With NLSIU Bangalore winning the Oxford IP moot, the difference between NLU Delhi and NLSIU has now been reduced to 1 point in the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6 sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills, with NLU Delhi managing to hold onto top spot with its semi-finalist position at Oxford IP.
NLIU Bhopal now stands in third position after winning the NLU Jodhpur Anti Trust moot, with NLU Jodhpur slipping down to fourth spot. With its splendid performance at Frankfurt Arbitration & NLU J Anti Trust Moot, JGLS has now climbed up to 11th position in the MPL table gaining 18 points.
NLU Jodhpur Anti-Trust Moot
NLIU Bhopal defeated RMLNLU Lucknow to clinch the winner’s title at the Sixth NLU-J Anti Trust Law Moot organized by NLU Jodhpur from 20 to 22 March 2015.
Raveena Sethia of JGLS Sonepat was judged best student advocate while the best researcher award went to Kamal Sharma from NLU-O. NUJS Kolkata won the award for the best memorial.
JGLS Sonepat and Amity Law School, Delhi were the other two semi finalists at the tier 5 moot.
This competition was organised in association with Amarchand Mangaldas under the patronage of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and witnessed a participation of more than 30 teams from across the nation.
NLU J Anti Trust At A Glance
| Title | Law School |
|---|---|
| Winners | NLIU Bhopal |
| Runners Up | RMLNLU |
| Best Speaker | Raveena Sethia, JGLS |
| Best Memorial | NUJS Kolkata |
| Best Researcher | Kamal Sharma from NLU-O |
| Semi Finalists | JGLS & ALS Delhi |
GH Raisoni Moot
The team from ILS Pune bested GNLU Gandhinagar in the finals of the 10th edition of G H Raisoni Moot organised by GH Raisoni Law College Nagpur from 27 February to 2 March 2015.
The best speaker was Anupam Pillai from NLU Odisha while the best researcher was Shireen Priya of Symbiosis Law School Pune. The runners up GNLU also grabbed the award for best memorial.
The moot problem, this year, was based on Intellectual Property law. Amity Law School Delhi and Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai were the other two semi finalists at the tier 5 moot.
G H Raisoni At A Glance
| Title | Law School |
|---|---|
| Winners | ILS Pune |
| Runners Up | GNLU Gandhinagar |
| Best Speaker | Anupam Pillai, NLU Odisha |
| Best Memorial | GNLU Gandhinagar |
| Best Researcher | Shireen Priya, SLS Pune |
| Semi Finalists | ALS Delhi & Pravin Gandhi College of Law |
Frankfurt Arbitration
JGLS defeated Singapore Management University to emerge as Overall Champions at the world rounds of the 8th Frankfurt International Investment Arbitration Moot hosted by the University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. JGLS was represented by a team comprising of Madhav Rangrass?, ?Mallika Singh?, Kanika Mishra? and ??Asmita Singhvi?. Mallika Singh also won the award for the best speaker in the finals. The Team has won a scholarship for a three-week placement at The Hague Academy of International Law along with cash prize for their position as the best Asian team.
Oxford IPR Moot
NLSIU Bangalore defeated Monash University in the finals of 13th Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot held from 19 to 21 March 2015. The focus of the 2015 moot problem was on breach of confidence and patent infringement, and was set in the agricultural biotechnology sector.
The other Indian team to perform well was NLU Delhi which was one of the semi finalists at the moot.
RMLNLU, ILS Pune & NLU Odisha were the other Indian teams which participated in the moot.
