NLSIU Bangalore and Nalsar Hyderabad will join NUJS Kolkata and NLU Delhi in the race for the 55th Philip C Jessup international moot trophy among 550 law schools from 80 countries at Chicago in April.
The winner of last year’s Jessup world rounds bested Nalsar at the moot’s South India qualifying rounds on Sunday and reclaimed the top spot at the Herbert Smith Freehills-sponsored Mooting Premier League (MPL) season 5.
NLSIU speaker Abhinav Sekhri, who was adjudged the best speaker, said this was his first time participating in a moot court competition. “Fifth year gives you a lot of time to do that research which you won’t get in another year, and that much more time to practice,” he commented.
Speaker Mansi Sood and researchers Viraj Parikh and Yashna Mehta were also on the winning team from the law Bangalore law school which is competing in the world rounds of Jessup for the third year running.
“Something that I thought we did right at the national round, and what will help us at the international rounds was to remain as calm as possible. That was what was most important and that will remain the most important thing,” added Sekhri.
Semi-finalist NLUO Cuttack also rose up to fourth spot on the MPL 5 table, after winning the best memorial citation at the qualifier which was fought between 13 teams at Christ University Bangalore.
NLU Delhi and NUJS had already cleared the north India qualifiers of the moot last weekend.
Coming up: an MPL weekend Bonanza
6 – 9 February is loaded with 5 moots: The GIMC at GNLU, Kerala Law Academy Moot, Amity Law School II Noida’s International Criminal Law Moot Court Competition, Surana & Surana Corporate Law Moot and the DM Harish International.
At a glance: Jessup South India
| ### Jessup South India Qualifying Rounds | ### Law School |
|---|---|
| Winners | NLSIU Bangalore |
| Runner’s up | NALSAR Hyderabad |
| Best Memorial | NLUO Cuttack |
| Best Speaker | Abhinav Sekhri, NLSIU Bangalore |
| Semi-Finalists | ILS Pune & NLUO Cuttack |
At a glance: By law school
| ### Law school | ### Award | ### Score |
|---|---|---|
| NLSIU Bangalore: Abhinav Sekhri | Jessup South India Qualifying Rounds (Best Team + Best Speaker) T3 | 20 + 10 = 30 |
| NLUO Cuttack | Jessup South (Best Memorial + Semi - Finalist) T3 | 10 + 5 = 15 |
| NALSAR Hyderabad | Jessup South (Runners up) T3 | 10 |
| ILS Pune | Jessup South (Semi- Finalist) T3 | 5 |
Mooting Premier League Season 5 standings
| Law school | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | Org | W | R/u | S/F | B S | B M/R | HM | Pts | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLSIU Bangalore | 75 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 104 | Henry Dunant (Best advocate, semi finalist) + BCI moot (semi finalist) + HNLU Moot (Winners) + NLIU Juris Corp (Semi Finals) + Stetson South (runner’s up) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia (Semi- Finalist + Best Memorials)+ KK Luthra (Best team) + Jessup South Qualifying (Best team + Best speaker) | ||||
| 2 | NLU Delhi | 25 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 90 | Henry Dunant (Best memorial, Semi finalist) + Manfred Lachs World (Semi finalist) + BCI moot (semi finalist) + FDI International moot (Best Memorial - Claimants) + Stetson North (Runners up) + KK Luthra (Runners Up) + Jessup North (Best team) | |||
| 3 | NLIU Bhopal | 40 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 89 | Raj Anand (Best team) + BCI moot (Runners up, Best mooter – female) + Rizvi Moot (Winners) + NLIU Juris Corp (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Runner’s up, Best Memorial) + Stetson South ( Best team) + KK Luthra (Semi finalist) | ||||
| 5 | NLU Orissa | 23 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 56 | Surana IT (Best team, Best memorial) + Nani Palkhivala (Best speaker) + Amity Moot (Best – Memorial) + Stetson North (Semi fnalist)+ Jessup South (Best memorial + Semi finalist) | |||||
| 4 | JGLS Sonepat | 30 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 56 | Henry Dunant (Runners up) + Nani Palkhivala (Best Team) + BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) + NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) + Oxford Price Media: South Asia (Best Team) | ||||||
| 6 | NLU Jodhpur | 40 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | Henry Dunant (Best team) + Raj Anand (Runners up) + BR Sawhney (Best memorial) + John Marshall Moot (Best Team – Ambassador Rounds) + Stetson North (Best Team) | |||||
