National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ) is a

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and a National Law University established under the National Law University, Jodhpur, Act, 1999 enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature. The university was established for the advancement of learning, teaching, research and diffusion of knowledge in the field of law. It is one of the

autonomous law schools in India National Law Universities (NLU) are public law schools in India, founded pursuant to the second-generation reforms for legal education sought to be implemented by the Bar Council of India. The first NLU was the National Law School of India Univer ...

. The university is recognized by the

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, as well as the University Grants Commission under Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act, 1956, and is a member of the

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History

The idea for the establishment of a National Law University in every state was recommended by Justice

Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi (A. M. Ahmadi) (born 25 March 1932) was the 26th Chief Justice of India. After serving as a judge in the Gujarat High Court, Ahmadi was appointed judge to the Supreme Court in 1988. He was then elevated to the post of Chie ...

in his 1994 committee report as a way to improve the standard and quality of legal education in India. The recommendations were finally implemented and 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 N.L. Mitra the founding

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. Since the establishment, the university has seen three more Vice-Chancellors, Dr. Poonam Pradhan Saxena, a professor from the

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being the latest, who took over charge from Justice N.N. Mathur in 2013 and has been the

ever since. The first UG and PG batch of the university was admitted in 2001, with the Undergraduate batch passing out in 2006 and the first

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of the university taking place in 2007, the same was attended by

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the then

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and the then Governor of Rajasthan and former

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Important Events

* The university decided to stop offering the BSc

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( Hons.) Undergraduate degree from the Academic Year 2016–17. * The Rajasthan State Legislature in 2022 by amending the National Law University, Jodhpur Act, set a 2 Term maximum limit and a higher age limit of 70 for the position of the

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,(whichever is earlier) and made it compulsory for the

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of the university to be an

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or a Super time Scale

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Officer.

Response to the pandemic

The University on 14 March 2020 decided to suspend all classes till 31 March 2020 because of the state directives, the same was extended indefinitely due to the spread of the

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throughout the nation and the classes shifted to an online medium. Unfortunately, one student succumbed to

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during this time, which led to student protests against the

and the university administration. The university started conducting online classes for the first-year

Undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...

students immediately after the declaration of the CLAT results to make up for the time lost due to the late conduction of the entrance examination. The 14th Convocation of the university happened virtually and was streamed on

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. The 15th Convocation of the university was canceled entirely due to the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The university after deferring the decision to reopen once finally decided on 17 February 2022 to reopen the university in a hybrid mode from 1/03/2022 for all the students, keeping in mind the

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guidelines and the COVID-19 situation.

Academics

Courses and curriculum

NLUJ currently offers following courses: * B.B.A./

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( Hons.) Flagship Integrated Undergraduate Law Degree Program (5 Years/10 Semesters) * LL.M Master of Laws: Postgraduate Program (1 Year/2 Semesters) *

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

: Post-Graduate Program (2 Year/ 4 Semesters) *

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in Insurance Risk Management (1 Year/2 Semesters

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Program) *

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and

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: Doctorate Program

Undergraduate

= B.A./B.B.A. LL.B (Hons.)

= The university offers its flagship five-year integrated undergraduate program in two streams

( Hons.) and B.B.A.

( Hons.) Both are five year ten-semester courses with six subjects taught every semester and are open to students only on a fully residential basis. Admission to these courses is through the

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. The intake capacity of the undergraduate degree program is 104 students + 16 NRI/ NRI Sponsored students with 15% and 7.5% seats being reserved for

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and

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respectively. 5% seats for Physically Handicapped students is also reserved in each category. The Honors course is offered to fourth and fifth year students in the following streams: * Corporate Law * Trade and Investment Law *

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Post-graduate

= LLM

= The university offers a fully residential 1 Year (two-semester) LL.M. in Corporate Laws and Intellectual Property Rights. The selection for this program takes place through

(PG). The intake capacity for the LL.M. program is 50 Students with 15%, 7.5% and 5% seats being reserved for

and Specially Abled Persons respectively.

= MBA

= The university offers a four-semester fully residential M.B.A. program with specialization in

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. The intake capacity for the MBA program is 40 Students with 15%, 7.5% and 3% seats being reserved for

and Physically Handicapped candidates respectively. The selection for this program happens based on two factors which are taken together to decide the merit. * 50% weightage for marks obtained in graduate program. * 50% weightage for marks in various qualifying exams like

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, CMAT or MAT based on a scale decided by the university.

