The much-awaited Legally India [[Mooting Premier League]] (MPL) second season has arrived with [[NLIU Bhopal]] taking home the first points, defeating [[RGNUL Patiala]] in the North India finals of the [[Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot#North India round|Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot Court Competition]] on Sunday.
NLIU Bhopal also bagged additional points as Deeksha Manchanda won the best speaker award. NUALS Cochin grabbed the award for the Best Memorandum.
[[GNLU Gandhinagar]] and [[Law Centre I (LC-I) Delhi University]] finished as semi-finalists.
The event took place at [[UILS Punjab]] in Chandigarh from 3 to 5 September 2010.
“This moot is a unique experience and different from all my previous moots and an incredible experience in court craft,” said NLIU Bhopal’s Deeksha, who also won best speaker. “I guess I became better after each round mainly due to the judges and their valuable comments.”
“The judging was done by the advocates of Punjab and Haryana High Court and in the final round, the judges of the High Court. The judges were extremely helpful and in their comments and gave us valuable tips about court craft. In all, it was an amazing learning experience.”
All mooters read on or hold your peace forever
Surana Trial Advocacy Moot Court Competition is provisionally included in Tier 4 of the list but we are inviting suggestions to finalise the list of [[MPL2 competitions|moot court competitions]] and scoring criteria for [[MPL 2|MPL Season 2]].
The list will be frozen in the coming weeks depending on your comments.
If you disagree with this selection, let us know NOW in the comments or the [[MPL2 competitions|Legallypedia MPL2 page]] (rather than later when the MPL is almost over!)
Provisional [[MPL2 competitions|list of moots]] to be included in [[MPL 2]]:
As you can see it’s bigger and hopefully even better than last year. Note that moots in bold are new to MPL 2, while moots in italic moved up a rank.
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 International Law Moot|Philip C. Jessup, Washington]]
- [[Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna|Willem C. Vis, Vienna]]
- [[Manfred_Lachs_Space_Moot_Court_Competition#World_Finals|Manfred Lachs Space Moot, World Finals]]
- [[Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition|Stetson World Rounds]]
- [[Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot|Red Cross Moot]]
- [[ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law|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) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Hong Kong|Willem C. Vis (East), Hong Kong]]
- [[Manfred_Lachs_Space_Moot_Court_Competition_Sydney_Rounds|Manfred Lachs Space Moot, Sydney rounds]]
- [[ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law, Asian rounds|ELSA WTO Asian rounds]]
- [[DM Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition|DM Harish Moot, GLC]]
- [[National Moot Court Competition, Bar Council of India Trust|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 Court Competition, Sydney|Maritime International Arbitration Moot, Sydney]] (July 2011)
- [[ICC International Commercial Mediation Moot Court Competition, Paris|ICC Moot, Paris]] (Feb 2011)
- [[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]]
- [[Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition|Henry Dunant Moot (India qualification rounds to Red Cross Moot)]]
- [[ISRO National Funding Round to Manfred Lachs Space Moot|ISRO Manfred Lachs funding rounds]]
- [[MM Singhvi Memorial Bar Council of India International Law Moot Court Competition, NLU Jodhpur|MM Singhvi moot, NLU Jodhpur]]
- [[Nani Palkhiwala Memorial National Tax Moot Court, GLC Mumbai|Nani Palkhiwala Tax Moot, GLC]]
- [[International Infrastructure and Construction Law Arbitration Moot (IICLAM)|IICLAM Competition]]
- [[Oxford International Media Law Moot Court Competition|Oxford Media Law Moot]] (Mar 2011)
- [[Oxford International IPR Moot Court Competition|Oxford IPR Moot]] (Mar 2011)
- [[International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Competition The Hague|ICC Trial Moot, The Hague]] (Feb 2011)
- [[Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot Court Competition|Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot]] (March 2011)
- [[Commonwealth Moot Court Competition|Commonwealth Moot]] (Mar 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.
- [[NLSIU International Arbitration Moot Court|NLS International Arbitration]]
- [[GNLU International Moot Court Competition|GNLU International Moot]]
- [[NUJS Herbert Smith National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition|NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot]]
- [[RK Tankha Memorial Moot Court Competition, NLIU Bhopal|Justice Tankha Memorial Moot, NLIU Bhopal]]
- [[Amity Moot Court Competition]]
- [[Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot|Surana Corporate Moot]]
- [[Surana & Surana International Technology Law Moot|Surana International Technology Moot]]
- [[KLA Moot Court Competition, Kerala|KLA Moot, Kerala]]
- [[Nalsar Justice Bodh Raj Sawhney Moot Court Competition|Nalsar BR Sawhney Moot]]
- [[KK Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition, CLC New Delhi|KK Luthra Criminal Law Moot, Delhi]]
- [[SP Sathe Moot Court Competition, ILS Pune|SP Sathe Moot, ILS Pune]]
- [[All India Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, NLU Delhi|NLU Delhi All India Corporate Moot]]
- [[Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot#North India round|Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, North India round]]
- [[Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy#South India round|Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, South India round]]
- [[ULC Bangalore All India Moot Court Competition|ULC Bangalore 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]]
- [[Pro Bono Enviro National Moot Court Competition, SOEL Chennai|Pro Bono Enviro Moot SOEL Chennai]]
- [[Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition|Justice Hidayatullah Memorial Moot]]
- [[GH Raisoni Law School Moot Court Competition||GH Raisoni Moot]]
Scoring criteria
| Category/Tiers | Tier 1 - global championships | Tier 2 - world class | Tier 3 - national elite | Tier 4 - national contenders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best team | 20 points | 15 points | 10 points | 7 points |
| Runners-up | 15 points | 10 points | 7 points | 4 points |
| Best Orator / Memorial / Researcher | 12 points each | 10 points each | 7 points each | 4 points each |
| Semi finalists | 10 points | 7 points | 4 points | 2 points |
| Honourable mention | 10 points | 7 points | N/A | N/A |
| Stats | ||||
| Number of competitions | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 |
| Total possible points for winners | 120 | 75 | 160 | 140 |
| Total points for runners-up | 90 | 50 | 112 | 80 |
Now, time for you to get involved!
