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The NLS BA (Hons), 3-year LLB (Hons) & MPP

Feb 14-15, 2025

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Applications for BA (Hons), 3-Year LLB, MPP and PhD Programmes Open

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Meet our New Faculty and Staff

Feb 2025

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10 Years of NLSIU’s Master’s Programme in Public Policy (MPP) 

Dr. Sneha Thapliyal, MPP Chair

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All About the New NLS BA (Hons) Programme

Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor

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Features of the NLS BA (Hons)

Dr. Atreyee Majumder, BA (Hons) Committee Head

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Intertwining of the NLS BA and the BA LLB Programmes

Dr. Saurabh Bhattacharjee, Dean-Academics

 

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Call for Papers | International Journal on Consumer Law and Practice, Vol.13, 2025

Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025

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28th H.M. Seervai Essay Competition in Constitutional Law

Submission Deadline: Apr 15, 2025

At a Glance

NLSIU was the first National Law University established in India to pioneer legal education reforms. The University has remained a leader in the field of legal education in India for over 30 years. NLSIU has been consistently ranked No 1 in the National Institutional Ranking Framework since 2018 – the year when NIRF law rankings was introduced.

Commenced from

1988

On Campus Students

1355

Faculty

89

Programmes

14

Study

Undergraduate Degrees

The five-year integrated undergraduate B.A. LL.B (Hons) Degree Programme is the flagship degree at NLSIU that offers students training in a range of legal and non-legal subjects. NLSIU pioneered this five-year programme in India with an intention to provide a strong foundation upon which students can choose to pursue professional options or further academic opportunities. In Academic Year 2025-26, NLSIU will offer its new BA (Hons) programme!

Postgraduate Degrees

NLSIU’s Postgraduate Programmes include the one-year Master of Laws (LL.M.) Programme, the two-year Master’s Programme in Public Policy (MPP), and our 3-Year LLB (Hons) Programme. The MPP is an interdisciplinary programme that provides comprehensive training in designing, translating, and evaluating the efficacy of policies.

Research Degrees

The Research Programmes are intended for students and practitioners keen on pursuing advanced studies, research and scholarship. The University offers the following research degree programmes: Ph.D (Law), and Ph.D Interdisciplinary Programme.

Online & Hybrid Programmes

The Online and Hybrid Programmes offered by NLSIU’s Professional And Continuing Education (PACE) is intended to make legal education more accessible to interested students and practitioners, desiring flexibility with location and time. We offer eight programmes to graduates of any discipline from a recognised University.

Research

Over the last three decades, NLS has played a significant role in legal research and reform. This has included working on key legislation that has shaped India’s development. Its specialised research centres have been repeatedly called upon to shape laws and improve implementation in intellectual property, child rights, and environmental laws, among many others. Our focus areas for the path ahead include state capacity in the 21st century, issues of law and technology, the future of work and legal system reform.

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NLSIU Community

I fondly recall my first formal interaction with NLS back in 2019, while I was still an Associate at the Centre for Law & Policy Research. I was struck by how well-read the students were. Not only were they conversant with the latest Supreme Court judgments, but they would also critically engage with these judgments by locating them within overarching debates in the academic literature. I am thrilled to now be part of this vibrant intellectual community at NLSIU, five years after my initial interaction.

Prior to joining NLS, I pursued an LLM from the University of Cambridge as a fully-funded Trinity Singhvi Scholar, where I wrote a dissertation examining the limits of legal transplantation through an analysis of Indian anti-discrimination doctrine. I also had the opportunity to enroll in Prof. Alison Young’s class on contemporary debates in constitutional theory and Prof. Lars Vinx’s foundational course on jurisprudence.

I am currently working on two projects. The first arose out of my Cambridge dissertation on the Indian Supreme Court’s borrowing of Canadian indirect discrimination doctrine. I examine whether anti-discrimination law possesses unique features that make it less compatible with legal transplantation. My second project, which is still in its infancy, revolves around questions of (in)determinacy in the law.

Jai Chander Brunner

Assistant Professor of Law, NLSIU