8th Wildlife Protection National Moot Court Competition 2026-27 at Government Law College, Mumbai [Hybrid; 5 Dec, 8-9 Jan; Rs 5,000 per Team; Register by 3 Nov]

The 8th Wildlife Protection Government Law College National Moot Court Competition 2026-27 is held by Government Law College, Mumbai. It is scheduled for 5th December 2026 and 8th January 2027 - 9th January 2027. The Preliminary Rounds are conducted virtually, and the later rounds in person at Government Law College, Mumbai. The official language is English, including the written submissions (Memorials and Compendiums). The moot proposition is published separately by the organisers.

• Participation is restricted to bona-fide law students enrolled in the 3-year L.L.B course or a 5-year integrated Law course, studying in India.
• Only one team per College or University may take part. Cross College/University teams are strictly prohibited.
• Each team has three (3) members only: two (2) speakers and one (1) researcher.
• No change in team composition is permitted, except in exceptional circumstances with the organisers' permission.
• Speaker roles cannot change after registration is complete.

Colleges must first register provisionally by sending an e-mail to wpm.glc@gmail.com. The last date to register is 3rd November, 2026 by 11:59 p.m. IST. Only after the provisional registration is confirmed do the organisers provide a Google Form link and the details for paying the registration fee.

Provisionally registered Colleges must then confirm through that Google Form, subject to availability of slots; if a College does not confirm in time, the organisers may accept other Colleges.

The Registration Fee is Rs. 5,000/- per team, paid via NEFT. The payment details are shared once the provisional registration is confirmed. The fee includes accommodation for teams that qualify for the Quarter-Final Round and live outside Mumbai. A team that backs out two (2) weeks before the Oral Rounds is not eligible for a refund.

Each team is given a team code when its registration form is validated, to be used for all correspondence, Memorials, Compendiums and rounds.

• Two (2) Preliminary Rounds, held virtually. Each team argues once as Petitioner and once as Respondents, with pairings by draw of lots.
• Eight (8) teams advance to the Quarter-Final Round: teams with a 2:0 win-loss record first, then teams with a 1:1 record in order of Aggregate Scores. Pairings follow the seeding, Seed 1 against Seed 8, Seed 2 against Seed 7 and so on.
• Four (4) teams advance to the Semi-Final Round and two (2) teams to the Final Round. The Quarter-Final, Semi-Final and Final are single knock-out rounds held in person at Government Law College, Mumbai.
• Teams qualifying for the Quarter-Final Round get a thirty-four (34) day gap before appearing offline.

• 3rd November, 2026, 11:59 p.m. IST: last date for provisional registration.
• 28th November, 2026, 11:59 p.m. IST: soft copies of Memorials due.
• 30th November, 2026, 11:59 p.m. IST: Compendiums due by e-mail.
• 5th December 2026: first scheduled competition date.
• 3rd January, 2027, 11.59 p.m. IST: hard copies due from Quarter-Final qualifiers.
• 8th January 2027 - 9th January 2027: further competition days, also the accommodation nights for outstation Quarter-Final teams (subject to change).

• A Memorial has a cover page, table of contents, index of authorities, statement of jurisdiction, questions presented, synopsis of facts, summary of arguments, body of arguments and conclusion/prayer.
• Not more than forty-five (45) pages in all, with the body of arguments not more than twenty-five (25) pages. Soft cover, spiral bound, blue cover for Petitioner and red cover for Respondents.
• A4, Times New Roman 12, double spacing, 1-inch margin on all sides; footnotes in size 10 without double spacing, following the 22nd Edition of the Harvard Bluebook. No endnotes or speaking footnotes.
• No Annexures, Photographs, Sketches, Exhibits or Affidavits.
• No more than 15% of the content may be plagiarised or generated using Artificial Intelligence tools.

Memorials are judged by a special panel out of 100 marks: Depth and Quality of Research (30), Proper and Articulate Analysis and Clarity and Organization (20), Knowledge and Application of Facts (15), Grammar and Style (15), Referencing (10), and Presentation and Evidence of Original Thought (10).

Format violations cost 0.25 to 2 marks each, capped at 15 marks in all. Late submission costs 2 marks per day for each Memorial.

Each team e-mails two (2) soft copies of the Memorial for each side of the moot proposition, one in docx and one in pdf format, to wpm.glc@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. IST on 28th November, 2026. The e-mail subject must be Memorials: Team Code, followed by the team code. Soft copies must match the hard copies, or a penalty or disqualification may follow.

Compendiums, or the individual pdfs a team will screen share, are e-mailed to wpm.glc@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. IST on 30th November, 2026. No changes may be made to the Memorials after submission for the Online Rounds.

Teams qualifying for the Quarter-Final Round send eight (8) hard copies of the Memorials for each side and six (6) hard copies of the Compendium by 11.59 p.m. IST on 3rd January, 2027 to The General Secretary, Moot Court Association, Government Law College, 'A' Road, Churchgate, Mumbai - 400020, India, with a covering letter bearing the College/University name, its seal and the team code.

• The identity of the team or its members must not appear in the Memorials, the Compendium, screen-shared material or oral submissions. Breach can mean penalties or disqualification.
• Each team has a maximum of 30 minutes, including rejoinder, of which a maximum of 5 minutes can be reserved for rejoinder on the Petitioners' side. No speaker may address the court for more than 20 minutes.
• No pictorial material, audio/visual representation, personal computers, laptops or other devices may be used in oral submissions.
• Each speaker is marked out of 100 by each Judge, and the Round Total is the aggregate of the two speakers.

For the online rounds, teams need a strong and stable internet connection and must use laptops or PCs; cell phones are prohibited. The video background must be plain, and the Meeting ID, Password and Link are shared before each round.

Teams that qualify for the Quarter-Final Round and live outside Mumbai are accommodated at the organisers' cost for 2 nights at the maximum, which is 8th and 9th January, 2027 (subject to change). Accommodation is not provided to any additional team member, coach, professor or family member. The dress code is Black and White Formals, with a tie mandatory for gentlemen and Western or Indian Formals for ladies. A blazer is mandatory for both.