11th NLUO-International Maritime Arbitration Moot Court Competition (IMAM), 2024

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Established in 2009 under Act IV of 2008 in the state of Odisha, National Law University Odisha (NLUO) is a distinguished addition to India’s national law universities, located in the historic city of Cuttack. In less than a decade, NLUO has become known for its focus on teaching and research in law, aiming to provide a world-class legal education. The university has garnered recognition through student achievements in various competitions. NLUO has successfully organized the flagship “International Maritime Arbitration Moot” (IMAM) for ten consecutive years, attracting top minds in maritime law and arbitration.

DETAILS ABOUT THE EVENT

NLUO in collaboration with Bose & Mitra & Co. presents the 11th NLUO-BMC IMAM 2024 which will be conducted in two rounds- first, where the top twenty teams will be selected out of all the registered teams based on written submissions and these twenty teams will compete in the oral rounds scheduled to be held from 14-17th March 2024 in an offline format at National Law University Odisha, Cuttack.

ELIGIBILITY

All participants must be students pursuing either undergraduate or postgraduate law courses (including LL.M. programs) or its equivalent conducted by any recognised institution. No student 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 students from the Undergraduate or Postgraduate law course or both. Team members must be bona fide students of the institution they are representing.

LOCATION

National Law University, Odisha, Naraj Rd, Sector 13, Cuttack, Odisha 753015

REGISTRATION

For registration, interested candidates can access the provided link at the end.

FEES DETAILS

Indian teams must pay an initial preliminary registration fee of INR 3000, while overseas teams are required to remit USD 50. Qualifying teams for the oral rounds will incur an additional final registration fee of INR 8000 for Indian teams and USD 100 for overseas teams. The final registration fee covers accommodation on competition days and transportation to and from the competition venue.

PRIZES

Winner : The winning team gets Rs 2,10,000 as Prize Money & Three internship slots at Bose & Mitra & Co.
Runners-Up : The Runners-Up team gets Rs 90,000 as Prize Money & Three internship slots at Bose & Mitra & Co.
Best Oralist : Rs 50,000 as Prize Money & One internship slot at Bose & Mitra & Co.
Best Written Submission : The team gets Rs 30,000 as Prize Money

DATES

Event	Date
Release of Case Study & Commencement of Registration	10 January 2024
Last Date for Seeking Clarifications to the Case Study	21 January 2024 (23:59 IST)
Last date for Registration and Payment of the Preliminary Registration Fees	24 January 2024 (23:59 IST)
Release of Clarifications to the Case Study	28 January 2024
Last Date for Submission of the Electronic Copy of the Memorials	14 February 2024 (23:59 IST)
Last Date for Submission of the Electronic Copy of the Memorials (with penalty)	15 February 2024 (23:59 IST)
Results of Memorial Qualifier Rounds	05 March 2024
Last Date for Payment of the Final Registration Fee	10 March 2024 (23:59 IST)
Oral Rounds	14-17 March 2024