The latest, updated Legally India Mooting Premier League (MPL) scoring criteria and moot competition rankings: we have removed five competitions, added one and demoted and promoted one respectively.
After 14 of the 35 moots included in the MPL there is a tough fight for the top spot between NLSIU Bangalore and Nalsar Hyderabad going on.
Since the start of the MPL we have received various comments and suggestions to amend the rankings and include further moots. Based on these, we have updated the list as explained below.
TIER 1 Points: Best Team: 20 points Runners Up: 15 points Best Orator / Memorial / Researcher: 12 points each Honourable Mention: 10 points Semi Finalist: 10 points
Competitions: Philip C. Jessups, Washington William C. Vis, Vienna Manfred Lachs, world finals
TIER 2 Points: Best Team: 15 points Runners Up: 10 points Best Orator / Memorial / Researcher: 10 points each Semi finalist: 7 points Honourable Mention: 7 points
Competitions: Stetson World Rounds William C. Vis (east), Hong Kong Manfred Lachs, Sydney Red Cross Moot, Henry Dunant Asia Pacific WTO World rounds
TIER 3 Points: Best Team: 10 points Runners Up: 7 points Best Orator / Memorial / Researcher: 7 points each
Competitions North India Round of Philip C. Jessup South India Round of Philip C. Jessup North India Round of Stetson South India Round of Stetson National Rounds of Henry Dunant Bar council of India Trust ISRO funding round of Manfred lachs, NLS Bangalore (NEW) WTO Asian rounds, Taiwan (MOVED FROM TIER 2) DM Harish, GLC ICC Mediation, Paris
TIER 4 Points: Best Team: 6 points Runners Up: 3 points Best Orator / Memorial / Researcher: 5 points each
Competitions: NLS International Arbitration GNLU International Moot Court Competition MM Singhvi Moot court competition, NLU Jodhpur Nani Palkhiwala Tax Moot Court, GLC Mumbai NUJS Herbert Smith Moot court competition IICLAM, NLU Delhi Justice Tankha Memorial Moot court competition, NLIU Bhopal, Amity law school moot court competition Surana Corporate Surana International Tech, Pune KLA Moot Court Competition, Kerala Nalsar B.R. Sawney K.K. Luthra Criminal Law Moot Court Competition, New Delhi, S.P. Sathe Moot court ILS, Pune All India Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, NLU Delhi Surana Trial Advocacy, North India round (concluded) Surana Trial Advocacy, South India round ULC Bangalore moot
EXPLANATION OF CHANGES Tier 2: WTO Asian rounds, Taiwan has been shifted to Tier 3 from Tier 2. It is because the participation is not very high for the Asian rounds and not all of the major teams take part. But considering the reputation of the moot and its associates, we have decided to keep the world finals in Tier 2.
Tier 3: We had omitted to include the ISRO Funding rounds of the Manfred Lachs Moot. We have rectified the same and included it as a Tier 3 competition.
Monroe E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition University of Oxford and International Maritime Arbitration, Perth have not been included in the list because Indian participation is very low in these competitions and not all major law schoolstake part. It would be unfair to grant points for the same. Also the reputation of these competitions is not that high as of any other Tier 3 competition.
Finally the NLSIU Arbitration moot has been moved to Tier 4 from Tier 3 by popular consensus. We have received various comments requesting the change as foreign participation is not very high or at the same level as that of DM Harish.
Tier 4: CIAC Arbitration, RMNLU Lucknow, Anand & Anand IPR, New Delhi and Surana Minority have been cancelled this year and have been removed from the list. We also removed the moot court competition organised by ULC, Bangalore from the list after consultation. [Note 8 February 2010: We have included ULC Bangalore again after hearing detailed submissions from the ULC Moot Court Committee. It was a tight borderline case for inclusion in Tier 4 and we gave it the benefit of reinstatement seeing as it was on the original list.]
We had received a number of messages for inclusion of various other moots. However, this season we had to restrict ourselves to 35 moots and it has been very carefully decided after extensive research and consultation. Also the comments received from the readers have been given due weightage.
Update 16 February: We are also introducing a tie-breaker in the event of a tie for the top spots at the end of the competition. If the total points of teams are the same, we will take into account the total points scored by team wins only (excluding points such as runners-up, best speakers, memorials or researcher). In the event of a further tie, the next criteria will be runner-up points. Hopefully that should break any tie. If not, we will tally up the total number of wins, irrespective of each category and tier. Please let us know if you have any objections to this method.
Click here for the first version of the scoring criteria.
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Comments
Two Law Schools from India are short listed every year to participate in this competition based on a assignment submitted by all Indian Law Schools that wish to participate in the same. However, next year onwards there might be a national round to decide the same. As far as Indian performance in this moot is concerned, NALSAR was a runner-up in the maiden edition of the Competition in 2008. Last year the finals was between Yale Law School and Bond University.
It may be noted that in the USA, the prestigious Pace Criminal Law Moot is considered a qualification round to participate in the ICC Trial Moot at The Hague.
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I am From ULC, MCC
why u guys removed ULC moot...............the moot is in 14th year....and all major law school including NLS, Nalsara will be participating this year....
On the other hand u included S.P. Sathe where hardly any law school turns Up...........
include ULC Moot ..............as this moot is the only Environmental Law - Constitutional Law moot in the country From Past 14 years
Since the lowest points given there are 10, i suggest 8 points for quarter finals and 7 or 6 for octafinals, and a few points for any other advanced round if that competition has any.
Since Tier 4 moots give 6 points to the winning team, and the competition is much larger in Tier 1 moots, I believe it is only fair that points are given, however less, for reaching any advanced rounds of these international moots.
I suggest the same for Tier 2 moots, if the number of participants are larger than any standard national moot.
My second suggestion is giving points to semi-finalists even in Tier 3 and 4 moots, since in most national moots, sides are selected by draw of lots, and a good team may lose to the eventual winner in the semi-finals. Therefore, just by draw of lots, a good team may lose out on the finals. Therefore, I suggest 6 or 5 points to the semi-finalist in Tier 3 moots and 2 points in Tier 4 moots.
Kindly consider.