NALSAR University of Law: Difference between revisions

|name = National Academy for Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR)

|image = Nalsar University of Law.png

|image_size = 180

|motto = ''Dharme Sarvam Pratishthitham''

|established = 1998

|type = [[National Law University]]

|chancellor = Chief Justice of the [[High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad|High Court Of Telangana]]

|vice_chancellor = [[Faizan Mustafa]]

|students =  

|undergrad =  

|postgrad =  

|city = [[Shamirpet]], [[Secunderabad]]

|state = [[Telangana]]

|country = India

|campus = [[Suburban]], {{convert|55|acre|ha|1}}

|website = {{url|www.nalsar.ac.in}}

|affiliations = [[Bar Council of India]]

The '''National Academy of Legal Studies and Research''' ('''NALSAR'''), is a [[National Law University]] located in [[Shamirpet]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India. It is a public law school and one of the first universities in the nation to offer the five-year BA LLB (Hons.) course. It was established in 1998. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in law and postgraduate programs in business administration. It is one of the [[autonomous law schools in India]].

NALSAR offers a five-year integrated B.A LL.B.(Hons.) program. Admission to the undergraduate program is on the basis of the [[Common Law Admission Test]] (CLAT) which is taken by upwards of 80,000 students every year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://information.clat.ac.in/|title=Home|website=information.clat.ac.in|access-date=2018-02-17}}</ref> With only 120 seats offered at NALSAR, the program is considered highly selective. NALSAR follows a credit based elective system, with certain mandatory courses, which requires students to earn 200 credits over a period of five years to earn the degree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nalsar.ac.in/undergraduate-study|title=Undergraduate Study {{!}} NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW|website=nalsar.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2018-02-17}}</ref>

NALSAR offers a one-year [[postgraduate]] [[LL.M.]] program. 50 students are admitted through CLAT with ten more spots allocated to foreign nationals. About ten areas of specialization are offered, and the program requirements include a dissertation.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nalsar.ac.in/pg_programme.html |title= Academic Programmes - LL.M |work= nalsar.ac.in |access-date= 2011-08-19 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110807224226/http://www.nalsar.ac.in/pg_programme.html |archive-date= 7 August 2011 |df= dmy-all }}</ref> Additionally, two-year (four semesters) self-financed master's degree in Business Laws and Administration (MBLA)is also offered by the University apart from a one-year [[Master of Philosophy]] (M.Phil) which is open to candidate with an LL.M. degree,<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://www.nalsar.ac.in/mphil.html  |title=Academic Programmes -M.Phil  |work=nalsar.ac.in  |access-date=2011-08-19  |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807220123/http://www.nalsar.ac.in/mphil.html  |archive-date=7 August 2011  |df=dmy-all  }}</ref> and a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (Ph.D).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nalsar.ac.in/phd_programme.html |title=Academic P--~~~~rogrammes -M.Phil |work=nalsar.ac.in |access-date=2011-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811073305/http://www.nalsar.ac.in/phd_programme.html |archive-date=11 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> As a first among the Indian National Law Universities, starting academic year 2013-14, NALSAR now also offers a two-year M.B.A. program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nalsar.ac.in/mba.html |title=NALSAR MBA announcement |work=nalsar.ac.in |access-date=2013-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607164227/http://nalsar.ac.in/mba.html |archive-date=7 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

*M.K. Nambiyar SAARC Law Research Centre

Nalsar students have excelled in [[moot court|mooting]] at the national level.

Nalsar was judged the best in India in mooting in the first two seasons of Mooting Premiere League in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legallyindia.com/wiki/Mooting_Premier_League_2009-10 |title=Mooting Premier League 2009-10 - Legallypedia |publisher=Legallyindia.com |access-date=2013-10-24}}</ref>

NALSAR finished as runners-up in the K-Circle India Quiz 2010 and 2011, as well as winners in BITS Pilani-Hyderabad Campus' annual fest Pearl 2012, 2013 and 2015. A 4th year team won the Best College Team title at the Landmark Quiz held at Hyderabad on 6 October 2013. NALSAR also finished second in Manipal's Quiz on The Beach 2015 and Tata Crucible Hyderabad 2015. A team won the Economic Times in Campus Quiz for two years consecutively in 2014 and 2015. The university has also become host QuizFests, titled 'Interrobang'.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

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