About University

The National Law University Delhi is one of India's top premier law schools established under the National Law University Act, 2007 by the State Government of NCT Delhi in the year 2008. The University’s Chancellor is the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India or his/her nominee, who shall be a senior judge of the Supreme Court, is the Visitor to the University. The University’s governing bodies include representatives from the High Court of Delhi, the Bar Council of India, the Bar Council of Delhi, the Government of NCT Delhi, Legal Fraternity, and the Law School Faculty. The university has been ranked Second for 7 consecutive years in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

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The primary objective of the University is to evolve and impart comprehensive and interdisciplinary legal education that is socially relevant. Through this education, we aim to promote legal and ethical values and foster the rule of law and the objectives enshrined in the Constitution of India. Furthermore, the University works toward dissemination of legal knowledge and its role in national development, so that the ability to analyse and present contemporary issues of public concern and their legal implications for the benefit of the public is improved. These processes strive to promote legal awareness in the community and to achieve political, social and economic justice.

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Our sincere endeavor is to make legal education justice education, as an instrument of social, political and economic change. Each individual who is part of this institution must be remembered for the promotion of social justice. Our students will not only be shaped as change agents as the country achieves its social and developmental goals, but will also be equipped to address the imperatives of the new millennium and uphold the Constitution of India.