UPES National Mediation Competition, 2019 from March 7th to 8th , 2019

13 Feb 2019

Categories: Mediation Moot Court Competitions

We are extremely delighted to announce that we will be hosting "The UPES National Mediation Competition, 2019 (“the Competition”) from March 7th to 8th , 2019, in precursor to aid in instilling awareness and orientation in alternative dispute resolution methods, that have recently made a significant mark in the Indian Dispute-resolve scenario, in an efficient and quick manner.

About US:

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) sprawling over a beautiful campus in the capital city of Dehradun was established in the year 2003 through the UPES Act, 2003 of the State Legislature of Uttarakhand. Founded by prominent educationalists and industry experts, UPES is Asia's first University that offers specialized graduate, post graduate and doctoral programs which are specifically designed for core sectors with high growth projections. Recognized as "University with a Purpose", UPES is driven by a progressive vision to create specialized professionals in core sectors, who can contribute in the economic growth of the country. UPES School of Law was born in 2007 with the objective to produce competent and strong legal professionals. Since then it has been a pioneer in grooming modern day legal professionals with a multidisciplinary edge by providing specialized in Corporate Law, Energy Law, Taxation Law and Techno- Legal law courses.

About the competition:

Mock pair mediation is a format that will help students understand interest-based mediation in a new and unique way. Mediation is most aptly described in our college on the lines of as “the future belongs to specialists”. It gives us immense pleasure to invite your University to participate in the same.

Eligibility:

Any student pursuing their five-year undergraduate Bachelor’s degree in law is eligible to participate in the competition.

Format:

The Competition will involve two preliminary rounds, from which twelve teams with the highest cumulative team scores in each category will qualify to the quarter-final, and consecutively to the semi-finals and the final, in the "mediator" and client-advocate pair".

Each law college/university/institute can send up to two teams consisting of three members each (Acceptance for participation of a third team is contingent on the discretion of the organizing committee). Each member of the team shall play the role of advocate-client pair and mediator over the course of the two preliminary rounds followed by quarter-final, semi-final and the final round.

Venue:

School of Law, UPES Kandoli Campus, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Registration:

Rs. 6000/ per team (Inclusive of Registration Fees & Accommodation)

NOTE: Colleges falling under the boundaries of Dehradun may choose to pay an amount of Rs. 2500/ per team as registration amount in cash (if not availing Accommodation facility).

v Lunch will be provided to all the students during the event.

v The Accommodation will include 2 days Stay, Breakfast and Dinner. The Accommodation shall be provided to the teams from 6th March, 2019, Evening to 8th March 2019, Morning 11:00am. Room will be on Triple Sharing Basis.

v The teams will be registered on ‘first come first served’ basis. The registration is restricted to 30 teams only for the UPES National Mediation Competition, 2019.

Awards: Awards will be given to Winning teams and individuals, to the total tune of INR 42,000/-

Winners would also be entitled to other freebies and educational gift hampers.