national law school of india university (nlsiu)

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NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY (NLSIU),
BANGALORE
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) PROGRAMME
Introduc"on
Na!onal Law School of India University (NLSIU) is the
first Indian University, established exclusively for legal
studies and research. The Na!onal Law School of India
Act, 1986, passed by Karnataka Legislature, provided the
statutory basis to this University. It became func!onal in
1988. Sponsored by the Bar Council of India, NLSIU
represents the unique partnership between and among
the Bar, Bench and Academia. Eminent judges and leading
lawyers have been associa!ng with the Law School
working side by side with a commi$ ed band of
academicians.
Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao
Vice-Chancellor
Prof. (Dr.) O.V. Nandimath
Registrar
is the first Law School to achieve this dis!nc!on. All the
class rooms are equipped with LCD Projectors and other
facili!es.
NLSIU had a modest beginning in an old building at
the Central College Campus of Bangalore University and
was shi)ed to the present campus in 1991. Therea)er it
has been a period of steady growth and we have now one
of the best equipped and beau!ful campuses. The Library,
i.e. Shri Narayana Rao Melgiri Na!onal Law Library is the
best Law Library in the country. The en!re campus
including the hostels is provided with wireless
connec!vity and as a result, the students can access
internet services from anywhere in the Campus and NLSIU
There are independent hostels for men and women
and being a residen!al University, all the students have to
stay in the Hostels. The Library is kept open !ll 3 AM in
order to facilitate intensive use of academic resources.
There is a well-equipped moot court hall named
a)er Jus!ce M. Hidayatullah, former Vice-President of
India and former Chief Jus!ce of India. Every student of
NLSIU is expected to par!cipate ac!vely in the moot court
ac!vi!es. Our students have kept the highest Moo!ng
tradi!ons of the NLSIU by excelling in Na!onal and
Interna!onal Moot Court Compe!!ons.
The outstanding performance in Willem C. Vis
Interna!onal Commercial Arbitra!on Moot, Vienna and
very recently in Hong Kong Interna!onal Commercial
Arbitra!on Moot have brought glory to Na!onal Law
School of India University. NLSIU, Bangalore ,todate, is
the only Law School in India to have achieved the
dis!nc!on of winning Jessup World Cup twice, one in 1999
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and another in 2013 and Manfred Lachs Moot Court
Championship twice, one in 2009 and another in 2012.
Our students have dis!nguished themselves in other
Na!onal and Interna!onal Moot Court Compe!!ons,
Debate compe!!ons, Quiz programmes, etc.
One of our graduates Mr. Basavanagouda S. Pa!l has
been awarded the SILF – MILAT Best Law Student in
recogni!on of the outstanding performance in scholarship
and professionalism on the part of students pursuing the
LL.B. programme in the Law Colleges of SAARC region.
In fact, one of the core ingredients of the NLSIU life is
vibrant deba!ng, moo!ng and conference culture. Some
of the most exci!ng compe!!ons students take part in are
client counseling and nego!a!on compe!!ons, which
promote the art of speaking without arguing. This goes a
long way in making a successful lawyer. Another aspect of
life at Law School is the Legal Services Clinic. One of the
avowed objec!ves of the Legal Services Clinic is to bridge
the gap created between the legal procedures and the
commons man. In pursuance of the same, the Legal
Services Clinic took up several ini!a!ves, including but not
limited to, Prisons Project – which involved providing legal
aid to the under-trial prisoners, organising street plays and
also conduc! ng Legal Literacy Programs around
Bangalore. In fact LSC handled more than 100 cases the
previous academic year alone.
Various donors have established 16 Endowment
Chairs in NLSIU to promote the study of different subjects.
These subjects include Cons!tu!onal Law, Refugee Law,
Corporate Law, Interna!onal Trade Law, Alternate Dispute
Resolu!on, Intellectual Property Law, Consumer Law, etc.
Allen and Overy, a leading Bri!sh Law firm, has set up the
Chair on Interna!onal Financial Laws and Prof. Philipp
Wood, a leading authority on the subject, conducted
week's intensive course along with the a$ orneys of the
firm in NLSIU campus under the auspices of the Chair.
The NLSIU has well-developed research centres in
J u ve n i l e J u s! c e , I nte l l e c t u a l P ro p e r t y R i g ht s ,
Environmental Law, Women and the Law, Child and the
Law, Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Advanced Centre
on Cyber Law & Forensics among others.
The Na!onal Law School of India Review, The Indian
Journal of Law and Technology, Socio-Legal Review and the
Indian Journal of Interna!onal Economics Law - these are
the four pres!gious journals being published from the
NLSIU. All of them are peer reviewed and have received
rave reviews. All these journals have been handled by the
students only.
Course Structure
NLSIU follows a trimester system whereunder an
academic year is divided into three parts and four subjects
are taught in each trimester. As a result, a student would
have completed sixty courses by the !me he / she
completes the five year term. The wide spread of subjects
helps our students to acquire extensive and intensive
knowledge of our legal system. All subjects are
compulsory upto the end of fourth year and op!onal
seminar courses are offered in the final year. These
op!onal seminar courses provide opportuni!es to
specialise in certain areas. For example, a student who
wishes to pursue career in corporate law may choose
seminar courses on accountancy, securi!es law, mergers
and acquisi!ons, etc. NLSIU encourages the involvement
of outside exper!se in offering seminar courses. In recent
years, the seminar courses have been offered in subjects
such as European Law, Telecommunica! on Law,
Nego!a!on Skills, Interna!onal Taxa!on, Media Law &
Ethics, etc. To find out the courses taught at NLSIU and
their distribu!on over the years, please check NLSIU
Website:www.nls.ac.in
As part of the outreach programmes, NLSIU has
renewed the earlier prac!ce of interac!ng with the law
colleges in India in an a$ empt to extend the academic
support to them from !me to !me.
