Knight in shining armor: NLSIU introduces one of the most progressive scholarship policies

Emerging as a knight in shining armor for the under-privileged and the under-represented class, National Law School of India University has adopted one of the most progressive scholarship policies.The lack of diversity of students who qualify for the National Law Schools of the country became the foundation stone for this scholarship policy.IDIA Diversity Survey studied the incoming group of students in the year 2013. The Of all the students who secured admission into the top 5 NLUs in the...

Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh takes over as President, Association of Indian Universities

Vice-Chancellor, of NLU-Delhi Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, has been elected as the President of Association of Indian Universities.So far in his legal journey he was the Vice President, AIU.The VC of the NLU-Delhi states that, “We need to churn out students who will be professionally competent, technically sound and socially relevant and those who will not only enter their respective professions but also be equipped to address the imperatives of the new millennium and uphold the promise which we...

Bombay HC orders constitution of expert panel for CLAT reassessment decision

While disposing the writ petition of an 18 year old CLAT candidate from Mumbai pertaining to reassessment of the impugned CLAT 2015 results and ranking of the candidates, the honourable Bombay High Court ordered an expert committee with the power to take a decision that could revise the “merit list of candidates if necessary”, making “the whole merit list and all subsequent process, will be subject to outcome of the Expert Panel/Comittee’s decision”.The judgment runs into 33 odd pages was...

4 Indian Law Students selected for 6 week Judicial Clerkship Programme in the Supreme Court of Hawaii

In an unprecedented feat, four students of the Jindal Global Law School have been selected for a 6 week Judicial Clerkship Programme in the Supreme Court of Hawaii in the US.Out of the four students selected for the internship, three students - Aparajita Sheel, Ishnoor Saini, and Swarnim Swasti are fourth year students, while Avni Choudhary has been fortunate to get this opportunity in her third year of BA LLB.The Summer Judicial Clerkship Programme hosted by the Supreme Court of Hawaii is...

Outlook releases Law School Rankings 2015; NLSIU,NALSAR and NUJS in Top 3

After India Today, the Outlook magazine has now released its own law school rankings. The rankings released by Outlook differ significantly from the one released by India Today.Outlook Law School ranking 2015While NLSIU Bangalore and NALSAR Hyderabad continue to hold the top two positions in both the rankings, NUJS and NLIU find themselves at the third and fourth spot in the Outlook rankings. On the other hand, India Today had placed Faculty of Law, Delhi University and GNLU at the third and...

NALSAR becomes the first institution to issue a gender neutral degree in India

In a sui generis event, NALSAR, Hyderabad has issued a gender neutral degree to a student who wanted to be identified not Mr. or Ms. But as Mx.Anindita Mukherjee, student at NALSAR had requested the University to issue her the certificates with Mx. as the prefix.Reportedly, the certificates also mention Anindita Mukherjee as “they” rather than “he” or “she’. Mx. Anindita Mukherjee reportedly said, "The university sent us our provisional transcripts and asked us to email back within a week with...

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 Law School.  He has sent the resignation letter to the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, who is also the Chancellor of the School right after the...

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 stand-alone piece.Here are a few points (twelve to be precise) law students and young lawyers keen on pursuing litigation as a career option should keep in...

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 recently imposed Maggi ban and also to a death of a child after consuming an expired packet of Maggi that was available in the market.The representation...

National Law Schools get Ford Foundation funds worth $600,000

The State Government of Gujarat has alleged that the US-based non-profit Ford Foundation in India is involved in “covert activities” and has violated its “stated goals of promoting communal harmony, democratic principles and social justice.”As an aftermath of which, the Centre demanded for a government clearance prior to institutions accepting its funds for research and development.But at least seven premium Central institutions run research and scholarship programmes that drew over $2.5 million...

Development & Rule of Law becomes the theme of the first alumni meet cum conference at NLSIU

The inaugural National Conference of the alumni of National Law School of India University to discuss “Legal Services, Legal Education and the State Of The Profession: Emerging Challenges” was held at the NLSIU campus on 25- 26 April 2015. Justice .V.Gopala Gowda, judge of the Supreme Court along with former Chief Justices of India Justice M N Venkatachaliah and Justice Rajendra Babu graced the occasion by inaugurating the conference. Justice Gowda even addressed the conference by calling on...