Dr.Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, was established by an Act of Govt.of Uttar Pradesh in 2005, (U.P.Act No.28 of 2005) and came into being on 4th of January 2006 to meet up the new challenges in legal fields and to strengthen the vision that was given by the establishment first National Law School of the country. Originally incorporated as 'Dr.Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute, Uttar Pradesh' word 'Institute' was substituted by the 'University' later, vide an amendment in the Act in November'2006.This was done to give a comprehensive national character to the Institute on lines with the other premier National Law Universities of the Country.
The year 1987 saw the beginnings of the tectonic shift in perceptions about law as a career from one of the least attractive careers, to one of the most sought after, with the establishment of the National Law School, Bangalore. It was a time of hope for the legal fraternity. The concept of a national institution to act as a pace-setter and a testing ground for bold experiments in legal education came up before the Bar Council of India in the context of the Council's statutory responsibility for maintaining standards in professional legal education (under the Advocates Act).
Dr.Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, was established by an Act of Govt.of Uttar Pradesh in 2005, U.P.Act No.28 of 2005 and came into being on 4th of January 2006 to meet up the new challenges in legal fields and to strengthen the vision that was given by the establishment first National Law School of the country. Originally incorporated as ‘Dr.Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute, Uttar Pradesh’ word ‘Institute’ was substituted by the ‘University’ later, vide an amendment in the Act in November’2006.This was done to give a comprehensive national character to the Institute on lines with the other premier National Law Universities of the Country.
The University, which is getting liberal grants from the State Government, is committed to provide excellent infrastructural facilities and environment to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal process and to develop in the students and research scholars a sense of responsibilities to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in advocacy, judicial and other legal services and legislation and the like. The present law has to meet the requirements of the society, which is entering into 21st Century. Law has to deal with problems of diverse magnitudes and a student of law and an Advocate has to be trained in Professional skills to meet the challenges of globalization and universalisation of law. With the advent of multinationals in India as anywhere else, the task of lawyers would be highly technical and an imperative need would arise to have competent lawyers who would be trained in the right culture of Legal Education. This makes a sound case for introducing reforms in Legal Education, and we at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University aim at all these aspects.
The Objectives of the University:
To advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal processes and their role in national development;
To develop in the student and research scholar a sense of responsibility to serve socirty in the field of law by developing skills in regard to advocacy, Judicial and other legal services, legislation, law reforms in the existing laws and the like;
To organise lectures, seminars, symposia and conferences, to promote legal knowledge and to make law and legal process efficientinstrument of ocial development;
Location: Located in the South-West part of the Lucknow City, the University is having 40 acres of sprawling campus in LDA’s Kanpur Road Scheme. The Campus is a complete township having accommodation facilities for 1500 students and over 100 number of teaching and non-teaching staff members. Distance from Amausi airport is 3.0 kilometres and from Lucknow railway station is nearly 7 kilometres. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University are the other neighbouring educational institutes of higher education. The District Court, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Vidhan Sabha, Tribunals, are all in the radius of 10 kms.
These details have been retrieved from www.rmlnlu.ac.in
Mission & Vision
Dr. RMLNLU are actually aware of the tide of change that is sweeping legal education in India. It is our firm conviction at Dr. RMLNLU that the coming decades will once again witness young bright great lawyers building the destiny through the turbulent waters of global trade, international affairs, labyrinth of transactions involving various multinational corporations and justice delivery process.
We are committed to develop this University as a centre of excellence which may cater the needs of students, justice delivery system and society in 21st century. The emphasis in the academic curriculum is on adopting an inter-disciplinary approach that helps students to gain a deeper understanding of the finer nuances involved and also emphasis on more practical training of the students to develop them not only as a good lawyer but as a 'GREAT LAWYER,' as good lawyers know the Law but great lawyers shape the Law.
The University has selected teachers from all over the country having expertise in the concerned courses. Some have not only international exposure but also well known inside and outside the country. We also have plans to invite foreign faculty as we are in the process of building relationship with foreign Universities and experts. Care is taken by the University to select only a select body of students through a National Entrance Test. The University has been able to make its place among leading National Law Schools of India within two years. We at RMLNLU are committed to produce new genre of lawyers who share the vision of integrating global competitiveness with social service.
Accommodation
There are separate halls of residence for boys and girls, it is compulsory for all the students to reside on campus. The students are provided with plush and fully furnished rooms, on double occupancy basis. The rooms have been designed in a way that natural light and fresh air pour in without any difficulty.All the interiors are provided by godrej.
The university boasts of high-tech seminar halls and moot court halls, with audio-visual recording facilities.
University aims at providing the students with every possible resource available so they are able to act and achieve to the best of their abilities.
Admission
Admission to the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)/B.Sc. LL.B. (Hons.) (five years integrated programme) first year and LL.M. first year and Ph.D. shall be made on the basis of Common Law Admision Test(CLAT).
Reservation: Subject to the provisions of section 17 of the Act, reservation in admission to various courses for the members of Schedule Castes, Schedule Tribes and Other Backward Classes of the State of Uttar Pradesh and other categories shall be provided in accordance to the rules of U.P. State Government. Horizontal reservation shall be admissible to persons with disability and dependents of freedom fighters as per Government rules.
Provided that if sufficient number of eligible candidates to the concerned reserved seats are not available, the unfilled seats shall be filled by the General category candidates on the basis of their merit/score in Admission Test.
General Conditions:
(i) Admission can not be claimed by any candidate as a matter of right. The admission of a candidate shall be entirely at the discretion of the Admission Committee of the University.
(ii) If two or more candidates get same marks in the Admission Test prescribed by the Director, then the marks in the 10+2 examination shall be taken into consideration. Still further if the total marks remain the same, then the marks in the High School or equivalent examinations shall be taken into consideration. If still further the marks remain the same, then the senior in age will be given preference.
