Nuals Kochi and Nalsar Hyderabad were the only two Indian teams to make a mark at the 15th Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition last week.
Nuals reached the quarterfinals of the moot, won the third best memorandum award and its speaker Ajitha Pichaipillai won the tenth best oralist award.
Even though Nalsar could not break at the moot, its speaker Tarun Gopalakrishnan won the eighth best oralist award in this tier 2 world-class moot of the MPL 2 sponsored by Allen & Overy.
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Nuals takes home 10 points from this moot for its memorandum and oralist awards and is now ranked tenth in the MPL Standings.
Nalsar gets five points for the oralist award and continues to maintain its top spot with 175 points, according to the MPL 2 rulebook but Nuals will not earn any MPL points for finishing quarterfinalists in this Tier 2 World Class Moot.
India was represented by four teams that were selected after a national qualifier for north and south India last year. University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashta University, Delhi and UILS Chandigarh got through from north India, while Nalsar and NUALS were the south Indian representatives.
The moot was organized by the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy of the Stetson University College of Law. Royal C. Gardner, the Director of the Institute was unavailable for comment.
The moot problem revolved around issues related to oil pollution and the marine environment.
Last year NLU Jodhpur was the only team to score at Stetson, winning 14 points for being quarter-finalist and two honourable mentions.
Mooting Premier League 2 season standings
| Pos | Law school | Pts | Details |
| 1 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 175 | [Stetson World Rounds] (8th best oralist); ISRO Manfred Lachs (Runners-up, Best Speaker); Leiden-Sarin (Runners-up); Amity (Semi-finalist, Best Memorandum); SP Sathe (Winner, best speaker); NLU-J Antitrust (Winner, best memorandum, best speaker); GIMC (Runners up); KLA Moot (Winners); BCI Moot (Winners);Jessup South (Runners up);NLIU-Juris Corp (Best speaker); Stetson South India (Winner), Nani Palkhiwala (Winners), Surana Int\'l Minority (Semifinalist); Surana Tiral Advocacy South (Seminfinalist) |
| 2 | NUJS Kolkata | 119 | Fiat Justitia (Winners, best memorandum); [NLU-D Corp Law] (Runners up); NLU-J Antitrust (Semi finalist); KLA Moot (Best Speaker, Runners up);BCI Moot (Semifinalist); Commonwealth International Rounds (Best Speaker, Semifinalist); Jessup North (Runners-up, Best Memorandum); Oxford-Media India Round (Winner); Commonwealth India Rounds (Winners; Best Memo); Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Best Memo, Best Speaker, Semi-finalist) |
| 3 | NLU Delhi | 109 | Leiden-Sarin (Best speaker); Herbert Smith (Runners up, Best Speaker); Fiat Justitia (Runners up); DM Harish (Semifinalist);KLA Moot (Semifinalist);Jessup North (Winner, Best Speaker); KK Luthra (Runners up); HNLU Moot (Winner, Best Speaker, Best Researcher) Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Semi finalist) Henry Dunant (Runners up) |
| 4 | NLSIU Bangalore | 101 | ISRO Manfred Lachs (Winner); Herbert Smith (Semifinalist);GIMC (Semifinalist); DM Harish (Best Researcher);BCI Moot (Runners up);Jessup South (Best Speaker, Semifinalist); KK Luthra (Semi finalist); Oxford-Media India Round (Runners up, Best speaker); Stetson South India (Semi-finalist), Nani Palkhiwala (Best Speaker), Rizvi Moot (Winners) |
| 5 | NLU Jodhpur | 86.5 | ELSA-WTO Asia Rounds (Best Memorandum Overall, Best Memorandum Complainant); Amity (Runners up, Best Researcher); Herbert Smith (Best Memo, Semifinalist);Fiat Justitia (Super six); Surana IT (Runners up); Surana Corp (Winners); GIMC (Semifinalist);Oxford-Media India Round (Semi finalist, Best memorandum); NLIU-Juris Corp (Runners up); Maritime International Arbitration Moot, Sydney (The Sarah Derrington Encouragement Award)* |
| 6 | HNLU Raipur | 74 | Red Cross Moot (Runners up); ULC Moot (Best Memorandum, Best Researcher);BCI Moot (Best Female Speaker);Oxford-Media India Round (Semi finalist); NLIU-Juris Corp (Winner); Henry Dunant (Winners) |
| 6 | ILS Pune | 74 | Amity (Best Speaker); Raisoni (Runners up); Surana IT (Semi finalist); Surana Corp (Best Memorandum, Semifinalist); Jessup South (Winners, Best Memorandum);Stetson South India (Semi-finalist), Surana Trial Advocacy South (Winners) |
| 8 | RGNUL Patiala | 72.5 | SP Sathe (Runners-up); NLU-D Corp Law (Winners, best memorandum (joint), best researcher); Surana IT (Semi finalist); DM Harish (Runners up);KK Luthra (Best speaker); Stetson North (Semi finalist, best speaker); NLIU-Juris Corp (Semi finalist); Surana Trial Advocacy North (Runners up), Rizvi Moot (best speaker) |
| 9 | NLIU Bhopal | 72 | Herbert Smith (Winners);ULC Moot (Best Speaker, Semifinalist); Stetson North (Semi finalist); HNLU Moot {Semi-finalist) Nani Palkhiwala (Best Researcher), Surana Trial Advocacy North (Winners, Best Speaker), Henry Dunant (Semifinalist, Best Memo), Rizvi Moot (semi-finalist) |
