India Today releases Law Schools Rankings, NLSIU at top

The widely read magazine, India Today has released its rankings for various educational institutions, including law schools. As per the ranking, NLSIU, Bangalore is the best law school in India, followed by NALSAR Hyderabad.Interestingly, India Today has not differentiated between 3 year law courses and 5 year integrated courses and has marked institutions on the same criteria. Amongst the other National Law Schools, only GNLU and HNLU found a mention within the top 10 places in the rankings....

TNNLS Vice Chancellor Resigns, NLSIU Graduate IAS officer to take charge

All’s not well for Tamil Nadu National Law School (TNNLS) as Founder Vice Chancellor demits office citing lack of adequate support from some members of the Executive Council as reported by the Hindu. Murgavel who earlier served in the Department of Law of Madras University was one of the main architects of the newly established Tamil Nadu National...

Advance Course on Economic Analysis of Constitutional Law by Centre for Law & Economic, Gujarat National Law University

The Centre for Law and Economic of Gujarat National Law University is organizing the course on Economic Analysis of Constitutional Law from August 1 to August 6, 2015.This course is designed to answer in details about the questions of consequences of the constitutional rules. The questions like “ Would you say the government is pretty much run by a...

Call for Blogs: SRIL International Law Blog

The Society for Research inLaw [SRIL] International Law Blog is now accepting posts on contemporary issues of International Law. The blogs will be accepted on a rolling basis. We also accept articles in response to already published pieces on our blog.Submission Guidelines The article should be original and unpublished.Make clear and precise...

Mooters Speaking: In Conversation with Quarter finalist of 19th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition

The 19th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, is one of the prestigious mooting competitions among all National and International moots. The competition was conducted from April 16-18, 2015. There were four teams from India and performed excellently in the International rounds. The teams were from NLU Jodhpur, NUJS...

IPAN-DAAD Scholarship for Batch of 2015, Apply by June 18

The International Policy Analysis Network (IPAN) in association with The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD in association with has announced two scholarships for students from India.IPAN DAAD Scholarship for US-German Summer School in International & Comparative LawThe youth run policy think tank, IPAN in association with DAAD provides a...

12 Tips on How to Succeed in Litigation as a Career: A Snippet from Tanuj Kalia’s Book on Law as a Career (LexisNexis)

Tanuj Kalia’s (Founding CEO of Lawctopus) book titled ‘Law as a Career’ is out in the market! Published by LexisNexis the book is a complete guide for law aspirants and law students keen on pursuing a career in law.Below is a section from the chapter on ‘Litigation as a Career Option’. The content has been edited slightly to be suitable as a...

NGLSJ writes to Union Minister for Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs for Maggi recall and initiation of prosecution

NATIONAL GROUP OF LAW STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE(NGLSJ) has sent a representation to the Union Minister for Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan with a request to initiate criminal prosecution of Nestle for Homicide, Seizure & destruction of products for which recall orders have been issued.The representation refers to the...

‘Enervions’ International Essay Writing Competition, 2015

College of Legal Studies, UPES, Dehradun in collaboration with Surana & Surana International Attorneys, Chennai is organizing an International Essay Writing Competition and inviting participation from the eligible participants.Eligibility: The competition is open to students who are pursuing their B.A., LL.B. / LL.M. / Ph.D. / M. PHIL or any...

LSAT India announces results

The Law School Admission Council of the US (LSAC) announced the results of this year's Law School Admission Test (LSAT) India on June 5. The exams were held on May 17.LSAT-India is a standardized test adopted as an admissions criterion by multiple law colleges across India. It measures skills that are considered essential for success in law school....

WBNUJS batch’15 records cent percent placements, the administration feels delighted

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata recorded a one hundred percent placement for its graduating batch of 2015. 78 students (in a batch of 106) participated in the recruitment process and all the students were placed, either by the Campus Recruitment Committee (CRC) or through offers outside the college...

Online Internship Opportunity at Common Cause

COMMON CAUSE, a registered Society with membership all over the country and operating on All India basis, has invited applications for online internship. Common Cause is an initiative in public interest litigation, for solving the common and collective problems of the people, has greatly contributed to the evolution and spread of the system in the...