General Information about the University

About the University

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) was established under the WBNUJS
Act, 1999 (West Bengal Act IXof 1999). It is a university as per sub-section (f) of section 2 and section
12-B of the UGC Act, 1956 and has permanent affiliation from the Bar Council of India. The Chief
Justice of India is the Chancellor of the University and Chairman of its highest governing body - the
General Council.

In its relatively short existence, NUJS has firmly established itself as one of the premier national law
universities in India. It has consistently been ranked amongst the top law schools in India in reviews
conducted by the likes of Outlook India, Mint and LexisNexis Halsbury’s Law Monthly. The University
had received the prestigious SILF-MILAT INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 2015 for its
overall excellence in the field of Legal Studies.

Location and Infrastructure:

NUJS is located in the city of Kolkata, a major metropolis of India. Kolkata, the City of Joy, is
renowned for its heritage and culture. A subtle blend of tradition and modernity distinguishes the city.
The old Kolkata thrives alongside the growing expanses of modern townships, including Salt Lake
City, where the NUJS campus is situated.

The campus itself comprises of one academic and three residential blocks (i.e. two seven-storied
halls of residence for girls and boys each and a two-storied staff accommodation quarters NUJS
has also received adjacent land of 3025.75 sq. metres for construction of additional hostel facilities,
staff quarters, conference rooms, guest house and other amenities for the students. The Academic
Block, named after Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, is a four-storied majestic edifice in stone, having 105 rooms
in all. The NUJS campus provides all modern amenities— air-conditioned classrooms of varying
sizes, seminar halls, conference rooms, moot court hall and an air-conditioned auditorium (with a
seating capacity of approximately six hundred) doctors room, and other facilities. The highlight of
NUJS is a well-stocked, digitized, air-conditioned library, with access to over 45,000 volumes on
law, economics, politics, etc., national and international journals and all major online internet
resources for law and other related social science subjects, as well as the facility to download, print
and photocopy any materials. Remote access facility is available for students, faculty and
researchers for ease of access to library e-resources. The NUJS campus also includes a bank, a
canteen, state-of the-art kitchens at the hostel, health care, sports facilities including air -conditioned
gym and various other recreational facilities. All student hostels are wired with Internet access
through dedicated leased lines and Wifi. The University also has a computer centre with around 100
computers.

Legal Education:

NUJS strives to offer the best in legal education in order to prepare its graduates for the diverse
spheres of litigation, corporate legal practice, legal academia, legal research, social service and
public leadership. It offers various academic programmes including the five-year integrated
B.A./B.Sc. LL.B (Hons.), one-year LL.M, M.Phil, Ph.D and LL.D degree programmes. Specialised
streams on Commercial Law and International Law are offered in the LL.M. Programme. The
University also offers several diploma and certificate programmes through distance, contact and
regular classroom instructions.

Faculty at NUJS adopt the Socratic method of teaching, involving extensive classroom discussion
and debate. The academic year is divided into two semesters of equal duration, which are followed
by examinations at the end of each semester. For each course, students undergo rigo rous skill
development through project writing, viva voce and class presentations. The courses combine
purely legal theories with social sciences, to provide our students with a holistic appreciation of law
in its interaction with society from a multi-disciplinary perspective. These include inter alia Gender
and Law, Law and Public Policy, Law and Development, Corporate Finance, International
34 Commercial Arbitration, Securities Law, Judicial Review, Competition Law, Nuclear Law,
International Human Rights Law, Sports Law and Law and Economics, which give students the
opportunity to specialize in their preferred areas of study. In principle, only foundational courses
are compulsory while all the rest are electives. Different forms of evaluation including open-book
exams, seminars, research papers, tutorials and court room exercises are used in these courses.
Grading of results is done on a seven-point scale.

At the end of each semester, students intern in various organizations including law firms, senior
counsel chambers, corporate in-house legal departments, NGOs, research and policy think-tanks, etc.
while the choice of internships remain with students, University also provides assistance in arranging
internships through the Recruitment and Placement Committee.

The students are also encouraged to participate in serious research, writing and academic
scholarship through the medium of the University’s in-house law journals and publications. NUJS
Law Review, which is a quarterly publication, also been ranked as the number one academic law
journal of India by the Washington and Lee University School of Law ranking of law journals. Other
Law journals include the Journal of Indian Law and Society, Asian Journal of Air and Space Law,
Asian Journal of Legal Education, International Journal of Law and Policy Review and International
Journal of Legal Studies & Research.

