Information for CLAT 2024 Brochure

About the University:

NALSAR University of Law was established by Act 34 of 1998 with the objective of
imparting comprehensive legal education while promoting cultural, legal and ethical
values so as to foster the rule of law. The University is committed to ensure the
highest quality in imparting legal education and undertaking research on
contemporary areas in order to produce socially relevant lawyers. The University
also has the mandate to promote legal awareness in the community for achieving
social and economic justice and to improve the ability of the public to objectively
analyse contemporary issues of collective concern, specifically by assessing their
legal implications.

Shri Rabindranath Tagore had spoken of a realm where “the mind has not been
broken into fragments by narrow domestic walls”. Work and life coalesce in the
50-acre campus situated near Shameerpet, which is 20 kms away from the city. With
a splendid and well-equipped Library that also provides remote access to a large
range of electronic resources, a state-of-the-art Internet Centre, Moot Court Hall,
Stadium, Football Field, Tennis Courts and a spacious Auditorium, the campus
provides ample opportunities for the all-round development of students.

NALSAR is recognized under Sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act, 1956. It has
been repeatedly acknowledged as one of the leading sites of legal education in the
South Asian region, with its academic standards being comparable to the best
institutions of legal education in the world. In recognition of the same, the National
Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) awarded it ‘A’ grade (‘A++’ as per
new grading system) with a high score of 3.60 out of 4.00, which till date is the
highest among the National Law Universities (NLUs). NALSAR has also been
graded as a 'Category-I University' by the UGC under the Categorization of
Universities (only) for Grant of Graded Autonomy Regulations, 2018. It has been
ranked as the third best institution for legal education in India as per the NIRF
Rankings published by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, for 2018,
2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023 respectively.

The University has evolved through an insistence on holistic ‘justice’ education which
exposes students to the different facets of legal systems and how they interact with
public policy, social institutions and markets. The academic programmes emphasize
interdisciplinary linkages that enable its faculty members, students and researchers
to both understand and critique the rationale behind legislations, executive acts and
judicial decisions while also developing the ability to propose constructive solutions
for addressing socio-economic problems. In 2012-2013, NALSAR became one of the
early adopters of a full-fledged ‘Choice Based Credit System’ (CBCS) that is
inconsonance with international norms allowing the students to design their own
customized course well within the broad framework of the programme. Among the
NLUs, NALSAR offers the broadest range of elective and seminar courses of varying
credits across its regular programmes. Since 2016-2017, The University has been
offering courses under the Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN),
supported by the Government of India, by regularly inviting eminent academicians

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and practitioners from other nations to teach students through shorter elective
courses.

NALSAR provides a platform for all-round development of the students and

encourages students to evolve as demonstrative leaders. The student groups are
encouraged not only to participate in various curricular and co-curricular activities but
also to organize a number of events which supplement their course work. In addition
to the elected committees that are part of the Student Bar Council (SBC), there are
several student-run groups such as the 'Public Policy Group’, ‘Lecture Series on
Constitutionalism’, ‘Nyaya Forum on Courtroom Lawyering’, 'NALSAR Legal Aid
Group', 'Savitribai Phule Intersectional Studies Circle' and the 'Technology Law
Forum' among other which are presently active.

In order to enhance the digital presence of the University, the ‘NALSAR University of
Law’ YouTube Channel has been disseminating legal knowledge to a wider
audience. It is regularly updated by uploading recordings of guest lectures as well as
sessions that are part of conferences, workshops, training programmes and some of
the visiting elective courses. As of now, there are more than 500 videos available on
this channel in the public domain and many more videos created by NALSAR are
hosted on different Learning Management Systems such as SWAYAM. The
NALSAR website is also the most visited website among the NLUs, as per the
‘Alexa-Amazon Web Services Ranking'.

NALSAR students also organize two Annual Moot Court Competitions (devoted to
Constitutional Law and Public International Law respectively), an annual Debating
Championship, a Quizzing Festival, a Literary Festival and a number of other inter-
institutional activities throughout the academic year. These competitions witness
participation from educational institutions located all over the country. Since its
inception, teams from NALSAR have participated in and won accolades in several
national and international moot competitions.

Our Graduates have made a mark in career paths such as litigation, judicial services,
teaching, research, social advocacy, international organizations and transactional
lawyering among other fields. Commercial Law Firms, Corporate Houses, Public
Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Government Agencies have been regularly coming
for the campus recruitments and many of them offer lucrative salaries to our
graduates. In the long-run, it is important for us to ensure that even though our
graduates pursue different lines of work, they do so with integrity, professionalism
and a commitment to social justice.

In the past, our graduates have been awarded several prestigious scholarships to
pursue higher studies such as the Rhodes Scholarships, Gates Cambridge
Scholarship, Commonwealth Scholarships, Felix Scholarship, Leiden Gold
Scholarship, Thomas Buergenthal Scholarship, the Inlaks Scholarship and the Hirani
Foundation Scholarship. Beginning from 2012-2013, around 40 students have
secured the Aditya Birla scholarship that is awarded to incoming students and
supports the remainder of their tertiary education.

