The second day of 4th NlIU Juris Corp National Corporate law Moot Court competition 2013, was filled with excitement. Universities from across the country left no stone unturned to show the best of their advocacy skill in order to get through the first round of the competition.
The first preliminary round started at 10 am in the morning followed by second preliminary round and lunch. The results were announced right after the lunch and teams proceeded for the octa-finals.
Mooting is one of the most important extra-curricular activities in a law school and it’s a form of a hypothetical court where students plead on fictional problems and are tested on their advocacy skills. Mooting is essential to give the student a practical experience apart from the conventional education given in the classes.
To judge the prestigious competition judges were invited from law firms like Amarchand Mangaldas , lKS etc. Several of them practice at the Madhya Pradesh High Court and also belong to strong NlIU Alumni base. Beginning with 32 teams, the number of teams was reduced to 16 in the octa-finals.
The teams that have qualified are — Amity law School, Noida, ClC Bangalore, GlC Mumbai, GNlU Gandhinagar, HNlU Raipur, IIT Kharagpur, IlNU Ahmedabad, JGlS Sonipath, Nalsar Hyderabad, NlSIU Banglore, NlU Jodhupur, NUJS Kolkata, PGCl Mumbai, Seedling School of law and Governance Jaipur, UlC Banglore and UPES Dehradun.
The Octa-finals shall be followed by Quarter-finals which were scheduled for the evening. On Sunday morning, the semi-finals and finals shall take place. It has so far been one of the most successful editions of Juris Corp moot which has seen extensive participation from top law colleges from across the country. The prize money for the winning team is `50,000.