ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (LAST DATE OF REGISTRATION: 30TH OCTOBER 2020)

Course duration :  One Month

Course starting date : 31st October 2020.

Course fee: 1500 INR

A properly implemented CSR concept can bring along a variety of competitive advantages, such as enhanced access to capital and markets, increased sales and profits, operational cost savings, improved productivity and quality, efficient human resource base, improved brand image and reputation, enhanced customer loyalty, better decision making and risk management processes.

This course will prove extremely helpful for Students & Professionals from Legal & Managerial Backgrounds. The purpose of this Certificate Course is to provide the learner an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice. The purpose of this Certificate Course is to provide students, Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments who are currently involved in CSR, or would like to get involved in CSR, an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice.

Objectives of Course:

• To discuss the role of corporate social responsibility as an essential feature of corporate policy.
• To underscore the vital role of CSR in India.
• To delve into the inter-relationship between the Government and corporate bodies in the particular context of education in India.
• To discuss in detail the Companies Act, 2013 which mandates corporate social responsibility for companies with a prescribed turnover or net profit as provided in the Act.

 Course Reviewers Details:

• Andreia Dobrescu, Assistant teacher Romanian-American University,School of Law
• Ali Khaled Ali Qtaishat, Assistant Professor, Legal Consultant , District Manager, World Mediation Center
• EnasQutieshat, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law Philadelphia University Amman, Jordan
• MetodiHadji-Janev, Assistant Professor, International Law Goce Delcev University, Republic of Macedonia

Course Structure

1. Understanding basics of Corporate Social Responsibility
2. Historical Evolution of the Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility
3. Corporate Social Responsibility In 20th Century
4. Push Factor to Engage In CSR Activities: Ethical Consideration, Employee Motivation, Risk Management or Risk Reduction, Reduction in Operating Cost Leading to Higher Productivity and Quality, Reduced Regulatory Oversight, Consumer Demand.
5. Core Focus Areas of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities : Health Care, Environment Protection, Labour Welfare, Anti-Corruption, Rural Empowerment, Women Empowerment, Education
6. International Policies and guidelines relating To Corporate Social Responsibility.
7. Indian Guidelines, Principles and Norms related to Corporate Social Responsibility.
8. Companies Act and Corporate Social Responsibility

Eligibility Criteria

The course aims to address the needs of professionals in private companies, Students (U.G and P.G), Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments.

Eligibility Criteria: Appearing Graduates/Graduates/ Post Graduates in any field/Corporates/NGO Professionals/ Government Employees

Selection procedure: Admissions open and will be on first come first serve basis 40 seats only .

All rights regarding change in dates, fees , number of seats , fee waiver , scholarship etc. lies with  knowledge steez eduhub LLP.

Mode of Payment:

Paytm: 7782044252 (Kindly mention your name in the reason for payment column. 

Bank Account Details 

Account holder name: Knowledge steezEduHub LLP

Account number: 001463300001712

Type of Account: current account

Bank name: Yes Bank Ltd

Branch address: PLOT NUMBER 38 BLOCK H 1 A SECTOR 63, Noida

IFSC Code : YESB0000014

Registration Procedure:

Registration Fee: Rs. 1500/-

After making payment of the registration fee, kindly send the screenshot of the payment along with your details ( name, institute name, designation, phone number and email ID) to kscsrcourse@gmail.com

Last Date for Registration: 30th October 2020

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Online Certificate Course on ‘Trademark filing’ ORGANIZED by RIPA (Reinforce Intellectual Property Association) | 08 August 2020

RIPA (Reinforce Intellectual Property Association), India is conducting an online certificate course on the practical aspects of Trademark Filing.
We would be conducting online weekly lectures by experienced IP Attorneys for one month, starting from 8th August, 2020.

Expected outcome:
•Acquinted with Trademark Laws and Filing requirements
•Develop mastery in Trademark Filing
•Acquinted with local and foreign filing system
•Get skilled for own Trademark portfolio management or trademark paralegal and professionals in top companies and IP firms.
Course starts from 8th August, 2020.
Course fee: INR 5000/-

Please follow the link for website to know more. https://www.ripaonline.com/ip-education-training/ip-task-force/ip-filings/trademark-filing/

Duke University Online free Course on Mastering Data Analysis in Excel

About :

Duke University has Invited application for the Online Course on Mastering Data Analysis in Excel by the online platform Coursera, Interested candidates can Enroll free for 7 days in this course, The extended details are mentioned below for this course,

Features :

• Shareable Certificate
• 100% online
• Course 2 of 5 in the
• Flexible deadlines
• Approx. 21 hours to complete

Instructors :

1. Jana Schaich Borg – Assistant Research Professor.
2. Daniel Egger – Executive in Residence and Director, Center for Quantitative Modeling Duke University.

Topics :

• About This Course 1 hour
• Excel Essentials for Beginners 2 hour
• Binary Classification 2 hour
• Information Measures 2 hour
• Linear Regression 3 hours
• Additional Skills for Model Building 1 hours
• Final Course Project 10 hours

How to apply :

Interested candidates can apply in this Online Course on Mastering Data Analysis in Excel at Duke University by Given Link :

Mastering Data Analysis in Excel

For more details : click here

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Online Capsule Course for Law Students On Trademark Registration: Process & Practical Aspects on July 11, 2020. Deadline: July 10, 2020

WHAT:

Online Capsule Course On “Trademark Registration: Process & Practical Aspects” by Trayambak Overseas Pvt Ltd in association with LawOF [July 11, 2020]

DATE: JULY11, 2020

About Trayambak Overseas Pvt Ltd:

Trayambak is an innovative top-tier intellectual property service provider company having offices in INDIA and ABROAD. Trayambak overseas comprises of a team of dedicated Patent Attorneys and Agents having specialized domain knowledge in the field of Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, solar, electronics, mechanical, telecommunications and software. Trayambak overseas has taken up projects in past in varied fields and provides end to end IP services from the stage of the conception of an invention to the grant of patent, procuring Trademark for the product , to even providing assistance in marketing

About The Capsule Course:

Trayambak Overseas Pvt Ltd in association with LawOF is providing Online Capsule Course on “Trademark Registration: Process & Practical Aspects’’ on 11th July, 2020.
Online Capsule Course aims at providing both theoretical as well as practical information about the Trademark Registration Process and the Practical Aspects. Recent changes introduced in the legislative framework of the Trademark law have made the registration process less cumbersome.
It is further beneficial to attain know-how of a transformed system. The course presents an excellent opportunity for participants to gain knowledge from people involved with the procedural aspects of trademark registration and engage in discussions with their co-participants.

About the Speaker:-ISHA SHARMA

Isha Sharma is Director of Trayambak overseas Pvt Ltd. She is Registered Patent Agent. She is a graduate of B. Tech in Biotechnology in 2006; M. Tech in Biotechnology; PG Diploma in Intellectual Property in 2012; LLB.

She is a Visiting Faculty at IIPTA, Jan 2016 to 2017. She also has certifications from Certified Patent Agent , SAS certification , Six sigma certification and Digital Marketing certification. Her work experience comes from Patentability, Knock out Patentability Search, Infringement search/ Clearance/ Freedom to operate Search, Filing patent applications in Indian Patent Office, Filing National phase patent applications in Indian Patent Office and many more.

This is How it is structured:

Online Capsule course will cover the following topics` :-
• Definition
• Types of Trademarks
• Trademark Classes
• Trademark Process
• Trademark Filing
• Trademark Objections
• Trademark Status Meaning
• Trademark Litigation

Deadline Registration:

Interested persons can register by filling the online registration form latest by 10th July, 2020:

Hurry Up! Limited Seats only 50 (first come first serve basis)

Registration Link – For Google Form Link, click here.

MEDIUM:

Zoom

DATE & SCHEDULE:

11th July, Session Timing: 05:00 P.M. – 07:00 P.M.

WHO CAN APPLY:

Consultants, Practitioners, Professionals, Academicians, Researchers and Students.

BENEFITS:

• Participants will get an e-certificate issued by Trayambak Overseas Pvt Ltd and LawOF after the completion of the course.
• This capsule course will surely enhance the participants’ knowledge regarding Trademark Laws.

FEE DETAILS

Students- Rs. 350/-, Others- Rs. 500/-

PAYMENT DETAILS

Payment can be made through RTGS/NEFT/ or by using various channels such as Paytm, Google pay, UPI etc.
The following are the bank details:

❖ Bank/Branch Name: HDFC Bank, Samalkha, Panipat
❖ Account Holder Name: Vishakha Shekhawat
❖ Account Number: 50100305683242
❖ IFSC Code: HDFC0001325

❖ Google Pay No-7073502448
❖ UPI ID- vishakhashekhawat25-2@oksbi.

FOR QUERIES/ CLARIFICATIONS CONTACT:

Ms. Vishakha Shekhawat – 7073502448
(LawOF Event Manager)

For Full details and Brochure, CLICK HERE.

Certificate Course on Human Rights

About:

This course has been designed by indianlegalsolution.com A Unit of Raghvendra Kumar and Associates LLP (AAO-0844), is a top legal website of the country. We’re recognized by StartupIndia, Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India, Government of India [DPIIT35711]

This course has been designed to give you an insight into the perspectives of Human Rights. This course will enhance your expertise over the subject and will be an important value in addition to your CV. This course is designed by people having expertise over the subject matter and every module is made in simple language.

On successful completion of 10th batches, we are happy to announce the 11th batch for Certificate Course on Human Rights.

Objective of the Course :

• To disseminate information about Human Rights and Duties.
• To sensitize the learner about Human Rights issues and develop a basic understanding of Human Rights and their enforcement.
• To create awareness about moral, ethical, social and democratic values.
• To acquaint the student with international, regional and national organization structure of human rights.
• To make the students aware of their fundamental rights and fundamental duties.
• This course helps in knowing ways and means to protect your Human Rights against unjustified actions by any Government Agency, Army, Police, Private Citizens/ Companies, or even Court Action.

Duration : 45 Days

Batch :

New batch from 30th of May, 2020.

170+ Happy Students

Contact :

Mr. Mrinal Raj: 8709359945

Payment Details :

Amount: र1500.

After Payment, send the screenshot or details for confirmation of payment to courseonhumanrights@gmail.com

Fill the Form

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Online Certificate Course on ADR

OBJECTIVE:

The online course on ADR aims to enable students to gain better understanding one of the upcoming areas of law and the procedure which is involved in invoking such mechanisms. It would cover the introduction to the basic concept, its history, understanding of the various aspects imperative to the law and procedure and legislations to be used for invoking these mechanisms. It would also make prospective students through various global developments and trends that are changing the landscape of this law globally as well as in India.

 

MODE

The course would be taught online

CONDUCTED BY: Deadly Law & Knowledge Steez

 

COURSE CONTENTS

Module 1: Introduction to ADR and its history

Module 2: ADR in Indian regime

Module 3: ADR in International Perspective

Module 4: Introduction to Statutes

Module 5: Conduct of Arbitral Proceeding

Module 6: Arbitration – Agreement, Award

 

Module 7: Other forms of ADR

Module 8: Drafting

 

Examination Scheme:

After the end of each module an assessment form would be given which would be optional but beneficial for your best learning outcome. Apart from that there would be 2 mandatory assignments and one final examination which would be mandatory for getting the certificate of completion.

Component of Evaluation	Assignment 1	Assignment 2	Final Examination
Weightage (%)	20	20	60

Registration Fee: Rs. 900/-

 

Mode of Registration:

Paytm & Google Pay: +91-7782044252

After payment of the registration fee,  Click Here   to fill the registration form.

 

Important Dates:

Last date of Registration: 15th June 2020

Course Commences on: 18th June 2020

Course Duration: 2 months

 

CONTACT:

MEGHA SHAWANI(PH. 9643415438) (Course Coordinator) 

Email: ksadrcourse@gmail.com

 

Online Course on Consumer Law

• Course by: Consumer Assisto

  About consumer assisto: ‘Consumer Assistio’ as the name suggest assisting the consumers in every possible approach. The ideology behind this project is to provide legal assistance to consumers and build content of all the legislations and case laws which shall be accessed by everyone. To create awareness midst general public.

  The project aims to help people and also provide pro-bono services. With the help of this project we will try to reach out general public who need legal assistance and create awareness and reduce exploitation of consumers.

  Course Structure

  1. Introduction to Consumer Protection Law and policies
  2. Legislative framework on Consumer Protection in India
  3. Consumer Law: Practice and Procedure
  4. Consumer Complaints & Appeal
  5. Landmark judgments
  6. Consumer Protection: Way forward

   

  Important Dates:

  Last date for Registration: 20th May 2020

  Commencement of course: 22nd May 2020

  Course duration: 1 month

   

  Registration Procedure 

  The following are the categories available for registration:-

  1. Online Learning Course:All the modules, study materials etc. will be available to all the participants for free of cost to enable them to learn about consumer law.
  2. Verified & Approved Certificate Course:This category is for all the participants who are willing receive an instructor signed and approved certificate. The registration fee for the same is Rs. 500. The participants are requested to pay the registration amount on Paytm Number: 8360870921.

  To register Click Here

• Contact Information: Mr. Harshavardhan Pujari (Ph. 9912159733)

  Website: consumerassisto.com
  Email Id: consumer.assisto@gmail.com

   

Online Certificate Course on Corporate Social Responsibility (Last Date of Registration: 15th April 2020)

Course duration :  One Month

Course starting date : 15 April 2020.

Course fee: 1000 INR

A properly implemented CSR concept can bring along a variety of competitive advantages, such as enhanced access to capital and markets, increased sales and profits, operational cost savings, improved productivity and quality, efficient human resource base, improved brand image and reputation, enhanced customer loyalty, better decision making and risk management processes.

This course will prove extremely helpful for Students & Professionals from Legal & Managerial Backgrounds. The purpose of this Certificate Course is to provide the learner an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice. The purpose of this Certificate Course is to provide students, Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments who are currently involved in CSR, or would like to get involved in CSR, an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice.

Objectives of Course:

• To discuss the role of corporate social responsibility as an essential feature of corporate policy.
• To underscore the vital role of CSR in India.
• To delve into the inter-relationship between the Government and corporate bodies in the particular context of education in India.
• To discuss in detail the Companies Act, 2013 which mandates corporate social responsibility for companies with a prescribed turnover or net profit as provided in the Act.

 Course Reviewers Details:

• Andreia Dobrescu, Assistant teacher Romanian-American University,School of Law
• Ali Khaled Ali Qtaishat, Assistant Professor, Legal Consultant , District Manager, World Mediation Center
• EnasQutieshat, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law Philadelphia University Amman, Jordan
• MetodiHadji-Janev, Assistant Professor, International Law Goce Delcev University, Republic of Macedonia

Course Structure

1. Understanding basics of Corporate Social Responsibility
2. Historical Evolution of the Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility
3. Corporate Social Responsibility In 20th Century
4. Push Factor to Engage In CSR Activities: Ethical Consideration, Employee Motivation, Risk Management or Risk Reduction, Reduction in Operating Cost Leading to Higher Productivity and Quality, Reduced Regulatory Oversight, Consumer Demand.
5. Core Focus Areas of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities : Health Care, Environment Protection, Labour Welfare, Anti-Corruption, Rural Empowerment, Women Empowerment, Education
6. International Policies and guidelines relating To Corporate Social Responsibility.
7. Indian Guidelines, Principles and Norms related to Corporate Social Responsibility.
8. Companies Act and Corporate Social Responsibility

Eligibility Criteria

The course aims to address the needs of professionals in private companies, Students (U.G and P.G), Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments.

Eligibility Criteria: Appearing Graduates/Graduates/ Post Graduates in any field/Corporates/NGO Professionals/ Government Employees

Selection procedure: Admissions open and will be on first come first serve basis 40 seats only .

All rights regarding change in dates, fees , number of seats , fee waiver , scholarship etc. lies with  knowledge steez eduhub LLP.

Mode of Payment:

Paytm: 7782044252(Kindly mention your name in the reason for payment column. 

