NLU Jodhpur pips NLS Bangalore to 2nd MPL place; Nalsar 52 points ahead

Monday, 8 March 2010 By Vinay Mishra Mooting

Mooting Premier League sponsored by Clifford Chance
Mooting Premier League sponsored by Clifford Chance

NLU Jodhpur gained 6 points in its win of the Amity National Moot Court Competition to move into the Mooting Premier League’s (MPL) second place with 79 points - two points ahead of long-time runner-up and erstwhile leader NLS Bangalore. [Correction - The article originally stated that only 5 points were awarded for the win. -Ed.]

The team from NLU Jodhpur defeated Nalsar Hyderabad in the finals but MPL leader Nalsar performed a clean sweep of all the other awards in the competition and strengthened its hold at the top.

NLU Jodhpur was represented by Rishabh Chopra, Vinay Subramanian and Aniket Deepak.

Niharika from Nalsar won the best orator while Prabhat Kumar of Nalsar bagged the best researcher. To add to this the team from Nalsar also won the best memorial prize.

With this win Nalsar gained a whopping 18 points from the event to move to 132 points, while new runner-up NLU Jodhpur is now a massive 52 points behind.

The MPL is now 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.

Amity Moot winners
Amity Moot winners
This was the 9th edition of the competition organized by Amity Law School, Delhi from 5 to 7 March. The problem was based on issues relating to Intellectual property laws and administrative law. The Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan and leader of opposition and senior lawyer Arun Jaitley were present at the valedictory session.

However NLU Jodhpur still has a good chance to reduce the gap to the lead next week when the world finals of the Stetson Moot is organised.

Both NLS Bangalore and Nalsar Hyderabad failed to qualify for the world finals while NLU Jodhpur had won the Stetson North India qualifying rounds.

Stetson World Rounds is a Tier 2 event and NLU Jodhpur will be able to come within touching distance of Nalsar with a good performance at the event.

The four teams representing India in the event are NLU Jodhpur and Amity Law School, IP University, Delhi from North India and KLA, Thiruvanthapuram and New Law College, Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune from South India.

With the Amity Moot court competition, we complete our coverage of Tier 4 moot court competitions. In all Nalsar managed to score in almost all the Tier 4 competitions.

We are still confirming the results of the Henry Dunant Asia Pacific rounds, at which SOEL Chennai is representing India.

2009-10 Mooting Premier League rankings, sponsored by Clifford Chance

Law schoolPointsWins
1.Nalsar Hyderabad132IICLAM (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)
2.NLU Jodhpur80| | 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) |
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3.NLSIU Bangalore78Manfred 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)
4.ILS Law College Pune31Bar 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)
5.NLIU Bhopal29All India Corporate Law Moot (runners-up, best orator); Nalsar B.R.Sawhney (best team, best orator); Stetson South (best memorial); MM Singhvi (runners-up)
5.School of Excellence Chennai29Henry Dunant Indian rounds (best team, best orator), NLIU Tankha (best orator); Nani Palkhiwala (best team)
7.Government Law College (GLC) Mumbai26KK Luthra (best team); MM Singhvi (best team); DM Harish (best orator, best memorial)
8.Amity Law School IP University Delhi25IICLAM (best team & best orator); Stetson North (runner-up), Jessup North (best memorial)
9.Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) Patiala18Henry Dunant national rounds (best researcher); NLIU Tankha (best team); ULC Bangalore Moot (Best Memorial)
10.Law Centre I (LC-I) Delhi University14Henry Dunant Indian rounds (best memorial), Jessup North (runner-up)
10.Symbiosis, Pune14Nani Palkhiwala (runners up, best orator); GNLU International Moot Court (runners up); ULC Bangalore Moot (runners-up)
12.Nuals Kochi13Surana Trial Advocacy North (runners-up); Jessup South (best memorial); Surana International Tech Moot (runners up)
13.NUJS Kolkata11All India Corporate Law Moot (best team, best researcher)
13.University Institute of Laws PURC, Ludhiana11Surana trial advocacy north rounds (best team, best orator)
15.Law School, Bangalore10ULC Bangalore Moot (best orator, best researcher)
15.Kerala Law Academy Thiruvananthapuram10Stetson South (best team)
15.NLU Delhi10DM Harish (best team)
18.UILS Punjab8Surana Trial advocacy South (runners up, best orator)
19.HNLU Raipur7Stetson North (best orator)
19.New Law College Bharati Vidyapeeth University Pune7Stetson South (runner-up)
21.CNLU Patna5GNLU International Moot (best memorial)
21.Government Law College Ernakulam5MM Singhvi (best orator)
21.Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad5Surana Trial Advocacy North (best memorial)
21.ULC Bangalore5All India Corporate Law Moot (best memorial)
25.Campus Law Centre Delhi3SP Sathe (runners up)
25.GNLU Gandhinagar3IICLAM (runners-up)

Click here for an updated (February 2010) list of the scoring criteria we are using.

