ILS Pune invites Constitutional icon, Justice Zak Yacoob to frame course on PILs

Underlining the significance of Public Interest Litigations in the country, Indian Law Society, Pune has reportedly invited Zak Yacoob former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, to hold the position of Ford Endowment Chair for Public Interest Law for three months till October.The Constitutional icon will structure a course for students, young lawyers and activists on devising tactics for effective PILs. As explained by Professor Sathya Narayan, Director of the Institute of...

NLUO holds 2nd Annual Convocation; Chief Justice D.H Waghela delivers Convocation Address on behalf of president of India

The Second Annual Convocation of the students of National Law University, Odisha (NLUO) was held on 8 August 2015 at the Orissa High Court Judicial Academy, Cuttack. Shri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Government of Odisha was the Chief Guest for the day. Shri Justice D.H Waghela, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court & Chancellor, Shri Justice Dipak Misra, Judge, Supreme Court of India & Visitor NLUO, Justice Gopala Gowda, Judge, Supreme Court of India and Amitava Roy, Judge, Supreme...

President underlines the need to focus on research for Law Schools in his speech

President Pranab Mukherjee on 8th August, 2015 while addressing the crowd of students, faculty and researchers among others in the two ­day national seminar organised by Confederation of Indian Bar in association with KIIT University "Our future lawyers must now be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skill to think and act globally." The honourable President also stressed on the fact that the country needs to attract large global investments in a rapidly changing world in Global Legal...

13th Annual Convocation of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad Scheduled on August 16, 2015

Due to the sad demise of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India ,the Government of India  has declared seven days National Mourning, i.e., till  August 2, 2015. Hence, the 13th Annual Convocation of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad scheduled to be held on August 02, 2015 stands postponed and would now be held at 11.00 a.m. on August 16, 2015, as during the said period, no public programme / function can be organized by any Institution / University.Read the press Release below.PRESS...

Jammu and Kashmir set to have its first National Law University

The government of Jammu and Kashmir has decided  to establish  a National Law University  on the similar pattern of NLISU Bangalore and NALSAR Hyderabad.Syed Basharat Bukhari , a high level  delegation of Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs has left for Bangalore and Hyderabad.  He would be appraising the  module of NLISU and NALSAR so that it is adopted for the proposed Law University in J&K.  The senior officer  of the State’s Law Department and Law Secretary  has also accompnied...

Knight in shining armor: NLSIU introduces one of the most progressive scholarship policies

Emerging as a knight in shining armor for the under-privileged and the under-represented class, National Law School of India University has adopted one of the most progressive scholarship policies.The lack of diversity of students who qualify for the National Law Schools of the country became the foundation stone for this scholarship policy.IDIA Diversity Survey studied the incoming group of students in the year 2013. The Of all the students who secured admission into the top 5 NLUs in the...

Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh takes over as President, Association of Indian Universities

Vice-Chancellor, of NLU-Delhi Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, has been elected as the President of Association of Indian Universities.So far in his legal journey he was the Vice President, AIU.The VC of the NLU-Delhi states that, “We need to churn out students who will be professionally competent, technically sound and socially relevant and those who will not only enter their respective professions but also be equipped to address the imperatives of the new millennium and uphold the promise which we...

Bombay HC orders constitution of expert panel for CLAT reassessment decision

While disposing the writ petition of an 18 year old CLAT candidate from Mumbai pertaining to reassessment of the impugned CLAT 2015 results and ranking of the candidates, the honourable Bombay High Court ordered an expert committee with the power to take a decision that could revise the “merit list of candidates if necessary”, making “the whole merit list and all subsequent process, will be subject to outcome of the Expert Panel/Comittee’s decision”.The judgment runs into 33 odd pages was...

4 Indian Law Students selected for 6 week Judicial Clerkship Programme in the Supreme Court of Hawaii

In an unprecedented feat, four students of the Jindal Global Law School have been selected for a 6 week Judicial Clerkship Programme in the Supreme Court of Hawaii in the US.Out of the four students selected for the internship, three students - Aparajita Sheel, Ishnoor Saini, and Swarnim Swasti are fourth year students, while Avni Choudhary has been fortunate to get this opportunity in her third year of BA LLB.The Summer Judicial Clerkship Programme hosted by the Supreme Court of Hawaii is...

Outlook releases Law School Rankings 2015; NLSIU,NALSAR and NUJS in Top 3

After India Today, the Outlook magazine has now released its own law school rankings. The rankings released by Outlook differ significantly from the one released by India Today.Outlook Law School ranking 2015While NLSIU Bangalore and NALSAR Hyderabad continue to hold the top two positions in both the rankings, NUJS and NLIU find themselves at the third and fourth spot in the Outlook rankings. On the other hand, India Today had placed Faculty of Law, Delhi University and GNLU at the third and...

NALSAR becomes the first institution to issue a gender neutral degree in India

In a sui generis event, NALSAR, Hyderabad has issued a gender neutral degree to a student who wanted to be identified not Mr. or Ms. But as Mx.Anindita Mukherjee, student at NALSAR had requested the University to issue her the certificates with Mx. as the prefix.Reportedly, the certificates also mention Anindita Mukherjee as “they” rather than “he” or “she’. Mx. Anindita Mukherjee reportedly said, "The university sent us our provisional transcripts and asked us to email back within a week with...

India Today releases Law Schools Rankings, NLSIU at top

The widely read magazine, India Today has released its rankings for various educational institutions, including law schools. As per the ranking, NLSIU, Bangalore is the best law school in India, followed by NALSAR Hyderabad.Interestingly, India Today has not differentiated between 3 year law courses and 5 year integrated courses and has marked institutions on the same criteria. Amongst the other National Law Schools, only GNLU and HNLU found a mention within the top 10 places in the rankings....