Bank Account Details 

Account holder name: Knowledge steezEduHub LLP

Account number: 001463300001712

Type of Account: current account

Bank name: Yes Bank Ltd

Branch address: PLOT NUMBER 38 BLOCK H 1 A SECTOR 63, Noida

IFSC Code : YESB0000014

Registration Procedure:

Registration Fee: Rs. 1000/-

After making payment of the registration fee, kindly send the screenshot of the payment along with your details ( name, institute name, designation, phone number and email ID) to kscsrcourse@gmail.com

Last Date for Registration: 15th April 2020

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Free Online Certificate Course – International Humanitarian Law by Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK

Online Course – International Humanitarian Law by Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical

Registration for the new cohort opens until 30 November 2019. Upon registration, students are allowed to study the course until 31 December 2019 at their own pace. 

Course Overview

This law course will help to understand underlying principles governing armed conflicts, also known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL). It enables a careful evaluation of the various IHL rules intended to protect victims, such as civilians and prisoners of war, as well as wounded and sick during armed conflict. This course provides essential knowledge and skills for academics and practitioners who wish to specialise in this field. Course emphasise to professionals working in the humanitarian and medical field, including members of NGOs especially involved in armed conflict situations.

Course Features

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand philosophy and logic underlying IHL norms
• Develop knowledge and skills in the area on contemporary issues in IHL
• Enhance the competencies of professionals already working in the area of IHL
• Enhance the career prospects of professionals working in the area of IHL

Target Audience

This online course will be available to anyone in the world. The target audience is individuals studying, researching or/and working in law, health, policy, international relations, education and humanitarian sectors or postgraduate students of closely-related disciplines. The course requires a primary degree in any of the above or related subjects.

Tuition

As part of CCOUC’s knowledge transfer endeavour, this course is offered free of charge. There is limited quota for enrolment on a first-come-first-served basis.

Course Structure and Delivery Format

The course involves a total of 8 lessons, 2 short quizzes and one final assessment. Each lesson requires about 1.5 to 2 hours of study. All assessments are in the form of multiple-choice questions to be completed online with unlimited attempts. To progress through the course, students must obtain 80% or above in each short quiz. Students enrolled in the course may access all learning materials and go through all learning activities online within a maximum period of seven months. Topics covered in the course are as follows:

• Definition, history, and development of International Humanitarian Law
• Classification of conflicts and applicability of IHL
• Protection of wounded, sick and shipwrecked
• Protection of prisoners of war
• Protection of civilians
• Regulations: means and methods in warfare
• Humanitarian assistance and role of non-governmental organizations
• Repression of serious violations of IHL

Course Completion and Certification

Students who obtain 60% or above in the final assessment will be issued a printable certificate in recognition of completing the course.

Registration

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ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE: Certificate Course on Legal Research & Avoiding Plagiarism (Only 30 seats on first come first basis)

ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE: Certificate Course on Legal Research & Avoiding Plagiarism

Knowledge Steez takes immense pleasure to announce the launch of its much awaited certificate course on “Legal Research and Avoiding Plagiarism”. This certificate course is an extensive program that is aimed at honing research and analytical skills among students, researchers and other professionals. Research plays a vital role in a students’ life, whether it is about writing research papers or research for any other purpose. Students enrolling for this course will be able to critically engage with contemporary research in their own disciplines and develop a unique skill set to carry out research independently. The certificate course will focus not only on data collection and data analysis but also on the ethical part of the research. Towards the end of this course, you will be able to establish a methodical approach to conduct a legal research.

Benefits:

 

• Learn how to avoid plagiarism.
• Learn how to use Google to find law review articles, annual reports etc.
• Research skills give you an edge in obtaining Scholarships while applying for higher education abroad. The course will also help students how to write Statement of purpose and letter of recommendation for the Scholarship.
• Certificate of completion for all students attending the course.

• Guidance in getting your research papers published

 

 

COURSE CONTENT:

• Chapter 1: How to plan clearly for efficient research.
• Chapter 2: How to form title, hypothesis, literature review, research questions, research problem.
• Chapter 3: How to collect data; How to use online sources for writing a paper; Reliability; Verifiability of online materials.
• Chapter 4: Plagiarism, Types of Plagiarism, How to avoid plagiarism.
• Chapter 5: How to write a good academic article or paper, the structure of the paper writing, footnoting, etc.
• Chapter 6: How to use Google for legal research (saving time and finding authenticated material).

Duration:  2 Months

SEATS: 30

 

ELIGIBILITY:

• Undergraduate students

• Postgraduate students

• M Phil students

• PhD students

 

FEES:

• Registration Fee for Students : 1000 INR
• For research scholars and faculty : 1500 INR

 

Important Dates:

• Last date to register: 25, March 2018
• Course starts on: 30, March 2018

 

MODE OF PAYMENT

• Paytm: 7782044252
• Bank account details
• Account holder name: Knowledge steez EduHub LLP
• Account number: 001463300001712
• Type of Account: current account
• Bank name: Yes Bank Ltd
• Branch address: PLOT NUMBER 38 BLOCK H 1 A SECTOR 63 ,Noida
• IFSC Code : YESB0000014

 

POST PAYMENT:

After payment of registration fee, you are requested to mail us the transaction receipt. Mail id : legalresearchcourseks@gmail.com

For Official Notification : brochure

 

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CERTIFICATE COURSE: ELECTRICTY LAWS : ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE BY – DR. GOPAL ENERGY FOUNDATION (DGEF)

CERTIFICATE COURSE: ELECTRICTY LAWS : ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE BY – DR. GOPAL ENERGY FOUNDATION (DGEF)

Dr. Gopal Energy Foundation is a non-profit organization working in the field of inter alia Energy education founded on 15th April 2015 with its corporate office at New Delhi, India.

OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE:

The course is designed in such a manner to make you familiar with the Electricity laws with regard to Electricity Act, 2003.

This Certificate Course in Electricity laws is offered by Dr. Gopal Energy Foundation and is a highly recommended course for Law/Engineering/Management Students, Professionals (Lawyers/CA/CS) Managers/ Engineers who are working in Energy PSU’s and Private Energy Companies or anyone who wants to excel in Electricity laws.

WHO CAN PURSUE THIS COURSE:

FOR LAW STUDENTS:

• India’s first Online Certificate Course on Electricity Laws.
• Will improve employability in the power sector, which is one of the largest recruiter in the world.
• Will improve your CV and renders expertise domain knowledge.
• Electricity laws is rarely covered in law courses, therefore will provide an upper hand/added advantage to law students who are opting this course.

 FOR PROFESSIONALS:

• Will help in understanding the power sector and in turn providing quality professional services.
• Will improves your CV to get empaneled as advisers in power sector companies.

 FOR ENGINEERS / MANAGERS who are working in Energy PSU’s and Private Energy Companies:

• Will improve performance appraisal.
• Will help in assisting the organization in the regulatory / legal / secretarial compliance in terms of Electricity Act, 2003 and allied legislations.

COURSE DURATION: 3 Months.

COURSE FEES:

• Professionals (Lawyers/CA/CS), Managers working in Energy PSU’s and Private Energy Companies or anyone – INR 9000/-
• Student (I Card Mandatory) – INR 7000/-
• International Candidate – $290

To Register – Click Here.

Registration Form.

For Brochure & Payment Details – Click Here.

Website – Link.

 

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ONLINE COURSE: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at National Law University, Delhi.

ONLINE COURSE: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at National Law University, Delhi.

 National Law University Delhi as a Host Institute is offering online credit based courses under the MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) Programme .It is a programme initiated by the Government of India. These courses can be accessed by anyone, anywhere and at any time. All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers and are available, free of cost to the residents in India.

COURSES OFFERED:

NLU Delhi is offering following nine courses in the forthcoming academic session commencing July, 2018:

• Access to Justice
• Advanced Constitutional Law- I
• Corporate Law
• Criminal Justice Administration
• Environmental Law
• Information and Communication Technology
• Intellectual Property
• Research Methodology
• 9 Substantive Criminal Law

These courses would be available on SWAYAM Platform at swayam.gov.in.

To Know more about the programme – Click Here.

Brochure.

Website – Link.

 

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Certificate Course on CRIMINAL LAW, LITIGATION AND TRIAL ADVOCACY.

CERTIFICATE COURSE IN CRIMINAL LAW, LITIGATION AND TRIAL ADVOCACY

 

National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, a premier law university constantly ranked among top three in India, offers cutting edge online certificate course on CRIMINAL LAW, LITIGATION AND TRIAL ADVOCACY.

This certificate course provides practical knowledge and know-how to young lawyers and law students who intend to make a mark in criminal litigation. Duration of the course will be of months.

IMMEDIATE ACCESS ON WEB, ANDROID AND IOS ON ENROLMENT will be given.

Total Fees – INR 5000.

Perks of the course –

The certificate will awarded by NUJS on the completion of the course and  will have the course name as “Certificate Course in Criminal Litigation and Trial Advocacy”.

COURSE CONTENTS –

• MODULE #1 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND EMERGING AREAS IN CRIMINAL LITIGATION
• MODULE #2 WORKING OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
• MODULE #3 CONDUCTING TRIALS
• MODULE #4 EVIDENCE
• MODULE #5 CRIMINAL DRAFTING
• MODULE #6 CASE MANAGEMENT
• MODULE #7 BUILDING YOUR PRACTICE
• MODULE #8 FIR

For detailed information about the course – Click Here.

 

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Online Course on Research Writing

Tribune education foundation is registered partnership firm which aim to promote and provide self-designed education system. Till today’s date TEF has trained n number of students and helped them to become expert of their field. Redefining ourselves is the research department of TEF. This department aim to promote research idea and online education by conduction various projects. This time we are introducing course on various subjects. The subject of course this time is “research writing”. It made on process of ‘training’ work allotment, examining and providing future prospect.

Click Here for more information.

 

 

Free Online Course: University of Pennsylvania course on Understanding Classroom Interaction

The University of Pennsylvania is offering free online course on Understanding Classroom Interaction. This course is open for 3rd or 4th Year undergraduate students or graduate students who are student teaching, tutoring, or practicing teachers.

In this five-week course, students will learn about, critique, and practice methods for analyzing interaction in classrooms, developing tools to build more engaged, effective, and equitable classroom communication. This course will start on September 19, 2017.

Course At A Glance 

Length: 5 weeks
Effort: 2-3 hours pw
Subject: Education & Teacher Training
Institution: University of Pennsylvania and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $49
Session: Course Starts on September 19, 2017

Providers’ Details

The University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League institution with 12 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools in Philadelphia, serving a diverse community of more than 20,000 students from around the world.

About This Course

Have you ever wondered why some classroom discussions are lively and engaging and others more like painful interrogations? Why some students always have an answer ready, but others never participate? Why everybody (or nobody) laughs at a teacher’s jokes? What role multiple languages should play in classroom talk?

Why Take This Course?

Each lesson introduces fundamental concepts and techniques of classroom discourse analysis, developing an analytic toolkit and promoting critical reflection on pedagogical practices over five weeks.

Learning Outcomes

You’ll explore student engagement strategies including how to identify and analyze:

• Turn-taking patterns and their function
• Question types and their effects on classroom talk
• The role of intonation, gesture and other subtle cues on interaction
• Types and functions of classroom storytelling
• Types of class participation and their effects

Instructors

Betsy R. Rymes

Betsy is Professor of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. She received her Masters degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language (TESOL) from UCLA in 1994 and her PhD in Applied Linguistics from UCLA in 1997.

Requirements

3rd or 4th Year Undergraduate Students or Graduate Students who are student teaching, tutoring, or practicing teachers.

How To Join This Course

• Go to the course website link
• Create an edX account to SignUp
• Choose “Register Now” to get started.
• EdX offers honor code certificates of achievement, verified certificates of achievement, and XSeries certificates of achievement. Currently, verified certificates are only available in some courses.
• Once applicant sign up for a course and activate their account, click on the Log In button on the orghomepage and type in their email address and edX password. This will take them to the dashboard, with access to each of their active courses. (Before a course begins, it will be listed on their dashboard but will not yet have a “view course” option.)

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online course on Corporate Social Responsibility

A properly implemented Corporate Social responsibility concept can bring along a variety of competitive advantages, such as enhanced access to capital and markets, increased sales and profits, operational cost savings, improved productivity and quality, efficient human resource base, improved brand image and reputation, enhanced customer loyalty, better decision-making, and risk management processes.

This course will prove extremely helpful for Students & Professionals from Legal & Managerial backgrounds. The purpose of this certificate Course is to provide the learner with an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice. The purpose of this Certificate Course is to provide students, Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments who are currently involved or would like to get involved in Corporate Social Responsibility, an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice.

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IMPORTANT DATES

New Batch is Starting from June 20, 2017

Last Date to Register is June 21, 2017

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COURSE OBJECTIVES

To discuss the role of corporate social responsibility as an essential feature of corporate policy.

To underscore the vital role of CSR in India.

To delve into the inter-relationship between the Government and corporate bodies in the

particular context of education in India.

To discuss in detail the Companies Act, 2013 which mandates corporate social responsibility for companies with a prescribed turnover or net profit as provided in the Act.

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TEACHING METHODOLOGY

This e-Learning course provides participants with

(a) compulsory reading materials;

(b) additional reading materials;

(c) bibliography of references

(d) external links to internet resources;

(e) a quiz at the end of the course to test the understanding, and also for the purpose of final assessment

(f) online Group discussions on relevant topics, problems; are also a part of the course structure.

This course schedules an involvement of 40-hours over a period of 8- weeks and provides the participants with a number of articles which reflect their social and economic surroundings, particularly. Along with this, case studies and analysis upon those are offered too. By the end of this course, the aim is to generate better understanding among students on the issues relating to the need for CSR. They should also be competent enough to explain alternative definitions, their strengths and limitations.

There is a quiz at the end of the course which intends to help the learners self-assess their level of command. Learners who obtain a final score of 50% or more, will be awarded a certificate of completion.

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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The course aims to address the needs of professionals in private companies, Students (U.G and P.G), Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments.

Eligibility Criteria: Appearing Graduates/Graduates/ Post Graduates in any field/Corporate Employees/NGO Professionals/ Government Employees

Selection procedure: Admissions open and will be on first come first serve basis.

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COURSE INSTRUCTORS

1. Andreia Dobrescu, Assistant teacher Romanian-American University,  School of Law

2. Dr Ali Khaled Ali Qtaishat, Assistant Professor, Legal Consultant, District Manager, World Mediation Center

3. Dr EnasQutieshat, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law Philadelphia University Amman, Jordan

4. Dr MetodiHadji-Janev, Assistant Professor, International Law Goce Delcev University, Republic of Macedonia

5. Niteesh Kumar Upadhyay Founder http://www.knowledgesteez.com

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COURSE FEES: RS. 2800 ONLY 

COURSE DURATION: 1 MONTH

to register visit :  https://rostrumlegal.com/course/corporate-social-responsibility/

https://rostrumlegal.com/course/corporate-social-responsibility/

Online Course: General Course on Intellectual Property (DLP) by WIPO Academy

This course builds on the concepts presented in DL-001 – Intellectual Property Primer. It provides a more in-depth view of the fundamentals of IP law, and is considered as indispensable to pursue more advanced courses of study on specific areas of IP law.

Curriculum

The DL-101 course is comprised of the following modules and final exam:

• Guide to Studying the Course
• Module 1: Introduction to IP
• Module 2: Copyright
• Module 3: Related Rights
• Module 4: Trademarks
• Module 5: Geographical Indications
• Module 6: Industrial Design
• Module 7: Patents
• Module 8: WIPO Treaties
• Module 9: Unfair Competition
• Module 10: Protection of New Varieties of Plants
• Module 11: Summary and Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights
• Module 12: IP and Development – The WIPO Development Agenda
• Final Exam

Self-assessment tools are strategically placed throughout each module to assist participants with gauging their respective levels of knowledge and progress, as well as their ability to apply the concepts and facts presented within the course.

Academic support is provided throughout each module by experienced tutors who are expert practitioners in the field of IP.

Final Exam and Certificate

The final exam for this course is comprised of a series of multiple choice questions. A fixed amount of time is allocated for participants to complete and submit the exam on-line. Participants are contacted regarding modalities for accessing the final exam approximately one week prior to the deadline for completion of the DL-101 course.