The University has also signed several Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with various
foreign Universities including University of Illinois, Ecole de Formation de Barreau, Paris,
Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid for the purpose of Exchange Programmes. Faculty and
students have been participating in such Exchange Programmes with several of these
universities.

All Round Education:

NUJS has a diverse and vibrant student community hailing from all parts of India, and includes
several foreign nationals. While the key focus is academics, the students are also keenly involved in
sporting and cultural exchanges and activities, with teams regularly excelling at various national
level competitions. Student societies of NUJS organize five major annual events — the literary-cum-
cultural extravaganza- Outlawed, the national sports festival- Invicta, the NUJS-Herbert Smith
National Corporate Law Moot Court Competition, Justice Dr. BP Saraf National Tax Moot Court
Competition and the NUJS Parliamentary Debate. These events attract enormous participation from
the best law schools in the country.

Student societies also conduct popular year-round competitions in music, dance,

painting,quizzing, debating, creative writing and sports. Adding colour to life at NUJS are the
western and eastern music bands, which have proved their mettle at competitions all across the
country. NUJS also has a vibrant SPICMACAY chapter, and has hosted performers like Pt.
Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Shivkumar Sharma and Smt. Shovana Narain. Writer’s Block, the
college magazine, contains campus news, contributions in prose and poetry, giving students with
literary inclinations the chance to showcase their talent.

Students at NUJS are ever-aware of their social responsibilities. The Legal Aid Society provides a
platform for students to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom and meaningfully
contribute to the community. The Society takes up legal causes of indigent people either
independently or in association with other organizations, assists other law schools in setting up their
legal aid clinics and programmes, organizes legal awareness camps and street plays in urban and
rural areas, and conducts adult education and legal awareness courses for mess, housekeeping,
security and other supporting staff of NUJS. Students have also begun assisting pro bono lawyers
from Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) in pending cases before the Juvenile Justice Board in
Kolkata. NUJS believes that it is only such holistic legal education that can create the well-
rounded leaders of tomorrow.

The University has an enviable track record in moot court competitions. NUJS students emerged as the
first Indian and only the second Asian team to win the prestigious Willem C. Vis International
Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna. They are also the proud winners of the ELSA Moot Court
Competition, held in Dominican Republic. In addition, NUJS students have also won honours in Willem
C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Hong Kong, the Stetson International
Environment Moot Court Competition, Florida, Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot, Stetson International
Environment Law Moot, Oxford Price Media Moot Court Competition, along with almost every National
moot court competition of note. NUJS students have also won several essay competitions, attended
and presented papers at conferences all over the world, and have secured regular publications in
peer-reviewed journals of international repute.

With such a comprehensive academic and co-curricular programme, it is scarcely surprising that
in the relatively short span of the University’s existence, NUJS alumni have distinguished
themselves in a range of careers, not only on the national but also on the international stage.
NUJS alumni Meet is held now every year to strengthen bonds the University and the alumni for
the purpose of leveraging the alumni community towards fulfillment of University’s role in
promoting cutting edge legal education.

The Student Recruitment Committee at NUJS boasts of a near 100% recruitment success rate.
Graduating students join leading law firms and companies in India and abroad, clerk with judges
at the Supreme Court, and work towards the betterment of society with prestigious NGOs.
Several alumni are litigators at the Supreme Court and various High Courts.

Each year an increasing number of NUJS students gain admission to prestigious universities in U.K.
like Oxford and Cambridge, and Ivy League universities of the U.S. such as Yale, Harvard and NYU.
Many of them have been awarded prestigious scholarships like RHODES, CHEVENING and INLAKS
to pursue higher studies.

Faculty:

NUJS has an excellent faculty with a good mix of young and experienced scholars. The faculty
includes Rhodes, Fulbright, Commonwealth and Chevening scholars, and alumni from universities
including Oxford University, Columbia University, University of Michigan, SOAS, University of
Vanderbilt, London School of Economics, NUS, University of Liverpool and Max Planck Institute.
Faculty members have published in numerous prestigious international and national law journals.

