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NUJS finally constitutes 16-years-overdue review commission, 9 months after resolving to

NUJS Kolkata has finally constituted its 16-years-overdue review commission, nine months after former Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur signed a resolution to institute a judicial review of the law school.

CLAT PILer vows appeal to SC, raps Patna HC for bias in dismissing CLAT irregularity allegations outright

The Patna high court was “biased” in its decision to dismiss a writ questioning the legality of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 tender, the writ petitioner has alleged.

Delhi HC attempts to save DU law faculty from degenerating into ‘last refuge of scoundrels’

The Delhi University’s law faculty’s practical immunity to campus violence and vandalism led the Delhi high court to issue stern warnings to the Delhi police yesterday, reported the PTI.

Patna HC judge says PIL-er has no place to question CNLU Patna for allegedly illegal CLAT 2017 tender

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) could not be challenged further in the Patna high court after it dismissed, without hearing, the writ before it on the ground that the petitioner was merely a publicity seeker and was acting as a “proxy” for someone else.

NLU Jodhpur suspends 3 students for ragging, fines one

NLU Jodhpur suspended three students found guilty of ragging by the NLU’s anti-ragging cell for one year. It also suspended and fined two other students from halls of residence for a semester, and fined one student, all of whom were found guilty of abetting the act of ragging by the three expelled students.

PIL alleges CLAT 2017 tender award dubious, unduly benefited new company

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 convenor CNLU Patna has been dragged to the Patna high court, accused in a public interest litigation (PIL) of awarding an illegal tender to a company to conduct the CLAT, allegedly therefore compromising the quality of the exam.

‘Freedom of choice’: NLSIU radically overhauls LLB course structure, following Nalsar, Oxford, Harvard, NUS into electives style

NLSIU Bangalore has converted several compulsory papers part of its LLB degree into elective papers, following Nalsar Hyderabad and top international universities such as Oxford, Harvard and NUS.

JGLS places 92 LLB Hons grads with firms, cos, advocates, research • CAM most enthusiastic

JGLS Sonepat has placed 92 out of 235 students graduating in its 5 year LLB class of 2017, revealed a break-down of figures for the course requested by Legally India.

NLS alums association ‘alarmed’ over state reservation: Seeks to mobilise ‘ground swell of opposition’ in 'unequivocal' opposition

The NLSIU Bangalore Alumni Association has made a statement unequivocally condemning the move by the state government to impose a 50% local domicile reservation on NLSIU Bangalore.

NLSIU students submit report card grading their profs: Majority of ad-hocs below par reviews, one outstanding

At NLSIU Bangalore, only 6 out of 15 ad-hoc professors scored more than 60% in a student evaluation commissioned by the NLSIU Student Bar Association (SBA).

NLSIU student association: Will ‘pursue all possible options’ to oppose 50% state reservation

The NLSIU Bangalore student bar association (SBA) has released a strong statement vowing to resist the Karnataka state’s new law introducing a 50% reservation for students from Karnataka.

The MPL final four: GNLU consolidates post ICC world rounds, NLSIU makes comeback, NUJS nails NLSTIAM after 7 years

After a teensy dry spell [many apologies, my fault! -Kian], the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 7 is back with some exciting news in the penultimate update before we confirm the results of the ELSA WTO World Rounds and the International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot (IMLAM): the winners and points hauled at the 10th NLSTIAM 2017 moot and the international rounds of the ICC Hague Moot 2017.

3 reasons why SC could strike down Karnataka assembly passing 50% localite reservation for NLSIU [UPDATE-1]

Karnataka’s assembly has passed a bill, which is yet to be given the nod by the legislative council, which would reserve 50% of NLSIU Bangalore’s 80 undergraduate seats (and its 50 LLM seats and 50 masters of public policy seats) for students with a strong connection to Karnataka, reported The Economic Times:

After no hires for 3 years, NUJS too moves to restock 10 faculty (incl ex-Shamnad IPR chair)

Much like NLSIU Bangalore several months ago, NUJS Kolkata too has finally advertised to fill its vacant professorial positions, including the intellectual property (IPR) chair professor post that has been empty for more than three years after its former IPR chair Prof Shamnad Basheer had resigned.

Major surprise: After earlier delays, All India Bar Exam finally out now, 3 days early!

The results for the 10th All India Bar Exam (AIBE) are now out, according to a notification on the official website.

NUJS 2017 wins 100% final jobs for 78 members: Big 7 firms hire 53, led by Khaitan • 3 foreign firm jobs

NUJS Kolkata’s 2017 batch’s campus recruitment committee (CRC) has assisted in placing all 78 of its members in law firm or corporate jobs, out of a batch of a total batch 128.

Revealed: Which NLU is most preferred for LLMs? • + Clickbait bonus: One answer may surprise you...

Did you know (or suspect) postgraduate law students hoping to study at an Indian national law university (NLU) nearly all prefer going to NLSIU Bangalore? Probably. But did you know NLIU Bhopal is by some readings more popular than NUJS Kolkata? And that a lot of high-ranking post-grads are going to Lucknow.

Bar exam results delayed by yet another week, informs stealthy ninja-update to AIBE website

The results for the 10th All India Bar Exam (AIBE), which the Bar Council of India (BCI) had announced to be out by today (8 June) as we reported last week, have been delayed by another week at least.

CLAT helpline adds to confusion as merit list fitness still questionable

The merit list of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 is not in the clear yet, one day after it was taken down for errors, as the CLAT 2017 helpline has not managed to clear up the confusion yet.

2017 CLAT preferences analysed: MNLU Mumbai drops 3, top 6 stable, NUJS bags 4th ranker

MNLU Mumbai, which had rocketed up the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) preference rankings in its inaugural year in 2016, has dropped three ranks in the preferences of CLAT takers, while the top six have remained unchanged.