Editing Mooting Premier League 2013-14 moot court competitions

{{MPL box}}''Version 5.01 Draft'': This is the first draft of the MPL 5 list of moots, mirroring the [[MPL 4 rulebook]]. Changes proposed on the [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|Discussion]] page.

Total number of Moots – 56 | Tier 1 – 4 Moots | Tier 2 - 6 Moots | Tier 3 - 7 Moots | Tier 4 - 15 Moots | Tier 5 - 24 Moots|

=== Tier 1 - Global Championships ===

'''These include the world finals most prestigious moot court competitions in the world and other world contests involving rigorous competition and wide participation.'''

Total number of moots in this tier: 4

* [[Manfred_Lachs_Space_Moot_Court_Competition#World_Finals|Manfred Lachs Space Moot, World Finals]]
* [[Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot|Philip C. Jessup, Washington]]
* [[Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Hong Kong|Willem C. Vis (East), Hong Kong]]
* [[Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna|Willem C. Vis, Vienna]]
* [[Amity some moot]]

=== Tier 2 - World Class ===

'''These are the widely recognised international mooting events where a substantial number of Indian teams participate. These moots enjoy worldwide reputation among law students.'''

Total number of moots in this tier: 6

* [[DM Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition|DM Harish Moot, GLC]]
* [[International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Competition The Hague|ICC Trial Moot, The Hague]] 
* [[Manfred Lachs Space Moot Court Competition Asia-Pacific Rounds|Manfred Lachs Space Moot, Asia-Pacific rounds]]
* [[Oxford International Media Law Moot Court Competition|Oxford Media Law Moot]]
* [[Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot|Red Cross Moot]]
* [[Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition|Stetson World Rounds]]
* [[Commonwealth Moot Court Competition]]

=== Tier 3 - Elite Class ===

'''These mooting events are the best of the elite national contests and some of them are the gateway to the Global Championships/World-class moots in the above tiers.'''

Total number of moots in this tier: 7

* [[Bar Council of India Inter-University Moot Court Competition]]
* [[Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition|Henry Dunant Moot (India qualification rounds to Red Cross Moot)]]
* [[Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot North India Rounds|Philip C. Jessup North India Rounds]]
* [[Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot South India Rounds|Philip C. Jessup South India Rounds]]
* [[Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition North India Rounds|Stetson North India Rounds]]
* [[Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition South India Rounds|Stetson South India Rounds]]
* [[Oxford International Media Law Moot Court Competition|Oxford Media Law Moot]] (National Qualifiers)

=== Tier 4 - National Challengers ===

'''Most of the contests in this Tier see participation from the top Indian Law Schools. A large number of them have also carved a niche for themselves in the national mooting scene.'''

Total number of moots in this tier: 15

* [[Amity Moot Court Competition]]
* [[Nalsar Justice Bodh Raj Sawhney Moot Court Competition|Nalsar BR Sawhney Moot]]
* [[ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law|ELSA WTO Moot]]
* [[GNLU International Moot Court Competition|GNLU International Moot]]
* [[International Infrastructure and Construction Law Arbitration Moot (IICLAM)|IICLAM Moot]]
* [[ISRO National Funding Round to Manfred Lachs Space Moot|ISRO Manfred Lachs funding rounds]]
* [[KK Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition, CLC New Delhi|KK Luthra Criminal Law Moot, Delhi]]
* [[KLA Moot Court Competition, Kerala|KLA Moot, Kerala]]
* [[Nani Palkhiwala Memorial National Tax Moot Court, GLC Mumbai|Nani Palkhiwala Tax Moot, GLC]]
* [[NLIU Juris Corp Moot Court Competition]]
* [[NLSIU International Arbitration Moot Court|NLS International Arbitration]]
* [[NUJS Herbert Smith National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition|NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot]]
* [[Raj Anand Moot Court Competition]]
* [[Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot|Surana Corporate Moot]]
* [[Surana & Surana International Technology Law Moot|Surana International Technology Moot]]

== Tier 5 - Best of the Rest ==

'''A varied tier that includes good domestic competitions that a range of Indian law schools take part, as well as prestigious international competitions that see only little Indian law school participation.''' 

Total number of moots in this tier: 24

=== Domestic Moots === 

Total number of moots: 15

* [[Fiat Justitia National Moot Court Competition]]
* [[GH Raisoni Law School Moot Court Competition|GH Raisoni Moot]]
* [[Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition|Justice Hidayatullah Memorial Moot]]
* [[NFCG-Nalsar Moot Court Competition on Corporate Governance|NFCG-Nalsar Moot on Corporate Governance]]
* [[NLU Antitrust Moot Court Competition, NLU Jodhpur|NLU Antitrust Moot]]
* [[All India Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, NLU Delhi|NLU Delhi All India Corporate Moot]]
* [[Pro Bono Enviro National Moot Court Competition, SOEL Chennai|Pro Bono Enviro Moot SOEL Chennai]]
* [[Rizvi Moot Court Competition|Rizvi International Moot]]
* [[SLCU - LKS - CCI Anti-Trust Moot Court Competition]]
* [[SLCU National Moot Court Competition]]
* [[Surana & Surana International Minority Rights Moot]] 
* [[ULC Bangalore All India Moot Court Competition|ULC Bangalore Moot]]
* [[Commonwealth Moot Court Competition|Commonwealth Moot Court Competition National Rounds]]
* [[Amity International (Noida) Moot Court Competition]]
* [[NLS-TIOL Tax moot]]

=== International Moots ===
'''These moots are internationally prestigious but only currently see limited participation from Indian teams, and are therefore counted on par with Tier 5 moots. This recognises that winning such a competition is noteworthy but that it would be unfair to disadvantage colleges that could not afford to attend these. Around 3-5 Indian teams participate in these moots.'''

