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How NLSIU Bangalore’s legal aid cell won $5,000 global citizenship prize

LSC: Recognise
LSC: Recognise

NLSIU Bangalore’s legal services clinic (LSC) explains some of the projects that have won it $5,000.

IDIA raises Rs 72 lakhs as Mohan Gopal says diversity initiative should become redundant

The Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) initiative, which aims to help students from non-traditional lawyer backgrounds to apply to national law schools, has fund-raised Rs 72 lakhs at an event in Delhi on Saturday attended by 150. IDIA founder Shamnad Basheer said that donors had pledg...

NLSIU starts new forensic 'cyber lab' with 30 computers (for its PGs)

NLSIU Bangalore has started a “cyber lab”, in part funded by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY), and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, which has 30 computers with “basic cyber forensic tools” to teach government officials to prosecute, police and...

CLAT to include Tamil Nadu NLS, orders Madras HC

Madras high court bench justices V Ramasubramanian and VM Velumani directed the Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT) convenors GNLU Gandhinagar to provisionally reserve 14 seats for the new Tamil Nadu National Law School in Srirangam in this year’s upcoming exam. The petitioner and advocate R Rajkumar ...

Allahabad HC: No age limit for CLAT, directs that two 21-year-olds can sit exam

CLAT
CLAT
The Allahabad high court on Tuesday directed GNLU Gandhinagar to allow two 21-year-old Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2014 aspirants to appear in the entrance exam.

GNLU’s secretive Day Zero yields 13 jobs from Amarchand, Trilegal, JSA

GNLU Gandhinagar, which has placed at least 13 fourth year students this year, refused to divulge figures for its 11 April Day Zero recruitment again.

NLU Delhi wins funding for Man Lachs world rounds as Chinese organiser opens participation

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MPL 5
NLU Delhi beat Nuals Kochi to win the India funding rounds to compete at this year’s Manfred Lachs world rounds in Beijing.

Mooting weekend: Jindal wins at NLSIAM as NLS almost wins Vis Vienna

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MPL 5
JGLS Sonepat won the 7th NLS International Arbitration Moot organised by NLSIU Bangalore which broke into the finals of the 21st Vis Vienna international arbitration moot world rounds this weekend.

Nuals Kochi year-old VC N Balu resigns

Nuals N Balu
Nuals N Balu
Nuals Kochi vice chancellor (VC) N Balu has resigned effectively from yesterday, a year after he was appointed the university’s VC

All India Bar Exam 7 postponed by a month after delayed web redesign; Fees doubled in 2 years

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aibewebsite
The All India Bar Exam (AIBE) run by the Bar Council of India (BCI) has been postponed for a month after a delayed website redesign.

Bleak 2014 graduate outlook at CNLU Patna: 0 jobs in hand, admin apathetic as students pay recruiters’ travel

CNLU Patna
CNLU Patna
CNLU Patna’s on-campus recruitment activity is at its lowest in four years. The law school’s fourth batch, graduating this year, has zero confirmed jobs.

NLSIU Bangalore makes it to finals of prestigious Vis Vienna Arbitration Moot

While Nalsar got close but India did not manage to repeat last year’s NLSIU Jessup win, the national law school from Bangalore did get laurels at one of the other massively prestigious international moots: NLS was the runner-up team at the Vis Vienna Arbitration Moot over the weekend, also picking u...

Nalsar 2015 Day Zero: ‘New academic model’ reaps 29 jobs, including two Rs 90 lakh foreign job packages

Nalsar Hyderabad
Nalsar Hyderabad
Nalsar Hyderabad students graduating in 2015 have placed 29 students in confirmed jobs, including two 2015 job offers from international firm Allen & Overy (A&O).

NUJS 2015 Day Zero: 26 accepted jobs, 5 foreign firm opportunities

NUJS Kolkata
NUJS Kolkata
NUJS Kolkata’s 2015 graduating batch has accepted 27 job offers across seven firms with a mix of 16 so-called Day Zero offers made after interviews on campus on April 16 and 11 pre-placement offers (PPOs) made after internships to students.

NLU Delhi: 12 Day Zero offers, 10 jobs in bag, 3 foreign vac schemes for 2015 batch

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NLU Delhi’s third batch, that will graduate in 2015 has already placed 10 students with confirmed jobs after its Day Zero of recruitment on 4 April, with four offers subject to internships and three vacation placements with foreign firms.

12 Day Zero offers for NLU Jodhpur 2015 batch from 4 law firms

Jodhpur: Steady
Jodhpur: Steady
Traditional NLU Jodhpur recruiters Amarchand Mangaldas, Luthra & Luthra and Trilegal hit campus again on 2 April, in addition to Khaitan & Co, to make 12 job offers to the class graduating in 2015.

NLU Jodhpur marches to Stetson Florida finals, almost dethrones NLSIU in MPL + Nalsar Jessup

MPL 5: Where Indian mooting matters
MPL 5: Where Indian mooting matters
NLU Jodhpur finished as finalist against the University of California at the 18th Stetson International moot world rounds in Florida, as Nalsar Hyderabad meanwhile broke into the 55th Philip C Jessup’s top 16 at Washington DC.

O’Melveny Singapore offers internship carrot to encourage IDIA student volunteers

Singapore carrot
Singapore carrot
International law firm O’Melveny & Myers (OMM) has committed to select one intern per year from a pool of law students volunteering for the Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) initiative.

Nalsar battles into last 16 of Jessup Moot world cup, facing Oxford in Washington [UPDATE: India out of Jessup]

Authoritative sources have confirmed that Nalsar Hyderabad is the only Indian team remaining in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Day Zero: 33 NLSIU fourth-years bag early jobs, Amarchand, Khaitan heaviest

NLSIU Bangalore 2015: Good start
NLSIU Bangalore 2015: Good start
NLSIU Bangalore’s 2015-graduating batch, which is currently finishing its fourth year of their five-year degree, has placed 33 students after its first day of on-campus recruitment with a mix of PPOs and Day Zero offers.