1st NMIMS Judgment Writing Competition, 2025: Registrations Closed!

About NMIMS School of Law

NMIMS School of Law Hyderabad offers outstanding legal education to inculcate a wide range of legal skills useful for the legal profession, including at the corporate level. Established in 2019 by NMIMS University, one of the premier Deemed-to-be Universities in India, the programs offered in our law school have all the qualities and niceties of the programs offered by world-class Universities worldwide.n

The school’s faculty is well qualified and experienced, with a wide range of quality legal publications, and is also associated with social justice legal education. The student body is rich in terms of its diversity, having students from various parts of the country, different religions, etc.

School of Law aspires to be a global centre of scholarly excellence in the field of law and justice and will prepare outstanding and innovative law professionals with a socially responsible outlook through holistic legal education.

About the Competition

The 1st NMIMS Judgment Writing Competition, 2025 is designed to cultivate the craft of judicial writing by placing students in the role of a judge. Participants analyse a factual matrix, apply the law with clarity and precision, and deliver a well-reasoned, self-contained judgment.

The competition blends creative lawyering with innovative judging: students must frame issues, evaluate rival contentions, sift admissible facts and authorities, and reach a principled outcome that demonstrates both legal rigour and judicial temperament.

At its core, the competition aims to develop a judicious mind, promote fidelity to the rule of law, and encourage clear, accessible reasoning. By simulating real-world adjudication, it strengthens participants’ capacity to interpret statutes and precedents, write in a neutral and authoritative voice, and craft an operative order that meets the ends of justice.

Theme

The theme of the 1st NMIMS Judgment Writing Competition, 2025 is Contract Law.

Eligibility & Team Composition

• Open to students currently pursuing a 3-Year LL.B. or 5-Year Integrated LL.B. program at any recognised institution in India.
• Entries may be individual or in teams of two (co-authorship). Only one submission per entry is permitted.
• There is no cap on the number of entries from any one institution.

Registration Fees

• Participants are required to make the payment first to proceed with the registration.
• The registration fee is as follows:
• Team of 2: ₹500 per team
• Individual Participation: ₹350 per team

Click Here to Register. – Registrations Closed

Participants are required to check whether the registration link is active and then make the payment to proceed with the registration.

Awards and Cash Prizes

• Winner, (Cash Prize of Rs. 5,000/-)
• 1st Runner-Up (Cash Prize of Rs. 3,000/-)
• Certificate of Merit shall be given to the Top 2 teams.
• Certificate of Participation shall be given to all Participants.

Important Dates

• Registration Opens:  01.09.2025
• Last Date Of Registration: 12.09.2025
• Release Of Proposition: 12.09.2025
• Last Date Of Clarification: 16.09.2025
• Last Date Of Submission: 28.09.2025
• Valedictory Ceremony (Tentative): 04.10.2025

Contact

For any queries, mail at [email protected].

The brochure is here.