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The National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU), was established by the Rashtriya Vidhi

Sansthan Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, Act No. 41 of 1997, (substituted by Act No. 06 of 2018)

enacted by the Madhya Pradesh State Legislature. NLIU is recognized by the University Grants

Commission and the Bar Council of India. NLIU is the Second National Law University

established after NLSIU, Bangalore.

VISION of NLIU is to become one of the best centers of legal education, training and research in

the world.

MISSION of NLIU is to develop and nurture the intellect for the betterment of the nation and

humanity through Law and Justice.

OBJECTIVES of the NLIU inter alia, are to contribute to the national development by instilling a

sense of responsibility among the students, while simultaneously cultivating in them spirit of

intellectual freedom, qualities of leadership, imaginative power and clarity.

NLIU has been designing and delivering courses with a view to enhance the mental ability and

intellectual capacity of the students. Our focus is to train the students in the art and science of

avoiding and resolving problems within the framework of law.

Courses of Study

1 B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)

Minimum duration of B.A.LL.B (Hons.) course is five academic years and maximum duration is

seven academic years. There are two semesters in an academic year. Continuous examination and

evaluation are integral part of continuous learning process. Our examination and evaluation scheme

is designed to achieve three objectives. First to test the subject knowledge and its application

through problem based written examination. Second to assess the research skills of the students, the

students are required to write a research paper in every subject in the form of project. Third to

evaluate the presentation skills of the students, the students are required to make a presentation of

their projects and take Viva-Voce Examination. For further detail visit www.nliu.ac.in.

2 LL.M.

Minimum duration of LL.M. course is one academic year and maximum duration is three academic

years. There are two semesters in an academic year. Specialization is offered in the areas of: (1)

Intellectual Property & Business Law; (2) Constitutional and Administrative Law; and (3) Human

Rights and Criminal Law. Area of specialization is offered subject to the availability of faculty and

at least five students opting for it. Scheme of examination and evaluation for LL.M. course is the

same as of B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) course. In the final semester a student has to submit a dissertation

and take an open defense Viva-Voce Examination. For further detail visit www.nliu.ac.in.

3 Master of Cyber Law & Information Security (MCLIS)

Minimum duration of MCLIS course is two academic years and maximum duration is four

academic years. There are two semester in an academic year. In the final semester the student has

to submit a dissertation and take an open defense Viva-Voce Examination. Admission is through

All India Entrance Test conducted by NLIU Bhopal. For further detail visit www.nliu.ac.in.

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4 Ph.D. in Law

Admission to Ph.D. program is done through an All India Entrance Test conducted by the

University. NLIU offers (i) Ph. D. in Law; (ii) Ph.D. (Inter-disciplinary); and (iii) Ph.D. in Cyber

Law and Information Security. Teaching Assistantship may be provided to non-JRF candidates after

completion of their Course-work for two years.

5 Post Graduate Diploma courses through Distance Education Mode:

Three P.G. diploma Courses on (1) Cyber Law & Cyber Security; (2) GST; and (3) Consumer

Protection Laws & Practice have been considered.

Learning & Teaching Methods

The NLIU strongly believes that in class rooms students and teachers create new knowledge.

Integration of social science courses in the teaching of law courses, use of case method, Socratic

method, case study method, problem based learning and clinical education are the hall mark of the

teaching – learning process at NLIU. Moot court and client counseling competitions, language and

computer proficiency are the regular and vibrant features of NLIU. Constant and persistent

endeavors are made to keep abreast with the current national and international learning and teaching

practices and to ensure that the curriculum meets the needs, challenges and opportunities of legal

education in the twenty-first century.

Admission

Intake and Reservation for B.A.LL.B (Hons.) Course

Students are admitted for 2020-21 through CLAT-2020. NLIU shall admit students to its

B.A.LL.B (Hons.) Course as per the following Table:

Category Number of Seats Category Number of Seats

Scheduled Cast (16%) 161

Scheduled Tribe (20%) 201

Other Backward Classes* (14%) 141

General 521

NRI/NRI Sponsored 182 Supernumerary Quota (J&K ) 02

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Supernumerary Quota (EWS) 124

* Only those OBC candidates can claim reservation under this category whose father/mother do not

fall under creamy layer. Such candidates have to produce requisite certificate from competent

authority to the effect that their parents at present do not come under creamy layer category.