= PGDM

= The University offers a 1 Year/2 Semester Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDM) in Insurance Risk Management.

Doctorate

The university offers LL.D. and PhD programs at a doctorate level. The university conducts a National Level examination each year for the selection of candidates for the PhD program, which is followed by a personal interview, candidates who have qualified UGC-NET and

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are exempt from the written exam.

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked it 8th among law colleges in 2021.

Publications

The university with the help of students and faculty publishes many high quality academic journals, a full list of the various journals published by the NLUJ is here-under: * NLUJ Law Review: It is the flagship journal of the university. It is a bi-annual, double-blind student reviewed, and student-edited journal focusing on an inter-disciplinary approach towards legal writing. The Board of Editors consists of two faculty editors and a board of student editors at the university. * Trade Law & Development: It is a student-run journal launched by the 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. * Indian Journal of Arbitration Law * Journal on Corporate Law and Governance * Journal of Comparative Constitutional Law & Administrative Law Quarterly * Journal of Intellectual Property Studies * Indian Journal of Legal Theory * Indian Competition Law Review] * Scholasticus

MOUs and Collaboration

The university has signed many Memorandum of understanding, MOUs and collaborated with many different educational institutions and organizations, the list of various MOUs and Collaborations are: * Freiburg University, Germany * School of Law, Kings College, University of London. U.K. * Ural State Law Academy, Russia * Beijing Union University China * Institute of Management Technology-Centre for Distance Learning, Ghaziabad *

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, James E. Rogers College of Law *

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(Faculty of Law), South Africa * NLU- IIT-

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(Knowledge Exchange Agreement): This agreement was signed on 4 April 2013. * The University of New Hampshire School of Law * NLUJ- MNLU Mumbai * German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) * US Education Foundation, New Delhi *

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, New Delhi *

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, Vancouver * Construction Industry Arbitration Council, New Delhi * NLUJ-

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( IIIDEM) *

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, New Delhi *

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, Gandhinagar

Endowments and Chairs

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: The regulatory body has granted the university a Corpus Fund of Rs. 40,00,000/- to help th
Centre of Studies in Banking and Finance
conduct research on various issues pertaining to the economy and contemporary financial issues. * New India Assurance Co. Ltd: The

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company has contributed Rs. 40,00,000/- to establish a chair at the university to encourage research. * General Insurance Corporation: The

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company has contributed Rs. 35,00,000/- to establish an insurance chair at the university. * Dushyant Dave: The

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Senior Advocate has granted Rs. 10,00,000/- for the development of the University Library. *

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: The

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chair was established by the

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in the university under the IPERPO scheme during the 11th Five Year Plan.

Foreign Funding

* Eurasian Foundation: The Non-Profit Organization has sanctioned US$20,000/- to run a course in the university for its students and international scholars titled "Building Peace Communities in Asia".

Research

National Law University, Jodhpur has established the following Centers with a view to facilitate students in understanding the intricacies of legal research, corporate work culture and develop insight in alternative forms of learning on academic and corporate subjects: * Centre for Advanced Research & Training in Arbitration Law – CARTAL * Centre for Competition Law and Policy * Centre of Risk Management and Derivatives (CRMD) * Centre for Human Rights, Women Empowerment and Child Development * Centre for Corporate Governance (CCG) * Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law & Policy * Centre for IP Studies * Centre for Studies in Banking and Finance (CSBF) * Centre for Human Resources Initiatives and Industrial Relations Studies (CHRIIRS) * Centre for Human Welfare and Empowerment * Centre for Tax Law (CTL) * Centre for Studies in Capital Market * Centre on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation * Centre for Policy & Research in International Law * Centre for Human Rights of Children and Institutional Law Development (CHILD) * Centre for Gender Studies * Centre for Legal Theory * Research Centre on Transactional Law (RECENT LAW) *

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Law Institute * Centre for Litigation Studies *Centre for Criminal Law Studies *

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Centre for Civilisational and Peace Study The university also conducts several short and medium-term orientations, 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.