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5-Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.):

The 5-year integrated B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) programme is on offer for persons who
have successfully completed 12 years of school education. To complete it, students
are required to accumulate 200 credits through a combination of mandatory and
optional courses. Foundational courses in History, Political Science, Economics,
Sociology and English have to be completed within the first two years of study. In
addition, students are required to earn nine credits by choosing from a vibrant list of
social science seminars offered by full-time and visiting faculty members. All the law
courses that the Bar Council of India (BCI) requires to be compulsorily pursued have
been designated as mandatory courses. In addition to these, the University has
designated 'Law and Poverty' and 'Law of Intellectual Property' as mandatory
courses.

If the compulsory component of the programme is shaped by what the regulator and
the university considers every student must learn, the optional part of the programme
is totally driven by the choices of students. Students can design their own
customised coursework by choosing among a diverse basket of elective, seminar
and clinical courses. While the elective courses are largely based on the subject
expertise of the faculty, the seminar courses adopt participatory methods and the
clinical courses allow for more hands on learning in areas that are connected to the
demands of legal practice.

Beginning with the academic year 2012-2013, the university has proactively pursued
policies which have enhanced the flexibility in a Choice Based Credit System
(CBCS). The University has not limited its scholastic invitations to mainstream
academics but has drawn from all sources of learning across disciplines and sectors.
Thus, along with courses such as, ‘Artificial Intelligence and the Law’, 'Contemporary
Issues in International Economic Law' or ‘Business and Human Rights’, courses
bearing titles such as ‘The Body Remembers’, 'The Law of the Bulldozer’,
‘Introduction to Playwriting’ and 'Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships' have
been offered in recent academic years.

In order to ensure that student choice is not hindered by scheduling decisions, the
University notifies a comprehensive list of courses to students before the start of
each semester and seeks their preferred combination before finalizing the schedule.
This preliminary survey allows the final schedule to be made after accounting for
student preferences and permits unconventional combinations to be created. While
there are a minimum number of credits that needs to be accumulated, there is no
upper limit on what each student might eventually gather through five years of
undergraduate study. The possibility of accumulating additional credits allows each
student to be evaluated on their strengths as the CGPA is calculated on the best 200
credits.

Every mandatory course requires each student to undertake a certain quantum of

research and writing through different kinds of assignments, which are to be
submitted in a staggered manner through the semester. The assignments have been
created to enable every kind of intelligence to flourish. A project bidding system
allows students to choose the kind of research project they wish to undertake for
each course.
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The range and depth of the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in place at
NALSAR can be appreciated from the following illustrative list of courses offered
during the previous academic years: -

