About the Civil Proceedings and Civil Drafting Course
When someone has been wronged in any way, the urge to litigate can be overwhelming. They have suffered damages! Someone wronged them! Someone did not deliver the goods they were supposed to in time! Some squatter isn’t paying them rent any longer. So now they want to sue them in civil court.
But civil suits are long, difficult slogs, especially for someone who doesn’t make a living handling them. This is where a civil lawyer’s role comes into picture.
If you know the court proceedings and civil drafting well, your career as a litigator can launch with the highest speed! This course has been specially designed for that.
This course, developed for law students and lawyers, will teach you all about the process and stages of civil litigation, drafting of plaint, written statement, interim applications, etc.
About Lawctopus Law School
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14,000+ law students, young lawyers, professionals, academicians, and business people. Over 1000 students have rated our courses and the average rating is
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At LLS, our courses are developed by subject matter experts (practitioners and academicians) and these courses are a mix of
- rigorously researched reading modules
- recorded lectures by industry experts
- weekly live sessions by experts
- assignments (with personalized feedback),
- special, add-on career webinars, and
- the now famous ‘warmth and care’ of LLS
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Structure of this Course
Module 1: Introduction to Civil Procedure Civil Drafting for Initiation of a Civil Suit
- Orientation to Civil Drafting and Civil Procedure
Module 2: Court Machinery and Steps Involved in Civil Litigation
- Where and how to file a suit?
- How to authorize your representatives?
- Nomenclature of different petitions
- Stages of civil proceedings (steps involved)
- Sample Vakalatnama
Module 3: Drafting of Legal Notices
- What is a legal notice?
- How to draft a legal notice?
- How to draft a reply to legal notices?
- Sample legal notice
- Sample reply to a legal notice
Note: Click here to explore our Self-Paced Course on Drafting a Legal Notice.
Module 4: Drafting of Plaint
- Rules and guidelines for drafting a plaint
- How to draft a plaint? (Screen-share video with sample plaint)
- Rejection of plaint
Module 5: Drafting of Written Statement
- Introduction to drafting of a written statement
- Rules for drafting a written statement
- How to draft a written statement? (Screen-share video with sample written statement)
- Set off and counterclaim
Module 6: Drafting of Evidence Affidavit
- Rules for drafting an evidence affidavit
- How to draft an evidence affidavit? (share screen video with sample evidence affidavit)
- Affidavit under Section 65B for certification of Electronic Evidence
Module 7: Drafting of Interlocutory Applications
- Introduction to Drafting of Interlocutory Applications
- How to draft Interlocutory Applications? (share screen video with sample application)
Module 8: Analysis and Comparison of 3 Civil Drafts
- How to draft a Recovery of Debt Application,
- How to draft a Complaint under Negotiable Instruments Act
- How to draft a Statement of Claim in an Arbitration
Unique Elements of The Course
1. Weekly Live Sessions
Get all your doubts and queries cleared by the faculty in weekly live sessions. Build upon what you learn through readings and recorded lectures.
2. Self-Assessment Assignment
Draft an Interlocutory Application!
3. Compulsory Assignment (learn by doing)
Draft a Plaint or an Application under Section 65B of IT Act.
Note: Your assignment will be evaluated by the faculty in-depth and personalized feedback will be given to each learner.
4. Supplementary webinars/workshops
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How will this course on Civil Proceedings and Civil Drafting help you?
- This course will teach you civil drafting and civil proceedings end-to-end.
- You will learn about the stages of civil litigation and the skill of drafting a plaint, written statement, interim applications, affidavits, etc.
- It will save 2 years of your legal career! What a lawyer learns after 2 years of practice, you’d have learned in 2 months.
- Law students will be able to ace related internships.
- Lawyers will be able to start their practices on the ‘civil side’.
Who can enroll in this course?
- Law students
- Legal professionals
- Litigators wanting to get into the ‘civil side’ of things
- Academicians wanting to upgrade their practical knowledge
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Course Fee
Rs. 6,400
Course Duration
8 weeks
Mode of learning
- Weekly Live Sessions (90-minutes long). Recordings too will be made available.
- Rigorously researched reading resources
- An online forum to get your questions answered
- 1 self-assessment assignment
- 1 compulsory drafting assignment with personal feedback
Add-on benefits
- Get a completion certificate issued by Lawctopus Law School after the completion of the course.
- Merit certificates will be awarded to best-performing learners.
- Access to webinars around legal notice drafting, CV-building, and earning through freelancing.
Money Back Guarantee
In case you do the course sincerely and are still dissatisfied with it, we’ll refund you 100% of the money you invested; no questions asked. We are that confident in our course!
What does ‘sincerely’ mean? It means that you attend at least 75% of the live classes and complete the compulsory assignments successfully. If you still don’t think the course was worth the money, we’ll refund the full amount, no questions asked!
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Email: courses@lawctopus.com
Phone: +91 93596 84056 (Ishani Patankar, Counsellor, Lawctopus Law School)