The BCI inspection committee that visited Delhi University’s (DU) law schools last year, was of “the firm view” that DU’s three law schools “should be closed down”, the full committee report has revealed.

NLU Mumbai will start classes this year from its temporary campus in Jogeshwari with an annual budget of around Rs 10 crore, planning to admit 60 students through its independent entrance test.

Nalsar Hyderabad, which launched its debut MBA program almost two years ago, has geared up to find placements for its first batch of 55 students after disappointing results so far.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has asked Delhi University’s law schools to explain by 15 March why they should not be stripped of their accreditation.

How can a first generation litigator survive? Advocate Dushyant Arora gives some handy tips.

Legally India yesterday made an appeal under the Right to Information (RTI) Act against Friday’s (12 December) decision by the BCI chairman to retract the BCI’s reply to an RTI request to inspect its meeting minutes. BCI co-chairman Manan Kumar Mishra had said the BCI would not allow copying of all ...

This is a short story and video of how LI tried and failed getting the BCI chairman to be more transparent.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) plans to fix a maximum limit on the number of law schools that can be started in each state of India, in a move to curb the growth of law schools with bad infrastructure adding to the already standing 1,200 law schools in India.

There are few things more challenging, stressful and ultimately rewarding than putting together a successful law school event.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) plans to double the inspection fee for national law universities and law schools in metropolitan cities to Rs 3 lakh, while keeping the amount constant at Rs 1.5 lakh for other law schools.

Vice chancellors (VC) of the 16 Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) participants, on 1 November, agreed to form a “national law university consortium” to regularly discuss and address academic and other issues facing NLUs. RMLNLU Lucknow VC Gurdip Singh told Legally India that a sub-committee consistin...

Ashok Parija suggests 5 simple ideas that would go some way to curing the Indian legal profession and regulation of many troubles.

The Delhi University (DU) has submitted a proposal to the Delhi high court for construction of a single campus for the three law schools under its umbrella that are currently operating from separate buildings, reported The Hindu and others. The new building, 75 per cent of which is allegedly ready, ...

The Bar Council of India (BCI) today inspected beleagured Delhi University’s three law centres.

NLUJAA Guwahati today selected Nalsar Hyderabad registrar Prof Vijender Kumar as its new vice chancellor, after over five months of functioning without a vice chancellor (VC).

The Delhi University (DU) sent its application for inspection and affiliation to the Bar Council of India (BCI) yesterday with the requisite fee, reported the Indian Express . The BCI had debarred graduates of the University’s law schools from getting their advocate enrolment, accusing the Universit...

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has sent a notice to the Telangana State Bar Association to forbid 2014-15 graduates from Law University College Kakatiya and Osmania University Law College from enrolling, reported India Today . Reportedly, the BCI retaliated against the colleges’ decision to protest ...

230 NLUJA Assam Guwahati students have resorted to an indefinite hunger strike after their boycott of classes and the mid-semester exams went unregistered.

The Calcutta high court is hearing a writ petition by NUJS Kolkata registrar Surajit Mukhopadhyay against his suspension by vice chancellor Prof Ishwara Bhat, alleging bias and requesting reinstatement. Mukhopadaya was suspended last month after an inquiry committee report found facts “indicative of...

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) Sonepat now has more women in its faculty than men, claiming to be a more gender-equal law school than any other.