Elective Courses

➢ A contextual Lawmaking: The Curious Case of India’s Land Laws

➢ A Theory of Law and Meaning
➢ Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property & Human Rights
➢ ADR Practices and Procedures
➢ Advanced Comparative Copyright Law
➢ Advanced Course in Patents
➢ Affirmative Action and the Constitution of India
➢ Agriculture Law and Policy: Selected Themes
➢ Agroecology and Law: Themes and Perspectives
➢ Ambedkar’s Preamble: A Secret History of the Constitution of India
➢ An Introduction to Comparative Equality and Discrimination Law
➢ Ancient Greek Jurisprudence and Its Relevance to Modern Society
➢ Animal Protection Laws and Policies Clinic
➢ Anti-Drug Laws’ in India: An Exclusive Practical Approach
➢ Applied Jurisprudence
➢ Approaching Nationalisms: Origins and Forms
➢ Asian Regional Organizations and Their Interplay with the Law
➢ Aviation Law
➢ Banking and Finance Laws
➢ Beyond Constitutionality
➢ Biotech & Software Patents in the US.
➢ Capital Markets and Securities Regulation
➢ Challenges to Copyright Law in 21st Century India
➢ Citizenship and anti-discrimination: Litigating Human Rights in Indian Courts
➢ Civil Court Practice and Procedure Clinic
➢ Civil Litigation and Arbitration: A Primer
➢ Civil Remedies
➢ Climate Change Law and Politics
➢ Climate Law and Anthropocene Justice
➢ Clinical Trial Ethics
➢ Commercial Equity and Trusts
➢ Commercial litigation 101
➢ Commercial Remedies in the times of COVID-19
➢ Comparative Competition Law
➢ Comparative Constitutional Law
➢ Comparative Political Equality
➢ Competition Law
➢ Conflict Transformation through the Dialogic Method
➢ Constitutional Aspects of Taxation
➢ Constitutional Obligations of Non-State Entities
➢ Constitutional Theory: Problems of Interpretation & Historicism in Modern
Constitutions
➢ Consumer Justice in The ERA of Globalization
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➢ Contemporary Themes in Data Governance in India
➢ Contract Drafting and Negotiation Skills
➢ Corporate Taxation
➢ Covidization & Contemporary International Law
➢ Creative Destruction: Changes in the Law of Commercial Insolvency - Theory
and Practice.
➢ Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Practices
➢ Criminology and Penology
➢ Critical Family Law
➢ Cyber Laws, Crimes and Technologies
➢ Deconstructing the Public-Private Divide in Comparative Constitutional Law
➢ Defending Capital Punishment Cases
➢ Developing a Reflective Approach to the Study and Practice of Law
➢ Development Studies
➢ Digital Evidence Retrievals and Analysis Systems (DERAS)
➢ Disaster Policy & Governance
➢ Economics for Competition Law
➢ Economics of Competition Law
➢ Excellence in Contract Drafting and Negotiation Skills
➢ FEMA and Investment Laws
➢ Financial Aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions
➢ Foreign Exchange Management Act – Laws & Practices
➢ Foundations of Comparative Law
➢ Fractured Freedoms: Understanding Life in India’s Margins
➢ Framing Legal Issues in Suits & Arbitration Proceedings
➢ From the Greeks to Post-modernism: Understanding the History of the
Western Legal Theory
➢ Gender Dysphoria and Medical Jurisprudence
➢ Gender, Precarity & Labour Law
➢ Global Banking and Finance Law and Practices
➢ Global Gender Justice
➢ Global Internet Governance: Institutions, Issues and Methods
➢ Goods and Service Tax
➢ Health Law
➢ Indian Competition Law
➢ Insolvency and Winding up of Companies
➢ Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law
➢ Intentional Peer Support
➢ International Commercial Tax
➢ International Human Rights Law
➢ International Humanitarian Law
➢ International Intellectual Property
➢ International Law and Armed Conflict
➢ International Price Management: Laws and Paradigms
➢ International Security Law
➢ International Space Law
➢ International Taxation and Transfer Pricing
➢ Interpretation of Statutes
➢ Interpreting Trade Agreements: Impact for Nations or Business
➢ Intersections of grassroots advocacy and international human rights law
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➢ Introduction to Crypto-currency Universe
➢ Introduction to Western Philosophy
➢ Investment Treaty Law
➢ Investor State Disputes in Arbitration – Practiitioners View
➢ IP Law & the Entertainment Industry
➢ Judicial Process and Statutory Interpretation
➢ Jurisprudence & the Paradox of Wicked Laws
➢ Land Laws
➢ Law & Pop Culture
➢ Law & Poverty Clinic
➢ Law of Aerospace and Defence Startups
➢ Law of Insolvency and Bankruptcy
➢ Law of Intellectual property in International Trade
➢ Law of Testamentary and Intestate Succession in India – A Comparative
Study Among Diverse Systems
➢ Law on Real Estates
➢ Law Relating to Sexual Harassment at the Workplace
➢ Laws regulating Investment Agreements
➢ Legal and Taxation aspect of M & A
➢ Legal Construction of the Transgender Identity
➢ Legal Policy of Election Reforms
➢ LGBT Impact Litigation
➢ Life Cycle of an Equity Investment Transaction
➢ Light & Shade: Europe in the Middle Ages
➢ Matrimonial Causes and Jurisdictional Conflicts
➢ Mergers & Acquisitions
➢ Modern Insurance Law
➢ New and Old Peasant Movements in India: A comparison
➢ Patent Analysis, Mapping, & Visualization systems (PAT Informatics)
➢ Patent and Trade Secret Litigation in India
➢ Patenting in Commercially Important Jurisdiction
➢ Patenting in Commercially Important Jurisdictions
➢ Peace Education Program
➢ Political Obligations
➢ Practitioner’s Introduction to Restructuring and Insolvency
➢ Preparing for the Profession: Nurturing Inner Potential
➢ Protection of Civil Liberties in India
➢ Protection of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in International Law
➢ Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
➢ Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
➢ Re- Imagining Surveillance
➢ Reading and Writing for Academia
➢ Realising Substantive Equality in India
➢ Recent Developments in Commercial Dispute Resolution in India
➢ Recruitment to Termination: Practical Insights into Labour & Employment
issues
➢ Refugee Law and Immigration
➢ Regulatory Governance
➢ Relevance and Relativism: Interpreting Early India
➢ Remote Sensing for Legal and Regulatory Support
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 ➢ Restorative Justice
➢ Rule of Law, Sustainability and Economic Globalisation
➢ Securities Regulation in India: IPOs and QIPs
➢ Security, Conflict & HR
➢ Socio–Economic Offences
➢ Space Law and Contemporary Issues
➢ Specific Relief and Law of Injunctions
➢ Sports Law
➢ Statistics for Lawyers
➢ Suffering
➢ Taxation of Structured Funds
➢ Technology and Law
➢ Technology and the Constitution
➢ Telecom Laws, Policies and Regulation
➢ The Death Penalty in India: Law, Practice, and A Search for Consistency
➢ The History, Philosophy, Economics and Politics of Basic Income
➢ The Right to Privacy in India: Structure and Scope
➢ Theory and Practice of Animal Laws in India
➢ Thinking About Equality
➢ Toolbox for ‘Maximum’ Lawyering
➢ Tracing Patterns in Acts of Resistance
➢ Transactional Aspects of IP
➢ Transfer Pricing and Taxation of Digital Economy
➢ Transformative Constitutionalism
➢ Understanding Regulation
➢ Uniform Civil Code

