Project Complete Lawyer – Season II

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About Project Complete Lawyer

The Project Complete lawyer is an innovative program, intended to reduce the incubation period of a law students in their transformation as law professionals.  The Season I of the Project Complete Lawyer was successfully completed and its participants have entered the profession.

After the success of Season I, Project Complete Lawyer has gained an organizational frame work, and is now being operated as PCL foundation.  The participants of Season I, have joined hands, to strengthen PCL Foundation, and in rolling out Project complete lawyer Season II.

The Concept

A one-line of the concept is:

 ‘a program to bridge the gap between the law school to the legal profession’. 

 In a broader sense, the program is intended to reduce the notorious incubation period of a law student while entering the legal profession, whether as a litigation lawyer or as an inhouse lawyer. In this program, training is offered in the skills of lawyering, study of the legal institutions, industry specific legal practices etc.  A systematic method of training, taking que from the past experience, is being considered for Season II.

Prospectus

Part I

Study of Institutions

Chapter I

1. Higher Judiciary
   1. Supreme Court of India
      1. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India
      1. Case Management before the Supreme Court of India
      1. Practice and Procedure
   1. High Courts
      1. Jurisdiction of the High Court  
      1. Case Management before the High Court
      1. Practice and Procedure
2. Chapter II
   1. District Judiciary
      1. District and Sessions Court and Courts Subordinate there to
      1. Jurisdiction
      1. Case Management
      1.  Practice and Procedure
3. Chapter III
   1. Tribunals
      1. Different types of tribunals under the Constitution of India
         1. Administrative Tribunal
            1. Jurisdiction of the Central Administrative Tribunal and the State Administrative Tribunal
            1. Case Management before the Central Administrative Tribunal and State Administrative Tribunal
            1. Practice and Procedure
         1. Tribunals other than Administrative Tribunal
            1. Jurisdiction of the Other Tribunals
            1. Case Study of National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
            1. Case Study of Debt Recovery Tribunal and Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal
            1. Case Study of Green Tribunal
            1. Case Management of Other Tribunals
            1. Practice and procedure
4. Chapter IV
   1. Detailed study of the High Court of Kerala
   1. Physical tour of the High Court
   1. Journey though the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kerala
   1. Kerala High Court Act
      1. Power of the Single Judge
      1. Powers of the Bench of Two Judges
      1. Constitution of full bench and larger benches
      1. Intra Court Appeals
      1. Vacation Bench
   1. Detailed study of Case Management before the High Court of Kerala
      1. Importance of Daily Roaster
      1. Detailed study about the type of cases in the Daily Roaster
      1. Law and Procedure based on the Daily Roaster
      1. Different stages of a litigation before the High Court
   1. Formulation of submission during each stage
      1. Admission Stage
      1. Petition Stage
      1. Final Hearing
5. Chapter V
   1. Settlement of pleading
      1. Client Counselling
      1. Drafting Pleadings
      1. Application of Law of Limitation
      1. Importance of valuation of the proceedings and application of the Court Fees and Suit Valuation legislation
      1. Application of the Procedural Rules
      1. Kerala High Court Rules
      1. Civil Rules of Practice
      1. Criminal Rules of Practice
      1. Other Rules of Procedures
6. Chapter VI
   1. Digitalization of the Court Procedure
   1. Rules relating to e-filing
   1. Practice and Procedure
   1. Practical exercises in filing before the High Court and District Judiciary
7. Chapter VII
   1. Conveyancing and Registration
   1. Fundamental of preparing Deeds and their Registration
   1. Sale Deed
   1. Gift deeds and Settlement Deeds
   1. Partition Deeds
   1. Relinquishment Deeds
   1. Rules for valuation of Documents
   1. Rules regarding registration under the Registration Act
   1. Practical Training on conveyancing and registration of Deeds
8. Chapter VIII
   1. Corporate legal Practice
      1. Incorporation of
         1. Companies
         1. Limited Liability Partnerships
         1. Partnership Firms
         1. Charitable Societies under Societies Registration Act
         1. Cooperative Society under Cooperative Societies Act
         1. Forming Allottees  Association under the RERA Act and Apartment Ownership laws
      1. Compliances of Corporate Bodies
      1. Liquidation and Winding Up
      1. Corporate Litigation
9. Chapter IX
   1. Land laws
      1. Land Reforms Act
      1. Transfer of Registry Rules
      1. Land Assignment
      1. Land Acquisition
      1. Conversion of Paddy and Wet Land
      1. Due Diligence of land
      1. Creating equitable mortgage with financial institutions
10. Chapter X
    1. Alternate Dispute Resolution
       1. Arbitration Negotiation Mediation
       1. Conciliation

Part II

Introduction to Legal Practice

1. Chapter I
   1. Lawyering Skills and Values
   1. Preparation and Trial of the Criminal Case
   1. Ten Rules of Appellate Advocacy
   1. Legal Professional Ethics
   1. Ethical conduct and Professional Responsibility
2. Chapter II
   1. Industry Specific Legal Practice
      1. Focus on infrastructure and construction
      1. Maritime Law Practice
      1. International Legal Practice

Who can join?

1. Law students from recognised universities under BCI are eligible to join Season II of Project Complete Lawyer.

Duration of the program

        The total duration would 200 hours over a period of 11 months

Method of Instruction

1. The selected students will be registered in the Moodle platform;
2. The study materials will be uploaded in the Moodle platform
3. Online sessions with the arranged to interact with the experts
4. Assessments and assignments

Registration       

There is no registration or course fees for the program. However the selected candidates who had successfully completed the course and submitted all the assignments shall remit a registration fee of Rs. 1000/- for joining the course. 

Applications Closed

Apply for the program here

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