3rd Annual Law Students Conference

 

 

 

 

 

3rd National Nepalese Law Students' Conference

on 

  Reforming the Legal Education of Nepal

 

14th - 16th May 2012 (1st- 3rd Jestha 2069)

Nepal Electricity Authority Training Center 

Kharipati, Bhaktapur, Nepal

 

Overview

Nepalese Law Students' Association (NeLSA) in cooperation with  various governmental and non-governmental organizations, and law schools of Nepal  is organizing a three  days national conference on the issue of “Reforming the Legal Education of Nepal” with its marking of the 3rd National Conference of Nepalese Law Students’ ,2012 scheduled for May 14th-13th May,2012. The main objective of the conference is to build as a national platform for holding discussion for the advancement of standards and purpose of legal education in Nepal. The conference would be under the theme of " An Initiative to Enhance the Legal Education in Nepal " with the participation of atleast 125 Nepalese law students along with law professors, law teachers ,lawyers and law professionals from all over the world as conference participants.

 

Legal Education is essentially a multi-disciplined, multipurpose education which can develop the human resources and idealism needed to strengthen the legal system. The judicial administration in particular, is the pure reflection of the existing legal education system. Legal education is essentially one of the key components which has its direct impact in building of the just and democratic society. Legal education has its importance as it is the pre-battle ground where skills and art of social engineering is taught and the advocates of justice and constitutionalism are nurtured and grown up. 

 

Taking the context of legal education of Nepal in particular, Nepalese legal education system although of its 50 years of history has been slow in its development in fulfilling the need and competency required for Nepal although of some positive developments taking place. The traditional system of teaching, lack of proper attention of the state with poor funding, disregard by the judiciary and the law fraternity to a larger extent, access to the quality legal education by only the elites of society, etc are some of the inherent problems of the education in Nepal. 

 

This is a high time that serious and meaningful interventions and actions are required for reforming of the legal education of Nepal so as to meet the challenges of today as well as those emerging in future. The Nepalese Law students are particular concerned with the current status of the legal education and in different forums they have particular raised their concerns and expressed their willingness to come into action for the reform of the legal education in Nepal. 

 

To address these specific concerns and for realization of one of its organizational objectives, that is promotion of legal education in Nepal, we have endeavored to hold a National Conference For the reform of the legal education in Nepal as part of its Legal Education Promotion Program which is being conducted since a year.  This conference would be held as a mark of the 3rd National Conference of Nepalese Law Students, which is a premier law students to be held annually scheduled to be held from May 14-May 16, 2012. 

 

CONFERENCE THEMES

 

• Theme 1 Situation Analysis of the Status of Legal Education in Nepal; Its Current Scenario , Problems and Challenges 

 

• Theme 2 Essential Components of Sound Legal Education and Its Comparison To the Nepali Context. 

 

• Theme 3 Addressing the Current Developments and Problems of Nepal ;Preparing the Legal Education Meet Today’s and Future Needs.

 

• Theme 4 Enhancing the Students’ Evaluation  and Assessment mechanisms at the law schools. 

 

• Theme 5 Identifying the Better Law Teaching Methodology And Analyzing the Utility and Standards of the Law Curriculum of Nepal. 

 

• Theme 7 Making Quality Legal Education Accessible to the Females, Marginalized and Poor  Populations’ of Nepal. 

 

• Theme 8  Enhancing the Career Prospects on Law ,Studying the Impact of Legal Education on Current Trends of Choice of Profession . 

 

CONFERENCE METHODOLGY

 

The conference will last for three full working days, with plenary substantive sessions, key note speeches including panel discussions, short presentations with extensive discussions, working groups along with the Annual Law Competitions like Law Reform Competition, Moot Court Competition, Parliamentary Debate Competition and National Arbitration Competition. 

 

Organizing Committee Member 

• Raju Kaiti (Coordinator)

• Saroj Bista  (Coordinator Moot Court competition)

• Subin Lal Mulmi  (Coordinator Arbitration Competition)

• Gyanu Gautam  (Coordinator Law Reform Competition)

• Ram Kumar Khitiwada  (Coordinator Debate Competition)

• Yubraj Banjade (Member)

• Narayan Prasad Shrama  (Member)

• Aastha Dahal  (Member)

• Sabana Poudel  (Member)

 

 

For more information Contact with :

Raju Kaiti

9849172899

conference@nelsanp.org