NLSIU Bangalore has moved back into the second place of the Mooting Premier League (MPL) sponsored by Clifford Chance after winning a confirmed 10 points for the fourth best memorial at the world finals of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition.
The fourth best memorial, which has now been confirmed by event organisers, entitles NLSIU to 10 MPL points as the equivalent to an honourable mention in a Tier 1 event.
This year three Indian teams - NLU Jodhpur, NLSIU Bangalore and Nalsar Hyderabad - had advanced to the octa finals at the Jessup world rounds.
NLSIU and Nalsar reached the quarter finals, where NLSIU lost to New York’s Columbia Law School, which went on to become the eventual runners-up in the event. The NLSIU team consisted of Raag Yadava, V.Niranjan, Gautam Bhatia and Subhang Nair.
Nalsar defeated University College London (UCL) to qualify for the semi-finals where the team lost to a team from Australian National University, who were the eventual winners of this year’s competition.
The semi-finalist position entitled Nalsar for 10 points which was allocated to Nalsar in the league table, as reported on 30 March. The college’s team consisted of speakers Shatadru Chakraborty and Dhananjaya Mishra and researchers Brajendu Bhaskar and Ashish Parekh.
Nalsar still leads MPL with 149 points, while NLSIU is now at 102 points, closely followed by NLU Jodhpur with 94 points in third position.
***We are confirming the honourable mentions of Willem C. Vis Vienna with convenors and will update the rankings in shortly.
The MPL is sponsored by Clifford Chance and the top eight ranked law colleges will share a generous prize fund of Rs 1.5 lakhs provided by the firm.***
2009-10 Mooting Premier League rankings, sponsored by Clifford Chance
| Law school | Points | Wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nalsar Hyderabad | 149 | IICLAM (best memorial); Henry Dunant Indian rounds (runners-up); Surana Trial Advocacy South (best team, best memorial); Nani Palkhiwala (best memorial), Bar Council of India (best team); KK Luthra (runners-up, best speaker); NLIU Tankha (runners-up, best memo); MM Singhvi (best memo); Jessup South (runner-up); DM Harish (best researcher); Surana Corporate (best team, best memorial); SP Sathe (best team, best orator); KLA Moot (runners up); NUJS Herbert Smith (best team, best memorial); Surana Int’l Tech Moot (best memorial); Amity Moot (runners up, best orator, best memorial, best researcher); Philip C Jessup (semi-finalist); ISRO Manfred Lachs funding rounds (best orator) |
| 2. | NLSIU Bangalore | 102 | Manfred Lachs (best team, best orator); Stetson South (best advocate), Bar Council of India (best orator); KK Luthra (best memorial); MM Singhvi (best researcher); Jessup South (best team, best orator); KLA Moot (best memorial); I |
| 3. | NLU Jodhpur | 94 | Nalsar B.R.Sawhney (runners-up, best memorial); Stetson North (best team, best memorial); Jessup North (best team, best orator); Surana Corporate (runners up, best orator); SP Sathe (best memorial); KLA Moot (best team, best orator); NUJS Herbert Smith (runners-up); Surana Int’l Tech Moot (best orator); Amity Moot (best team); Stetson International (5th & 6th best orator) |
| 4. | School of Excellence in Law (SOEL) Chennai | 43 | Henry Dunant Indian rounds (best team, best orator), NLIU Tankha (best orator); Nani Palkhiwala (best team); Red Cross Asia Pacific (semi-finalist; honourable mention best memorial) |
| 5. | ILS Law College Pune | 31 | Bar Council of India (runners-up); DM Harish (runners-up); NUJS Herbert Smith (best speaker); Surana International Tech Moot (best team); ULC Bangalore Moot (best team) |
| 6. | NLIU Bhopal | 29 | All India Corporate Law Moot (runners-up, best orator); Nalsar B.R.Sawhney (best team, best orator); Stetson South (best memorial); MM Singhvi (runners-up) |
| 7. | NUJS Kolkata | 28 | All India Corporate Law Moot (best team, best researcher); Willem C Vis Hong Kong (honorable mention); I |
| 8. | Government Law College (GLC) Mumbai | 26 | KK Luthra (best team); MM Singhvi (best team); DM Harish (best orator, best memorial) |
