NLU Jodhpur won its first moot in the fourth season of the Mooting Premier League (MPL), sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills, beating AKK New Law Academy Pune in the finals of the National Rounds of the Commonwealth Moot Court Competition 2012, which was last held two years ago.
The winning team consisted of Thomas J Vallianeth, Garima Sahani and Shikhar Saha, with Vallianeth also winning the best speaker award and hauling in an additional 5 MPL league table points for his university.
NLU Jodhpur returned with a total of 15 points in this tier 5 bi-annual competition that acts as a qualifier to the Commonwealth Moot that will be held in Cape Town, South Africa between 14 and 18 April 2013.
The Competition was conducted at the Faculty of Law of MITS University, Lakshmangarh, Rajasthan between 30 November and 2 December and saw participation from a total of 23 teams. The finals were judged by Prof VS Mani, who is a well-known scholar of international law.
Vallianeth was enthusiastic about the victory and the moot’s international rounds when speaking to Legally India. “We are very excited about South Africa, we already read the moot problem and it deals with nuclear testing and liability, a very contemporary and interesting topic which we are looking forward to research into.”
Vallianeth also commended the overall judging and organization of the competition. “The quality of the judging overall was good, for the finals it was excellent and for a remote place like Lakshmangarh, they took a lot of effort to provide us with reasonable accommodation and facilities.”
A team from Nalsar Hyderabad consisting of Dipankar Das, Soumitra Bose and Utkarsh Mishra won the best memorial (and 5 MPL points), while teams from NLU Delhi and Amity University made it to the semi-finals.
NLU Jodhpur now has 40 points in the MPL 4 in fifth place, while Amity Law School rose three places from 17th to 14th with 16 points.
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AKK New Law Academy and MITS have entered the MPL table at 29th and 34th place respectively while NLU-D further extended its lead in second place over NUJS by adding three points to finish with a total of 6 points.
FDI Moot for Nalsar and GNLU
Earlier last month Nalsar Hyderabad and GNLU Gandhinagar clinched 5 and 3 MPL points respectively at the 2012 FDI Moot, by winning the award for the Best Memorial and an honourable mention respectively.
Nalsar won best memorial over the likes of University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and St Petersburg State University, Russia, as well as the Oxford University Press (OUP) Prize, which consists of a gift voucher from OUP worth $250. The team from Nalsar consisted of Kaustabh Mishra, Ramya Mahidhara and Utsav Prashar.
GNLU’s Madhulika Srikumar also received an Honourable Mention in this tier 5 international moot as the fifth best speaker in the Competition. [Note: Following the rules of Jessup and Vis Vienna honourable mention MPL point allocations at international moots, the top 17 best speaker citations at the FDI moot (or around 22% of the total number of speakers at the competition) will earn MPL points.]
This year the event was held at Boston’s Suffolk University Law School from 2 to 4 November 2012 with a total of 39 teams participating in the competition.
John Marshall: Nothing for India
NLU Jodhpur finished runners-up in the Ambassador Rounds of The John Marshall Moot on IT and Privacy Law. However, runners-up in the Ambassador side rounds, for which only foreign teams are eligible, do not earn any MPL points following the MPL points allocation of 2010.
International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills is sponsoring the Mooting Premier League (MPL) and will contribute a prize pool of Rs 60,000 for the top three winning colleges.
Note: There was an unintentional computational error in the points allocated to HNLU Raipur in the previous iterations of the league table. This has now been corrected. We regret any confusion.
