Law students' symposium at NSU
On 13 July 2017, the Department of Law, North South University organised Bangladesh Law Students' Symposium at its campus. The Hon'ble Minister of Water Resources, Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud MP graced the occasion as Chief Guest.
Interested law students were requested to email abstracts of not more than 350 words on any discipline of law. The symposium committee asked for full papers of the 10 best selected, for presentation in front of a panel of experts comprising of distinguished legal academics and practitioners at the Symposium. North South University Law & Mooting Society (NSULMS) coordinated the organisation of this Symposium.
At the first session, the Hon'ble Minister in his words thanked the organiser of the event during inauguration. He mentioned the Symposium as one of a kind and unprecedented in Bangladesh, and encouraged the perseverance of organising this event every year.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of North South University, Mr. Mohammed Shajahan welcomed observers from other universities at the state-of-the-art campus of North South University, and encouraged the Department, to keep organising research oriented events at a regular pace.
Papers were presented from student representatives from the UK's University of Portsmouth, BRAC University, the University of Asia Pacific, East West University, the Universities of Dhaka, Chittagong, Jahangirnagar and other renowned institutions.
Topics that were presented included mostly the contemporary issues, such as the establishment of the Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant, the consumer protection laws, laws in favour of disabled citizens and its implementation, the extent to which judges are at the verge of creating laws etc.
Professor Dr. Mizanur Rahman, former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, was one of the panelists, who remarked, “North South University through this event has created history! Papers presented by the students not only enrich the research culture, but bring about a certain quality in future lawyers, which our Bar at present is at a crisis of.”
Around 150 observers from 40 universities were present at the symposium, along with heads and faculty members of various law schools, heads and partners of law firms, and also NGO representatives.
The writer is Lecturer of Law, North South University.
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