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Law related studies at national autonomous law schools - 5-Mar-2014
With an earnest effort to standardize law education in India under Bar Council of India, national autonomous law schools were conceived and came into existence.
The first such autonomous law school was established as National Law School, Bangalore which admitted its first batch in 1987.
These institutes followed a curriculum prescribed by the Bar Council of India but since they were under the overall control of the University Grants Commission and therefore it was not possible for the Bar Council to effectively pursue reforms in legal education.
Soon there were calls for reforms from all quarters of the country because of falling standards and there were mounting pressures over the Bar Council of India to bring forth change in the way in which legal education was imparted in India.
Structure of National Law Schools:
Autonomous law schools in India are provided with autonomous status: offers five year programme: Integrated degrees: national status of law schools and involvement of legal luminaries.
The first autonomous law school established to implement the reforms in legal education in India was the National Law School of India University (NLS) which was established in Bangalore.
Following the NLS, Banglore model, various other states followed suite to establish national law schools. While these differ from NLS in terms of modalities etc., the structure and model of imparting legal education in these later law schools has remained the same.
Admissions:
Admission to LLB and LLM in most of the autonomous National law schools in India is based on Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), with acceptance percentages being less than 1%.
But, National Law University, Delhi conducts the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) and the private law schools conduct their own admission tests.
Brief up about CLAT:
Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralised test for admission to prominent National Law Universities in India. The test is taken after the Higher Secondary Examination or the 12th grade for admission to integrated under graduation programmes in Law and after Graduation in Law for Master of Laws(LL.M) programmes conducted by these law universities.
List of autonomous National Law Schools in India:
National Law School of India University, Bangalore
National Law Institute University, Bhopal
NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
National Law University, Jodhpur, Jodhpur
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur
National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi
Chanakya National Law University, Patna
National Law University Odisha
National Law University, Delhi, New Delhi
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam
National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi
National Law School and Judicial Academy, Assam, Guwahati
Tamil Nadu National Law School, Srirangam
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur (To be established)