Mooting Premier League 4 season standings
Pos | Law school | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | Org | W | R/u | S/F | B S | B M/R | HM | Pts | Details |
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1 | NLSIU Bangalore | 100 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 153 | [Rizvi Moot] (Semis); [Surana Trial Adv - South] (gold); [Manfred Lachs Space Moot World Rounds] (gold, best memo, best orator);[Stetson South India](gold);[Oxford Media Law National Qualifiers](Silver, Best orator) | |||||
2 | NLU Delhi | 50 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 60 | [HMMCC (Semis)][Henry Dunant] (gold); [NLU Delhi Corp Moot] (organiser); [NLIU Juris Corp] (Semis); [Oxford Media Law National Qualifiers](Gold, best memo);[Commonwealth Moot National Rounds](semis); | |||||
3 | NUJS Kolkata | 8 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 48 | [HMMCC (Best team)(Best speaker)] [Nani Palkhivala (runners up)][BR Sawhney (Best peaker)][SLCU Moot (Gold, Best speaker)] | |||||||
4 | NLU Jodhpur | 15 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 40 | [Henry Dunant] (silver); [Surana Trial Adv - North] (semis); [B.R Sawhney Moot] (semis) ; [NLIU Juris Corp] (Semis); [Oxford Media Law National Qualifiers] (Semis);[Commonwealth Moot National Rounds] (Winners) (Best Speaker)] | |||||
5 | Jindal Global Law School | 20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 38 | [Nani Palkhivala] (Best Memorial)][Henry Dunant] (best researcher, semis); [Surana Trial Adv - North] (gold); [Oxford Media Law National Qualifiers](Semis) | ||||||
6 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 31 | [HMMCC (Runners up)] [Rizvi Moot] (Best team); [B.R Sawhney Moot] (organisers); [NLIU Juris Corp] (Best Speaker);[FDI Moot (Best Memorial)];[Commonwealth Moot National Rounds] (Best Memo); | |||||
7 | ILS Pune | 5 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | [HMMCC] (Best researcher); [SLCU Moot] (silver); [NLIU Juris Corp] (gold); [Stetson South India](Semis) | |||||
8 | Faculty of Law, Jamia Milia Islamia University | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | [Nani Palkhivala (Best speaker)][Henry Dunant (Best memo)[Surana Trial adv-North (Silver, bet speaker)] | ||||||
9 | HNLU Raipur | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | Nani Palkhivala (Best Researcher); [Pro Bono] (Runner's Up, Best speaker, Best researcher, Best memorial) | ||||||
10 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | [Nani Palkhivala] (best team); [NLU Delhi Corp Moot] (Best team);[FDI Moot] (Honourable Mention); | |||||||
11 | RGNUL Patiala | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | [Nani Palkhivala] (Semis); [NLU Delhi Corp Moot] (semis); B. R Sawhney Moot (runners up); [NLIU Juris Corp] (silver); | ||||||||
12 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 20 | 1 | 2 | 20 | [NLU Delhi Corp Moot] (gold, best researcher); [Surana Trial Adv - North] (best memo); | |||||||||
13 | GLC Mumbai | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | Henry Dunant (Best speaker) | ||||||||
14 | Amity Law School Noida | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | [Rizvi Moot] (Semis, best speaker, best memorial);[Commonwealth Moot National Rounds](Semis) | ||||||||
15 | NUALS Kochi | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | [NLU Delhi Corp Moot] (silver); [Stetson South] (Best memo) | ||||||||
16 | ULC Bangalore | 15 | 1 | 1 | 15 | [NLU Delhi Corp Moot] (best memo);[Pro-bono Enviro Moot (Winners) | |||||||||
17 | NLIU Bhopal | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | [HMMCC (Semis)(Best memorial)] [Nani Palkhivala (semis)]; [NLIU Juris Corp] (Organizers); | |||||||
18 | NLU Orissa | 8 | 5 | 2 | 13 | [B.R Sawhney Moot] (Best Memorial); [NLIU Juris Corp] (Best Memorial); | |||||||||
19 | CNLU Patna | 10 | 1 | 10 | [Stetson South] (Silver) | ||||||||||
20 | KLA, Trivandrum | 10 | 1 | 10 | [Stetson South] (Best orator) | ||||||||||
20 | Department of Law, North-Eastern Hill University | 10 | 1 | 10 | [Henry Dunant] (Best speaker); | ||||||||||
22 | KIIT School of Law | 10 | 1 | 10 | [B.R Sawhney Moot] (Winners) ; | ||||||||||
23 | Nirma University | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | [Henry Dunant] (semis); [Pro Bono] (Semis); | |||||||||
24 | Symbiosis, Pune | 8 | 1 | 8 | [NLIU Juris Corp] (Best Researcher) | ||||||||||
25 | School of Legal Studies, CUSAT Kochi | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | [Surana Trial Adv - South] (best memo, semis); | |||||||||
25 | SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | [SLCU Moot] (best memo, semis); | |||||||||
