The team from Jindal Global Law School bested Nalsar Hyderabad to win the national rounds of 56th Philip C Jessup Moot Court Competition held at Christ University Bangalore from 30 January to 1 February 2015.
JGLS was represented by a team comprising of Nisha Raman (4th year), Samhith Malladi (4th year), Sanjika Dang (3th year), and Mohanakrishna C (3th year).
The team from JGLS bested Nalsar Hyderabad in the finals to win the national rounds
Nisha Raman, who was part of the winning team, commented: “It was Jessup and therefore the competition was really high and amazing. The judges were really good and teams from other law schools were well prepared too. Our 9-month preparation finally paid off.”
She added, “The organisers put the best preparation for organising Jessup and it was the best I have ever seen.”
She said that NLU Jodhpur, whom they beat in the semi-finals, was their toughest competitor.
Varun Baliga of NALSAR was adjudged as the best speaker at the Tier 3 Moot while NLU Jodhpur clinched the award for best memorial.
The other two semi finalists were NLSIU and NLU Jodhpur, which will join NALSAR and JGLS to represent India at the White & Case International Rounds in Washington, DC.
NLU D maintains the lead at MPL 6 while NLU Jodhpur comes second with the same number of points.
NLSIU and Nalsar come in at third and fourth spot respectively, while NLIU Bhopal has slipped down to fifth place.
JGLS has made its MPL 6 debut with the 20 points in this moot, coming in 13th position.
Last year, Nalsar Hyderabad was the best-performing Jessup team, making it into the last 16.
At A Glance: Law School Wise
| Law School | Award | Score |
|---|---|---|
| JGLS Sonepat | Jessup (Winner) T3 | 20 |
| NALSAR Hyderabad | Jessup (Runner up + Best Speaker) T3 | 10+10=20 |
| NLU Jodhpur | Jessup (Semi finalist + Best Memo) T3 | 5+10=15 |
| NLSIU Bangalore | Jessup (Semi finalist) T3 | 5 |
At A Glance: Moot Wise
| Moot | Law School |
|---|---|
| Winners | JGLS Sonepat |
| Runners Up | NALSAR Hyderabad |
| Best Speaker | Varun Baliga, NALSAR Hyderabad |
| Best Memorial | NLU Jodhpur |
| Semi Finalists | NLU Jodhpur & NLSIU Bangalore |
MPL Standing
| Rank | Law School | Points | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLU Delhi | 84 | Manfred Lachs World (Winner + Best Speaker)+ CLEA (Best Memorial) T5 = 40 + 30 + 5 : Price Media (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5; KK Luhtra (Semi Finalist) T4=4 |
| 2 | NLU Jodhpur | 84 | Henry Dunant (Best team) = 20; Surana IT (Semi Finalist) T4= 4; Stetson (Semi Finalists + Best Speaker) T3 =10+5 : Price Media(Winner + Best Memorial) T3 =20+10; Jessup (Semi finalist + Best Memo) T3=10+5 |
| 3 | NLSIU Bangalore | 67 | Raj Anand (runners up) = 8; BR Sawhney (Runners Up + Best Speaker) T4 + CLEA (Runners Up) T5 = 8 +8 + 5= 21 : Price Media (Best Speaker + Semi Finalists) T3 = 10+ 5: SLCU (Winners) T5=10; KK Luhtra (Best Speaker) T4=8; Jessup (Semi finalist) T3=5 |
| 4 | NALSAR Hyderabad | 65 | BR Sawhney (Org)T4 = 2; Amity (Winners) T5= 10; BCI (Runners Up) T3 =10: Stetson (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5 : Price Media (Runners Up) T3 = 10; Rizwi (semi finalists+ best speaker) T5=3+5; Jessup (Runner up + Best Speaker) T3=10+10 |
| 5 | NLIU Bhopal | 62 | Raj Anand (Best team + Best memorial + Best speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (organiser) + Amity (Best Memorial) T5 + CLEA (Winners + Best Speaker) T5 + BCI (Semi Finalists) T3= 15 + 8 + 8 + 2 + 5 +15 + 5; KK Luhtra (Semi Finalist) T4=4 |
| 6 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 44 | Henry Dunant (runners up + Best Memorial) + Raj Anand (semi finalist) = 10 + 10 + 4 = 24; Surana IT (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T4= 4+8; Rizwi (semi finalists+ best researcher) T5=3+5 |
