Client Counselling Society

Societies

Client Counselling Society

Client Counselling Society seeks to teach and promote the counselling functions of the legal practice. It aims to hone the soft skills associated with planning, critical thinking, legal analysis of a situation and on the spot thinking. The society does so by facilitating students to participate in Client Counselling competitions not only in India but also in other countries through competitions such as the ALSA Client Counselling Competition and the Louise M. Brown Client Counselling Competition. The competitions are updated frequently to provide the students with the best opportunities possible. Rigorous and mandatory training is done while preparing the students for these competitions to help them put their best foot forward. The society’s vision to promote and teach the soft skills of dealing with clients during the practice of law within students throughout the law school.

Currently, the society has one induction cycle in an Academic year and has an intake of 40 students but in teams of two. This is based on the format of the competitions the students are required to participate in, which helps build teamwork.

The society, under the leadership of the Faculty Board, has won numerous competitions: SymFiesta 2018 and 2019, 4th JS Verma Memorial National ADR & Client Counselling Competition, 22nd National Client Counselling Competition at Kerala Law Academy 2022, Amity Noida Client Counselling Competition 2019, NLIU Client Counselling Competition 2016 and UILS Client Counselling Competition 2015.

Academic Year 2023-24

  1. ⁠Winner, 4th Justice J S Verma Memorial National ADR & Client Counselling Competition & NAVITAS National Law Fest, 2024 (Team 1)
  2. ⁠Best Advocate, 4th Justice J S Verma Memorial National ADR & Client Counselling Competition & NAVITAS National Law Fest, 2024
  3. Semi-Finalist, 4th Justice J S Verma Memorial National ADR & Client Counselling Competition & NAVITAS National Law Fest, 2024 (Team 2)
  4. Qualified for Semi-Finalis, ⁠NLS NMC 2024 (Physical Rounds in July 2024)
  5. Runners-Up, IXth UPES National Client Counselling Competition

Academic Year 2022-23

  1. Quarter Finalists at the GD Goenka Client Counseling Competition, 2022. – Dhyan Sidharth and Kailash Srinivasan
  2. Winners of the 22nd National Client Counselling Comptetion at Kerala Law Academy 2022 – Akshat Dhruva and Akshita Grover
  3. Winner of the client counselling competition held by GLS University 2023 – Savvi Singhal and Gauri Vikram
  4. Semi-finalists at the Client counselling competition Symbiosis Law School, Noida, 2023 – Isha Khurana and Akshat Khanna
  5. Finalists at the Client counselling competition Symbiosis Law School, Noida, 2023 – Rishita Mallareddy and Uday Chhabra
  6. Quarter Finalists at the MAIMS client counselling competition, 2023 – Samyukta Karthikeyan and Prabhav
  7. Quarter finalists in the Amity client counselling competition – Praharsh Pranshu and Aradhya Sharma
  8. Best client counselling team in semi finals, at UILS Client Counselling Competition – Harshita Seksaria and Shreya Bansal
  9. Best client counselling team in the preliminary round, at UILS Client Counselling Competition – Samyukta Karthikeyan and Prabhav

Prior Achievements

  1. Quarter Finalists at the 2022 Symbiosis Law School Pune Client Counselling Competition
  2. ⁠⁠Finalists at the first national cyber client counselling competition, UPES 2021
  3. ⁠⁠Runners up at the national rounds for Louis M Brown Client Consultation Competition
  4. ⁠⁠Winner, symbiosis law school Noida client counselling competition 2019
  5. ⁠Runners up, NUJS Khaitan Client counselling competition 2019
  6. Runners up; symbiosis law school Pune CCS competition in 2019
  7. ⁠⁠Semi finalists, UILS client counselling competition 2019
  8. Winner, Amity Noida client counselling competition 2019.
  9. Winner, symbiosis law school Noida client counselling competition 2018
  10. Runners up, national law school of India university, client counselling competition 2018
  11. ⁠⁠Best Advocate, client counselling competition at amity Noida 2017
  12. Winners, national law school of India university, client counselling competition 2016
  13. Winners, UILS client counselling competition 2015