CNLU Patna

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Background

In the State of Bihar, where the seeds of the earliest republic were sown and the crop of democracy cultivated, a need was felt by the government for a university which would provide quality legal education and strive to raise national legal standards to competitive international level and promote legal awareness in the community, which will lead to the realization of goals embodied in the Constitution of India. Thus, on August 15th, 2006 came into being Chanakya National Law University at Patna under the able guidance of its Vice - Chancellor/Pro - Chancellor, Prof. Dr. A. Lakshminath, former Dean and Registrar, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. CNLU was established under the Chanakya National Law University Act, 2006 (Bihar Act No. 24 of 2006) and included in section 2(f) of the U.G.C. Act, 1956.

No Educational Institution is complete without adequate facilities to its Students, Faculties & Employees. CNLU provides wide range of facilities on its campus. A well managed residential accommodation with modern facility provided to students. Mess & Canteen facilities on campus provide everything from a simple coffee and sandwich to a full meal. University provides a full range of medical services for students & for employees who register as patients. In addition to general practice services, CNLU provides a range of specialist clinics and visiting practitioners. University organised regular careers fairs, training workshops, and one-to-one guidance for students. Counseling Service aims to enable students to achieve their academic and personal goals by providing confidential counseling and support for any difficulties encountered while at CNLU. University provides a wide range of IT services including campus internet access via a wireless network and in student residences.

Number of retired Judges of the Supreme Court,High Courts and lower Judiciary as well as Senior Advocates & Educationalist have offered to assist the CNLU in its teaching and research programmes making education at CNLU a rare and exciting experience to the student body. CNLU admired example of maintaining financial autonomy along with greater accountability. It is equipped with the state-of-art infrastructure for successful imparting of legal education of the highest standards.The faculty at CNLU comprises highly acclaimed and experienced academicians who are proactively involved in grooming the younger generation to take CNLU to greater heights.

The construction work of the university spread on 18 acres of land at Nyaya Nagar, Mithapur near Mithapur Bus stand, Jakkanpur Police Station, Patna will be fully completed by March, 2011, but it has got one academic block, administrative block, boys' hostel, girls' hostel, moot court hall and examination hall constructed by now. Classes shall commence here from this academic session(2010-11). A sprawling lawn with various types of palm trees has adds beauty to the landscape.

Chanakya National Law University, Nyaya Nagar, Mithapur, Patna-800001, Bihar, INDIA

Administration

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Message

Legal education may Justice education should equip law students for filling different roles in society and discharging various law jobs, the range and scope of which are ever expanding in the modern democratic society e.g. as policy-makers, administrators, lawyers, negotiators, mediators, arbitrators law teachers, industrial entrepreneurs etc. In modern India, it is to be realized that legal education must have breadth, depth and width. It is the crucial function of legal education to produce lawyers with a social vision and mission in a developing country like India. Law has to serve as a vehicle of economic and social change in a developing society and that democracy and respect for law and rule of law will be strengthened in India by promoting legal education and research in law. Lawyers will play a very active role in rebuilding the Indian polity.

The National Knowledge Commission while recognizing legal education as an important constituent of professional education emphasized that the vision should be to provide justice-oriented education essential to the realization of values enshrined in the Indian Constitution. Legal education must prepare professionals equipped to meet the new challenges and dimensions of internationalization, where the nature and organization of law and legal practice are undergoing a paradigm shift. It has also emphasized the need for original and path breaking legal research to create new legal knowledge and ideas that will help meet these new challenges in a manner responsive to the needs of the country and ideals and goals of our Constitution.

Keeping the above mentioned goals and objectives the Government of Bihar has established the Chanakya National Law University, Patna to impart legal/Justice education to the deprived, depraved and the indigent.

Facts & Figures

Prof. Dr. A. Lakshminath Pro Chancellor / Vice Chancellor

Dr. S. P. Singh Associate Professor (Pol. Science), Registrar

Dr. Ajay Kumar Associate Professor (Law)

Dr. S. C. Roy Associate Professor(Law)

Dr. Anshuman, Visiting Faculty (Law)

Dr. Ali Visiting Faculty (Law)

Mr. K. K. Diwedi Assistant Professor (Law)

Dr. P. P. Rao Assistant Professor (Law)

Mr. Shaiwal Satyarthi Assistant Professor (Law)

Dr. B. Ravi Narayan Sharma Assistant Professor (Law)

Mr. Pushpendra Pandey Assistant Professor (Law)

Mr. vikram Kumar Assistant Professor (Law)

Dr. Sangeet Kumar Assistant Professor (Sociology)

Miss Shivani Mohan Assistant Professor (Economics)

Dr. Priyadarshni Assistant Professor (History)

Mr. Manoranjan Kumar Teacher Associate (Law)

Admissions

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Fee structure

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Infrastructure

Hostels

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Library and Reading Room

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IT Infrastructure

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Extra Curricular Activities

Mooting

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Student Activities

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Recruitment

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Seminars and Conferences

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Academia and faculty

Notable faculty

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Journals and publications

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Subjects available

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Alumni

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Notable alumni

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