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The National Law School of India University (NLSIU or NLS) is an institution for under-graduate and graduate legal education. Based in Nagarbhavi, a quiet suburb in the western extremities of the city of Bangalore, the NLSIU was established in 1987 after a statute was enacted for that purpose by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Karnataka, and has officially existed since August 29 1987. Image File history File links Nlsiulogo. ...
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Experiment in legal education Historically legal education in India was open only to graduates and seen merely as professional training. Dismayed at the quality of legal education in conventional universities, several members of the legal fraternity debated a new system of legal education through the 1970s and 1980s. Set up as a "pace-setter and a testing ground for bold experiments in legal education". NLSIU, often called the "Harvard of the East" has been rated as the best law school in India for 9 out of past 10 years by India Today. The rating process has been criticised for being arbitrary and lacking transparency.[1] 30th Anniversary issue of India Today India Today is an Indian weekly newsmagazine, in publication since 1975. ...
It admits 80 students for its 5-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) programme every year. Students are chosen on the basis of an all-India entrance exam held on the first Sunday in May each year. Foreign nationals are encouraged, with five seats being reserved for foreign nationals (preference is given to students from SAARC countries). The South Asian Association for Regional Co-Operation, or SAARC, (established December 8, 1985) is an association of 7 countries of South Asia namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ...
While in most common law countries, law education is post-graduate ("graduate" in the USA) education, the Bar Council of India decided to make the NLSIU law programme a five-year course, with courses in the liberal arts included in the first two years. This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ...
In addition to the five-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) under-graduate course, it also offers a post-graduate degree (LL.M.) as well as post-graduate courses in business laws and human rights, and distance learning programmes, including Masters Degree in Business Law and Postgraduate Diploma programs in Human Rights Law, Medical Law, Environmental Law and IP Law. A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ...
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Early history NLSIU was started in 1987 under the stewardship of its Founder-Director, Dr. N.R. Madhava Menon and has since had three other directors, including the present director (which post was designated as Vice-Chancellor in March 2006), Dr. A. Jayagovind. The first batch of students joined on July 1, 1988 in the integrated five-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) course. The first courses commenced even before the college buildings had been built, and thus the NLSIU started functioning from the premises of the Central College, Bangalore University and remained there until 1991 November, when it eventually moved to its present location in Nagarbhavi. A doyen of legal education in India, he was instrumental in setting up the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, and was its Founder-Director. ...
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Previous directors of the NLSIU include: Dr. N.R. Madhava Menon, Dr. N.L. Mitra and Dr. G. Mohan Gopal.
Legal research and student activities NLSIU periodically conducts round-table conferences on contemporary socio-economic and legal issues, particularly in the context of challenges faced by a developing country. Furthermore, its faculty and research centres are often called upon to provide draft versions of legislations as well as to contribute to formulation of government policies.
The student body enjoys a great degree of autonomy and coordinates a wide range of activities. The Student Bar Association (SBA) is the umbrella body that coordinates all student activities, and all students are members of the SBA. The SBA has created various Activity-Based Committees (ABCs) which are in charge of specific student activities. The high level of student autonomy also runs to the various hostels, which are run by various hostel committees. Co- and extra-curricular activities promoted at NLSIU include debating, quizzing, music, dance, theatre and other literary and cultural activities. Students from the National Law School publish an informal literary magazine called Quirk since January 2005.
NLSIU has played a role in actively promoting Parliamentary Debate in India, and regularly participates in many international competitions. including the World Universities Debating Championship, where it reached the ESL Finals in 2002 and in 2007, and NLSIU is currently ranked as the highest Indian team in the World rankings. NLSIU teams are also regular breakers (i.e., progressing past the preliminary rounds) at the All-Asians Debating Championships. Parliamentary Debate, is an academic debate event. ...
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NLSIU regularly sends teams to national and international mooting competitions. They are the only Indian team to have won the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held at Washington D.C., having done so in 1999. In 2003 they became the first Asian team to win the International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at Stetson University Law School in Gulfport, Florida. In 2005, the NLSIU team became the first Indian team to win the Asia-Pacific round of the Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot at Sydney, Australia. NLSIU teams also consistently break at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot held every March at Vienna and Hong Kong. The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, also known as the Jessup Cup, is a prestigious international law mooting competition which is organised by the International Law Students Association (ILSA), and attracts many law schools to participate every year. ...
