“AMIHACKS – LEGAL HACKATHON 2021”

ORGANISED BY

AMITY LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA

IN COLLABORATION WITH

LETS SCALE UP AND LEGAL TECH INDIA

Objective of Ami-Hacks Legal Hackathon

The innovation and technology concentration will help prepare young lawyers/ students for employment outside of traditional legal jobs, such as– legal process outsourcing, electronic discovery services, online client lead generation, automated document assembly, online law practice management, and similar services.
It will help young lawyers to augment their techno-legal skills and ability to innovate which can be achieved through the appropriate use of law practice, technology and other innovative practices.
It aims at bringing the legal industry together with tech and innovation, with the sole purpose of developing solutions for improving the legal industry globally.

The above objectives are sought to be achieved by presenting ideas & conducting deliberations in the presence of eminent persons working at the intersection of law and technology. Several mentoring sessions as well as webinars will be conducted to help the participants throughout the hackathon.

Eligibility

All students pursuing a 3 year or a 5 year LLB course or an LLM course from a recognized law school, university or institution in India are eligible to participate.

General Guidelines

Participation
Teams can consist of 2-4 members.
Anyone with a valid college I-card can participate.
Every individual must be a member of just one team.

*NOTE: The teams may consist of members of different institutions also.

Proposal Submission

Teams can develop solutions that relate to either ‘improving the business of law’ or ‘facilitating access to justice’. They can pitch their technological and innovation related solutions or ideas catering to legal professionals, academicians or law students.

Themes:

Probono & Affordable Legal Service
Legal Journalism
Legal Awareness & Literacy
Automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Internet of Things (IoT) in Judicial System
Legal Practice & Management
Innovative tools for Dispute Redressal Platforms

III. Evaluation Criteria

Innovativeness and Novelty of the proposed Idea
Technical Competence
Impact on target market and Business Potential Viability

IV. Mentoring Sessions and AMA

During the submissions and evaluations, various mentoring sessions and AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions will be conducted with prestigious names from the industry. The sessions will cover informative and interactive sessions to guide the participants to formalize their ideas.

Prizes

Cash prizes worth Rs 25000
Internship Opportunity with reputed Legal Start-up.
Free Premium Courses
Industry Mentorship for Starting with your own Start up
For Winning team and first runner up – Free Company Registration* (Zero professional fees only nominal govt fees to be paid)

Schedule Overview

DAY	DATE	SCHEDULE
Day 1	11^th March	Inauguration Ceremony Elevator Pitch Cross Meets among Teams (quick date)/Any Other ActivityGeneral Mentoring Session
Day 2	12^th March	Product Mentoring SessionsPitch Deck Presentation & Product Prototype in PPTActivity Evaluation & Eliminations Round Seminar of the day: Expert Speaker (How to be a Startup Lawyer )
Day 3	13^th March	Financial Expert MentoringPitch your Final Deck AMA (Ask Me Anything) Session by the Real InvestorsEvaluation & Eliminations Round Seminar of the day: Expert Speaker (How to be a Legal Tech Entrepreneur)
Day 4	14^th March	Top 5 final presentationsVoting by all members/ participants/ mentors – Extra Marks Valedictory and Prize Distribution

Glossary

Elevator Pitch – An elevator pitch is a short description of an idea or product that explains the concept in a way such that any listener can understand it in a short period of time. This description typically explains who the thing is for, what it does, why it is needed, and how it will get done.

Pitch Deck – A pitch deck is a presentation deck that is used to pitch your idea or company to any number of audiences, generally investors. One of the most important aspects of an effective pitch deck is to organize it based on the audience and forum to which it is being presented.
Product Mentoring– The mentors will explain and help team regarding the process of building the tech product, features of product and UI process which includes building website or mobile app prototype.
Pitch Deck Presentation- A PPT template will be given to a team and the teams will be required to prepare their startup idea ppt explaining the details mentioned in the PPT template.
Prototype– Prototype means designs, chart or diagrams of the startup’s website or mobile app explaining how the product will function.
Financial Mentoring- The mentors will explain and help team regarding the process of fixing price of the startup’s product or services, expenses, team size, connected source of revenues and requirement of funding in a startup.
Pitching before real investors (AMA) – The teams will pitch before the real investors who will ask questions on business model, revenue model, amount the said startup is seeking to raise and where the teams will spend that amount if they get funding.

Important Details:

Participants are required to submit their proposal within 250-500 words via e-mail on [email protected].
Last date for submission of the proposal: 8^th March 2021.
The competition will be organized on the virtual platform: MS. TEAMS.

Registration