At A Glance: Law School Wise
| Law School | Award | Score |
|---|---|---|
| NLIU Bhopal | Anti Trust (Winner) T5 | 10 |
| RMLNLU | Anti Trust (Runner Up) T5 | 5 |
| JGLS Sonepat. | Anti Trust (Best Speaker + Semi Finalists) T5 | 5+3=8 |
| NLU Odisha | Anti Trust (Best Researcher) T5 | 5 |
| NUJS Kolkata | Anti Trust (Best Memorial) T5 | 5 |
| ALS Delhi | Anti Trust (Semi finalist) T5 | 3 |
| NLU Jodhpur | Anti Trust (Organizer) T5 | 1 |
| ILS Pune | G H Raisoni (Winner) T5 | 10 |
| GNLU, Gandhinagar | G H Raisoni (Runner Up + Best Memorial) T5 | 5+5=10 |
| NLU Odisha | G H Raisoni (Best Speaker) T5 | 5 |
| SLS Pune | G H Raisoni (Best Researcher) T5 | 5 |
| Pravin Gandhi, Mumbai | G H Raisoni (Semi finalist) T5 | 3 |
| ALS Delhi | G H Raisoni (Semi finalist) T5 | 3 |
| G H Raisoni, Nagpur | G H Raisoni (Organizer) T5 | 1 |
| NLSIU | Oxford IP (Winners) T5 | 10 |
| NLU Delhi | Oxford IP (Semi finalist) T5 | 3 |
| JGLS Sonepat | Franfurt Arbitration (Winners) T5 | 10 |
Mooting Premier League (MPL) Season 6 Standings
| Rank | Law School | Points | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLU Delhi | 125 | Manfred Lachs World (Winner + Best Speaker)+ CLEA (Best Memorial) T5 = 40 + 30 + 5 : Price Media (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5; KK Luhtra (Semi Finalist) T4=4; GIMC (Winners)=15; KLA (Winners + Best Speaker)=23; Oxford IP (Semi finalist) T5=3 |
| 2 | NLSIU Bangalore | 124 | Raj Anand (runners up) T4 = 8; BR Sawhney (Runners Up + Best Speaker) T4 + CLEA (Runners Up) T5 = 8 +8 + 5= 21 : Price Media (Best Speaker + Semi Finalists) T3 = 10+ 5: SLCU (Winners) T5=10; KK Luhtra (Best Speaker) T4=8; Jessup (Semi finalist) T3=5; GIMC (Best Memorial)T4=8: Amity (Winner + Best Memorial) T4=15+8; HSF (Runner’s up + Best Memorial ) T4=16; Oxford IP (Winners) T5=10 |
| 3 | NLIU Bhopal | 100 | Raj Anand (Best team + Best memorial + Best speaker) + NLIU Juris Corp (organiser) + Amity (Best Memorial) T5 + CLEA (Winners + Best Speaker) T5 + BCI (Semi Finalists) T3= 15 + 8 + 8 + 2 + 5 +15 + 5; KK Luhtra (Semi Finalist) T4=4: Amity (Runners Up) T4=8; ULC (Best researcher) T5=5; HSF (Best Team) T4=15; Anti Trust (Winner) T5=10 |
| 4 | NLU Jodhpur | 99 | Henry Dunant (Best team) = 20; Surana IT (Semi Finalist) T4= 4; Stetson (Semi Finalists + Best Speaker) T3 =10+5 : Price Media(Winner + Best Memorial) T3 =20+10; Jessup (Semi finalist + Best Memo) T3=10+5; GIMC (Semi Finalist)=4; ELSA Asia Qualifiers (Winner) T5=10; Anti Trust (Org) T5 |
| 5 | NLUO Cuttack | 88 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15; Amity (Runners Up) T5= 5; Surana IT (Runners Up+ Best Memorial) T4 = 8+ 8; KK Luhtra (Best Memorial) T4= 8; KLA (Best Memorial)=8: Amity (Semi Finalists) T4=4; ULC (Runner up + Best speaker ) T5=10; HSF (Semi-finalist + Best Speaker) T4=12; Anti Trust (Best Researcher) T5=5; G H Raisoni (Best Speaker) T5=5 |
| 6 | NUJS Kolkata | 75 | CLEA (Semi finalists) T5; BCI (Semi Finalists) T3; Stetson (Winner) T3 = 3 + 5 + 20; KK Luthra (Winners) T4=15; DMH (Runners up)=25; HSF (Organiser) T4=2; Anti Trust (Best Memorial) T5=5 |
| 7 | NALSAR Hyderabad | 70 | BR Sawhney (Org)T4 = 2; Amity (Winners) T5= 10; BCI (Runners Up) T3 =10: Stetson (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5 : Price Media (Runners Up) T3 = 10; Rizwi (semi finalists+ best speaker) T5=3+5; Jessup (Runner up + Best Speaker) T3=10+10; HNMCC (Best Memorial)=5 |