| 10 | NUALS Kochi | 68 | [Stetson World Rounds] (3rd best memo, 10th best oralist);Surana IT (Winners); Surana Corp (Best Speaker); Stetson South India (Runner-up, Best Memo), Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Runner up) Surana Trial Advocacy North (Best Memo), Surana Int\'l Minority (Runners up) |
| 11 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 62 | Raisoni (Semi finalists, Best Memo); DM Harish (Winners); BCI Moot (Best Memorandum, Best Male Speaker);ICC Mediation (Special Award for the Team Which Best Acknowledged Cultural Differences);Commonwealth India Rounds (Semi finalists); John Marshall (Winner, Ambassador Round), Nani Palkhiwala (Semifinalist), Surana Trial Advocacy North (Semifinalist) |
| 12 | RMNLU Lucknow | 49 | ISRO Manfred Lachs (Semi-finalist); SP Sathe (Semi-finalist, best memorandum); Surana IT (Best Memorandum); NLU-D Corp Law (Semi finalist); Surana Corp (Runners up); GIMC (Best Memorandum);Henry Dunant (Best Researcher) |
| 13 | Government Law College, Mumbai | 45.5 | NLU-D Corp Law (Best speaker); Fiat Justitia (Super six, best speaker); NLU-J Antitrust (Semi finalist); DM Harish (Best Memorandum);KLA Moot (Best Memorandum);Jessup South (Semifinalist);Nani Palkhiwala (Best Memo) |
| 14 | SOEL Chennai | 41 | Surana IT (Best speaker); NLU-D Corp Law (Semi finalist); Commonwealth India Rounds (Runners up, Best Speaker); Surana Int\'l Minority (Winners), Surana Tiral Advocacy South (Runners up, Best Speaker) |
| 15 | UILS Chandigarh | 33 | ULC Moot (Winners); Stetson North (Runners up); Nani Palkhiwala (Runners Up), Surana Trial Advocacy South (Best Memo) |
| 16 | Campus Law Centre Delhi | 29.5 | SP Sathe (Semi-finalist); Fiat Justitia (Super six); NLU-J Antitrust (Runners-up); HNLU Moot (Runners up, Best Memorandum) Nalsar B.R. Sawhny Moot (Winner) |
| 17 | Army Institute of Law, Mohali | 27 | KLA Moot (Semifinalist);Nani Palkhiwala (Semifinalist), Surana Int\'l Minority(Best Memo), Rizvi Moot (runner-up, best memo) |
| 18 | Amity Law School | 22 | ISRO Manfred Lachs (Semi-finalist); Amity (Semi-finalist); Jessup North (Semi-finalist); Stetson North (Best memorandum); Commonwealth India Rounds (Semi finalists) |
| 19 | University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashta University, Delhi | 20 | Stetson North (Winner) |
| 20 | Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad | 15 | Henry Dunant (Semifinalist, Best Speaker) |
| 20 | Law Centre I (LC-I) Delhi University | 15 | FDI Moot (Semi-finalist; 2 Honourable Mentions); Surana Trial Advocacy North (Semifinalist), Rizvi Moot (semifinalist) |
| 20 | Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Government Law College Chennai | 15 | Amity (Winner) |
| 20 | Symbiosis, Pune | 15 | Raisoni (Winners); NLU-J Antitrust (Best researcher) |
| 24 | CNLU Patna | 13 | Jessup North (Semi-finalist); NLIU-Juris Corp (Semi finalist, Best Memorandum) |
| 25 | Bishop Cottons Women\'s Christian Law School, Bangalore | 10 | Stetson South India (Best Speaker) |
| 26 | Baroda School of Legal Studies | 8 | Raisoni (Semi finalists, Best Speaker) |
| 27 | Faculty of Law, University of Allahabad | 5 | BCI Moot (Semifinalist); |
| 27 | Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur | 5 | Surana Int\'l Minority (Best Speaker) |
| 27 | CMR Law College, Bangalore | 5 | ULC Moot (Runners up); |
| 30 | School of Law, Christ University | 4 | Surana Corp (Semifinalist); |
| 31 | CUSAT Kochi | 3 | Surana Int\'l Minority(Semifinalist) |
| 31 | Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT, Kharagpur | 3 | HNLU Moot (Semi finalist) |
| 31 | New Law College, Bharti Vidayapeeth University, Pune | 3 | Surana Trial Advocacy South (Semifinalist) |
| 31 | Government Law College, Ernakulam | 3 | ULC Moot (Semifinalist); |
| 35 | NLU Orissa | 2.5 | NLU-D Corp Law (Best memorandum (joint)) |
| 36 | V.M. Salgaocar Law College, Panjim | 1.5 | Fiat Justitia (Super six) |
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in any case, i will come back with the dictionary meaning of the word tame' to determine if the title is derogatory
Jessup World Rounds are being concluded yesterday. NUJS reached quarterfinals of the world rounds and NLU Delhi reached Octa Finals. NALSAR and ILS made early exits this time.
NLU Delhi team won Overall Best Applicant Award. NLU Delhi speaker Shreya Rastogi won 9th best oralist award, speaker Akshay BD won 17th best oralist award.
Unfortunately, none of the Indian teams made to semis this time. I am waiting for the world rounds story, so debate starts again..
My question is same, for the oralist ranks, how do you calculate honourable mention.
Jessup awards the first 25 memorials and speakers with plaques and the next 25 with books.
a jessup 2011 international participant from india
NLU Delhi went to Jessup for the first time, and going this much distance is itself a great thing for them and legal institutions in India. They are a new college afterall. Its the students what makes university, and they are following Our former VC. Kudos to Ranbir Singh, building another great institution to give tough competition to its previously build institutions.
There was a best newcomer award that Jamaica won. I think NLU D should have won an Hon. Men. in this category
Jessup India participant.
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