With in the law

National Law Universities (NLUs) are to legal education what IITs are to engineering studies. The NLU campus in Dwarka (Delhi) is not different from other law schools — barring its selection process. Admission is not through the CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) but a separate national-level entrance. Its popularity can be gauged from the fact that in the first year in 2008, NLU saw 7,000 applications for 80 seats.

Known for: Its coveted NLU tag.

Programmes:  BA, LLB (five-year programme); PG diploma in judging and court management; PG diploma in intellectual property rights and patent law.

Extracurricular activities: Despite being just a year old, NLU has a number of societies in the making. “Since we are students of the first batch, we take it as our responsibility to set up cultural societies and students’ committees for our juniors. We have a lot of scope to get creative,” says Gunjan Chawla, a second-year student of the integrated law programme.

Recently, Chawla and her friends started a society called Agaaz, which does philanthropic work. In just a month, about 50 volunteers have been roped in to teach children of construction workers. They also plan to start an adult literacy programme for women staying in slum clusters nearby and for the wives of construction workers.

NLU students also take part in debates and sporting activities in and outside the university.

Infrastructure: NLU scores a perfect 10 for its swank campus. Fully residential, it will soon have separate accommodation for men and women, who are at the moment sharing one hostel.  Once ready, both hostels will have a common room, facilities for indoor games, television sets and a gym.

The library is also quite huge and has access to all the latest high court and Supreme Court judgments.

No vehicles are allowed in the eco-friendly campus and instead of electric heaters, solar heaters are used in hostel rooms.

NLU also has a specially-built moot courtroom to give students a taste of court proceedings. A fully air-conditioned auditorium with a capacity for over 650 people is also about to come up.

Found on campus:  “I was studying in a private law college in Noida. When I got to know that a national law university has come up in Delhi, and has been set up by the same people who founded the prestigious Nalsar University, I applied here. Even though it led to my wasting a year, I think it was worth it,” says Devna Arora, a second-year student of the five-year law programme.

 

Author: Vimal Chander Joshi

Date: 11th Nov., 2009

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