| 8 | ILS Pune | 60 | NLIU Juris Corp (Best team + Best speaker) = 15 + 8 = 23; BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4; Surana Corp (Winner)=15: Amity (Semi Finalists) T4=4; HSF (Semi-finalist) T4=4; ILS Pune=10 |
| 9 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 57 | Henry Dunant (runners up + Best Memorial) + Raj Anand (semi finalist) = 10 + 10 + 4 = 24; Surana IT (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T4= 4+8; Rizwi (semi finalists+ best researcher) T5=3+5; GIMC (best researcher) T4 = 8; Anti Trust (Runner Up) T5=5 |
| 10 | ILNU Ahmedabad | 38 | BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4 ; BCI (Winner + Best Speaker) T3 =20+10= 30; Surana Corp (Semi finalist)=4 |
| 11 | JGLS | 38 | Jessup (Winner) T3; Anti Trust (Best Speaker + Semi Finalists) T5=8; Franfurt Arbitration (Winners) T5=10 |
| 12 | HNLU Raipur | 36 | NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) = 8; BR Sawhney (Winners) T4 = 15; HNMCC (org)=1; Surana Corp (Best Speaker + Best Memorial)=4+8 |
| 13 | NUSRL Ranchi | 29 | NLIU Juris Corp (Best memorial) = 8 SLCU (Semi Finalist + Best Memorial + Best Speaker) T5=3+5+5; KLA (Runners Up) =8 |
| 14 | CNLU Patna | 26 | Amity (Best Researcher) T5 + CLEA (Organizer) = 5+1: DMH (Best Memorial)=20 |
| 15 | School of Law, Sashtra University | 25 | Surana IT (Winners) T4 = 15; HNMCC (Winners)=10 |
| 16 | Symbiosis Law School, Noida | 24 | HNMCC (Runner up)=5; KLA (Semi Finalist)=4; Surana Corp (Semi finalist)=4: Amity (Best Researcher) T4=8; ULC (Semi finalist) T5 |
| 17 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 22 | Stetson (Best Memorial) T3; GIMC (org)=2; G H Raisoni (Runner Up + Best Memorial) T5=10 |
| 18 | Symbiosis Pune | 19 | Raj Anand (semi finalist) + Juris Corp (Best researcher) = 4 + 8 = 12; Surana IT (Organizer) T4= 2; G H Raisoni (Best Researcher) T5=5 |
| 19 | RGNUL Patiala | 18 | BR Sawhney (Best Memorial) T4; Stetson (Runners Up) T3 = 8 + 10 |
| 20 | NUALS Kochi | 18 | Amity (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T5 = 3+5 = 8; Rizwi (winners) T5=10 |
| 21 | GLC Mumbai | 18 | Amity (Semi Finalist) T5 = 3; DMH (Semi Finalists )=15 |
| 22 | KLA | 17 | Henry Dunant (Best speaker + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15; KLA (organizer)=2 |
| 23 | CLC Delhi Univ | 16 | KK Luthra (Runners up): Amity (Best Speaker) T4=8 |
| 24 | CMR Law School | 15 | SLCU (Runners Up) T5=5; ULC (Winner) T5=10 |
| 25 | M S Ramaiah College, Bangalore | 12 | Surana Corp (Runner up + Best Speaker)=8+4 |
| 26 | UPES Dehradun | 8 | HNMCC (Best Speaker + Semi Finalist) |
| 27 | Amity Delhi | 8 | Amity (Org) T4; Anti Trust (Semi finalist) T5=3; G H Raisoni (Semi finalist) T5=3 |
| 28 | School of Law, Galgotia University | 5 | Rizwi (runners Up) T5 |
| 29 | Christ Univ, Bangalore | 5 | SLCU (Organizer) T5; KLA (Semi Finalist)=4 |
| 30 | JSS law College, Mysore | 5 | Surana Corp (Organizer); ULC (Semi finalist) T5=3 |
| 31 | Faculty of Law, Allahabad Univ | 5 | ULC (Best memorial ) T5 |
| 32 | ULC Bangalore | 4 | HNMCC (Semi Finalist); ULC (Org) T5=1 |
| 33 | BILS Bangalore | 3 | CLEA (Semi finalists) T5 |
| 34 | AIL Mohali | 3 | SLCU (Semi Finalist) T5=3 |
| 35 | Pravin Gandhi, Mumbai | 3 | G H Raisoni (Semi finalist) T5 |
