NLSIU Bangalore has the Herbert Smith Freehills-sponsored Mooting Premier League (MPL) season 5, completing its hat trick of consecutive MPL season wins. NLU Jodhpur is runners up this season, jumping up from rank three last year.
NLU Delhi, which was runner-up last season, finished in third place this season just in time, having unseated NLIU Bhopal, which had occupied the third rung for the longest time this season.
NLSIU, just as last year, on 14 July won the best memorial prize at the season’s final moot – The International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot (IMLAM).
The Bangalore national law school will take home Rs 30,000 from the prize pool sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills.
Rs 20,000 out of the pool will go to NLU Jodhpur which was 38 points behind NLSIU, with Rs 10,000 going to NLU Delhi in third.
NLSIU had won the fourth and third season of the MPL after Nalsar Hyderabad won the inaugural and second MPL seasons.
Analysis
NLSIU marched to victory after picking up accolades in one-third of the MPL moot list this season, on the back of seven national challenger wins as well as the highest score in the global championship and the elite category.
Although the Jessup 2014 and Lachs 2013 world rounds’ winner did not clinch any global championship this season, it did come in runners up at the Vis Vienna moot, made its mark at Stetson’s world rounds and cleared the Jessup South qualifiers. However, with only Stetson citations in the world class moots category, its final score in tier 2 was 5 points.
NLU Jodhpur ruled the world class moot category this season, with even ICC Hague and Lachs Asia Pacific winner Delhi chasing Jodhpur’s record of 155 points by a distant total of 70. The DM Harish win, Stetson world rounds second place and other citations in the moot and the Lachs Asia Pacific semi finals boosted Jodhpur’s tier 2 score.
No Indian team picked up any position or citation at the biennial Commonwealth moot, which happened in June this year. The tier 2 Oxford Media moot was won by MPL newcomer JGLS Sonepat.
Delhi, which was in the lead since the beginning of the season on the back of a heavy tier 1 scores after qualifying for the Lachs semi finals last season, was soon overtaken by NLIU Bhopal which has the second-highest score of the season in the national challengers category.
Both Bhopal and Delhi won four moots and were runners up in three, and while Delhi was a semi finalist in one more moot than Bhopal, Bhopal won one more best memorial citation than Delhi. Delhi, however, ultimately outran Bhopal with an exceptional world class moot performance by the end of the season.
MPL 2 winner Nalsar Hyderabad, which did not win a single moot this season, equalled Delhi’s score in global championships by winning the best memorial citation at the Vis East and coming in an octa-finalist at the Jessup world rounds. Nalsar was a semi finalist in six moots, the highest times any law school reached moot semi finals this season.
Oxford media moot South Asia runners up NUJS Kolkata slipped five places to rank nine this season, with an abysmal score of six points in the national challengers. The law school won the ELSA Asia Pacific this season.
JGLS Sonepat flew into the MPL rankings for its first ever season and took away four moots, one of which was the world class Oxford media moot.
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MPL 5 final rankings
| Law school | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | Org | W | R/u | S/F | Q/F | O/F | B S | B M/R | HM | Pts | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLSIU Bangalore | 85 | 5 | 75 | 107 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 295 | 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) + GIMC (Best team) + KLA (Best team) + ULC (Best Researcher + Semi - Finalist) + Amity Delhi (Best team + Best memorial + Best speaker) + HSF (Best Team + Best Speaker) + (Vis East Quarter-finalists + HM Claimant Memorial) + (Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition - HM Prelims + Speaker) + Vis Vienna (Runners up + 2 HM Speakers) + NLSIAM (Organiser) + Manfred Lachs (India Funding) (Organisers) + Maritime moot (Best memorial) | |||
| 2 | NLU Jodhpur | 20 | 155 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 257 | Henry Dunant (Best team) + Raj Anand (Runners up) + BR Sawhney (Best memorial) + John Marshall Moot (Best Team – Ambassador Rounds) + Stetson North (Best Team) + DM Harish (Best team + Best memorial) + ULC (Best team) + Amity Delhi + (Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition Runners’ up + HM Memorial + HM 2 Prelims Speakers + HM Finals Best Speaker) + NLSIAM (Runners up) + Manfred Lachs (India Funding) (Semi- Finalist) + Manfred Asia-Pacific (Semi-finalist) | |||
