CURRENT ISSUE JUNE 05, 2006

PICTURE SPEAK

LEGAL LEAGUE: The NLS campus in Bangalore; (below left) President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at NALSAR, Hyderabad

Vice-Chancellor A. Jayagovind says the emphasis at the NLS has always been on research and studies. Students get tuned to reality at an early stage and debate and research contemporary issues. For instance, they were at the forefront of an agitation in Bangalore over the issue of privatisation of drinking water. The faculty and research centres of the NLS are often the first to be tapped to provide draft versions of legislation and to help in the formulation of government policies.

TOP 10

1 NLSIU, Bangalore 2 NALSAR, Hyderabad 3 NLIU, Bhopal 4 Symbiosis Law College, Pune 5 ILS Law College, Pune 6 Faculty of Law, BHU, Banaras 7 Faculty of Law, DU, Delhi 8 Government Law College, Mumbai 9 Faculty of Law, Chandigarh Univ. 10 Amity Law School, Delhi National rankings are derived from a combination of perceptual and factual ranks. Colleges that did not provide factual information were not ranked. ( - ) Not ranked in the 2005 Top 10.

The NLS, spread over 18 acres in Nagarbhavi, off Bangalore, gets applications from nearly 2,000 students on an average for the 80 seats of its five-year BA, LLB (Honours) programme every year. The institute sees 100 per cent placement, although many students also choose development groups over swanky offers. NLS students regularly bag prestigious scholarships like the Rhodes and Oxford Scholarships. Participation in moot court contests around the world is encouraged. The institute's students were picked up for the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held in Washington, DC.

FROM THE V-C

"The emphasis at the NLS has always been on research and studies." A. JAYAGOVIND, NLSIU

NALSAR, spread over a 50-acre campus in Hyderabad, is also a centre for modern legal education. "We have a contemporary curriculum and our teaching methodologies have the leading edge," says NALSAR director Ranbir Singh. Many students get job offers one semester in advance. The academy, which runs international exchange programmes, has 150 computers in its Internet Centre and some of the best law journals from around the world in its library.

The NLIU, Bhopal, has a symbiotic academic relationship with the National Judicial Academy, the only institute for orientation of sitting judges of high courts and the Supreme Court. Little wonder then that the school has broken into the top three bracket this year.

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