Many scholars of international repute from within and outside the country, including luminaries like
Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, Mr. Pranab Bardhan, Mark Tushnet, Philippe
Cullet, Prof. Timothy Endicott, Prof. Upendra Baxi, Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah, Mr. K.K. Venugopal, Mr.
Vinod Rai (CAG), Justice Michael Kirby, Prof. Partha Chatterjee, Sir James Alexander Mirrless, Mr. Hans
Schodder, Ms. Medha Patkar, Sri M K Narayanan, Sri M C Bhandare, Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Justice A. S.
Anand ,Prof Ved P. Nanda, Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon, Shri Soli J Sorabjee, Prof. Uday Raj Rai, Prof.
Marc S Galanter, Prof. Martha Nussbaum, Mr. Lawrence Liang, Prof. Upendra Baxi, Hon’ble Justice
Sonam Tobgye, Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Prof. Catherine Mac Kinnon, Professor Prabhat Patnaik,
Hon'ble Mr. Justice Jasti Chelameswar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud have visited the
University to deliver special lectures or offer short-courses on diverse subjects. The University has also
entered into Memorandum of Understanding with several premier institutions across the globe for
research exchange collaboration with many prestigious universities of global repute. It also has several
Endowment Chairs. The University has also instituted the Ford Foundation Chair on Human Rights, the
MHRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights and Sir Justice Ashutosh Mookerjee Chair for studies in
Tradition, Law and Social Transformation in Bengal. Supported by a substantial grant from the West
Bengal government, the Centre for Regulatory Studies, Governance & Public Policy(CRSGPP) was
established at NUJS for its research activities across Bengal. Several lectures and workshops have
been conducted by the Centre since its inception. WBNUJS had also received Fund from
Department of Justice, Govt of India for ADR research and from Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food
and Public Distribution for organizing various Consumer related courses.
Fees &Scholarships

Despite being able to achieve the status of an academic institution of exceptional caliber, NUJS has
maintained a relatively modest fee structure. It further seeks to ensure that no student is forced to
discontinue studies on account of financial constraints. With generous donations from individual
donors and institutions, the University has built up a Scholarship Fund, proceeds of which are
disbursed to students every year on a “need” basis. The Government of West Bengal has provided
the University with a generous grant for revenue expenditure including supporting the ‘means-cum-
merit scholarship’ granted by the University. Out of a total grant of Rupees Crores, Rupees 40 lakhs
has been set aside for supporting scholarship program.).

The alumni of NUJS have also instituted many scholarships. Arrangements are in place for students of
NUJS to secure educational loans from any bank of their choice on mutually agreeable terms. NUJS
aims to reach out to potential candidates across the length and breadth of India and aboard. It
provides quality education to those hailing from the most marginalized and poorest sections of
society. All efforts are made to provide free or subsidized education to such students. NUJS also
offers separate scholarships sponsored by various donors. In addition, NUJS Students can also
avail of various scholarship schemes sponsored by the Central Government and the State
Government for underprivileged and economically weaker sections.

Towards Creating Leaders and Social Engineers:

NUJS perceives legal education as a potent instrument that will help bring about improved social
order contributing to national development.

Globalisation has thrown up new challenges and newer issues of concern. NUJS students are
expected to adequately arm themselves to combat these challenges for the future. The standards of
conduct and rigor at NUJS are already quite demanding. Those who join NUJS are expected not
only to sustain, but also to improve upon these standards. NUJS promises the best returns for their
dedication, labour and committed efforts. In all, the NUJS experience will enable students to think
out of the box and equip them with skills necessary to transform them into the social engineers and
leaders of tomorrow.

B.A./B.SC. LL.B (HONS.) PROGRAMME

Eligibility :

The Eligibility norms shall be the same as specified by CLAT 2019.

Modification of Revised Seat Allocation for Admission to B.A./B.Sc. LL.B.(Hons.) Programme under
CLAT 2020

Category All India West Bengal Domicile Total

General 44 22 66
EWS 6 4 10
SC 10 8 18
ST 5 2 7
OBC .. OBC-A 1 2
OBC-B 1
Foreign Nationals 4 4
NRI 18 18
JK [supernumerary 2 2
seats]
PWD [Horizontal] 3 2 5[Horizontal]
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Vacant seats after the conclusion of the admission process shall be converted to General Category Seats.
 FEE STRUCTURE*

