Academic Achievements of Unitedworld School of Law (UWSL)

Unitedworld School of Law (UWSL) is focused on developing new era of law graduates to
bring innovation in taking up the complex procedural challenges and simplifying it. Our
students learn to manage and draw insights from multifaceted legal challenges and
opportunities of the new millennium. They are heavily trained to work in cross-functional
teams, so that they handle multiple legal cases. To improvise and sharpen analytical skills
among future lawyers, we encourage our students to get actively involved in mooting and
debating society. At Unitedworld School of Law, teaching methodology has been designed to
emphasize on theoretical and practical nuances.

Apart, from traditional academic activities, our students have been exposed to legal work
culture through various field visits, which is largely channelised through legal aid cell. Our
students are been groomed through various development programs which include special
lecturers from Advocates, Corporate Lawyers, Session Judges, Supreme Court Judges. In
addition to this our students are inspired to participate in various sports and cultural activities.

Following are the glimpses of our academic endeavours towards the pursuit of excellence:
1. Unitedworld School of Law legal aid cell had been selected as on of top 10 legal aid
cell from among other entries of legal aid cells hosted by law
colleges/schools/universities in Gujarat by legal aid Award competition organized by
Knowledgesteez.Com at New Delhi.
2. Unitedworld School of Law won the “IP Emerging Campus of the year (Legal) –
2018” for having contribution in spreading the awareness in the field of IP at IP Fest
2018 organized by IPPO, Ahmedabad
3. We have Organized a distinguished public lecture on „ The Complexity of Gender
Issues in Family Law‟ by Supreme Court Advocate, Malavika Rajkotia.
4. We have organized a distinguished public lecture on 'Career in Legal Academia' was
delivered by Ms. Aafreen Collaco, Research Associate, Bennett University.
5. We have organized an interactive session on legal Aid Cell and importance of the
same in the legal education by host Prof. Jane E. Schukoske, Advisor, S M Sehgal
Foundation.
6. We held Moot Courts on the problems related to Glimpses from the Intra Moot
Competition on the hugely controversial "Blue Whale Game"
7. We have organized a interactive session on history on the emergence of the
Intellectual Rights and emerging issues & challenges in Intellectual Property Rights
by with Dr. Yugank Goyal Associate Professor in Jindal School of Liberal Arts and
Humanities
8. We have organized Expert Talk on International Trade Law in Climate Change by Dr.
James Nedumpara Professor and Head - Centre for International Trade and
Investment Law - Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
9. We have Launch of Module Course on Proclivity of Gender Studies: LGBTQ by Shri
Manvendrasinh Gohil, Prince of erstwhile Rajpipla State, Founder of Lakshya
Foundation.
10. We have organized Guest Lecture on Planning Law School Life by Ms. Avani Bansal
Advocate Supreme Court of India
11. We have organized Guest Lecture on Career in Legal Academia by Ms. Afreen
Collaco Research Associate Bennett University
12. We have organized Guest Lecture on Importance of Legal Education In India by Prof.
Dr. R. Venkata Rao VC National Law School of India University Bangalore
 13. Right from maiden year we have started our bi-yearly newsletter (Insight) and from
this year we had started our online Journal with ISSN No.:2457-0427.
14. We have adopted different teaching methods over and above PPT like teaching
through quiz, assignment, projects, MCQs, role play, debate competition, group
discussion, tour to library, using e-resources as tool for advance learning, using
manupatra, AIR, etc. in e-form.
15. We have organized many programs on personality development “appearance counts”
etc to convey the importance of outer appearance, importance of uniform, etc in the
legal session.
16. Students are divided into different clubs each headed by a faculty as a mentor. The
names of such clubs are Human Right, Freedom, Equality, Justice, Truth, Fraternity,
Dignity, Liberty etc. The competition amongst the different clubs motivates them for
a better academic performance.
17. To boost up confidence of our students we have invited many motivational speakers
from the legal and business fraternity to be as role models to our students which may
help them in developing and shaping their career.
18. We have kept competition for reasoned writing by giving a problem to the students
and then asking them to write their reasoned decision. As we know in the field of
legal sciences reasoning is an important segment and that any order without any
reasoning is not acceptable and can be said to cryptic order. This kind of competition
is to help develop skills of the students to find out logical reasons in support of their
decision.

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Glimpses of various Law Events organised at UWSL

'Career in Legal Academia' by Ms. Aafreen Collaco, Bennett Univ.

