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The National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, plans to launch a three-year LLB programme from the next academic year. The announcement was made by Vice Chancellor of the university Sudhir Krishnaswamy during the 29th annual convocation that was held virtually on Sunday.

The Vice Chacenllor announced that after the successs of the 5 year law program, the university has acquired necessary regulatory approvals from the regulatory authorities as well as the governing bodies to launch the 3-year LLB program.  

“The inaugural batch will begin their education in July 2022. It will help re-energise and transform postgraduate legal education across India in the years ahead. We have assembled the best faculty team to redevelop India’s oldest law degree and we invite the brightest and the best graduates from any discipline to join us as we set out to radically transform legal education yet again,” Prof. Krishnaswamy said during his inaugural address.

The V-C further noted that the university has been able to refund a portion of student fees to ameliorate the adverse Covid pandemic conditions, and still generated surpluses for the infrastructure at the University.

The V-C said that they plan to secure additional land from the government of Karnataka to expand the campus. He also spoke about how NLSIU has recruited nearly 20 faculty members with graduate and doctoral degrees from the best universities around the world in the last two years.