Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: How to Tackle CS Exams
Event type: Seminar / Conference / Guest Lecture / Workshop / Extension Activity
Specify if any other: Study Se30ssion
Event Date(s): 30 October 2018
Venue: Room No. 301 (12:30 pm – 1:30 pm)

Guest(s) / Dignitaries Designation / Affiliation
Shwetha Pai of 5(4) BA LLB
Swathi Baliga of 5(2) BBA LLB

Summary of the event / Additional information:
This was another talk given by two students as a part of the Unit’s Study Session Series of Talks. The format of the session was as follows: The session was in the form of a discussion led by two of R&P Unit’s own members – Shwetha Pai and Swathi Baliga. This was followed by a “Question Hour” segment where they responded to queries of the students.Some points discussed included: Company Secretary is a very demanding course. Combining it with law, CS has the potential to unlock the doors to the corporate world. The scope of CS is tremendous due to the increase in the need for a compliance department in companies. This course gives the opportunity to students from the non- commerce background too. It mainly deals with corporate and secretarial laws. The levels of CS Exam were explained and the syllabus elaborated on.

Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: “My Struggle with the Truth”
Event type: Essay Competition
Event Date(s): 28 September 2018
Venue: Library (2:00 pm)

Summary of the event / Additional information:
The Unit organized an essay competition on account of Gandhi Jayanthi to be celebrated on 2nd October. The broad theme for the essays was “My Struggle With the Truth” which is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography titles “My Experiments with Truth.” The competition was open to all. The contestants were given 1 hour to write their essay. The contestants were given the liberty to interpret the said theme in any way they chose to. Totally 8 students participated in the competition. The evaluation of the English essays has been done by Mr. Mahesh Chandra Nayak and Mrs. Ujwala. The Kannada essays have been evaluated by Mr. Naresh Malligemadu. The event was organised by Aditya D’Mello. The best of these essays will be published in the college magazine – Pragathi.

Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: Startups and the Law
Event type: Talk
Event Date(s): 25 September 2018
Venue: Second year BBA LLB classroom

Guest(s) / Dignitaries Designation / Affiliation
Dr. Gagan K.
Assistant Professor,
SDM Law College,
Mangalore.

Summary of the event / Additional information:
A talk on “Startups and the Law” was organised for all the second year BBA LLB students. “A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed,” says Neil Blumenthal, cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker. Startups help in innovation, creating jobs, new products and Services and bring profits for investors. The study focused on the legal aspects like – business organisation, tax matters, contracts and labour issues with respect to startups. SathyaSagar Mithra and SwathiBaliga helped in organising the talk. This was done in collaboration with Ms. PrekshaMayadi (Assistant Professor, SDMLC).

The PowerPoint presentation of the useful points discussed was published on the Unit’s blog site: https://rpunit.wordpress.com/2018/09/25/startups-and-the-law/

Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: Writing Assignments With Special Reference to Case Law Analysis
Event type: Talk
Event Date(s): 20 September 2018
Venue: Room No. 102 (12:30 pm – 1:30 pm)

Guest(s) / Dignitaries Designation / Affiliation
Dr. Gagan K.
Assistant Professor,
SDM Law College,
Mangalore.

Summary of the event / Additional information:
The Karnataka State Law University (KSLU), Hubbali to which SDMLC is affiliated has introduced internal assessment from the current academic year. Writing assignments therefore, has become an integral part of the course work. But, first year students are often lost when it comes to such an exercise because they are unfamiliar with the format in which the assignments have to be submitted and also have very little idea about the topics assigned.With this in mind, the Unit thought it best to conduct a brief session to give an overview of how to write assignments. The session was tailor-made for the first year BBA students by giving them comparative ideas of how to deal with topics that are purely related to Business Administration and those that are related to law. Special emphasis was given to the concept of case analysis. The PowerPoint presentation of the useful points discussed in the session was published on the Unit’s blog site: https://rpunit.wordpress.com/2018/09/20/writing-assignments/

Faculty in charge of the event: Dr. Gagan K.
Committee / Cell Name: Research and Publication Unit (R&P Unit)
Event Title: Understanding Research
Event type: Talk
Event Date(s): 12 September 2018
Venue: Seminar Hall (1:15 pm – 2:15 pm)

Guest(s) / Dignitaries Designation / Affiliation
Dr. Gagan K.
Assistant Professor,
SDM Law College,
Mangalore.

The session was held with an intention to emphasize on the importance of research for law students. A general overview of research and legal research, more specifically was given. The idea of research often invokes a mixed response of fear and intimidation. The goal therefore, was to introduce the concept of research to the freshers by eliminating all misconceptions associated with it and to ensure that they perceive it more favorably. Various aspects of research were touched upon including addressing concepts such as reflective thinking, identifying a research problem, understanding hypothesis, objectives of research, research writing, citation rules and so on.In addition to this, the practical application of legal research was also talked about. The target audience for the session was all 1st BA LLB students. The PowerPoint presentation of the useful points discussed in the session was published on the Unit’s blog site: https://rpunit.wordpress.com/2018/09/12/understanding-research/