[[School of Excellence in Law (SOEL) Chennai]] emerged as winners in the [[Surana & Surana International Minority Rights Moot Court Competition]], defeating [[Nuals Kochi]] in the finals.

The moot was organised by Surana & Surana International Attorneys jointly with Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society. The three-day event took place at A.K.K. New Law Academy Pune and saw participation from 33 teams across the country.

Nalsar Hyderabad and School of Legal Studies, CUSAT Kochi were the semi-finalists in the competition. Deepankar Sharma from [[Seedling School of Law and Governance Jaipur]] won the award for the Best Speaker and [[Army Institute of Law Mohali]] grabbed the Best Memorandum award.

“The Moot was good and the students appreciated the quality of the judges,” said S. Ravichandran, head of academic initiatives at Surana & Surana. “Hon’ble Mr. Justice Cyriac Joseph of the Supreme Court was the Chief Guest for the Awards Ceremony.”

Add details on [[Legallypedia]] about the [[Surana & Surana International Minority Rights Moot Court Competition]] and the winning colleges [[School of Excellence in Law (SOEL) Chennai]] and [[Nuals Kochi]].

MPL Moots: Version 2.03

We have made several changes to the and scoring criteria for [[MPL 2|MPL Season 2]].

Version 2.03 of the [[MPL2 competitions|MPL 2 list of moots]] is here! In all likelihood, this is going to be the final list. We have received numerous suggestions from readers and thank all of you for sharing your time and experience to help us finalise the list.

This version has incorporated only very few changes based on overall feedback. We have added three moots in the fifth tier and we have promoted Amity and IICLAM from Tier 5 to Tier 4. New moots in this list since version 2.02 are in bold and promoted moots are in italics.

We were asked to rethink the reasons of keeping Vis Hong Kong in the first tier. Also, many suggested that Stetson North and Red Cross Finals be promoted to the first tier. After much deliberation and feedback, we have decided not to make any changes in those tiers. The moots in the first Tier have international participation of at least more than 60 Teams (Vienna and Jessup have huge participation, Hong Kong has around 80 Teams and in Manfred Lachs, the winners of the three regional rounds compete in the Finals (each regional round sees participation from around 20 teams). On the other hand, one does not see such huge international participation in the Stetson World Finals or the Red Cross Moot. Hence, they have been retained in the second tier.

The list will be frozen very soon, probably next week.

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Provisional [[MPL2 competitions|list of moots]] to be included in [[MPL 2]]:

As you can see it’s bigger and hopefully even better than last year.

Tier 1 – Global Championships

These include the world finals most prestigious moot court competitions in the world and other world contests involving rigorous competition and wide participation- [[Manfred_Lachs_Space_Moot_Court_Competition#World_Finals|Manfred Lachs Space Moot, World Finals]]

• [[Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot|Philip C. Jessup, Washington]]
• [[Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Hong Kong|Willem C. Vis (East), Hong Kong]]
• [[Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna|Willem C. Vis, Vienna]]

Tier 2 – World Class

These are the widely recognised international mooting events where a substantial number of Indian teams participate. These moots enjoy worldwide reputation among law students.

• [[International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Competition The Hague|ICC Trial Moot, The Hague]]
• [[Manfred_Lachs_Space_Moot_Court_Competition_Sydney_Rounds|Manfred Lachs Space Moot, Sydney rounds]]
• [[Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot|Red Cross Moot]]
• [[Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition|Stetson World Rounds]]

Tier 3 – Elite Class

These mooting events are the best of the elite national contests and some of them are the gateway to the Global Championships/World-class moots in the above tiers.

• [[National Moot Court Competition, Bar Council of India Trust|Bar Council of India moot]]
• [[DM Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition|DM Harish Moot, GLC]]
• [[Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition|Henry Dunant Moot (India qualification rounds to Red Cross Moot)]]
• [[Oxford International Media Law Moot Court Competition|Oxford Media Law Moot]]
• [[Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot North India Rounds|Philip C. Jessup North India Rounds]]
• [[Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot South India Rounds|Philip C. Jessup South India Rounds]]
• [[Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition North India Rounds|Stetson North India Rounds]]
• [[Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition South India Rounds|Stetson South India Rounds]]

Tier 4 – National Challengers

Most of the contests in this Tier see participation from the top Indian Law Schools. A large number of them have also carved a niche for themselves in the national mooting scene. It also includes the [[ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law]], which is prestigious but only three Indian teams participated in last year’s Asian selection rounds.

