THE Nationa University of Advanced Lega Studies, KOchi The Nationa University of Advanced Lega Studies (NUALS), aiming at Exceence in quaity ega education and research, was estabished by Act 27 of 2005 of the Keraa State Legisature, merging the erstwhie Nationa Institute for Advanced Lega Studies (NIALS), which was estabished by the Bar Counci of Keraa in 2002. The University has been granted 12-B status by the University Grants Commission in the year 2016. This factor couped with the annua pan grant from the Government of Keraa has strengthened the University in its overa deveopment by way of Academic activities and infrastructure with a perfect ambience for professiona studies. The Chief Justice of India or his nominee is the Visitor, the Chief Justice of Keraa is the Chanceor and the Minister of Education, Govt. of Keraa, is the Pro-Chanceor of the University. Besides the subjects identified by the Bar Counci of India for the Five Year Integrated B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree, NUALS has introduced courses on frontier areas of aw incuding Maritime Transactions, Psychoogica Medicine and Law, Media and Teecommunications 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. programme in Constitutiona & Administrative Law and Internationa Trade Law; Post-graduate Dipoma Courses in Medica Law and Ethics and Cyber Laws; besides offering Eectives in Competition Law, Securities Law, Internationa Crimina Law and Humanitarian Law, Food Law & Poicy, Energy Law and Internationa Prof. (Dr.) Rose Varghese Vice-Chanceor Mr. Mahadev M. G. Registrar CLAT 1
eminent Judges, distinguished Jurists and reputed Visiting Feows attract the enightened audience to the NUALS Campus, providing opportunity for intense academic and inteectua discourses. In order to make the study of Law meaningfu through exposure to sociay reevant issues and to encourage in-depth research the University has estabished the foowing Centres of Study and Research: investment Arbitration. The University aso provides faciities for both fu-time and part-time research in aw. We have aso introduced French and German Casses for those students who are interested in the same. The NUALS pedagogy is non-conventiona with a combination of various methods for disseminating aw and socia science subjects with emphasis on Practica Training and Lawyering skis with a Choice based Credit and Semester System. The NUALS Law Journa, managed by the students, draws the attention of the ega fraternity to emerging socio-ega issues. The NUALS Lega Aid Cinic organizes awareness and outreach programmes and initiates students to render ega advice and counseing with awyers from the Keraa Lega Services Authorities team ensuring their presence at the NUALS Cinic from time to time. The specia ectures periodicay deivered by Centre for Law and Agricuture (CLA) Centre for Law and Deveopment (CLAD) Centre for Pariamentary Studies and Law Reforms (CPSLR) Inter-discipinary Centre for Poice Studies (ICPoS) Centre for Continuing Lega Education and Extension (CCLEE) Centre for Consumer Protection Law & Poicy (CCPLaP) Centre for Environment and Law (CEL) Centre for Heath Law and Poicy (CHLP) Centre for Women and Famiy Studies (CWFS) Inter-discipinary Centre for Socia Justice (ICSJ) Centre for Inteectua Property Rights (CIPR) Centre for Human Rights (CHR) [incuding IHL & Refugee Law] Centre for Law & Economics (CLE) Centre for Sports Law (CSL) Centre for Competition Law and Poicy (CCLP) Centre for Post Graduate Lega Studies (CPGLS) The Graduating students at the 10th Annua Convocation 2
Word Environment Day ceebration in the Campus NUALS is organizing Training Programmes, Workshops, Seminars, Fied Surveys, Lega Awareness Camps and Debates under the auspicious of the 16 Centres on a reguar basis. The Centres have aso initiated Research Projects in coaboration with various Government Agencies, the NHRC and the NCW, to name a few. NUALS periodicay revises the Course Structure and syabi through its programme on Reforms in Lega Education. The NUALS Campus is situated at Kaamassery in Kochi, which is the industria Capita of Keraa and the seat of the Keraa High Court. At present, the Campus consists of an Academic Bock which incudes the Moot Court Ha, an Amenities Centre, Facuty Apartments, Hostes