Student Bar Association The Student Bar Association at HNLU is the representative body of the students. The Association comprises fourteen students who are the conveners of the twelve committees of the university. A president and a vice-president are elected from amongst these fourteen members. The members and officers of the Association hold office for a year. The Association makes all decisions affecting the students and makes recommendations to the Vice-Chancellor. The Association coordinates and supervises the activities of all the committees at the university. The HNLU Students Bar Association consists of fourteen committees: Moot Court Co-ordination Committee, Academic Support Committee, Finance Committee, Legal Service Society, Literary and Debate Society, Library Committee, I.T. Committee, Public Relations Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Mess Committee, Halls of Residence Committee, Cultural Committee, Students Editorial Board and Sports Committee. Each has a convener and co-convener, and at least two faculty advisers. The President and Vice President of the Student Bar Council are elected by popular vote.
International Law Students Association The HNLU
ILSA Chapter was established on 11 October 2010, with Aakansha Kumar as its Chief Officer and Shilpa Jain and Neeraj Tiwari as Faculty Advisers. Through the years the Chapter has tried to forward the study on International Law in HNLU through various initiatives, including a two-day Lecture Series by Prof. David Ambrose from the University of Madras and the HNLU-ILSA Refugee Conference.
Moot courts To familiarize students with the workings of courts, the university conducts courtroom exercises and
moot courts. Courtroom exercises are conducted in every semester. Students are encouraged to participate in moot court competitions so that they get the chance to interact with other law students from all over the country. The Moot Court Committee is the facilitator of the moot court. The committee is guided by the faculty coordinator and three faculty advisers.
Justice Hidayatullah National Moot Court Competition HNLU organizes its flagship moot the
Justice Hidayatullah Memorial National Moot Court Competition every year in March, in which teams from across the country participate. The Moot sees participation from across the country, with the Judges of the
Chhattisgarh High Court officiating over the finals. The competition has been previously sponsored by the
Competition Commission of India and renowned law firms such as Khaitan & Co., J. Sagar & Associates, and Sai Krishna & Associates. The 1st Edition of the Moot in 2007 was based on Biotechnology Law, the subsequent editions being based on
Competition law (in association with the
Competition Commission of India). The 7th edition of the Competition in 2014 saw the theme being changed from to
Environmental law. HNMCC is listed as a tier 5 Moot in the Mooting Premier League.
Achievements HNLU has represented India in some of the International Moot Court Competitions like the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition; International Maritime Moot Court Competition, Sydney, the
LAWASIA Moot, the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition at the Washington College of Law, the FDI Moot, Louis M. Brown Client Counseling Competition, Susan J. Ferrell Intercultural Human Rights Moot Court Competition held at
St. Thomas University - School of Law,
Miami, and the
Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition.
International • 17th Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot, 2024 (World Rounds): Ranked among the top 4 teams in the global oral rounds. • Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition 2022 (World Rounds): Hardy C. Dillard Award for the Best Combined Memorial in the World (Rank 2) & Alona E. Evans Award for Best Memorial at International Rounds (Rank 5). • Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Competition, Sydney, Australia, 2005: Won the Best Oralist Award (preliminary rounds) at the competition conducted by the
International Institute of Space Law. The team was a semi-finalist and was the only Indian team that advanced to the semi-finals. •
Hong Kong Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot (Sub-continent Rounds), 2010: The team which qualified for the National Rounds through the Henry Dunant Moot Court Competition, won the Sub-continent rounds of the International Red Cross Moot Court Competition and qualified for the International Rounds in 2011. • Asia-Pacific Rounds of Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot Competition, 2011: Won the Best Memorandum Award. • Represented India at the World Rounds of
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition after being Runner's Up at the North India Rounds of 2012 event in January 2012. • 3rd International ADR Mooting Competition, 2012 held at the
City University of Hong Kong: Won Runner up Memoranda. • 4th International ADR Mooting Competition, 2013 held at the
City University of Hong Kong: Won the Best Team in Mediation, and stood overall Runner-up. • 9th Susan J. Ferrell Intercultural Human Rights Moot Court Competition, 2014 held at
St. Thomas University - School of Law,
Miami: The Team was adjudged Runner-up and also awarded the Best Memorial Prize. • 9th
LAWASIA Moot, 2014: The team was awarded the Best Endeavor Award. • IASLA Space Law Moot Court Competition (Asia-Pacific Rounds), 2014 held at Sydney, Australia: Team was awarded the Best Memorials Prize. • 11th William C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, 2014 held at Hong Kong: Semi-Finalists Pan-Asian Award.
National • Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition 2022 (India Qualifying Rounds): Quarter Finalists (Qualified for World Rounds) & Best Memorial Award. • K.L.E. Society's League of Mooters Moot Court Competition, 2005 : Runners' Up and Best Memorial Award. • 10th All India Moot Court Competition, 2005 held at the
University Law College, Bangalore : Adjudged Runner's Up. • "Jus Amicus" National Moot Court Competition, 2007, Bharathi Vidyapeeth, Pune: Adjudged Runners Up and Best Lady Advocate. • Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition (North-India Rounds), 2009: Best Orator Prize. • The NLIU-Juris Corp Corporate Law National Moot 2010 held at NLIU Bhopal - Winners. • Henry Dunant India Rounds-2010: Winner and qualified for the Sub-Continent rounds. • Bar Council of India International Law Moot Court Competition, 2011: Best Female Oralist. • NALSAR - NFCG Corporate Governance Moot Court Competition, 2011: Runner-up, Best Speaker Prize. • ULC Bangalore All India Moot Court Competition, 2011: Best Memorial and Best Researcher Awards. •
Monroe E. Price Media Law National Moot Qualifier Competition held at NLU, Delhi: 3rd Best Team and qualified to represent India at the Oxford
Monroe E. Price Media Law International Moot to be held at Oxford University in March 2011. • Nani Palkhiwala Tax Moot Court Competition, 2011: Awarded Best Speaker Prize. • Philip C. Jessups Moot Court Competition (North India), 2012: Second Best Team and 4th Best Memorial. • 1st D.H. Law National Moot Court Competition, 2012 held at CNLU, Patna: Adjudged Winners. •
Surana and Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot, 2012 (North Eastern Rounds): Winner, Best Advocate, Second Best Advocate, Second Best Memorials and Best Speaker in the Finals. • 4th Rizvi Law College Saqib Rizvi Memorial Moot, 2012: Adjudged Runner-up. • 9th Nani Palkhiwala Tax Moot, 2012: Best Researcher Prize. • 17th Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, 2012 (North India rounds): Best Memorial Award. • 6th Pro Bono Moot Court Competition 2012 held at SOEL, Chennai: Runner's up, Best Memorial, Best Speaker and Best Researcher award. • 15th S.C. Javali Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2012 organized by
Karnatak University's Sir Siddappa Kambali Law College, Dharwad: Adjudged Runner-up. • KK Luthra Memorial Criminal Law Moot, 2013: Best Memorials Prize. • 1st NLS - TIOL Tax Law Moot, 2013 held at
National Law School of India University, Bangalore: Adjudged Winners • Army Institute of Law National Moot Court Competition, 2013: Adjudged Winners • 3rd Paras Diwan Memorial National Moot Court Competition, 2013 organized by UPES, Dehradun: Adjudged Winners. • ITMU Moot Court Competition, 2013: Adjudged Winners. • 2nd
KIIT University Moot Court Competition, 2014 held at
KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar: Adjudged Winner, Best Speaker. • 8th Justice Bodh Raj Sawhney Memorial Moot Court Competition, 2014 held at NALSAR, Hyderabad: Adjudged Winner. • 5th NLIU Juris-Corp Moot Court Competition, 2014 held at NLIU, Bhopal: Adjudged Runner-up. •
Surana and Surana Trial Advocacy Moot, 2014 (North Eastern Rounds): Adjudged Winners, Best Advocate Prize. • Dr. B.P. Saraf National Tax Moot Court Competition, 2014 held at NUJS, Kolkata: Adjudged Runner-up.
Events Colossus Colossus is the flagship sports fest of HNLU which is organized in March every year. The fest was first organized in 2013 and comprises 15 sports events and an equal number of cultural events. The sports events include football, cricket, tennis, table tennis, basketball, throw-ball, volleyball, and chess. The cultural events include a dance contest, singing competitions, fashion show, photography competition, and Mad-ads. The fest initially began with participation from local universities and colleges in Chhattisgarh such as
NIT Raipur, BIT Raipur,
MATS University, PIE Tech Raipur, APIC, and CIT. The second edition in 2014 saw additions like classical dance, solo singing and street plays. Participants included
Sastra University, Thanjavur,
National Law Institute University, Bhopal, University Law College,
Bhubaneshwar and
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.
Literary and debating The university has an active debating circuit which is supported by the Literary & Debating Committee. The university teams selected on the basis of challengers or benchmarks participate in
Parliamentary debates across the country including the National Law School Debate, the Mukarji Memorial Debate at
St. Stephen's College, Delhi, the
NALSAR IV and the
NUJS Parliamentary Debate at WBNUJS, Kolkata. Year round activities held on the campus include: • The Aruna Hyde Memorial Debate: A parliamentary debate held by the L&D Committee and named after the late Aruna Hyde, Faculty of English. • Literary & Debating Week: Activities include debates, one act plays, Scrabble competitions, quiz contests, and the Hindi Debate. • The Republic Day Debate: It is an annual tradition to hold a debate on a relevant social issue on Republic Day. • The India Quiz & Debating Premier League: DPL started in 2014, as a debating equivalent of the
IPL, where investors buy teams which are pitted against each other. • Freshers Debate: The inaugural edition was held in 2013, meant for the first-year students of the university.
Intra-university sporting events The university has an endowment cricket tournament, the Sudeep Memorial Cricket Tournament, named after an alumnus. There is an annual football tournament held in the university known as the Hidayatullah Premier League (HPL). A basketball tournament, Dunkyard, has also been held since 2013. ==References==