National Law School of India University

National Law School of India University

Other name	National Law School, NLS Bangalore, NLSIU
Motto	Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah (trans. Dharma protects those who protect it)
Type	State University[1]
Established	1986; 39 years ago (1986)
Founder	N. R. Madhava Menon
Affiliation	UGC, BCI
Budget	₹38 crores[2]
Chancellor	Chief Justice of India (de facto)[i]
Vice-Chancellor	Sudhir Krishnaswamy
Dean	Saurabh Bhattacharjee
Registrar	N.S. Nigam
Total staff	109 (16 - Administration) (93 - Academic)[a]
Students	935
Campus	Urban-located residential-cum-day school, 23 acres (9.3 ha)
Language	English
Founding document	The National Law School of India Act, 1986
Website	www.nls.ac.in
^ As per section 7 of the Act, "the Chief Justice of India or his nominee who is a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court shall be the visitor of the School."

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), commonly referred to as the National Law School (NLS), is a public state law university established under the National Law School of India Act, 1986, enacted by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Located in Bangalore, India, it is widely regarded as one of the country’s leading institutions for legal education and has consistently been ranked first in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for law.

The University offers a five-year undergraduate Bachelor of Arts–Bachelor of Laws programme (BA LLB) and a one-year LLM programme. Entrance to these programmes is through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT).

Additionally, the University has an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (Honours) programme, a three-year LLB (Honours) postgraduate programme, a two-year Master’s Programme in Public Policy, and doctoral degrees in law and social sciences, humanities and public policy.

Spread over a lush 23 acres, the campus houses India's largest legal library and hosts some of the country's well-known competitions and events, including the NLS Debate and Strawberry Fields festival.

The NLSIU is the only Indian institute to have won the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, having done so in 1999 and 2013. Furthermore, 25 alumni have been Rhodes scholars.

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