| 36 | Lloyd Law College | 2 | BCI (Organizer) T3 = 2 |
| 37 | Amity Noida | 1 | Amity (Org) T5 = 1 |
| 38 | Rizwi Law College | 1 | Rizwi (Org) T5 |
| 39 | G H Raisoni | 1 | G H Raisoni (Organizer) T5 |
Comments
Kian, you should also address the question of why nobody from NLSIU ends up teaching at NLSIU. The corrupt lobby which only hires grads of third-rate colleges in Karnataka and Andhra will be exposed.
That way LI never blocks comments when the moderator is facing flak. If LI ever publishes a report comparing NLU faculty at least they will not block people criticising the article.
I just hope CLAT candidates are not misled by B&B.
Considering the awful level of faculty at NUJS after news from their Alumni at hindustan today.
You should only compare full-time faculty who are actually teaching. Not visiting professors who never show up.
Also randomly publishing stuff on the NLUD website does not count as a publications. Only ooks by reputed publishers and law journals count as publications.
We've been toying with the idea of evaluating law school faculty for quite a while actually but yes, limited editorial resources and some other practical issues have delayed this.
Will look at it anew though and find out if there's a way to come up with something credible and transparent.
Tier II - HKRC moot. RMLNLU won best memorial.
Those general unfounded bias continue, right? :P
1. Instead of having a ranking system have a grading system of NLUs, so that multiple law schools can get the same grade and there is less controversy over which NLU is the best.
2. Have a committee of 10 eminent and impartial people overseeing this (e.g. Prof Menon, Prof Baxi, academicians based abroad, Zia Mody, Jyoti Sagar, senior advocates, law firm partners based abroad etc). Let them make the decision. Also disclose who gave what grade to what university.
3. Do not follow the criteria by Bar & Bench. Instead, the criteria should be as follows:
a) Student satisfaction (randomly survey 50 students of each college)
b) Alumni feedback (survey alumni)
c) Papers in journals published abroad
d) Academic qualifications (more points if profs have BALLBs from NLUs and LLMs/PhDs from good universities abroad, zero points for graduates of crap colleges)
5. You can also have subject-wise rankings (best faculty in corporate, best in criminal etc).
4. Tie up with a reputed media house if you want people to take the rankings seriously (e.g. Bloomberg, Forbes, NDTV, CNBC etc)
5. One problem is that you need up to date information and accurate information. The best way is to file RTI applications at all NLUs seeking the above information. For publications you should ask for citations. If law schools are reluctant to supply you with info, approach governing body members of the different NLUs and ask them for help.
Also, one should understand that it is not just the fault of VCs that NLUs do not attract good faculty. The central government has not given NLUs the same designation as IITs and IIMs, which means that the salaries are lower and perks are less. Although the difference between IIM salaries and NLU salaries are not much, the IIM fee is very high and it is used to pay faculty better salaries.
The effort should be to present the study to the law minister and improve NLUs, rather than create sensationalist stories that this NLU is best, this NLU is worst etc.