Marwadi University

Faculty of Law

Academic Year 2019-20

Project Policy
1. General Guidelines:

 Project to be carried out as per the Project Writing Guidelines of Faculty of Law,
Marwadi University.
 Students shall maintain originality and time commitment throughout the course of
project.
 The project should be original, self-explanatory and without plagiarism,
otherwise, appropriate action shall be taken by concerned authority.
 Font size shall be 12 Times New Roman and 11/2 Line Space.
 Footnotes/Endnotes & References/Bibliography shall be 20th edition of The
Bluebook
 A student who fails to submit the Synopsis or Rough Draft or Final Project or all
the components on time, they will be given zero.
 Consultation is compulsory for which separate attendance sheet will be
maintained and it is essential component for keeping of the term.
 If any issue arises which has not been mentioned in the policy/guidelines, the
decision of the Dean, Faculty of Law, shall be final.

Project Process:

The entire project process will be in four phases along with Consultation (5 marks).

1. Submission of Synopsis
2. Submission of Rough Draft
3. Submission of final project
3. Presentation and Viva Voce

2. Submission of Synopsis:

 Synopsis should include:

o Title
o Introduction
o Review of Literature
o Statement of problem
 o Objectives
o Hypothesis
o Research Questions
o Methodology (including data collection method, if empirical)
o Tentative Chapterisation
o Footnotes/endnotes
o References/Bibliography

2. Submission of Rough draft:

 After approval of the Synopsis by the concerned faculty, the students will start
working and finalization of the project.

3. Submission of Final draft:

 After approval of the Rough draft by the concerned faculty, the students will
make the necessary changes suggested by the concerned faculty and submit the
final project.

Note: Submission of Synopsis and Final Project shall be done in soft as well as
hard copy

 The students who fail to submit Synopsis or Rough Draft or Final Project
within the stipulated time will be marked absent in that particular
component.

4. Presentation and Viva Voce:

After the submission of the final project, Viva Voce will be conducted
immediately as per project Time Table.

4. Evaluation Criteria:

Synopsis Submission: 5 marks

Title- 1 marks
Research Problem & Methodology- 2 marks
Review of Literature-2 marks

Rough draft Submission: 5 marks

Coordination between Objectives & Hypothesis & Chapters- 5 marks

Final Project Submission: 15 marks

 Research Tools & Techniques- 3 marks
Citation- 3 marks
Analysis of Research Problem as per objectives/hypothesis- 7 marks
Conclusion- 2 marks

Presentation & Viva Voce (External): 20 marks

Presentation Skill-10 marks
Viva Voce-10 marks

Total : 50 Marks