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National Law University, Jodhpur is an autonomous law university in India committed to the cause of providing quality legal education. The Institute offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in various streams of law. The degrees offered at the under-graduate level are;
All of these are ten semester courses and open only for students on fully-residential basis. Since 2008, the admission to these courses is through the nation-wide Common Law Admission Test, the first of which took place on May 11, 2008. At the post-graduate level the degrees offered are (subject-wise):
The admission to these courses is though the National Entrance Tests[1] organised by the University each year.
[edit] HistoryThe National Law University, Jodhpur was set up in November 1999 (by the passing of the National Law University Act,1999 by the State Legislature of Rajasthan) under the leadership of Dr. L.N. Mitra. Since then the University has seen two more Vice-Chancellors and an equal number of under-graduate batches pass out. The first batch (both under-graduate and post-graduate) of the University was admitted in the year 2001. The first under-graduate batch passed out in 2006 with their graduation ceremony (First Convocation) organised in January 2007 and attended by the then Vice-President of India Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and the then Governor of Rajasthan and now President of India H.E. Mrs. Pratibha Patil. The second under-graduate batch passed out in 2007 and the Convocation ceremony for them was organized on March 29, 2008 and was attended by the then Home Minister, Government of India, Mr. Shivraj Patil. [edit] PhilosophyEstablished in 2001, National Law University boasts of being the first institution of its kind in the country where study of law is coupled with other disciplines such as Science, Management Science and Policy Sciences. It introduced for the first time the degree of B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons) (i.e. Management and Law) in the country, requiring the students of the course to undertake specialized courses in Management Studies (such as Audit, Accounting, Principles of Management, Organizational Behaviour, Marketing, Strategy, etc.) and assimilate the learning therein especially with the fast evolving corporate and financial laws. As the University itself puts it, National law universities only answers intention to do the same from the entire country following the traditions of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in technology education, Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) in the management education and All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in medical education. [2] Terming its establishment as a Third Generation Experiment, the University calls forth and furthers the need behind viewing and handling legal education today in a multidisciplinary scenario. Keeping this objective of multidisciplinary total education in view and the growing needs of legal profession in the global context, the university has established five schools of learning. These are School of Policy Science, School of Management, School of Science, School of Languages and School of Law, which not only intertwines the knowledge of other disciplines with the subject of law but also allows the students a choice in designing their courses of specialization and thus making, prized experts in their respective fields. Towards these ends, the University offers five year integrated undergraduate program in three streams B.A.,LL.B. (Hons.), B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and B.Sc., LL.B. (Hons.), each with a vision to integrate the knowledge of law with humanities, management and natural sciences respectively.[3] In this under-graduate program, not only all the compulsory subjects prescribed by the Bar Council of India are taught in the comparative context but the University also administers Honours courses in six specialized disciplines, namely;
The University claims to have taken great care in structuring various subjects to make the Honours courses in their respective streams highly innovative and knowledge oriented. Further, to keep the syllabus in line with the ongoing developments of the dynamic world, the University boasts of a high-profiled Advisory Board to advice and assist the faculty in the development and teaching of a customized and updated curriculum. [4] The University as such highlights various critical issues facing the legal education and equally the profession today in the light of the changing dynamics of the growth and complexities in other disciplines of social life and insists upon these being addressed in the teaching of law. Some of these critical areas identified by the University
To accentuate these objectives, the University practices various methodologies of teaching & learning process such as co-operative teaching, case studies, lecture demonstration, group discussions, and self-conducted research. Evaluation is carried out on continuing basis on grade points. As a teaching-learning process, courtroom exercises are an integral part of the curriculum from the very first year. The University has found these exercises to be highly successful in sharpening the lawyering skills in the students and providing them a real life exposure to the profession. In additional to the above, the University also takes pride in its eight centres of learning which it describes as the Centres of Studies & Research namely,
The University also conducts several short and medium term orientation, training and refresher courses for NGOs, Government officials and public administrators, local self-Government, legal professionals including members of the bar and the bench, other administrative authorities and corporate officials. [edit] University GovernanceUniversity Officials [13] The University has four officials;
Besides the officials, the University has three official bodies; General Council [14] The General Council comprises the following members;
Executive Council [15] The Executive Council comprises the following members;
Academic Council [16] The Academic Council comprises the following members;
The University also boasts which of a high-profiled Advisory Board [17]to assist in the formation and updating of the curriculum. Its members comprise of legal and other luminaries, which include;
[edit] Vice Chancellors of National Law University, Jodhpur
[edit] Visitors to the National Law University, JodhpurIn the short-span of its establishment, the University has been witness to various high profile national and international visitors. [21]Some of these have been;
