National Law University, Delhi

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{{Infobox university
| name = National Law University, Delhi
| image = National Law University, Delhi logo.png
| other_name = NLUD
| motto = {{lang|sa|न्यायस्तत्र प्रमाणं स्यात्}} ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: {{IAST|nyāyastatra pramāṇaṃ syāt}})
| mottoeng = There shall justice prevail
| established = {{Start date and age|2008|df=y}}
| type = [[National Law University]]
| head_label = [[Visitor]]
| head = [[Chief Justice of India]]
| chancellor = [[Chief Justice]] of [[Delhi High Court]]
| vice_chancellor = [[Srikrishna Deva Rao]]
| address = Pocket 1, Sector 14, Dwarka
| city = [[New Delhi]]
| state = [[Delhi]]
| country = India
| postalcode = 110078
| students =
| undergrad =
| postgrad =
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| affiliations = [[Bar Council of India|BCI]]
| website = [https://nludelhi.ac.in/home.aspx www.nludelhi.ac.in]
}}
[[File:National Law University, Delhi.jpg|thumb|right|National Law University, Delhi from front]]

'''National Law University, Delhi''' ('''NLUD''') is a [[National Law University]] in India, offering courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Situated in Sector-14, [[Dwarka, Delhi|Dwarka]], [[New Delhi|New Delhi -110078]], [[India]], NLUD is one of the [[Autonomous Law Schools in India|national law schools]] in India built on the [[Legal education in India|five-year law degree model]] proposed and implemented by the [[Bar Council of India]]. The National Law University Act, 2007 provides for the [[Chief Justice of India]] to be the university's [[visitor]], whereas the [[Chief Justice]] of the [[High Court of Delhi]] to function as the university's [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]]. whereas its [[vice-chancellor]] functions as the chief administrator.

==History==
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National Law University, Delhi was established in 2008 by Act No. 1 of 2008 of NCT Delhi in the National Capital Territory of Delhi with the initiative of the [[High Court of Delhi]] under the leadership of Ranbir Singh, the founder-director and vice-chancellor of the [[Nalsar University of Law]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]), who became the university's vice-chancellor. It was inaugurated by then [[President of India]], [[Pratibha Patil]]. The college started functioning in 2008 from temporary buildings. By 2010, the college had completed its construction and was fully functional.

==Academics==
===Academic programmes ===
====Undergraduate====
NLUD offers a five-year[[undergraduate]], [[B.A.]], [[LL.B.|LL.B. (Hons.)]] program. Seventy seats are offered and ten additional seats are allocated to foreign nationals. The undergraduate program is based on a credits system with additional seminar courses for further learning, pursuant according to the interests of the students. The program consists of approximately fifty subjects to be studied over the duration of ten semesters, with five subjects in each semester. Students are expected to submit fifty research projects before their graduation. The curriculum remains intensive and has led to concerns being brought about stress levels amongst the students.<ref name=prog>{{cite web |url= http://nludelhi.ac.in/BA-LLB.htm |title= Academic programmes |work= nludelhi.ac.in |access-date= 27 July 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721152511/http://nludelhi.ac.in/BA-LLB.htm |archive-date= 21 July 2011 }}</ref>

====Postgraduate====
NLUD also offers a one-year [[LL.M.]] program. The admission is through a written test which is conducted by the University followed by an interview.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nludelhi.ac.in/LLM.htm |title=Academic Programmes - LL.M |work=nludelhi.ac.in |access-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721152435/http://nludelhi.ac.in/LLM.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> It additionally offers [[Postgraduate Diploma]] program in Urban Environmental Management, Judging and Court Management, and IPR and Patent Law along with<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nludelhi.ac.in/PGDiploma.htm |title=Academic Programmes -P.G. Diploma |work=nludelhi.ac.in |access-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721152440/http://nludelhi.ac.in/PGDiploma.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (Ph.D).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nludelhi.ac.in/PHD.htm |title=Academic Programmes -Ph.D. |work=nludelhi.ac.in |access-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721152605/http://nludelhi.ac.in/PHD.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

===Admissions===
NLUD does not utilise the [[Common Law Admission Test]] like other [[National Law University|National Law Universities]] do;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.careers360.com/exams/ailet|title=AILET (All India Law Entrance Test)|publisher=Careers360|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref> admissions to the [[undergraduate]] (UG) [[B.A.]], [[LL.B.|LL.B. (Hons.)]] program are done through the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET), a test conducted every year by the university.<ref>{{cite web|title=B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Programme|url=http://nludelhi.ac.in/adm-ba-test.aspx|publisher=National Law University, Delhi|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>

===Rankings===
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The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked it second among law colleges in 2020.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_L_2020 />

===Justice T. P. S. Chawla Library===
The library is named after T. P. S. Chawla, a former judge of the [[High Court of Delhi]] who contributed significantly to the development of the library by donating his personal collection of rare volumes to it. The library is fully automated, and book circulation is maintained through electronic Library-cum-Identity Cards with the help of a bar code system. The collection comprises over 41,000 documents, including monographs, commentaries, textbooks, reference books and loose leaf material on various subjects, such as Jurisprudence, Judicial Process, Constitutional law, Intellectual Property, Public International Law, Environmental Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Aviation Law, Human Rights, Criminal Law, Cyber Laws, International Business Transactions, and Maritime Law.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nludelhi.ac.in/Library.htm |title=Library |work=nludelhi.ac.in |access-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721150953/http://nludelhi.ac.in/Library.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

The library consists of three storeys.

==Research==
NLUD currently has thirteen research centres:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nludelhi.ac.in/|title=National Law University Delhi|website=nludelhi.ac.in|access-date=2017-07-20}}</ref>

*Centre for Banking and Financial Laws
*Centre for Communication Governance
*Centre for Comparative Law
*Centre for Corporate Law And Governance
*Centre for Constitutional Law, Policy and Governance
*Centre for Criminology and Victimology
*Centre for Comparative Studies in Personal Laws
*Project 39A
*Centre for Environmental Law, Policy and Research (CELPR)
*Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC)
*Centre for Social Inclusion And Minority Rights
*Centre for Transparency and Accountability in Governance
*Centre for Transnational Commercial Law
NLUD also possesses endowed chairs:
* K.L. Arora Chair in Criminal Law
* Justice B.R. Sawhny Chair in Professional Ethics

==Student life==
===Kairos===
Kairos was the literary and cultural fest of the University. It included a variety of events, which are legal as well as cultural. Each night featured performances by popular stage artists and musicians, which have included [[The Raghu Dixit Project]], Faridkot, Dualist Inquiry, Dhruv Visvanathan, The UrbanEarlymen, and the Family Cheese.

==Notable alumni==
* [[Dushyant Chautala]], Deputy Chief Minister of [[Haryana]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=12171|title = Dushyant Chautala(Jannayak Janta Party):Constituency- HISAR(HARYANA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Legal education in India]]
* [[List of law schools in India]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}}

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