National Law School of India University

The university's annual report describes a library, classrooms, hostels and residential amenities. The university also reports clinical legal education and student-led legal aid and legal-awareness activities.

Admission requirements and entrance tests vary by programme. The official admissions page identifies CLAT for the five-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. programmes, and NLSAT for the three-year LL.B. (Hons.), NLS BA (Hons.) and Master’s Programme in Public Policy. Consult the current official admissions notice for eligibility, dates, seat allocation and programme-specific instructions.

Established in 1986 under the National Law School of India Act (Karnataka Act 22 of 1986); the Act was notified in the official Gazette on 29 August 1987. The university states that its first five-year integrated law degree cohort commenced in 1988.

National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is a public law university in Bengaluru, Karnataka, established in 1986 under the National Law School of India Act (Karnataka Act 22 of 1986). Its academic offerings include the five-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) programme, the NLS BA (Hons.) undergraduate programme, the three-year LL.B. (Hons.), the LL.M., a two-year Master’s Programme in Public Policy, and doctoral programmes in law and in social sciences, humanities and public policy. Admissions use different routes by programme: the university identifies CLAT for the five-year B.A., LL.B. and LL.M. programmes, and NLSAT for programmes including the three-year LL.B. (Hons.), NLS BA (Hons.) and Master’s Programme in Public Policy. NLSIU also operates research centres covering areas such as child rights, environmental law, intellectual property, labour studies, health law and policy, and social inclusion.