Korel, Chandigarh September 20, 2019
The two-day Intra Department Mediation and Negotiation Competition, 2019, commenced at the University Institute of Legal Studies(UILS) Campus, here today. Over 300 students participated in the preliminary round, which was divided into two parts, with fifty teams competing in each round. The rounds were presided over by trained professional mediators from the Mediation Centre of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The propositions for the rounds, drafted by the Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Client Counselling (CCL) Board, were well conceived by all the participating teams and opened up a wide ambit for negotiation.
The Top Sixteen teams that were ranked the highest on the basis of their scores in the preliminary rounds then qualified for the Quarter Finals. This round was also adjudged by trained mediators and advocates of the High Court. The Confidential Information for all the rounds was released fifteen minutes before the rounds began. The Semi Finals will take place on Saturday, in which the Top Eight teams will go head to head and compete for a spot in the coveted finals.