for boys and girs, a computer ab, a we- equipped Library with a on-ine journas, an Administrative Bock, an Auditorium and a state-of-the art Seminar Ha. The Administrative Bock and the Library Bock, 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, on-ine ega resources incuding SCC Onine, Hein Onine, Westaw and Manupatra, a computer ab, besides a good coection of standard books and reports, both foreign and Indian. The University provides faciities such as a Basketba Court, a Cricket and Footba Court besides a Heath Cub incuding Gym, Tabe Tennis Administrative Bock - inauguration by Hon be Justice T. S. Thakur, Visitor, NUALS and other indoor games. NUALS has an Internship Committee and a Pacement Committee functioning effectivey under the supervision of a Facuty Member. The NUALS Campus Recruitment Committee, a student initiative, faciitates pacements for students graduating from NUALS. Endowments have been instituted for students who exce in the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Examination. C. K. Sivasankara Panicker Memoria Endowment God Meda is awarded to the best outgoing student with the highest academic proficiency, Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer Memoria Endowment God Meda instituted by Sarada Krishna Satgamaya Foundation for Law and Justice for the student who is first in Constitutiona Law, Adv. T. R. Raman Piai Memoria Endowment God Meda for the best student in Crimina Law and Procedure and the PTA God Meda for the second rank hoder in the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Examination and Barrister M. K. Nambiyar Memoria Endowment God Meda in Pubic Law and Nani A. Pakhivaa Memoria God Meda are awarded to the LL.M. students. The M.K. Nambiyar Memoria Endowment wi aso hep meritorious, but economicay weak students to compete their education by offering fu or partia waiver of fees, support students to take part in Internationa Moot Court Competitions and to organise annua ectures, besides offering a generous contribution for a specia Computer for bind students. The University aso provides CLAT 3
freeship to economicay weaker students by offering 50% of concession in tuition fees. NUALS students have won aures in co-curricuar and extracurricuar activities ike moot courts, debates, essay writing and quiz competitions at the nationa and internationa eve. The University aso faciitates and encourages sports activities of students to contribute to their hoistic deveopment. Our students have won severa aures in Moot Courts and other Co- Curricuar activities hed a over the Country and abroad. To ist a few, the NUALS Moot Court team had been seected to represent India at the 2016 Internationa Rounds of Phiip C. Jessup Internationa Law Moot Court Competition hed at Washington DC and another team quaified to represent India at the Internationa Rounds of the Leiden Air Law Moot Court Competition hed at Jakarta. NUALS team quaified for the Internationa Moot at Frankfurt on Investment Arbitration. Our students participated in the FDI Moot hed at Boston. Further, one of our students quaified for the prestigious Internationa Rhodes Schoarship. which is an Inter- University Students Competition. NUALS has an active Parent Teacher Association. NUALS is aso organizing a Nationa Moot Court Competition in Maritime Law annuay. This year in Apri, 2018, NUALS is organising an Internationa Maritime Arbitration Competition. NUALS has been organizing Lega Awareness Programmes as a reguar feature with emphasis on Constitutiona Law for Schoos, in and around Ernakuam. To make our students exposed to issues of socia reevance, the Facuty and students undertook a study in a triba area in Keraa, Attapady and interacted with the tribas in a Lega Awareness Programme. A we- equipped Heath Cinic has aso been set up at NUALS. Five Year Integrated B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Course (Credit & Semester) Eigibiity for Admission Admission to the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree Course sha be based on the performance in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). NUALS has a Moot Court Society under the guidance of a Facuty Co-ordinator. The main object of the Society is to advance and disseminate earning and knowedge of ega skis incuding skis