the society, Dr. Razit Sharma,

Who in his note conveyed his gratefulness towards the management and expressed his

deepest gratitude to the speakers for sharing their valuable knowledge. He also appreciated

the President Sahil Thakur and Vice President Somi Sharma, student coordinators Mahima

Bhatia and Abhijeet Kashyap along with other members of Youth Parliament Society for the

tremendous effort put forth and the participants for their zeal for knowledge. Around 350

participants registered for the event from reputed Universities across the nation like, Aligarh

Muslim University, Banaras Hindu University, RGVM PG Law College, Rajasthan, IP

College For Women, University Of Delhi, Indraprastha College For Women, Delhi

University, UPES, Dehradun, HPNLU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Shri Vaishnav Institute Of

Law, to mention a few. The session proved to be very informative and the practical

knowledge imparted by the speaker will help the participant choose the right path in their

career.

Applause to team YPS!