1. 50% Seats are horizontally reserved for candidates having domicile certificate of State of

Madhya Pradesh in the respective category

2. Eligibility for admission under NRI/NRI Sponsored Category, the candidate must be:

An NRI/OCI Card Holder/PIO Card Holder himself or herself,

OR

Sponsored by a First Degree Blood Relation or Second Degree Blood relation who is an

NRI/OCI Card Holder/PIO Card Holder.

Only those will be eligible who have given option as an NRI/NRI sponsored in the CLAT

application form.

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3. Reserved for candidates from the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

4. Reserved for candidates from the Economical Backward Section.

30 Seats are horizontally reserved for women candidates (excluding NRI/NRI sponsored

and supernumerary quota).

5 Seats are horizontally reserved for Persons with Disability (excluding NRI/NRI

sponsored and supernumerary quota).

Note:- In addition to the above seats Five Seats are earmark for Foreign National Candidates

for direct admission without appearing in the CLAT examination.

Intake and Reservation for LL.M. Course

Students are admitted for 2020-21 through CLAT-2020. NLIU shall admit students to its LL.M.

Course as per the following Table:

Category Number of Seats Category Number of Seats

Scheduled Cast (16%) 101

Scheduled Tribe (20%) 121

Other Backward Class* (14%) 81

General 301

* Only those OBC candidates can claim reservation under this category whose father/mother do not

fall under creamy layer. Such candidates have to produce requisite certificate from competent

authority to the effect that their parents at present do not come under creamy layer category.

1. 50% Seats are horizontally reserved for candidates having domicile certificate of State of

Madhya Pradesh in the respective category

Three seats are horizontally reserved for candidates of Persons with Disability category.

18 seats are horizontally reserved for women candidates.

Note: In addition to the above seats Five Seats are earmark for Foreign National Candidates

for direct admission without appearing in the CLAT examination.

Full Tuition Fee Waiver & Scholarships

NLIU seeks to encourage meritorious students with a belief that money should not become a

roadblock for meritorious students with limited means. To realize this objective, the University has

instituted the following Scholarship:

Two Merit cum Means Scholarships one in the memory of Late Justice J. S. Verma and the

other in the name of the University. The scholarships cover full tuition fee waiver for the entire

duration of the B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) Course. In the first year of the course the scholarships are

awarded to the NLIU students securing highest marks in CLAT. From second year to fifth year

the scholarships are awarded to the students securing highest marks (without repeat) in the

NLIU examinations of first year, second year, third year and fourth year. To be eligible for the

award of the scholarships merit alone is not sufficient to make a student eligible for the award.

The annual income of the parents of the students shall not exceed the amount as may be

prescribed by the university from time to time.

Library

The Library “Gyan Mandir” is housed in a centrally air-conditioned building. It is well equipped

with the state of the art technology and tools. It has a very rich collection of learned tomes, national

and international journals of law, humanities and social sciences. A large collection of e-resources

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like Lexis Nexis, Hein Online, JSTOR, Manupatra, AIR, SCC, and other materials are the hallmark

of the Library.

Auditorium, Classrooms, Hostels and Canteen

The entire University campus has wireless internet facility. Class Rooms are air-conditioned,

equipped with LED/LCD projectors, Smart Boards and other facilities. University has an air-

conditioned computer lab, having 120 computers with 1 GBPS internet speed. Besides there are

video conferencing facilities, auditorium, seminar halls, conference rooms, etc. There are four

hostels two each for men and women. It also has a well furnished guest house. University has a

modern, cozy, well furnished canteen on the campus. Recently, it has a 900 seat capacity

Convention centre, named Justice J. S. Verma Memorial Convention Centre, with the state of the art

facility.

Sports Facilities

Exercise of both mind and body is necessary to keep an individual healthy and fit. With a view to

provide a congenial environment on the campus both indoor and outdoor sports facilities are

available. Indoor facilities include state-of-the-art gymnasium, badminton courts, table tennis and

pool game, outdoor facilities include tennis courts, volley ball courts and basket ball court.

