Moot Court and Internship
Mootcourt club is established with the vision of holistic development of each student and moulds them into a finished product when they graduate and become a lawyer. The Institution through the moot court endeavours to professionally equip each student to face the competitive World after their graduatio. Students from the first academic year are encouraged to join the MootCourt club with the objective of attaining professional perfection when they reach the final year of their graduation. Mootcourt strives to achieve their goal through developing the oratory skills of the students through debates and seminars among the student members, cultivates the habit of searching for decided cases of higher judiciary and other websites so that such cases can be practiced through simulation in Mootcourt.
Segregation of facts, issues and judgment is thoroughly taught and practiced. Drafting skills are developed through drafting of memorials for the respective parties. Written arguments and oral arguments are regularly practiced through case presentation, coding of citation, Court manners and etiquettes and also dress code is given primary importance during the moot court trainings. The institution is proud of its achievement through mootcourt club which provides judges and legal luminaries to the Indian judiciary
Objectives
- The Moot Court Club of Dayanand College of Law is established with a vision to help the students to develop practical skills and self-confidence. It provides the research experience of collecting the relevant information on the specific issues involved in the cases and also to search for relevant citations.
- The Moot Court Club is to inculcate and develop the very basic skills of advocacy and also to encourage and prepare the students to participate in different Moot Court Competitions.
- The Moot Court Club conducts Interclass Moot Court Competitions to prepare well trained teams which can represent the College in State Level and National Level Moot Court Competitions.
Activities
The activities of the club are two folded-on the campus at the institutional level and off the campus.
- On the campus activities
Inauguration of Moot Court Club – At the commencement of every academic year the inauguration of the Moot Court Club is organised by inviting legal luminaries and jurists.
- Orientation Programmes
The Club organises Moot Court Orientation programmes by inviting Resource Persons who conduct programs on mooting techniques. The orientation includes power point presentation and demo case presentation by the senior students who represented the college at National/State Moot Court Competitions. Memorial (Written arguments and prayer)
- Intra College Competition
Periodically the club conducts Intra College Competition to identify the best mooters and researchers from the college to constitute college teams.
- Off the campus activities
1. Court Visits.
For expert training and practical knowledge, students are taken to Court visits to have a first hand experience as to how a trial is being conducted (Court trial observation) chamber visit.
2. Internship
On behalf of the college the Moot Court Club undertakes Internship Programs in which the students are guided to the senior advocates Chamber.For the purpose of Internship, 30 leading legal practitioners have graciously consented to train the students
- Activities under Internship program
- Client interviewing session
- Client Counselling
- Pre Trial preparation of documents
- Drafting of plaint and pleadings
- Legal Research
- Citations and case laws
- Framing of arguments
- Prayers etc
- The Court procedures for filing the suit/petition.
Annual Reports
| Sr. No. | Name | View |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annual Report of Moot Court Club 2021-22 | View |
| 2 | Annual Report of Moot Court Club 2020-21 | View |
| 3 | Annual Report of Moot Court Club 2019-20 | View |
| 4 | Annual Report of Moot Court Club 2018-19 | View |
| 5 | Annual Report of Moot Court Club 2017-18 | View |
| 6 | Annual Report of Moot Court Club 2016-17 | View |
| 7 | Annual Report of Moot Court Club 2015-16 | View |