NSU’s Law department holds “Undergraduate Law Symposium Summer 2024”
On November 28, the Department of Law, North South University (NSU) organised the NSU "Undergraduate Law Symposium Summer 2024". The Department of Law at NSU has been hosting this symposium since 2021. It celebrates the academic contributions of young legal minds from various universities. This edition of the symposium saw the highest number of submissions. Almost 70 students from about 30 universities submitted their papers, of which, 13 were shortlisted for presentation.
Dr Liton Chandra Biswas, Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Independent University, Bangladesh, Nadia Rahaman, Senior Lecturer, Department of Law, East West University, and Md Johir Uddin Shohag, Director, Bangladesh Institute of Research and Education, attended the symposium as judges.
Mobasshira Tabassum Rahi, an NSU student, became the symposium's champion. At the same time, Durdana Chowdhury of Dhaka University and Upama Sharma of Chittagong University won the prizes for 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up respectively.
NSU Vice Chancellor, Professor Abdul Hannan, graced the prize-giving ceremony as the Chief Guest, along with Professor Rizwanul Islam, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, NSU, and Dr Ishtiaque Ahmed, Chair, Department of Law, NSU.
Professor Hannan noted the need for good lawyers in Bangladesh to bring about dynamic growth in the legal arena of the country. He emphasised how arranging such symposiums aids the process of creating well researched and competent future lawyers.
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