Participants who pass the DL-101 final exam are awarded an electronic certificate of course completion.

Eligibility

This course is open to individuals who are/will be employed in the field of administration of intellectual property rights; those seeking general knowledge of IP; and those who generate various forms of IP and seek a deeper understanding of the effective management and protection of IPRs.

For more details, click here https://welc.wipo.int/acc/index.jsf?page=courseCatalog.xhtml&lang=en&cc=DL101E#plus_DL101E

English Free Online Course by British Council

British Council is offering free online course on English for the Workplace. This course is aimed at non-native English speakers who have studied English to at least pre-intermediate level (approximately A2 on the CEFR).

This course for learners of English helps you with the language you need to find a job and successfully function in the workplace. The course will start on March 13, 2017.

Course At Glance

Length: 4 weeks
Effort: 2 hours/week
Subject: English
Institution: British Council and Future learn
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Course starts on March 13, 2017

Providers’ Details

British Council and FutureLearn are providing this online course in the English language. The British Council’s high profile work in English, the Arts and Education & Society helps hundreds of millions of people worldwide to learn about and experience creativity and excellence from the UK. Millions of talented people of all ages – but particularly younger people – engage face-to-face and online learning English, developing new skills, experiencing life and study in the UK and earning UK qualifications.

FutureLearn offers a diverse selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world. These are delivered one step at a time, and are accessible on mobile, tablet and desktop, so you can fit learning around your life.

About This Course

This course is for people who are learning English and who are interested in developing English language skills for employability and workplace contexts. It will help job seekers and young professionals with the English they need.

Why Take This Course?

This is a free online course. This MOOC will be offered with Video Transcripts in English.  Applicants can get a verified certificate.

Learning Outcomes

Each week, we’ll focus on key aspects of English for the workplace. You’ll watch videos and listen to audio recordings of people searching and applying for jobs, preparing for interviews, taking interviews, starting their new job, and working with new colleagues. Our experienced tutor will examine some of the language used and will draw your attention to useful points that will help you improve your English in workplace contexts.

Requirements

This course for learners of English helps you with the language you need to find a job and successfully function in the workplace.

Instructors

Michael Houten

He is a Development Editor, Online Learning, for the British Council, where I have worked for over 20 years.

How To Join This Course

• Go to the course website link
• Sign Up At FutureLearn
• Select a course and Join
• Once a course has started, applicant will be able to access the course material
• After the start date, students will be able to access the course by following the Go To Course link on My Courses page.
• Applicants can buy, to show that they have completed a FutureLearn course.
• On some FutureLearn courses, learners will be able to pay to take an exam to qualify for a Statement of Attainment. (These are university-branded, printed certificates that provide proof of learning on the course topic(s)).

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Gujarat National Law University offers various online Diploma programmes

Diploma Programmes by Gujarat National Law University – www.gnluonline.ac.in

Gujarat National Law University launches its biannual registrations for its popular diploma programmes. This time around, the university has launched 4 diploma programmes in 1) Sports Law, 2)Intellectual Property, 3) Internet Law [Cyber Law] and 4) Entrepreneurship Management & Corporate Laws. Apart from the diploma programmes, GNLU has also launched two certificate programmes in: a) Contract Drafting and b) Legislative Drafting. The registrations have already begun for the next round of admissions. Courses will begin in the month of January with the first online lectures taking place in the month of February for all courses except Legislative Drafting. The classes for the Legislative Drafting course will begin in the month of January itself.

 

Gujarat National Law University offers the following programmes:

1. For Diploma programme in Intellectual Property – Law & Management, please click on

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/co urse/view_details.php?id=3

2. For Diploma programme in Internet Law  & Policy, please click on

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/co urse/view_details.php?id=2

3. For Diploma programme in Advanced Entrepreneurship Management and Corporate Laws, please click on

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/co urse/view_details.php?id=4#

4. For Diploma in Sports Laws, please click on

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/co urse/view_details.php?id=18

5. For Certificate Programme in Contract Drafting

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/co urse/view_details.php?id=17

6. For Certificate Programme in Legislative Drafting

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/co urse/view_details.php?id=16

How are we different from others? – People behind the programmes

The practical knowledge that you will be getting is far more than what you get in your day-to-day classroom teaching. All the three programmes that GNLU brings to you are unique and will stand out from the rest in terms of content, which is prepared by learned academicians and practicing lawyers who have work experience of more than 40 years.

JOIN NOW  – [LAST DATE TO REGISTER: 15th December 2016]

Payment of fee will confirm your place in the diploma programme.

The following documents have to be uploaded on the online registration form [By 1st January 2017] – [if you do not have any of these documents, please email us at iptb@gnlu.ac.in]

•      10th Class Pass certificate,
•      12th Class Marksheet,
•      Scanned Copy of your signature
•      Scanned ID Proof
•      Scanned Copy of your Passport Size photograph
•      Undergraduate certificate [if applicable]
•      Post graduate certificate [if applicable]

Advantages of our Diploma Programmes

•      Continuous live online lectures that are recorded for future access to all enrolled students
•      Hours of Pre recorded lectures available for access
•      Course developed by learned academicians and practicing lawyers
•      Study at your own pace
•      Audio Video Presentations along with Electronic material, which can be printed for references
•      Focus on real life case study examples
•      Continuous access to mentors and career counseling advice
•      One time One Day On campus physical mandatory interaction with GNLU faculty, skills trainers and practicing lawyers [This will take place next year either in the month of December 2017 or January, 2018]
•      Get a chance to meet and interact with the experts and network among lawyers
•      On campus boarding and lodging facility will be provided to all students
•      University Identity cards will be provided to all registered diploma students
•      Learn everything on the go – online
•      Practical oriented evaluation – 2 MCQ tests and a few short assignments
•      Animated presentations on important topics
•      Response time to queries – Less than 12 hours

This programme is for value addition and skill set enhancement for:

•       Law students
•       Management students and managers
•       Lawyers
•       Computer Engineers
•       Entrepreneurs
•       Fashion Designers
•       Advertising Professionals
•       Architects

Testimonials from our students

Rahul Madhwani – a student of IP Law and Management

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=OBDkK1ZQcSI

Bhupendra Rajput – a student of Advanced Entrepreneurship Management & Corporate Laws

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=dwNo_oW_8y0

Radhika Thakkar – a student of Advanced Entrepreneurship Management & Corporate Laws

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=hZ3cHvpR4tA

FEES

•      INR 17750/- for Indian students [For all the four Diploma Programmes]
•      INR 8550 for the Certificate Programme in Contract Drafting
•      INR 20250 for Students – Certificate Programme in Legislative Drafting and INR 23700 for Professionals and        Government Servants

      If you have any questions, please do get in touch at iptb@gnlu.ac.in or call us at +919990775833

Free Online Course on Introduction to International Criminal Law

About this course:

From the Nuremberg trial to the case against Saddam Hussein, from the prosecution of Al-Qaeda terrorists to the trial of Somali pirates – no area of law is as important to world peace and security as international criminal law. Taught by one of the world’s leading experts in the field, this course will educate students about the fundamentals of international criminal law and policy. We will explore the contours of international crimes such as genocide, war crimes, terrorism, and piracy. We will examine unique modes of international criminal liability and specialized defenses. And we will delve into the challenges of obtaining custody of the accused and maintaining control of the courtroom.

Course Format

This course is made up of eight content units. Each unit is based on an online reading assignment, a video lecture of about one hour in length, and one or more role play exercises to stimulate on-line discussion. The course also offers in-video enrichment quizzes (ungraded) for each unit, a ten question multiple choice midterm diagnostics exam (ungraded), and a ten question True/False Final Exam.

Created by:   Case Western Reserve University

For more details: https://www.coursera.org/learn/international-criminal-law

Free Online Course on International Law in Action: A Guide to the International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague

About this course: International Law in Action explains the functions of each international court and tribunal present in The Hague, and it looks at how these institutions address contemporary problems. On the basis of selected cases, and through interviews with judges and lawyers, you will explore the role of these courts and tribunals and their potential to contribute to global justice.

The first module of the course will investigate how judicial settlement is different from other more political forms of dispute settlement, such as negotiation and mediation. It offers a brief historical overview and introduces the judicial and arbitral bodies based in The Hague. In the remaining modules you will learn about the functions of these courts and tribunals, and some of the challenges and prospects that they face. Three cross-cutting themes tie together all of these modules: (i) The interaction between law and politics; (ii) The continuing role of State consent; and (iii) The ability of international courts and tribunals to protect the public interest and global values.

This course offers you an opportunity to gain a better insight into the functions and features of the courts and tribunals present in The Hague. You will gain a familiarity with each court or tribunal. You will develop realistic expectations of their capacity to address contemporary problems and an awareness of their limitations. You will also be able to discuss some of their most prominent cases.

If you would like to have a better understanding of international law in action in The Hague, this is definitely the course for you!

This course is free to join and to participate in. There is the possibility to get a verified certificate for the course, which is a paid option. If you want a certificate, but are unable to pay for it, you can request financial aid via Coursera.

Who is this class for: This course is free, and will remain free for participants. You can purchase a certificate.

Created by:   Universiteit Leiden

For more details: https://www.coursera.org/learn/international-law-in-action

Free Online Course on International Law In Action: Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes

About this course: ‘Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes’ is the second course in Leiden University’s new series on International Law in Action. The first course covered international courts and tribunals in The Hague in general. This second course provides an insider perspective into the work of international criminal courts and tribunals. You will learn about the investigation and prosecution of international crimes in The Hague.

Atrocities produce unspeakable forms of violence. We will explore whether and how international criminal justice contribute to what UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon called the ‘age of accountability’. The theory is, those who commit the worst of human crimes, are held accountable, whether they are rank-and-file foot soldiers or military commanders, whether they are lowly civil servants following orders or top political leaders. We will test how this can be done and if this is realistic.

During this course, you will be offered a look into the ‘kitchen’ of the Hague international criminal courts and tribunals. You will learn how international criminal justice functions, who the actors are, what outcomes it produces, and how it can be improved.

If you want to gain a better understanding of international criminal cases, like the Lubanga case, the ICC’s first ever trial, and the legal legacy of UN international criminal tribunals, then this course is definitely for you!

This course is free to join and to participate in. There is the possibility to get a verified certificate for the course, which is a paid option. If you want a certificate, but are unable to pay for it, you can request financial aid via Coursera.

Who is this class for: This course is free, and will remain free for participants. You can purchase a certificate.

Created by:   Universiteit Leiden

For more details: https://www.coursera.org/learn/international-law-in-action-2

Online Course on European Business Law: Understanding the Fundamentals

About this course: The European Union is one of the world’s largest and most important economies. This five week course is the first in a series of three that will provide students with an insight into European Business Law. The series ranges from considering the basic structures and principles of the European Union to focusing on various specialized areas of law. Each course will give the students an understanding of the laws and policies that regulate the internal market of European Union, as well as relevant case law and useful inputs from leading practitioners in the field.

At the end of this course series, you will have a basic understanding of how to:

• Navigate EU legal sources

• Understand relevant laws and regulations governing the internal European Union market • Apply the fundamental principles of EU law within the EU legal framework

• Utilize the rules of freedom of movement and their impacts on trade in the EU

• Relate EU law with national laws

• Understand EU policies and their influence on foreign trade and investment

About the Series

In the first course, Understanding the Fundamentals, we will examine the core structures and principles of the European Union as well as the main sources of law. In the second course, Doing business in Europe, we will focus on the main laws that regulate various aspects of establishing and running a business within the European Union. In the final course, Competing in Europe, we will go into more depth about how to compete on the internal market and protect your brand, product or invention.

To keep up to speed on the course series, visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/eblmooc/

 

Who is this class for: This course is useful to persons both inside and outside the European Union, whether they are students, professionals, or simply interested in the European Union and European Business Law. Prior knowledge of law and the European Union is an advantage, but not a prerequisite. We have added an introduction module in the first course providing students with an overview of the history, institutions and legal method of the European Union.

For more details: https://www.coursera.org/learn/european-law-fundamentals

10 Entirely FREE Human Rights Courses

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Comparing Theory and Practice Click on the hyperlink 
This course is free and is taught by Universiteit Leiden, in the Netherlands. It investigates terrorism as being one of the defining factors of our age, but delves into the ideas of peace, security and stability. What do these mean? What is the nature of the threat? The course will be taught in three parts. The first part will focus on the essence of terrorism, the second part will provide an overview of the state of the art in terrorism studies. It will talk about how it has grown exponentially since 9/11 and what academia thinks of it and what people are doing about it. Finally, part three will look into the implications and possibilities for policy making. The course will include 30 hours of videos, quizzes and projects, has available subtitles in English, Spanish, Serbian and French. The course will commence May 2 and will go through July 3.

Human Rights: The Right to Freedom of Expression Click on the hyperlink 
Amnesty International partnered with edX, one of the largest MOOC plattforms, to provide a course that will expand knowledge of Freedom of Expression as a human right, increase the ability to critically analyze information related to Freedom of Expression, and sharpen skills and confidence to take action to defend Freedom of Expression. This course is an introductory level course and recommends that students spend three to five hours a week on reading materials, watching videos and completing assignments. The course is accompanied by a discussion forum where students can put forward their questions and receive feedback. Amnesty International provides great material and case studies from China to the United States. Completing this course can be a great asset for students who are interested in working in the human rights field.

Workers’ Rights in a Global Economy Click on the hyperlink 
This iversity course started on 3 March 2016 is dealing with Worker’s Rights and their interelatedness to poverty reduction, equality and human rights. After finishing the course participants will have a solid understanding of the history of Worker’s Rights, the institutional framework guiding the International Labour Organization and about the nature of the right to Freedom of Association. The course is structured in 7 chapters with a multiple choice exam at the end. It features renowned facilitators and contributors from the ILO, OCED and various global universities including Berlin School of Economics and Law, Penn State University (USA) and the Global Labour University (Germany). Like all courses presented in this list auditing this online course is entirely for free, while a paid certification is available for 49 Euros.

Global Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Click on the hyperlink 
This is another free course, taught by Lund University, which focuses on questions related to sexuality and reproduction and their interrelatedness to human rights.  The course will tackle the main themes relating to SRHR and global policies currently in place. It will also discuss STIs, HIV/AIDS, violence and coercion in sexual and reproductive contexts, as well as human rights and sexual identity. Completion of this course will result in a certificate and the course is taught in English. It will begin April 27 and end June 14.

International Women’s Health & Human Rights Click on the hyperlink 
Altough this course already started on 21 January it is not too late to join in and participate. The free online course provides students with fundamental knowledge about women’s health and human rights, elaborates on sexual and reproductive rights while taking economic, social, political factors into consideration. One of the goals of the course is to create a global community of engaged students interested in Women’s Health and its interrelatednes to human rights.

International Human Rights Click on the hyperlink 
This course about international human rights is brought to you by the Université Catholique de Louvain, but is taught in English. It will discuss the constant dialogue in international and domestic courts about human rights, as well as the cultural and legal boundaries within this frame. Focusing mainly on the law aspect of international human rights, you will learn how to follow the development on human rights and will be able to take part in the discussion. This course will commence June 15 and is self-paced.

Introduction to Human Rights Click on the hyperlink 

This free open online course is available on udemy and facilitated by lawyer and human rights professor José Zalaquett. The course provides students with a brief introduction about international human rights and highlights a few more specific issues such as the rights of the child, women’s rights, Migration and Human Rights, Environment and Human Rights etc. The course contains of 33 lectures and 6 hours of videos. The course is entirely held in English and is also available on IOS and Android.

International Law in Action: A Guide to the International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague Click on the hyperlink 
This course hosted by Coursera and facilitated by the University of Leiden started on 14 March 2016. It offers students the opportunity to acquire a better understanding of the functions and features of the courts and tribunals present in The Hague. Students will gain insights about the mandate and functionality of the International Criminal Court (ICJ) and its potential to contribute to global justice. The course, which focuses primarily on aspects of International Law, has a full duration of 5 weeks with one final exam at the end for those who want to obtain a paid certificate.

