Shri Girish C. Patel

- Hon. Executive Director, LJSL

It is a matter of great pleasure & privilege to organize the ast NATIONAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION on behalf of the LJ School of Law.

As law is a professional course, our objective is to teach how to rhink, how to question and how to apply law. We emphasize upon 3 things- Philosophy of Law, Leagal Techniques and Leagal Reasoning and awareness of the Socio-economic problems of the country and the world. To thie end, we have developed a program of regular problem oriented lecture by our academic staff and by other experts, regular weekly group discussion on socially relevant subjects, seminars and workshops and Moot courts for our students. As a part of this program, we decided to host and organize the national moot court competition.

Moot court is an integral part of the legal education through which the students learn the art of lawyering from the very beginnig so that the students learn from day 1 tounderstand the problem, to find out the relevant law, to draft the pleadings, to argue before the court persuasively and assist the court in doing justice. We need lawyers, "Not only with great minds but also with great hearts". Our humble effort is to teach our students how to use law as an instruments of social engineering in order to protect and promote the basic values, ideals and principles of our Constitution.

We extend a warm and cordial invitation to participate in this event and we look forward to your enthusiastic participation.

The Lok Jagruti Kendra's idea behind starting the school of Law is not just to produce degree holders in law but to produce Lawyers who would pratice in courts of law. In view of globalised scenario, the institue's trust areas would be cyber crime, forensic law, legal communications, skill acquisitions in interpreting laws.. Besides full-time faculty, the institute has plans for large scale involvement of eminent lawyers practicing in local courts, high courts and supreme court. The institute also proposes to introduce a pedagogical innovation -"Lawyer on wheels"- under which the students will go to interior villages for creating legal awareness as well for providing legal help to the socially and economically backward classes. The institute will provode a unique learning experience to the students.

Owing to the recent demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupee notes by the government and the hardships which the teams are facing to get the Demand draft from the banks due to the rush, we are accepting the cheques in place of DD. Cheques shall be drawn in the name of "L J School of Law".