On 5th October 2018 A distinguished public lecture on 'Career in Legal Academia' was
delivered by Ms. Aafreen Collaco, Research Associate, Bennett University on 5th October at
Unitedworld School of Law. It was an interactive session where Ms. Collaco explained how
law students can also consider legal academia as a career option. She stressed on planning,
networking, researching, and teaching as crucial skills for success in academia. She clarified
and dismissed the myths related to a career in academia and strongly recommended students
who wished to join academia to work on it since day 1 rather than considering it as a side
option. This lecture was followed by another interactive session with final year students who
presented their working research papers for her feedback.

Interactive session with Prof. Jane E. Schukoske

On 9th October 2018 UWSL was delighted to host Prof. Jane E. Schukoske, Advisor, S M
Sehgal Foundation, for an interactive session on legal Aid Cell and importance of the same in
the legal education. The session started with an informative presentation by Professor (Dr.)
Debarati Halder, Chief Advisor and Mentor, UWSL Legal Aid Cell. She highlighted about
the legal aid clinic which is affiliated to DLSA, Gandhinagar. She also discussed the
activities of the UWSL legal aid cell in spreading legal awareness on a large scale. Prof. Jane
Schukoske, the Chief Guest of the session, spoke about the importance of legal aid in legal
education. She emphasized on trust building with the beneficiaries, continuing legal aid
activities even during vacations through dedicated student volunteers and encouraged for
initiating community radio station for spreading legal awareness. Students of UWSL
interacted with Professor Schukoske on their experience in the course of legal aid activities.

Intra Moot Court Competition 2018

On 9th September 2018 Glimpses from the Intra Moot Competition on the hugely
controversial "Blue Whale Game" hosted by Unitedworld School of Law. Students of
Karnavati University used law and their wits to convince senior advocates i.e. Adv. Shailesh
Madiyal, Adv. Bharadwaj Iyengar, Prof. Sushant Chandra, and Adv. Karl Rustom Khan on
whether to put strict regulation on social media platforms or to give absolute freedom of
speech with regard to recent cases of suicides due to the game.

Expert talk with Dr. Yugank Goyal

On 11th August 2018 An interactive session with Dr. Yugank Goyal was organized at
Unitedworld School of Law. He initiated the talk with a brief history on the emergence of the
Intellectual Rights, the session further dealt with the emerging issues & challenges in
Intellectual Property Rights. He touched upon various topics like Artificial intelligence,
human cloning & gene editing. He also shared certain trending cases on IPR like The
Monkey Selfie case and engaged audience in reflections on the future possibilities in the field
of IPR where he specifically talked about the Designer Babies.
#DistinguishedPublicLectureSeries

UWSL conferred with IP Emerging Campus of the year(Legal)- 2018

On 18th July 2018 IP Fest 2018- Intellectual Property Festival 2018 organised by IPPO, a
vibrant session of academicians, professionals and entrepreneurs gathered to discuss three
important trends- Panel of Industries discussed Valuation of IPR, Panel of Entertainment
Industry discussed the journey from Script to Screen and Panel of Startups discussed
fostering startups through IP. As part of the Hall of Fame Honours, Unitedworld School of
Law, Karnavati University, was awarded “IP Emerging Campus of the year(Legal)- 2018” for
having contribution in spreading the awareness in the field of IP.

Lecture on Child Rights & UNICEF's Role- Ms. Chetna Desai, UNICEF

On 20th March 2018, Ms. Chetna Desai, Chief Child Protection Officer, UNICEF,
Gandhinagar Division, was invited to UWSL to deliver a lecture on the burning issue of
Child Rights and the role of UNICEF in this regard. The session started with the felicitation
of Ms. Desai by Professor Dr. Debarati Halder, Head of Research Department, UWSL. Ms.
Desai, during her interactive and thought-provoking session, discussed the various aspects of
child rights in general, the convention on child rights, Indian laws on child rights etc. She
also shed some light on the working mechanism of UNICEF in relation to monitoring and
protection of child rights. The session remained extremely interactive as students not only
asked intriguing questions but also voiced their opinions on child rights and its protection.
Ms. Gunjan Arora, Assistant Professor, UWSL concluded the session by proposing her vote
of thanks.

