The MPL 4 is still up for grabs as NLU D worries NLS rank.

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A Symbiosis Law School Pune team consisting of Varuna Bhanrale, Akash Karmakar and Naresh Gupta qualified for the quarter finals at the Willem C Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot that was held in Hong Kong between 11 and 17 March, according to Symbiosis’ moot court association (MCA).

For its quarter-final result Symbiosis Pune earned at least 20 points in the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 4 sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills.

According to the MCA, speakers Bhanrale and Karmakar also received honourable mentions; Team MPL is awaiting official confirmation from the moot organisers about the exact citations and whether they attract honourable mention points under the MPL scoring system.

According to the official Vis East press release NUJS Kolkata won the best pan-Asian team award, outside the final 16 teams, which is equivalent to an MPL honourable mention. The 10 points take the college up to a total of 111 points in the MPL 4 in fourth place, but still far behind NLU Delhi in second place with 179 points.

SVKM Pravin Gandhi College of Law won the Spirit of the Moot award, which does not attract MPL points.

Stetson update

RMLNLU Lucknow’s semi-final run at the Stetson moot Florida has won another two honourable mentions worth a total of 10 MPL points for its fifth- and sixth-best speaker citations. The college is currently in fifth place.

NLU D runner-up in Oxford IPR, wins speaker and HM at Leiden Sarin

NLU Delhi continued its impressive March performance making runner-up in the Oxford IPR Moot and earning 8 points at the Leiden Sarin Air Law Moot. The two moots took place simultaneously from the 14 to 16 March 2013.

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Oxford IPR Moot, Oxford, UK

A team consisting of Pratyush Panjwani, Divya Chawla and Sai Teja Vangala finished as runners-up in the competition. They lost to the University of Ottawa in the finals. NLU D earned 5 MPL points with the result.

Leiden Sarin Air Law Moot, Abu Dhabi

NLU D’s team received an honourable mention as best applicant team. NLU D’s Tania Singla also won the best speaker Award. The two results netted them 3 and 5 MPL points respectively.

The team consisted of Tania Singla, Bharat Seth and Abhimanyu Singh.

NLS vs NLU D for MPL win?

NLU Delhi is now the only possible rival for NLSIU Bangalore that sits at the top of the MPL with 232 points. the top spot in the MPL Table. NLSIU is still comfortably at the top with a total of 219 points. With only 53 points separating the two colleges and Tier 1 moots like Jessup Washington and Vis Vienna yet to commence, this season could be seeing an exciting climax.

International law firm Herbert Smith is sponsoring the Mooting Premier League (MPL) and will contribute a prize pool of Rs 60,000 for the top three winning colleges.

[[Mooting Premier League 4 season standings]]

