Achievements in National Moot Court Competitions During 2006-’07 Academic Year

• Jeny Mary Varghese adjudged Best Lady Advocate, and 2nd Best Speaker at the All India Moot Court Competition held at the Kerala Law Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, in February 2006.

• NUALS TEAM secured the prize for the Best Memorial at the All India Moot Court Competition held at the Kerala Law Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, in February 2006.

• Rohith Rajendran adjudged Best Speaker prize at All India Moot Court Competition organised by University College of Law, Bangalore.

• NUALS TEAM secured the prize for the Best Memorial at the All India Moot Court Competition organised by University College of Law, Bangalore.

• Sarah Paulose declared as the Best Speaker in the Final at the Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Competition held at Kochi, in September 2006.

• NUALS TEAM secured the prize for the Best Memorial at the All India Moot Court Competition held at the Kerala Law Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, in February 2007.

• Reshma R. Kurup secured the prize for the Best Researcher at the National Moot Court Competition held at the New Law College, Pune.

• Angely Anto won the Best Speaker award at the Dr. V. Kesavankutty Memorial National Moot Court Competition held at Government Law College, Calicut, in February 2007.

• NUALS TEAM secured the prize for the Best Memorial at the Dr. V. Kesavankutty Memorial National Moot Court Competition held at Government Law College, Calicut, in February 2007.

• Sreeparvathy G. won the 3rd Best Researcher award at the Dr. V. Kesavankutty Memorial National Moot Court Competition held at Government Law College, Calicut, in February 2007.

• NUALS TEAM secured the prize for the Second Best Memorial at the Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition held at the Hidayatullah National Law University at Raipur.

• Ann Thania Alex declared as the 2nd Best Speaker at the M.M. Singhvi Bar Council of India International Moot Court Competition held at the National Law University, Jodhpur.

• Renu Abraham adjudged as the Second Best Speaker at the National.

Moot Court Competition held at the K.C. Law College, Bombay.

• Winners at the All India Moot Court Competition held at the Kerala Law Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, in February 2006. • Winners at the All India Moot Court Competition organised by University College of Law, Bangalore.

• Winners at the Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Competition held at Kochi in September 2006.

• Winners at the IIAM – Hamline University Moot Court on Arbitration held at Kochi.

• Winners at the National Moot Court Competition held at Kerala Law Academy, Thiruvananthapuram, in February 2007 [ Consecutive Win]

• Winners at the Dr. V. Kesavankutty Memorial National Moot Court Competition held at Government Law College, Calicut, in February, 2007.

• Runners-up at the Henry Dunant Moot Court Competition on International Humanitarian Law jointly organised by Indian Society of International Law & International Committee of the Red Cross at New Delhi.

• Winners at the 2nd Annual NALSAR Justice B. R. Sawhny Memorial Moot Court Competition held at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2008.

• Mr. Job Abraham and Mr. Jijo George Cherian, students of 2002 Batch of the University presented a paper on “The Concept of Private Property in Space – An Analysis” at an International Conference on Business Law & Technology held at Coppenhagen from 5-7 December 2006. The conference was organised by the International Association of I.T. Lawyers. The paper was also published in the Journal of International Commercial Law & Technology [Volume 2, Issue 3, 2007].

• Ms. Angely Anto a student of 2004 Batch of the University, was selected to participate in the 7th Human Rights Summer School organised by Empowerment Through Law of Common People ELCOP), held at Dhaka from 14-25 December, 2006. Ms. Angely Anto was selected to participate in the summer School through an All India Essay Competition – “Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Essay Competition on Human Rights and Its Domestic Implementation Mechanism”.



• Students of the University also secured several prizes in sports, and other literary and cultural competitions. NUALS TEAM was the overall winners at the Talent Time – 2006 hosted by the School of Management Studies, CUSAT.

At NUALS, Moot Courts are viewed as an integral part of legal education, aimed to acclimatise the students to the skills of lawyering in general and advocacy in particular. The objective behind the Moot Courts is to inculcate court culture and courtroom etiquette among law students and make them conversant with the art of pleading besides familiarizing them with various aspects of law. The moot court activities of the University are co-ordinated by the NUALS Moot Court Society. The responsibilities of the Society include conducting a rigorous selection process in the month of March every year and also to organize and arrange moot court activities during the course of a mooting year i.e., from April – March. The activities of the NUALS Moot Court Society were co-ordinated by: Mr. Jacob Joseph (Faculty Advisor to the Moot Court Society), Ms. Gayathri P.G., Mr. Govind P., Mr. Karni Singh Rajora, Mr. Salman S., Ms. Ajitha P. & Ms. Aarathi Gopal.