27 | School of Law, Sastra University, Thanjavur | 6 | 2 | 6 | [Surana Trial Adv - South] (semis); [Pro Bono] (Semis) | ||||||||||
28 | V.M. Salgaoncar, Goa | 5 | 1 | 5 | [Stetson South] (Semis) | ||||||||||
29 | A K K New Law Academy, Pune | 5 | 1 | 5 | [Commonwealth Moot National Rounds] (Runner's Up) | ||||||||||
30 | New Law College, Bharti Vidayapeeth University, Pune | 5 | 1 | 5 | [Surana Trial Adv - South] (best speaker); | ||||||||||
31 | Army Institute of Law, Mohali | 3 | 1 | 3 | [Surana Trial Adv - North] (semis); | ||||||||||
31 | Faculty of Law, IFHE Hyderabad | 3 | 1 | 3 | [SLCU Moot] (semis); | ||||||||||
31 | Campus Law Centre. Delhi | 3 | 1 | 3 | [B.R Sawhnhey Moot] (semis); | ||||||||||
34 | School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore | 1 | 1 | 1 | [SLCU Moot] (organiser); | ||||||||||
34 | Faculty of Law, MITS University,Lakhmangarh, Rajasthan (Mody Institute of Technology and Science) | 1 | 1 | 1 | [Commonwealth Moot National Rounds] (Organisers) | ||||||||||
34 | SOEL Chennai | 1 | 1 | 1 | Pro Bono (organisers) | ||||||||||
34 | Rizvi Law College | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rizvi Moot (organisers) |
For more information please refer to the MPL 3 rulebook – Commonwealth moot, and upgrade of Oxford Media Law Moot South Asia to be updated.
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Please Confirm and Change!
Why is not my comment published?
Quoting NLSIU:
The best speaker was ANEES fro KERALA LAW ACADEMY TRIVANDRUM
Just because you are the current toppers dont act oversmart
At least look things up properly before you type something
As "U LIAR NLSIU" perfectly puts it "Just because you are the current toppers dont act oversmart"
What is your problem....First you give the Surana Points then you dont....Even if you want to remove the moot altogether do it next year...or just decide first what you want to do.... :p
The points allotted to HNLU was not a computational error but allotment for "Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, North-East India round". This moot belongs to tier 5 and is at par with North India and South India Rounds. Please check the Surana's new division of states for this Moot.
Please correct your points tally.
Quote: @ www.legallyindia.com/201210263219/Mooting/hnlu-raipur-loses-pro-bono-enviro-moot-to-ulc-bangalore-but-sweeps-rest-overtakes-nujs-to-2nd
Their time is up.
It looks like after all the fighting Kian and NALSAR have come to some agreement where NALSAR keeps giving LI inside "scoop" in return for favours like this..
sir, how far fetched are your allegations? Leaving the issue of whether nalsar is "finished" or not, the MPL has certain definite rules fixed and they follow it accordingly.
Quoting NALSAR it seems:
Then what made you to come to this page?
Whts happening Kian, it seems all is not well in MPL team
Stetson should instead be dropped to Tier V.
Some transition in Team MPL at the moment so there's some handover problems, but we'll take a holistic look at everything and take action/corrections where appropriate.
Sorry for any confusion or inconvenience in the meantime, we hope to have this settled shortly.
Thanks
Kian
How can Stetson which has the best teams participating be downgraded to a Tier 4 moot with Raj Anand and Surana Corporate etc?
1. Best teams from colleges participate, for that level of competition it should be there. You are talking about best National moots,and Jessup is there, so must Stetson.
2. 16 teams in Northrounds is a good number. End of the day its not about the number of teams but the quality anfd with so many good law schools participating it should not be downgraded. Better teams are sent to Stetson over Dunant and Media law, if they are Tier 3, and Jessup with its participation is, so should this.
3. International Law moots which give teams have to work consistently for months should not be placed in the same tier as moots which require one month effort (like Juriscorp). Differentiation must also be made because its IL, this year dealt with Erga omnes on species protection etc.
Purely for the intensity of the law, the quality of the participants and the presitige the moot enjoys it should remain as Tier 3.
MPL would be doing grave injustice to next year participants if they downgrade it any further. End of the day, some moots can have 60 teams, with only 8 odd who are very good/potential competition to win it. So, number is a very stupid criteria to judge and hopefully MPL won't stoop to such low levels so as to downgrade it merely because someone did not make it and wants it lowered.