The University has also been organizing and hosting various lectures and discussions by eminent and distinguished members of the legal and scholarly fraternity. Some of the previous lectures have been as under; [22]
The University also hosted the Second All India Law Teachers Conference (AILTC) held on January 29-30, 2006 and attended by the law teachers from all over the country. [edit] Moot Courts and Student's AchievementsMoot Courts are a critical paradigm of legal education today and they are well integrated in the curriculum of the University. They are a part of the University's culture in both internal and external front. On the external side, since its establishment, the University has been successfully hosting the prestigious M.M. Singhvi Bar Council of India Trust Moot Court Competition which is being organised to commemorate the memory of Late Mr. M.M. Singhvi, a leading lawyer in Rajasthan High Court. The Competition is organised under the aegis of the M.M. Singhvi Memorial Trust and the Bar Council of India. Teams from almost all law colleges in the country participate in the Competition and since 2007, the competition has turned international with even teams from outside India participating in the Competition. The University also also hosted the North Indian rounds of the Stetson Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, which is another prestigious and leading Moot Court Competition. Apart from this, the University has also hosted the Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition which is sponsored by the Surana Foundation, Chennai. On the internal front, moot courts are well integrated in the curriculum of the University. In all law subjects (beginning right from the first semester of the under-graduate program), 15-20 percent of the marks are earmarked for moot courts and are assessed by the panel of two-three judges (comprising of the teaching faculty and/or retired judge(/s)) where the students are required to address the court on the problem related to the subject-matter being taught in the paper and assessed upon their performance. Based on the cumulative performance in these internal moot courts and other criterion, the Moot Court Committee organises an intra-University moot court competition once in each semester and depending upon the rankings of these intra-University moot court competitions, the students are sent to represent the University in various National and International Moot Court Competitions. The students have performed well in various national and international moot court competitions. The University was victorious at the Susan J. Ferrell Inter-cultural Human Rights Moot Court Competition conducted by the St. Thomas University, Florida, in January 2007. The team comprising of Anil Raj ('07), Gauarav Solanki ('07), Reshma Khan ('08), Kunal Mehta ('08) and Riddhi Sancheti ('09) secured the first position and also the second best memorial prize. Also, Reshma Khan and Riddhi Sancheti were awarded the "Best Oralist" and the "Third Best Oralist" respectively[23]. Besides, the University was an Elimination Round Participant (Frederic Eisemann Award) at the prestigious Fifteenth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, 2008 held in Vienna. The University team participating in the East edition of the Vis Moot held in Hong Kong also won several accolades, including Honorable Mentions for personal achievements by the speakers. The University has qualified thrice to represent India at the Shearman and Sterling Rounds of the elite Jessup Moot Court Competition (2005-06, 2006-07, 2008-09) and was an Octa-Finalist in the 2008-09 Edition. The University team has also been a consistent performer at the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, having had won "Best Advocate" and "Best Memoranda" awards in many editions of the event. The team represented by Kartikey Mahajan ('11) and Meha Rashmi('11) won the 2009 edition of the prestigious North India rounds of the Stetson. On the national front the University team represented by Snigdhneel ('11) and Arjun Pall ('12) won the prestigious Surana and Surana National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition. It also has been a consistent performer in the the All India Bar Council Moot Court Competition, the premier moot court competition in India. In 2009, for the second year in running the University has qualified for the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition to be held in Hague in 2010. Only two teams from India qualified for this competition. Apart from this, the students have been in attendance at various international and national conferences. In 2008, two students - Adarsh Ramanujam ('09) and Siddhartha Shukla ('09) - were shortlisted for the final stage of interview for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. [edit] PublicationsAs a premier national institution that seeks to promote critical thinking and quality scholarship National Law University, Jodhpur publishes two academic journals: Scholasticus; and Trade, Law and Development. Scholasticus, published twice a year, is the flagship journal of the University. Published since the inception of the University, the Journal enjoys widespread readership in the SAARC region. Not having been published in 2008, the first issue of 2009 was published in August, 2009. Currently, the Board of Editors comprise of Faculty at the University. Trade, Law and Development[2] is a student-run journal launched by National Law University in 2009. TL&D seeks to explore interdisciplinary perspectives on world trade, international law, environment and development. The Journal is published twice a year, both online and in print. TL&D is staffed by a committed force of student editors from the University. In addition, the Journal has a distinguished Board of Advisors, comprising, Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati, Prof. Raj Bhala, Prof. B.S. Chimni, Prof. M. Sornarajah, Prof. Vaughan Lowe Daniel B. Magraw and Glenn Wiser. The Journal published its first issue in July, 2009. [edit] IT InfrastructureNational Law University provides 24*7 Internet access to its every student. it has subscribed various Online Law Libraries like Westlaw and Manupatra which makes the cases and research material available on the fingertips of the student. It has Wireless Networking in the form of 802.11g Wi-Fi available in the Academic Block with internet speed of 2 Mbit/s, Library Building and Mess. Besides this 100 Mbit/s with internet speed of 2 Mbit/s from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. and 4 Mbit/s from 5 P.M. to 8 A.M. Ethernet Wiring is provided in every hostel room. This enables the faculty teachers to share study resources in the internet also. [edit] Gallery
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