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Autonomous law schools in India were founded in 1984 in an attempt to improve legal education throughout India. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...

First foundings

In 1984 there was felt a need to professionalise the Legal sector of India. Legal luminaries like Prof. N.R.Madhava Menon decided upon the novel idea of National Law Schools, to be set up with the financial assistance of state government but retaining autonomy in all other respect, this gave rise to the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. The National Law School of India University (NLSIU or NLS) is an institution for under-graduate and graduate legal education. ... Bangalore (proposed to be renamed Bengalooru or Bengaluru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

Later additions

Later colleges like NUJS, NALSAR, National Law University, Jodhpur, Hidayatullah National Law University grew up to fill up the vacuum. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, often abbreviated to NUJS, located in the Salt Lake City district of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is a law university imparting legal education at the undergraduate and post graduate level. ... The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), University of Law was set-up in Hyderabad, India in 1998 to create a generation of able and competent lawyers who would join the Bar as well as the Bench. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Hidayatullah National Law University is a university in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. ...

Program

This pioneering 5 year integrated degree model of legal education wherein students pursue the study of law at the undergraduate level after finishing high school (10 + 2) and is awarded a B.A. or B.Sc. degree along with the LL.B. degree, was a reformative attempt to rejuvenate the flagging quality of legal education in India. The success of this model of legal education has inspired the formation of many other "national" law schools all over India. This model has been seen largely as being successful in increasing the quality of lawyers. Though there still remain many criticisms of the employment pursuits of the graduates of these institutions, which is seen as being focussed on corporate law firms and companies rather than the bar, academia or social service. This has in many ways defeated the idealistic objectives like "social engineering" or "justice education" and the ultimate aim of creating lawyers service the disempowered masses of India. In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ...

Autonomous Law Schools in India

Gujarat National Law University • National Law Institute University • National Law School of India University • National Law University, Jodhpur • West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences • Symbiosis Society's Law College • Nalsar University of Law • Amity Law School • ILS Law College • Hidyatullah National Law University • Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University • National University For Advanced Legal Studies • Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law • Ram Manohar Lohia Rashtriya Vidhi Sansthan • Chanakya National Law University