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About the Organisation
National Law University Odisha is an autonomous law university in India located at Cuttack, Odisha. It was established in 2008 under the National Law University Odisha Act, commencing its first batch from July 2009.
About the Moot
National Law University Odisha in collaboration with Bose & Mitra & Co. as “Title Sponsor” and Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University, the United Kingdom as “Associate Partner” is organizing the 7th edition of International Maritime Arbitration Moot (IMAM) 2020 from 27th March to 29th March 2020.
Eligibility
- All students registered with law schools, faculties of law and other higher educational institutions offering a law degree program or offering law as a part of its program of study are eligible to participate in the Competition. All participants must be students pursuing either undergraduate or postgraduate law course (including LL.M. programs) or its equivalent conducted by any recognized institution. No student who has been licensed to practice law is eligible to participate in the Competition.
- Each participating institution is entitled to send only one team to the Competition, comprising of students from the Undergraduate or Post Graduate law course, or both.
- Team members must be bonafide students of the institution they are representing.
- The maximum number of teams allowed to compete in the Oral Rounds of the Competition is twenty (20). The selection of the top twenty teams, out of all the registered teams will be based on the ‘memorials’ submitted by the registered teams.
Team Composition
- A team shall consist of a minimum of two members and a maximum of three members.
- In each of the Oral Rounds, only two members of the team shall be allowed to present the arguments for the entire duration of the Competition. Other members of the team will not aid them in any way.
- Only those participants, duly registered as speakers in the registration form, shall be allowed to present the oral arguments.
- The order of speakers, i.e., Speaker 1 and 2 shall remain the same for the entire duration of the Competition.
- 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 prior approval of the organising committee (at their discretion), if the due reason is shown for the same.
Registration
- Interested universities may register before 31st January 2020 by filling the registration form.
- While filling the registration form, the teams have to select an official contact person. All communications concerning the Competition shall be sent by e-mail to the nominated contact person of the team. It is assumed that all the information communicated and materials distributed to the official contact person is communicated to the team.
- An initial ‘preliminary registration fee’ of INR 1,500 or USD 50 shall be remitted by all the Indian teams and overseas teams participating in the Competition respectively.
- For teams that qualify the Oral Rounds in accordance with Rule 10.3.9, an additional ‘final registration fee’ of INR 4,500 will be charged for Indian teams and USD 100 for the overseas teams. This fee shall be inclusive of accommodation on the Competition days and transportation to and from the Competition venue to the accommodation.
Contact Information
E-mail: imam[at]nluo.ac.in
- Tanay Mishra (Convenor, The Moot Society): +91 8765888864, 9667007687
- Nishtha Arora (Co-Convenor, The Moot Society): +91 8851775995, 7653868618
- Yasaschandra Devarakonda (Secretary, The Moot Society): +91 9177450926, 6303098735
- Rose Maria Sebi (Treasurer, The Moot Society): +91 9716606465, 9861412372