FIRST YEAR (NEW ENTRANTS) I SEMESTER

LL B

Admission Fee Rs.5000

Tuition Fee
 NRI/Foreign Students $ 5,000
 Other Students Rs. 73,200

Examination Fee Rs. 1,200

Study Materials Fee Rs. 2,000

Library Fee Rs. 24,000

Computer Fee Rs. 10,800

Student Welfare Fee Rs. 24,000

Development Fee Rs 12,000

Infrastructure and Maintenance Fee Rs. 5,000

Composite (Hostel) Fee Rs. 12,000

Adjustable (Hostel) Deposit Rs. 15,000

Moot Court fee Rs. 2,000

Refundable Deposit Rs. 10,000

SECOND YEAR & SUBSEQUENT Monsoon Semester

YEARS

LL B

Tuition Fee
 NRI/Foreign Students $ 5,000
 Other Students Rs. 73,200

Examination Fee Rs. 1,200

Study Materials Fee Rs. 2,000

Library Fee Rs. 24,000

Computer Fee Rs. 10,800

Student Welfare Fee Rs. 24,000

Development Fee Rs 12,000

Infrastructure and Maintenance Fee Rs. 5,000

Placement Fee Rs. 500

Moot Court fee Rs. 2,000

Composite (Hostel) Fee Rs. 12,000

Adjustable (Hostel) Deposit Rs. 15,000

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 FIRST YEAR & SUBSEQUENT Winter Semester
YEARS

LL B

Tuition Fee

 NRI/Foreign Students $ 5,000

 Other Students Rs. 73,200

Composite (Hostel) Fee Rs. 12,000

Adjustable (Hostel) Deposit Rs. 15,000

*Subject to Revision by University authorities

COURSE CONTENT (UG PROGRAMME)

CLASS SEMESTER
I YEAR ** MONSOON WINTER
Legal Method Political Science II
Sociology I Law of Contracts II
Political Science I Sociology II
Law of Contracts Law of Crime I (IPC)
Law of Tort Family Law I
English I English II
II YEAR **
Economics I Legal History II
Constitutional Law I Constitutional Law II
Legal History I Economics II
Law of Crime II (Cr PC) Law of Civil Procedure
Family Law II Property Law
III YEAR **
Jurisprudence Company Law II
Public International Law Administrative Law
Law of Evidence Interpretation of Statutes
Company Law I Elective Course II
Elective Course I Elective Course III
IV YEAR **
Labour and Industrial Law I Principles of Taxation
Intellectual Property Law Labour and Industrial Law II
Clinic I (Drafting, pleading and Alternative Dispute Resolution
conveyance)
Elective Course IV Elective Course VI
 Elective Course V Elective Course VII
V YEAR **

Environmental Law Clinic II (Trail Advocacy, PIL and Moot

Court)
Clinic II (Professional Ethics) Elective Course XI
Elective Course VIII Elective Course XII
Elective Course IX Elective Course XIII
Elective Course X Elective Course XIV

** Courses that are at generally taught in the UG Programme

Indicative List of Optional

Consumer Law & Practice Combating Human Trafficking Practicum International Maritime Law
Law of Equity and Trusts International Human Rights Law Law International Dispute Settlement
The Principles of Insurance Law Relating to Land And Housing/ Land International Banking Regulation
Law of Insurance Law/ Land and Housing Laws Business International Aviation Law
Insurance Law & Human Rights International Law & Armed Conflict-I
Law of Commercial Instruments Laws Relating to Human Trafficking RTA Under WTO Law
Advanced Property Law Human Rights and Development Election Advanced Legal Drafting
Consumer Protection Law Law Film and Law
Consumer Law Energy Law Forensic Science
Investment Law and Regulation Introduction to Regulation Comparative Criminology and Victimology
The Law and Practice of Project Law Criminology
Finance Comparative Communication And Law and Impoverishment
Competition Law Regulation – I Women and Criminal Law
Securities and Investment Law & Comparative Communication And Law and The Child
Market Regulation – Ii Issues in Moral, Legal and Political
Regulation Judicial Review Philosophy
Corporate Criminal Liability Water Law Advanced Constitutional History-I
Law of Taxation Agricultural Law Advanced Constitutional History-II
Antitrust, Technology and Advanced Administrative Law: Advanced Gender and Law
Innovation Transparency and Accountability In Law and Poverty
Corporate Governance and Csr Governance Gender and Law
Securities Law Legislative Drafting and Applied Economics & Finance
Law of Corporate Finance Constitutional Interpretation Law and Economics
International Investment Law Energy Law and Policy Sports Law
Corporate Insolvency Law Constitutional Theory Media Law
Securities Law Law Of Constitutional Litigation Advanced Jurisprudence
The Law and Practice of Project Law Of Mining and Land Use Entertainment and Media Law
Finance Forest Laws and Land Use Ecology, Economy & Law
Advanced Regulations on Business Petroleum & Mining Law Law and Colonial State In India
Forms Constitutional Litigation Legal and Diplomatic History
Banking Law Law and International Diplomacy The Healthcare Law And Bioethics
Law of Mergers and Acquisitions Law of State Responsibility Outer Advanced (Indian) Patent Law &
Corporate Finance Space Law Policy/
Insolvency Law Maritime Law Advanced IP Law
Law of Taxation - 2 (Indirect Tax) International Law Applicable During Trademark Law
Law of Secured Transactions Emergency Situations Intellectual Property Law and
Corporate Taxation International Law Applicable During Development
Corporate Governance Armed Conflict IPR, Biodiversity and Agriculture
Indian Competition Law & Policy International Criminal Law Biotechnology Law
Infrastructure Projects International Commercial Arbitration Copyright Law
Mergers & Acquisitions International Refugee Law International Information Technology Law
Advanced Competition Law Humanitarian Law Private International Intellectual Property Rights,
Human Rights Advocacy and Law International Environmental Law International Trade & Human Rights
Litigation International Taxation Law
Medicine and Public Health Law International Economic Law International Patent Law
Advanced Labour Law Finance Advanced Intellectual Property Law
Contemporary Issues in Labour World Trade Law Intellectual Property Protection Of
Law International Banking Law Plant
Human Rights of Vulnerable The Law of International Responsibility & Genetic Resources
Groups Law of International Organizations Traditional Knowledge System &
Civil Liberties Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Human Rights of Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights,
42 Peoples Information
Violation of Human Rights in the Technology & Human Rights
International Arena and their Advanced Patent Law
Impact In India
Human Rights and Criminal Justice
Administration
Comparative Civil Liberties
Law on Protection of Animal Rights
Adjudication of Socio-Economic
Rights
Rights of Minorities
The Law of Privacy