Essentials of Nonprofit Strategy Click on the hyperlink 
While this course is not a human rights course per se it can empower future leaders to achieve successes with their projects and ideas. The course, which starts on 15 March claims to, help students to “develop successful strategies to achieve” organizational goals “and make strides towards meaningful impact.” The course is facilitated by Paul Brest (Stanford Law School), who is the former President of Hewlett Foundation. To receive a Statement of Accomplishment, you will need to complete 4 out of the 6 weekly assignments.

Storytelling for Change    Click on the hyperlink 
Another course that can be highly useful to human rights defenders is “Storytelling for Change” hosted by +Acumen and starting on June 21. The participants of this course will learn “how to tell stories and use a specific set of storytelling skills” so that they “connect with the hearts and minds” of their audience. The course requires a committment of 3-4 hours per week and finished on 17 August 2016.

 information courtesy: http://www.humanrightscareers.com/10-entirely-free-human-rights-courses-2/

Harvard University free online course on Islam Through Its Scriptures

About this course

How can you improve your understanding of Islam and its most important holy text, the Quran? How can you make sense of a tradition and a text that have been interpreted in different ways across vast geographical spaces for nearly a millennium and a half?

Using a multimedia and student-centered approach, this religion course provides tools and perspectives for understanding the role of the Quran in the Islamic tradition. Learners will develop the skills and context to read the text themselves, while also being introduced to some of the issues classical and contemporary interpreters have addressed. This approach enables learners to explore the influence of the Quran on diverse Muslim understandings of Islam.

No previous knowledge of Islam or Religious Studies is required.

This course is part of the World Religions Through Their Scriptures XSeries Program.

What you’ll learn

• An introduction to the place of the Quran in Muslim cultures
• Major themes of the Quran
• The historical and cultural contexts of the Quran
• Interpretive skills that enable a more nuanced reading of the Quran
• Diverse approaches Muslims have adopted to engaging with Quranic texts, including issues in contemporary interpretation

for more visit : https://www.edx.org/course/islam-through-its-scriptures-harvardx-hds-3221-4x#!

Certificate course in entrepreneurship

Title: Certificate course in entrepreneurship  

Location: Itarsi M.P.  

Duration: 14^th -20^th March 2016 

 

Cost :  3150 I.N.R. as fees + 1800 I.N.R. for food and accommodation  

Details: Entrepreneur is an individual and entrepreneurship is the process which entrepreneurs follow to realize their plans. Entrepreneurs are not super-humans; they learn the needed skills to start and manage ventures. Rather entrepreneurs not only innovate but also need to learn skills such as project planning and implementation, and enterprise management. 

The seven days residential program of certificate in entrepreneurship coupled with mentoring for two months in distance mode is aimed towards honing the skills to build, start, scale and expand a successful enterprise. It has teaching components of business planning, management, designing an enterprise, financial management. The faculty includes many successful social and business entrepreneurs. 

The add on include site visit to enterprises , lunch and Dinner with entrepreneurs, daily talks by entrepreneurs, activity and fun based learning, opportunity to be funded by Banks or venture capitalist  after business plan pitch, two months of mentoring/incubation support afterwards, networking with government/pvt bank, NGOs, venture capitalist, daily communication skill classes 

Qualification/Skills etc: This programme is targeted to any self motivated individual who want to expand, start and develop an enterprise.

How to Apply: Log on to http://www.bharatcalling.in/certificate_course.html  or mail at registerforcertificate@gmail.com  for details.

Knowledge Steez Free Online Course on Corporate Social Responsibility

About the Course:  Knowledge Steez is offering a certificate course on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The purpose of this Certificate Course is to provide students, Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments ,  an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice.   CSR certificate course is a first of its kind; it blends both legal and management dimensions of CSR.

Eligibility Criteria: Appearing Graduates/Graduates/ Post Graduates in any field/Corporates/NGO Professionals/ Government Employees

Selection procedure: Admissions open and will be on first come first serve basis. (30 Seats Only)

COURSE FEES : Free Course

Certificate : Free Online Certificate

Hardcopy Certificate : 500 INR only
REGISTRATION PROCESS:Step 1: Interested applicants are required to visit the page  https://www.facebook.com/theknowledgesteez/Step 2:   Please Message  your Name, Address, E-mail ID and Contact Number to the facebook page of knowledge steez

https://www.facebook.com/theknowledgesteez/

 After receiving the  message on our Facebook page our team will confirm the registration and provide you with a registration receipt and enrollment number.

Important Dates

Last Date for Enrollment : 10th  December  2015.·         Study Material dispatch soft copy: 20 th December.

·         Course Starts at: 22nd December 2015.

·         Exam Date: 1st week of February 2015.

·         Result Declaration 3 week of February 2015.

Free Course on Introduction to Legal Drafting

Drafting in its general connotation means, putting one’s own ideas in writing. Drafting of any matter is an art. ‘Legal drafting’ refers to the production of any type of legal document. Drafting of legal matters requires greater skills and efficiency.

Assessment

This course contains 5 Units and can be completed within 30 days of registration. You will have to read all the modules to complete this course.

for more details visit : http://rostrumlegal.com/course/introduction-to-legal-drafting/

 

Diploma programme @GNLU

Ever thought of learning about Intellectual Property and Management or Internet Law or Corporate Laws from a National Law School? Gujarat National Law University, a leading National Law University in India presents India’s first ever-online diploma programmes in collaboration with Technology partner – Enhelion a leading online education company in India. 

Gujarat National Law University offers the following programmes:

1. For Diploma programme in Intellectual Property – Law & Management, please click on

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/course/view_details.php?id=3

2. For Diploma programme in Internet Law  & Policy, please click on

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/course/view_details.php?id=2

3. For Diploma programme in Advanced Entrepreneurship Management and Corporate Laws, please click on

http://www.gnluonline.ac.in/course/view_details.php?id=4#

How are we different from others? – People behind the programmes

The practical knowledge that you will be getting is far more than what you get in your day-to-day classroom teaching. All the three programmes that GNLU brings to you are unique and will stand out from the rest in terms of content, which is prepared by practicing lawyers who have work experience of more than 40 years.

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The following documents have to be uploaded. They are mandatory

• 10th Class Pass certificate,
• 12th Class Marksheet,
• Scanned Copy of your signature – [MANDATORY DOCUMENT]
• Scanned ID Proof  – [MANDATORY DOCUMENT]
• Scanned Copy of your Passport Size photograph – [MANDATORY]
• Undergraduate certificate [if applicable] [OPTIONAL]
• Post graduate certificate [if applicable] [OPTIONAL]

Advantages of our Diploma Programmes

• Practical Law and Management Skills taught by experts in the field
• Diploma awarded by Gujarat National Law University, a leading national law school in India
• Live personalized online live classes that will also be recorded
• On demand learning
• Mentor monitored programmes
• Lectures conducted using simple english to communicate with the students
• Short concept flash videos and animations
• Writing Skill enhancements
• 24/7 Support, our response time to queries is 12 hours
• Flexible
• Learn anytime, anywhere from any device

This programme is for value addition and skill set enhancement for:

• Law students
• Management students and managers
• Lawyers
• Computer Engineers
• Entrepreneurs
• Fashion Designers
• Advertising Professionals
• Architects

Testimonials from our students [LINK SINGLE]

Rahul Cherian – a student of IP Law and Management

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBDkK1ZQcSI

Bhupendra Rajput – a student of Advanced Entrepreneurship Management & Corporate Laws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwNo_oW_8y0

Radhika Thakkar – a student of Advanced Entrepreneurship Management & Corporate Laws

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ3cHvpR4tA

FEES

• INR 15000/- for Indian students
• US$ 400 for foreign students

 If you have any questions, please do get in touch at iptb@gnlu.ac.in or call us at +919990775833

Free Online Course: Human Rights: Global & Local Protection

Course Summary

Human rights are a complex issue. Their protection and promotion involve a number of actors: from international organisations to local communities, from governments to civil society. Human rights affect all aspects of our life, as individuals (as women, men, children, refugees, workers…) and as members of a community. This MOOC provides students with critical knowledge concerning the norms, institutions and procedures tasked to promote and protect human rights. Students will acquire the knowledge needed to actively join the global debate on fundamental rights and to avail themselves of the existing legal and institutional tools set up for their implementation. The MOOC introduces to the human rights legal framework in a multi-disciplinary and multi-level perspective, helping students to approach real-life scenarios with competence and cultural and ethical awareness.

What do I learn?

Students are expected to acquire a sound knowledge of the international system of human rights protection, and of the opportunities for human rights promotion and protection that are practically available at the national and local levels. The skills acquired can be preparatory for further specialisation on this subject. Finally, students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and skills to real scenarios, including in relation to their everyday life.

What do I need to know?

The MOOC is mainly addressed to people from all over the world who have a background in political science, international relations and/or international law. The course, however, includes a general introductory chapter explaining the main issues, concepts and scenarios at stake. For this reason the MOOC is also open to people actively engaged on the ground that do not have a specific academic or educational background.

Course Structure

Chapter 1 – The basics The Chapter aims to introduce the course and starts addressing (and providing some preliminary answers) some basic questions: What are human rights? Who is involved in their protection? Why are human rights a global priority? How can effectively be protected? Chapter 2 – The UN and human rights The focus is on the evolution of the UN commitment in human rights protection based on three pillars: positivisation, monitoring and mainstreaming. Chapter 3 – The UN human rights machinery The analysis deals with the UN mechanisms for the protection of human rights at the global level. Special attention will be given to the role of the Human Rights Council and the Universal Periodic Review. Chapter 4 – The European system for the promotion and protection of human rights The Chapter starts looking into the promotion and protection of human rights at regional (continental or sub-continental) levels. In particular, the European system will be presented highlighting the respective roles of the European Union, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE and their capacity to interplay and possibly complement each other. Chapter 5 – Regional systems for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa, Asia and the Americas The other regional systems investigated in this chapter are those operating in the framework of regional organisations in the Americas (the Organisation of American States), in Africa (the African Union), in the Arab world (the League of Arab States), as well as in South-East Asia (the ASEAN). Chapter 6 – Human rights in conflict and post-conflict contexts The focus shifts to the national level, in particular to situations of armed conflict and to post-conflict scenarios. Issues related to the standards and procedures of International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law are also tackled. Chapter 7 – Human rights promotion and protection at the National and sub-national level This Chapter addresses a number of issues related to the role of National Human Rights Institutions and other actors involved in human rights policies nationwide and at the local/community levels, such as local governments and municipalities. Chapter 8 – The driving forces of human rights promotion: the role of civil society The Chapter focuses on civil society organisations and networks. The analysis looks into the multifaceted strategies carried out by non-state actors, especially in relation to the international instances of human rights protection. Chapter 9 – Conclusions: perspectives on global human rights A summary and discussion of the multi-level dimensions of human rights protection dealt with in the previous chapters. This final segment provides some closing critical reflections on the questions set forth in Chapter 1. Mid –term homework At the end of chapter 4, the instructions for homework will be released: homework must be submitted by the end of chapter 6 (2 weeks). Homework consists of writing a communication or a petition addressed to one of the monitoring bodies studied in the first four chapters. The aim is to familiarise students with the tools of human rights protection mechanisms. The texts will be evaluated using a peer review methodology. Final homework At the end of chapter 8, the instructions for homework will be released: homework must be submitted in 2 weeks. Students will be asked to write, using a simplified form, a project addressing a human rights related issue that is challenging their town, territory, home country and likely to be taken up by governmental or non-governmental agencies. Within each chapter, the MOOC offers tailored case-studies, interviews with field experts, officers and academics.

Workload

Approximately 4 hours per week for watching video lectures, taking quizzes, completing homework and reading the material provided. UNIPD Founded in 1222, the University of Padova is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious seats of learning: it is a multidisciplinary university, which aims to provide its students with both professional training and a solid cultural background. A qualification from the University of Padova is a symbol of having achieved an ambitious objective, one that is recognised and coveted by both students and employers alike. If you want to know more about the University of Padova, visit its website. HRC The Human Rights Centre of the University of Padova is the first established (in 1982) specialised structure dedicated to human rights in the framework of an Italian University, and one of the oldest in Europe. The Centre hosts the UNESCO Chair in Human rights, democracy and peace – its chair-holder being prof. Antonio Papisca – and the European Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Intercultural dialogue, human rights and multi-level governance. It edits the Italian Yearbook of Human Rights and manages the Archive Peace Human Rights, a web portal on human rights funded by the Region of Veneto. The Centre supports the master’s degree in Human Rights and Multi-Level Governance at the University of Padova, and the postgraduate courses of the EU-backed EIUC (the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation in Venice). Link: https://iversity.org/en/courses/human-rights-global-local-protection

FREE Online Course: Spanish for Beginners

Course Summary

The course of Spanish contains 23 video sequences distributed in 5 units. The sequences show real communicative situations in different contexts always with the same outline:

INTRODUCTORY STAGE. IN CONTEXT. Video Sequence* (with script). Every video sequence is the real language sample which introduces contextually the necessary linguistic and functional resources required by the students to acquire the basic communicative competence: to give personal information, to ask for directions, to greet others, to describe, etc.

OBSERVATION STAGE. LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION. From the language sample (video sequence) the different structures and resources already shown in the video will be observed (always with a practical aim).

EXERCISE AND COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT STAGE. In order to practice the different communicative situations already viewed, the student will find a wide range of activities to help develop the linguistic skills required in order to speak the language effectively.

TESTING STAGE. The students have self-check controls available in order to evaluate their learning process.

Learning Objectives

• To turn the learning of Spanish into a ludic and playful experience.
• To solve, in a practical way, different actual situations of everyday life in order to help the student acquire a basic but fluent communicative competence.

What do I need to know?

No prior knowledge is required.

Course Content

Communicative Competence

• Names and Greetings
• Origins and Nationality
• Describe family and friends
• Ask how someone is doing
• Talk about hobbies and interests
• Ask for directions
• Public transport
• Talk about food and drink
• Asking the time/quantities
• Restaurant phrases
• Talk about the weather
• Make judgements
• And much more…

Linguistic Competence

• Vocabulary: Names, Locations, Adjectives, Activities
• Phonetics, Pronunciation and Sound
• Grammar: Tenses, Nouns, Pronouns, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Sentence Construction, Prepositions, Comparatives and Superlatives
• Interrogative Elements: Why? Where? Why? How? How many?
• And much more…

Link: https://iversity.org/en/courses/spanish-for-beginners

free Online Course: From International Relations to Global Politics

Course Summary

The course examines the major theories of International Relations, the key sub-fields of international politics, and the current practices of global politics.

In the first part, the theories of realism, liberalism, marxism, and constructivism are studied. In the second part, the key concepts in foreign policy analysis, internetional political economy, and security studies are presented.

In the final part, the course disentagles the context of globalization, the institutional framework of global governance, and the current reality of global politics with its risks and opportunities.

The classes will be integrated with internet hang-outs centered on current events, as well as different kinds of exercises and tests.

What will I learn?

By the end of the course, the student will be able to understand critically international affairs, to analyse major international events, to interpret the position of key international players, and in the ultimate analsysis to play actively the global political game.

What do I need to know?

Basic knowledge of international history and current affairs.

