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Course announcement: NUJS Diploma course on Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Law and How it is useful for Law Students

Law schools or colleges in India do not really focus on teaching practical skills – they rather try to inculcate skills of research, writing and analysis – which are essential, but do not give you all the lawyerly skills you need to provide services to a client. Consider the following:

You read contract law in class. But can you draft a contract? How about a franchisee agreement or a simple non-disclosure agreement?

You would study intellectual property law, but can you help someone to get their trademark or copyright registered?

Would you like to learn how to incorporate companies and limited liability partnerships, and how to draft a partnership deed or memoranda of association?

A few things to think about: What difference will it make if you learn all these practical aspects of law? Do you want to learn about the business side of law? Do you wonder how all the law you are learning will be useful eventually when you start practicing?

A one of a kind online diploma course developed to address these issues is now being offered by NUJS. The recommended target group includes entrepreneurs, business managers, working professionals and consultants. The course will also be useful for law students of all sorts, irrespective of their year of study. Law students and young lawyers can benefit immensely from the practical skills that will be taught in the course.

For intellectual property law enthusiasts, the course has a module covering practical aspects such as the procedure for registration of trademarks, copyrights, designs, patents, etc. The course will also cover filing and documentation requirements for transfer of various kinds of intellectual property and intellectual property issues for IT entrepreneurs and freelancers.

Imagine learning how to incorporate a company, register a trademark, draft contracts such as employment agreements and non-disclosure agreements, negotiate investments or getting business licenses for your clients – these are not even taught in the best law schools.

However, make sure before you take the course that it falls in your interest area. Read the syllabus and the course website http://startup.nujs.edu carefully.

Diploma course on Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Law | Full details are here.

Some pointers about the course:

·     If you are unsatisfied with how little practical legal skills are taught in your college, this would be of interest to you.

·        Although the duration of the course is one year, the best thing about the course is that it will be taught over an online learning management system (LMS) – which means you can access it and learn at your own convenient time.
·       Qualification threshold (you need to submit your 12th pass certificate) has been kept low so that entrepreneurs can benefit from it – but that also means all law students can join the course.
·         There is no age limit to join the course since there is no minimum or maximum age for starting a business.
·         The assessment will be on the basis of periodic online tests. There will be a viva voce with NUJS faculty at the end, which can be taken online over Skype if you can’t personally visit NUJS.
·         There is no compulsory physical attendance of any sort, as the intention is to make the course accessible fully over the internet, and allow learning at your own pace.
·        The course has been conceptualized and is being marketed by iPleaders, a venture started by two NUJS alumni who quit their law firm jobs to start this course.

Course Fee

Rs. 20,000/- (payable in two six-monthly installments of Rs. 10,000/- each)

Teaching Methodology

The course will be taught online through a combination of study materials and video lectures, delivered on an online platform.  The faculty will comprise of experienced professionals from law firms, government and litigators. The current list of faculty is given below:

·         Sujit Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax
·         Umesh Sharma, District & Sessions Judge (former Registrar, Rajasthan High Court)
·       Shannon Jhunjhunwala, Consultant, ParasKuhad (advised small &medium businesses at a US law firm Akin, Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP)
·         Rohit Das, Managing Partner, Rohit Das & Associates
·         Abhinav Ashwin, Senior Associate,AZB & Partners
·     Suhas Baliga, Founder, Policycraft, former Projects Lawyer with Luthra&Luthra Law Offices, Delhi &Trilegal, Mumbai
·         Ramanuj Mukherjee, Founder, iPleaders, former Associate with Trilegal
·         Abhyudaya Agarwal, Founder, iPleaders, former Associate with Trilegal
·         Ushasi Khan, Associate, Capital Markets, M&A and Non-Profits, AZB & Partners

Is it necessary to be present in Kolkata for attendance or exams?

100% of the course content shall be taught online. Depending on enrolments, optional classroom sessions may be undertaken in certain selected cities. Attendance for these will not be compulsory, and recorded videos of the classroom sessions will be uploaded on the online platform.  There will be a viva voce with NUJS faculty at the end of the course, which may be given online if a candidate is not able to travel to Kolkata.

How can I l for the Diploma in Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Law?

The following documents are required to be submitted for enrolment:

1. Registration form (available here).

2. Two passport size photographs

3. A copy of Class XII mark-sheet

4. Cheque/ demand draft/ details of funds transfer transaction for payment of the course fee (as applicable) (account details for payment are available here).

The above mentioned documents must be sent to the following address:

“The Coordinator,

Diploma in Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws,

WB National University of Juridical Sciences

Dr. Ambedkar Bhavan,

12 LB Block,

Sector-III, Salt Lake,

Kolkata-700098”

How do I make the payment for the diploma course?

Payment for the course may be made by demand draft, cheque or funds transfer and sent to NUJS on the address mentioned above. Check course website for further details.

For complete details, check the course website here.