About the Organisation

Students for the Promotion of International Law (SPIL), Mumbai, as the name suggests, is a student body which cynosures International Law. With an increasing need for awareness in the field of International Law, we maintain that such awareness is put into an impetus through the diverse events we conduct within the versatile subject of International Law. At SPIL, we take a novel approach for Students and Academia alike, to let them be a part of the discourse, to explore the magnificently huge sphere of International Law, while always keeping in mind the grey and equivocal areas of the subject and attempting to abridge the same.

About the International Law Summit

SPIL, Mumbai is proud to introduce the 12th Government Law College International Law Summit, 2022. The theme for the Summit is ‘International Intellectual Property Rights’. The Summit is scheduled to take place from the 25th to 27th of March, 2022. The Summit will stimulate the minds of attendees through thought provoking interactions with experts and doyens of the legal fraternity. As we explore the seemingly endless territory of international law, we hope to cater to pertinent issues of the day. The Summit, aside from the Keynote Address, Panel Discussion and Call for Papers, comprises the Judgment Deliberation Competition which was conceived within the portals of our institution.

About Lawctopus Law School

Our Knowledge Partner ‘Lawctopus Law School’ was launched in March 2021. Their aim is to be the go-to learning destination for every lawyer and build an informed and inspired knowledge community and to flip the conventional classroom system by coming up as a digital law school with a unique approach to mentoring and building ‘informed and inspired’ law professionals.

About the Judgment Deliberation Competition

The JDC essentially expects participants to arrive at a judgment, after analysis of facts and arguments presented from both sides. The competition has been inspired by the procedures of various judicial bodies and tribunals that span the spectrum of international law. Bringing a fresh approach to problem analysis and judgment making, it requires participants to arrive at a judgment that is infallible in law, rational in thought, and innovative in its essence.

Eligibility

Students of any university on a full-time or part-time basis in either a 3-year LLB or a 5- year integrated BA/BBA/ BSC/ BCOM/ BLS LLB course at the time of the competition are eligible to participate in the Competition.

Team Composition and Selection

A Team shall be composed of two (2) members: Judge and Judicial Clerk. These roles are interchangeable only upon the commencement of a new round.

Please note that the students can register individually for the competition, they do not need to register through their college.

Awards

Best Team: INR 40,000/- internship opportunity with R.K. Deewan and 100% fee waiver on one of the courses from Lawctopus Law School.

Runners Up: INR 30,000/- and 50% fee waiver on one of the courses from Lawctopus Law School.

Best Written Judgment: INR 15,000/-

Best Speaker: 10,000/-

All Participants will receive a 15% fee waiver on one of our courses from Lawctopus Law School.

It is our pleasure to invite you to the International Dispute Resolution Conference 2022 (“Conference”) to be held on July 29-30, 2022, at IMS Unison University, Dehradun. The two-day Conference on the theme ‘Transforming International Dispute Resolution Mechanisms During a Paradigm Shift in Geopolitics’ is jointly organized by the School of Law IMS Unison University, India and Kathmandu University, Nepal.

Conflict is a global reality, as well as a common experience for every human being. But the ways of addressing conflict vary from country to country, region to region, and even person to person. This event will provide participants a unique opportunity to explore and approach conflict resolution from a global mindset. Understanding conflict and the role it plays in various cultures is essential to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.

Changes toward the de-territorialisation of sovereignty and the corresponding emergence of various global institutions, associated with globalisation, can offer new incentives and possibilities for the resolution of seemingly intractable ethno-national conflicts, by revisiting them in a transnational context. Global shift in power will give rise to different forms of conflicts and will demand advancement in the current dispute resolution regime.

On 20 December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (“Mediation Convention”). It creates fair and effective approach to resolve international/crossborder commercial disputes and particularly helps in efficiently enforcing the settlement agreements across the border. It opens enormous business opportunities for enterprises and dispute resolution professionals. The term ‘paradigm shift in geopolitics’ in the theme of the Conference aims to foster discussion on emerging trends in dispute resolution and the impact of the Mediation Convention on international business environment.

During these days, scholars, lawyers, and ADR practitioners will share views and experiences as to how their unique perspectives on mediation, negotiation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution mechanisms have the capacity to shape and transform conflict across the globe.

The conference aims to foster discussion on emerging trends in dispute resolution and the impact of the “Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation” as approved by United Nations on International business environment.