U ttar Pradesh, following in the footsteps of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, is planning to open a second national law university (NLU) in the state alongside RMLNLU Lucknow, having earmarked 25 acres of land in Prayagraj (formerly and commonly still known as Allahabad), according to the Herald Pub...

The recent press release by the CLAT Consortium (or the consortium of National Law Universities) contains possibly the most significant change to the CLAT exam pattern since its inception.

Record 2 months T he Bar Council of India (BCI) had yesterday announced the results for the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) held on 15 September after just over two months in something of a record for the much-delayed exams and results; however, less promisingly, nine exam centre results have not been ann...

GNLU Gandhinagar final year student Hatim Hussain appears to be the only law student to have won the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year to study a fully-funded postgraduate degree at Oxford University, having been selected with several others (pictured above).

A number of students collectively calling themselves “Students’ Body National Law University Delhi” sent an email to Singh, the VC and the convenor of the VC selection committee, with a three-page attachment outlining what they would like from a new VC.

The next Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) will take place on 10 May 2020 with 25-40% fewer questions and revised undergraduate test patterns to reduce the “mental stress” of law school aspirants, according to the decision made by the CLAT Consortium of national law schools today.

NLU INIs remain non-starter for gov’t A s first told to parliament in July of this year , law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated today in response to MPs’ questions that the Centre had no interest in meddling directly in states’ administration of national law schools. According to the The Leafl...

NLIU Bhopal students have shot the first of six episodes in a “season” of a “web series” talk show, which will see a student in a one-on-one interview with a professor “during which students can ask any question from their teacher”, reported The Times of India . The first episode of the “Professor’s...

Around 13 graduates of a number of national law universities (NLUs) have started an initiative called the CAN Foundation, which is short for Confederation of Alumni for National Law Universities.

Dushyant Chautala, a 2018 LLM (Professional) graduate of NLU Delhi, has become deputy chief minister of the state of Haryana, as possibly the first national law university (post-)graduate to have done so.

The administration of Army Institute of Law (AIL) Mohali has accepted several student demands, with students having now constituted an interim representative body and having been promised more student participation in the running of the college.

Y et again , the Bar Council of India (BCI) remains the undefeated and uncontested champion in successive governments’ empty trash talk to strip the regulator of the power to do as it wishes with law schools in the country. According to the Hindustan Times, a Human Resource development (HRD) ministr...

JGLS Sonepat has launched a three-year “BA Honours Programme in Legal Studies” (LS), a course concept borrowed from the United States and the first-of-its-kind in India.

As we had first reported late last month, NLU Delhi had begun looking for a new vice chancellor (VC), in what will no doubt be one of the most hotly-contested jobs in the field.

T amil Nadu National Law University ( TNNLU Tiruchirappalli ) is looking for a new vice chancellor (VC), with the search spearheaded by ex-Supreme Court Justice AK Sikri, ex-Madras high court Justice P Kalaiyarasan, and ex-GNLU Gandhinagar director Dr Bimal Patel . The requirements for its new VC ar...

H ot on the heels of (but probably unrelated to) the government announcement hoping for foreign universities to open up in India , the US’ Cornell Law School has announced the opening of an India law centre. While part of the initiative is probably also about attracting more of that sweet Indian-law...

Still flying high after his barnstorming speech on Sunday at the NLSIU Bangalore convocation, Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has stood up for the noble profession yet again and hit back at the government, which has floated an oft-attempted but never-achieved proposal that would drastically shake up legal education in the country.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Tuesday approved a bill to establish a National Law University in the state, PTI reported, quoting an official spokesperson. — Scroll The proposal owes its origin to the resolution moved by the ‘’All India Law Ministers Conference’’ in mid-nineties, reso...

Regi Prof Sarasu Esther Thomas P rof Sarasu Esther Thomas has been appointed as the new interim registrar at NLSIU Bangalore, to succeed Prof OV Nandimath who resigned in the last week . Thomas takes charge from today for a period of up to one year, subject to the permanent registrar appointment aft...

NLSIU vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Sudhir Krishnaswamy has had his hands full since finally joining the college where he had completed his undergrad just over 20 years ago.