| 3 | NLU Delhi | 45 | 85 | 52 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 225 | 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) + NLU Antitrust (Runners up + Best Researcher + Best Speaker) + (Vis East - HM 2 Speaker’s) + Manfred Lachs (India Funding)(Best Team) + Manfred Asia-Pacific (Best Team) + ICC Trial Moot (Best Team + Best Memorials + HM Best Defense Team) | ||
| 4 | NLIU Bhopal | 15 | 40 | 59 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 145 | 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) + DM Harish (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Best team + Best memorial) + KLA (Best memorial) + ULC (Best memorial) + GH Raisoni (Runners up) | |||||
| 5 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 45 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 117 | 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) + GIMC (Semi finalist) + KLA (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Best speaker) + NLU Antitrust (Semi-finalist) + HSF (Semi-finalist) + (Vis East - Best Memorial Respondent) + (Philip C Jessup Moot Octa-finalists) | ||||
| 6 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 50 | 41 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 111 | Surana IT (Best advocate) + SLCU National moot (Best team) + NLIU Juris Corp (Winners) + GIMC (organiser) + Surana Corp (Semi final) + HSF (Semi-finalist) + GH Raisoni (Winners) + NLSIAM (Semi- Finalist) + Manfred Lachs (India Funding) (Semi- Finalist) + Manfred Asia-Pacific (Runners up + Best Memorial + HM Best Speaker Finals) | ||||
| 7 | NLU Orissa | 35 | 20 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 110 | Surana IT (Best team, Best memorial) + Nani Palkhivala (Best speaker) + Amity Moot (Best – Memorial) + Stetson North (Semi finalist) + Jessup South (Best memorial + Semi finalist) + DM Harish (Best speaker + Semi finalist) + KLA (Best speaker) + ULC (Semi finalist) + Gh Raisoni (Semi finalist + Best speaker) | ||||||
| 8 | JGLS Sonepat | 30 | 30 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 109 | Henry Dunant (Runners up) + Nani Palkhivala (Best Team) + BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) + NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) + Oxford Price Media: South Asia (Best Team) + (Oxford Media - Best Team) + NLSIAM (Best Team+ Best Speaker) | ||||||
| 9 | NUJS Kolkata | 25 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 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) + ELSA Asia-Pacific (Best Team) + HSF (Organiser) + (Vis East - HM Claimant Memorial + Octa-finalist’s) + Manfred Asia-Pacific (Best Speaker) | |
| 10 | ILS Pune | 45 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 88 | Raj Anand (Semi finalist, Best speaker, Best memorial) + Stetson South (Semi finalist) + Jessup South (Semi finalist) + DM Harish (Runners up + Best researcher) + GIMC (Best memorial) + NLU Antitrust (Semi-finalist) + HSF (Runners up) | ||||||
| 11 | HNLU Raipur | 52 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 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) + GIMC (Semi finalist) + HSF (Best Memorial) | |||||||
| 12 | Symbiosis Pune | 20 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 59 | Nani Palkhivala (Runners up) + Rizvi Moot (Semi Finals, best speaker) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Team) + KLA (Runners up) + Amity Delhi (semi finalist) + NLU Antitrust (Best Team) + GH Raisoni (Semi finalist + Best researcher) | |||||||
| 13 | Amity Delhi | 30 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 54 | 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) + Amity Delhi (organiser) + NLSIAM (Semi- Finalist) | |||||||
| 14 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 15 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 44 | BR Sawhney (Best team) + HNLU Moot (Semi Finals) + Stetson South (Best memorial) + Jessup North (Semi finalist) + Surana Corp (Runners up) + ULC (Best speaker) + ELSA Asia-Pacific (Semi-Finalist) | ||||||
| 15 | Nuals Kochi | 10 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + Raj Anand (Semi finalist) + Surana IT (Semi finalist) + ULC (Runners up) + NLU Antitrust (Best Memorial) + Manfred Lachs (India Funding) (Runners up + Best Speaker) | |||||||
| 16 | KIIT Bhubaneshwar | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | BCI moot (Best team, Best mooter – male, Best memorial) | ||||||||||
| 17 | GLC Mumbai | 10 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher) + BR Sawhney (Best oralist, semi finalist) + Nani Palkhivala (organiser) + Amity Moot (Semi Finals + Best Researcher) + Amity Delhi (Semi finalist) | |||||||
| 18 | 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) | ||||||||