Rishabh Chopra, Vinay Subramanian, Aniket Deepak<br></br>
Mooting Premier LeagueNLU JodhpurNalsar HyderabadAmity National Moot Court Competition

Comments

kianganz 8 Mar 2010, 21:51
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@1 - Very right you are. Apologies for the mix-up - it has now been corrected.

Best regards,
Kian
Anonymous guest 8 Mar 2010, 21:53
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way 2 go nalsar!!! bring jessup home!!
Anonymous guest 8 Mar 2010, 22:11
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Please have a Look at the ICC Trial Hague Competition. I think any competition which hosts judges from the ICTY, ICTR and ICC and also counsels from the ICC, ICTY and ICTR should deserve a mention within this league. The main participants within this competition are those from Yale etc. who qualify from the PACE Law Competition, which is itself highly reputed in its regard.

I sincerely hope that this competition gets a look into.
kianganz 8 Mar 2010, 22:24
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Many thanks. We have been looking into the moot quite closely and understand that only a small number of Indian teams participate, as opposed to the older international competitions with national selection rounds, etc.

However, we understand that ICC Hague is gaining in popularity and we have it at the top of the list for inclusion in next year's MPL.

In this case we made a tight call between ICC Paris and ICC Hague and after discussions with mooters came to the conclusion that ICC Paris was just slightly ahead of Hague in terms of attendance and prestige.

Next year's MPL selection process will be much more in-depth and collaborative. We will keep you posted.

Best regards,
Kian
Anonymous guest 8 Mar 2010, 22:48
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NLU was extremely good in the finals to beat the best speaker and the best researcher! The entire team got an ovation from the audience as soon as their speaker (Rishab) ended with his rebuttals.
Anonymous guest 8 Mar 2010, 23:43
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Arguably,
I'm happy with my semi finalist tag though, considering we were an all first year team and didn't know jack of IPR before the problem was out.Here's hoping GNLU will win something noteworthy next time.

A special mentioned to IIT Kharagpur too, great effort !

But like everybody's said,NLUJ were flawless !
Loved the semi finals against you guys, cheers !
Anonymous guest 9 Mar 2010, 03:00
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Whoaa.. Way to go NLU - Jodhpur..
Last year, much before MPL, NLU -J topped in the Bar Council Mooting Rankings.
Anonymous guest 9 Mar 2010, 03:31
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Please have a Look at the ICC Trial Hague Competition. I think any competition which hosts judges from the ICTY, ICTR and ICC and also counsels from the ICC, ICTY and ICTR should deserve a mention within this league. The main participants within this competition are those from Yale etc. who qualify from the PACE Law Competition, which is itself highly reputed in its regard.

I sincerely hope that this competition gets a look into.
Anonymous guest 9 Mar 2010, 04:12
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bar council mooting rankings??? i dont think there is any such ranking system!!
Anonymous guest 9 Mar 2010, 04:15
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Hey..
On your comment about low participation in the ICC Trial Competition, here is the reason. They have a "qualifying" assignment round out of which only two or three teams from every country are allowed to participate in the Competition. The fact that many Indian teams do not get to participate is because they do not qualify.

If the world rounds of Manfred Lachs, Henry Dunant, Jessup and Stetson where participation is subject to qualification is considered, even ICC Trial should be considered for the same reason.
Anonymous guest 9 Mar 2010, 08:16
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Way to go NLU Jodhpur! It's time for the Jessup Cup (and Stetson too)!
Anonymous guest 10 Mar 2010, 02:34
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i feel the scoring criteria of the league, especially with regards tier 4, needs to be looked into. presently, for a tier 4 moot, the best team is awarded 6points, runners up 3 points, and best researcher, speaker, memorial, etc. 5 points.

i fail to understand the logic of the points for individual prizes being more than points awarded for being runners up. mooting is a team effort. you win or lose as a team. and from personal experience, have come to realise that like it or not, any individual member always needs his team members to back him/her up during a tough period of the competition. also, i feel this present scoring criteria breeds individualism.

i suggest the following scoring criteria:

best team : 6 points
runners up : 4 points
best speaker, researcher, etc. : 4/3 points
Anonymous guest 10 Mar 2010, 04:30
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The suggestion by No. 12 is an excellent one!
Anonymous guest 10 Mar 2010, 04:52
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i fail to understand the division.

wining man lachs in sydney (arguably one of the best of moots in the world) = winning 2 tier 4 moots with one best speaker/researcher award.

