The first writ against Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2012 convener NLU Jodhpur was dismissed by the Delhi high court which refrained from hearing the matter which was listed for the first time yesterday. The court refused to interfere stating that the CLAT committee was already considering the petitioners’ grievances.

A second writ petition seeking to cancel the NLU Jodhpur-organised Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT) was heard in the Allahabad high court today.

The Delhi high court served NLU Jodhpur with a notice by email today to respond to a civil writ petition filed in the court yesterday by three Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2012 takers aggrieved by this year’s exam’s content.

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2012 committee potentially faces public interest litigation after test-takers emerged from the 200 mark exam today disconcerted by questions requiring prior legal knowledge and static general knowledge, despite assurance to the contrary on the examination’s official website.

Amarchand Mangaldas, Trilegal and Majmudar have hired 14 fourth-year students from NLU Jodhpur, as the final year has seen 45 41 job offers for 51 52 campus placement participants.

NUJS Kolkata and NLU Jodhpur won honourable mentions at the Willem C Vis (East) Moot Hong Kong, as GNLU Gandhinagar emerged from the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot as the best Asian team, and NLU Jodhpur defeated GNLU in the final rounds of the GH Raisoni Law School Moot Court Competition.

NLU Jodhpur has won the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition in Florida for a massive 30 point bump in the Mooting Premier League rankings.

In the Amity Moot Court Competition, GLC Mumbai got the better of NLU Jodhpur, but the best speaker and the best researcher awards in the moot took NLU Jodhpur 18 points ahead of NLU Delhi into second position.

The original story was wrong as Legally India had relied on wrong information on a third party site. The number of law school aspirants in India has increased by 25 per cent against last year, with 30,000 test takers registered to sit for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2012 for LLB programmes, with nearly a month of sign-ups still to go.

Legally India has today filed right to information (RTI) requests with India’s seven oldest national law schools, seeking full financial accounts, council meeting minutes and other information.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) Trust has changed its golden jubilee mooting festival plans, clarifying this week that out of the three planned moots in collaboration with Nirma University, NLU Delhi and NLU Jodhpur, the latter has been cancelled by the host university.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) Trust announced that it would conduct three BCI moots this season in collaboration with Institute of Law, Nirma University, NLU Jodhpur and NLU Delhi respectively.

NLU Jodhpur accomplished its third Mooting Premier League 3 win yesterday after getting past RMLNLU Lucknow in the finals of the Stetson North India qualifying rounds.

NLSIU Bangalore defeated RMLNLU Lucknow at the coveted Tier 4 Nani Palkhivala Tax Moot, taking home fifteen points. But NLU Jodhpur swept the Justice Hidayatullah Moot after beating rivals NUJS Kolkata in the finals and winning both the best speaker and best memorandum awards.

GNLU Gandhinagar defeated NLU Jodhpur in the final round of the Surana Trial Advocacy Moot North India rounds but NLU Jodhpur moved from fifth place to the top of the MPL 3 season standings with top citations.

The adjudication of the final round of the IICLAM Moot between NLU Jodhpur and Christ Law College Bangalore ended in a tie after judges could not decide on a single deserving winner.

Nalsar Hyderabad convincingly bagged the Mooting Premier League trophy for the second consecutive season. It scored a total of 304 points and won this year’s League, sponsored by Allen & Overy, with an astonishing margin of 105 points.

Exclusive: At least 56 NLU-Jodhpur students have been placed in law firm or desk-based jobs in a batch of 87 students, unofficial sources have confirmed, with Luthra & Luthra hiring 14 students ahead of Trilegal with five, and one student securing a training contract with international firm Allen & Overy.

Nalsar Hyderabad, NLSIU Bangalore, NLU Jodhpur, NUJS Kolkata put on a strong Indian performance at the top Vis Vienna moot, advancing to the knock-out rounds and gathering a raft of honourable mentions.

NLS Bangalore, Nalsar Hyderabad, NUJS Kolkata and NLU Jodhpur were the four Indian teams out of more than 250 that qualified for the knock-out rounds of sixty-four at the Vis Vienna Moot.