THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES

Kalamassery, Kochi – 683 503, Kerala, INDIA. Tel: +91-484-2555990; Fax: +91-484-2555992

The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) was established by Act 27 of 2005
of the Kerala State Legislature, which merged the National Institute for Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS),
established by the Bar Council of Kerala in 2002, with the NUALS. The University has been granted 12-B
status by the University Grants Commission in the year 2016 which may strengthen the University in its
overall development of the Academic activities and its infrastructure.

The Chief Justice of India is the Visitor and the Chief Justice of Kerala, the Chancellor of
NUALS. In 2008, an amendment streamlined the powers and functions of the authorities of the
University and ensured the active involvement of the Government of Kerala.

Besides the subjects identified by the Bar Council of India for the Five Year Integrated B.A.
LL.B. (Hons.) Degree, NUALS envisages such courses on frontier areas of law as Maritime Transactions,
Psychological Medicine and Law, Media and Telecommunications Law, Forensic Science, History of
Statutory Presumptions and Descriptive Statistics.

In addition to the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Course, the University offers a One Year LL.M.
Degree Course in i) Constitutional & Administrative Law and ii) International Trade Law. From the
academic year, 2020-21, the University proposes to offer the LL.M. Programme in one more stream,
‘Health Care Law’. Post-graduate Diploma Courses in Medical Law & Ethics and Cyber Laws are also
being offered. The University also provides facilities for both full-time and part-time research in law.

The NUALS pedagogy is non-conventional with a combination of various methods for

disseminating law and social science subjects with emphasis on Practical Training and Lawyering skills.
Choice based Credit and Semester System was introduced from the academic year 2009-10.

The NUALS Law Journal, managed by the students, draws the attention of the legal fraternity to
certain excellent research findings. The NUALS Legal Aid Clinic organizes awareness and outreach
programmes and initiates students to render legal advice and counselling.

The special lectures periodically delivered by eminent Judges, distinguished Jurists and reputed
Visiting Fellows attract the enlightened audience to the NUALS Campus, providing opportunity for
intense academic and intellectual discourses.

In order to make the study of Law relevant to social needs and to encourage focussed research,
the University has established the following Centres of Study and Research:

 Centre for Law and Agriculture (CLA)

 Centre for Law and Development (CLAD)
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 Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Law Reforms (CPSLR)
 Inter-disciplinary Centre for Police Studies (ICPoS)
 Centre for Continuing Legal Education and Extension (CCLEE)
 Centre for Consumer Protection Law & Policy (CCPLaP)
 Centre for Environment and Law (CEL)
 Centre for Health Law and Policy (CHLP)
 Centre for Women and Family Studies (CWFS)
 Inter-disciplinary Centre for Social Justice (ICSJ)
 Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)
 Centre for Human Rights (CHR) [including IHL & Refugee Law]
 Centre for Law & Economics (CLE)
 Centre for Sports Law (CSL)
 Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies (CPGLS)
 Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP)

The University has also established the M. K. Damodaran Centre for Excellence in Law in
memory of the former Advocate General of Kerala and Member of the Executive Council, Late M. K.
Damodaran. An Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Cell has also been established under the aegis of
the Centre to enhance the ADR skills of the students with foreign collaboration like World Mediation
Organization (WMO) and to conduct online and regular Certificate Courses on Meditation and Conflict
Resolutions etc.

The NUALS Campus is situated at Kalamassery, Kochi, the industrial capital of Kerala and the
seat of the Kerala High Court. At present, the Campus consists of an Academic Block which includes the
Moot Court Hall, an Amenities Centre, Faculty Apartments, Hostels for boys and girls, a computer lab, a
well- equipped Library with all on-line journals, an Administrative Block, an Auditorium and a state-of-
the art Seminar Hall. The Administrative Block and the Library Block, were constructed with the
assistance from the UGC and the State Government.

The NUALS campus provides adequate academic infrastructure – dedicated Internet access, Wi-
Fi Connectivity with VPN facility, online legal resources including SCC Online, Hein Online, Westlaw,
Manupatra, CDJ Law Journal, Taxman (Indian & International), Kluwer Arbitration, LexisNexis and
Lloyd Law Report, a computer lab, besides a good collection of standard books and reports, both foreign
and Indian. The University provides facilities such as Health Club including Gym, Table Tennis and other
indoor games besides facilities provided for Football/Cricket/Basketball/Volleyball.

