NLU Jodhpur notches up 3rd MPL win at Stetson North, bests RMLNLU, can see NLSIU

[[NLU Jodhpur]] accomplished its third Mooting Premier League 3 win yesterday after getting past [[RMLNLU Lucknow]] in the finals of the [[Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition North India Rounds|Stetson North India qualifying rounds]].

With this win NLU Jodhpur is just 6 points away from the current [[MPL 3 Season Standings]] topper [[NLSIU Bangalore]].

Stetson at NLIU Bhopal: Montage!
Stetson at NLIU Bhopal: Montage!
The best speaker award was bagged by Nagashayana from [[RGNUL Patiala]], [[Army Institute of Law, Mohali]] took home the best memorandum award. [[CNLU Patna]] and [[HNLU Raipur]] finished semifinalists at this Tier 3 MPL moot.

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The team from NLU Jodhpur consisted of speakers Lakshmi Neelakantan and Aritra Roy along with researcher Jai Sahai Endlaw.

Neelakantan said that the moot was a good experience and the judging was of a high quality. “Even though the number of teams were less, the competition was intense as most of the colleges sent in their best teams for the moot. The judging during the quarters and the semis was great.”

Neelakantan also appreciated the efforts of the team coach Aman Bhattacharya. “This win wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Aman.”

On being asked about NLU Jodhpur’s prospects of lifting the MPL trophy this season, Neelakantan was cautiously optimistic. “The next big moot that is coming up is the Jessup qualifiers. We have been doing well this season and we should be well placed in the MPL standings at the end of the season.”

The moot was organized by Surana & Surana International Attorneys in collaboration with [[NLIU Bhopal]]. Bishen Jeswant, the Student Convener of NLIU’s Moot Court Association, said that only eleven teams participated in the moot.

“We had a good mix of judges including faculty from UPES Dehradhun, GNLU Gandhinagar and RGNUL Patiala. We also had ex-mooters who have represented the country in the International rounds of Jessup, Stetson and Manfred Lachs. There were some judges who were practicing advocates and also those working in top firms like Amarchand, LKS, etc.”

Jeswant said that Surana & Surana’s efforts were also appreciated. “Mr Ravichandran from Surana was a pleasure to have around. He is extremely efficient and highly organised, thus making it very easy to conduct the moot. He has conducted more that 100 moots and that experience really shows.”

Both NLU Jodhpur and RMLNLU Lucknow will represent the country at the Stetson International rounds at Florida, USA in March.

NLSIU had won the 6 November NLIU - Juris Corp moot, defeating Amity Law School Delhi in the finals.

[[Mooting Premier League 3 season standings]]

PosLaw schoolPtsDetails
1NLSIU Bangalore86NLIU-Juris Corp (gold, best speaker, best memo); Palkhivala (gold); Dunant (silver); B.R. Sawhney (gold); Trial Adv South (silver); Raj Anand Moot (semis); Maritime Arbitration (semis, best memo, hon men for best resp memo);
2NLU Jodhpur80[Stetson North] (gold); Hidayatullah (gold, best speaker, best memo); Dunant (best memo); Trial Adv North (silver, best speaker, best memo); IICLAM (gold);
3GLC Mumbai35NLIU-Juris Corp (semis); Trial Adv South (gold, best speaker); IICLAM (Best Memo); Raj Anand Moot (silver);
4NUJS Kolkata35NLIU-Juris Corp (semis); Hidayatullah (silver, best researcher); B.R. Sawhney (semis); SLCU Moot (silver, best speaker, best memo); Trial Adv North (semis);
5HNLU Raipur29[Stetson North] (semis); NLIU-Juris Corp (best researcher); Palkhivala (best speaker, semis); [Hidayatullah (organiser); SLCU Moot (semis);
6GNLU Gandhinagar27Palkhivala (best researcher, semis); B.R. Sawhney (silver); Trial Adv North (gold);
7NLIU Bhopal24NLIU-Juris Corp (organiser); SLCU Moot (gold); Raj Anand Moot (semis, best memo);
8Campus Law Centre Delhi23Raj Anand Moot (gold, best speaker);
9Nalsar Hyderabad21Dunant (gold); B.R. Sawhney (organiser);
10RMLNLU Lucknow21[Stetson North] (silver); Palkhivala (silver); Trial Adv North (semis);
11RGNUL Patiala18[Stetson North] (best speaker); Hidayatullah (semis); B.R. Sawhney (best memo);
12School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore17IICLAM (silver, best speaker); SLCU Moot (organiser);
13Jindal Global Law School15Dunant (best speaker, semis);
14Symbiosis Law School, Pune12Palkhivala (best memo); IICLAM (semis);
15ILS Pune11B.R. Sawhney (best speaker, semis); Trial Adv South (semis);
16Army Institute of Law, Mohali10[Stetson North] (best memo);
17NLU Delhi10[Law Asia] (semis); Dunant (semis); IICLAM (organiser);
18Amity Law School IP University Delhi8NLIU-Juris Corp (silver);
19CNLU Patna5[Stetson North] (semis);
20SOEL Chennai5Trial Adv South (best memo);
21KLE Bangalore4IICLAM (semis);
22ULC Bangalore3SLCU Moot (semis);
22School of Law, Sastra University, Thanjavur3Trial Adv South (semis);
22SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law3Hidayatullah (semis);