Course Structure

Chapter 1 How to study International Relations (on key methodologies to study international affairs)

• Structure of the course: To dos
• How to explain international phenomena?
• The Westphalian World
• The origin of the discipline: idealism

Chapter 2 Realism (on the principal paradigm of IR theory)

• Anthropology and history
• Four assumptions
• State and Power
• Strategies
• Order
• Institutions and negotiations
• Geopolitics
• Justice
• Conclusions

Chapter 3 Liberalism (on the second major paradigm of IR)

• Introduction to liberalism
• Assumptions
• Democratic Peace Theory
• Interdependence and neo-liberal institutionalism
• International organizations and International regimes
• Global governance
• Integration
• Conclusions

Chapter 4 Marxism and Constructivism (on two important alternative theories)

• Marxism: Class Struggle
• Four Assumptions
• Teoria de la dependencia
• World System theory
• Neo-Gramscian Approaches
• Constructivism: The power of imagination
• Ideas, identities, interests

Chapter 5: Foreign Policy Analysis (on the first sub-field of IR)

• Instruments and determinants of foreign policy
• Models of foreign policy decision-making

Chapter 6: International Political Economy (on the second sub-field of IR)

• Inequality
• The three schools of IPE
• From the embedded liberalism to globalization

Chapter 7: Security studies (on the third sub-field of IR)

• The notion of security
• Security and strategy
• The development of war
• Models of peacebuilding

Chapter 8: Globalization and the context of global politics (on the context of today’s politics)

• What is globalization?
• The future of globalization
• Conceptual maps of international affairs
• Future scenarios

Chapter 9 Global Politics (on today’s politics)

• The rule of global governance
• Global politics
• Transnational civil society: nature and functions
• Public institutions-civil society interaction
• The Boomerang Effect rivisited

Workload

Approximately 4 hours per week for watching video lectures, taking quizzes and completing homework assignments.

Link: https://iversity.org/en/courses/from-international-relations-to-global-politics

Free Online Courses: Workers’ Rights in a Global Economy

Course Summary

Rights and dignity at the workplace are fundamental human rights. However, workers’ rights continue to be violated every day – millions of people worldwide are facing exploitative working hours, poverty wages, humiliation and mistreatment at work. There are estimates that today’s world has a higher number of slaves than any other time in history.
This MOOC discusses what Global Workers’ Rights are and which instruments and strategies can be used to implement them. Based on a careful mix of video lectures, readings, online resources and interviews with activists and labour scholars from around the world, you will gain both knowledge and practical skills for furthering workers’ rights worldwide.

What will I learn

At the end of the course you will understand the history and concept of global workers’ rights and the institutional structure of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as the key player in setting International Labour Standards. You will be able to join the economic debate about labour standards and competitiveness, and understand the concepts behind the fundamental rights of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining. You will understand the different approaches for realizing decent work in the informal economy and gain an overview of instruments and initiatives beyond the ILO. The course also allows you to apply this knowledge to a practical case from your country and gain skills and competencies for using the existing instruments and mechanisms for protecting workers’ rights.

What do I need to know?

The course requires a working level of English and draws on the fields of political science and law at the level of a Masters programme. However, theoretical concepts are explained in an accessible and well-illustrated way, so it is also possible to participate in the course based on skills and knowledge acquired outside formal education.

Course Structure

Chapter 1: The concept of Global Workers’ Rights

This chapter introduces the concept of Global Workers’ Rights and explains the history and functioning of the International Labour Organization (ILO) as the organization setting International Labour Standards (ILS). The prospects and challenges of the ILO approach to Global Workers’ Rights are debated, and you will learn about the mainstream economic arguments against ILS and how to assess them critically.

Chapter 2: Introduction to International Labour Standards (ILS)

Which types of International Labour Standards exist and how are they set? Which actors are involved and how are they interlinked? This chapter provides an overview on International Labour Standards and lays the foundation for understanding the standard setting mechanisms at the ILO. The role of trade unions in this process is illustrated through a concrete example of a recent and ground-breaking Convention for one of the most vulnerable groups of workers.

Chapter 3: Supervision of International Labour Standards (ILS)

This chapter aims at enabling you to understand and use the ILO supervisory mechanisms for the protection of workers’ rights. The elaborate process is illustrated in a concise and hands-on way. At the end of the chapter, the mid-term assignment invites you to apply your newly acquired knowledge to a practical case from your country. The assignment is due at the end of chapter 4, followed by a peer-review. The peer-review method will allow you to deepen your knowledge on other countries and to learn from each other.

Chapter 4: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining are ‘enabling rights’ at the heart of decent work. But what is the legal concept of Freedom of Association under Convention 87 and what makes it fundamental to the implementation of International Labour Standards? This chapter will also provide you with an overview on the current debate on the right to strike.

Chapter 5: Access to rights for workers in informal and precarious employment
This chapter focuses on the challenge of realizing rights for workers in informal and precarious employment. We will explore the specific dynamics in the informal economy and innovative approaches for increasing workers’ protection in this challenging field.

Chapter 6: Instruments and initiatives beyond the ILO
What are instruments and initiatives beyond the ILO in the struggle for workers’ rights? What is the role of Corporate Social Responsibility and what can we learn from Global Framework Agreements? How can the OECD Guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights be used; and what about social clauses in trade agreements? This concluding chapter provides both practical skills and space for discussion on the governance of workers’ rights in a global economy.

Final exam: Multiple-choice-test
Students choosing the certificate track will have one week study time before taking a multiple choice test on the course content.

Among those completing the certificate track, we will cast a lot to select three students who will be invited to participate in the 10th Global Labour University Conference “Sharing the Gains – Containing Corporate Power”, 30 September to 2 October 2015, Washington, D.C. You will find more information on the conference on: http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/download/CfP_GLU_Conference_2015.pdf

Link: https://iversity.org/en/courses/workers-rights-in-a-global-economy

Free course on Property and Liability : An Introduction to Law and Economics

About this Course
Think about the oldest and most familiar principles of American law, property and proportional liability, in a new and surprising way, and learn to apply economic reasoning to an especially important and interesting aspect of life.

Subtitles available in English

1. Property
Property is where law and economics meet, but it’s not a simple concept. Property is not an object or a relation between people and objects, but a set of rights, relations among people over who is to control each of the many uses to which objects can be put. Different people may control different uses of an object, that is, have different property rights over its various uses, at the same time, or control the same use of the object at different times. When new uses create disputes, the law must define new property rights and allocate them initially to resolve the dispute – someone must be deemed to have won the dispute and be given initial ownership of the new rights. But once the former disputants are allowed to trade these rights among themselves, surprising results follow.

2. Exchange and Efficiency
Voluntary exchange implies mutual benefit – when people trade property rights, it’s because they each believe that what they get from the trade will be more valuable to them than what they have to give up to get it. So if there are no obstacles to voluntary exchange, that is, if transaction costs are low, property rights will end up in the hands of the person who values them the most, a result economists call an efficient allocation of the rights. What happens when there are barriers that impede or prevent property rights from reaching their highest valuing owner through exchange? Can the law assign property rights to achieve efficient allocation in such cases? Should it try, or are there values other than efficient allocation the law might try to advance, along with or instead of efficient allocation, in assigning property rights?

Exchange involves both benefit and cost – traders take rights from others, imposing costs on them but creating benefit for themselves, but they must compensate the others for their costs by paying for the rights they’ve taken. External costs are imposed when one person takes another’s rights without paying for them, which leads to the taker taking more rights than efficient allocation would allow and leaves the victim uncompensated for the costs of losing the rights. The law’s response to this inefficiency and injustice is liability, forcing those who take rights without payment to compensate those whose rights they have taken for the costs they have borne. Thinking about how the law determines these liability prices, and how people might respond to them, reveals the underlying economic logic of liability.

4. Crime and Punishment
Some externalities involve only a few uncompensated losers of rights whose costs are easily reckoned in monetary terms, so that forcing the taker to pay exactly these costs to the victims ensures both that victims will be fairly compensated and that takers will take rights only where they value the rights more than the losers do. The law calls these externalities torts, and the same principle of liability pricing extends to crimes, in which, with the same unlawful act, someone simultaneously takes the rights of many people who suffer moral costs that can’t be satisfactorily measured by money. As with torts, some crimes may be efficient reallocations of rights, and the logic of liability shows that proportional punishment can, ideally, discover which crimes are or are not efficient and force all takers to compensate their victims in full for what they take.

5. Property, Utility and Technology
The concept of property is developed in two new directions. One concerns the problem of eminent domain and evokes the ancient conflict between individual rights and collective needs – in what circumstances, and to what extent, should private property be protected against uncompensated taking by government? How do the different theories of property considered earlier each answer this question? The other asks how voluntary exchange can be organized when technology makes it easy for people to take others’ property rights without compensation. If existing rights are insufficient to prevent these takings from occurring on a large enough scale to make voluntary exchange impossible, new kinds of property rights are needed to encourage efficient levels of production and exchange. This is illustrated by the problem of intellectual goods and the new forms of property that have evolved over centuries to make exchange in ideas possible.

6. Criminal Procedure
Criminal liability means that crimes have prices, and how these prices are exacted in practice from people who take rights without compensation is the problem of criminal procedure. How do judges know who is guilty, and what prices guilty people should be made to pay for their crimes? Around the world, two major systems of adjudicating guilt and punishment, the adversarial and the inquisitorial, have evolved over centuries to answer these questions in individual cases, with very different procedures to assess guilt and punishment that express different commitments to truth and fairness. All these procedures are expensive, and governments everywhere must confront the problem of processing large caseloads with limited resources. This has led the inquisitorial systems of Europe and the adversarial systems of England and the United States to new procedures of adjudication that may be reducing the differences between them.

for more details visit: https://www.coursera.org/learn/property-law-and-economics

LexQuest’s Online Course on Evidence Law

In today’s society, there is an ever increasing amount of cases piling up in various courts throughout the country and most of the people will have to, at some point in their lives, visit the courts to get their grievances redressed. Evidence becomes the most decisive factor in deciding a case and hence it becomes extremely important for people to be well aware of it.

The online course offered by LexQuest aims to make the Lawyer Community as well as the general public aware and well versed with the Law of Evidence in India,  in the most comprehensible manner. The Lawyer and the Student communities will be the most benefited out of this course, as they are the ones who need to know the subject thoroughly. Be it a civil or a criminal case, Evidence Law is required to substantiate the claims of the parties involved and evidence is necessary to obtain an effective remedy. Owing to this, Law of Evidence is one of the most important laws to be understood.

This course is designed to familiarize the aspirants with the concepts of Indian Evidence Act for a menial fee and hence it becomes all the more important to pursue this course. This course emphasizes on the following areas, An Introduction to The Indian Evidence Act, The General Relevancies of Evidence with respect to others, Admissions, Confessions and all other types of specific evidences, Burden of Proof and Examination of Witnesses etc.

LexQuest is proud to introduce the facility of Online Support with this course. The Online Support System is peculiar in the following ways:

1. It shall be provided free of cost.
2. It shall be provided throughout the duration of the course, i.e., 2 months.
3. Power Point Presentations and Case Studies of the landmark judgements shall be provided regularly.
4. Articles covering core and important doctrines, theories, concepts, etc. of the Law of Evidence shall also be provided.
5. E-mail support: The Online Support System shall enable the Aspirant to ask any relevant question or doubt, pertaining to any area of the Law of Evidence, through E-mail.

Duration of the Course: 2 Months (1^st June, 2015 to 31^st July, 2015)

Exam dates: 1^st August, 2015-3^rd August 2015. (You can choose the date as per your convenience)

About the Exam: The exam will consist of 60 questions, 1 mark each. For passing, you need to secure a minimum of 40%. No negative marking.

Note: The course material (modules)  will be sent at regular intervals and can be downloaded at  and studied at your own pace over the period of 2 months.

Who can pursue?

This Course will be of immense value to the Students, Lawyers, Researchers, Executives working in legal departments and others.

Syllabus: The course is divided into 6 modules.

Module 1- Introduction

This is an introductory module and covers topics like the features and types of Evidences and their Appreciation, Judicial proceedings and Courts, Central Concepts in Law of Evidence, Rules of Presumption.

Module 2- General Relevancies

This module deals with General Relevancies and includes concepts like The  Doctrine of Res Gestae, Common Intention, Motive, Relevant and Irrelevant facts, etc.

Module 3- Specific Relevancies

This module covers Specific Relevancies and includes the concepts of Admissions and Confessions, Statements by persons other than Witnesses, Judgments, Opinions, Character, Facts of which Judicial Notice may be taken.

Module 4- Evidences

This module includes topics like General principles governing Oral and Documentary Evidences, Public and Private Documents, Rules of Presumption as to Documents, Rule of exclusion of oral evidence by documentary evidence.

Module 5- Burden of Proof

This module deals with and includes concepts of burden of proof, onus of proof, rebuttable and non-rebuttable presumptions, mandatory and discretionary presumptions, conclusive presumption, Estoppels.

Module 6- Witnesses and Examination of Witnesses

This module covers topics relating to various Witnesses like Accomplice Evidence, Hostile Witness, Dumb Witness, etc. It further includes rules as to examination, cross-examination and re-examination of a witness, production of documents, Power of Judges to ask questions, etc.

Fees for full course: Rs. 3000/-

Early Bird Registration: Rs. 2500/- (If you register on or before 29^th April, 2015, you can avail an early bird discount! So, hurry up and register today!)

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Additional Payment options may be available on request.

Note: Payment is non-refundable.

Special Discount Offer: Flat 10% discount to the people who have been associated with us, through various Competitions and Courses organised by us in the past. Send an e-mail to courses.lexquest@gmail.com for the discount coupon.

Deadline for registration: 25^th May, 2015.

For any queries, feel free to mail us at courses.lexquest@gmail.com.

Website: http://lexquest.in/

PRAGAMANA’s Free Online Certificate Course in Corporate Social Responsibility in Rural Development Sector

Pragamana, as the name suggests, is a new beginning towards the issues of Rural India. The aim of this initiative to disseminate information of that part of the nation which resides in beautiful villages.

Pragamana hereby is introducing a certificate course on “Corporate Social Responsibility in Rural Development Sector ” to help raise awareness among people regarding rural development issues.

Eligibility : Anybody above the age of 18 irrespective of their nationality is eligible to
apply.

Course Starts from 1st May, 2015
Duration of the course : 6 weeks
Application Deadline : 25th April, 2015

Google form : http://goo.gl/forms/
CQlrr9pD6a

Assessment : Participants will be required to submit two assignments in total, i.e,
after the 3rd week and the 6th week. The certificates will be issued accordingly.

Online Course on Interpretation of Contracts and Standard Clauses in an Agreement

In this course, you can learn important principles related to interpretation of contracts and various techniques for drafting standard clauses in an agreement. The Course aims to offer a unique blend of theoretical aspects of interpretation and practical aspects of drafting in one package. Here we introduce you with all the standard clauses in an agreement and their divergent forms, along with the legal implications and drafting techniques. The Course is based on practical learning experiences of our contributors working at some of the reputed law firms in India.    

The course is intended for law students, fresh law graduates, and legal professionals of less than 4 years PQE who are desirous of fine tuning their drafting skills and broadening their understanding of crucial terms in a contract.  

About the Course

The idea of drafting a contract with a given template based on a bare term sheet may sound very easy to any fresh law graduate or even a lay man. It actually is, as long as there is hardly any application of mind and it is done in a mechanical manner. There are several invisible ingredients which go into the raw term sheet or a basic template before the final recipe is ready to be served to the client. Some of the obvious ingredients are, your knowledge and understanding of the subject and business practices prevalent in a particular industry, hard earned experience, and foresight as to how the Court may interpret the same.

As a legal professional the first thing you are expected to do is apply your mind, and that is what makes you a true lawyer. A mechanical copy-paste job will always get you in trouble. Therefore, when you draft an agreement, it is very important to be aware of how a judge would interpret it, if ever, a dispute arises and the agreement hits the court of law. Furthermore, a standard clause couched under the protective cover of ‘Miscellaneous’ at the fag end of the contract, may not always be standard. There may be deceptive divergent of the standard clauses which can easily skip your attention. Therefore, to avoid any kind of dispute, a smart lawyer would always draft a contract without any loose ends, i.e. a contract which may be subject to several interpretations, in particular the one which may prejudice the interest of his/her client.

The present course aims to give you a very comprehensive understanding of standard clauses in a contract and their interpretation. In addition, it also offers you several drafting techniques for these terms which you can use to suit your need and tweak the interpretation. The course also has all the essential elements of our maiden course on interpretation of contracts which received more than 300 applications from several law students and legal professionals across India last year. Above all, the entire course is based on leading judgments of various courts in Indian and practical learning experiences of legal professionals currently working at some of the reputed law firms in India.

