National Law School of India University NLSIU

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore became functional in 1988 as the first Indian Law University. Established under the 1986 statute of Karnataka Legislature, it is the only law school in India that is sponsored by the Bar Council of India. To provide high-quality legal education, the Law School has forged unique partnership with the Bar, the Bench and the Academia. Right from its inception, leading lawyers, academicians and judges have associated with NLSIU in different ways.

The five-year B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) programme offered by the Law School integrates legal studies with that of four social science subjects, which include History, Political Science, Economics and Sociology during first two years of the programme. During the first four years, all subjects are compulsory, but in the fifth year, students have a choice to attend optional seminar courses that can be chosen according to one’s preferred specialization area,...

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore became functional in 1988 as the first Indian Law University. Established under the 1986 statute of Karnataka Legislature, it is the only law school in India that is sponsored by the Bar Council of India. To provide high-quality legal education, the Law School has forged unique partnership with the Bar, the Bench and the Academia. Right from its inception, leading lawyers, academicians and judges have associated with NLSIU in different ways.

The five-year B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) programme offered by the Law School integrates legal studies with that of four social science subjects, which include History, Political Science, Economics and Sociology during first two years of the programme. During the first four years, all subjects are compulsory, but in the fifth year, students have a choice to attend optional seminar courses that can be chosen according to one’s preferred specialization area, such as corporate law.

Experts in various fields are invited to conduct seminars of these optional subjects, such as International Taxation, Information Technology Law, Telecommunication Law, Negotiation Skills, Law of Elections and Women and the Law. Scholars and experts from India and abroad are also invited to conduct the credit courses, comprising about 18 lecture hours in a week. Students with basic understanding of the subject can attend these credit courses. Credit courses that are available include:

• Shipping Laws,
• Genetic Resources Policy,
• Law and Literature,
• The U.S. Patent Laws, and
• South African Constitutional Law.

The National Law School of India University also offers LLM programme. LLB students have to go through rigorous internship starting from third year onwards, as part of the program, where they work with lawyers and assist them in trial and appellate work. Students with strong academic credentials may get opportunity to work as law clerks with the Supreme Court and High Court Judges. NLSIU also offers state-of-the-art research centres that work in the fields of:

• Juvenile Justice,
• Environmental Law and
• Intellectual Property Rights.

Besides participating in research activities, the students can participate in workshops and seminars conducted regularly in fully equipped International Training Centre.