MAGISTER JURIS was approaching and the training session was the perfect mould to mould all the participants before entering the ‘Battle of the legal minds’. After all the planning, it was time to execute. The training session took place a week prior the main fest. It took place on 2nd November in room no.204 at 2pm. It was held for the events, Judgment writing, negotiation, Client counselling and Legal Drafting. The students of the college were no less than resource persons. For judgment writing we had the co-ordinator of the moot court society itself Mr. Ashwin Kutinha. Negotiation was dealt by the final year students Ms.Bhagirithi, Mr. Amith Castellino and Ms. Shwetha Pai. Client Counselling was quite a catch with Ms. Ashwathy Jayaraj , Ms. Ashawari and Ms. Fathima Ibrahim turned out to be very fruitful. The participants were just as involved and the participation was quite high which was witnessed by the jam packed classroom.

On 5th November same time same place the training session took place for the other important event: Bail Petition. The fourth year students Ms. Priya Koshi and Ms. Medha along with Mrs. Suma Suresh presiding over as the judge made it look so easy clear and subtle for our students. The Training sessions turned out to be a great kick start for The Magister Juris’18!

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On 29th September, 2018 the Moot Court Society of SDM Law College has conducted the Senior Selection Moot Court Competition for the academic year 2018-19. The competition witnessed a vibrant set of mooters from senior category. The senior category consisted of students from 3rd year to 5th year of BA LLB and BBA LLB and also 2nd and 3rd years of LLB. The lot picking for the category was held on 20.09.2018 in room no. 204.

This year the moot court society had an object to well equip the students for any moot representation outside the college and also to make them well acquainted with legal knowledge. So as a step towards it, this time the selected area for moot proposition was from ‘Intellectual Property Rights ‘and the participants were asked to submit memorials along with their oral submissions. The competition commenced at 11:00 AM and ended up at 2:30 PM.

The competition was presided over by eminent lawyers of Mangalore and Expertise of SDM Law College. The esteemed presiding Judges were Adv. Anita Kini, Adv. Shine, Adv. Ashfaq, Adv. Ravi Shankar, Adv. Manmohan, Adv. Sathish, Adv. Prajwal, Adv. Vinayak,Adv. Malvika, Mr. Mahesh Chandra Nayak, Mrs. Balika, Ms. Suma,Mr. Gagan K, and Ms. Josna.

The competition was conducted in 7 Court Halls and the same was arranged in the class rooms of 2nd and 3rd Floor of the college. Apart from participants we had a good set of volunteers. There were 14 escorts who had taken up the duty to escort the judges to the respective court halls and also introducing the judges to the participants. We had 14 bench clerks who have helped us in time management and further court proceedings.

The students were ranked, according to the marks given by the respected judges. The 1st Rank was shared by Mr. Charan Raj and Ms. Haritha Varma, the 2nd rank was shared by Ms. Bhagirathi and Mr. Prakash and the 3rd rank was secured by Ms. Adlene. The Best Memorial was secured by Mr.Amith Castelino and Mr.Tsering. The same results were put upon the notice board on the very next working day.

All together, the whole event was a grand success. The Judges for these days were duly respected and the Moot Court society on behalf of SDM Law College handed over the Appreciation Certificate and token of gratitude for their valuable time.