COURSE STRUCTURE

PART-A: Interpretation of Contracts

Chapter-1: Fundamental Rules for Interpretation of Contracts

Chapter-2: Interpretative Value of Pre-contractual Documents/Draft Agreements

Chapter-3: Importance of Deleted Words

Chapter-4: Implied Terms of Contract and Business Efficacy Test

Chapter-5: Specific Provision vis-a-vis General Provision

Chapter-6: Harmonious Construction of Contractual Terms

Chapter-7: Placement of Clauses in a Contract: Does it matter?

PART-B: Drafting of Standard Clauses

Chapter-8: Clauses related to Interpretation and Private Definitions;

Chapter-9: Standard Representation and Warranties in commercial contracts;

Chapter 10: Clauses related to Indemnities, Liabilities and Remedies;

Chapter-11: Drafting Non-disclosure Agreements and Confidentiality Clause;

Chapter 12: Clauses related to Intellectual Properties – Ownership, Indemnities and Liabilities;

Chapter-13: Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Clause;

Chapter-14: Miscellaneous Clauses viz. Assignment, Severability, Entire Agreement, Waiver, Survival, Amendment, Counterparts, Force Majeure, etc.;

PART-C: Drafting Contracts (Optional)

Chapter-15: Drafting Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Legal Disclaimer for a Website;

Chapter-16: Drafting Web-development and Hosting Agreement;

Chapter-17: Drafting software development, maintenance and services agreements;

Chapter-18: Drafting IP Assignment Agreement;

Chapter-19: Drafting Agreement of Sale and Sale Deed;

Chapter-20: Drafting Executive Employment Agreements;

Additional Chapters for legal professionals, fresh graduates and final year law students:

Chapter-21: Drafting Shareholders Agreement (SHA) and Share Subscription Agreement (SSA);

Chapter-22: Drafting Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) and Business Transfer Agreement (BTA), and

Chapter-23: Drafting commercial Lease Deeds.

ELIGIBILITY

• Any law student who is in the 2nd-5th year of 5 years’ B.A./B.Sc/B.Com LL.B course from a recognized law school or university;
• Any law student in the 2nd-3rd year of 3 years’ LL.B course from a recognized law college or university;
• Fresh law graduates and legal professionals with less than 4 years’ PQE (Post Qualification Experience);

SELECTION CRITERIA & RULES

• A total of 60 applicants will be confirmed on first come first serve basis upon successful payment of the applicable fee on or before the last date of enrollment, i.e. February 8th, 2015.
• The interested candidates can send their application through an email to indiancaselaws@gmail.com with the following details- (a) name; (b) name of the college/university; (c) year of passing; (d) contact address and, (e) mobile number.

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT

• Once the application is received by us, a confirmation email will be sent to the candidate, upon which the selected candidate can pay the application fee to the following bank account-
  • Bank: Punjab National Bank (IIT Roorkee Branch);
  • A/c Holder Name: Ashutosh Kumar;
  • A/c No. 4044 0015 0005 1965;
  • IFS Code: PUNB0404400.
• After making the payment, kindly send a receipt/ challan/ screen-shot/ any documentary proof of the same so that we can confirm your application at the earliest. Please do not forget to mention your name or any unique remark as your transaction remark so that it is easier for us to confirm the payment.
• A candidate discontinuing the course or failing to take the evaluation test will be automatically disqualified from the course upon which no fee shall be refundable to them.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION & OTHER REWARDS

• Upon successful completion of the Course, the candidates will be issued a ‘Certificate of Completion’ within one week from the date of declaration of results.
• Among the successful candidates of this course, top 10 candidates shall have access to the selected legal resources of Indian Case Laws for one year.
• Among the successful candidates of this course, top 5 candidates can also avail the opportunity to do either (a) 2 months’ online internship with Indian Case Laws, or (b) work as research scholar at Indian Case Laws.
• Candidate securing the highest marks in the evaluation test will have the opportunity to get his article published in International Journal of Legal and Social Sciences (ISSN 2394-1936).

COURSE FORMAT

The course will primarily consist of study material in the form of e-books and manuals. You may be required to devote 3-4 hours of study in a week. The Course is intended to be completed in a span of two weeks starting from March 15, 2015. At the end of the course there will be an evaluation test based on which the candidates will be issued a course completion certificates.

EVALUATION TEST

The evaluation test would include submission of research project for Part A of the course and drafting of an agreement for Part B of the course. The minimum qualifying percentage for clearing the test is 55%.

COURSE FEE 

• Law Students: INR 500/-
• Fresh Graduates: INR 700/-
• Legal Professionals: INR 900/-

CASH BACK: The first ten confirmed applications will be eligible for a cash back of 20% of the application fee upon successful completion of the course. Similarly, the next ten (i.e. 11-20) confirmed applications will be eligible for a cash back of 10% of the application fee upon successful completion of the course.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Last Date for Enrollment: February 28, 2015
• Course Duration: March 15 – March 31 (2 weeks)
• Evaluation Test: 1st week of April
• Declaration of Results: 2nd week of April
• Issue of Certificate: 3rd week of April

free course on : Governance and Policy Advice

About this course

Course Summary

Political decisions are of course made by governments and/or parliaments. But who provides these bodies with the information they need and shows them the strategic options they have? Who frames political action before the wider public even takes notice of the issue? How does political agenda setting work and what do certain policy outcomes tell us about the future of the issue at stake?
This course is designed to outline key features of policy advice and political consulting and their impact on governance.
We will observe the key players on the spot as well as those behind the scenes and we will analyze their patterns of interaction. Moreover, we will provide insights regarding essential questions to which there are no single right answers: What role does policy advice play in different democracies? What is good policy advice? What makes an expert? In sum: Whom do (and should) politicians and society listen to, and what do (and should) they make of the advice they receive?

What do I learn?

By the end of the course, students will know the key concepts of policy advice as well as the main actors in the field and their patterns of interaction. They will understand how and by whom a certain political decision is framed, shaped and implemented. And they will be able to apply this knowledge to a given political event which may affect their own professional or personal life. So, first and foremost, they will be able to ask the right questions.

What do I need to know?

The course is designed to cater for students and professionals who are interested in decision making, political communication, policy advice, and consulting. Course participants are expected to follow current politics and to be keen on looking at the matter from different (and sometimes unusual) perspectives. Basic knowledge in political science would be an asset.

Course Structure

Chapter 1        Introduction and Course Overview
Convener: Prof. Dr. Andrea Römmele, Professor for Communication in Politics & Civil Society, Hertie School of Governance

Chapter 2        Truth to Power? Scientific Advisers Seeking Truth, Decision-Makers Seeking Power?
Convener: PD Dr. Martin Thunert, Senior Lecturer, Heidelberg Center for American Studies, University of Heidelberg

Chapter 3        Political Communication and Political Consulting
Convener: Prof. Dr. Andrea Römmele, Professor for Communication in Politics & Civil Society, Hertie School of Governance

Chapter 4        Economic and Financial Policy
Convener: Prof. Dr. Thomas König, Chair of Political Science, University of Mannheim

Chapter 5        Social Policy
Convener: Prof. Dr. Kent Weaver, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Professor of Public Policy and Government at Georgetown University

Chapter 6        Foreign and Security Policy
Convener: Dr. Nicole Renvert, Research Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP – Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)

Chapter 7        Energy and Environment
Convener: Prof. Dr. Karen Smith Stegen, KAEFER Professor of Renewable Energy and Environmental Politics, Jacobs University, Bremen

Chapter 8        Policy Advice and International Cooperation
Convener: Katharina Hübner, Senior Manager, Division Good Governance and Human Rights, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Chapter 9        Citizens’ Involvement in Policy Advice
Convener: Henrik Schober, Head Editor, Zeitschrift für Politikberatung (Journal for Political Consulting and Policy Advice), Hertie School of Governance

Chapter 10        Best Practices: Guidelines for Policy Advice?
Convener: Prof. Dr. Andrea Römmele, Professor for Communication in Politics & Civil Society, Hertie School of Governance

Workload

Approx. 3 hours per week and exam preparation

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Free Certificate Course on Political Philosophy: An Introduction

About this course

Course Summary

This course is designed as a vocabulary of the main terms used by all of us when talking about local as well as world politics; terms which we often use without a proper awareness of their meanings and connections, a circumstance not exactly helpful to any attempt at understanding how politics really works, regardless of our wishful thinking or simplistic morality or easy cynicism.

Now, if we want to get deeper into the workings of politics – the only serious starting point for those who want to reform it – we must agree to begin with very abstract notions, that is with the general definitions of what politics, conflict, power (incl. force/violence), and what legitimate power mean (Part 1: What is Politics?). On these premises we will then explain the still main political institution, the state, and peer into the dynamics of war and peace that has dominated the relationships between the states (Part 2: How Does Politics Work?). Since with economic globalization, which has restricted the room for political action, things are getting much more complicated on the planet, and more challenging outside of it (man-made climate change starts in the atmosphere), classical notions have to be rethought. The very nature of the threats endangering our global commons does not leave the definition of politics (Part 3: World Politics and the Future).
This course does not aim at communicating any ‘message’ as to how politics ought to be, but it will obviously try to clarify the main concepts – freedom, equality, justice – we make use of while talking about values and principles in politics; this is what is called ‘normative political philosophy’ and is regarded here as an important chapter of political philosophy, not the whole of it (Part 4: Ethics and Politics).

What will I learn?

At the end of the course you may have achieved a clearer and less confused awareness of the political vocabulary, thus gaining a more complex, more autonomous and more critical understanding of political processes. If you are a student of political science, law, sociology and economics you may get better tools for catching the overarching sense of processes that you do otherwise approach in a fragmented perspective.

What do I have to know?

Due to my conceptual approach, to follow this course you do not need a prior knowledge of philosophy or political science, just the degree of general culture needed to pass the final high school exam, be it Abitur, maturità, baccalauréat or 高考(gao kao).

Course Structure

Chapter	Topic
Chapter 1	Aim and method of the course. General information. Two definitions of politics.
Chapter 2	Disassembling the classical definition, and its components: Conflict, (Legitimate) Power, Force.
Chapter 3	Questions about power. A word on political philosophy.
Chapter 4	The subjective side of politics, legitimacy, political identity and political obligation.
Chapter 5	Political order, political institutions, models of order: From Aristotle to Hegel.
Chapter 6	The (modern) state. Basic thoughts on democracy.
Chapter 7	The states: Power, peace, and war in the anarchical society.
Chapter 8	Globalization and global governance.
Chapter 9	Global challenges and politics after modernity.
Chapter 10	Liberty and equality.
Chapter 11	Justice.
Chapter 12	Ethics and politics in modernity.

Workload

My teaching method aims primarily at defining and discussing concepts, not at illustrating authors or providing historical narratives; needless to say, there will be enough reference to authors, books, events and processes, in particular with regard to the evolution of political modernity. For each of the twelve lectures of about 30-40′, which will be presented in shorter units, you may need three more hours of homework to do additional readings and – more importantly – to perform additional reflection.

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CopyrightX 2015 Online course by Harvard

CopyrightX is a networked course that explores the current law of copyright; the impact of that law on art, entertainment, and industry; and the ongoing debates concerning how the law should be reformed. Through a combination of recorded lectures, assigned readings, weekly seminars, live interactive webcasts, and online discussions, participants in the course examine and assess the ways in which the copyright system seeks to stimulate and regulate creative expression.

In 2013, HarvardX, Harvard Law School, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society launched an experiment in distance education- CopyrightX, the first free and open distance learning course on law. After two successful offerings, CopyrightX is an experiment no longer. Under the leadership of Professor William Fisher, who created and directs the course, CopyrightX will be offered for a third time from January to May 2015.

Three types of courses make up the CopyrightX Community:

• a residential course on Copyright Law, taught by Prof. Fisher to approximately 100 Harvard Law School students;
• an online course divided into sections of 25 students, each section taught by a Harvard Teaching Fellow;
• a set of affiliated courses based in countries other than the United States, each taught by an expert in copyright law.

Participation in the online sections is free and is open to anyone at least 13 years of age, but enrollment is limited. Admission to the online sections will be administered through an open application process that opens on October 15 and closes on December 15. We welcome applicants from all countries, lawyers and non-lawyers alike. For details, see CopyrightX:Sections. (The criteria for admission to each of the affiliated courses are set by the course’s instructor. Students who will enroll in the affiliated courses may not apply to the online sections.)

We encourage widespread promotion of the application through personal and professional networks and social media. Feel free to circulate:

• this post
• the application page

Free course on Sociology @University of Western Sydney

What’s it about?

Sociology examines individuals in their social contexts and provides insights into factors such as class, gender and age shape societies at the individual and institutional levels. This introductory course introduces you to key concepts and theories used in examination of and for understanding social action, social institutions, social structure and social change.

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What’s involved?

MODULE 1THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION	9 videos, 8 quizzes, 1 assessment	20 Oct – 26 Oct
MODULE 2INEQUALITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: LOCAL AND GLOBAL STRATIFICATION	10 videos, 9 quizzes, 1 assessment	27 Oct – 2 Nov
MODULE 3SOCIAL STRUCTURES	10 videos, 9 quizzes, 1 assessment	3 Nov – 9 Nov
MODULE 4FROM THE CONCRETE TO THE ELASTIC	10 videos, 9 quizzes, 1 assessment	10 Nov – 16 Nov

What will I learn?

• What is the sociological imagination
• How to connect your biography with society
• What is social inequality
• How inequality impacts on both the individual and the society
• The institutions of our society and how they impact the individual
• The social changes that are happening around us

This course requires approximately 2 – 4 hours of study per week, but can vary depending on the student. This includes watching videos, and taking quizzes and assessments. The total video time for this course is approximately 4 hours 51 minutes.

If you pass this course you’ll receive a Certificate of Achievement. While this certificate isn’t a formal qualification or credit, you can use it to demonstrate your interest in learning about this area to potential employers or educational institutions.

Where to from here?

If you love this course, why not take your studies further? Here are some accredited qualifications that could help you achieve your goals.

UNDERGRADUATE

• Bachelor of Arts (Community Development)
• Bachelor of Behavioural Studies
• Bachelor of Social Science (Sociology)

POSTGRADUATE

• Graduate Diploma in Social Science
• Master of Social Science

Where could this lead me?

If you’re wondering what your future could look like in this area, here are some potential careers you could head towards.

• Policy development
• Administration
• Teaching
• Public service
• Human resources
• Sales and marketing

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FREE COURSE ON UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGINS OF CRIME

What’s it about?

Criminologists, like scientists generally, agree that life resulted from a process of natural selection. But most do not use that information when studying what crime is and why it exists. In this course, you will learn the process of natural selection and how it can be used to make sense of criminal behaviour.

What will I learn?

• What natural selection is and how to predict what it will do
• The definition of “biological functionality” and some of the common misconceptions about it
• Some of the basic lessons we can learn about our species and crime from an understanding of Darwinian theory
• Why kin murder is so rare, but the reasons it does occur
• Some of the reasons infanticide and child neglect occur
• The origins of jealousy and its relationship to spousal homicides
• The characteristics of a “typical” homicide
• Why status is so important and how it relates to aggression
• War and warriorship, and examples from across the animal kingdom
• How natural selection rewards warfare
• How pathogens relate to war in the modern world

This course requires approximately 2 – 4 hours of study per week, but can vary depending on the student. This includes watching videos, and taking quizzes and assessments.

If you pass this course you’ll receive a Certificate of Achievement. While this certificate isn’t a formal qualification or credit, you can use it to demonstrate your interest in learning about this area to potential employers or educational institutions.

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Online Certificate Course Corporate Social Responsibility (Grab this course)

A properly implemented CSR concept can bring along a variety of competitive advantages, such as enhanced access to capital and markets, increased sales and profits, operational cost savings, improved productivity and quality, efficient human resource base, improved brand image and reputation, enhanced customer loyalty, better decision making and risk management processes.

This course will prove extremely helpful for Students & Professionals from Legal & Managerial Backgrounds. The purpose of this Certificate Course is to provide the learner an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice. The purpose of this Certificate Course is to provide students, Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments who are currently involved in CSR, or would like to get involved in CSR, an experience-based, integrative exposure to this emerging and dynamic field of business practice.