- Look through the list and decide whether you agree with the rankings.
- Do you agree with the scoring criteria? Should more points be given for a tier, or less points?
- Think of some catchy names to call each tier and let us know!
- Get mooting!
You can contact the Legally India MPL team, which includes Sanjay Khan and Prashanth from GNLU Gandhinagar on .
If you are a moot court committee or you want to be involved in decisions taken in respect of MPL housekeeping, etc, please email us and we will add you to our special but informal MPL mailing list.
Comments
@#2 it is because of asinine idiots such as you, people generally get pissed off in life. NUJS is a legendary institution in the Indian legal scenario, everyone knows that, and NUJS surely will win a lot of moots, but that doesn't give any "NOOJITE" the right to undermine the accomplishments of the other law schools. Grow up kiddo, stop acting like a jealous bitch.
It should be the same for Vis (East) - again, because very few Indian teams break into advanced rounds, but I don't recommend it for BCI or DM Harish (GLC).
Any feedback?
Also as an Editor it is within your discretion to publish a comment. Also as an Editor it is responsibility to publish such comments which you thing contribute in good faith to the essence of the story concerned. Having said that I donot say that you should chuck all the comments with negative remark as everyone has a right to express his or her opinion. What I intend to say is publish all the comments irrespective of whether it is a positive or negative comment but draw a line...the line would be that the comments should connect to the story and not stray or deviate from the essence of the story.
Pls do not censor, this is the most interesting part of LI...the amateurish comments on "My NLU is the greatest"!
I'm sure this message too .... will not be displayed.
@ All.. Let don't fall into discussing "MY COLLEGE IS BEST"... The news is for Inspiration. So get inspired instead of criticising those who won. I don't think the editors have to worry about such aggressive remarks, By such remarks we get to know the mentality of people and their college. So again it is a source of information. Wat say :P
So true! It's a pity that bright students work as "legal coolies" in such firms instead of doing more intellectually challenging work
And it's just unfair of yo guys to put us in that category when there's a post which says the same about you... talking about great faculty, and great students, in a completely unrelated forum...
I am an ardent MPL Fan and a law student from one of the prestigious law schools in the country.
Mooting Premier League was started by Legally India and it ranks INDIAN law colleges based on their performance in Moot Court Competitions.
What is the point on including Elitist Moot Court Competitions like ELSA when only TWO Indian teams participated in it last year?
I totally agree that the ELSA Moot is one of the best in terms of quality, organization and competitiveness. BUT, is this not unfair to other law colleges in the country who do not participate in ELSA? Many such International Moots do not see participation from Indian teams because of extremely high expenditure involved in these Moots (People spend up to Rs. 3 Lakh)
I feel that the MPL Organizers (Kian, Sanjay and Prashanth,are you listening?) should have a benchmark of minimum Indian Participation in a Moot, to include that Moot in the MPL 2 List. There should be a minimum number of Indian Teams (five or ten) that should participate in a particular Moot for it to be included in the MPL.
Apart from ELSA, the following Moot Court Competitions should also be chucked out from the MPL 2 List because of low Indian participation:
* Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot, Germany- 3 Indian Teams participated last year
* ICC Mediation Moot, Paris - 4 Indian Teams participated last year
* Maritime International Arbitration Moot, Sydney- 2 Indian Teams participated last year
* Oxford IPR Moot - 2/3 Indian Teams
Therefore, I believe that only those Moots (both national and international) which see participation from a substantial number of Indian Teams (this number, according to me could be five) should be included in the second season of the MPL.
Cheers!
Fake MPL Player
could you please mail us more details about the moot/organisers at mooting (at) legallyindia.com or sanjay.khan (at) legallyindia.com.
Please Note the following observations with respect to the MPL scoring criteria:
1. There is a clear cut bias towards International Law Moots in the rankings, with the exception of a few moots, lower rung International law moots are placed above well known and established moots of arbitration and corporate law.
The Following modifications are suggested to birdge this Gap:
Tier 3-New Entries:
Promotions:
1. NUJS-Herbert Smith National Corporate Law moot-Reasons: The judges in the final round
consisted on 2 Herert Smith Partners, Mooting Cord from Oxford University, and a Cal. High Court judge. The competition is going to runs its 4th edition now. The problem is of superlative quality and the comptetition itself is very well organised. The Moot Rules are amongst the most comprehensive, comparable to Jessups. http://www.herbertsmithgraduates.com/NR/rdonlyres/A73CAABC-EAD2-46AB-821D-8D49522BFA7C/0/index.html
2. NLS International Arbitration- Similar reasons are above.
3. GNLU-International Trade Law: Prize Money, Judging.http://gnlu.ac.in/gimc/gimc2011.html
The following moots should be demoted based on quality of judges, organization and participation:
Demotions to Tier 4:
1. MM Singhvi
2. Nani Palkhiwala Tax Law.
Other Inclusions to Tier 3:
1. 5th LAWASIA International Moot Competition