LL.M. PROGRAMME

TOTAL NUMBER AND ALLOCATION OF SEATS ACROSS CATEGORIES

Modification of Revised Seat Allocation for Admission to LL.M. Programme under CLAT 2020

Category All India West Bengal Domicile Total

General 18 6 24
EWS 3 1 4
SC 4 3 7
ST 2 1 3
OBC -- OBC-A 1 2
OBC-B 1
Foreign 2 2
Nationals
PWD 2 1 3 [Horizontal]
[Horizontal]
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All vacant seats after the conclusion of the admission process shall be converted to General Category Seats.
FEE STRUCTURE*

FIRST YEAR (NEW ENTRANTS) Monsoon Semester

LLM
Admission Fee Rs. 5,000
Tuition Fee
 NRI/Foreign Students $ 1,500
 Other Students Rs. 34,000
Examination Fee Rs. 4,000
Study Materials Fee Rs. 2,000
Library Fee Rs. 14,000
Computer Fee Rs. 16,000
Student Welfare Fee Rs. 10,000
Development Fee Rs. 10,000
Infrastructure and Maintenance Fee Rs. 5,000
Composite (Hostel) Fee Rs. 12,000
Amenities & Others Rs. 8,000
Adjustable (Hostel) Deposit# Rs. 15,000
Refundable Deposit# Rs. 10,000
 FIRST YEAR YEAR Winter Semester
LLM
Tuition Fee
 NRI/Foreign Students $ 1,500
 Other Students Rs. 34,000
Composite (Hostel) Fee ## Rs .12,000
Adjustable (Hostel) Deposit ## Rs.15,000

*Subject to Revision by University authorities

## LL.M. students would not be considered for hostel accommodation in the first instance.

COURSE CONTENT
PG Programme

Corporate and Commercial Law Specialization International and Comparative Law

Specialization
Monsoon Semester Winter Semester Monsoon Semester Winter Semester
Research Methods and Legal Law and Justice in a Research Methods and Legal Law and Justice in
Writing Globalizing World Writing a Globalizing
World
Comparative Public Law/ Bankruptcy Law Comparative Public Law/
Air and Space
Systems of Governance Systems of Governance
Law
Company Law Competition Law/ Public International Law International
Investment Law Human Rights
Law/ International
Criminal Law
International Trade Law Optional Paper – II International Optional Paper –
Organizations II
Optional Paper -1 Dissertation Optional Paper – I Dissertation

For further information contact:-

Registrar
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
Dr. Ambedkar Bhavan, 12, LB Block, Sector III,
Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 098
Telephone : (+91) 33-2335 7379 / 0765 / 2806 /2809 / 2811 / 2812
Fax : (+91) 33-2335 7422 / 0511
Website : http://www.nujs.edu/

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