In March 2009 an Internal Moot Court Competition was held at the University with the objective of preparing a rank list of mooters for the 2009-2010 mooting year. 70 students from various semesters participated in the competition which was judged by senior lawyers and senior academicians. During the mooting year (April 2009 – March 2010) teams representing the University participated in 28 moot court competitions and 2 client counselling competitions held at different parts of the country. Members of the various teams were selected on the basis of their inter se merit as determined through the internal moot court competition. During the mooting year 2009-10 teams from NUALS have achieved tremendous success in national level moot court competitions. The success of the moot court teams has been possible because of the rigorous selection process, hard work of the students, the guidance of the teachers and the support of the University and its authorities. The major achievements in moot court competitions are listed below:



Team Achievements



Winners at the 5th National Moot Court Competition jointly organized by the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi and the G.H. Raisoni Law School, Nagpur. The Competition was held at Nagpur from 19-21 February 2010. [Team members: Mr. Abraham Vishal Jacob, Ms. Anna Alphonsa Mathew & Ms. Anjali G.S.]



Winners of the Spirit of Surana Award at the Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Competition (North India Rounds ) jointly organized by Surana & Surana International Attorneys, Chennai and University Institute of Legal Studies, Chandigarh. The Competition was held at Chandigarh from 18th to 20th September, 2009 [Team members: Mr. Nikhil Sankar S., Mr. Gokul R.K., Ms. Ambika Sudhakaran & Ms. Vaisakhi R.]



Best Memorial Award at the Indian Regional Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition jointly organized by Surana & Surana International Attorneys, Chennai and Department of Legal Studies, University of Madras. The Competition was held at Chennai from 29-31 January 2010.



Runners-up at the Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Competition (North India Rounds ) jointly organized by Surana & Surana International Attorneys, Chennai and University Institute of Legal Studies, Chandigarh. The Competition was held at Chandigarh from 18th to 20th September, 2009 [Team members: Mr. Nikhil Sankar S., Mr. Gokul R.K., Ms. Ambika Sudhakaran & Ms. Vaisakhi R.]



Runners up at 5th All India Moot Court Competition for Justice T. Ramachandran Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy organized by the Government Law College, Thrissur. The Competition was held at Thrissur from 29-31 January, 2010. [Team members: Ms. Swathy S. Pisharody, Ms. Veena Unnikrishnan & Ms. Krishna K.]



Second Best Memorial Award at the 5th All India Moot Court Competition for Justice T. Ramachandran Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy organized by the Government Law College, Thrissur. The Competition was held at Thrissur from 29-31 January 2010. [Team members: Ms. Swathy S. Pisharody, Ms. Veena Unnikrishnan & Ms. Krishna K.]





Individual Prizes



Mr. Abraham Vishal Jacob was selected as the ‘Best Mooter’ at the 5th National Moot Court Competition jointly organized by the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi and the G.H. Raisoni Law School, Nagpur.



Ms. Manjula R.S. was selected as the Best Student Advocate at the 13th All India Moot Court Competition for the T.S. Venkiteswara Iyer Memorial trophy organized by the Government Law College, Ernakulam from 6-8 November 2009.



Ms. Manjula R.S. was selected as the Best Lady Advocate at the 13th All India Moot Court Competition for the T.S. Venkiteswara Iyer Memorial trophy organized by the Government Law College, Ernakulam from 6-8 November 2009.



Mr. Vishnu S. was selected as the Second Best Researcher at the 13th All India Moot Court Competition for the T.S. Venkiteswara Iyer Memorial trophy organized by the Government Law College, Ernakulam, from 6-8 November 2009.



Ms. Krishna K. was selected as the Second Best Researcher at 5th All India Moot Court Competition for Justice T. Ramachandran Memorial Ever Rolling Trophy organized by the Government Law College, Thrissur. The Competition was held at Thrissur from 29-31 January 2010.

Runners up at the Surana & Surana International Technology Law Moot Court Competition organized by Surana & Surana International Attorney’s, Chennai and the Symbiosis Law School, Pune from 26th – 28th February, 2010.



(Team members: Ms. Akhina Haridas, Ms. Karthika Prasad and Suraj Shrikumar)



Best Memorial Award at the 12th S.C. Javali Memorial National Moot Court Competition organised by the University College of Law, Dharwad, Karnataka from 6-8 March 2010. [Team Members: Ms. Priyanka D., Mr. Karthik S. Nair & Mr. Rinu S. Aswan]