National Law School held a beautiful inaugural function for the Louis Brown International Client
Counselling Competition on April 3.

On the stage were seated several renowned dignitaries which included Justice S Rajendra Babu, former Chief Justice of India and Professor Madhava Menon, founder of NLS and a distinguished jurist. 

NLS was the proud organiser of this competition which India hosted for the first time. This initiative was started in 1969 and emphasises on the importance of extra legal and personal skills in the legal profession and understanding the needs of a client.

Students from 18 different countries participated in the programme.  Following the inaugural function was a cultural event at the Shankaraa Foundation, Kanakpura Road.  

The cultural programme began with a brilliantly choreographed, and painstakingly executed performance by an Indian Professional Dance Group, Amrithavarshani who. Following this, the participating teams were invited to perform something significantly representative of their countries. The participants from Scotland, dressed rather splendidly in their traditional costume, gave a very entertaining description of  their costume, its history and significance, along with a musical rendition of a poem by Robert Burns. Finland followed their lead, with its participant proving to be an adept singer as well, evident from the appreciation his song received from the audience. The Nigerian team struck quite a different note, with the entire team, from various tribes of the country dressed in their traditional costumes.

Their lead was followed by the Cambodian team as well who also entertained the audience by dancing their ‘popular dance’ to the garden song of their country. A refreshing note once again found its way into the programme, with the New Zealand participants performing the Mauri war dance.  The team from Hong Kong gave the audience a taste of Chinese music.

Northern Ireland, not to be outdone, gave an outstanding musical performance as well, beautifully modulated and flawlessly delivered. Rounding off the foreign performance was a performance by the Malay team who sang and danced to their singing, enchantingly dressed in their traditional costumes.

Contributing to the gamut of cultural experience was the first year dance group from the National Law School of India University itself, who gave an excellent Gujarati performance, to thunderous applause and encouraging the guests to try their own hand at dancing with Dandia sticks as well.