Nyay Frames – 2nd KIIT Legal Aid Reel Making Competition, 2025: Register by Aug 16

About KIIT Legal Services Clinic

KIIT Legal Services Clinic (KLSC) is a student-led initiative at KIIT School of Law, dedicated to legal awareness, legal aid, and access to justice. Through grassroots activism, community engagement, and creative outreach, the Clinic has become a model for experiential legal education.

About the Opportunity

Titled Nyay Frames | न्याय फ्रेम्स | ନ୍ୟାୟ ଫ୍ରେମ୍ – 2nd KIIT Legal Aid Reel Making Competition, 2025, the 2nd KIIT Legal Aid Reel Making Competition invites students to create short vertical video reels (30–120 seconds) on socio-legal themes, aimed at raising awareness on legal rights, social justice, and civic engagement.

The competition is completely online, accessible nationwide, and free to participate in. Reels will be shared across social media platforms to foster public engagement and spread legal literacy in creative ways.

Theme

Participants can choose from the following broad themes and sub-topics:

“Swipe, Like, Sue?” – Law and Social Media

• Defamation through memes and posts
• Consent and sharing private content
• Cyberbullying and its legal consequences
• Fake news & misinformation: Legal remedy
• Influencers & the law: What’s allowed?
• Undertrial Prisoners

Undertrial Prisoners

• Bail as a right: When it’s denied
• Impact of long pre-trial detention
• Legal aid for undertrials
• Prison overcrowding due to undertrials
• Justice delayed vs denied
• Drug Laws & Youth

Drug Laws & Youth

• NDPS Act: What every student should know
• First-time offenders and rehabilitation
• Legal vs illegal substances: Know the difference
• Peer pressure and the legal price
• Bail and punishment in minor drug cases
• Law Without a Lawyer

Law Without a Lawyer

• Filing an RTI by yourself
• Representing yourself in small claims court
• Using consumer courts without a lawyer
• Online legal portals and services
• Common legal documents you can draft on your own
• Online Hate Speech

Online Hate Speech

• Difference between hate speech and free speech
• Laws against religious or caste-based hate
• Reporting online hate speech
• Role of social media platforms
• Hate speech and the impact on real life

Detailed sub-themes will be provided in the official brochure.

Languages Permitted: English, Hindi, Odia

Subtitles: Mandatory for non-English reels

Eligibility

• Law students enrolled in 3-year or 5-year LL.B. courses
• LL.M. students from any Indian institution
• Class 11th–12th students studying Legal Studies
• Inter-year and inter-college teams allowed
• Cross-institutional collaborations encouraged

Registration Fee

FREE FOR ALL

Prizes

• Best Content (Overall) – ₹3,000
• Best Content (English) – ₹2,000
• Best Content (Hindi) – ₹2,000
• Best Content (Odia) – ₹2,000

Winners will receive e-certificates and will be featured on the official platforms of KIIT Legal Services Clinic and ProBono India.

Important Dates

• Release of Brochure: 28 July 2025
• Last Date for Registration: 16 August 2025
• Last Date for Submission: 21 August 2025
• Engagement Count Ends: 5 September 2025
• Result Declaration: 9 September 2025
• Prize Distribution & Closing Ceremony: 12 September 2025

Registration Process

Click Here to Submit.

Reels must be uploaded on the participants’ social media handles

Participants must:

• Tag the official handles of KIIT Legal Services Clinic
• Use the official event hashtag
• Keep the post public for engagement tracking
• Final submissions must also be uploaded via the registration form

Contact

Email: [email protected]

Neetisha Mohanty (Student Convenor)

Aastha (Student Co‑Convenor)

Falguni Mundhra (Secretary)

Phone Number: 1. +919650960220 | 2. +918910585965

The brochure is here.