The team from NUJS Kolkata comprising of Sanchith Shivakumar, Udbhav Tiwari, Savitran Ramesh and Shruti Khetan bested RGNUL, Patiala in the finals of the national rounds of Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition held at The Law School, University Of Jammu from 28 to 30 November 2014.
NUJS and RGNUL will be representing India at the International Finals to be held at Stetson University College of Law from 16 to 18 April 2015.
The moot problem, this year, was based on shark finning and trade restrictions and the forum was International Court of Justice.
Sagnik Das from NLU Jodhpur was awarded the best speaker award in the competition while the best memorial award went to GNLU Gandhinagar.
NLU Jodhpur and NALSAR were the other two semi finalists in the competition, and have also qualified for the Stetson world rounds.
Unlike previous years when there were two separate north India and south India qualifiers, this time there was only one national round.
More moots being updated into the rankings
At A Glance: Law School Wise
| Law School | Award | Score |
|---|---|---|
| NUJS Kolkata | Stetson (Winner) T3 | 20 |
| RGNUL Patiala | Stetson (Runners Up) T3 | 10 |
| GNLU Gandhinagar | Stetson (Best Memorial) T3 | 10 |
| NLU Jodhpur | Stetson (Semi Finalists + Best Speaker) T3 | 5+10=15 |
| NALSAR Hyderabad | Stetson (Semi Finalists) T3 | 5 |
At A Glance: Moot Wise
| Moot | Law School |
|---|---|
| Winners | NUJS Kolkata |
| Runners Up | RGNUL Patiala |
| Best Memorial | GNLU Gandhinagar |
| Best Speaker | Sagnik Das, NLU Jodhpur |
| Semi Finalists | NLU Jodhpur & NALSAR Hyderabad |
MPL Season 6 Standings
| Rank | Law School | Points | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NLU Delhi | 75 | Manfred Lachs World (Winner + Best Speaker)+ CLEA (Best Memorial) T5 = 40 + 30 + 5 |
| 2 | NLIU Bhopal | 58 | 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 |
| 3 | NLU Jodhpur | 39 | Henry Dunant (Best team) = 20; Surana IT (Semi Finalist) T4= 4; Stetson (Semi Finalists + Best Speaker) T3 =10+5 |
| 4 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 36 | Henry Dunant (runners up + Best Memorial) + Raj Anand (semi finalist) = 10 + 10 + 4 = 24; Surana IT (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T4= 4+8 |
| 5 | NLUO Cuttack | 36 | Henry Dunant (Best researcher + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15; Amity (Runners Up) T5= 5; Surana IT (Runners Up+ Best Memorial) T4 = 8+ 8 |
| 6 | ILNU Ahmedabad | 34 | BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4 ; BCI (Winner + Best Speaker) T3 =20+10= 30 |
| 7 | NLSIU Bangalore | 29 | Raj Anand (runners up) = 8; BR Sawhney (Runners Up + Best Speaker) T4 + CLEA (Runners Up) T5 = 8 +8 + 5= 21 |
| 8 | NUJS Kolkata | 28 | CLEA (Semi finalists) T5; BCI (Semi Finalists) T3; Stetson (Winner) T3 = 3 + 5 + 20 |
| 9 | ILS Pune | 27 | NLIU Juris Corp (Best team + Best speaker) = 15 + 8 = 23; BR Sawhney (Semi Finalist) T4 = 4 |
| 10 | NALSAR Hyderabad | 27 | BR Sawhney (Org)T4 = 2; Amity (Winners) T5= 10; BCI (Runners Up) T3 =10: Stetson (Semi Finalists) T3 = 5 |
| 11 | HNLU Raipur | 23 | NLIU Juris Corp (Runners up) = 8; BR Sawhney (Winners) T4 = 15 |
| 12 | RGNUL Patiala | 18 | BR Sawhney (Best Memorial) T4; Stetson (Runners Up) T3 = 8 + 10 |
| 13 | KLA | 15 | Henry Dunant (Best speaker + semi finalist) = 10 + 5 = 15 |
| 14 | School of Law, Sashtra University | 15 | Surana IT (Winners) T4 = 15 |
| 15 | Symbiosis Pune | 14 | Raj Anand (semi finalist) + Juris Corp (Best researcher) = 4 + 8 = 12; Surana IT (Organizer) T4= 2 |
| 16 | GNLU Gandhinagar | 10 | Stetson (Best Memorial) T3 |
| 17 | NUSRL Ranchi | 8 | NLIU Juris Corp (Best memorial) = 8 |
| 18 | NUALS Kochi | 8 | Amity (Semi Finalist + Best Speaker) T5 = 3+5 = 8 |
| 19 | CNLU Patna | 6 | Amity (Best Researcher) T5 + CLEA (Organizer) = 5+1 |
| 20 | GLC Mumbai | 3 | Amity (Semi Finalist) T5 = 3 |
| 21 | BILS Bangalore | 3 | CLEA (Semi finalists) T5 |
| 22 | Lloyd Law College | 2 | BCI (Organizer) T3 = 2 |
| 23 | Amity Noida | 1 | Amity (Org) T5 = 1 |
Comments
However, from the current year onwards, with only a single [u][b]National Round[/b][/u] - having Prelims, Octas, Quarters, Semis & Finals - all four semi-finalists will be representing India.
This is a move back to the pre-2007 position w.r.t both Stetson & Jessup. Therefore, it is NUJS, RGNUL, NLU-J & NALSAR that shall be representing India in the International Competition. Kindly correct the body of the article accordingly.
You responded to my post below here by claiming that National Rounds for Stetson & Jessup ought to remain in Tier-III as the International Rounds of one of them are in Tier-II. Agreed.
However, as you may see I started my post below stating that a 'new' category ought to be introduced. Let me clarify it by saying that this category needs to lie between Tier-II & Tier-III.
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w.r.t screening mechanism defense vis-a-vis Henry Dunant rounds - I would say that the regional rounds still require work on a comprehensive issue and is a complete moot. I wouldn't say its level is below most Tier-V domestic law moots anyways.
1. Jessup National Rounds
2. Stetson National Rounds, &
3. Henry Dunant Regional & National Rounds
[u][b]The first two [/b][/u]were previously in category III but they were so as separate Regional Rounds. This meant that North Indian & South Indian teams went their separate way and never faced off. From this year on you'll have all the mooting heavyweights in one single pool. Meaning that even getting-out of prelims will be tougher as chances of meetings between stronger teams are higher. For eg:
NLS could previously only meet (am only mentioning prominent ones. Any omission is purely accidental and not supposed to reflect perceived image of any institution) NALSAR, SOEL, GLC, ILS, Symbi, NUALS, Christ etc to qualify. However, now they would have to take on not only these but the heavyweights of the North as well - NLIU, NUJS, NLU-J, RMLNLU, RGNUL, Amity, GNLU, HNLU, Jindal, NLU-D etc.
Thus, for teams that do well at Stetson & Jessup this year on will deserve more points than were awarded under MPL-V scorebook.
[u][b]W.r.t Henry Dunant[/b][/u]: They have also changed to a qualification format for the National Rounds. This means teams first must take part in H.D North or H.D South, and reach a certain stage to be invited for Henry Dunant Nationals.
You have currently given points only to the National Round teams, thus not reflecting the performance of people in the Regional rounds. Maybe the regional can be put at Tier-V and given some acknowledgement in the MPL.
Hopefully you will either make certain changes or revert back with a write-up on MPL scoring explaining why these changes ought not to be made.