Seminar Courses in Law

➢ An Inquiry into Transgender Issues in USA & India

➢ Ancient Greek Jurisprudence And Its Relevance To Modern World
➢ Bio-Safety Laws
➢ Bribery and Anti-Corruption Law
➢ Caste and Political Mobilization in India
➢ Child Protection and Juvenile Justice
➢ Cine-Politics in India
➢ Colonial Economy: 1757-1947
➢ Commons, Communities and Climate Change
➢ Comparative Study of the Behavior of Supreme Court Judges (US and India)
➢ Contemporary Defence Laws & Policies in India
➢ Cooperative Negotiation: Theory and Skills
➢ Criminal Psychology
➢ Critical Animal Studies: Understanding Oppression through Animals Studies
➢ Cyber Crimes-Law, Policy & Regulation
➢ Data protection Law : Law and Issues
➢ Defence & Security Laws
➢ Democracy and Development: A view from India and the Global South
➢ Democracy and Elections
➢ Discourses (and Counter Discourses) on Disadvantaging Bi/Multilinguality
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➢ Dispute Resolution and Advanced Mediation
➢ Entrepreneurship and the Law
➢ Environmental Justice: Stories and Struggles
➢ Framing Fundamental Rights: Constituent Assembly Debates
➢ Freedom and Necessities
➢ Gender and Labour
➢ Global Economic Challenges
➢ Hindu & Islamic Legal Systems
➢ Horizontality in Comparative Constitutional Law
➢ Ideology and Cultural Context in Colonial India
➢ Indian Competition Law
➢ Interdisciplinary Studies on the Indian Legal System
➢ International Commercial Arbitration
➢ International Dispute Settlement Laws
➢ International Investment Law
➢ International IP Law
➢ International Protection of Minorities
➢ International Trade Laws
➢ Interrogating The Idea of Justice
➢ Into the Colonial and Out of It: Caste, Gender and Other Subject Positions.
➢ Is Labour Law Dead?
➢ Labour Rights and Constitutions: A Comparative Constitutional Perspective
➢ Land Rights and Tribal: Facts, Acts and Issues
➢ Language Conflict and Language Rights
➢ Language, Democracy and National Identity in India
➢ Law & Technology
➢ Law and Politics
➢ Law and Religion
➢ Law of Aerospace and Defence Startups
➢ Law of Environment and Health
➢ Law on Non-discrimination in Employment in India
➢ Legal Personhood
➢ Locating Equity in the Pronouncements of Equity Courts
➢ Marriage: Is it an Economic Arrangement?
➢ Mediation and Conflict Resolution
➢ New & Emerging Technologies: Legal Challenges
➢ New and Old Peasant Movements in India: A comparison
➢ Policy Issues in India: A Holistic Approach for Prospective Practitioners
➢ Political Economy of Antitrust Law
➢ Political Economy of Crime, Punishment and Prison
➢ Politics of Penal Systems
➢ Public-Private Partnership
➢ Reading Marxism, Society and Law
➢ Real Estate Laws and Infrastructure Development: The Emerging Socio Legal
Challenges
➢ Regulation of Financial Services
➢ Religion and Secular Theologies
➢ Religion, Caste, Gender and the Secular Legal Order
➢ Selected Themes in Economics and International Relations
➢ Sentencing Law, Polities and Issues
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 ➢ Sentencing: Law, Policy and Practice
➢ Social Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in India
➢ Spontaneous Order, Law, and Liberty: An Introduction to Friedrich Hayek's
Legal Philosophy
➢ State, Criminal Justice System and Individual Liberty
➢ Strategic Diversity and Law
➢ Strict Liability in Criminal Law
➢ Structuring and Restructuring of Family Forms and Family Law in Globalizing
World
➢ The Legal Philosophy of Jürgen Habermas
➢ Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights
➢ Uniform Civil Code and Personal Laws
➢ Use of Force, Collective Security, and Peace keeping in International Law
➢ Water Disputes Law

