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CLAT 2013: complainants find desired place on revised university list

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2013 convenor HNLU Raipur yesterday published a revised version of its 2 June first university allotment list, to allot seats to three candidates whose results were withheld, candidates who were earlier excluded from reserved categories, and candidates whose law scho...

Nalsar in 14 full-time fac hiring spree plus 16 part-timers & NLS’ Sid Chauhan

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Nalsar Hyderabad hired 14 full-timers & 16 non-permanent faculty members for ‘academic ambience’.

First CLAT 2013 university list to be revoked

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2013’s first university allotment list published on 2 June will be revised to account for candidates’ complaints regarding withheld results, swapped university preferences, and alleged wrongful denial of reservation.

NLSIU student stumbles upon racist ‘skin colour’ crayon, sues manufacturer in consumer court

NLSIU Bangalore first-year student Chirayu Jain sued Hindustan Pencils for alleged racism by labelling their peachy pink-coloured crayon as “skin” coloured in the crayons box set, which the company sells under the brand Colorama, reported the Hindu . Jain has filed in the Bangalore Urban Consumer Di...

Eight IDIA diversity scholars make it past first CLAT list, look for donors

Eight scholars supported by the Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education (IDIA) initiative secured seats in six national law universities (NLU) after making it past the cut-off for the first university allotment list of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2013. IDIA prepared a b...

GNLU review commission report to be read & completed before renewing director Patel’s term

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GNLU
GNLU visitor orders third MIA review commission member to report in three months.

Five Kerala CLAT students allege they were dumped to CNLU despite Nuals preference & one ST ignored

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CLAT complaints
Six Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2013 LLB aspirants have alleged mistakes in the allotment list.

HNLU improves y-o-y placements with 21 jobs, 11 law firms, as state law min steps up

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HNLU Raipur
HNLU Raipur placed 21 out of 50 graduating students, as Chhattisgarh state law ministry picked up six research assistants.

Nalsar relaxes attendance by 20%, projects by 80% & intros restorative justice to de-stress

Nalsar Hyderabad relaxed its attendance requirement from 95 per cent to 75 per cent semester and reduced the number of academic research papers to be written by students per semester from five to one, according to The Hindu . The law school has also introduced the “restorative justice system” on cam...

2013 CLAT law school prefs: Oldies top ranking as Nuals drops below RMLNLU, CNLU

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Clat preferences
Nuals Kochi drops behind RMLNLU Lucknow and CNLU Patna but seven oldest national law schools stay top.

All India Bar Exam (AIBE) V ‘tentatively’ postponed by 6 weeks to late August

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has rescheduled the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) that was set for 14 July to the “tentative date” of 25 August 2013, with the application deadline having been postponed to 8 July. According to a notification on the BCI website, entitled “Reschedule date All India Bar Exam...

470 All India Bar Exam ‘passes’ become ‘fails’ for ‘technical reasons’

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Bar exam
Majority of affected candidates from Hyderabad; BCI “regrets any inconvenience caused”.

CLAT 2013 Results: Bigger score differences, lower scores

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The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2013 results have been announced for 27,627 national law university LLB aspirants.

The IDIA of CLAT diversity faces challenges and funding woes, continues to book successes

For Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Ed pressure-free times are few but moments of “inordinate” pride are many.

LLM aspirants allowed to re-choose CLAT school; One-year LLM details notified

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LLM aspirants were yesterday allowed to freshly submit their university preferences online to the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2013 core committee.

One-fifth of RGNUL Patiala final year with jobs

13 students in RGNUL Patiala’s class of 2013 have found jobs. Out of 25 students who sat for recruitment at the law school six were placed with law firms, three with legal process outsourcing companies (LPO) and four with the Shriram General Insurance company, according to legal website Bar & B...

NLU Jodhpur bolsters faculty with four on back of student recs in 2012-13

NLU Jodhpur
NLU Jodhpur
NLU Jodhpur hired three full time teachers and an academic associate in the last twelve months including one professor, one associate professor and one assistant professor.

BCI faces legal action over law syllabus loopholes, Ex-DRDO scientist to PIL

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The Bar Council of India (BCI), the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG), and the union law ministry were yesterday served with a legal notice asking that the bar councils be suspended for failing in their duty to update a “defective” law syllabus in law schools across the country.

GNLU defends against critical Menon report, Patel claims no copy received since January

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GNLU Gandhinagar
Two senior GNLU faculty members rebut some of report’s allegations, which apparently lay untouched for five months.

Nalsar starts court management MBA; Coffers to benefit Rs 2 cr

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Nalsar Hyderabad
Nalsar Hyderabad touts India’s first ever MBA in court management.