THE 2ND GLA ESSAY AND INTERNSHIP CHALLENGE

GameChanger Law Advisors (“GLA” or “Firm”) is a Bengaluru-based boutique corporate and

commercial law firm that has been providing high quality legal services to clients all over the
world since 2011. To know more about our Firm, our Practice Areas and the Industries we work in,
please do visit www.gamechangerlaw.com. Please follow us on our LinkedIn Page.

We have always believed that the ability to “simplify law” will be a critical differentiating factor
that will separate the winners from the also-rans in the legal services industry of the 2020s and
beyond. In this context, a skillset of law students and lawyers that is often underrated is the
expression of views through writing. Over the last decade, we have taken a great amount of pride
in helping a number of law students and attorneys express themselves through well-articulated
essays, blogs and articles.

As we move into our second decade as a law firm, we now want to build on our previous efforts
and make our humble contribution to improve legal writing in Indian law schools. After the
success of the first iteration of our essay and internship challenge, we are happy to launch the 2nd
GLA Essay and Internship Challenge (‘Challenge’).

We have cash prizes on offer for participants that submit the best 3 essays! Not just that, the
authors of the best 6 essays shall also be offered internships with the Firm!

2ND GLA ESSAY AND INTERNSHIP CHALLENGE REGULATIONS

(1) ELIGIBILITY: The Challenge is open only to students who are currently studying in the
third, fourth, or fifth year of a 5 year undergraduate programme in law from any
university that is recognized by the Bar Council of India OR the third year of a 3 year
undergraduate programme in law from any university that is recognized by the Bar
Council of India.

(2) TOPIC: “5 Key Legal Issues in an Esports Player Contract”

(3) WORD LIMIT: The word limit for the essay shall be a maximum of 4000 (Four
Thousand) words, including all footnotes and references. Essays that exceed the word
limit shall be automatically disqualified.

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(4) NO CO-AUTHORSHIP: No essay shall be co-authored. Co-authored essays shall be
automatically disqualified.

(5) NO PLAGIARISM: Only original essays will be considered for the Challenge. Any form of
plagiarism shall result in immediate disqualification of the submission.

(6) NO PRIOR PUBLICATION: No part of the essay should have been published earlier nor
should it be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

(7) FORMAT OF SUBMISSION: All submissions must be in MS Word format (.doc) or (.docx),
with Georgia font (Main text: size 12 and double spaced, footnotes: size 10 and single-
spaced).

(8) MODE OF SUBMISSION: The essay must be submitted ONLY through e-mail to
contentmarketing@gamechangerlaw.com with the subject ‘Submission for the 2nd GLA
Essay and Internship Challenge’.

(9) CITATION STYLE: Submissions must conform to the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal
Authorities. Please note that SCC citations for cases must be provided wherever available.

(10) FOOTNOTES ONLY: Only footnotes are permitted as a method of citation. Endnotes, as a
method of citation, is not permitted. No biographical information or references, including
the name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s) and acknowledgments should be included in the
text of the manuscript, file name or document properties. All such information may be
incorporated in the cover letter accompanying the manuscripts.

(11) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED: The essay must be accompanied by a

covering letter containing the following:
(a) Full name of the participant
(b) Participant’s current year of study and name of degree being pursued
(c) Name and address of participant’s university
(d) Title of the essay
(e) Phone number and email ID of the participant
(f) Copy of the participant’s identity card issued by their university
(g) An abstract of not more than 250 words shall have to be provided.

(12) DEADLINES

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 (a) Final date of submission of essays: 6:00 PM IST on February 28, 2022
(b) Declaration of results: March 31, 2022
(c) Notification of internship dates for those participants chosen for
internships: April 7, 2022

No requests for extension of deadline shall be entertained. Any essay

submitted post the Deadline stipulated in Regulation 10 (a) above shall not be
considered and shall be deemed to be automatically disqualified.

The selected participants will be notified via an e-mail sent to them. If you do
not hear back from the Firm by March 31, 2022, you can assume that your
submission has not been shortlisted within the Top 6 submissions received by
the Firm.

(13) PRIZES

FIRST PRIZE INR 25,000/- (RUPEES TWENTY FIVE

THOUSAND ONLY)
SECOND PRIZE INR 15,000/- (RUPEES FIFTEEN
THOUSAND ONLY)
THIRD PRIZE INR 10,000/- (RUPEES TEN THOUSAND
ONLY)

(14) AWARD OF INTERNSHIPS: The authors of the top 6 (six) essays only shall each be
awarded virtual/remote internships with the Firm for 1 (one) month between May 1,
2022 to December 31, 2022, subject to the respective internship dates being strictly
compliant with each student’s university regulations on internship programmes. The
award of internships will also be subject to the selected student’s internship dates
matching the internship calendar and schedule finalized by the Firm.

Our promise is to help every intern to hone their legal research and writing skills in the
various Practice Areas and Industries that the Firm operates in. We will be offering only 1
internship during each calendar month so as to ensure that the selected students get to
benefit from a high quality internship program that is designed to give them a well-
rounded exposure to the various Practice Areas and Industries that the Firm operates in.

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 No participation certificates will be awarded by the Firm.

(15) JUDGING CRITERIA: All submissions will be judged by the team at GLA, and on
parameters that are determined by the team at GLA at their sole discretion and
judgment. No questions on the scoring/judging criteria will be entertained by the Firm.

(16) GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION: These Regulations shall be governed and
construed in accordance with the laws of India. Courts in Bengaluru, India, shall have
exclusive jurisdiction to determine any disputes arising out of, under, or in relation to, the
provisions of these Regulations.

If you require any clarifications, please write to us at

contentmarketing@gamechangerlaw.com

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