Social Science Seminars

➢ Agricultural Policy & Sustainable Development

➢ Agricultural Policy and Natural Resource Management
➢ Approaching Nationalism
➢ Basics of Academic Writing
➢ Body Politics
➢ Caste and Political Mobilization in India
➢ Citizenship and Belonging: Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion
➢ Citizenship State and Democracy
➢ Commons, Conservation, Poverty and the Forests
➢ Conflict and Language rights
➢ Constructing India: Colonial Periodicals and Public Sphere
➢ Constructing Opportunities: Theory, Practice & Pragmatics
➢ Corporeality & Culture
➢ Critical Understanding of Gandhi
➢ Culture and Human Rights
➢ Discourses (and Counter Discourses) Disadvantaging Bi/Multilinguality
➢ Documents & Bureaucracy
➢ Dynamics of Indian Democracy
➢ Economics of Natural Resources
➢ Emergency Jurisprudence
➢ Engendering a 'Right to the City'
➢ Enquiries into the Social and Political Movements in Colonial India
➢ Ethnographies of Labour
➢ Ethnographies of Law: An Introduction
➢ Fake News: Digital Media, law and Politics
➢ Hermeneutics and Justice
➢ Historical Evaluation of Preventive Detention in India: A discussion on Due
Process
➢ History on Trial
➢ Industrial Relations: An Introduction
➢ International Intellectual Property
➢ Into the Colonial and Out of It: Caste, Gender and Other Subject Positions.
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➢ Introduction to Dalit Writing
➢ Introduction to Research and Researching
➢ Justice in the age of Capitalism and Colonialism
➢ Language Policy, Language in Human Rights, Language Imperialism,
Languages and Linguistic Genocide in Education, Language Ecology
➢ Language, Language Rights and the Law
➢ Law and Culture
➢ Law and Politics of Food and Nutrition
➢ Law and Religion: National, international and Comparative Perspectives
➢ Law and Society
➢ Learning Through Performance
➢ Liberalism & its Challenges
➢ Lived Bodies and Life Writings: Gender, Genre and Representation
➢ Locating Texts: Methods and Forms
➢ Madness, Disability and the Normal
➢ Marginalised Societies
➢ New Cine-Politics: Rethinking Justice and Equality
➢ Political Ecology
➢ Political Ecology
➢ Politics and Society: Characterization of the Modern State
➢ Politics of Audi-Visual Semiotics of the Landscapes, Linguistic Justice and Law
➢ Politics of Penal System
➢ Populism
➢ Predistribution, Liberal Socialism and Property-Owning Democracy
➢ Pscho-Analysing Politics in the Context of Human Behavior
➢ Reading and Writing Multilingual Legal Contexts: Policies, Practices and
Problematics
➢ Reflections on Violence
➢ Re-Imagining Surveillance
➢ Religion, Caste, Gender and the Secular Legal Order
➢ Social Movements
➢ Sovereignty
➢ State, Citizenship and Democracy
➢ Terrorism Trails
➢ Text and Context in the Study of Law and Literature
➢ The Law & the Informal City
➢ The many Geographies of the Law
➢ The Roads Not Taken: Alternative Imaginaries of Constitution-Making
➢ The Small Voice of Literature by Nobel Laureates from the Margins
➢ Theatre and the Law
➢ Tracing Patterns in Acts of Resistance
➢ Understanding Humiliation
➢ Understanding Silence
➢ Why Gandhi Still Matters?

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One year LL.M. programme:

The LL.M. programme offered at NALSAR is an intensive program that combines

taught courses and sustained research work. The University confirms to the
guidelines laid down by the University Grants Commission (UGC) while prescribing
the credit requirements for each course. Students must complete three mandatory
courses (4 credits each), six optional courses (3 credits each) and a dissertation (6
credits) as part of the one-year LL.M. programme. NALSAR LL.M. programme leans
more in favour of students who wish to pursue a career in academics, it encourages
students to explore their interests in a range of areas instead of anchoring on any
one field too soon. We believe that no one can be a specialist without being a
generalist. Since universities look for generalists rather than specialists in their fresh
recruits, a very wide range of courses are offered to widen horizons and maximize
learning.

In the same spirit of exploration and exposure, the University does not require
postgraduate students to opt for specialization at the start of the program. Instead,
they have to work towards a specialisation over the course of the academic year. A
postgraduate student has to complete at least 18 credits of coursework in their
preferred area of specialization in order to obtain the same. Subject to the availability
of teaching expertise and the university rules on the minimum number of enrolments
required for transacting a course, the University has in the past offered optional
courses which could lead to specializations in the following areas:

(i) Corporate and Commercial Laws;

(ii) Criminal Law;
(iii) Environmental Law;
(iv) Family Law;
(v) Intellectual Property Rights;
(vi) International Trade and Business Laws;
(vii) Legal Pedagogy and Research and
(viii) Public Law and Legal Theory

Applicants for the LL.M. programme are advised to opt for NALSAR if they have an
interest in pursuing careers in teaching and research. NALSAR graduates are
coveted by law schools all over the country as the university’s program of teaching
assistantship provides live teaching opportunities. Students who are planning to
appear for the civil services and judicial services examinations have also found the
program to be useful alongside their own preparatory efforts. Applicants must note
that this program has not been designed to facilitate recruitment in commercial law
firms or business houses and such opportunities are pursued by students solely by
their own efforts.

Financial Aid and Scholarships:

University has an allocated budget for scholarships to benefit the student community
who are in need of financial assistance to continue their studies at NALSAR. The
Scholarship Regulations, 2021 of the University is committed to help the students
who are below the poverty line. To ensure that no one is deprived of education due
to financial difficulty, the Scholarship is sanctioned mainly on the basis of means.

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There would be some full freeships. The revised Regulations have simplified the
process and provide for the speedy disbursal.

Ph.D. Programme:

The Ph.D. programme at NALSAR is an integral part of the larger research pursuits
of the University. Scholars with a Master’s degree in Law, Social Sciences,
Humanities or Management can apply to join the doctoral programme. Those who
have qualified JRF-NET can apply with a tentative research proposal in fields in
which expertise exists in the university. Persons without JRF-NET can submit such a
proposal if they successfully clear the written screening test conducted by the
University. The application details and the date of exam are notified on the NALSAR
website every year in May/June. Further, five research fellowships are available for
the inhouse residential Ph.D scholars.

