The XIV Edition
This year National Law School of India (NLSIU) in association with Trilegal, brings you the XIV Edition of the NLS-Trilegal International Arbitration Moot, set to take place from 20th to 23rd May 2021.
After successfully conducting the virtual rounds in 2020, with the knowledge and skills gained, the organizing team of NLSTIAM is glad to welcome universities from all over the world for its 14th edition. The four-day program will provide a platform for students from diverse backgrounds and cultures to interact and challenge their skills as future practitioners in the field of international arbitration.
Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsisting safety guidelines, we have decided to hold virtual rounds. The committee will be utilizing online communication platforms such as Zoom to provide the peerless virtual round experience as expected by the teams. Furthermore, owing to our past year's experience of conducting an online Mooting environment, we hope to bring our expertise to the table to provide a smoother experience for all teams.
Important Dates
A tentative schedule can be found below
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Dates
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Events
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January 12
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Registrations Open
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February 14
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Problem Release
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February 26
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Deadline For Submitting Clarifications
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March 5
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Release Of Clarifications
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March 15
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Deadline For Registration - Indian Teams
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March 25
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Deadline For Registration - International Teams
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April 10
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Deadline for Memorial Submission
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May 9
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Release of Memorial Qualifier Results
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May 16
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III NLS-Trilegal International Arbitration Conference
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May 20-23
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Oral Rounds
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Eligibility
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The Competition is open to all students, enrolled bonafide on a regular basis in an Undergraduate/Post Graduate law course (including LL.M. programs) or it's equivalent conducted by any recognized institution.
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A recognized institution shall be entitled to send only one team to the competition, whether from the Undergraduate or Post Graduate law course, or a mixed team.
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In a system where a university has constituent colleges, each college can register a team or the university as such can be represented by a team comprising students from different constituent colleges.
Team Composition
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A team can have a minimum of two members and a maximum of four members. In each of the oral rounds, two members of the team will be speakers. Other members of the team shall not aid them during the presentation of arguments in any way whatsoever. Different members of the team can be speakers in different oral rounds. However, to be eligible for the award for Best Individual Speaker mentioned in Rule 15.3, a participant must have argued at least once for the Claimant and once for the Respondent during the preliminary rounds. The average score per argument will be calculated and the award will be determined on that basis.
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Once registered, a team will not be permitted to vary the composition of the team in any manner. Changes, if any, may only be made with the express permission of the administrators (at their discretion), if the due reason is shown for the same.
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Any changes with respect to the contact details shall be notified to the administrators with immediate effect. This obligation to inform shall continue throughout the course of the Competition
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Certificates for participating team members will be prepared from the team lists submitted. The certificates of participation will show the names of the team members exactly as they have been submitted. It is therefore incumbent on teams to ensure that names are spelt and presented correctly.
Registration
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Each team shall register for the moot by filling the online registration form before March 10, 2021, and March 20, 2021 (GMT) for Indian and International Teams respectively.
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The online registration form that needs to be filled is available here and on the official website of the Competition. The teams are strongly encouraged to complete the registration form at the earliest possible.
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While filling the registration form, the teams have to choose a primary contact person. All communications concerning the Moot will be sent by e-mail to the nominated contact person. It is that person’s responsibility to convey all relevant information and distribute all relevant material to the team.
Registration Fee
The registration fee for both Indian and overseas teams is INR 3,000. The registration fee is non-refundable and has to be paid by all teams, irrespective of whether they qualify for the oral rounds.
Payment of Registration Fee
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The registration fee for the Moot is to be paid online, the details of which shall be notified by the organizers in due course of time.
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Any transfer fees or any other incidental charges must be paid by the transferor. The wire transfer must also indicate the name of the institution for which the transfer has been made.
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All teams must email a scanned copy of the payment receipt to nlstiam@nls.ac.in. The payment receipt must be emailed to the organisers within 3 days of the expiry of the deadline of payment.
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After the payment of the registration fees (initial or final), an email must be sent to nlstiam@nls.ac.in, with the details of the transaction. This is mandatorily required. Once a team is registered after filling in the registration form, a team code shall be assigned to it by the administrators. This team code will serve as their unique identifier both for Memorials and at the oral rounds. Any team that fails to send the details of the payment of fees shall not be allocated a team code.
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The administrators reserve the absolute discretion to refuse or cancel the registration of any team.
Competition Format
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The Competition shall consist of preliminary rounds and advanced rounds. Each team shall argue in four (4) Preliminary Rounds: twice as Claimant and twice as Respondent. The Advanced Rounds shall, unless otherwise specified, consist of three knock-out rounds – the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and the Final.
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The scoring and tabulation for the competition shall be based on a Round Points (“RP”) system. Each preliminary round will be decided on a scale of 9 round points, with 6 round points allocated to the oral round scores, and 3 round points allocated to the memorandum scores.
Prizes and Awards
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The winner of the Final Round will be declared the “Winning Team”, while the losing finalists will be declared the “Runners-Up”.
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The Teams with the highest total memorandum score (out of 200) for each side will be awarded the “Best Memorandum – Claimant” and “Best Memorial- Respondent” awards respectively.
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The speaker with the highest average score at the conclusion of the preliminary rounds will be adjudged the “Best Speaker”. The average score will be calculated by dividing the total marks of each speaker by the number of times the speaker has presented oral arguments. To be eligible for the “Best Speaker Award”, a speaker must have argued at least once for the Claimant and once for the Respondent in the preliminary rounds.
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