National Law School of India University

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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	National Law University
Established	1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Founder	N. R. Madhava Menon
Affiliation	UGC, BCI
Budget	₹38 crores[1]
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."

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), or simply the National Law School (NLS), is a public law school in Bangalore, India. The school is one of the leading law schools in India, consistently ranked #1 in the National Institutional Ranking Framework for law.

The university was established by the National Law School of India Act of 1986, which was enacted by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The school offers a five-year undergraduate Bachelor of Arts–Bachelor of Laws programme (BA.LLB) and a postgraduate single LLB programme, both of which qualify graduates for an admission to the bar.

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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