2 Year M.B.A. Programme:

In a pioneering move among the National Law Universities (NLUs), NALSAR started
a two-year M.B.A. (Master’s in Business Administration) programme in 2013 with the
aim of providing blended management education. The Course is approved by AICTE
and consists of six trimesters across two years. The first year of the programme is
aimed at providing strong conceptual underpinnings and practical insights in various
areas of management. The second year of the programme offers specializations in
Business Laws, Corporate Governance, Finance, Human Resources, Innovation and
Sustainability, Marketing, Operations & Systems, and Business Analytics. The
Department of Management Studies (DoMS) provides advisory services to the
students so that they gain industry training through three internships, namely one
mandatory summer internship at the end of the third trimester and two optional
internships.

5-year BBA MBA programme (IPM):

The five-year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) at NALSAR has been

uniquely designed for young ignited minds aspiring to pursue a career path in
Business Management. It is designed as a comprehensive management programme
for students after class XII. The students would be awarded Bachelor of Business
Administration (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) by NALSAR
after successful completion of five years of this programme. Located in a conducive
learning environment, NALSAR promises to offer the best of management education
blended with the law to produce legally aware managers with critical problem-solving
ability and skills to manage extremely dynamic business scenarios with the best-in-
class faculty. The IPM programme promises a constant dialogue with business
leaders, thought leaders, civil society actors and academicians for providing strong
bedrock for the future managers.

Consisting of fifteen trimesters spread across five years, the first 3 years of the
programme are aimed at providing conceptual and practical insights in various areas
including Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Statistics, Economics, Law and
Management. The last 2 years are aimed at nurturing holistic transformation of
students into future business leaders and managers.
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This IPM programme offers a voluntary exit option to the students after successfully
completing the programme requirements at the end of 3 years and such students
shall be awarded a degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).

The details of the admission process, seat matrix, fees and other aspects can be
viewed through this website: https://doms.nalsar.ac.in

Programmes for Professionals:

To reach out to a larger segment of the population, the University offers several
Degrees and Diplomas which are offered by our Centre for Distance and Online
Learning. Two-Year Masters and One-Year Advanced Diploma Programmes are
offered in several areas that have practical relevance.
At present, Two-Year M.A. Programmes are being offered in fields such as Aviation
Law & Air Transport Management, Security & Defence Laws, Space &
Telecommunication Laws, Maritime Laws, Criminal Law & Forensic Sciences,
International Taxation, Animal Protection Laws and Corporate Law.
One-Year Advanced Diploma Programmes are being offered in areas such as Patent
Law, Media Laws, Cyber Laws, International Humanitarian Law, Animal Protection
Laws, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Dispute Resolution, Drafting,
Negotiation & Enforcement of Contracts, Aviation Law & Air Transport Management,
Maritime Laws, Criminal Law & Forensic Sciences, Financial Services &
Legislations, GIS & Remote Sensing Laws, Corporate Taxation, Cyber Security &
Data Protection Laws, Corporate Law and Labour Laws & Employee Management.
These courses are transacted through periodic contact classes with examinations
held at the end of the academic year or the corresponding semester. Graduates of
any discipline are eligible to apply. There is a provision for Lateral Admission in the
Second Year M.A. Programme for the candidates enrolled for the One Year
Advanced Diploma, where both the programmes are offered in the same
specialization, subject to fulfillment of the conditions specified in the Programme
Regulations. In the same manner, a candidate enrolled for a M.A. Programme may
opt to exit after the completion of the first year, in which case, the University will
award the Advanced Diploma Certificate in the said specialisation. Applications for
admissions to these Degrees and Diplomas offered through Distance mode are
invited on an annual basis, usually between July and September. Assessments are
usually held in December and May. For the details about applying to these
programmes, please visit: www.dde.nalsar.ac.in; www.nalsarpro.org

Collaborations with Foreign Universities:

In recognition of the increasing importance of comparative and international
dimensions of higher education, the University has signed Memorandums of
Understanding (MoUs) with more than 30 foreign Universities located in the United
States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Australia,
Israel, The Netherlands, Singapore, Brunei and Spain. These MoUs provide for the
exchange of faculty members and students as well as the pursuit of collaborative
research projects. These partnerships enable our students to develop a rich
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the quality of discussions and scholarship at NALSAR. Approximately 20-25 students
get the opportunity to study at foreign universities in every academic year.

Faculty:
NALSAR has a team of highly dedicated and competent faculty, comprising of a
good mix of experienced scholars and young talent. The faculty has been drawn
from prestigious national and international universities. Additionally, NALSAR has an
'open-door' policy for its alumni to supplement the teaching efforts of its faculty. In
addition to teaching, faculty members are engaged in various research projects that
are on the cutting edge issues of law and policy reform.

Research Centres:
To create support structures for advanced learning and creative scholarship,
NALSAR has set up dedicated research centres whose activities are co-ordinated by
Directors / Coordinators nominated by the Vice-Chancellor for each Centre. The
broad mandate of these centres is to produce scholarly publications, policy
recommendations on drafting State and Central Legislations; newsletter publications
connected to these areas; and to offer Master’s/Diploma Certificate courses through
the Distance and Online mode apart from organizing guest lectures and discussions.
As mentioned above, there are several research projects that are anchored by
faculty members.

