Lex Omnia Moot Court Competition 2026 by BITS Goa & NLU Delhi

About the Organiser

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani — Goa Campus is one of the four constituent campuses of the BITS Pilani located in Goa, India. It was established in 2004 as an Institute of excellence in technology and sciences.

National Law University, Delhi (NLU Delhi) is a premier National Law University located in New Delhi, India. It is one of the country’s leading institutions for legal education and research, ranked 2nd among law colleges and universities in India in the NIRF 2025 Law Rankings.

About the Event

Lex Omnia Moot Court Competition, 2026 is presented by the Waves, BITS Pilani Goa and Moot Court Society, National Law University, Delhi.

Eligibility

All students enrolled bona fide in an undergraduate of Law i.e., 3 years/ 5 years from any college or university shall be eligible for participation in the competition.
Cross-institutional teams are allowed in the competition.
There is no cap on number of teams from one institution.
The maximum number of participants in a team shall be 3. The composition of a team shall be 2 speakers and 1 researcher.

General Details

Date: October 23-25, 2026.
Mode: Offline

The competition will be held at BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa.

Submission Guidelines

Each team shall prepare memorials for both sides: the Petitioner and the Respondent.
Each memorial shall contain the following, in order:

Cover page

Table of Contents

Index of Authorities

Statement of jurisdiction

Statement of Facts (not exceeding one page)

Statement of Issues

Summary of Arguments

Arguments Advanced

Prayer (not exceeding one page)
The total memorial shall not exceed 30 pages. The section ‘Arguments Advanced’ shall not exceed 15 pages.
The OC will conduct plagiarism checks. Any memorial with plagiarism exceeding 15% will be disqualified from further evaluation.

Formatting Guidelines

Typed on Standard A4 Size Paper.
Font Type (including footnotes): Times New Roman
Font Size: 12
Spacing: 1.5
Font Size for footnotes: 10
Spacing for footnotes: 1.0
Margin: 1-inch margin on each side of the A4 Size page
The citations shall comply with Bluebook method of citation — 21th Edition
The footnotes shall include only relevant citations and any other information supporting the arguments shall not be included.
The colour scheme of the cover page for the Respondent/Defendant memorial shall be RED and for the Claimant/Petitioner/Claimant memorial shall be BLUE.
The Memorials shall not contain any annexure, photographs, graphs, diagrams or any other representation of the like nature.

How to Submit?

Teams are required to complete the registration process by filling out the Google Form provided.
After filling out the registration form, teams must pay the registration fee through the payment link provided in the form and upload a screenshot of the payment confirmation in the form itself.
Upon successful verification of the registration and payment, the memorial submission link and unique team code will be sent to the registered teams via email within 12 hours.

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