Student life

Moot Courts and Students' Achievements

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s are needed for legal education today and they are well integrated into the curriculum of the university. They are a part of the university's culture both internally and externally. On the external side, since its establishment, the university has been hosting the M.M. Singhvi Bar Council of India Trust Moot Court Competition, organized to commemorate the memory of the late M.M. Singhvi, a lawyer in India. The Competition is organized 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 hosted the North Indian rounds of the Stetson Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, which is another Moot Court Competition. Apart from this, the university has also hosted the Surana & Surana National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition which is sponsored by Surana and Surana. The first national competition was won in 2004 when the team composed of Manmeet Singh Rai ('08) and Sagarika Chakraborty ('08) won the national rounds of the Louis M. Brown Client Counseling Competition held at the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. The team subsequently represented India at the World finals of the Louis M. Brown Client Counseling Competition at

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. Since then the university has been 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 composed 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. Besides, the university was an Elimination Round Participant (Frederic Eisemann Award) at the Fifteenth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, 2008 held in Vienna. The university teams participating in the East editions of the Vis Moot, held in Hong Kong have won several accolades, including Runners up for Best Speaker (Siddhant Chamola, 2013), Honorable Mentions for personal achievements by the speakers. The university has qualified six times to represent India at the Shearman and Sterling Rounds (White and Case Rounds since the 2009–10 edition) of the elite Jessup Moot Court Competition (2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2018–19) and was Octa-Finalist in most of these Editions, also winning various memorial and speaker citations. In 2012, the university team consisting of Aritra Roy, Lakshmi Neelakantan and Jai Sahai has won the International Rounds of the Stetson Environmental Law Moot Court Competition 2012. This team also won the Surana and Surana Stetson India North Rounds earlier year. 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 North India rounds of the Stetson. They were also quarter-finalists at the International rounds of the Stetson moot. In 2009, for the second year in running the university qualified for the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition to be held in Hague in 2010. They bagged the award for the 'Best Victims' Counsel' in the 2010 edition. Only two teams from India had qualified for this competition. In 2009, two members of the team representing the University at the Investment Law Arbitration Moot held at Frankfurt, Germany bagged honorable mentions for their speaking. Teams from the university have received the Sarah Derrington Achievement Award twice at the International Maritime Law Moot Court Competition, Perth. Students from the university (teams comprising Joydeep Sarkar ('09), Kartikeya Saran ('09) and Nupur Kabra ('08) in 2008; Rishabh Chopra ('10), Shashank Prabhat Kumar ('10) and Meghana Sharafudeen ('11) in 2009; Arjun Mital ('13), Zara Kaiser ('13 and Gargi Mishra ('13) in 2012; Bharatendu Agarwal ('13), Preeti Chockalingam ('13) and Namrata Amarnath ('14) in 2013 and Ninni Thomas ('15), Aphune Kezo ('14) in 2014) have also been selected to represent India at five editions of th
Jean Pictet Competition
on

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. It also has been a consistent performer in the All India Bar Council Moot Court Competition.

Legal Aid Clinic

The Legal Aid Clinic of National Law University, Jodhpur spreads

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's initiative of Smart Village, the Legal Aid and Awareness Committee of the University has adopted the nearby village of Surpura and has being working extensively towards the development of public facilities and basic infrastructure of the village.

College committees

The following seven committees are student run and organize various events that take place in the university: * Academic Support & Literary Committee * Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee * Cultural Committee * Legal Aid and Awareness Committee * Moot Court Committee * Sports Committee * Students Career Counseling & Placement Bureau

Events

Yuvardha

This event is the university's biennial Inter Law College Sports fest organized by the Sports Committee since 2009, with many law universities from across India participating in this sports fest, the fifth edition of Yuvardha saw a participation of over 800 students. The main highlight of the fest is that no first round matchup is an elimination round. As of May, 2022 the university has hosted six editions of this fest with the last one being Yuvardha VI which was hosted on September, 2019.

NH-65

The Cultural Committee and the Academic Support and Literary Committee of NLUJ have been organizing this biennial Inter Law College Literary and Cultural Fest since 2010, this event derived its name from the location of the University on National Highway-65. As of May, 2022 the university has hosted five editions of this fest with the last one being hosted in October, 2018.

