The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law, a premier legal institution in India was set up in Shamirpet, Hyderabad, India in 1998 to create a generation of able and competent lawyers who would join the Bar and Bench. It was created by an Act of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Act 34 of 1998). The University is fully residential and conducts teaching in law and allied disciplines.
NALSAR was ranked the best law school in India in 2008 and has consistently been ranked number 2 thereafter. Over the years, NALSAR have emerged as one of the most elite institution for legal education in India. Admission for the five years B.A,LL.B (Hons.) program is extremely competitive and students are selected on the basis of their CLAT(Common Law Admission Test) Score, an Indian equivalent for LSAT. In 2010, 80 students were selected from 16,350 applicants making NALSAR one of the most difficult Law University to get admitted to.The B.A,LL.B (Hons.) graduates are placed in the best law firms in the country as well as in international law firms such as Allen&Overy, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Simmons and Simmons to name a few. Despite the well deserved reputation NALSAR is often criticized for creating more corporate lawyers rather than socially committed lawyers who would join the bench.
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Courses and curriculum
NALSAR currently offers 80 seats for its B.A, LL.B (Hons.) programme and 60 seats for LL.M programme. The Course Curriculum for LL.B includes 50 courses having varying credit to be completed over a period of five years extendable to a maximum of seven years. This includes 47 compulsory courses and 3 seminar courses where students choose the subject to write a thesis on. NALSAR follows a semester system having two semesters in a year, viz. June to October, January to April. Students are required to intern with Non-governmental organizations, advocates, law firms, judges or governmental bodies over the course of the winter vacation in November and December.NALSAR's admission process was linked with the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in 2008.
The LLM program admissions are also carried out on the basis of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). Presently LLM is offered in the following specialisations:
- Corporate Laws and Governance including International Business
- Intellectual Property Laws
- International Trade and Business Laws
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law
- Human Rights
- Environmental Law
The LLM course in a competitive 2 Year programme offers students a conducive atmosphere to further hone their skills in their area of expertise. The course curriculum and facilities are intensive and professional. Each of the Courses in the first three Semesters carries a maximum of 100 Marks and the Dissertation carries a maximum of 200 Marks (including viva etc.). The distribution of marks in each of the Seminar Courses is as follows: i)Seminar Paper - 60 Marks ii)Presentation of Seminar Paper - 40 Marks Every LL.M. student will be associated with a teacher. The student shall attend the B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) classes of the teacher and assist her/him in the preparation of teaching materials and all other related activities.
One of the most recent and professionally relevant course initiated by NALSAR has been its ML (Financial Services and Capital Markets) Course. This Masters degree course is open to both law and non-law graduates and is relevant to both international and regional capital market, banking and insurance sector participants. The course, the only one of its kind in the country is designed to disseminate specialized knowledge pertaining to securities and financial sector laws. This programme is designed to cater to the needs of company managers, n compliance professionals, law practitioners, stock market professionals, legal advisors. Learn More
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