All students enrolled in the full-time academic programmes at the NLSIU are members of the Student Bar Association (SBA). The SBA has earned a formidable reputation for its wide range of events and activities – be it mooting, legal services, literary and cultural competitions or academic publications.
It is a matter of great pride for all of us at the Law School that the student body enjoys substantial autonomy and is in fact encouraged by the faculty to engage in a wide range of curricular and co-curricular activities as well as hostel administration.
The SBA adopted a Constitution of its own in 2000, which regulates its structure and functioning. The SBA Constitution provides for the yearly formation of 12 Activity Based Committees (ABCs), each having a specific focus. The individual members of each ABC are chosen on the basis of merit in the respective area. Each ABC is headed by a student Convener elected by the particular committee’s members, and its functioning is supervised by a faculty advisor. The University funds the intra-institutional activities of the various ABCs, while individual committees raise external sponsorships for their respective inter-institutional events and activities. Furthermore, every class elects two student representatives who together form the Class Council. This body liaises with the faculty on academic issues.
In 2021-22, the SBA Constitution was substantially revised, and all previous amendments were directly incorporated within the body of the text. Read the ‘SBA Constitution and Guidelines 2022.’
Student Committees:
- Academic Support Program (ASP)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Board
- Council For International Relations And International Law (CIRIL)
- Cultural and Fine Arts Committee (CulComm)
- Event Management Committee(EMC)
- Law & Society Committee (‘Law Soc’)
- Legal Services Clinic (LSC)
- Literary and Debating Society (LnD)
- Moot Court Society (MCS)
- Sports Committee (SportsComm)
- Student Initiative for Promotion of Legal Awareness (SIPLA)
Student Collectives:
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- Disability Support Group (DSG)
- Firdaus-e-Alfaaz (Poetry Collective)
- Human Rights Collective (HRC)
- Indian Dance Association (IDA)
- Ka’law’kriti
- Mental Health Support Group (MHSG)
- Music Society (MusicSoc)
- NLS Feminist Alliance (NLSFA)
- NLS Film Club (NLSFC)
- NLS Queer Alliance (NLSQA)
- NLS Quiz Club (NLSQC)
- North East and Himalayan States Collective (NEHSC)
- Savitri Phule Ambedkar Caravan (SPAC)
- Society for Non-Human Persons (SNHP)
The working of the ABCs is coordinated by two elected representatives, namely the President and the Vice-President. Students are also involved in the administration of the hostels through three committees appointed by the Warden – namely the General Welfare Committee (GWC), Mess Committee and Disciplinary Committees.
Past Clubs/Committees/Collectives:
- Campus Development & Management Committee (CDMC)
- Entrepreneur Cell (E-Cell)
- Finance Committee
- Law & Technology Society (L-Tech)
- Student Advocate Committee (Stud Ad)
- Recruitment Co-ordination Committee
Student Journals
We publish three student edited journals i.e. the Student Bar Review (SBR), the Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) and the Socio-Legal Review (SLR). LeGala is our annual inter-collegiate literary and cultural festival which runs concurrently with Strawberry Fields , which is India ‘s largest student-organised rock show. In recent years, Spiritus , our inter-law college sports festival, as well as the NLS Debate , which is South Asia ‘s largest parliamentary style debating tournament, have attracted both voluminous participation as well as media attention.
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