Centre For Wellness And Counselling

The centre was established to ensure the upliftment of mental well-being of the students, the same is done by providing free of cost confidential therapy sessions, special lectures and awareness sessions on the topic of

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IT Infrastructure

National Law University provides 24*7 Internet access to every student. It has subscribed to various online Law and other libraries like

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(India and UK),

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, Kluwer Arbitration, Kluwer Online
SCC Online
an
Manupatra
which makes it easier for students to find relevant research work. The university also provides access to

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which is an anti-plagiarism software to all the students. The

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(LAN) provides connectivity to the entire campus including the Halls of Residence. Wireless Internet connectivity is also provided throughout the campus.

Graduate Outcomes

Students who have graduated from NLUJ have pursued many diverse range of careers, some of them are as follows:

Domestic Corporate Law Firms

The average package for students opting for corporate law is around Rs. 8-16 lakhs. With many top Indian law firms like Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Khaitan & Co. and AZB & Partners recruiting from the university.

International Law Firms

International Law Firms and

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firms like

Allen and Overy Allen & Overy LLP (informally A&O) is an international law firm. The firm has 580 partners and over 5,600 people worldwide. In 2022 A&O reported an increase in revenue to GBP1.96 billion and is the second largest law firm headquartered in th ...

Clifford Chance Clifford Chance LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and a member of the " Magic Circle", a group of London-based multinational law firms. It ranks as one of top ten largest law firms in the world measured ...

Herbert Smith Herbert Smith LLP was a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and merged with the Australian law firm Freehills on 1 October 2012, forming Herb ...

and

Linklaters Linklaters LLP is a multinational law firm, headquartered in London, England. Founded in 1838, it is a member of the " Magic Circle" of elite London-headquartered law firms. It currently employs over 5,000 lawyers across 31 offices in 21 coun ...

have offered vacation schemes to Under Graduate students with packages ranging between Rs. 28 lakh to Rs. 30 lakh per annum.

Private Companies/Institutions

Many Students have also joined Financial Institutions and private companies as consultants/lawyers, like

ICICI Bank ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian Private bank. It is headquartered at Mumbai. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services for corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and specialized subsidiar ...

Ernst & Young Ernst & Young Global Limited, trade name EY, is a multinational professional services partnership headquartered in London, England. EY is one of the largest professional services networks in the world. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and Pricewat ...

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, Ho ...

and

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York St ...

Government Jobs

Students have also joined many

Public Sector Undertakings A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governme ...

and Regulatory Bodies like

SEBI The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulatory body for securities and commodity market in India under the ownership of Ministry of Finance within the Government of India. It was established on 12 April 1988 as an executive ...

Indian Oil Corporation Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL; d/b/a IndianOil) is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It is headquartered in New Delhi. It is a public sector un ...

, Bharat Heavy Electrical and

National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Power, Government of India which is engaged in generation of electricity and ...

. Students also opt to prepare for

Civil Services The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

and Judicial Services Examinations of various states with many getting selected as

Judge A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

s and

Bureaucrat A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government. The term ''bureaucrat'' derives from "bureaucracy", w ...

s and serving across the country.

Litigation

Many students also opt for Litigation in the various

High Courts High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift ...

and the

of India.

Academia

The students graduating the universities have received offers for higher studies from universities like King’s College,

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has grown to comprise eleven undergraduate and graduate ...

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city o ...

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

, the

London School of Economics and Political Science The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

, the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, University of Califor ...

, Los Angeles, the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

Warwick University , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

and many more institutions of eminence.

References

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History

Important Events

Response to the pandemic

Academics

Courses and curriculum

Undergraduate

= B.A./B.B.A. LL.B (Hons.)

Post-graduate

= LLM

= MBA

= PGDM

Doctorate

Rankings

Publications

MOUs and Collaboration

Endowments and Chairs

Foreign Funding

Research

Student life

Moot Courts and Students' Achievements

Legal Aid Clinic

College committees

Events

Yuvardha

NH-65

Centre For Wellness And Counselling

IT Infrastructure

Graduate Outcomes

Domestic Corporate Law Firms

International Law Firms

Private Companies/Institutions

Government Jobs

Litigation

Academia

See also

References

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