Teaching law more practically

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Each student spent a total of close to Rs 90,000 in lodging and tuition fees. However, need-based concessions were extended to deserving students.

NLSIU students won 11 Rhodes scholarships for study at Oxford over the last seven years. Scholarships from several other American and British universities are also awarded to students annually.

The university began operations in 1987, lead by founder-director NR Madhava Menon. The first batch of students joined on July 1, 1988.

NLSIU was formed to act as a pacesetter and a testing ground for experiments in legal education. The Bar Council of India, which had the statutory responsibility to maintain standards in professional legal education, initially mooted the idea to set up such an institution.

A deemed university status to the law school came eventually, and with the support of the Karnataka government and the Bangalore University, the college came into being. On August 29, 1987, the state government issued a Gazette Notification to establish the University as it is known today.