Seminar lecture on “Planning Law school life” by Ms. Avani Bansal

On 22nd September 2018 A seminar lecture on "Planning Law school life" was delivered by
Ms. Avani Bansal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India today at Unitedworld School of Law. It
was an interactive session wherein Ms. Bansal explained how law students should spend their
five years based on her own experience at HNLU, Oxford, and Harvard. She stressed on the
skills important for a lawyer, especially the skills of communication. The seminar was
followed by the commencement of the two-day workshop on Negotiation and Mediation. The
students were introduced to the nuances of different Alternative Dispute Resolution methods
and the role of lawyers in these methods. The students also had exercises in Negotiation to
work on the skills required for negotiation. #Seminar #PlanningLawSchoolLife #Law
#UWSL #KarnavatiUniversity

Dr. James J Nedumpara visited UWSL

On 23rd August 2018 In the recent session of the #DistinguishedPublicLectureSeries, Dr.

James J Nedumpara addressed the aspiring law students on Climate Change and International
Trade Law. Dr. James Nedumpara is an expert in International Trade Law who has also
represented India at WTO. He voiced his opinions on a range of topics such as Investment in
clean technologies, Shell as an organization and the Global Change Campaign, discussed
countries where environmental laws are exercised very less, life cycle approach, so on and so
forth. He also shed some lights on topics such as Paying for carbon, Price and market-based
mechanism, Difference between trade and environmental rules, topics that are debated
globally. Cases like US gasoline case and Superfund case were also discussed. The event
ended with an interactive question-answer session, wherein the aspiring law student cleared
their doubts and expanded their horizons of knowledge.

Guest Lecture by Professor Dr. R.Venkata Rao

On 24th October 2018 Professor Dr. R.Venkata Rao, Vice Chancellor of the National Law
School of India University, Bangalore, had taken a motivating session today on the
importance of legal education in India and how law students should prepare themselves to
face real life courts. He also mentioned about the importance of understanding the basics of
the constitution of India and how it influences the life of lawyers, lawmakers, and ordinary
civil citizens. The program concluded with vote of thanks by Dr.Debarati Halder, Professor &
head, Research department, UWSL who herself is an alumnus of NLSIU Bangalore.

Launch of Module Course on Proclivity of Gender Studies: LGBTQ

On 27th August 2018 Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University, conducted, one of
its kind in south Asia, a module course on “Proclivity of Gender: Socio-Legal Approach to
LGBTQ Community” today i.e. 27th August, 2018 at Unitedworld School of Law, Uvarsad,
Gandhinagar. The inaugural day was graced by eminent activists from different parts of
India, such as Shri Manvendra Singh Gohil, Prince of erstwhile State of Rajpipla and Founder
of Lakshya Foundation; Dr. Manabi Bandopadhyay, First Transgender Principal of India,
Principal, Krishnanagar Women‟s College, Nadia, West Bengal; Ms. Kalki Subramaniam,
Film Maker and Founder- Sahodari Foundation, Tamil Nadu; Mr. Gautam Yadav, Program
Officer, Humsafar Trust; Ms. Shamini Kothari and Ms. Anahita Sarabhai, Founders-
QueerAbad. The Program was also graced by Shri K.G. Vanzara, Additional Secretary of
Social Justice & Empowerment Department, Govt. of Gujarat whom a report on empirical
research study prepared by Prof. Shrut Brahmbhatt and Students of 2015-20 of the Institute
titled “Transgender Identity: Socio-Legal Position in the District of Gandhinagar of the
Institute was submitted to by Shri Manavendra Singh Gohil and all the dignitaries present in
the occasion to take further actions on the suggestions and recommendations.

Supreme Court Advocate Ms. Malavika Rajkotia visited UWSL

On 28th July 2018 Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University hosted a talk delivered
by Supreme Court Advocate and gender rights activist Ms. Malavika Rajkotia as a part of
their orientation programme for the class of 2018-23. The topic of the talk was “the
complexity of gender issues in family law.” She discussed issues in family law and criminal
law through an interdisciplinary perspective incorporating the approaches of sociology,
gender studies, and psychology with law. She stressed on the plural character of Indian
culture. The areas that her talk dealt with include the issues of patriarchy, gender
discrimination, pluralism, gender colonialism and more. She also introduced a fresh
understanding of epics like the Mahabharata giving a new dimension to the lessons and thus
linking it to the study of family law. The audience had a good opportunity to engage with
Adv. Rajkotia through a question and answer session near the end of the programme.