Moot Court
Moot Court is an integral aspect of life of a law student and the lessons learnt by participation in Moot Court help the student to stand tall in the real court like scenario when they enter the profession. Moot Court is indispensable part of legal education and the participation in Moot court is a mandatory requirement as mentioned by Bar Council of India (BCI) in regular B.A. LLB.(Hons) and LLB Courses.
UCL has a separate functional Moot Court consisting of students as well as faculty member who act as mentor of the students wherein the minute details of mooting is taught to students. The institute is actively engaged in conducting Moot Courts at national and international level.
The ambience of UCL Moot Court hall which has in-housed books, bare acts, commentaries, properly arranged podiums, Statue of Lady Justice, images of Preamble of Constitution etc. is itself an important factor which encourages the students to participate in the Moot Court. At UCL the students right from the inception of their professional journey are made to witness moot court in order to develop their interest and get trained to perform while in real courtroom scenario that is expected to be there few years down the line.
The main objectives of the Moot Court Exercise are:
- To hold interclass moot competitions.
- To conduct inter college moot competitions.
- To select and train teams to represent the college at various state, national and international moot competitions.
- To train the student to prepare memorials for the competition by extensive research.
- To install a spirit of teamwork and organizational leadership abilities.
- To motivate the student to do collective research and material analysis.