so. man lachs = nliu tankha + amity school moot (hypothetical)

come on. tier 4 moots might be ok in their own little area ... but this cant be the position
Anonymous guest 10 Mar 2010, 06:10
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i fail to understand that if a particular law school wins a very prestigious moot and loses in other moots, y shud it be considered da best mooting law school? If a team loses in a moot, dey lost it to other deserving teams, plain and simple...its just that the other colleges were better in the moot than the team which won "one of the best moots in the world"....so even if a team wins a very prestigious moot once, it cant brag about it everytime it loses a moot...you cant just win one moot and brag about it the whole year...u have to be consistent and win other moots as well!
Anonymous guest 10 Mar 2010, 06:41
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consistency yes. but you cant take that to the extent of saying winning two random moots in india is equal to wining a big international moot ... the problem, the judging, the teams, the competition --- vast difference between amity law school moot and the vienna moot. ya?
Anonymous guest 11 Mar 2010, 01:56
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The list surely reflects the performance of the various Moot court teams though not the exact potential. NUJS is surely a miss but with their previous records and stature as a law college, none can doubt their capabilities. Even the performance of the newer law schools like Delhi, CNLU and RGNLU is worth a praise. Though, here again we miss RMNLU which surely has a very impressive Moot court society managed by a team of efficient mooter. It will be a delight to see more local law colleges and MPL will surely ignite the minds of the young mooters across the country.
Anonymous guest 11 Mar 2010, 04:57
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hey anyone knows da results of invicta???
Anonymous guest 11 Mar 2010, 20:51
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NALSAR runners up in Invicta.
Anonymous guest 11 Mar 2010, 21:53
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Is it Neharika Malik who won the Best Speaker here? The one who won the Bar Council of India Moot for NALSAR earlier in the year?
Anonymous guest 11 Mar 2010, 21:59
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Ok.. I would again want to gear back the conversation to ICC Hague. I fail to understand why one has to choose between Hague and Paris. Please enlighten. I yet again request that ICC Hague be considered.
Anonymous guest 12 Mar 2010, 03:20
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Ya dude.. it's Neharika Malik only. That woman seems to win everywhere she goes! I've (unfortunately) competed against her at the Hindu College(Delhi) MUN and also the Raja Ram Tax Law Moot in Allahabad.
Definately one of the best and most persuasive public speakers I've come across.
Anonymous guest 12 Mar 2010, 07:04
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I'd been closely seeing nalsar's rounds at amity moot as it was one of the favorite teams to win the competition and hadnt seen a better public speaker than niharika malik in my life... however the final round completely changed my mindset, this second guy from jodhpur was just too awesome to take the charge f the entire team in his hand. now rishab chopra's the one i could probably say the best public speaker and mooter i have seen. and hopefully would see many other great mooters as they make us learn a lot as far as public speaking and mooting is concerned.
Anonymous guest 13 Mar 2010, 06:54
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so i was witness to the thrilling finals as well- i got the distinct feeling that rishab was a lot more about histronics and impeccable court manners as opposed to legal substance. with niharika i felt she got the perfect balance of legal acumen and a flair for public speaking.

i do believe the tipping balance were the other speakers- whilst vinay from jodhpur was really good, the second speaker from nalsar did not quite impress.
Anonymous guest 14 Mar 2010, 05:40
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final scores:
vinay- 127
rishabh-133
niharica-112
s2 nalsar-111
Anonymous guest 14 Mar 2010, 05:45
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@24- hahaha, [one] who couldn't answer where "LAW" is defined had good legal acumen. hahaha
mooting is abt evrything- fluency, court manners, taking the opposite sides case, legal substance and nlu-j hd evrythng unlike nalsar
Anonymous guest 15 Mar 2010, 02:39
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@26 Its easy to mock but difficult to match, could we please have less degrading comments...I congratulate both teams in the Amity moot for their effort and performance.
Anonymous guest 15 Mar 2010, 08:05
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In tier 1 and 2 moots, some do not give honorable mentions. Instead, they give multiple speaker awards such as second best speaker, third best speaker etc. Will that count as equivalent to an honorable mention?
Anonymous guest 15 Mar 2010, 16:46
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That is a very valid point. A 3rd Best Speaker award should be awarded points just like for hon'ble mentions (of course, the points would depend on the moot). Stetson national rounds for example is a moot which should qualify. What say Kian?
vinaymishra 15 Mar 2010, 22:15
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@28: The point system in MPL will allocate the same points as that for honourable mention if that event awards 2nd best orator, 3rd best orator and so on instead of Honourable mention.

@29: we will restrict ourselves to Tier 1 and 2 for it.

Good Luck
--
Vinay
Anonymous guest 17 Mar 2010, 20:12
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@ 26- court manners and all is very well, but perhaps a line ought to be drawn at things like telling the court it was a pleasure arguing before them- it was sad to see a team as decent as the one from jodhpur having to resort to sychophany.

I reiterate- a moot needs to be won on legal prowess. resorting to tactics like pointing out typographical errors in the other sides memo is simply not done.
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