View Course Instructor Details: Click Here

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Teaching Methodology

This e-Learning course provides participants with (a) compulsory reading materials; (b) additional reading materials; (c) bibliography of references (d) external links to internet resources; (e) a quiz at the end of the course to test the understanding, and also for the purpose of final assessment (f) online Group discussions on relevant topics, problems; are also a part of the course structure.

This course schedules an involvement of 40-hours over a period of 8- weeks and provides the participants with a number of articles which reflect their social and economic surroundings, particularly. Along with this, case studies and analysis upon those are offered too.

By the end of this course, the aim is to generate better understanding among students on the issues relating to the need for CSR. They should also be competent enough to explain alternative definitions, their strengths and limitations.

There is a quiz at the end of the course which intends to help the learners self-assess their level of command. Learners who obtain a final score of 50% or more, will be awarded with a certificate of completion.

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Course Structure

1. 1. Definition Of Corporate Social Responsibility
2. 2. Historical Evolution of the Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility
3. 3. Corporate Social Responsibility In 20th Century
4. 4. Study of Corporate Social Responsibility
5. 5. Push Factor to Engage In CSR Activities: Ethical Consideration, Employee Motivation, Risk Management or Risk Reduction, Reduction in Operating Cost Leading to Higher Productivity and Quality, Reduced Regulatory Oversight, Consumer Demand.
6. 6. Core Focus Areas of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities : Health Care, Environment Protection, Labour Welfare, Anti-Corruption, Rural Empowerment, Women Empowerment, Education
7. 7. International Policies and guidelines relating To Corporate Social Responsibility.
8. 8. Indian Guidelines, Principles and Norms related to Corporate Social Responsibility.
9. 9. Companies Act and Corporate Social Responsibility

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Eligibility Criteria

The course aims to address the needs of professionals in private companies, Students (U.G and P.G), Lawyers, NGOs, International Organizations and Governments who are currently involved in CSR, or would like to be involved in CSR, and wish to apply and embed the concept of CSR in their institution.

Eligibility Criteria: Appearing Graduates/Graduates/ Post Graduates in any field/Corporates/NGO Professionals/ Government Employees

Selection procedure: Admissions open and will be on first come first serve basis.

All rights regarding change in dates , fees , mode of dispatch of material , number of seats , fee waiver , scholarship etc. lies with Rostrum

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Free Online Course on Interpretation of Contracts

Indian Case Laws

Free Online Course on Interpretation of Contracts

In this course, learn how terms of a contract is interpreted by various Courts and arbitrators in India and how a smart lawyer should be drafting them so as to avoid any protracted litigation and disputes.

The course is intended for law students and budding lawyers desirous of honing their contract drafting skills and brushing up their understanding of crucial terms of a contract and their interpretation.  

About the Course

The idea of drafting an agreement with a given template or term sheet and turning it into the execution copy, is not as easy as it seems. There are several ingredients which goes into the raw term sheet or template before the final recipe is ready to be served to the client. Some of the most important ingredients which you would be needing here are, your knowledge and understanding of the subject, experience, foresight of an eagle and above all, how a Court or an Arbitrator is going to interpret those terms, in case the contract ends up in the Court room desk of a Judge or an Arbitrator. To avoid any protracted litigation and consequent loss of one’s reputation, a smart lawyer would never draft a contract with loose ends, i.e. a contract which may be subject to several interpretations, in particular the one which may prejudice the interest of his/her client.

This course explores the rules for interpretation of contracts which the Courts and Arbitration Tribunals in India and common law countries often use to read and interpret the terms of a contract. The Course intends to help you develop an understanding of the interpretative value of different terms of a contract, so that you can use them as backdrop while you are drafting an agreement. This can help you sharpen your drafting skills and avoid any messy situation leading to loss of your reputation as a lawyer. The Course is based on leading judgments of Supreme Court and various High Courts as well as well established

COURSE STRUCTURE

Introduction

Chapter-1: Fundamental Rules for Interpretation of Contracts

Chapter-2: Interpretative Value of Pre-contractual Documents/Draft Agreements

Chapter-3: Importance of Deleted Words

Chapter-4: Implied Terms of Contract and Business Efficacy Test

Chapter-5: Specific Provision vis-a-vis General Provision

Chapter-6: Harmonious Construction of Contractual Terms

Chapter-7: Placement of Clauses in a Contract: Does it matter?

Chapter-8: Arbitrator vs. Judge – Extent of Court’s Interference with Arbitrator’s Interpretation

ELIGIBILITY

• Any law student who is in the 3rd-5th year of B.A./B.Sc/B.Com LL.B course from a recognized law school or university;
• Any law student in the 2nd-3rd year of three year LL.B course from a recognized law college or university;

SELECTION CRITERIA & RULES

• A total of 35 candidates will be selected from the applications received on first come first serve basis.
• The selected applicants will be notified latest by October 20, 2014.
• Once the application is accepted the selected candidates will be required to submit a scanned copy of their identity card along with their CV before the course commences. Failure to do the same may result in cancellation of their application.
• A candidate discontinuing the course , failing to submit any assignment, or take the evaluation test will be automatically disqualified from the course.
• Upon successful completion of the Course, the candidates clearing the evaluation test will be issued a ‘Certificate of Completion’ within one week from the date of declaration of results.

COURSE FORMAT

The course will primarily consist of study material in the form of separate chapters and assignments. You may be required to devote 5-6 hours of study in a week. The Course is intended to be completed in a span of four weeks starting from November 3rd, 2014. At the end of the course there will be a surprise evaluation test based on which the candidates will be issued a course completion certificate.

COURSE FEE: FREE

IMPORTANT DATES

• Last Date for Enrollment: October 15, 2014
• Last Date for Intimation of Acceptance of Application: October 20, 2014
• Course Duration: November 3rd – November 29 (4 weeks)
• Evaluation Test: 1st week of December
• Declaration of Results: 3rd week of December
• Issue of Certificate: 4th week of December

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National Law School Student Who Got More Than 100 Articles Published

Student Who Got More Than 100 Articles Published in Law School furthermore he also presented papers in approx 150 national and international conferences and seminars. 

RGNUL Graduate KUSH KALRA’s exclusive interview to team of Knowledge Steez on publication and more…

1. What is the area of work you are presently working in sir ?

I am presently practicing in High Court, Delhi and also rendering my services as a legal consultant to a commission.

2.How do you assess your college days as a help to your career?

I miss every single second spend in the college. I was lucky enough that I learnt a lot during my college life by participating in various competitions. Of course all the exposure I had during college helped me a lot to improve my speaking and writing skills.

3.Any memorable moment you would share with us, which is related to your academic success? Any prize which you remember winning had a great importance to you?

All the days spent in RGNUL are really memorable to me because I learnt a lot during my college life. When I entered law school,I was the one who had nothing to write in CV except 10th and 12th marks. From that day I started working and today I feel happy that I have lot of good memories of RGNUL in my CV which will remain with me forever.
One Prize I would like to mention here is Manupatra best researcher award which I won during my 1st year of law school which made me realize that I can do something on my own and then I never looked back.

4.Can you please share with us a few awards and prizes which you have won on your journey to success?

For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction. A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the BIG Three–The Mind, The Body, and the Emotions. If one doesn’t get you, the others are waiting in the wings.

ACHIEVEMENTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

•Regional Finalist (Punjab) of International Climate Champions, 2009 Organised by British Council & Teri.
•Finalist Social Work (India), of Global Scholar-Education world 2009, Young Achievers Awards.
•Winner Green Apple Award for Environment, 2010
•Winner KarmaveerPuruskar for Human Rights Initiatives, 2010
•Recipient of KamlaChowdhry Fellowship from Centre for Science and Environment, June, 2011
•Regional Finalist, 2011 Youth Volunteer of the Year Awards, an Apeejay Surrendra Group Centenary Initiative
•Attained the Gold Standard of the International Award for Young People, The Duke of Edinburgh , Dated 1-11-2011
•Awarded Gandhi Fellowship, 2012
•Member Indian Youth Delegation to China, 2012
•Membership Officer International Bar Association, Student Committee.
•Attended 3rd UNAOC Summer School organized by University of Aveiro and the Euro-Mediterranean University, which was held in Coimbra, Portugal from 5 to 12 August, 2012.
•Record Holder for Most Human Rights Awareness Programs (India Book of Records) May, 10, 2012
•Record Holder for Most Books on Law Published in a Year (Single Author), 20 September, 2013 (India Book of Records)
•Recipient of National Youth Award, 2012-13
•Record Holder for Most Books on Law Published in a Year (Single Author), Worldrecordsindia.com

BOOKS PUBLISHED
•Book Published by Vij Publication House, Titled “Be Your Own Lawyer”, Foreword by Shri Adish Aggarwala (President International Council of Jurists), ISBN 978-93-82652-10-6
•Book Published by Shree Ram Law House, Titled “Landmark Judgments on Criminal Law”, Foreword by Shri Amarjit Singh Chandhiok (Senior Advocate), ISBN 978-93-811-0838-3
•Book Published by Shree Ram Law House, Titled “Prisoners’ Rights”, Foreword by Shri Shailesh Gandhi (Former Central Information Commissioner), ISBN 978-93-811-0841-3
•Book Published by Vij Publication House, Titled “Law Sex and Crime”, Foreword by Shri KK Venugopal (Senior Lawyer, Supreme Court ), ISBN 978-93-82652-22-9
•Book Published by Vij Publication House, Titled “Law 4 Layman”, Foreword by Dr. KiranBedi (Former IPS), ISBN 9789382652328
•Book Published by Central Law Publications, Titled “Landmark Judgments on Intellectual Property Rights”, Foreword by Ashok Desai (Former Attorney General For India), ISBN 978-93-82676-49-2
•Book Published by YS Books International, Titled “Contemporary Perspectives on Human Rights Law in India”, Foreword by Justice S.N. Jha (Former Chairperson, Bihar Human Rights Commission), ISBN 93-83793-09-0
•Book Published by Vij Publication House, Titled “Law for the Common Man”, Foreword by Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu (Central Information Commissioner), ISBN 9789382652748

5.What was your greatest inspiration which helped you achieve the platform you are in right now sir?
I always consider myself as a student of law who is always willing to learn…..because learning never stops in life. Also, if you stop learning you close the doors of success.

I do believe that “All you need in this life is IGNORANCE AND CONFIDENCE; then Success is sure”

6.What are you planning to do further and where do you want yourself to be seen in coming years?

I have developed a great interest in writing during college days. After I graduated from RGNUL I devoted most of my time to writing and the result is that I have to my credit the achievement of publishing the maximum no. of books on law in a year (http://www.miraclesworldrecords.com/Gallery/Details/170 I am preparing myself for public prosecutor exam in future and preparing myself to fulfill my dream of writing a Commentary on Constitution Law.

Something was DEAD in all of us…what was dead was hope and positivity….

Kush Kalra
India

(Interviewed by Ankit Sarwa, Riya Prem Raj, Divyjyoti Paul and Srija Ray of 4th year Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, Punjab.)

RGNUL STUDENTS BRING HOPE FOR THE NEEDY

Breaking the familiar stereotype that, these days people enter the field of law just to make money, students of Rajiv Gandhi National Law University are on a drive to teach the kids of the poor and needy. Every evening some dedicated students of the premier law institute, strive hard to brighten the dark world of the little kids who are deprived of even the basic necessities of life. Started by a RGNUL graduate, this idea gained foothold in 2011, when a fundraiser event, in which woolens were donated to the poor children, focused public attention towards this undertaking. And since then, there has been no looking back. Juniors as well as seniors, whoever feels connected to the mission is welcome to be a part of the group.

 

The college authorities have also been very supportive in this noble endeavor of the students and have donated books and stationery for that purpose. The parents of these little kids, who are mostly laborers by profession, are also quite enthusiastic about the whole exercise. They cannot afford to send their children to the school but they do want their children to get educated. And the students of RGNUL are no less than saviors for them who have dedicated themselves to teach their kids and that too free of cost. The volunteers are also aiming to get the children enrolled into a government school in Sidhuwal village where the college is located. And not just this, in October 2013, a cultural programme was also organized by the students to add color to the otherwise monotonous lives of the children who live in the confines of small huts, looking after their younger siblings. The students not only organized the event on the lines of a Halloween party but also helped the students prepare their music and dance acts. And at the end of it, a pizza feast for all was a wonderful surprise. This dedicated effort to bring smiles on the faces of those little neglected children, by the students of RGNUL is truly praiseworthy. And not risking complacence, the students are constantly striving to learn newer and better ways of imparting knowledge especially by making it more colorful and interesting, like letting the kids watch cartoons on the projector in between study sessions to break the classroom tedium.                 

  

This endeavor of RGNUL students is only a drop in the ocean, but the ripple effect of this drop is far reaching. And commendable is their spirit and devotion for the job that they manage to take out time from their busy schedules which is specifically tough in a law school. But what really keeps them going is the satisfaction and mental peace that they get when they color the imagination of some innocent minds who had only witnessed the gray shades of life until now. Not to forget the hope they instill in the hearts of their parents who are now much more optimistic about their child’s future. It is indeed an admirable effort by the group that includes- Ashwini Reddy, Kopal, Noby, Riya, Vipan, Anumeha, Vinita, Madhulika, Kiran, Neeraj, Arpna, Nikita, Chetali and many more.                                                                                     

Just as little drops of water make the mighty ocean, little acts of kindness make the world a better place to live. Cheers to the students of Rajiv Gandhi National Law University for their noble undertaking.

 

 

Free Online Course on Right to Information

 

Umeed Initiative is pleased to announce a Free online Course on Right to Information to be held from 15th June 2014, to commemorate nine years of passage of the Right to Information Law.
The course will be conducted over a one month period and will include exhaustive modules, interactive sessions with experts and practical information on the use of Right to Information for social issues advocacy. The course is open for students, Advocates, teachers, social activists and other professionals.
Methodology and Course Contents
1. Right to Information – Significance and its relationship with good governance
2. Right to Information under the Act- Meaning and Scope
3. Public Authorities under the Act
4. The Central and the State Information Commission- Powers and Functions
5. Practical tips on filing an RTI Application to elicit the maximum information
6. Appeal Mechanism under the Act
7. Procedural issues in information request
8. Key issues and constraints in proper implementation of the Act
These contents will be divided into 4 modules spread over 4 weeks. The students will be required to submit one assignment every week. Each assignment will be graded and the students who score above 60 % (cumulative score) shall be awarded certificates of completion of the course
Registration
The participation shall be restricted to the first 75 registrations.
Please find the registration form on the following link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15PjBBE9E1IRK8jExd5C4LsnblBttxMnI3yMo36Df8uM/viewform?usp=send_form

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Free course on Understanding the Origins of Crime

What’s it about?

Criminologists, like scientists generally, agree that life resulted from a process of natural selection. But most do not use that information when studying what crime is and why it exists. In this course, you will learn the process of natural selection and how it can be used to make sense of criminal behaviour.

 

What will I learn?

• What natural selection is and how to predict what it will do
• The definition of “biological functionality” and some of the common misconceptions about it
• Some of the basic lessons we can learn about our species and crime from an understanding of Darwinian theory
• Why kin murder is so rare, but the reasons it does occur
• Some of the reasons infanticide and child neglect occur
• The origins of jealousy and its relationship to spousal homicides
• The characteristics of a “typical” homicide
• Why status is so important and how it relates to aggression
• War and warriorship, and examples from across the animal kingdom
• How natural selection rewards warfare
• How pathogens relate to war in the modern world

This course requires approximately 2 – 4 hours of study per week, but can vary depending on the student. This includes watching videos, and taking quizzes and assessments.

If you pass this course you’ll receive a Certificate of Achievement. While this certificate isn’t a formal qualification or credit, you can use it to demonstrate your interest in learning about this area to potential employers or educational institutions.

For more information click: https://www.open2study.com/courses/understanding-the-origins-of-crime

https://www.open2study.com/courses/understanding-the-origins-of-crime

Free certificate course on Climate change

What’s it about?

Climate change is the biggest global challenge the human race has ever faced. Our insatiable demand for energy from fossil fuels is changing the atmosphere, and in turn changing our climate. Climate change is already affecting the physical surface of the earth, the environment that provides our life support, our food supply, economy and society. These changes will accelerate over the next few decades.