• [[Commonwealth Moot Court Competition|Commonwealth Moot]]
• [[ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law|ELSA WTO Moot]]
• [[GNLU International Moot Court Competition|GNLU International Moot]]
• [[ISRO National Funding Round to Manfred Lachs Space Moot|ISRO Manfred Lachs funding rounds]]
• [[KK Luthra Memorial Moot Court Competition, CLC New Delhi|KK Luthra Criminal Law Moot, Delhi]]
• [[KLA Moot Court Competition, Kerala|KLA Moot, Kerala]]
• [[MM Singhvi Memorial Bar Council of India International Law Moot Court Competition, NLU Jodhpur|MM Singhvi moot, NLU Jodhpur]]
• [[Nani Palkhiwala Memorial National Tax Moot Court, GLC Mumbai|Nani Palkhiwala Tax Moot, GLC]]
• [[NLSIU International Arbitration Moot Court|NLS International Arbitration]]
• [[NUJS Herbert Smith National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition|NUJS Herbert Smith Corporate Moot]]
• [[Oxford International Media Law Moot Court Competition|Oxford Media Law Moot]] '''National Qualifiers'''
• [[Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot|Surana Corporate Moot]]
• [[Surana & Surana International Technology Law Moot|Surana International Technology Moot]]
• [[Amity Moot Court Competition|Amity Moot Court Competition]]
• [[International Infrastructure and Construction Law Arbitration Moot (IICLAM)|IICLAM Competition]]

Tier 5 - Best of the Rest

A varied tier that includes good domestic competitions that a range of Indian law schools take part, as well as prestigious international competitions that see only little Indian law school participation.

Tier 5: Domestic

• [[GH Raisoni Law School Moot Court Competition|GH Raisoni Moot]]
• [[Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition|Justice Hidayatullah Memorial Moot]]
• [[NFCG-Nalsar Moot Court Competition on Corporate Governance|NFCG-Nalsar Moot on Corporate Governance]]
• [[Nalsar Justice Bodh Raj Sawhney Moot Court Competition|Nalsar BR Sawhney Moot]]
• [[NLU Antitrust Moot Court Competition, NLU Jodhpur|NLU Antitrust Moot]]
• [[All India Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, NLU Delhi|NLU Delhi All India Corporate Moot]]
• [[Pro Bono Enviro National Moot Court Competition, SOEL Chennai|Pro Bono Enviro Moot SOEL Chennai]]
• [[Rizvi Moot Court Competition|Rizvi Moot]]
• [[SP Sathe Moot Court Competition, ILS Pune|SP Sathe Moot, ILS Pune]]
• [[Surana & Surana International Minority Rights Moot]]
• [[Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot#North India round|Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, North India round]]
• [[Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy#South India round|Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, South India round]]
• [[ULC Bangalore All India Moot Court Competition|ULC Bangalore Moot]]
• [[NLIU Tankha Moot Court Competition|NLIU Tankha Moot]]

Tier 5: International

These moots are internationally prestigious but only currently see limited participation, and are therefore counted on par with Tier 5 moots. This recognises that winning such a competition is noteworthy but that it would not be fair to disadvantage colleges that could not afford to attend these. For example, only three Indian teams participated in ELSA Asian rounds last year, ICC Mediation Paris saw only 4 Indian teams, Frankfurt International Arbitration only three Indian teams, Maritime International Arbitration in Sydney only two Indian teams, and Oxford IPR saw only two to three Indian teams last year.

• [[ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law, Asian rounds|ELSA WTO Asian rounds]]
• [[ICC International Commercial Mediation Moot Court Competition, Paris|ICC Moot, Paris]]
• [[Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot Court Competition|Frankfurt International Arbitration Moot]]
• [[Maritime International Arbitration Moot Court Competition, Sydney|Maritime International Arbitration Moot, Sydney]]
• [[Oxford International IPR Moot Court Competition|Oxford IPR Moot]]
• [[Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition, California]]
• [[John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law, Chicago]]

NB: In future if new information comes to light and moots convincingly satisfy the criteria of a lower or higher tier, the moot may be included in that Tier at the absolute discretion of Legally India’s MPL team. New competitions may also be included but only if there are overwhelming reasons.

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