An Internship Committee and a Placement Committee, under the supervision of a Faculty

Member, function in the University. The NUALS Campus Recruitment Committee facilitates placements
for students graduating from NUALS. A substantial number of them have already been benefitted by this
programme in the past ten years. Endowments have been instituted for students who excel in the B.A.
LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Examination. C. K. Sivasankara Panicker Memorial Endowment Gold Medal for
the best outgoing student with the highest academic proficiency, Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer Memorial
Endowment Gold Medal instituted by Sarada Krishna Satgamaya Foundation for Law and Justice for the
student who is first in Constitutional Law, Adv. T. R. Raman Pillai Memorial Endowment Gold Medal for
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the best student in Criminal Law and Procedure and the PTA Gold Medal for the second rank holder in
the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Examination and Barrister M. K. Nambyar Memorial Endowment Gold
Medal in Public Law and Nani A. Palkhivala Memorial Gold Medal for LL.M. are illustrations.

The M.K. Nambyar Memorial Endowment will also help meritorious, but economically weak
students to complete their education by offering full or partial waiver of fees, support students to take
part in International Moot Court Competitions and to organise annual lectures, besides contributing for a
special Computer for blind students. The University also provides freeship to economically weaker
students.

NUALS students have won laurels in co-curricular and extracurricular activities like moot courts,
debates, essay writing and quiz competitions at the national and international level. The University also
facilitates and encourages sports activities of students to contribute to the holistic development. Financial
assistance is being provided to the students for participating in Moot Court Competitions and Paper
Presentations. The winners of the International Moot Court Competitions are being awarded cash prize too.

The University has implemented the following programmes for the benefit of the students:

 Mentoring Programme: NUALS believes that mentoring is an important aspect of the campus based
education which helps the students to build confidence, develop resilience and competencies based
on the industrial needs.
 Finishing School: The Finishing School aims to enhance and polish the skill set required for the
students to meet the particular needs of the carious specialized career options available for a law
graduate.
 Certificate Course with a Foreign Faculty: Foreign Faculties from around the world comes to NUALS
to provide an additional exposure in the field of law relating to the International traits.

FIVE YEAR INTEGRATED B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) DEGREE COURSE (CREDIT & SEMESTER)

ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION

Admission to the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree course shall be based on the performance in the
Common Law Admission Test (CLAT).

a) The candidates for CLAT shall have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination (10+2) or
an examination recognized as equivalent thereto with at least 45 % marks.
b) Exemption upto 5% from the requirement of the minimum of 45% for the qualifying examination is
given to the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) [declared eligible for
reservation in the State of Kerala] and upto 3% to the candidates belonging to Socially and
Educationally Backward Classes [declared eligible for reservation in the State of Kerala]. These
categories are allowed to apply for CLAT if they obtain not less than 40 % and 42 % of marks,
respectively, in the qualifying examination.
c) Students who are appearing for the qualifying examination are allowed to appear for CLAT.
However, they should submit the results of the qualifying examination at the time of admission. If
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they do not do so, the candidates shall be considered ineligible.

INTAKE AND RESERVATION

The intake for the B. A. LL. B. (Hons.) Degree Course for the academic year 2020-21 shall be 60.
The seats shall be apportioned as follows, as per the reservation criteria adopted by the Government of
Kerala for admission to professional courses:

All India State Merit

Category Percentage
category seats category seats
All India Merit 51 % 31 -

State Merit (Kerala) 9% - 5

Scheduled Caste (Kerala) 8% - 5

Scheduled Tribe (Kerala) 2% - 1

Socially and Educationally Backward Classes
30 % - 18
(SEBC) [Kerala]
Total: 100 % 31 29

Out of the above, 5 % of the total intake of the 60 seats are horizontally reserved for the
Specially Abled Persons (SAP).

