Hall admission passes for the 6 March all India bar exam will also be available for download over the internet, announced the Bar Council of India (BCI), also revising upwards from 37 to 143 the number of applicants who had not yet received any study materials in the post.

MPL Live is back with its live blog for the second consecutive Sunday of super mooting.

Legally India reports live from NUJS Kolkata this weekend where roughly 24 law schools are gathered to discuss how to take law school legal aid forward. Latest updates: How to start a legal aid cell, Prof Madhava Menon slams the Legal Services Authority and the implementation of gram nyayalaya while inspiring.

International magic circle law firm Allen & Overy has endowed the second season of the Mooting Premier League (MPL) with a generous sponsorship of Rs 1.2 lakh (£1,600) that will be shared between the best mooting colleges at the end of the season.

Admit cards and hall passes for candidates sitting the all India bar exam on 6 March will be dispatched by registered post or will be available at the exam venue, Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman and solicitor general Gopal Subramanium said today.

NUJS Kolkata Jessup North-round winner Deepak Raju and his team will be representing India at the White & Case world finals at Washington D.C. in March. He spoke to MPL Live about his mooting journey, preparations for his final moot, the culture and religion of mooting prevailing in NUJS, young mooters and the success mantra.

The entrance examination LSAT—India, which is trying to position itself as an alternative and possible replacement of the Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT), has grown from being accepted by four Indian law schools last year to 25 colleges this year.

The Centre for Women, Law, and Social Change at Jindal Global Law School is hosting a conference titled “Feminisms of Discontent: Global Contestations” this weekend in Delhi.

School of Law, Christ University is organizing a two day National Conference on the “Indian Constitution in the 21st Century: A Conceptual and Contextual Audit” to be held on the 24^th and 25^th of February, 2011.

Exclusive: Contradicting earlier Bar Council of India (BCI) claims, the lawyer of one group of petitioners challenging the all India bar exam said that a large number of students had not yet received their study materials, following an adjournment of today’s Bombay High Court hearing to 23 February.

Nalsar Hyderabad is now 7 points ahead of NUJS Kolkata in the Mooting Premier League, after a packed mooting Sunday including GNLU International Moot Court Competition (GIMC), the GLC Mumbai DM Harish Moot won by GNLU Gandhinagar, the ULC Bangalore Moot and the Surana Corporate Moot.

From 6pm today (Sunday, 13 February) Team MPL will be live blogging from the DM Harish final at GLC Mumbai between GNLU Gandhinagar and RGNUL Patiala, which defeated University of Melbourne and NLU Delhi respectively in today’s semi-finals. Refresh this blog post periodically, we will be updating with the best arguments, judges’ grillings and more.

Plus, three other top moots conclude on today’s Mooting Super Sunday – we’ll update it as it happens and how it’ll affect the rankings.

Nalsar Hyderabad added 15 points to its Mooting Premier League (MPL) kitty after defeating NUJS Kolkata at the finals of the KLA Moot but remains one point behind score leader NUJS at 92 points.

Exclusive: Nalsar Hyderabad earned 20 points in the Mooting Premier League after a thumping win against NLSIU Bangalore in an exciting finish to the first Bar Council of India International Law Moot Court Competition.

Last year’s champion Nalsar is now four MPL points behind NUJS Kolkata, which was defeated by Nalsar in the semifinals.

Akshay BD, a member of the NLU Delhi team that is representing India at the Jessup World finals this year spoke to Legally India about the controversial ‘mooting coach’ allegations, the world finals preparation, the MPL standings and NLU Delhi mooting culture. Legally India MPL: We had reported earl...

NUJS Kolkata reached the semifinals and won the best speaker award as the Indian representative at the Commonwealth Moot to pull in 12 crucial points from the Tier 4 National Challenger moot, overtaking NLU Delhi at the top of the MPL 2 standings by four points.

Five NLSIU Bangalore students with their Legal Services Clinic have filed a consumer complaint against Pepsi Co alleging “unfair trade practice” and “cheating” for higher and varied maximum retail prices (MRP) on beverages.

Readers and mooters went into tailspin last week over a perceived problem in the quality of judging at Jessup national rounds, posting over 80 comments on this apparently perennial issue. Legally India investigates.

ULC Bangalore has won India’s first ever International Judgment Deliberation Competition at GLC Mumbai, beating Symbiosis Pune, NLSIU Bangalore and NLU Jodhpur in the finals yesterday.

Herbert Smith partner Chris Parsons and Oxford Professor and law faculty dean Timothy Endicott will kick off a now-annual lecture series at NLU Delhi followed by five days of lectures at NUJS Kolkata with plans to hit Nalsar Hyderabad next year.