University School of Law and Legal Studies

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University School of Law & Legal Studies (USLLS)
Mottoज्योतिर्वृणीत तमसो विजानन्
Type Public
Established2001
Chancellor Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma
Students700 (BA+BBA LLB)
Undergraduates 630
Postgraduates 40
30
Location
Dwarka
,
Delhi
,
Flag of India.svg  India

28°35′41″N77°01′08″E / 28.5947°N 77.0189°E / 28.5947; 77.0189
Campus Urban
60 acres (24 ha)
Affiliations UGC
Website www.ipu.ac.in/uslls

University School of Law & Legal Studies is one of the constituent schools of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Established in 2001, it is an institution dedicated to law and was the first state government law school in Delhi. It is constantly rated in the top 15 government law schools in India offering a 5-year course. It is also rated in the top five law schools in Delhi NCR. The acceptance rate of USLLS is incredibly low, given the fewer seats and large number of applicants. [1] USLLS was also ranked 12 in the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India (law category). [2]

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History

Established in 2001, the objective of University School of Law and Legal Studies was to run a Five Year Integrated Professional Law Course and to serve as an institution of advanced legal studies. It was the first University Law School established in the vicinity of the Supreme Court, Delhi High Court, various subordinate courts, commissions, tribunals and various monitoring offices of national and international voluntary organizations.

Earlier located at Kashmere Gate, the college shifted to new 65 acre Dwarka campus and now has state of the art infrastructure shared by other colleges inside the main campus of the university.

Programmes offered

School offers the following programmes, in the field of Law and Legal Studies:

Duration: 05 years (Ten Semesters - Regular teaching in nine semesters and Dissertation in the tenth semester)

Duration: 05 years (Ten Semesters - Regular teaching in nine semesters and Dissertation in the tenth semester)

Duration: 02 years (Four Semesters - Regular teaching in three semesters and Dissertation in the fourth semester)

The college offers the LL.M. programme for the following fields of specialization:

  1. Corporate Law
  2. Human Rights Law
  3. Intellectual Property Rights
  4. International Trade Law
  5. Alternative Dispute Redressal (ADR)

Foreign Students: Some percentage of seats are reserved for foreign students in the University School in both graduate and post graduate programmes.

Duration: 02 years (Four Semesters - Regular teaching in three semesters and Dissertation in the fourth semester)

Intake: 20 + 20 seats

Selection Pattern: Admission through Interview.

The LL.M. programme in the following fields of specialization:

Industrial and Intellectual Property Law

Cyber Law and Cyber Crimes

The school offers Ph.D. programme in various disciplines of law.

The law school offered modular LL.B(Hons.) from 2001 to 2004 Batches. From 2005 to 2013 Batches its offered B.A.,LL.B (Hons.). [3] From 2014 onwards, the law school offers B.A. LL.B (Integrated). [4]

Seat matrix

Reserved Categories are SC, ST, OBC, DEF, PH, KM [5]

Admission

Admissions for the five year integrated LL.B.(H) course are made on the basis of merit, which is evaluated by the 'Common Entrance Test' of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University - commonly knows as the CET. USLLS has a small batch of not more than 60 students, most of whom procure an all India rank of under 60 in CET.

As of 2019 and onwards, The admission to USLLS will based on Common Law Admission Test marks rather than CET. (which will no longer be conducted).

The law school has an alumni association having a network of more than 1200 alumni across the world. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Uslls, Ggsipu".
  2. ↑ "MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)".
  3. ↑ "Uslls, Ggsipu".
  4. ↑ "Law Syllabus" (PDF). www.ipu.ac.in.
  5. ↑ "Seat Matrix For Session 2015-2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Home". usllsalumni.org.
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