1. Title of the Practice

Moot Court Competition at Academy level as well as National Level.

2. Objectives of the Practice

The Benefits of Participating in Moot Court Competitions provides an opportunity for students to build advocacy skills, sharpen public speaking skills, and engage in legal analysis in a variety of areas of law. Moot Court helps in the overall development of an individual as a good and proficient lawyer and participating in Moot Court Competition regularly makes a student familiar with the proceedings that take place generally in real courtrooms. Participating in the Moot Court competitions helps  in enhancing  researching skills because it is  research on the basis of which one will be contesting case and representing Client and it also helps  in framing a good Moot Court Memorial on the basis of which the other team would raise objections and questions. This will also help in enhancing the skills as to how to adapt to prompt situations and how to tackle situations where one is at unease. Moot Court helps an individual to build his confidence in communicating and putting his view in front of the people. It helps a person to build his confidence to such an extent that he/she does not fear to question or to speak in front of anybody and can fight cases efficiently. Moot Court helps in giving the practical implication and knowledge to the students who are studying law in such a way which they will never find in the books and would be unaware of, as practical and theoretical knowledge are like two different sides of the same coin and to pass the hurdle one need to study both of them although both look same but are totally opposite in reality.

3. The Context

Our students are on a mission towards better India by breaking the boundaries of religion and caste. Thoughts of great Indian personalities sowed into the young minds through the exhibitions and programs conducted on these days. The institution practices pluralist approach towards all religion functions and encourages the students and faculty to showcase the same. Staff and students get to know the importance of national integrity in the country in general and their role in it in particular. IPEM Law Academy is a dynamic, creative learning institution that strives to meet challenges by providing innovative solutions leading to learning break through for all students. It is dedicated to establish strong, just upright minds and develop the talents of the students thereby to discover their greatness. Therefore the college by organizing competition has given an opportunity to the students, to explore their talent and presenting skills with reference to the various Moot Problem.

4. The Practice

IPEM Law Academy organizes 3 Moot Courts in every Academic Semester.  In which each team comprises of 3 students with one as the Researcher and the other two as the speakers (Mooters) presenting their arguments on either side. This teaches the students to perform well when they are together in as a team and analyze what are their strengths and weakness, how can they work upon them to achieve maximum efficiency. It also helps to work with people who are different from you and it also teaches how to coordinate with each other. The main purpose of moot Court is to establish a good overview by the students of law and enhancing the legal skills. It teaches the students how to work under pressure with the goal to give productive output.

Mooting is not just about presenting propositions of law. An important aspect is applying those propositions to the facts in order to argue for the result. The Participant should be very familiar with the moot problem and be able to take the judge to relevant paragraphs in it. You will often make extensive use of authority in delivering your submissions. You need to know what principle a given case stands for and if a case is binding on the court before which the moot is being argued.

A critical aspect of mooting is time management. You need to be able to expand or contract your submissions depending on how interventionist the judge is.

The procedure imitates that followed in real courts: the judge enters, the mooters and the judge bow to each other, the clerk announces the matter, the mooters give their appearances and are then called on in turn to present their submissions, the judge asks questions of the mooters, the court adjourns, and the judge then returns to deliver a brief judgment and some feedback.

5. Evidence of Success

Students are exposed to new and contemporary areas of law every year. The competitions are appreciated by all students. This competition also motivates students to go for Litigation. The main purpose of moot Court is that to make you practice before actually becoming a professional and practicing in courtrooms about everything. If you have years of practice then it is easier for one to make a lot of clients because of his practice and knowledge one has gained in the field. Students who participate first time in this kind of activities not only get the exposure but also the motivation to take part in a more comprehensive way and in other competition and moots as well. These kinds of Moot Court competitions boost up the morale of the students and help them to talk passively and hence put forth their ideas in front of anybody if earlier they were hesitant to do so.

In 2020 we also organized National Moot Court Competition in which 20 Teams of different Universities /Institutes  registered . The event was organized on 31^st January & 1^st February, 2020 and was chaired by various legal luminaries.

6. Problems Encountered and Resources Required

Students faced problem in drafting Memorial. Students coming from rural areas need additional training and help to take benefits of the resources for drafting memorials as some of them are not computer literate. The learner has to read the moot problem carefully and thoroughly to have a clear understanding of the facts but generally students don’t read carefully and thoroughly the facts which is the reason for their failure.