Pos	Law school	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	Org	W	R/u	S/F	B S	B M/R	HM	Pts	Details
1	[[NLSIU Bangalore]]	100		80	24	28		3	2	3	2	5		232	Rizvi Moot (Semis); Surana Trial - South (Gold); Manfred Lachs Space Moot World Rounds (Gold, memo, speaker); Stetson South India (Gold); Oxford Media Law National Qualifiers (Silver, speaker); KK Luthra Criminal (semis); Jessup South Rounds (Gold, memo, speaker); GIMC (silver); Kerala Law Academy (semis) NUJS Herbert Smith (Best Memo) NLU-J Antitrust Moot (Runners Up) (Best Researcher) (Best Memo)
2	[[NLU Delhi]]		50	90	16	22	1	4	2	5	2	1	1	179	HMMCC (Semis); Henry Dunant (gold); NLU Delhi Corp Moot (organiser); NLIU Juris Corp (Semis); Oxford Media Law National Qualifiers (Gold, memo); Commonwealth Moot Nat’l (semis); Stetson North Rounds (silver, speaker), Jessup North (Gold); Kerala Law Academy (silver) NUJS Herbert Smith (Semis) NLU-J Antitrust Moot (Semifinalist); Red Cross Moot (Winners)(Best Speaker) ; Oxford IPR Moot (Runners Up); Leiden Sarin Air Law Moot (Best Speaker)(Honourable Mention for Best Applicant Team)
3	[[NUJS Kolkata]]		45		16	48	2	2	2	2	6		1	111	HMMCC (Best team)(speaker) (Nani Palkhivala (silver); (BR Sawhney (speaker);(SLCU Moot (Gold, speaker); Surana Trial North East: (silver); (KK Luthra) (speaker); DM Harish (semis & speaker); NUJS Herbert Smith (org); ELSA WTO Asian Rounds (Best Speaker) (Semis); Vis (East), Hong Kong, (Honorable Mention- Best Pan-Asian Team)
4	[[NLU Jodhpur]]			30	35	30	1	2	3	5	3			96	(Henry Dunant) (silver); (Surana Trial Adv - North) (semis); (B.R Sawhney Moot) (semis) ; (NLIU Juris Corp) (Semis); (Oxford Media Law National Qualifiers) (Semis);(Commonwealth Moot National Rounds) (Gold) (speaker), Jessup North (semis, speaker);(KK Luthra) (Gold); ULC Bangalore (silver); NUJS Herbert Smith (Runners Up) (Best Speaker) NLU-J Antitrust Moot (Organizers)
5	[[RMLNLU Lucknow]]		30	30	4	20		1	2	1		2	3	84	(NLU Delhi Corp Moot) (gold, best researcher); (Surana Trial Adv - North) (memo);(Stetson North Rounds) (Gold), Jessup North (silver);GNLU International Moot (semifinalists); Stetson World Rounds (Semi Finalists) ( Honourable Mention - 2nd Best Memorial, 5th Best Speaker, 6th Best Speaker)
6	[[HNLU Raipur]]			10	32	41	1	2	2	2	1	6		84	Nani Palkhivala (Best Researcher); (Pro Bono) (Runner’s Up, speaker, Best researcher, memo) (Rizvi Moot) (silver) (Justice Hidayatullah Moot) (organizer) (Stetson North Rounds) (memo); Surana Trial North East (winner, speaker) (KK Luthra) (memo); Kerala Law Academy (semis) Amity Moot (Best Memo) NUJS Herbert Smith (Semis)
7	[[ILS Pune]]		15	5	27	33		2	1	3	1	2		80	(HMMCC) (Best researcher); (SLCU Moot) (silver); (NLIU Juris Corp) (gold); (Stetson South India)(Semis); DM Harish (semis) Surana Corporate Moot (Best Oralist) (Semis); ULC Bangalore (orator); GH Raisoni (Semis) ; NLU-J Antitrust Moot (Winners)
8	[[Symbiosis, Pune]]	20			35	15		1	1	1		2		70	(NLIU Juris Corp) Best Researcher; Kerala Law Academy (gold); Surana Corporate Moot (Semis) Amity Moot (Runners Up); GH Raisoni Moot (Winners) (Best Researcher); Vis (East) Hong Kong (Quarter Finalists)
9	[[GNLU Gandhinagar]]			5	30	21	2		1	2	1		1	58	(Nani Palkhivala) (best team); (NLU Delhi Corp Moot) (Best team);(FDI Moot) (Honourable Mention);Jessup North (semis); GNLU International Moot (organizers) Surana Corporate Moot (Gold); GH Raisoni Moot (Runners Up)(Best Mooter) NLU-J Antitrust Moot (Semifinalist)
10	[[RGNUL Patiala]]		20		32	5			2	1		3		57	(Nani Palkhivala) (Semis); (NLU Delhi Corp Moot) (semis); B. R Sawhney Moot (silver); (NLIU Juris Corp) (silver); Amity Moot (Best Researcher) (Best Memorial)