| 19 | Christ University | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | SLCU National moot (Organiser) + Amity Moot (Winners) + GIMC (Best speaker) | |||||||||
| 20 | Sastra school of Law Thanjavur | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Nani Palkhivala (Semi Finalist, best researcher) | |||||||||||
| 21 | Pravin Gandhi Law College Pune | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | KK Luthra (Best memorial) + KLA (Semi finalist) | |||||||||||
| 22 | UILS Chandigarh; Abha Sharma | 10 | 1 | 10 | Stetson North (Best speaker) | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Seedling School of Law & Governance | 10 | 1 | 10 | BCI moot (Best memorial | ||||||||||||
| 24 | CLC Delhi University | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | KK Luthra (Organiser) + HSF (Best Speaker) | |||||||||||
| 25 | Delhi University LC I | 8 | 1 | 8 | Nani Palkhivala (Best memorial) | ||||||||||||
| 26 | GLC Chennai | 8 | 1 | 8 | Amity Delhi (Runners up) | ||||||||||||
| 38 | CNLU Patna | 8 | 1 | 8 | NLSIAM (Best Memorials) | ||||||||||||
| 39 | SOEL Chennai | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | SLCU National moot (Runners up), Pro bono enviro (Org) | |||||||||||
| 40 | CUSAT Cochin | 5 | 1 | 5 | SOEL Pro bono Moot (Best Speaker) | ||||||||||||
| 36 | ITM Gurgaon | 5 | 1 | 5 | GH Raisoni (Best memorial) | ||||||||||||
| 37 | UPES Dehradun | 4 | 1 | 4 | Surana Corp (Semi finalist) | ||||||||||||
| 38 | Amity Noida | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Amity Moot (Organisers) + SOEL Pro bono Moot (Semi Finalist) | |||||||||||
| 39 | Dept of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh | 3 | 1 | 3 | Jessup North (Organiser) | ||||||||||||
| 40 | JSS Law College Mysore | 2 | 1 | 2 | Surana Corp (Organisers) | ||||||||||||
| 41 | Kerala Law Academy | 2 | 1 | 2 | KLA (Organiser) | ||||||||||||
| 42 | Rizvi College Mumbai | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rizvi Moot (Organiser) | ||||||||||||
| 43 | ULC Bangalore | 1 | 1 | 1 | ULC Bangalore (Organiser) | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Raisoni Nagpur | 1 | 1 | 1 | GH Raisoni (organiser) |
Comments
Kian- Please clarify on this.
Firstly, I'm not a Noojie, so I don't give a rat's ass about the comment.
Secondly, even if I was one, your complacency amuses me; so much that I HAD to reply. Dude, your failure of a law school has not managed to do well in a single good moot (maybe except DMH). You're blowing your trumpet at the back of shit moots no one gives a [...] about. You're so pathetic that I'm disgusted.
And you John Mclane retard, stop bullshitting on LI and start doing some actual work... maybe then you might actually win something more than newbie awards. And [...] no, you aren't getting shit for them.
Love from non-Calcutta,
DnC
You don't give damm to newbie awards but you genius also failed to appreciate that except NLS best memo citation, only NLUO was able to achieve something in maritime moot. I will recommend you to check the list of quarter finalists. Only two Indian Universities made to it i.e. NLS and NLUO. Where is NUJS? Where is NALSAR? Where is GNLU? Where is NLUJ? Where is NLUD?
Get your facts correct Mr. Dazed, not Confused caused you are confused.
NLUO has put its mark in the mooting arena. It has defeated many top notch schools. Be a good sport and appreciate that. Rest..will be shown to you in future.
I don't give a rat's ass
your failure of a law school
shit moots
no one gives a [...]
You're so pathetic that I'm disgusted.
you John Mclane retard
stop bullshitting
you aren't getting shit for them
On a lighter note, Bhai itni bhi kya frustration hey ?
Thank you for your comment.
Would you mind pointing out what are these errors you mention? Just asking because we are pretty confident the table is error free, but no harm in double checking.
Best wishes,
Prachi
2. Rizvi National Moot was never a part of the MPL. It was the Rizvi International Moot. However, LI has bungled up by forgetting the standard differential between the Rizvi National Moot and the Rizvi International Moot, or worse, they failed to see any difference between the two.
These are only after a cursory glance. I do not know what a thorough check would lead to.
Can you kindly drop the antics and report facts straight, in addition to giving due credit to ALL universities that have made strides in MPL 5?
Advanced rounds ranking:
http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup14/2014%20Overall%20Team%20Rankings.pdf
http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup14/2014%20Advanced%20Rounds.pdf
Memo Ranking:
http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup14/2014%20Top%2030%20Team%20Memorial%20Rankings.pdf
Oralist Ranking:
http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup14/2014%20Top%20100%20Individual%20Oralists.pdf