Facilities:
The campus is spread over 50 acres and is located 26 kilometers away from the city
of Hyderabad. Students are provided with double occupancy rooms in the Halls of
Residence with a common Dining Hall facility. Subject to availability, some single
rooms may be allotted to senior students. The Halls of Residence have common
room facilities including a functional Gym, provision for Indoor Games, Badminton
courts and Television. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled with State of Art internet
architecture with minimum dedicated broadband speed of 20 Mbps which supports
4G video calling. The Library has a rich collection of books, journals (printed and
electronic) and e-databases. NALSAR also has a state-of-art Moot Court Hall, video
conferencing facilities, a football stadium, two tennis courts, and separate basketball
and volleyball courts for boys and girls. All buildings, including the Halls of
Residence, are powered with diesel generators for twenty-four hour power back-up.
The University has a Health Centre with Medical Officers, Dentist and three Resident
Nurses along with one Lab Technician. In addition, the University has a Counseling
Centre with two Counselors available online and offline. The university has recently
upgraded several classrooms with the state-of-the-art digital infrastructure so that
both physical and hybrid classes can be conducted in an inclusive and efficient
manner. This infrastructure will be used to deliver regular classes as well as for
distance education programmes.

Eligibility for Admission

The eligibility is as per CLAT – 2024 Notification. For details see CLAT website.

To be eligible for admission under the Resident Student of Telangana category

seats, in addition to complying with the eligibility as per CLAT-2024, candidates

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must fulfill the following conditions and must secure appropriate rank in order of merit
in CLAT-2024:

(i) For admission to 5-Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Course–a student who
after studying in the State of Telangana for four consecutive years appears
for the qualifying examination in the Telangana State (or)

A student who has in the previous seven years resided in the State of
Telangana for at least a period of four years, and completed the qualifying
examination, i.e., 10+2 or equivalent from the educational institutions in the
State of Telangana.

(ii) For admission to LL.M. Course - a student who after studying in the
State of Telangana for four consecutive years appears for the qualifying
examination in the Telangana State (or)

A student who has in the previous seven years resided in the State of
Telangana for at least a period of four years, and completed the qualifying
examination, i.e., LL.B. from the educational institutions in the State of
Telangana.

Intake and Reservation

B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) LL.M.
Category TOTAL No. of Number of TOTAL No. of Number of
Seats Seats for Seats for Seats Seats for Seats for
Category- All India Resident Category- All India Resident
wise candidates Students of wise candidates Students
(75%) Telangana (75%) of
(25%) Telangana
(25%)
Unreserved 66 51 15 33 25 08
Scheduled 19 14 (15%) 05 (15%) 09 07 (15%) 02 (15%)
Caste
Scheduled 08 07 (7.5%) 01 (6%) 04 03 (7.5%) 01 (6%)
Tribe
OBC / BC (Non 26 17 (18%) 09 (29%) 14 10 (20%) 04 (29%)
Creamy Layer)
(A(7%)-02; (A(7%)-01;
B(10%)-03; B(10%)-01;
C(1%)-01; C(1%)-00;
D(7%)-02; D(7%)-01;
E(4%)-01) E(4%)-01)

EWS 13 10 (10%) 03 (10%) 06 05 (10%) 01 (10%)

TOTAL SEATS 132 99 33 66 50 16
• 30% (39 seats for B.A.,LL.B.(Hons.) course and 19 seats for LL.M.
course) Horizontal reservation shall be applicable for Female candidates
for admission to B.A.,LL.B.(Hons.) and LL.M. courses.

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 • 05% {06 seats for B.A.,LL.B.(Hons.) course and 03 seats for LL.M.
course} Horizontal reservation shall be applicable for Persons with
Benchmark Disabilities (PWD).
• Three additional candidates may be admitted over and above the
sanctioned intake under All India Unreserved Category every year
for B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. courses to meet the future
vacancies due to withdrawal of candidates after admissions.
• For admission against the reserved category seats, the candidate
will have to submit the relevant certificate issued by the competent
authority in the prescribed format. For more details, see Annexure
given below.

Note: Kindly visit University website www.nalsar.ac.in for more details.

The Intake and Reservations may vary as per the decision of the University
Bodies.

If a candidate belonging to reserved category (vertical reservation category) qualifies

for admission under Unreserved category as per merit, then the candidate shall be
considered against the Unreserved category seat only and not against the reserved
category seat.

Conversion policy for vacant seats of various categories: The flow chart for
conversion of vacant seats of various categories shall be as indicated below:

• All India S.C. → All India S.T. → All India Unreserved

• All India S.T. → All India S.C. → All India Unreserved

• All India OBC-NCL → All India Unreserved

• All India EWS → All India Unreserved

• Resident Students of Telangana Unreserved → All India Unreserved

• Resident Students of Telangana S.C. → Resident Students of Telangana

S.T. → All India S.C. → All India S.T. → Resident Students of
Telangana Unreserved → All India Unreserved

• Resident Students of Telangana S.T. → Resident Students of Telangana

S.C. → All India S.T. → All India S.C. → Resident Students of Telangana
Unreserved → All India Unreserved

• Resident Students of Telangana BC-A(NCL) → Resident Students of

Telangana BC-B(NCL) → Resident Students of Telangana BC-C(NCL) →
Resident Students of Telangana BC-D(NCL) → Resident Students of
Telangana BC-E(NCL) → Resident Students of Telangana BC-A(NCL) →
Resident Students of Telangana Unreserved → All India Unreserved

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 • Resident Students of Telangana EWS → All India EWS → Resident
Students of Telangana Unreserved → All India Unreserved

Direct Admission

26 (twenty-six) seats are allocated to Foreign Nationals for the B.A., LL.B. (Hons.)
course out of which 5 (five) seats are for candidates from SAARC Countries, 11
(eleven) seats for candidates from Non-SAARC Countries and 10 (ten) seats for
ICCR / Government of India nominees.

