isil-aca.org 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2015 : The Indian Society of International Law

Organization : The Indian Society of International Law
Competition Name : 15th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2015
Applicable Status : Global
Contest Date : 17-20 Sept 2015
Application Submission Date : 15th Sept 2015

Website : http://isil-aca.org/

Notification : www.contest.net.in/uploads/727moot_court_rules-2015-1.pdf

Rules and Guidelines :
Eligibility :
** All universities, colleges, and institutions imparting legal education on a regular or evening basis in a program of study that leads to a Bachelors degree in law (LL.B / BL) or Masters in law (LL.M / ML) are eligible to participate in the Moot Court competition.
** All students enrolled on a full time or evening basis in a program of study leading to or equivalent to a Bachelors degree in law (LL.B / BL) or Masters in law (LL.M / ML), are eligible to participate.
** Students who have participated in this Moot Court competition on a previous occasion are not eligible to participate again.

Official Language :
** The official working language of the Moot Court is English.

Team Composition :
** Each participating university/college/institute shall nominate only one team consisting of three student members, plus a coach from the faculty of the university/college/institute that they represent.

Application of Rules :
** Rules contained in this document will be applicable to the Indian National Moot Court competition and the Regional Moot Court competition.
** Except where otherwise indicated, these rules are also applicable to the National Moot Court competitions that are organised by the ICRC in Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal Pakistan, and SriLanka, as well as such other countries that may participate in the future.
** There are rules specified in addendum, which will be applicable to those countries where the number of participating teams is less than eight. (refer addendum).
** With the exception of rules in addendum, all other rules and guidelines contained in this document will apply to the competition.

Rules for the Preliminary Rounds :
** All participating teams in the competition will be divided by the organisers into various groups, depending upon the number of teams participating in the competition.
** Where necessary, more than one court room will be provided for all competitions, in order to facilitate the smooth functioning of the Moot Court competition.
** Teams shall argue cases against each other; the matching of teams will be decided by a draw of lots prior to the commencement of the competition.
** During the preliminary rounds, each team will have the opportunity to argue both sides; once as the prosecution and once as the defence.

Rules for the Final Round :
** The top two teams from the semi-final rounds will be selected to compete in the final round of the Moot Court competition.
** The final round of the competition will take place during the second session of the final day of the competition.
** The sides to be argued by the teams will be decided by a draw of lots prior to the commencement of the final round of the competition.
** There shall be two rounds of arguments by the final teams.
** There shall be break after the first round of arguments.
** After the break, the team that argued on behalf of the prosecution in the first round will be required to argue on behalf of the defence; the team which argued on behalf of the defence in the first round will be required to argue on behalf of the prosecution during the second round of the arguments.
** Each team will be permitted to speak for a total of 20 minutes during the final round.
** There will be a warning bell at the end of 15 minutes and a final bell at the end of the allotted time.

Criteria for assessment :
** The assessment of the teams during the Moot Court competition shall be out of a maximum of 100 marks, set out as follows
** Written Memorials – 30 Marks
** Appreciation of Fact and Law Advocacy (Arguments, Framing of – 15 Marks
** Issues, expression and articulation) – 30 Marks
** Use of Authorities and Citations – 15 Marks
** General Impression and Court Manner – 10 Marks