National Law School of India University
Years of Establishment:  1987

Description

The idea gained strength in the Legal Education Committee of the Bar Council of India and eventually the BCI demanded a deemed University status from the University Grants Commission.

The co-operation of the Karnataka Government, the Bangalore University and the initiatives of senior members of the Bar Council of India as well as that of Karnataka State Bar Council gave the project distinct possibilities of realization over the years. The idea gained more supporters in course of time within the Council and outside who worked at different levels to establish the institution in the interest of better legal education and higher standards of legal research and training. The promoters of the institution finally, succeeded after thirteen long years of suspense and uncertainty, when the Karnataka Government established on August 29, 1987 through a Gazette Notification, the National Law School of India University at Bangalore under the National Law School of India Act (Karnataka Act 22 of 1986).

*This information is compiled from http://www.nls.ac.in

Infrastructure & Facilities

The University is fully residential, with complete residential facilities for students and staff. The campus had its first building in 1992 and today it has a main academic block, a distance education block, three Halls of Residence each for men and women, one post- graduate women's hostel, staff quarters and a well equipped training centre with residential facilities for participants participating in the training programs.

A new library building named "Shri Narayan Rao Melgiri" has been built with the generous donation made by Mrs. Sudha Murthy of the Infosys Foundation and with the financial assistance from the University Grants Commission, New Delhi .

Featured Faculty

Vice Chancellor & Professor of Law - Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao
       
Registrar & Professor of Law - Dr. V. Nagaraj
     
Professors of Law - Dr. A. Jayagovind
                             Dr. V.Vijayakumar
                             Dr. M.K. Ramesh
                             Dr. T. Ramakrishna