What will I learn?

• Why human activities are changing the climate
• How our knowledge of science underpins what we know about the past, present and future climate
• What our future might hold, and why we should care about it
• Why an increase of 2 or 4°C in global average temperature is important
• How the changing climate is affecting, and will continue to affect, the incidence and impacts of extreme weather events
• The role of extreme events and the effect it has on our species, ecosystems, coastlines, food supply, health, infrastructure, economy and security
• How climate change is likely to exacerbate existing problems of social inequality
• How climate change will interact with other pressures on global systems such as ecosystem degradation and human population growth
• Why fixing the climate problem is urgent, and how the timing of solutions is critical
• The relative contributions that different emission reduction solutions have had on solving the climate problem

This course requires approximately 2 – 4 hours of study per week, but can vary depending on the student. This includes watching videos, and taking quizzes and assessments.

If you pass this course you’ll receive a Certificate of Achievement. While this certificate isn’t a formal qualification or credit, you can use it to demonstrate your interest in learning about this area to potential employers or educational institutions.

 

For more details visit: https://www.open2study.com/courses/climate-change

What will I learn?

• Why human activities are changing the climate
• How our knowledge of science underpins what we know about the past, present and future climate
• What our future might hold, and why we should care about it
• Why an increase of 2 or 4°C in global average temperature is important
• How the changing climate is affecting, and will continue to affect, the incidence and impacts of extreme weather events
• The role of extreme events and the effect it has on our species, ecosystems, coastlines, food supply, health, infrastructure, economy and security
• How climate change is likely to exacerbate existing problems of social inequality
• How climate change will interact with other pressures on global systems such as ecosystem degradation and human population growth
• Why fixing the climate problem is urgent, and how the timing of solutions is critical
• The relative contributions that different emission reduction solutions have had on solving the climate problem

This course requires approximately 2 – 4 hours of study per week, but can vary depending on the student. This includes watching videos, and taking quizzes and assessments.

If you pass this course you’ll receive a Certificate of Achievement. While this certificate isn’t a formal qualification or credit, you can use it to demonstrate your interest in learning about this area to potential employers or educational institutions.

Free Online Certificate Course on Political Philosophy

About this course

This course is designed as a vocabulary of the main terms used by all of us when talking about local as well as world politics; terms which we often use without a proper awareness of their meanings and connections, a circumstance not exactly helpful to any attempt at understanding how politics really works, regardless of our wishful thinking or simplistic morality or easy cynicism.

Course Structure

Now, if we want to get deeper into the workings of politics – the only serious starting point for those who want to reform it – we must agree to begin with very abstract notions, that is with the general definitions of what politics, conflict, power (incl. force/violence), and what legitimate power mean (Part 1: What is Politics?). On these premises we will then explain the still main political institution, the state, and peer into the dynamics of war and peace that has dominated the relationships between the states (Part 2: How Does Politics Work?). Since with economic globalization, which has restricted the room for political action, things are getting much more complicated on the planet, and more challenging outside of it (man-made climate change starts in the atmosphere), classical notions have to be rethought. The very nature of the threats endangering our global commons does not leave the definition of politics (Part 3: World Politics and the Future).
This course does not aim at communicating any ‘message’ as to how politics ought to be, but it will obviously try to clarify the main concepts – freedom, equality, justice – we make use of while talking about values and principles in politics; this is what is called ‘normative political philosophy’ and is regarded here as an important chapter of political philosophy, not the whole of it (Part 4: Ethics and Politics).

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course you may have achieved a clearer and less confused awareness of the political vocabulary, thus gaining a more complex, more autonomous and more critical understanding of political processes. If you are a student of political science, law, sociology and economics you may get better tools for catching the overarching sense of processes that you do otherwise approach in a fragmented perspective.

Workload

My teaching method aims primarily at defining and discussing concepts, not at illustrating authors or providing historical narratives; needless to say, there will be enough reference to authors, books, events and processes, in particular with regard to the evolution of political modernity. For each of the twelve lectures of about 30-40′, which will be presented in shorter units, you may need three more hours of homework to do additional readings and – more importantly – to perform additional reflection.

Course Format

For most of the notions discussed in the course I will suggest readings consisting of both classical authors and recent literature. For each lecture I will reply to up to five requests of clarification or critical assessments (all this exclusively via the iversity platform). From time to time you will have the opportunity to test your acquisition of fresh knowledge by responding to multiple-choice-tests. At the end of the course you may want to take a final exam, whose format will be announced later. Letter-grading from 1 to 5 will be used.
There will be unfortunately no textbook. The textbooks available in English are all, though in various ways, different from my approach and my contents. My slides will serve as a textbook in a nutshell.

Prior Knowledge

Due to my conceptual approach, to follow this course you do not need a prior knowledge of philosophy or political science, just the degree of general culture needed to pass the final high school exam, be it Abitur, maturità, baccalauréat or 高考(gao kao).

For more visit: https://iversity.org/courses/political-philosophy-an-introduction

Certificate Programme in New Media Laws

Mention knowledge steez for the information 

Course fee 4000 INR

 

Course Fee: Rs. 4,000

Medium of Instruction: Online [Study Material + Presentations – with voiceover + Online Lectures on Selected Topics from experts in the field]

Payment: 

Cheque or Demand Draft in the name of “Enhelion Knowledge Ventures Pvt Ltd”, sent to:

Enhelion Knowledge Ventures Pvt Ltd,

Level 2, Elegance Tower, Mathura Road, Jasola New Delhi-110025

If you are interested in paying through Wire Transfer, please click on Join Now for further details.

Eligibility:

• Undergraduate or pursuing undergraduation in any discipline including law, business management etc
• Medium of Instruction: English

Instructional System

[Online learning] the instructional system consists of:

• Self-instructional material
• Audio-video/Digital programmes
• Online Support
• Interactive Counseling [Mentor Monitored Programmes]

Notable Features of the programme

• Taught by practicing lawyers who have an experience of more than 23 years in the profession, who form the core Enhelion team.
• All the lectures will be taught online using state of the art learning management system along with a Virtual Classroom platform.
• All live lectures are recorded and stored in Enhelion’s database for future use
• Complete presentations with voice over features
• Interactive sessions with the Enhelion Team at various intervals.
• Examinations to be conducted online and assignments to be submitted online
• The cost of the certificate course is inexpensive and it costs only Rs 4000 [inclusive of all taxes]
• App for Tablets through which you can access live online lectures as well as recorded virtual classroom lectures

fOR MORE DETAILS VISIT: http://www.enhelion.com/certificate-course/14/certificate-programme-new-media-laws

MENTION KNOWLEDGE STEEZ FOR THE INFORMATION

Free Online Course in Public Privacy: Cyber Security and Human Rights

Course Description

“For the internet to remain global and open, it is imperative that countries, including those currently lacking capacity to adequately deal with security concerns, to adopt a growth- and freedom-oriented, participative, bottom-up perspective on security that has human rights at its core.” (Joint Governmental Statement at UN Human Rights Council in June 2013)

Arguably, the internet poses severe challenges to state sovereignty and governmental legitimacy. Governments around the world find it increasingly difficult to control, regulate or monitor the massive flow of data within the cyber-world and uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms at the same time. Nevertheless, the world wide web is one of the main prerequisites for economic growth and democracy. It enables citizen participation , engagements and inter-action on all levels that can lead to social transformation and political change. Radical groups, democracy movements, development organizations and human rights NGOs all use the internet to further their goals.

Since the former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, released a variety of confidential documents we all know of PRISM, TEMPORA and other programs and their massive privacy infringements. These programs were primarily designed to collect user data to increase the capability of intelligence services to protect societies from internal and external threats. But are those programs not undermining essential citizen freedoms and fundamental human rights?

This course systematically examines the compliance between international human rights norms, standards and mechanism within legal and political frameworks and the growing cyber security regime. Debates about the loss of state sovereignty over cyber security, paired with the idea of internet freedom and users’ and citizens’ responsibility lead to the question, whether individual and state responsibility based on reciprocity and human rights compliance are reconcilable.

Learning Outcomes
Students taking this course will learn:
• how human rights are used in the debate about Public Privacy
• how individual, societal, political and governmental actors interact in this context
• what cyber security in consistency with human rights is about.

Using this information, students will practice assessing and analyzing cyber security issues based on international human rights norms, standards and regimes.

Course StructureThe first part of the course will provide an overview of the current state of international and regional human rights regimes and their efforts to protect freedom rights while also ensuring private security. The second part will then go into the evolution of human rights, their violations and protection mechanism in era of the internet.

Week 1: An introduction to public privacy, cyber security and human rights

Week 2: Yours and the rights of others: civic and social human rights

Week 3: Human rights cyber regime

Week 4: Agencies for the human rights cyber space

Week 5: Security, human rights and privacy assurance through Internet

Week 6: E-democracy and social networks

Week 7: Public versus State Sovereignty

Week 8: Public Privacy, internet freedom and state responsibility.

Course Format

The course will be hosted online and will consist of lectures by the instructor, as well as guest lectures and exclusive interviews with respective stakeholders. Additional reading material, animations and images will support each learning objective. Students will be assessed through quizzes, peer-to-peer review and their participation in interactive discussion forums.

For More information click: https://iversity.org/courses/public-privacy-cyber-security-and-human-rights?r=372b8

Or visit: https://www.facebook.com/theknowledgesteez

Free Online Course on Laws of Consumer Protection

ABOUT THE COURSE:

The course delivers an outline of the consumer protection laws in India. The course aims at increasing the awareness about consumer rights and issues.

COURSE DURATION: 1 Week

COURSE FEE: Free for now!

IMPORTANT DATES:

LAST DATE FOR ENROLLMENT: 9 March, 2013 , 2013

ONLINE TEST:18, 19, 20 March, 2013
Course Starts from: 11, March

For more information, click the following- 
http://rostrumlegal.in/courses/online-law-consumer-protection/

CONTACT:
Email: rajbils@gmail.com
Phone: 9538854881 / 8521717666

Free Online Certificate Course

WIPO Free Online Certificate Course on Intellectual Property (DL-101)

COURSE NAME: DL-101

ABOUT THE COURSE: This course covers the main areas of intellectual property, namely, related rights, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial design, plant breeders\’ rights, unfair competition, international registration systems, and IP and Development.

The course will be open for nine (9) months and learners may choose to take the exam at three (3) pre-scheduled times

EXAM SESSION DATES:

NOTE: The course will be open for ten (10) months and learners may choose to take the exam at six (6) pre-scheduled times
Exam Session Dates:
Session 2: May 5 to 7
Session 3: June 23 to 25
Session 4: August 11 to 14
Session 5: September 29 to October 1
Session 6: November 17 to 20
Duration : 55 hours
Tutored : Yes
Certificate to be issued: Yes
Cost : Free of charge
Course administrator: DL101e.academy@wipo.int
Current session: DL101E14S1
Registration: Ongoing till 20-Nov-2014

Enroll Now & Further Details: https://welc.wipo.int/acc/index.jsf?page=courseCatalog.xhtml&lang=en

Source Link: http://wipo.int/academy/en/courses/rp_catalog/index.jsp

 

Post Graduate Diploma courses in Air and Space Law & Nuclear Law

NUJS, Kolkata is offering Post Graduate Diploma courses in the following two new and emerging areas of practical significance in distance education mode.

1. PG Diploma in Air & Space Law
2. PG Diploma in Nuclear Law (in association with the Department of Atomic Energy, Bombay)

The details about the courses and application forms are available at our website www.nujs.edu. The courses are open to any degree holders and also to those in the final year of their degree.

LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION: 30 July 2012

Contact

Dr. S. Bhat

Assistant Professor of Law
Coordinator – SSOSL, PGDASL, PGDNL & CCC
The WB National University of Juridical Sciences
12, LB Block, Salt Lake
Kolkata – 700098, INDIA

Free Online Certificate Course on Right To Information

he Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India (GoI) has launched an ‘Online Certificate Course on RTI’ for various stakeholders on, both, the demand and supply sides of the RTI implementation regime.

This Online Certificate Course on RTI is launched in association with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad.

This Online Certificate Course is aimed at:

• Public Information Officers (PIOs)
• Assistant Public Information Officers (APIOs)
• Appellate Authorities
• Officials assisting the above designated officers or other public officials
• Citizens (Include every Indian Nation)
• Representative of Civil Society Organisations (including Media Organisations)
• Any other person(s) who could be a direct / indirect stakeholder

For Registration and more information Visit :  http://rtiocc.cgg.gov.in/login.do;jsessionid=D6865B6B079F555403C3A46386C3C617

WIPO Certificate Course on Intellectual Property

This course covers the main areas of intellectual property, namely copyright, related rights, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial design, plant breeders’ rights, unfair competition and international registration systems.

DURATION: 50 hours

COST: Free of charge

IMPORTANT DATES

• Registration: 01-jul-2012 – 15-sep-2012
• Course: 01-oct-2012 – 18-nov-2012
• Exam: 16-nov-2012 – 17-nov-2012

To enroll for the course, please follow the link below-

https://www3.wipo.int/usercenter/en/register.jsp

FICCI Online Certificate Course on IP: May-July 2012

ORGANIZER: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

DURATION: May – July 2012 (3 Months)

IMPORTANT DATES

• Registration Started: 1st April 2012 
• Registration Closing Date: 25th April 2012

WHO CAN PURSUE: Students from Law, Science and related disciplines, Lawyers, Patent Agents, Professionals from Industry fields, such as Electrical, Computer, Chemical, Mechanical, Research and Development and other scientific domains, enforcement personnel, etc.HOW TO REGISTER

• Register online by filling the Online Registration Form available on the website.
• Payment for the Course, as applicable, is to be made through Cheque/DD in favour of “FICCI”, payable at New Delhi.
• The Registrants are requested to write the Name, Username made while registering online and Contact Number/Mobile Number, on the reverse side of the Cheque/DD.
• Cheque/DD is to be sent to FICCI through courier/speed post, addressed to Mr. Abhishek Bajaj, Assistant Director, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi – 110001.

NOTE:The Cheque/DD should reach to the above mentioned address on or before 25th April 2012.For further information, please visit the FICCI website or e-mail at ipcourse@ficci.com.

WIPO Free Online Certificate Course on Intellectual Property

COURSE NAME: DL-101

SUMMARY: This course covers the main areas of intellectual property, namely copyright, related rights, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial design, plant breeders’ rights, unfair competition and international registration systems.

DURATION: 50 hours

COST: Free of charge

Next session

Registration	Course	Exam
01-jul-2012 – 15-sep-2012	01-oct-2012 – 18-nov-2012	16-nov-2012 – 17-nov-2012

To enroll for the course, follow the link below-http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/courses/rp_catalog/

RTI Online Certificate Course

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India (GoI) has launched an ‘Online Certificate Course on RTI‘ for various stakeholders on, both, the demand and supply sides of the RTI implementation regime.

This Online Certificate Course on RTI is launched in association with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad.

OBJECTIVES:

• Reaching out to those who have not had an opportunity to participate in any training / sensitisation initiatives on RTI Act, 2005
• Bringing greater clarity on RTI among designated implementing officials (i.e. APIOs / PIOs / FAOs)
• Ensuring appreciation for RTI Act, 2005 and its mandate among the officials designated under it and also among the citizens
• Facilitating timely delivery of information by PIOs
• Having better informed citizens, civil society and other stakeholders

PROPOSED OUTCOMES:

• A sound knowledge of the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 among the people taking this course
• Good understanding of the roles and responsibilities of organisations / persons concerned with implementing the law and with enforcing the rights under this law
• Proper appreciation of rights / obligations – as applicable – for effective use of this right
• Reliable guidance on following the right process / procedure to implement the provisions of this Act and to benefit from this Act
• Good understanding of remedies available when an implementing organisation fails to comply with this Act
• Testing the understanding of ‘Information Providers’ and ‘Information Seekers’ using this tool for implementing this Act or exercising their right under it
• A certificate for learners of this course on its successful completion – as an incentive

To register the course, follow the link below-

http://rtiocc.cgg.gov.in/registration.do