Mr. Raag Yadava has been awarded the Rhodes
Scholarship, a pres!gious scholarship for the year 2014.
This is for the 19th !me and 9th year in succession that NLSIU
students have been selected for the Rhodes Scholarship.
3 (three) of our first year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) students
have won the pres!gious Aditya Birla Scholarship. The
Aditya Birla Scholars will receive scholarship from Aditya
Birla Founda!on for their en!re studies in NLSIU. At the
moment, there are 13 Aditya Birla Scholars pursuing their
under-graduate studies in NLSIU, Bangalore in different
years of study.
Another significant method of involving scholars
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Post-graduate Programme
from outside is by way of single credit courses. These
courses normally comprise of 18 hour lectures spread over
a week. This also facilitates the na!on's otherwise busy
leading professionals and academics from foreign
Universi!es to teach at the Law School. These are
intensive courses and focus on highly specialised areas of
Law. Some of the single credit courses offered at NLSIU
during the past couple of years include Interna!onal
Climate Law & Li!ga!on, Law, Economics and Religion : A
Ra!onal Choice Perspec!ve, Selected Issues in the
Philosophical Founda!ons of Criminal Law, Interna!onal
Commercial Arbitra!on, Cons!tu!onal Law of the
European Union, etc.
LL.M. (Master of Laws) DEGREE PROGRAMME
NLSIU offers One-Year LL.M. Degree programme in
two dis!nct and separate Branches of specializa!on: (i)
BUSINESS LAWS and (ii) HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS.
Candidates have an op!on to join either. The admission to
the chosen branch will be however determined by the
inter-se ranking at the CLAT. Once admi$ ed to a chosen
branch, the admission is final and is not open to change.
Course Structure
The LL.M. programme is based on the Trimester
system. In each trimester four courses are offered for
study. In all these subjects, na!onal and interna!onal
dimensions are properly highlighted. During the third and
last trimester, students will be required to undergo wri!ng
disserta!on. Students will be required to undergo
mandatory internships during the academic break
between second and third trimester and also par!cipate in
the weekly seminar presenta!ons. These two exercises
are part of Curriculum.
Eligibility
As per the CLAT 2015 common rule.
The University reserves the right to cancel the
admission of any candidate in accordance with the Rules.
Intake and Reserva"on
At present, the intake capacity of B.A., LL.B. (Hons.)
Degree Programme shall be 80 (eighty) with the following
break-up:
Category (All India)
57
Scheduled Caste
12
Scheduled Tribe
06
Foreign Nationals
05
·
As per the CLAT 2015 common rule.
Total Seat
Unreserved Category
Total
Eligibility
Intake and Reserva"on [for LL.M. Programme]
At present, the intake capacity of LL.M. Degree
Programme shall be 50 (Fi)y) with the following break-up:
80
3% (i.e. 2 seats) Horizontal reserva!on shall be
applicable for Persons with Disabili!es (PWD)
BUSINESS LAWS
35
HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS
15
Sl. Category (All India)
No.
Foreign Na!onals will be admi$ ed directly on the
basis of their performance in the qualifying examina!on,
overall academic record and command over English
language. Preference will be given to the candidates from
SAARC countries and other developing countries. They
will have to apply directly to the University in the
prescribed format available on the NLS Website along with
the suppor!ng documents to the Registrar, NLSIU,
Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072, on or before the
prescribed date.
Human
Rights Law
Total – 15
seats
1
Unreserved Category
28
12
2
3
Scheduled Caste (15%)
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%)
05
02
02
01
35
15
Total
·
Business
Laws
Total – 35
seats
3% (i.e. 2 seats) Horizontal reserva!on shall be
applicable for Persons with Disabili!es (PWD)
Interested foreign students may apply directly to the
University in the prescribed format available on the NLS
Website along with the suppor!ng documents to the
Registrar, NLSIU, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072, on or
before the prescribed date. They will be admi$ ed directly
on the basis of their performance in the qualifying
examina!on, overall academic record and command over
English language. Preference will be given to the
candidates from SAARC countries and other developing
countries.
Fee Structure [B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Programme]
Total fee (including refundable deposits)
a) General Category
Rs. 1,76,200/- p.a.
b) SC / ST Category
Rs. 1,73,700/- p.a.
c)
Foreign Na!onals
USD 7664
Detailed break-up is available on the NLS website
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Fee Structure [for LL.M. Programme]
Common for both B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M.
Programme
Total fee (including refundable deposits)
a)
General Category
Rs. 1,26,200/- p.a.
b)
SC / ST Category
Rs. 1,23,700/- p.a.
c)
Foreign Na!onals
USD 4164
Detailed break-up is available on the NLS
website
1.
The fees / charges may be revised by the University,
but the revised fees / charges will be applied
prospec!vely.
2.
The mo$ o of NLSIU is that no one who secures
admission to NLSIU shall discon!nue studies on
account of financial constraints. Keeping this in
mind, the NLSIU will provide necessary financial
assistance to the needy students.
Note : If a candidate is withdrawing admission on any
ground, in any of the courses of the University, only
the refundable deposits will be returned. Such
candidates will not be eligible to claim refund of any
other fees.
For further details, contact:
Registrar
Na"onal Law School of India University
P.O. Bag 7201, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore-560 072
Karnatka, India
Tel : +91 80 2321 3160,2316 0532/533/535
Fax : +91 80 23160634
Email : rgistrar@nls.ac.in
Website : www.nls.ac.in
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