National Law University Odisha’s Centre for Public Health Law in association with the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) is organising the “3rd NLUO PHFI Public Health Law National Virtual Moot Court Competition” from September 7th to 10th, 2023. We are expecting participation from law colleges and universities from across the country.
About the Moot Court Competition
NLUO takes pride in pioneering the development and teaching of ‘Public Health Law’ as a specialised course in India. We offer a streamlined study of ‘Public Health Law’ as an elective course, away from the shadow of Constitutional Law, Medicine and Law and Bioethics. While the Covid-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on just the subject there is a need for broader engagement with administrators, academicians, lawyers, and law students across the country to critically analyse the role of law in making health a realizable goal and ensuring distributive fairness in the allocation of critical health infrastructure. What better way to do it and cudgel the young minds than a moot court competition? With an aim to expand our reach to law students across the country and make them think and research about various nitty-gritties of byzantine legal rules and principles that form the bedrock of the public health apparatus, we are organising this 3rd PHFI-NLUO Public Health Law Virtual National Moot Court Competition. The purpose of this moot is to armour budding lawyers with research skills and arguments on the growing tussle between the public health issue of obesity and the private corporate interest to push for food which may be harmful to human health.
Competition Timeline
- Release of Moot Proposition and opening of registrations: 13th June 2023
- Last Date of Registration: 12th July 2023
- Memorial Submission: 30th August 2023
- Preliminary Oral Rounds: 8th September 2023
- Quarter Final Rounds: 9th September 2023
- Semi-final Rounds: 9th September 2023
- Final Rounds: 10th September 2023
Registration Guidelines
- Eligibility: 5 and 3-year undergraduate, and postgraduate law students only. One team per institution. Diploma and other discipline students are not allowed to participate
- Mode: Online (Virtual Moot Court Competition)
- Maximum Participation: 40 teams only!!! (first-cum-first-serve basis)
- The team must upload a certificate of nomination for representing their institute issued by their Moot Court Committee or Registrar or Vice-Chancellor or Principal or Director as the case may be.
- Registration fee per team – Rs. 2,400/-
- Register Here: 3rd NLUO PHFI National Virtual Moot Court Competition, 2023
- Payment method is provided in the Competition Brochure and Competition Rule Book.
Awards
All participants will be presented with E-Certificates of Participation and all the winners of awards will be presented with E-Certificates of Merit and a cash prize in addition to E-Certificates of Participation.
| Awards | Prize Money | Awards | Prize Money |
| Winners | Rs. 18,000 | Best Speaker | Rs. 4,500 |
| Runners Up | Rs. 12,000 | Best Memorial | Rs. 7,500 |
Contact Information
Centre for Public Health Law: [email protected]
Student Convenor: Mr. Aditya Dash is [email protected]
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