On 1st August 2016 a special lecture on ‘Personality Development’ was organized. Dr. Jayasimha, Principal, BV Bellad Law College, Belguam spoke on importance of personality development for law students.Prof. K.B Vasudeva, Principal, VVLC Presided the occasion.
While speaking on legal profession he said, lawyers have a set of skills which most people don’t possess. At some point in their life everyone will have to turn to a lawyer.Craig pointed out however that clients are becoming increasingly skeptical about the role lawyers play in the development of their business. A lawyer may be an option of last resort, when the company is in trouble or they need something technical doing quickly.
Lawyers need to work harder at being trusted advisors. This comes from good client relationships. Finding the sweet spot between providing a quality professional service and having that “likeability” that will either bring the back or empower them to make a recommendation.Think carefully about how you can develop the skills which will help you foster good client relationships. Do not think a legal professional needs to have a “lawyer persona” – it’s more important to be authentic for clients to trust and like you.Clients will have fixed ideas about what they need before they even get through the door. This is increasingly making the lawyer-client relationship difficult to negotiate.
The Special Lecture windup with the vote of thanks delivered by Prof. K.B Vasudeva
REPORT ON PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
On 3rd March 2017 a special lecture on Personality Development was organized for final year students. Mr. Suresh, Management Consultant, Advocate & Corporate Trainer, Bengaluru spoke on ‘personality development in legal profession’. The occasion was presidedover by Prof.K.BVaudeva, Principal,VVLC, Mysuru
While speaking on the legal profession he said that legal profession is a Nobel profession and the profession requires a lot of patience to deal with court, client and fellow collogues. Lawyers require: qualities like communication skill, Judgment attitude, analytical skills, research skill, people skill, perseverance and creativity. Lawyers must be orally articulate, have good written communication skills and also be good listeners. In order to argue convincingly in the courtroom before juries and judges, good public speaking skills are essential. Communication and speaking skills can be developed during your studies by taking part in activities such as mooting or general public speaking. The ability to draw reasonable, logical conclusions or assumptions from limited information is essential as a lawyer. Both the study and practice of law involve absorbing large quantities of information, then having to distil it into something manageable and logical.
At times, there will be more than one reasonable conclusion or more than one precedent applicable to resolving a situation.A lawyer must therefore have the evaluative skills in order to choose which is the most suitable.Similarly, being able to research quickly and effectively is essential to understanding your clients, their needs, and to preparing legal strategies.
Preparing legal strategies requires absorbing and comprehending large amounts of information, then distilling them down into something manageable and useful.Law is not an abstract practice. Irrelevant of how well someone does academically, at the end of the day lawyers work with people, on behalf of people, and the decisions that are made effect peoples’ lives.
They must be personable, persuasive and able to read others. This allows them to gauge juror’s reactions and the honesty of witnesses.This allows them to decide upon the best approach to take in order to achieve the desired outcome: either clients taking their advice or reaching a favourable negotiation with the opposition.
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” Even studying to become a lawyer takes a great deal of perseverance and commitment – and that’s before you even start work! When working on a case, you must have the perseverance to complete the work necessary to drive it to a successful finish.
The very top lawyers are not only logical and analytical, but they display a great deal of creativity in their problem solving. The best solution is not always the most obvious and in order to outmaneuver your challenger it is often necessary to think outside the box.
The lecture concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Smt. Indumathi M.J, Asst Professor, VVLC.
REPORT ON PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC RULES
On 8th October 2016 a special lecture on ‘Personality Development and Traffic Rules’ was organized. Sri.Hussain Sab, Sub Inspector, Bellary spoke on traffic rules and personality development.
Speaking on the traffic discipline, he said, discipline is a restrictive word. It is self-restrictive and self-control. It is something like doing things in a right time, and in right manner. In the same way traffic rules and regulations constitute discipline in road traffic.
He said one should follow law which is meant to protect us. Wearing helmet while riding, seat belts while driving ensures safety. Law students must not violate the traffic rules but rather they should help in implementing it. He quoted various incidents of road accidents.
The special lecture concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Sri. Shivakumara, Asst Professor, VVLC.
REPORT ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION AND SOCIAL MEDIA
On 17th August 2016 a special lecture on freedom of speech & expression & social media was organized. Prof.Lakshminarayan , Member, AIDYO spoke in this occasion and pointed out that the freedom is important, so is responsibility. In countries like India, the media have a responsibility to fight backward ideas such as casteism and communalism, and help the people fight poverty & other social evils.
Freedom of press and journalistic ethics is an important burning issue at present era. In this regard there should be a serious discussion on this topic. This discussion should include issues of the responsibilities of the press, since the media have become very prominent and very powerful.
In India, freedom of the press has been treated as part of the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 19(1) (a) of the constitution .However, as mentioned in Article 19(2) , reasonable restrictions can be placed on this right. Hence, freedom of the media is not an absolute freedom.
In the freedom of press people receive free flow of information and ideas, which is essential to intelligent self-governance that is democracy. For a proper functioning of democracy it is essential that citizens are kept informed about news form various parts of the country and even abroad. A citizen surely cannot be expected personally to gather news to enable him or her to form such opinions. Hence the media play an important role in a democracy and serve as an agency of the people to gather news for them.
The Special Lecture windup with the vote of thanks delivered by Prof. K.B Vasudeva