The apportionment of seats for various categories under the SEBC Quota for the B.A. LL.B.
(Hons.) Degree Programme is given below:
Sl.
Community Percentage Seats
No.
i Ezhava, Thiyya, Billava (ETB) 9% 5
ii Muslims (MU) 8% 4
iii Other Backward Hindus (OBH) 3% 2
iv Latin Catholic & Anglo Indian (LCAI) 3% 2
v Other Backward Christian (OBX) 1% 1
vi Kudumbi (KU) 1% 1
vii Kusavan and related communities (KN) 1% 1
viii Dheevara and related communities (DV) 2% 1
ix Viswakarma and related communities (VK) 2% 1
Total 30 % 18

SUPERNUMERARY QUOTA

In addition to 60 seats, 6 seats are reserved as Supernumerary Quota for NRI sponsored
candidates and 2 seats for Foreign Nationals. The candidates in these categories need not appear for
CLAT and they can directly apply to the University in the prescribed format provided in the website. If
any seat remains vacant in the NRI sponsored quota the same shall be filled from the CLAT 2020 rank
list. If any seat remains vacant in the Foreign Nationals quota, the same shall be filled from the NRI
sponsored quota and in that case, the fees applicable for NRI sponsored candidates shall be levied. In
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case NRI sponsored candidates are not available, other CLAT 2020 ranked candidates shall be considered
and in that case, the usual fees shall be levied.

LL.M. (MASTER OF LAWS) PROGRAMME (CREDIT & SEMESTER)

NUALS offers a One Year LL.M. Programme in International Trade Law and Constitutional
& Administrative Law. From the academic year, 2020-21, the University proposes to offer the LL.M.
Degree Programme in one more stream, viz., Health Care Law. The total intake for the LL.M.
Programme in the three streams shall be 60 seats. Admission to the LL.M. Degree Course shall be
based on the performance in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) on Merit-cum-Preference
basis.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION

A candidate shall have passed the 5 Year Integrated B. A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree of the National
University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) or an examination recognised as equivalent thereto with
a minimum of 55 % of the total marks in the aggregate [Not less than 50% in the case of SC/ST
(declared eligible for reservation in the State of Kerala) candidates].

RESERVATION

The seats shall be apportioned as follows:

All India State Merit

Category Percentage
category seats category seats
All India Merit 51 % 31 -

State Merit (Kerala) 9% - 5

Scheduled Caste (Kerala) 8% - 5

Scheduled Tribe (Kerala) 2% - 1

Socially and Educationally Backward Classes
30 % - 18
(SEBC) [Kerala]
Total: 100 % 31 29

Out of the above, 5 % of the total intake of the 60 seats are horizontally reserved for the
Specially Abled Persons (SAP).

The apportionment of seats for various categories under the SEBC Quota for the PG
Programme is as follows:

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Sl.
Community Percentage Seats
No.
i Ezhava, Thiyya, Billava (ETB) 9% 5
ii Muslims (MU) 8% 4
iii Other Backward Hindus (OBH) 3% 2
iv Latin Catholic & Anglo Indian (LCAI) 3% 2
v Other Backward Christian (OBX) 1% 1
vi Kudumbi (KU) 1% 1
vii Kusavan and related communities (KN) 1% 1
viii Dheevara and related communities (DV) 2% 1
ix Viswakarma and related communities (VK) 2% 1
Total 30 % 18

Reservation Policy for the UG and PG Programmes

Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Backward and Other Backward Classes mean communities
as identified and listed as such for admission to professional courses, by the Government of Kerala.

SC/ST candidates shall have to produce Community Certificates issued by the competent
authorities in the State of Kerala. Candidates seeking admission against the seats reserved for Backward
and Other Backward Classes/Socially and Educationally Backward Classes shall, in addition to the
Community Certificate, produce a Non Creamy Layer Certificate issued by the competent authority in
Kerala. For details visit www.nuals.ac.in

Seats reserved for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe categories shall be inter-changeable.
In case sufficient candidates are not available for seats reserved for Backward and Other Backward
Classes/Socially and Educationally Backward Classes, such seats shall be filled up under the State Merit
quota. The seats unavailed by the SC/ST candidates will be filled by Other Eligible Communities (OEC)
candidates and in case of seats remaining vacant under the Specially Abled Persons (SAP) Quota, such
seats shall be filled up under the State Merit Quota.

Candidates seeking admission against seats reserved for State Merit Quota shall produce ‘Nativity
Certificate’ as prescribed by the Government of Kerala for admission to professional courses in the State.

Candidates seeking admission in the State Merit Quota and against the seats reserved for the
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes shall be entitled to
claim the benefit of reservation only if they claim the same at the time of submission of online application
form and on uploading the relevant certificates (to prove Nativity, Community, Non-Creamy Layer,
Disability etc.) along with the application.

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