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Student life
Student festivals NLSIU hosts an inter-collegiate literary and cultural festival called Legala, along with Rampart, a fashion show and Strawberry Fields. Those apart, NLSIU hosts the National Law School Debate, a parliamentary-style debating championship which gets participation from countries around the SAARC region, as also Spiritus, which is the annual sports festival.
Strawberry Fields Strawberry Fields presents a host of different styles of music ranging from funk to death metal, and Strawberry Fields' promoters credit it for having acted as launching pad for the careers of a few bands such as Pin Drop Violence and Junkyard Groove. Boasting a line-up of over 50 bands and crowds approximating 12,000-15,000, Strawberry Fields' organisers claim it to be one of the most anticipated events in the Indian music calendar. The event is held over three days, with the grand finale on a Sunday evening featuring 5 of the best participating bands, with a professional act as the headliner. Recent headliners include Junkyard Groove and bands such as the Helborg and Lane duo have expressed an interest in playing here in the past. Formed in November 2000 in Mumbai , India, Pin Drop Violence is a hardcore nu-metal band. ...
Achievements NLSIU has consistently racked up a 100% placement record over the years. The recruitment process is managed by the student-run Recruitment Coordination Committee (RCC). Recruiters include (a) Indian Law Firms such as AMSS, Luthra & Luthra, AZB, J Sagar among others. (b) Foreign Law firms such as Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith, Simmons & Simmons, SJ Berwin among others. (c) Companies such as Standard Chartered, Pepsi Co, ITC, Godrej, GSK, HUL (HLL), Axis Bank (UTI Bank) among others. (d) Management Consulting firms such as McKinsey & Co and Boston Consulting Group. (e) Regulatory organisations such as SEBI. Last year (2006- 2007), the average salary stood at Rupees 7.5 lacs p.a. and the highest pay packet of Rs. 12.5 lacs p.a. was offered by a Foreign Bank. However these figures do not capture the whole picture as quite a few students (close to 20 % of the batch) was recruited by foreign Law firms (the average salary offered was close to 36 thousand pounds) and few students joined SEBI which offered close to Rs. 5 lacs p.a. (over higher paying jobs with companies). Many students do not sit for the on-campus recruitment process, choosing to pursue further studies. Students from the National Law School of India managed to secure a Rhodes Scholarship for study in Oxford in every single year from 1996 to 2007 (except 2006), out of the six scholarships allotted annually to India. Students have also secured a number of other prominent fellowships and can be found in the some of the top law faculties in the world including Harvard, NYU, Columbia, Yale, etc. Other scholarships won by graduates of the National Law School on a recurring basis over the years include the Inlaks and the Radhakrishna scholarship.[original research?][citation needed] Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...
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Alumni can be found working successfully in the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and lower courts, leading law firms, both international and national lawfirms.
The National Law School of India has been rated the number one law college in India by India Today from 1998, when the magazine started publishing its annual list, until the 2007, barring 2005 when ILS, Pune was rated as first. 30th Anniversary issue of India Today India Today is an Indian weekly newsmagazine, in publication since 1975. ...
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Criticism As stated by a former director, one of the principal objectives in establishing the NLSIU was to increase the quality of the bar.[citation needed] However, it has been pointed out that most of those who graduate from NLSIU prefer a career in corporate litigation or as legal advisers to companies, instead of joining the bar. While this has been attributed to the increased presence of multinational corporations in India, along with the low salaries paid by advocates, no changes seem to have been made to combat this problem. This was intensified when Clifford Chance handed training contracts to twelve NLS students in 2006, which led to criticism by the Executive Council, including the Chief Justice, that not enough alumni were going into full-time litigation. However, recent alumni surveys indicate an increasing number of alumnus who leave law firms in the mid career stage and move into litigation, social development and academia. [citation needed] This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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The University administration has also been severely criticized for implementing draconian measures which have curbed the freedom of the student body. This has led to clashes between the student body and the administration.
Journals published The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (often simply referred to as the IJLT) is an annual academic publication brought out by the students of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. ...
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