CROSS-ORIENTATION TO THE FRESHERS' POOL

1. 6th Justice PN Bhagwati International Moot 2016

The 6th Justice P.N. Bhagwati International Moot Court Competition on Human Rights will be held at Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University New Law College, Pune on 19th & 20th March, 2016. Please visithttp://www.lawctopus.com/new-law-college-punes-6th-justice…/ to access the Compromis, Rules and Schedule of the competition.

This moot is being oriented for a slot of 2 speakers and 1 researcher. Interested pool members may send in an email to the MCA latest by 2nd November 11:59 pm.

2. G.D. Goenka Moot Court Competition 2016

G.D. Goenka University, School of Law, is organizing First Edition ‘G.D. Goenka Moot Court Competition’ from March 11-13, 2016. Please visithttp://www.lawctopus.com/g-d-goenka-moot-court-competition…/ to access the moot proposition and the rules.

We are orienting this moot for 2 speakers and 1 researcher. Interested pool members may opt for this moot by sending an email to the MCA latest by 2nd November, 11:59 pm.

3. 9th Late Advocate D.T.Jaibhave Memorial Moot Trial & Judgement Writing Competition 2015-16

The 9th Late Advocate D. T. Jaibhave Memorial Moot Trial & Judgment Writing Competition 2015 -16 will be held on 9th and 10th Jan 2016, at Gokhale Education Society's N B Thakur Law College, Nashik, Maharashtra.

We are orienting this moot for 2 speakers and 1 researcher. Interested pool members may opt for this moot by sending an email to the MCA latest by 2nd November, 11:59 pm.

OPEN CHALLENGE

1. 1st Alliance National Moot Court Competition, 2016 (Researcher)

The 1st Alliance National Moot Court Competition, 2016 will be held in the Central Campus of Alliance University at Anekal in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 22nd to 24th January, 2016. The moot problem focuses on issues pertaining to family law and also issues of conflict of laws. Please find the details of the competition at http://law.alliance.edu.in/national-moot-court-competiti…/…/ .

The speakers for this moot are Akanksha Baghel and Mudit Nigam. Interested students may send a 4 page research (maximum) on Issue (a) from the side of the Appellant to the MCA latest by 5th November, 11:59 pm.

2. 10th Shankarrao Kanitkar National Level Moot Court Competition 2015-16.

Progressive Education Society’s Modern Law College, Pune is organizing the National level inter collegiate Moot Court Competition on 9th January 2016. Please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/modern-law-colleges-10th-shankarr…/ to access the moot problem and rules of the competition.

This moot is being offered for open challenge for a slot of 2 speakers. Interested students may register themselves in teams by sending in an email to the MCA latest by 2nd November, 11:59 pm. The open challenge rounds for the moot will take place on 5th November.

3. 4th RMLNLU SCC ONLINE International Moot Court Competition, 2016:

The competition is being hosted and organised by RMLNLU, Lucknow from 26th to 28th February, 2016. The soft copy submission is due on 25th January, 2016. The Compromis can be accessed here:http://rmlscconlinemoot.in/Downloads.html.
For more details please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/4th-rmlnlu-scc-online-internation…/

This moot is being offered for open challenge for a slot of 2 speakers and 1 researcher. Interested students may register themselves by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com latest by 2nd November, 11:59 pm. The open challenge rounds for the moot will take place on 6th November.

OPEN CHALLENGE

1. Seventh Leiden – Sarin International Air Law Moot Court (RESEARCHER)

The International Air Law Moot Court Competition is a unique opportunity for students seeking to gain experience in the development of arguments in the field of international law and international air law. The competition will be held from 7-10 April 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The National India Rounds (compulsory for all Indian teams) will be held on the 13th of February, 2016 at the Army Institute of Law, Mohali. Please visithttp://sarins.org/moot-court/ to access the problem, registration details, rules and schedule of the competition.

The speakers for this moot are Priyamvada Mishra and Deepika Yadav. Interested students may send a 4 page research (maximum) on Issue 1 from the side of Republic of San Lorenzo latest by 27th October, 11:59 pm.

