National Law University Odisha

National Law University Odisha

Motto	सत्ये स्थितो धर्म:
Type	Public
Established	2009
Chancellor	Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. (Dr.) Srikrishna Deva Rao
Students	635
Undergraduates	600
Location	Cuttack, Odisha, India
Campus	Cuttack
Website	www.nluo.ac.in

National Law University Odisha, Cuttack (NLUO) is an autonomous law university in India. The institute is located at Cuttack, Odisha, India. The University offers integrated B.A. LL.B. and B.B.A. LL.B. courses. The Institute offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in various streams of law. Its first session began in 2009; classes started from 20 July 2009. The first batch consists of 120 students, 60 each in B.B.A LL.B and B.A. LL.B. The University has, shifted to its new campus at Naraj Barage in June, 2012. The new campus has an area of 50 acres (200,000 m²)sanctioned by the Odisha government. Odisha government has sanctioned Rs. 160 crore for campus development. The formal inaugural function of the university was on 31 October 2009. The first Vice Chancellor of the NLUO was Faizan Mustafa. Recently Registrar of National Law University, Delhi Prof. (Dr.) Srikrishna Deva Rao became the Vice-Chancellor of this University,^[1]

University Structure

The NLUO Act: The National Law University of Odisha NLUO is a prime Law University founded through the National Law University Odisha NLUO Act of 2008. University is still in construction phase, although there are currently two boys hostel, one girls hostel and one guest house.

Intake and Reservation

The total number of seats for both courses is 120, divided into 60 seats each for B.A.LL.B and B.B.A LL.B. (Hons.) Study Programmes. Every applicant is individually considered by the Admissions Committee for acceptance into either programme on the basis of the choice he/she makes. The category wise division of total 120 seats for both the courses is given in table below: Category Seats General 78 Scheduled Tribes 14 Scheduled Castes 10 Persons with Disability 04 Foreign Nationals 04 NRI 10 Total 120

Advantage

The advantage which makes this University ahead of other counterpart, that it does not provide state domicile reservation. Therefore, all the student are of same caliber, which makes a good learning environment, this is depicted by recent moot wins by students.^[2] Other National Law Universities those do not provide domicile reservation include NLSIU Bangalore, National Law University Delhi and National Law University, Jodhpur.

Eligibility for Under-Graduate Programmes

To be eligible to appear in CLAT, a candidate should have obtained a Senior Secondary School/Intermediate (10+2) or its equivalent qualification from a recognized Board with not less than 50% marks in aggregate (45% in case of SC/ST/OBC and PWD).** Candidates who have appeared in the 10+2 examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to appear in the test. o Age of candidate should not be more than 20 years in case of General/OBC candidates (22 years in case of SC/ST and persons with Disability) .** as of 1 July 2012. .0 The candidate must have passed the qualifying examination at the time of his/her admission and be able to submit its proof.

References

Autonomous Law Schools in India

National Law Universities	Chanakya National Law University Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University Gujarat National Law University Hidayatullah National Law University Maharashtra National Law University NALSAR University of Law National Law Institute University National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam National Law School of India University National Law University, Delhi Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University National Law University, Jodhpur National Law University Odisha National University of Advanced Legal Studies National University of Study and Research in Law Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Tamil Nadu National Law School West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

Central University	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University

Self Finance Course in Public University	Baroda School of Legal Studies

Private	Amity Law School KIIT Law School School of Law, Christ University Symbiosis Law School Jindal Global Law School

Legal education in India List of law schools in India

Universities in Odisha

Public	Berhampur University Biju Patnaik University of Technology Central University of Orissa, Koraput Fakir Mohan University Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar National Institute of Science Education and Research National Institute of Technology, Rourkela National Law University Odisha North Orissa University Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology Ravenshaw University Sambalpur University Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University Utkal University Utkal University of Culture Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

Private	Centurion University Sri Sri University Xavier University, Bhubaneswar

Deemed	KIIT University Siksha O Anusandhan University

Gov. Body	Department of Higher Education, Odisha

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