It's been a rather sad ending to a pretty good start on part of nliu this year... We started winning some competitions earlier in the year, but I guess the Nliu mooters were just plain unlucky not to have won any major competition lately... On an entirely different note, NLIU's international achievements in Alternate Dispute Resolution have to be acknowledged, because of the 'Outstanding New School' trophy in the International Mediation Tournament, Chicago and a much coveted 5th place at the Negotiation Challenge, Germany...
Hope it has a better season next year :-)

NUJS also received the 2nd best memorial in the Sydney Rounds. 7 pts for Hon'ble mention?

I'm fairly certain that ManLachs does not have an official Hon Men system. If those points are to be awarded, I'm guessing you'd have to verify with tab scores..but Lee seems co-operative, so that shouldn't be a problem..good job

@3: top 8 memos were indeed announced. I guess Lee shouldn't have a problem clarifying that.

Congrats NUJS team.

NUJS mooting is doomed because the present lot are more interested in politics and backbiting. Just like Shashi Tharoor [allegedly], the gasbags in charge of mooting will give a "stake" to their friends and girlfriends.

IMHO mooting should be taken away from the hands of students and be administered by a board of teachers. Prof Singh should head the body. People favouring their friends or indulging in politics should be BANNED FOR LIFE from mooting.

That NUJS is doing so well in the MPL, despite havign a bad year speaks highly of the quality mooting it is known for.

Oustal of some great mooters won't affect the standards. Its the law of nature: things come and go, the 5th years have to passout.

The younger batches have shown great prommise and will surely take NUJS' mooting legacy to greater heights.

Congrats NLS! Even though these people seem to be hell bent on making this a defeat. It is still very much a victory.

1) is the NALSAR-NFCG moot recognized by the MPL? If no, why?
2) When will this season of the MPL end?

The selection of tier-4 moots is one of the most random i have seen! Basically most of the moots which happened early in the season were included ...and then MPL says 'sorry! no more!'.

@#6:

It may be possible that great mooters also happen to be friends or girlfriends of each other. What does that have to do with their mooting capabilities. Each individual or team (in case of challengers) goes through a rigorous process of selections, the later two rounds of which are judged by external judges.

If you were not good enough to make it to the moot team, think of doing something else equally productive. It's OK. Not everyone is a great mooter. You may be really good at something else... Write articles or something.. If you think you cant do anything worthwhile in law switch stream - say designing or painting. You could think of crossing the road and joining our neighbour, NIFT.

Please understand doing better than you is not a crime and your anonymous comments are not going to take away from people their mooting achievements.

And abt, Prof. Singh heading the MCS, yes he does. In capacity of the patron of SJA. If you think he can sit and conduct the internal selections or organise the home moot your idea of the VC's office is messed up.

Despite the title of the piece, reaching the finals of the Regional Round is no mean feat, and I think congratulations are in order. They may have 'burned up' but they did a damn fine job.

@4 - oh, I didn't know. That's great ! Congratulations, NUJS

could this article be a little more biased against nls please.

Thanks for your comment re: bias.

But really really? I have heard this from another ex-NLS-ite recently actually but am not at all sure how this article is biased exactly.

NLS was the lead of the article with a dramatic opener of just missing its chance to defend the title. That surely was the main news right there, plus it then goes into lots of compliments about how close the final was, how NLS won it last year, etc.

The second-most interesting angle was surely NUJS' return to form and climbing of another MPL place. NLS by contrast stayed in second place.

If you really disagree, please do let me know.

We are still checking whether this moot has honourable mentions - Mr Lee said when we spoke earlier this week that it did not, but we will double check.

Best,
Kian

@Kian -
The moot did not have honourable mentions. But considering the fact that you equated '4th best memo' at jessup to an honourable mention, I'm pretty sure a 2nd best memo would qualify as an honourable mention too.

@ #16 - The old flaw of comparing a moot with 10 - 15 teams to a moot with 105 teams (and that's just the world rounds).

@ 17, Lachs has a few more than 10-15 teams, The Asia pacific rounds has close to 40 teams every year. And dude, Jessup is not everything!!! Come on yaar, just let some other college also get points if they deserve it. Its just like reinforcing the supposedly "arrogant" tag that NLS carries.

the 'number of teams' comparisons are taken care of while deciding the tiers. man lachs is placed in tier two for the same reason as you pointed out. Since tier 2 has pts for hon'ble mentions (which are lower than tier 1), it should be given...otherwise why have it...2nd best memo is definitely an hon'ble mention for the memorial ...you might have issues if we go below that, but otherwise it will simply mean that no hon'ble mention pts for memos are awarded for man-lachs, whereas it is done for hong kong etc., and other moots on the list.

i repeat:

is the NALSAR-NFCG moot recognized by the MPL? If no, why?

@20. NO.

Among many answers, a lot of moots in the national circuits have not been included with this being the first year of MPL. So maybe, next year.

@ 18 - Incorrect. The Asia-Pacific round had 10 teams last year. Fact.

haha.. just by the sound of the post, i am pretty sure who #11 is.

let's please not even go there. we all know the allegations, we all know the truth of it. 'nuff said.

And I don't know what it is with you mooters, but please stop pretending like you're in a place where everyone wants to be. I think law schools give enough liberties to EVERYONE to choose EXACTLY what they want to do. You choose to moot, good for you. It's time you stop shoving it in other people's business. If someone else chooses to debate / author articles / or hell, even just sit under a tree and read a book - it's there business. The tone of your post, and others before this, really puts me off.

I hope that with time you realize that everything is not about winning accolades. I can't even count on my fingers the number of law students who could easily make it to the 'A' team of any moot team, but they just choose to involve themselves in some other activity. Is that, Sir, a crime then? Or does that still somehow put you and all other mooters at a pedestal higher than them?

At the end of the day - mooting is just one of the MANY things to do at law school. What matters is not whether you're winning or losing, but what you take away from it. Some of the best mooters I've had the privilege of interacting with had won far lesser moots than some others who still had a while to go before achieving any such 'greatness'. I'm sorry to say, but if you are one of those who lives and dies by their CV, you're not someone I would ever regard as a "great" mooter.

With due respect to your suggestions about what # 6 should do with his time - I have a few of my own to add to your list. Watch, observe and learn. Read if you like some, meet new people if you wish. And if you find the time - moot, but only if it is something that you enjoy. (or, following in #11's footsteps, you could choose to be a mooter just to be a pompous sonofagun).

Sometimes I wonder if the only reason mooting still continues to enjoy such popularity in India law schools is because it gives a bunch of people a false sense of superiority. At the start of the year, some 50-60 odd students choose to moot (our of somewhere close to 500?). From within these, the top 20-30 get to participate in all sorts of moots. Do they really think the rest of the 400 students are fools who know nothing better than them?

In another post, someone commented about how mooters don't get the privileges that they deserve at a particular law school - which, incidentally, included permission to miss lectures. Hah!

To me, the MCS would have done its job when it somehow manages to attract better students from within the 400 who DON'T moot to come and participate. Senseless politicking, camps, nepotism, scams.. One would imagine that by now you would have realized that mooters really are a bunch of fools for not being able to prevent these / or even worse to contribute to these!

Before you bother asking - I mooted once and I did win my round. I found it criminally senseless and I chose to pack my bags and go backpacking for the weekend instead. Shoot me already?

Please update: NLS international arbitration moot

NUJS has won the moot; best memo and second best speaker. :-)

Its a hat-trick!!!