13 (thirteen) seats are allocated to Foreign Nationals for the LL.M course out of
which 3 (three) seats are for candidates from SAARC Countries, 5 (five) seats for
candidates from Non-SAARC Countries and 5 (five) seats for ICCR / Government of
India nominees.

The candidates who possess citizenship of a country other than India shall only be
considered under this Category. Foreign Nationals, need not take CLAT-2024 and
should apply directly to NALSAR. The Admission Notification for Foreign
Nationals category will be notified during January every year on the University
website.

Conversion policy for vacant seats of Foreign Nationals category: The flow
chart for conversion of vacant seats of Foreign Nationals category shall be as
indicated below:
• SAARC → Non-SAARC → ICCR / Government of India Nominees
• Non-SAARC → SAARC → ICCR / Government of India Nominees
• ICCR / Government of India Nominees → Non-SAARC → SAARC

The University may issue the Admission Notification for the vacant seats of foreign
nationals till the closure of the admissions.

Fee Structure (Indian Nationals)

Particulars B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) LL.M.
(Rs.) (Rs.)
Tuition Fee 1,55,000/- p.a. 65,000/- p.a.
Other Academic Charges 15,000/- p.a. 13,000/- p.a.
(Library Fee, Exam Fee etc.)
User charges 67,000/- p.a. 67,000/- p.a.
(Room Rent, Electricity, Water,
Internet Charges etc.)
Onetime payments 10,000/- 10,000/-
Refundable Deposits Rs. 20,000/- Rs. 20,000/-
(Rs. 14,000/- for SC/ST) (Rs. 14,000/- for SC/ST)

Note:
1. There shall be an increase of Rs. 5,000/- p.a. in the Tuition Fee every
academic year for the 5-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Programme.

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 2. Payment towards Mess shall be made separately by the students in advance
on yearly basis which comes to approximately Rs. 35,000/- p.a.
3. The fees / charges are provisional and subject to revision from time to time as
per the decision of university bodies.

Important Note: The University reserves the right to change the Intake, Fee
Structure and Course Curriculum from time to time for both the Undergraduate and
Postgraduate Programmes.

For Further Details Contact:

Registrar
NALSAR University of Law
Justice City, Shameerpet, Medchal-Malkajgiri District. 500 101, Telangana, India.
Tel: 040 – 23498105 / 115 / 164 / 104, Fax: 040 – 23498385 / 386
Website: www.nalsar.ac.in; Email: admissions2024@nalsar.ac.in /
registrar@nalsar.ac.in

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 ANNEXURE

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR RESERVED CATEGORIES AT THE TIME OF

COUNSELING AND DOCUMENT VERIFICATION AT NALSAR

For Candidates seeking admission under the OBC-NCL category

OBC-NCL certificate should have been issued on or after April 01, 2024 in
consonance with the latest guidelines of the Government of India. If any OBC-NCL
candidate fails to submit the OBC- NCL certificate (issued on or after April 01, 2024)
at the time of counseling and document verification at NALSAR, the provisional
admission offered shall stand automatically cancelled.

For Candidates seeking admission under the General EWS category

EWS certificate should have been issued on or after April 01, 2024 in consonance
with the latest guidelines of the Government of India. If any EWS candidate fails to
submit the EWS certificate (issued on or after April 01, 2024) at the time of
counseling and document verification at NALSAR, the provisional admission offered
shall stand automatically cancelled.

For Candidates seeking admission under the Resident Student of Telangana

reserved categories

The candidate seeking admission under SC / ST category under Resident Student of

Telangana category should submit their relevant certificates issued by Government
of Telangana as per the latest guidelines.

The candidates seeking admission under BC-NCL category under Resident Student
of Telangana category should submit the BC certificate issued by Government of
Telangana specifying the categorization under BC-A, BC-B, BC-C, BC-D and BC-E
as per the latest guidelines of the Government of Telangana. The Non-Creamy
Layer certificate should have been issued on or after April 01, 2024 in consonance
with the latest guidelines of Government of Telangana. If any BC (NCL) candidate
fails to submit the NCL certificate (issued on or after April 01, 2024) at the time of
counseling and document verification at NALSAR, the provisional admission offered
shall stand automatically cancelled.

The candidates seeking admission under EWS category under Resident Student of
Telangana category should submit the EWS certificate issued by Government of
Telangana on or after April 01, 2024 in consonance with the latest guidelines of the
Government of Telangana. If any EWS candidate fails to submit the EWS certificate
(issued on or after April 01, 2024) at the time of counseling and document
verification at NALSAR, the provisional admission offered shall stand automatically
cancelled.

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