| 7 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 25 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 49 | Nani Palkhivala (Semi – Finalist) + BR Sawhney (Organisers) + HNLU Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial ) + Stetson South (Semi finalist + Best speaker) + Jessup South (Runners up) | ||||
| 8 | Amity Delhi | 30 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 48 | Rizvi Moot (Best Researcher) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Researcher) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia (Semi- Finalist) + Stetson North (Best Memorials) + KK Luthra (Best speaker) + Jessup North (Best speaker + Semi finalist) | ||||||
| 9 | NUJS Kolkata | 25 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 47 | Surana IT (Semi finalist) + SLCU National moot (Best speaker, Best memorial, Semi finalists) + BR Sawhney (Runners up) + NLIU Juris Corp (Semi Finals) + Oxford Price Media Moot, South Asia Rounds (Runners up) + Stetson North (Semi- Finalist) + Jessup North (Runners up) | |||||
| 10 | HNLU Raipur | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 47 | SLCU National moot (Semi finalists) + Amity Moot (Runner’s up + Best Speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (Best Speaker + Best Researcher + Best Memorial) + HNLU Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) | |||||
| 11 | KIIT Bhubaneshwar | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | BCI moot (Best team, Best mooter – male, Best memorial) | ||||||||
| 12 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | Surana IT (Best advocate) + SLCU National moot (Best team) + NLIU Juris Corp (Winners) | ||||||||
| 13 | RGNUL Patiala | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 29 | Surana IT (Runners up) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Rizvi Moot (Runners up) + Jessup North (Best memorial) | ||||||
| 14 | Symbiosis Pune | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | Nani Palkhivala (Runners up) + Rizvi Moot (Semi Finals, best speaker) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Team) | ||||||
| 15 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28 | BR Sawhney (Best team) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Stetson South (Best memorial) + Jessup North (Semi finalist) | |||||||
| 16 | GLC Mumbai | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + BR Sawhney (Best oralist, semi finalist) + Nani Palkhivala (organiser) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals + Best Researcher) | |||||
| 17 | ILS Pune | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | Raj Anand (Semi finalist, Best speaker, Best memorial) + Stetson South (Semi finalist) + Jessup South (Semi finalist) | |||||||
| 18 | Nuals Kochi | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + Raj Anand (Semi finalist) + Surana IT (Semi finalist) | ||||||||
| 19 | Christ University | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 11 | SLCU National moot (Organiser) + Amity Moot (Winners | ||||||||
| 20 | Sastra school of Law Thanjavur | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Nani Palkhivala (Semi Finalist, best researcher) | |||||||||
| 21 | UILS Chandigarh; Abha Sharma | 10 | 1 | 10 | Stetson North (Best speaker) | ||||||||||
| 22 | Seedling School of Law & Governance | 10 | 1 | 10 | BCI moot (Best memorial | ||||||||||
| 23 | Delhi University LC I | 8 | 1 | 8 | Nani Palkhivala (Best memorial) | ||||||||||
| 24 | Pravin Gandhi Law College Pune | 8 | 1 | 8 | KK Luthra (Best memorial) | ||||||||||
| 25 | SOEL Chennai | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | SLCU National moot (Runners up), Pro bono enviro (Org) | |||||||||
| 26 | CUSAT Cochin | 5 | 1 | 5 | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Speaker) | ||||||||||
| 27 | Amity Noida | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Amity Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) | ||||||||
| 28 | CLC Delhi University | 2 | 1 | 2 | KK Luthra (Organiser) | ||||||||||
| 29 | Rizvi College Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rizvi Moot (Organiser) |
Comments
Also, any stats on most consecutive international qualifications? My guess is NLS from 1999 till whenever they last didn't qualify
Also, any stats on most consecutive international qualifications? My guess is NLS from 1999 till whenever they last didn't qualify[/quote]
NLS qualified in 1995, 96, 97, 98 also
Thank you for pointing out. We have corrected points in the table, and the correct order of ranks will reflect in tables in the next story.
Best wishes,
Prachi
Will that make any difference?