The Mooting Premier League (MPL) is back with its eighth edition starting a tad late in a streamlined format, but promising much excitement again. This season is sponsored and supported by Memo Pundits, which has done great work in building knowledge in the Indian mooting circuit (more details below).
Our current ranking for the 2017-18 season includes the results of 7 moots, though quite a few are still outstanding.
We have reached out to moot court committees by email to confirm results of MPL moots that have already happened - if your MPL-ranked moot has yet been covered (the basic list is here, excluding a few tweaks and additions) and you have not heard from us yet, please get in touch with us at and we will resend you details.
NLSIU Bangalore sits way at the top of the rankings with 117 points, still buoyed after picking up 70 points in the Manfred Lachs World Finals last September.
Now, without much further ado, two of the biggest recent mooting highlights, plus 5 others.
GNLU wins Manfred Lachs funding round, beating Nirma, NUJS, NLS
GNLU Gandhinagar has earned 15 points in the MPL, after winning the MPL Tier 4 ISRO Manfred Lachs funding rounds, organised by NLSIU Bangalore on 24 March 2018.
Runner-up was the team from Nirma University, which won 8 points. NUJS Kolkata and NLSIU Bangalore made it to the semi-finals of the competition, and each won 4 points in the MPL.
NLSIU Bangalore won the best orator citation, for 8 points.
The competition did not award a best researcher or memorial citations.
RGNUL wins NUJS Herbert Smith Moot ahead of SLS Pune
RGNUL Patiala bagged 15 points in the Mooting Premier League (MPL), after besting all other teams in the MPL Tier 4 NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot, organised by NUJS Kolkata on 3 March 2018.
Runner-up was the team from SLS Pune, which won 8 points and also took home the best orator citation, for 8 points.
NLU Delhi and Nalsar Hyderabad made it to the semi-finals of the competition, and each won 4 points.
The team from NLU Odisha won the best memorial award and 8 MPL points.
The competition did not award a best researcher prize.
NUJS Kolkata also gains 2 MPL points for organising the moot.
Moots captured in MPL 8 so far
- NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot (3 Mar 2018) - 1st: RGNUL Patiala (15) | 2nd: SLS Pune (8) | 3rd: NLU Delhi (4), Nalsar Hyderabad (4) | Ora: SLS Pune (8) | Memo: NLU Odisha (8) | Org: NUJS Kolkata (2)
- Justice RK Tankha Memorial International Moot (23 Feb 2018) - 1st: NLSIU Bangalore (10) | 2nd: Nuals Kochi (5) | 3rd: RMLNLU Lucknow (3), NLU Jodhpur (3) | Ora: Nirma University (5) | Memo: NLSIU Bangalore (5) | Res: VIPS GGSIPU (5) | Org: NLIU Bhopal (1)
- GNLU International Moot (11 Feb 2018) - 1st: Duke University, USA (15) | 2nd: NLIU Bhopal (8) | 3rd: RGNUL Patiala (4), RMLNLU Lucknow (4) | Ora: NLIU Bhopal (8) | Memo: UILS Punjab (8) | Res: GLC Mumbai (8) | Org: GNLU Gandhinagar (2)
- Manfred Lachs Space Moot World Finals (28/9/2017) - 1st: NLSIU Bangalore (40) | 2nd: University of Mississippi Law School, U (35) | 3rd: National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece (25), University of Pretoria, South Africa (25) | Ora: University of Mississippi Law School, US* (30) | Memo: NLSIU Bangalore (30)
- GNLU Moot on Securities and Investment Law (8 Sep 2017) - 1st: NUJS Kolkata (10) | 2nd: SLS Pune (5) | 3rd: HNLU Raipur (3), JGLS Sonepat (3) | Ora: JGLS Sonepat (5) | Memo: NLSIU Bangalore (5) | Res: SLS Pune (5) | Org: GNLU Gandhinagar (1)
- ISRO Manfred Lachs funding rounds (24 Mar 2018) - 1st: GNLU Gandhinagar (15) | 2nd: Nirma University (8) | 3rd: NUJS Kolkata (4), NLSIU Bangalore (4) | Ora: NLSIU Bangalore (8)
- NLU Antitrust Moot (16 Mar 2018) - 1st: NLSIU Bangalore (15) | 2nd: Sastra University (8) | 3rd: GLC Mumbai (4), RMLNLU Lucknow (4) | Ora: Sastra University (8) | Memo: RMLNLU Lucknow (8) | Res: SLS Pune (8) | Org: NLU Jodhpur (2)
MPL 8 Season Rankings so far
| Rank | College | Total points | Wins (pts) | Runner-ups (pts) | Semis (pts) | Orators (pts) | Memorials (pts) | Researchers (pts) | Organiser (pts) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLSIU Bangalore | 117 | 65 | 4 | 8 | 40 | |||
| 2 | SLS Pune | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | ||||
| 3 | RGNUL Patiala | 19 | 15 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 19 | 11 | 8 | |||||
| 5 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 18 | 15 | 3 | |||||
| 6 | NLIU Bhopal | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | NUJS Kolkata | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | Sastra University | 16 | 8 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | Nirma University | 13 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| 10 | GLC Mumbai | 12 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| 11 | JGLS Sonepat | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 12 | NLU Odisha | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| 13 | UILS Punjab | 8 | 8 |
Your help is required
We have reached out to moot court committees by email to confirm results of MPL moots that have already happened - if your MPL-ranked moot has yet been covered (the basic list is here, excluding a few tweaks and additions) and you have not heard from us yet, please get in touch with us at and we will resend you details.
Comments
GNLU was the winner of the coveted Indian Mooting Premier League for 2017. This
achievement, along with GNLU’s win at the India Rounds of the 59th Phillip C. Jessup
International Law Moot Court Competition, Top 16 at the Willem C. Vis. East Hong Kong
Arbitration Moot 2018 and the win at the 2nd AIAC-ICC Pre Moot for the Willem C. Vis
International Commercial Arbitration, is bound to give GNLU a head start in the upcoming
2018 edition of the Mooting Premier league.