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Gymnasium and Sports Facilities

Security on the Campus

Entire campus is covered by a boundary wall. Round the clock security is provided by trained

security personnel.

Centers of Excellence

There are eleven Centers of Excellence : (1) Law Governance and Human Rights; (2) Civil &

Criminal Justice Administration; (3) Gender and Health Law; (4) Science, Technology and Law; (5)

Environmental Law; (6) Business and Commercial Law; (7) Law, Language & Culture; (8) Socio-

Legal Studies; (9) WTO Studies; (10) Clinical Legal Education and (11) Rajiv Gandhi National

Cyber Law Centre with the support of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of

India.

Medals

1) Pt. Ramlal Ji Sharma Memorial Gold Medal is awarded to the Topper Student of B.A.LL.B.

(Hons.) course. Pt. Ramlal Ji Sharma Memorial Silver Medal is awarded to the Topper Student

of first year, second year, third year and fourth year of B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) course.

2) Justice Shachindra Diwedi Memorial Gold Medal is awarded to the Topper of LL.M. Corse.

3) Justice Nani A. Palkhiwala Memorial Gold Medal is awarded to the Topper of LL.M. Course.

4) Mrs. Pratibha Dubey Memorial Gold Medal is awarded to the Topper Female of

B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) Course.

5) Justice G. P. Singh Memorial Gold Medal is awarded to the Topper of B.A.LL.B.(Hons.)

Course.

6) Justice J. S. Verma Memorial Gold Medal is awarded to the Topper of B.A.LL.B.(Hons.)

Course.

7) Prof V. S. Rekhi Memorial Gold Medal is awarded to the Topper of B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) Course.

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8) Mr. Rizwan Shaad Memorial Gold Medal is awarded to the Topper of MCLIS Course.

A View of the NLIU Campus

Publications

NLIU publishes three journals: (1) Indian Law Review; (2) NLIU Journal of Intellectual

Property Law; (3) NLIU Law Review and (4) NLIU Journal of Business Laws. University has

also published research monographs on different topics.

Annual Lectures and Conferences

NLIU organizes annually Justice Shacheendra Dwivedi Memorial Lecture, Justice G. P. Singh

Memorial Lecture and special regional and global conferences on contemporary issues.

In addition to regular teaching and research, training programs, refresher courses and workshops

for teachers and other target groups are continuing feature of the University. University is actively

engaged in conducting research and consultancy projects. To mention a few, it had undertaken

projects sponsored by Government of M.P., M.P. State Biodiversity Board, Bureau of Police

Research and Development, Ministry of Human Resources Development , New Delhi; ICSSR,

UGC, UNICEF, UNDP, GTZ (Germany), UNFPA, etc.

Moot Court & Mediation

NLIU has a Moot Court Association (MCA), an elected body of students comprising of successful

and experienced mooters. NLIU organizes three Moot Court competitions annually i.e. the NLIU-

Link Legal Client Counseling Competition, NLIU National Corporate Law Moot and Justice R. K.

Tankha Memorial International Moot Court Competition and other moot court competitions from

time to time. NLIU also hosts the prestigious NLIU-INADR International Mediation Competition

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annually. NLIU students participate in international moot Court competitions every year and have

brought laurels to the University.

Academic Exchange Program

NLIU has an understanding with the renowned Centre for Advanced Study and Research on

Intellectual Property (CASRIP), Seattle, U.S.A., and two students attend the summer course at

Washington University, Seattle every year. CASRIP provides to these students scholarships to

attend the program. NLIU Provides a financial assistance of ₹ 30,000/- each of the students.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

NLIU has MoUs with five Foreign Universities:

1 International Institute of Air and Space Law of Leiden University, Netherland.

2 McGill University, Canada.

3 Lucerne University, Switzerland.

4 Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

5 School of Law, The University of Western Sydney, Australia.

NLIU has MoUs with:

1 Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.

2 Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad.

3 Jagaran Lakecity University, Bhopal.

4 The National e-Governance Division (NeGD) created by the Ministry of Electronics &

Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India.