2. 2016 Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition (RESEARCHER)

The dates for the Asia-Pacific Rounds of the moot (in which our University participates) are not out yet. Usually, they happen in the month of May. The World Finals in which only the winning team from Asia Pacific region participates will be held from September 26 - 30, 2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico. IISL usually funds the winners of the regional rounds to take part in the World Finals. Please visit http://www.iislweb.org/lachsmoot/ to access the problem for this year's competition and the moot archives.
The IISL's Lachs competition is particularly distinguished by the tradition of judges of the International Court of Justice presiding over and judging the World Final.

The speakers for this moot are Pranav Ganesan and Niharika Shukla. Interested students may send a 4 page research (maximum) on Issue (b) from the side of State of Banche latest by 2nd November, 11:59 pm.

CROSS ORIENTATION TO THE FRESHERS' POOL

1. 10th Shankarrao Kanitkar National Level Moot Court Competition 2015-16.

Progressive Education Society’s Modern Law College, Pune is organizing the National level inter collegiate Moot Court Competition on 9th January 2016. Please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/modern-law-colleges-10th-shankarr…/ to access the moot problem and rules of the competition.
This moot is being oriented for a slot of 2 speakers. Interested pool members may send in an email to the MCA latest by 27th October, 11:59 pm.

2. 1st Alliance National Moot Court Competition, 2016

The 1st Alliance National Moot Court Competition, 2016 will be held in the Central Campus of Alliance University at Anekal in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 22nd to 24th January, 2016. The moot problem (attached to the post) focuses on issues pertaining to family law and also issues of conflict of laws. The moot is being oriented for 2 speakers and 1 researcher. Interested pool members may send in an email to the MCA latest by 27th October, 11:59 pm.

ORIENTATION OT THE INTERNATIONAL POOL:

4th RMLNLU SCC ONLINE International Moot Court Competition, 2016:

The competition is being hosted and organised by RMLNLU, Lucknow from 26th to 28th February, 2016. The soft copy submission is due on 25th January, 2016. The Compromis can be accessed here:http://rmlscconlinemoot.in/Downloads.html. 
For more details please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/4th-rmlnlu-scc-online-internation…/

Interested students must exercise their option by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com before 11.59 pm, 26th October, 2015.

The Open Challenge round for the NorthCap University’s National Client Consultation Competition 2015 will be held at 2.30 pm on the third floor of the Gyan Mandir.

OPEN CHALLENGE

1. 9th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court (2015/2016)

The 9th Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court (2015/2016) will be held from 7 to 12 March 2016 at the University of Frankfurt am Main. The case study of the competition has not been released yet but the registrations have commenced. We will be sending a team of 2 speakers and 1 researcher for the moot. Please seehttp://www.investmentmoot.org/news/ for other details of the moot court competition. Apart from the usual prizes, the moot also has a prize for the Best team from a non-OECD country.
Since the problem has not been released yet, the open challenge will be held on a hypothetical problem which will be emailed to all registered candidates. Team may register themselves by 23rd October 11:59 pm. The rounds for the open challenge will take place on 27th October.

ORIENTATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL MOOT POOL 2015-16

1. International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition 2016

NLU, Delhi is hosting the India National Rounds of the 10th International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition from 10-13 March, 2016, in association with the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University.

The ICC Moot is a simulation of proceedings at the International Criminal Court based in The Hague. The Moot addresses questions relating to procedural and substantive issues in the domain of international criminal law. The details of the competition can be found at http://iccmoot.com/.

For details regarding eligibility and team composition, please go through the Rules of Procedure 2016, available at http://iccmoot.com/…/uplo…/2015/09/RulesofProcedure_2016.pdf.

This moot is being oriented for a slot of 3 speakers and 2 researchers. As per the rules, each team will be comprised of 3 speakers. Interested pool members may send in an email to the MCA latest by 24th October 11:59 pm.

2. 6th Justice PN Bhagwati International Moot 2016

The 6th Justice P.N. Bhagwati International Moot Court Competition on Human Rights will be held at Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University New Law College, Pune on 19th & 20th March, 2016. Please visithttp://www.lawctopus.com/new-law-college-punes-6th-justice…/ to access the Compromis, Rules and Schedule of the competition.

This moot is being oriented for a slot of 2 speakers and 1 researcher. Interested pool members may send in an email to the MCA latest by 24th October 11:59 pm.