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Comments

Bihari Babu 29 Nov 2011, 04:59
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Arey! Amity moot add nahin kiye Kian bhaiyya?
Arunava 29 Nov 2011, 06:06
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Congrats team NLUJ. Well done - very proud of you all.

Keep up the stellar performance.
Chaman V. 29 Nov 2011, 06:19
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The NLU win is solely creditable to Mr. Aman Bhattacharya (the team coach) who is soon going to become a top litigator with Amarchand and Mangaldas. He is truly a beacon in the darkness that is law school.
outbox 29 Nov 2011, 09:29
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[quote name="Chaman V."]The NLU win is solely creditable to Mr. Aman Bhattacharya (the team coach) who is soon going to become a top litigator with Amarchand and Mangaldas. He is truly a beacon in the darkness that is law school.[/quote]

Credit to Aman is great, but I doubt that a "top litigator" with AMSS represents the apotheosis of achievement for a "beacon", or even a decent law student. The world is an oyster, my friend, broaden your horizons.
XYZ 29 Nov 2011, 06:23
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11 teams thats it!!
was it a joke or a moot?
WHoa! 29 Nov 2011, 06:44
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You judge a moot by the number of teams? Isnt it more about who are the teams? We dont have 50 decent lawschools in India anyway.
XYZ 30 Nov 2011, 20:44
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[quote name="WHoa!"]You judge a moot by the number of teams? Isnt it more about who are the teams? We dont have 50 decent lawschools in India anyway.[/quote]

And could you name the 11 top quality teams that took part in the moot?
ABC 29 Nov 2011, 08:36
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Why haven't the Asia Pacific rounds of Henry Durant been included??
Kartikey Mahajan 29 Nov 2011, 10:37
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Congrats NLUJ.....keep up the good work....hope u guys get the stetson cup to india
Alimpan 29 Nov 2011, 17:27
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Well done NLUJ!!! Many more to come!! And yes all hail Aman Bhattacharya!!! :-)
pseudo lawyer 30 Nov 2011, 14:31
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congrats NLU-J
me 30 Nov 2011, 17:11
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Where is NLUD? Was it a one MPL season wonder?

@LI- You might want to provide a hyperlink to your terms and conditions with that sentence- "abide by Legally India's full terms and conditions in using the site."
me 30 Nov 2011, 17:13
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What sense do the words "can see NLSIU" make? Bad drafting dude/dudettes!
yes 1 Dec 2011, 01:36
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suggest "NLSIU within sight" if you want to retain that structure

@Kian - note.
mooting fever 1 Dec 2011, 09:29
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i suggest that the stetson north and south round should be relegated to the 4th tier as because of the north and south competition they do not have the intense competition that is expected from a tier 3 moot.
Consider this: Palkhivala tax moot which is a tier 4 moot has 44 teams participating and stetson north has only 11 teams.. and we allot more points for stetson north achievememnts as compared to achievements in a top tier 4 moot like palkhivala..
MF 3 Dec 2011, 20:00
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Any idea what happened to Stetson South ? Updates?
Shashank Kumar 3 Dec 2011, 20:14
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Great going NLU-J! Good luck for Florida, and all the other biggies this season.