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)
• NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot (Feb 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
• 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( 22-24 October 2010)
• GH Raisoni Moot

Tier 5 - Best of the Rest

A varied range of Indian law schools take part in the competitions enlisted in this tier.

Domestic Moots

1. Amity Moot Court Competition 2. GH Raisoni Moot 3. Justice Hidayatullah Memorial Moot 4. NFCG-Nalsar Moot on Corporate Governance 5. Nalsar BR Sawhney Moot 6. NLU Antitrust Moot 7. NLU Delhi All India Corporate Moot 8. Pro Bono Enviro Moot SOEL Chennai 9. Rizvi Moot 10. SP Sathe Moot, ILS Pune 11. Surana & Surana International Minority Rights Moot 12. Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, North India round 13. Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, South India round 14. ULC Bangalore Moot

International Moots

1. ELSA WTO Asian rounds 2. ICC Moot, Paris 3. IICLAM Competition 4. Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot 5. Maritime International Arbitration Moot, Sydney 6. Oxford IPR Moot

Scoring criteria

Category/Tiers	Tier 1 - Global Championships	Tier 2 - World Class	Tier 3 - Elite Class	Tier 4 - National Challengers	Tier 5 - Best of the Rest
Best team	40 points	30 points	20 points	15 points	10 points
Runners-up	35 points	25 points	15 points	10 points	7 points
Best Orator / Memorial / Researcher	30 points each	20 points each	10 points each	7 points each	5 points each
Semi finalists	25 points	15 points	10 points	7 points	5 points
Quarter Finalists*	20 points	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Octa Finalists*	15 points	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Honourable Mention/Other equivalent awards	10 points	5 points	N/A	N/A	3 points+
Stats
Number of competitions	4	4	8	13	20
Total possible points for winners	160	120	160	195	200
Total points for runners-up	140	100	120	130	140

• Points for Quarter Finalists and Octa Finalists shall not apply to the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot- World Finals

+ Points for Honourable Mention in Tier 5 apply only to the International Moots in that Tier.

Now, we need your help:

1. Look through the list and decide whether you agree with the rankings.
2. Do you agree with the scoring criteria? Should more points be given for a tier, or less points?
3. Think of some catchy names to call each tier and let us know!