ORIENTATION TO THE CLIENT COUNSELLING POOL

1. NorthCap University’s National Client Consultation Competition 2015

The National Consultation Competition is organised by NorthCap University on 30th October 2015. Each team shall consist of only 2 participants. Please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/northcap-universitys-national-cli…/ for further details about the competition. Interested members of the pool may send in an email to the MCA latest by 22nd October, 11:59 pm. In the event that no one from the pool picks it up, the open challenge will be held on 23rd October.

ORIENTATION TO THE NATIONAL MOOT POOL 2015-16

1. 10th Shankarrao Kanitkar National Level Moot Court Competition 2015-16.

Progressive Education Society’s Modern Law College, Pune is organizing the National level inter collegiate Moot Court Competition on 9th January 2016. Please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/modern-law-colleges-10th-shankarr…/ to access the moot problem and rules of the competition.

This moot is being oriented for a slot of 2 speakers. Interested pool members may send in an email to the MCA latest by 23rd October, 11:59 pm.

2. 1st Alliance National Moot Court Competition, 2016

The 1st Alliance National Moot Court Competition, 2016 will be held in the Central Campus of Alliance University at Anekal in Bengaluru, Karnataka from 22nd to 24th January, 2016. The moot problem (attached to the post) focuses on issues pertaining to family law and also issues of conflict of laws. The moot is being oriented for 2 speakers and 1 researcher. Interested pool members may send in an email to the MCA latest by 24th October, 11:59pm.

OPEN CHALLENGE:

4th UPES National Client Counseling Competition, 2015:

The team of Shubhi Bhandari and Tinnish Sharma was earlier selected to take part int he competition. However, Shubhi Bhandari has chosen to back out from the competition.

Therefore one slot on the team is being offered for Open Challenge. Also, the Rules permit us to send 2 teams representing the University. Interested students are also allowed to form a team and take part in the Open Challenge round.

The Open Challenge round will held at 12:20 pm after the third class today on the third floor of the Gyan Mandir, 21st October, 2015.

The Open Challenge round or the 2nd Justice Dr. B.P. Saraf National Tax Moot Court Competition, 2016 will be held at 3.30 pm on the third floor of the Gyan Mandir.

OPEN CHALLENGE FOR THE POST OF RESEARCHER

IIT Kharagpur is organising and hosting the 2nd edition of their flagship moot court competition from 6th to 8th November, 2015. For more details like team composition, problem and rules please visithttp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/rg_moot_1516_comp.pdf

For the post of the researcher for the above moot, all the participants will have to submit a 5 page pleadings (maximum) from the side of the Appellant on the issue, "Whether PDLA service and connected activities are fair dealing?". Interested participants are expected to register latest by 11:59 pm on 15th October.

Please note that there is no need to prepare table of contents, front page, index of authorities etc. For the line spacing, footnotes and other formatting details, please refer to the Rules of the competition. The last date to submit the 5 page pleadings is 11:59 pm on 17th October.

ORIENTATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL MOOT POOL

1. 17th D.M. Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition, 2016

The 17th edition of the D. M. Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition (DMH) is being hosted by the Government Law College, Mumbai, India, in association with the D. M. Harish Foundation. We are orienting this moot for 2 speakers and 1 researcher.

The Competition is scheduled to be held from 11th - 14th February, 2015.
Teams from Universities/Colleges in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Russia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Mauritius, Spain, Greece, West Indies, Ireland, Australia, Poland, Ethiopia and Nigeria have participated in this competition. The Compromis has been attached to this post.

Apart from Universities participating from the aforementioned countries, selected premier Indian Law Colleges/Universities are invited, thereby enhancing the competitiveness and quality of the competition. In the past years, the Final Rounds of Argument have been judged by a bench of five sitting judges of the Hon’ble Bombay High Court. It is brought to the notice of the pool members that this is an internationally prestigious moot court competition in which participation is highly recommended.

Interested pool members may exercise their option by sending an email to the MCA latest by 11:59 pm, 16th October.

FORMAT OF RESEARCHER'S TEST:
Students are hereby informed that the format for the coming Open Challenge Researcher's Tests is being modified. In place of the conventional 'written researcher's test', students will now be required to draft issues relating to the moot problem of the competition and submit it to the MCA. These submissions will then be checked for content, formatting, research etc. The issue to be researched upon will be communicated to the students who register for the Open Challenge.

