Mooting Premier League 2010-11 moot court competitions
Provisionally the following competitions will be included in the MPL 2.
Total- 47 Moots. Tier 1- 6 Moots | Tier 2- 5 Moots | Tier 3- 16 Moots | Tier 4- 20 Moots
Tier 1 - Global Championships
These are the world finals of the most prestigious moot court competitions in the world and includes Vis Vienna, which is the world's single biggest moot by the numbers of teams
- Philip C. Jessup, Washington
- Willem C. Vis, Vienna
- Manfred Lachs Space Moot, World Finals
- Stetson World Rounds
- Red Cross Moot
- ELSA WTO Moot
Tier 2 - World Class
These are the widely-recognised international mooting events where a substantial number of Indian teams participate or outstanding competitive Indian national moots such as the Bar Council of India Moot
- Willem C. Vis (East), Hong Kong
- Manfred Lachs Space Moot, Sydney rounds
- ELSA WTO Asian rounds
- DM Harish Moot, GLC
- Bar Council of India moot
Tier 3 - National Elite
These mooting events include a mix of national qualifiers to Tier 1 events and other national and international competitions that see a good level of participation from Indian law schools but are slightly less competitive or well-known than the higher tier moots.
- Maritime International Arbitration Moot, Sydney (July 2011)
- ICC Moot, Paris (Feb 2011)
- Philip C. Jessup North India Rounds
- Philip C. Jessup South India Rounds
- Stetson North India Rounds
- Stetson South India Rounds
- Henry Dunant Moot (India qualification rounds to Red Cross Moot)
- ISRO Manfred Lachs funding rounds
- MM Singhvi moot, NLU Jodhpur
- Nani Palkhiwala Tax Moot, GLC
- IICLAM Competition
- Oxford Media Law Moot (Mar 2011)
- Oxford IPR Moot (Mar 2011)
- ICC Trial Moot, The Hague (Feb 2011)
- Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot (March 2011)
- Commonwealth Moot (Mar 2011)
Tier 4 - National Contenders
A majority of these top national mooting events see participation from varying ranges of Indian law schools. Some moots, such as GNLU International Moot and NLS International Arbitration, even see international participation.
- NLS International Arbitration
- GNLU International Moot
- NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot
- Justice Tankha Memorial Moot, NLIU Bhopal
- Amity Moot Court Competition
- Surana Corporate Moot
- Surana International Technology Moot
- KLA Moot, Kerala
- Nalsar BR Sawhney Moot
- KK Luthra Criminal Law Moot, Delhi
- SP Sathe Moot, ILS Pune
- NLU Delhi All India Corporate Moot
- Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, North India round
- Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, South India round
- ULC Bangalore Moot
- NFCG-Nalsar Moot on Corporate Governance
- NLU Antitrust Moot
- Pro Bono Enviro Moot SOEL Chennai
- Justice Hidayatullah Memorial Moot
surana & surana international minority rights
Scoring criteria
Category/Tiers | Tier 1 - global championships | Tier 2 - world class | Tier 3 - national elite | Tier 4 - national contenders |
Best team | 20 points | 15 points | 10 points | 7 points |
Runners-up | 15 points | 10 points | 7 points | 4 points |
Best Orator / Memorial / Researcher | 12 points each | 10 points each | 7 points each | 4 points each |
Semi finalists | 10 points | 7 points | 4 points | 2 points |
Honourable mention | 10 points | 7 points | N/A | N/A |
Stats | ||||
Number of competitions | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 |
Total possible points for winners | 120 | 75 | 160 | 140 |
Total points for runners-up | 90 | 50 | 112 | 80 |
Now, we need your help:
- Look through the list and decide whether you agree with the rankings.
- Do you agree with the scoring criteria? Should more points be given for a tier, or less points?
- Think of some catchy names to call each tier and let us know!