About RGNUL

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law is a public law school and a National Law University located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established in 2006 by the Punjab Government as a university dedicated to the field of Legal Education. The first vice-chancellor of the University was Gurjit Singh.

About the National Competition on Legal Innovation and Legal Startups by RGNUL

The main idea of the National Competition on Legal Innovation and Legal Startups by RGNUL is to showcase the Legal Start Up’s, exhibit their functioning, the challenges they faced or are facing and the outcome achieved by them. The competition is an attempt to provide a platform to all the Legal Start Up’s to exhibit their ideas and work in a competitive ambience.

Theme

The field of litigation is witnessing various challenges for the last few decades especially in terms of pendency of cases, quick disposal, mounting appeals, traditional methods of lawyering that fail to address the contemporary problems and complex legal compliance’s. To address these situations, we need to devise new and better innovative mechanisms and initiatives in the said fields. Innovation and Startups in the legal field are the answer to this paradox that our Judicial System is facing.

Many young entrepreneurs have introduced startups that have come up in the legal system in the past few years especially by young, dynamic individuals. Also, the Ministries, Government Departments/bodies have initiated various innovative schemes for ensuring Justice is served to people at large. The main objective of Legal Startups is to highlight all legal startups and put them on one platform.

Guidelines

• Only existing Startups/Initiatives are allowed to participate in the competition. Startup/Initiative must be at least one year old but not more than three-year-old from the date of announcement of the competition.
• The competition is open to all individuals who are 18 years of age or above on the date of release of the competition.
• Participation is allowed only as a team. The team will consist of a minimum of two and a maximum of four members.
• There is a registration fee of Rs. 1180/- (inclusive of GST) for participation by Tuesday, August 29, 2021.
• The payment link can be found here.
• To register for the competition, click here.
• Only selected entries will be invited to present their startup idea/initiative ideas. The shortlisting of the teams will be done by a Panel of Experts constituted for the same.
• After the shortlisting the submissions, there will be 2 rounds in the competition, preliminary and final.

Awards

• Winner- Cash Prize of Rs. 51,000/-

Memento & Certificate of Merit

• 1st Runner Up- Cash Prize of Rs. 25,000/-

Memento & Certificate of Merit

• 2nd Runner Up- Cash Prize of Rs. 11,000/-

Memento & Certificate of Merit

• All the entries will be given a certificate of participation
• Selected submissions can be given funding support, mentorship by RGNUL, Patiala as per their terms and conditions prescribed.

Important Dates

• Last Date for Registration: 29 August 2021
• Last Date for Payment: 29 August 2021
• Last Date for Submissions of the PDF Format of the Proposal or Initiative: 20 September 2021
• Preliminary Round: 1 October 2021
• Final Round: 2 October 2021

Contact

Dr Abhinandan Bassi – 9878068664

Dr Geetika – 9646023882

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