5 National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics.

6 RCPV Noronha Academy of Administration and Management, Bhopal

NLIU is a member of:

1 International Association of Law Schools.

2 Asian Law Institute.

3 Association of Indian Universities (AIU)

4 Consortium of NLUs

Placement of Students

Students of NLIU have an excellent track record in placements and are placed in a number of

leading national and international Law firms, banks, government establishments, etc. To name a

few:-

Law Firms

Amarchand & Magaldas & Suresh

A. Shroff & Co.

AZB & Partners

Jyoti Sagar & Associates

Juris Corp

Khaitan & Co.

Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan

Vaish & Associates

Wadia Gandhy & Co.

Trilegal

Corporate House

Price Waterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd

Reliance ADA Group

Foreign Law Firms

Allen & Overy

Ashurst LLP

Clifford Chance

Herbert Smith LLP

LinkLaters

SJ Berwin, LLP

Government Bodies

Bharat Heavy Electricals LTD

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Aditya Birla Group

Airtel

Deloitte

Goldman Sachs

ICICI Bank Ltd

ICICI Lombard Ltd

ICICI Prudential Ltd

JSW Steel Ltd

Larsen & Tubro Ltd

Morgan Stanley

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd

HUDCO

Indian Oil Corporation

Ministry of Company Affairs

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation

SEBI

Unit Trust of India

NeGD

Legal Process Outsourcing

Pangea3

Quislex

A number of students are also working with senior lawyers of Supreme Court & High Courts, and

the alumni are also practicing as advocates in District Courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court.

Some of the alumni are working as Advocates on Record in Supreme Court of India and also as

Judges in different states. Some have joined Teaching / Research profession. A number of students

are selected for prestigious Clerkship programme of the Supreme Court of India.

A number of NLIU students have gone for higher studies to some of the leading universities of the

world, like, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Harvard University, Columbia University,

University of London, New York University, National University of Singapore, etc.

NLIU students have received prestigious scholarships like Commonwealth Scholarship (UK),

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (EU) etc.

Annual Fees Schedule for BA.LL.B.(Hons.) & LL.M.

Particulars B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) LL.M.

I Admission Fees (One Time) ₹ 10,000 ₹ 10,000

II Tuition Fee

SC/ST/OBC/PWD/General Students ₹ 1,31,000 ₹ 1,00,000

NRI / NRI Sponsored US$ 10000 -

III Examination & Facilities Fee

Reading Material Fee ₹ 8,000 ₹ 8,000

IT/Computer Fee ₹ 9,000 ₹ 9,000

Examination Fee ₹ 6,000 ₹ 6,000

Moot Court Fee ₹ 4,000 -

Extra Curricular Fee/ Student Welfare Fee /

Establishment ₹ 6,000 ₹ 6,000

Campus Development Fee ₹ 6,000 ₹ 6,000

Sports Fee ₹ 4,500 ₹ 4,500

Library Fee ₹ 6,000 ₹ 6,000

IV Hostel Charges*

Hostel Application Charges ₹ 500 ₹ 500

Room Rent Charges ₹ 18,000 ₹ 18,000

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Mess Charges ₹ 29,500 ₹ 29,500

Hostel Amenities Charges ₹ 7,500 ₹ 7,500

Other charges as notified by University

V Refundable Charges (One Time)

Caution Money ₹ 5,000 ₹ 5,000

Library Deposit ₹ 5,000 ₹ 5,000

Hostel Deposit (only for hostel students) ₹ 5,000 ₹ 5,000

1. There shall be an annual increase of ₹ 5,000/- in the Tuition Fee for Indian Nationals every

academic session of the 5-year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) Course.

2. The fees / charges are provisional and subject to revision as per the decision of University.

3. Fees once deposited shall not be refunded under any circumstances whatsoever.

4. As per the order of the Department of Tribal and Scheduled Cast Welfare, Govt. of M.P., Bhopal the

candidates belonging SC/ST and OBC categories of M.P. are eligible to get reimbursement of

certain fee and charges from government of India or government of M.P. as the case may be.

*Hostel charges shall be as given at S.No. IV or on actual basis whichever is higher.

For Further details contact:

Registrar The National Law Institute University Kerwa Dam Road, Bhopal – 462 044 (M.P)

Tele: - (0755) 2696965/70, Tele Fax: (0755) – 2696972

E-mail: [email protected], Web: www.nliu.ac.in