| 9. | Amity Law School IP University Delhi | 25 | IICLAM (best team & best orator); Stetson North (runner-up), Jessup North (best memorial) |
| 10. | Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) Patiala | 18 | Henry Dunant national rounds (best researcher); NLIU Tankha (best team); ULC Bangalore Moot (Best Memorial) |
| 11. | GNLU Gandhinagar | 17 | IICLAM (runners-up); ELSA WTO Asia (runners-up, best orator) |
| 12. | Law Centre I (LC-I) Delhi University | 14 | Henry Dunant Indian rounds (best memorial), Jessup North (runner-up) |
| 12. | Symbiosis, Pune | 14 | Nani Palkhiwala (runners up, best orator); GNLU International Moot Court (runners up); ULC Bangalore Moot (runners-up) |
| 14. | Nuals Kochi | 13 | Surana Trial Advocacy North (runners-up); Jessup South (best memorial); Surana International Tech Moot (runners up) |
| 15. | University Institute of Laws PURC, Ludhiana | 11 | Surana trial advocacy north rounds (best team, best orator) |
| 16. | CMR Law School, Bangalore | 10 | ULC Bangalore Moot (best orator, best researcher) |
| 16. | Kerala Law Academy Thiruvananthapuram | 10 | Stetson South (best team) |
| 16. | NLU Delhi | 10 | DM Harish (best team) |
| 19. | UILS Punjab | 8 | Surana Trial advocacy South (runners up, best orator) |
| 20. | HNLU Raipur | 7 | Stetson North (best orator) |
| 20. | New Law College Bharati Vidyapeeth University Pune | 7 | Stetson South (runner-up) |
| 22. | CNLU Patna | 5 | GNLU International Moot (best memorial) |
| 22. | Government Law College Ernakulam | 5 | MM Singhvi (best orator) |
| 22. | Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad | 5 | Surana Trial Advocacy North (best memorial) |
| 22. | ULC Bangalore | 5 | All India Corporate Law Moot (best memorial) |
| 26. | Campus Law Centre Delhi | 3 | SP Sathe (runners up) |
Click here for an updated (February 2010) list of the Mooting Premier League scoring criteria.
Comments
Correct me if I am wrong, but is not an "Octa Finalist" Citation at Jessup big enough to put it on par with an "Honorable Mention". Considering that HMs at Vis Vienna are given to the 64 teams qualifying for the second round, it seems a little absurd that a pool of 16 teams competing in the Jessup Octas is not given the same standing.
In such a case, both NLU Jodhpur and NLS should get more points for their Octa qualifications.
Of course, the above is based on your statement that : "Any major citations of teams will be classed as honourable mentions, worth 10 points." (http://www.legallyindia.com/20100331629/Mooting/nujs-continues-mpl-recovery-wins-manfred-lachs-funding-over-nls-nalsar)
I think that an being in the Octas in Jessup is certainly a "major citation", especially when the 64 and 32 at Vis Vienna and 16 at Vis HKG, are seen as such major citations.
Your comment only validates the common perception that NLSites are rude and arrogant, which - atleast for the NLS alumni - is not very pleasant. You have a long career ahead, and a little humility will augur well for you in the long run. All the best.
Legal Dodo
A quick response to the scoring criteria. As we outlined previously for this MPL season we will have to stick with the criteria that were published and openly available for several months.
If we make changes at this late stage of the competition, however reasonable those changes would be, it would be equally unfair to other competitors.
But we are taking those suggestions on board and will definitely incorporate many of these changes and suggestions for the MPL 2. We also have some exciting ideas about how to improve next seasons' MPL and look forward to telling you all about it.
An unrelated point, re comment #4 - not wanting to get into huge detail or make excuses but the incorrect spelling of Subhang Nair's name was actually mistakenly sent to us by email from the organiser of the moot.
Anyway, happy mooting!
Kian
and seeking a clarification - are any points given on the MPL to teams which make it to the advanced rounds at Vienna? (I was under the impression that it is only for the semi-finals and above)
All da best guys!! :-)