| 7 | NLUO Cuttack | 44 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15; Amity (Runners Up) T5= 5; Surana IT (Runners Up+ Best Memorial) T4 = 8+ 8; KK Luhtra (Best Memorial) T4= 8 |
| 8 | NUJS Kolkata | 43 | CLEA (Semi finalists) T5; BCI (Semi Finalists) T3; Stetson (Winner) T3 = 3 + 5 + 20; KK Luthra (Winners) T4=15 |
| 9 | ILNU Ahmedabad | 34 | BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4 ; BCI (Winner + Best Speaker) T3 =20+10= 30 |
| 10 | ILS Pune | 27 | NLIU Juris Corp (Best team + Best speaker) = 15 + 8 = 23; BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4 |
| 11 | HNLU Raipur | 23 | NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) = 8; BR Sawhney (Winners) T4 = 15 |
| 12 | NUSRL Ranchi | 21 | NLIU Juris Corp (Best memorial) = 8 SLCU (Semi Finalist + Best Memorial + Best Speaker) T5=3+5+5 |
| 13 | JGLS | 20 | Jessup (Winner) T3 |
| 14 | RGNUL Patiala | 18 | BR Sawhney (Best Memorial) T4; Stetson (Runners Up) T3 = 8 + 10 |
| 15 | NUALS Kochi | 18 | Amity (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T5 = 3+5 = 8; Rizwi (winners) T5=10 |
| 16 | KLA | 15 | Henry Dunant (Best speaker + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15 |
| 17 | School of Law, Sashtra University | 15 | Surana IT (Winners) T4 = 15 |
| 18 | Symbiosis Pune | 14 | Raj Anand (semi finalist) + Juris Corp (Best researcher) = 4 + 8 = 12; Surana IT (Organizer) T4= 2 |
| 19 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 10 | Stetson (Best Memorial) T3 |
| 20 | CLC Delhi Univ | 8 | KK Luthra (Runners up) |
| 21 | CNLU Patna | 6 | Amity (Best Researcher) T5 + CLEA (Organizer) = 5+1 |
| 22 | CMR Law School | 5 | SLCU (Runners Up) T5=5 |
| 23 | School of Law, Galgotia University | 5 | Rizwi (runners Up) T5 |
| 24 | GLC Mumbai | 3 | Amity (Semi Finalist) T5 = 3 |
| 25 | BILS Bangalore | 3 | CLEA (Semi finalists) T5 |
| 26 | AIL Mohali | 3 | SLCU (Semi Finalist) T5=3 |
| 27 | Lloyd Law College | 2 | BCI (Organizer) T3 = 2 |
| 28 | Amity Noida | 1 | Amity (Org) T5 = 1 |
| 29 | Christ Univ, Bangalore | 1 | SLCU (Organizer) T5 |
| 30 | Rizwi Law College | 1 | Rizwi (Org) T5 |
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Comments
All a handiwork of some great self acclaimed people who are excellent at playing dirty politics at the expense of NUJS' performance in mooting circle.
Also, well done JGLS
PS- I know Indian National's judges suck, but that doesn't take away from what I said.
They also got the 3rd Highest Combined. AnO land? 2nd? when?
2. The Baxter is split into app/res; while Dillard takes into account a sum of the teams performance spanning both sides.
AnO land was second at Dillard here [http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup07/final_dillard.php]; while others have also done well in the same competition (including you guys) [http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup08/dillard.php ; http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup10/dillard.php ; http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup12/2012DillardResults.pdf]
However, if someone aced the memo - that would be the land of AnO.
HNMCC we've completely missed it seems, we're on it.
Rizvi we already did:
http://www.legallyindia.com/201501165498/Mooting/nuals-won-galgotia-law-school-in-last-year-s-rizvi-moot-nalsar-now-in-mpl-top-5
Then again, haters will be haters.
In light of this it is easy to see why NUJS didn't make it. They had NALSAR in the prelim rounds and when teams were slashed down to four, some very good teams were bound to miss out.
NUJS missed it. Can NUJS please stop blaming the format and start focussing on the moots, rather than indulging in politics. Does the Great NUJS Moot Court Society get it? Will we stop being bad losers? Blaming format is so lame, guys! Improve your game. Change the team.
Good stuff!