11	[[Jindal Global Law School]]			20	8	15		1		2	1	2		43	(Nani Palkhivala) (memo)(Henry Dunant) (best researcher, semis); (Surana Trial Adv - North) (gold); (Oxford Media Law National Qualifiers)(Semis); NLU-J Antitrust Moot (Best Speaker)
12	[[Nalsar Hyderabad]]			5	8	25	1	1			1	2		39	(HMMCC (silver); (Rizvi Moot) (Best team); (B.R Sawhney Moot) (organisers); (NLIU Juris Corp) (speaker);(FDI Moot (memo);(Commonwealth Moot National Rounds) (memo); Jessup South (Semifinalists)
13	[[NUALS Kochi]]			10	23	5		1	1			2		38	(NLU Delhi Corp Moot) (silver); (Stetson South) (memo); Kerala Law Academy (memo) Amity Moot (Winners)
14	[[Faculty of Law, Jamia Milia Islamia University]]			10	8	10			1		1	1		28	Nani Palkhivala (speaker); Henry Dunant (memo); Surana Trial adv-North (Silver, speaker)
15	[[GLC Mumbai]]			10	8	8					1	1		26	(Surana Trial Advocacy South) (silver) (NLU Delhi Corp Law Moot) (Semifinalist); Jessup South Rounds (silver); GNLU International Moot (memo)
16	[[NLUO Cuttack]]				12	13				1		2		25	B.R Sawhney Moot (memo); NLIU Juris Corp (memo); GH Raisoni Moot (Best Memo) (Semis);Amity Moot (Semifinalists) ;
17	[[Amity Law School,Delhi (IP University)]]			5	4	13	2	1		2				24	Commonwealth Moot (semis); Stetson North Rounds (semis); GIMC (semis) Amity Moot (Organizers) ; ELSA WTO Asian Rounds (winners)
18	[[Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad|Nirma University]]			10	8	3				3				21	Henry Dunant (semis); (Pro Bono) Semis; Stetson North Rounds (semis)
19	[[SVKM’s Pravin Gandhi College of Law]]			5		16				2	1	1		21	SLCU Moot (memo, semis); Jessup South (semis); ULC Bangalore (semis, memo)
20	[[CNLU Patna]]			20					1			1		20	(Stetson South) (Silver); Jessup North (memo)
21	Campus Law Centre, New Delhi				15	4		1		1				19	KK Luthra (Semifinalists); NUJS Herbert Smith Moot (Winners)
22	[[ULC Bangalore]]					16	1	1				1		17	(NLU Delhi Corp Moot) (memo);(Pro-bono Enviro Moot (Gold); ULC moot (org)
23	[[NLIU Bhopal]]				4	8	2			2		1		14	HMMCC (Semis, memo); Nani Palkhivala (semis); NLIU JurisCorp (org);
24	[[Amity Law School Noida]]					13				1	1	1		13	Rizvi Moot (semis, speaker, memo);
25	[[KLA, Trivandrum]]			10							1			10	Stetson South (speaker)
26	[[Department of Law, North-Eastern Hill University]]			10							1			10	Henry Dunant (speaker);
27	[[KIIT School of Law]]					10		1						10	B.R Sawhney Moot (Gold) ;
28	Faculty of Law, Allahbad University					10		1						10	ULC Bangalore (Gold)
29	Faculty of Law, Benaras Hindu University				8									8	Surana Corporate Moot (memo)
30	[[CUSAT Kochi|School of Legal Studies, CUSAT Kochi]]					8				1		1		8	Surana Trial South (memo, semis);
31	[[UILS Punjab]]					8					1			8	Kerala Law Academy (speaker)
32	[[School of Law, Sastra University, Thanjavur]]				0	6				2				6	Surana Trial - South (semis); Pro Bono (Semis)
33	[[V.M. Salgaoncar, Goa]]			5						1				5	Stetson South (Semis)
34	[[A K K New Law Academy, Pune]]					5			1					5	Commonwealth Moot National Rounds (Runners Up)
35	[[New Law College, Bharti Vidayapeeth University, Pune]]					5					1			5	Surana Trial Adv - South (speaker);
36	Lucknow University Faculty of Law					5						1		5	Surana Trial Adv - North East (memo)
36	GLC Ernakulam					5						1		5	ULC Bangalore (memo)
37	Symbiosis, Noida				4					1				4	Amity Moot (Semifinalists)
38	Law Centre-I, Delhi University					3				1				3	ULC Bangalore (Semifinalists)
39	JSS Law College, Mysore						2							2	Surana Corporate Moot (Organizer)

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