CROSS ORIENTATION TO THE FRESHERS POOL:

None of the members of the National Pool have opted for the following moots and hence these competitions are being oriented to the Freshers Pool:

1. Lex Bonanza 2015-Striving for Legal Excellence, The National Law Fest:
Indore Institute of Law,Indore is organising the event from 31st October and 1st November -2015. The fest also comprises of a Moot Court Competition the soft copy submission for which is due on 17th October, 2015. For more details please visithttp://www.indoreinstituteoflaw.org/sept.html

2. 2nd Justice Dr. B.P. Saraf National Tax Moot Court Competition, 2016

2nd Justice Dr. B.P. Saraf National Tax Moot Court Competition-2016 on 9th and 10th of January, 2016 in association with The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. Please visithttp://aiftpeast.org/events/ to access the problem and rules for the competition.

Interested pool members must exercise their option sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com before 11.59 pm, 11th October, 2015.

The Researcher's Test for ITS Pilani’s Lex Omnia National Moot Court Competition, 2015 will be conducted tomorrow at 11 am on the third floor of Gyan Mandir.

OPEN CHALLENGE:

1. 15th Amity National Moot Court Competition 2016:

The researcher slot for the competition is being offered for open challenge as per the preference of the remaining team members; Soumya Chouksey and Ananya Dube. For details of the competition please visithttp://www.lawctopus.com/15th-amity-national-moot-court-co…/

2. Northcap University National Moot Court Competition 2015:
The Northcap University, Gurgaon is orgnaising and hosting the said competition on 20th and 21st November, 2015. For more details please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/northcap-university-national-moot…/

Interested students must register themselves by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com before 11.59 pm 10th October, 2015.

ORIENTATION TO THE NATIONAL POOL:

Lex Bonanza 2015-Striving for Legal Excellence, The National Law Fest:

Indore Institute of Law,Indore is organising the event from 31st October and 1st November -2015. The fest also comprises of a Moot Court Competition the soft copy submission for which is due on 17th October, 2015. For more details please visithttp://www.indoreinstituteoflaw.org/sept.html

Interested students must exercise their option by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com before 11.59 pm, 9th October, 2015.

OPEN CHALLENGE:

ITS Pilani’s Lex Omnia National Moot Court Competition, 2015:

The competition is being hosted and organised by BITS, Pilani from 6th to 8th November, 2015. For more details please visit: 
http://www.lawctopus.com/bits-pilanis-lex-omnia-national-m…/
Avishkar Verma, Priyam Jhudele and Vivek Jain have opted for the moot, 1 Researcher slot is being offered for Open Challenge.

Interested students must register for the Researcher's Test by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com before 11.59 pm, 9th October, 2015

CROSS-ORIENTATION TO THE FRESHERS' POOL

1. 2nd IIT Kharagpur National Moot Court Competition, 2015

IIT Kharagpur is organising and hosting the 2nd edition of their flagship moot court competition from 6th to 8th November, 2015. The soft copy submission is due on 30th October, 2015. For more details like team composition, problem and rules please visithttp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/rg_moot_1516_comp.pdf

Interested members of the Freshers' Pool may send in their email to the mca email id latest by 9th October 11:59 pm

CROSS-ORIENTATION TO THE FRESHER'S POOL

1. 9th Pro Bono Enviro National Moot Court Competition, 2015

9th Pro Bono Enviro National Moot Court Competition, 2015 is being hosted by School of Excellence in Law, Chennai from the 30th of October to the 1st of November, 2015. The subject-matter of the Moot is Environmental Law. The moot is being oriented for a slot of 2 speakers and 1 researcher. Please visithttp://www.lawctopus.com/9th-pro-bono-enviro-national-moot-court-competition-2015/ for more details.

It is brought to the notice of the participants that this is a MPL moot. Interested pool members may send in an email to the MCA email id latest by 7th October 11:59 pm.

CROSS-ORIENTATION TO THE FRESHER'S POOL:

Northcap University National Moot Court Competition 2015:

The Northcap University, Gurgaon is orgnaising and hosting the said competition on 20th and 21st November, 2015. For more details please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/northcap-university-national-moot…/

Interested pool members must exercise their option by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com befroe 11.59 pm, 7th October, 2015.

