After the successful conduction of first Edition of War of Words: Online National Debate Competition with such a fabulous response, here we are all set to host you for its 2nd Edition.
WAR OF WORDS
– National Debate Competition for students studying in law, aims to provide an
opportunity to come forward and experience the art of debating to take away the
3Es – Experience, Expertise
and Excellence.
The competition is to be judged by a panel of eminent jury
members, which
shall be comprise of:
- 1
Judicial officer,
- 1
High court or supreme court advocate,
- 1
Faculty member.
About
In Light Of Law
‘In
Light Of Law’ is the team setup by the Law students and professionals to bridge
the gap of unavailability of understandable and accessible study material for
the budding Lawyers. We are actively organizing several quizzes, debates,
virtual interactive sessions with eminent lawyers, academician and judges.
ABOUT LEGAL
As
the name LEGAL(Legal Education &Grooming Academy for Lawyers)
itself defines, LEGAL is an organization working for the education of Law Students,
Lawyers & Legal Officers. It’s a registered body under MSME (GoI) &
DPDESR (GoR).
It is
founded with the objective to work as a resource centre for Students, Law
Colleges and to assist many other institutions who are working in the field of
Legal Education but are facing serious issues in terms of executing their
plans.
Topic
There
will be two topics for the participants, one for the preliminary round &
other for the Semi Final & Final Round.
- For
the preliminary round: ‘Should Governments be granted access to encrypted means
of communication’
- The topic for the Semi-final and Final round will be announced on your registered mail id two day prior to the competition i.e. 20th Jan, 2022.
Registration Process
- You have to pay a nominal fee of 49 rupees as team
registration amount. The registration form can be accessed here.
Note: We have fixed a cab of 24 registrations, which
will be filled on first come first basis. So, secure your place as earliest.
- You have to upload the screenshot of your payment
receipt. The payment can be made on:
- UPI/Paytm/Gpay on 8000201350 (Ankit Jindal)
Important Dates
- Registration starts: 5th Jan,
- Last date for registration: 20th Jan,
- Release of topic for semi-final and final round:20th
Jan,
- Preliminary round:22nd Jan (Saturday),
- Semi-final and final round:23rd Jan
(Sunday).
- Announcement of results:23rd Jan.
- Release of certificates: within 15 days of
announcement of results.
General Guidelines
- Students
enrolled in UG/PG Law courses are eligible to participate.
- Maximum 4 teams can participate from a particular college.
- The
competition will be organized on zoom video conferencing application, in online
mode.
- It
is a conventional debate which will be organized in three rounds: preliminary,
semi-final and final.
- Students
are invited in a team of two (cross university teams are permitted).
- Speaker
1 of the team shall speak for the motion and Speaker 2 shall speak against the
motion.
- For
the Preliminary and semi-final Round, each speaker shall be allowed to speak
for 3 minutes and for the final round, each speaker shall be allowed to speak
for 5 minutes.
- Granting
the rebuttal will be the soul discretion of the judges.
- There
shall be negative marking for exceeding prescribed time limit.
- Decision
of the judges shall be final, and no objection shall be entertained.
- As
per the Draw of Lots, Speaker 1(for the motion) of a team shall individually
contest with Speaker 2(against the motion) of the other team. The cumulative
marks of both the speakers of one team shall decide the position of the team
and its further promotion to the next Round.
- For
example, there are two teams: Team A and Team B. Speaker 1 (for the motion) of
Team A will debate with Speaker 2 (against the motion) of Team B. And Speaker
2(against the motion) of Team A will contest with Speaker 1(for the motion) of
Team B. The total marks obtained by Speaker 1 and Speaker 2 of Team A will
decide their position. Same goes for Team B.
- The
team codes shall be allotted to the participants one day before the
competition, that is,21st Jan, 2022.
- All
participants must refrain from disclosing the identity of themselves and their
institution at any time and in any manner, during the course of their
participation in the competition, and shall only represent themselves by the
team codes allotted to them.
- Each
speaker shall keep their cameras and mics on throughout the round, especially
when he/she is speaking (including in to the rebuttals).
- The
dress code for the competition is western formals.
- Use
of foul or obscene language will lead to disqualification.
- No usage of any book, document or electronic gadget is allowed with the participant while speaking.
- Participants
should ensure proper network connectivity before and during the session.
- In
case there will be any technical issue from the organizer’s side, the time
limit extension will be done accordingly.
- The
organizers reserve the right to alter or change the rules or the procedure of
the competition.
Disclaimer: The Rule shall be strictly adhered to. The
organizers reserve the right to disqualify teams for deviating from the rules.
The Organizers will resolve any contingencies that may arise and will be the
final arbiters regarding any doubts/ grievances. The decision taken by the
Organizers shall be final.
The Grounds for Evaluation
The ground for evaluation of debate will be on
following parameters:
- Organization and Clarity: 20 marks.
- Presentation Style: 20 marks.
- Knowledge of Subject: 20 marks.
- Originality and Ingeniousness: 20 marks.
- Ability to deal with question and rebuttals concisely
and effectively: 20 marks.
Total 100 Marks.
Prizes and Perks
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Winning Team : |
Rs. 2100/-(Cash Prize), e-Certificate &Paid Internship Opportunity |
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Runners-Up Team : |
Rs. 1500/- (Cash Prize), e-Certificate &Paid Internship Opportunity |
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Best Speakers : |
Rs. 500/-(Cash Prize to
each – Favor& Against), e-Certificate
&Paid Internship Opportunity |
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For the other
participants: |
Participation certificate. |
Contact
Information
Siddharth
Sharma: +91-7297911597 (WhatsApp only)
Rishi
Aggrawal: +91 9610066543
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