Moot court competitions

These are a list of moot court competitions that Indian law schools participate in domestically or globally. Some are or could be part of the Mooting Premier League (MPL).

More than 50 competitions have been included in the list of the second season of MPL competitions. Click through for the final list of India's top moots.

Each Moot is allocated points in the Mooting Premier League according to the scoring criteria.

Please help by adding more moots below and completing each moot's page with contact details or known event dates or other background information about each competitions that could be helpful for other mooters.

Mooting competitions that were included in the 2009-10 MPL

Tier 1 moots

• Philip C. Jessup, Washington
• Willem C. Vis, Vienna
• Manfred Lachs Space Moot, World Finals

Suggested tier 1 additions for 2010-11 MPL

• ...Stetson World Finals- Since it has India qualification rounds , so it becomes as challenging as Manfred or Jessup to reach the World Stage.
• Willem C. Vis (East)- Since Manfred is in tier-I, Vis East seems to be gaining better recognition and participation from around the world then Manfred. Further it seems to be catching up fast with Vienna as well. So it makes sense to put both the Vis together in 1 category- Either Tier I or II as the case maybe.

Tier 2 moots

• Stetson World Rounds
• Willem C. Vis (East), Hong Kong
• Manfred Lachs Space Moot, Sydney rounds
• Red Cross Moot
• ELSA WTO Moot

Suggested tier 2 additions for 2010-11 MPL

• Oxford media law since it has an India round starting this year.

Tier 3 moots

• 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)
• Bar Council of India International Law Moot Court Competition
• ISRO Manfred Lachs funding rounds
• ELSA WTO Asian rounds
• DM Harish Moot, GLC
• ICC Moot, Paris (Feb 2011)

Suggested tier 3 additions for 2010-11 MPL

• ICC Criminal Trial, Hague
• Oxford Media Law
• Oxford IP Moot Court Competition
• World Human Rights, Pretoria- I am unsure as to the level of participation in this moot so I believe that it should be in Tier III instead of Tier II
• Commonwealth Moot Court Competition (Mar 2011)
• Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot Court Competition (March 2011)
• Maritime International Arbitration Moot Court Competition, Sydney (July 2011)
• Susan J Ferrell International Moot Court Competition,Florida (January 2011)

International Moot Competition on Maritime Arbitration, Odessa (March 2011)[1]

Tier 4 moots

• NLS International Arbitration
• GNLU International Moot
• MM Singhvi moot, NLU Jodhpur
• Nani Palkhiwala Tax Moot, GLC
• NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot
• IICLAM Competition
• 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

Suggested tier 4 additions for 2010-11 MPL

• Pro Bono Enviro National Moot Court Competition (March-April, 2011)- organised by School of Excellence in Law, Chennai since 2008, Pro Bono has seen steady increase in its participation over the years. The first edition was won by RMLNLU followed by HNLU (2009) and Nalsar (2010). In the 2010 edition 36 National teams including almost all the NLUs, ILS, Symbiosis, CLC and GLC, Mumbai participated. The level of judging is quite good with stalwarts like David Ambrose, V. Imbavijayan (Arbitrator, Vis - Vienna for the past 5 years), SC Judges, CJ of the Madras HC (A.P. Shah J. presided over the bench when he was the CJ at Madras HC) and even few lawyers from the US were on the bench. The problems for the first two editions were based on International Environmental Law and could be compared to Stetson Compromis (I have participated in both the competitions). I feel this competition could be easily compared to Tankha, Surana Tech, KLA, Bodhraj Shawney, ULC Bangalore. It deserves a place here.The Hindu The Hindu^{Text to be deleted or moved to separate page?}
• NUS Infrastructure Moot Court Competition (May-June 2011)
• John Marshall International Law School International Moot Court competition on IT and Privacy law (Oct 2010)
• Inter American Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Washington, DC (May 2011)
• NFCG-NALSAR Moot Court Competition ob Corporate Governance (April 2011)
• NLU Antitrust Moot Court Competition, NLU Jodhpur (February 2011)
• Justice Hidayatullah Memorial Memorial National Moot Court Competition (October 2010)

2010-11 proposed additional moot court competitions

Tier 5 (proposed)

• Justice Tankha Memorial Moot, NLIU Bhopal
• Amity Moot Court Competition
• V.M. Salgaonkar Moot Court Competition (Jan 2011)
• G.H. Raisoni Law School Moot Court Competition (4th-6th March 2011)
• KK Luthra Criminal Law Moot, Delhi
• ULC Bangalore Moot
• S. Govind Swaminadhan Memorial National Moot Court Competition - Dr Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai (GLC Chennai): I participated in this moot this April. It was the 1st edition and I can confidently say that it was one of the best national moots held last season. I am in the MCS of my college. So, I have a fair idea of many moots that happen. Having read quite a lot of problems last year, I would say this was the most interesting. It consisted of three cases (problems) between the same parties, the first was an arbitration proceedings, second and third ones (in appeal) were Court proceedings in intervention of the arbitration proceedings. Other arrangements including judging were good too. The rules were the most fair and transparent I have seen in any national moot till now. This moot should be in the same list as other top national moots. ^{To be deleted or moved to separate page?}
• Christ Law School Moot Competition just took place - anybody been there or have comments? DNA write-up

Additions to other tiers or suggestions for other competitions

• 'Lux et Veritas', National Moot Court Competition, Baroda School of Legal Studies, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Oct 2011)
• International Criminal Court (ICC) Competition, Hague (Feb 2011)
• NUS Infrastructure Moot Court Competition (May-June 2011)
• John Marshall International Law School International Moot Court competition on IT and Privacy law (Oct 2010)
• World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Pretoria, South Africa (December 2010)
• International ADR Mooting Competition, Hong Kong (August 2010)
• Foreign Direct Investment Moot, California (October 2010)
• International Air and Space Law Moot Court Competition, Leiden University (February 2011)
• RIZVI Law College Moot Court Competition (August 2010)
• Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot Court Competition (March 2011)
• Maritime International Arbitration Moot Court Competition, Sydney (July 2011)
• Oxford International Media Law Moot Court Competition (Mar 2011)
• Oxford International IPR Moot Court Competition (Mar 2011)
• Commonwealth Moot Court Competition (Mar 2011)
• International Air Law Moot Court Competition, Dubai (Mar 2011)
• Inter American Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Washington, DC (May 2011)
• V.M. Salgaonkar Moot Court Competition (Jan 2011)
• G.H. Raisoni Law School Moot Court Competition (Feb 2011)
• NFCG-NALSAR Moot Court Competition on Corporate Governance (April 2011)
• NLU Antitrust Moot Court Competition, NLU Jodhpur (February 2011)
• Prof. SP Sathe memorial national moot court competition, ILS Law College, Pune