NLSIU and SAM announce third FinTech moot court competition

The Moot Court Society of National Law School of India University (NLSIU), in association with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM), has announced the third edition of the NLS-SAM FinTech Moot Court Competition, scheduled for November 28 and 29, 2026. The competition focuses on legal and regulatory challenges arising from artificial intelligence and machine learning in financial services, including issues such as constitutional challenges to AI-driven credit underwriting, fundamental rights of informal-income applicants excluded by algorithmic decisions, and copyright law implications for training machine learning models on proprietary datasets.

Registration is open to students enrolled in recognised undergraduate or postgraduate law programmes, with only one team per institution permitted. The deadline for provisional registration is August 18, 2026, and final registration closes on August 24, 2026. A non-refundable registration fee of Rs 2,500 is required, with teams qualifying for offline oral rounds paying an additional Rs 7,500, covering accommodation, food, and travel. Virtual qualifier rounds will be held on October 24-25, 2026, followed by the advanced oral rounds on November 28-29, 2026.