The courses will be offered by The Law Learners (TLL), incubated at GNLU's legal incubation centre.
In a first, in order to increase legal literacy among Indians, a start-up incubated at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) will offer free online courses on generic issues. The courses will be offered by The Law Learners (TLL), incubated at GNLU's legal incubation centre. It aims to acquaint everyone with the laws in a new way to make it accessible, simple and comprehensible for everyone.
In its initial stage, TLL, founded by Devansh Saraswat, a third-year student of GNLU and Rishika Srivastava of Gujarat University, will offer courses on enforcement of fundamental rights, Hindu Marriage Act, validity of contracts in India, legal provisions for the protection of women, principles of natural justice, schools of jurisprudence, negotiable instruments act, Indian partnership Act and liabilities under torts.
"The courses are open to all and there is no age bar or requirement of previous education in law. Anyone with knowledge of English and who is keen to learn can enroll for these courses. The duration of each course is of one month. More than 2500 people have already registered for the courses," said Saraswat.
Interestingly, TLL is funded by the Gujarat government under the Student Start-up & Innovation Policy (SSIP). More than 40 interns are already working with TLL, which is reviewing another more than 600 internship applications. "We have tied up with professors at different National Law Universities (NLUs) to offer these online courses. In the second phase, we will launch an open access, free e-Journal Indian National Law Review", officials said.
COURSES TO BE OFFERED:
- Enforcement of fundamental rights
- Legal provisions for the protection of women
- Validity of contracts in India
- Liabilities under Torts
- Principles of natural justice
- Indian Partnership Act
- Schools of Jurisprudence
- Hindu Marriage Act
- Negotiable Instruments Act
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