Total number of moots: 9

* [[ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law, Asian rounds|ELSA WTO Asian rounds]]
* [[Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition, California]]
* [[Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court Competition]] 
* [[ICC International Commercial Mediation Moot Court Competition, Paris|ICC Moot, Paris]]
* [[John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law, Chicago]]
* [[Law Asia International Moot]]
* [[The Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition|Leiden-Sarin Air Law Moot]]
* [[Maritime International Arbitration Moot Court Competition, Sydney|Maritime International Arbitration Moot]] 
* [[Oxford International IPR Moot Court Competition|Oxford IPR Moot]]

''Note: In future, if any other Moot is found to be satisfying the criteria of a given Tier, the Moot shall be included in that Tier. Also, if any of the Moots in the List warrant a change in the Tier due valid reasons, the changes shall be made.''

==Scoring criteria==

{|  border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="674"<tbody> 
|  valign="top" | <strong>Category/Tiers</strong>
|  valign="top" | <strong>Tier 1 - Global Championships</strong>
|  valign="top" | <strong>Tier 2 - World Class</strong>
|  valign="top" | <strong>Tier 3 - Elite Class</strong>
|  valign="top" | <strong>Tier 4 - National Challengers</strong>
|  valign="top" | <strong>Tier 5 - Best of the Rest</strong>
|- 
|  valign="top" | <strong>Best team</strong>
|  valign="top" | 40 points
|  valign="top" | 30 points
|  valign="top" | 20 points
|  valign="top" | 15 points
|  valign="top" | 10 points
|- 
|  valign="top" | <strong>Runners-up</strong>
|  valign="top" | 35 points
|  valign="top" | 25 points
|  valign="top" | '''10''' points
|  valign="top" | '''8''' points
|  valign="top" | '''5''' points
|- 
|  valign="top" | <strong>Best Orator / Memorial / Researcher</strong>
|  valign="top" | 30 points each
|  valign="top" | 20 points each
|  valign="top" | 10 points each
|  valign="top" | 8 points each
|  valign="top" | 5 points each
|- 
|  valign="top" | <strong>Semi finalists</strong>
|  valign="top" | 25 points
|  valign="top" | 15 points
|  valign="top" | '''5''' points
|  valign="top" | '''4''' points
|  valign="top" | '''3''' points
|- 
|  valign="top" | <strong>Quarter Finalists</strong>
|  valign="top" | 20 points*
|  valign="top" | N/A
|  valign="top" | N/A
|  valign="top" | N/A
|  valign="top" | N/A
|- 
|  valign="top" | <strong>Octa Finalists</strong>
|  valign="top" | 15 points*
|  valign="top" | N/A
|  valign="top" | N/A
|  valign="top" | N/A
|  valign="top" | N/A
|- 
|  valign="top" | <strong>Honourable Mention/Other equivalent awards</strong>
|  valign="top" | 10 points
|  valign="top" | 5 points
|  valign="top" | N/A
|  valign="top" | N/A
|  valign="top" | Int'l Moots: 3 points
|- 
|  valign="top" | <em>Stats</em>
|  valign="top" | &#160;
|  valign="top" | &#160;
|  valign="top" | &#160;
|  valign="top" | &#160;
|  valign="top" | &#160;
|- 
|  valign="top" | Number of competitions
|  valign="top" | 4
|  valign="top" | 6
|  valign="top" | 6
|  valign="top" | 15
|  valign="top" | 23
|- 
|  valign="top" | Total possible points for winners
|  valign="top" | 160
|  valign="top" | 180
|  valign="top" | 120
|  valign="top" | 225
|  valign="top" | 230
|- 
|  valign="top" | Total points for runners-up
|  valign="top" | 140
|  valign="top" | 150
|  valign="top" | 60
|  valign="top" | 120
|  valign="top" | 115
|}

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

*'''MPL Organiser Points''': MPL organiser points are awarded to law schools which host moots and do not participate in them. Such law schools are disadvantaged because that they lose the opportunity to score points in the moots which they host, thereby allowing other law schools to gain MPL points. MPL organiser points are equal to half the points awarded to semi-finalist teams in that moot, with figures rounded down. E.g.: a college organising a tier 5 moot would get 1 point; tier 4 organisers would get 2 points; tier 3 organising colleges would also get 2 and so on. 

*'''Tie-breaker rule''': If two or more teams have the same points, their rank shall be decided based on their respective points in different tiers, with the team with the most points in a higher tier winning the tie-break. For instance, if team A and team B have 10 points each (where team A has earned its 10 points from a tier 1 moot and team B has earned its 10 points from a tier 3 moot), team A shall be ranked higher than team B. Furthermore, if the tied teams have earned the same points in the same tiers (in the above example, team A and team B both earned 5 points in tier 1 and 5 points from tier 3), the team which has registered more total wins across all tiers will be ranked higher. The criteria thereafter will be the number of runners-up, followed by number of semi-finalists, best memorandum, best speaker, best researcher and honourable mention (in that order).

==Changelog==
23 October 2013: Copied from MPL 4
6 December 2013: The Amity International (Noida) moot and the NLS-TIOL Tax moot have been included in Tier 5 under the domestic moots category