CROSS-ORIENTATION TO THE FRESHER'S POOL:

ITS Pilani’s Lex Omnia National Moot Court Competition, 2015:

The competition is being hosted and organised by BITS, Pilani from 6th to 8th November, 2015. For more details please visit:http://www.lawctopus.com/bits-pilanis-lex-omnia-national-m…/

Avishkar Verma, Priyam Jhudele and Vivek Jain have opted for the moot, 1 Researcher slot is being offered to this pool.

Interested students msut exercise their option by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com before 11.59 pm, 7th October, 2015.

CROSS ORIENTATION TO THE FRESHERS' POOL

1. Vis Hong Kong 2016

This moot is being oriented for the slot of 2 researchers. The speakers for this moot are Shivani Garg and Aditya Goyal. Please visit http://www.cisgmoot.org/ to access the problem and rules of the competition. The competition will be held in Hong Kong from 6th March - 13th March 2015.

Members of the freshers' moot pool who are interested to take part in the above moot court competition, may send in an email to mca.nliu@gmail.com latest by 6th October, 11:59 pm.

Note: The dates of the above moot courts may clash with our mid-term examinations. We have submitted a written application to the administration with a request to accommodate the moot while deciding the dates for the mid-term examinations. Administration has also informed us that 5th years will not have any mid-terms in the last trimester.

However, it should be noted that administration has the right to make/change the decision regarding the dates of mid-terms without prior intimation or consultation with the MCA. In the event that the dates clash, people backing out from the moot will not be debarred from future MCA activities.

ORIENTATION TO THE NATIONAL POOL:

1. 2nd IIT Kharagpur National Moot Court Competition, 2016:

IIT Kharagpur is organising and hosting the 2nd edition of their flagship moot court competition from 6th to 8th November, 2015. The soft copy submission is due on 30th October, 2015. For more details please visithttp://www.iitkgp.ac.in/downloads/rg_moot_1516_comp.pdf.

2. 15th Amity National Moot Court Competition, 2016:

Amity Law School, Delhi is organising and hosting the competition from 26th to 28th February, 2016. The soft copy submission is due on 20th December, 2015. For more details please visithttp://www.lawctopus.com/15th-amity-national-moot-court-co…/

Interested students must exercise their option by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com before 11.59 pm, 6th October, 2015.

ORIENTATION TO THE NATIONAL POOL:

Northcap University National Moot Court Competition 2015:

The Northcap University, Gurgaon is orgnaising and hosting the said competition on 20th and 21st November, 2015. For more details please visit http://www.lawctopus.com/northcap-university-national-moot…/

Interested pool members must exercise their option by sending an e-mail to mca.nliu@gmail.com befroe 11.59 pm, 5th October, 2014.

As might have been noticed, we had mentioned in the MCA policy that a comprehensive list of moots to be oriented in the Fresher's Pool will be prepared and released but competitions are being offered to the Fresher's Pool without the list. As can be understood, preparing such a list is difficult and the orientation process can be problematic too. We do not want the first years to miss out on mooting opportunities due to problems like cancellation of moots, new editions etc. So, we have decided that competitions will be oriented to the Fresher's Pool according to our discretion.

Interested students are requested to please take note of the fact that the deadlines for Vis Vienna, 2016 and Vis Hong Kong, 2016 are not being relaxed. Please be within the previously mentioned deadline.

ORIENTATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL MOOT POOL 2015-16

1. Vis Vienna 2016

This moot is being oriented for a slot of 2 speakers and 2 researchers. Please visit https://vismoot.pace.edu/ to access the problem, rules and dates of the competition.

2. Vis Hong Kong 2016

This moot is being oriented for a slot of 2 speakers and 2 researchers. Please visit http://www.cisgmoot.org/ to access the problem, rules and dates of the competition.

Members of the international moot pool who are interested to take part in any of the above 2 moot court competitions, may send in an email to mca.nliu@gmail.com latest by 4th October, 9:00 pm.

Note: The dates of the above moot courts may clash with our mid-term examinations. We have submitted a written application to the administration with a request to accommodate Frankfurt, Vis Hong Kong and Vis Vienna while deciding the dates for the mid-term examinations. Administration has also informed us that 5th years will not have any mid-terms in the last trimester.

However, it should be noted that administration has the right to make/change the decision regarding the dates of mid-terms without prior intimation or consultation with the MCA. In the event that the dates clash, people backing out from the moot will not be debarred from future MCA activities.