The moot's prestige is atmost importance and here this moot has been enjoying it over 17 years. It is, atleast in line with the 3 year old Media law moot, and downgrading it, I repeat is injustice.
Oxford Media had 18 Indian teams out of which 3 qualified. Stetson north had 16 from which 2 qualified. Jessup last year had 14 in the south and 18 in North. So lets be practical about it and not listen to random haters!
You wrote that you are counting the top 22% of speakers for giving points for the FDI moot, I also rank in the top 17 speakers of the FDI moot, I am a student of National Law University, Jodhpur.
Should it or not be included?
Regards,
Animesh
Not much left to be said.
Like for BCI, one University is represented by one team, so there is Intra comptt. in colleges belonging to same University to represent University in BCI, such is not the case with moots like Stetson atleast.
By the way are you paid by Surana which conducts many moots including Stetson that you are keep on rattling?
Stetson and Jessup are moots with considerable international prestiege. The competition amongst the limited number of teams there is intense. Downgrading it based on numbers is ridiculous. By that extrension SP Sathe has over 40 teams, does it deserve to be ahead?
The number of good colleges that participate in a moot is the determinent. Jessup, Stetson, Henry Dunant, BCI and Oxford Price deserve to be in the same tier.
Downgrading Stetson from one of them would be injustice. Surely you'll take cognisance of this Kian!
Oxford Media law moot is a fairly new moot. If that deserves to be in Tier 3, I don't see any logic of reducing Stetson to tier 4.
I thought it was a fair reflection of the skills of the participants and the level of preperation and the prestiege associated with the moot than the "number of teams".
We all know at the end of the day only 5 odd law schools would make a difference in most moots. And in Stetson the competition is phenomenal. I cant believe its being reduced to a number game.
Faith in MPL is slowly deteriorating.
So Universities only send their best teams for the 'International' Round of Stetson?
What an idiot.
Is this correlated to the imposition of Sharia law on campus?
NLS of course is still the best. And will always be.
Number do matters...
And the structure and propositions of BCI just suck.
For moots like GIMC, K.K.Luthra, Palkhivala, KLA; colleges do send their best teams too....does it mean all should be elevated to Tier 3?
NO.
People prefer Stetson or Jessup OVER these moots for a reason.
And thats cause its better.
The next tier will be enjoyed by the moots you mentioned.
Nexus should not be drawn between participation and quality.
Man lachs world rounds has FOUR teams and enjoys tier 1. BECAUSE ITS HARD.
Get that in. Number of teams is the most stupid idea for downscaling a moot.
Probably the best 50 teams from a college go for BCI, but out of which hardly 10 are of comparable quality, cause most teams are BAD.
The best of most colleges are BAD.
This is as rudely as it can be stated.
Jessup Stetson hardly have participation, but they are insanely brilliant moots. STOP downscaling the nationals purely cause your college did not make it. It probably did not cause well, it was competing with the best, and its not good enough.
Sarcasm apart,look at it from an objective viewpoint. Many people don't opt for jessup/stetson for the sole reason that they believe to be not up to the mark. Most of the low-rung colleges will rather have their luck tried at some regional/national moot than spending time,money & energy on these ones. Yes,the numbers are lower, quantitatively but not qualitatively.
Stetson qualitatively is a better moot, better teams are sent, it requires that prestiege to be associated with it.
Colleges send teams to BCI for affliation for their colleges.
Stetson and Jessup require a level of preparation and standard which most national law moots cannot have. Realistically, it makes sense. Some people don't take these moots because they believe they cannot qualify to the world rounds because of the standard the moot demands, hence the low participation.
On that related note, most lawschools like GLC, NLIU etc in the south had exams and hence low level of participation this year.
But please...continue the mudslinging.
From Jaipur TOI
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/entrance-exams/Bar-exam-Shortage-of-question-papers-leads-to-chaos-exam-cancelled/articleshow/17551434.cms
Thanks.
For moots like Stetson, yes they verily are good moots but they do not deserve higher pedestal than moots like Palkhivala or KK Lthra or IICLAM or KLA. Number of good teams participating make a competition truly a competition, otherwise few teams within themselves win all the different prizes and earn many points for themselves in MPL.
Hope Team Kian is listening!!
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