reating to advocacy, tria advocacy, negotiation, cient counseing and research. There is a prompty updated website providing compete detais of the University. There is an extremey vibrant Student Counci which initiates a series of student activities aimed at the overa personaity deveopment of the students, under the supervision of a Facuty Advisor. NUALS Law Journa a peer- reviewed pubication of the Students Counci is brought out annuay and maintains very high standards. NUALS News Letter is aso brought out annuay. There are various Forums ike the Economic Forum, Quiz Forum, Law and Society Forum and Debating Forum activey functioning throughout the year. Extra-Curricuar activities for the students incuding Arts and Sports are reguary conducted by the University. Besides various activities, the students organize an annua Nationa Leve Cutura Fest tited as NAALAM a) The candidates for CLAT sha have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination (10+2) or an examination recognized as equivaent thereto with at east 45 % marks. b) Exemption upto 5% from the requirement of the minimum of 45% for the quaifying examination is given to the candidates beonging to Schedued Caste/Schedued Tribe (SC/ST) [decared eigibe for reservation in the State of Keraa]. c) Students who are appearing for the quaifying examination are aowed to appear for CLAT. However, they shoud submit the resuts of the quaifying examination at the time of admission. INTAKE AND RESERVATION The intake for the B. A. LL. B. (Hons.) Degree Course for the academic year 2018-19 sha be 60. The seats sha be apportioned as foows, as per the reservation criteria adopted by the Government of Keraa for admission to professiona courses: 4
Category Percentage A India category seats State Merit category seats A India Merit 51 % 31 - State Merit (Keraa) 9 % - 5 Schedued Caste (Keraa) 8% - 5 Schedued Tribe (Keraa) 2 % - 1 Sociay and Educationay Backward Casses (SEBC) [Keraa] 30 % - 18 Tota: 100 % 31 29 Out of the above, 5 % of the tota intake of 60 seats are horizontay reserved for Speciay Abed Persons (SAP) SUPERNUMERARY QUOTA In addition to 60 seats, 6 seats are reserved as Supernumerary Quota for NRI sponsored candidates and 2 seats for Foreign Nationas. The candidates in these categories need not appear for CLAT and they can directy appy to the University in the prescribed format provided in the website. If any seat remains vacant in the NRI sponsored quota the same sha be fied from the CLAT 2018 rank ist. If any seat remains vacant in the Foreign Nationas quota, the same sha be fied from the NRI sponsored quota and in that case, the fees appicabe for NRI sponsored candidates sha be evied. In case NRI sponsored candidates are not avaiabe, other CLAT 2018 ranked candidates sha be considered and in that case, the usua fees sha be evied. CLAT FEE STRUCTURE * Admission Fee - Rs. 2,500/- (At the time of admission) Tuition Fee - Rs. 1, 00,000/- (Per annum) Campus Deveopment & Infrastructure Fee - Rs. 15,000/- (Per annum) Library Fee - Rs. 7,000/- (Per annum) Information System Faciity Fee - Rs. 6,500/- (Per annum) Eectricity Charges - Rs. 5,000/- (Per annum) Students Wefare Fund - Rs. 2,000/- (Per annum) Students Counci Fee - Rs. 2,000/- (Per annum) Sports & Games Fee - Rs. 2,000/- (Per annum) Moot Court Fee - Rs. 3,000/- (Per annum) Debating Society Fee - Rs. 1,000/- (Per annum) Medica/Gym/Fitness Fee - Rs. 7,000/- (Per annum) Journa Fee - Rs. 1,000/- (Per annum) Bus Fee - Rs. 1,500/- (Per annum) Matricuation Fee - Rs. 300/- (At the time of admission) 5
Recognition Fee - Rs. 200/- (For candidates coming from Institutions outside Keraa) Contribution towards PTA Fund - Rs. 1,000/- (At the time of admission) Aumni Association Fee - Rs. 1,000/- (At the time of admission) Misceaneous Fee - Rs. 8,000/- Per annum Caution Deposit (Refundabe) - Rs. 5,000/- (At the time of admission) Tota fee for NRI Sponsored candidates - USD 6000 per year Tota fee for Foreign Nationas - USD 8500 per year Students beonging to Schedued Caste/Schedued Tribe and Other Eigibe Communities (OEC) are eigibe for educationa concessions from the Government of Keraa. * Note: The fee structure is subject to revision by the Executive Counci of NUALS Course STRUCTURE 1 st Semester 2 nd Semester Engish 1 Engish 2 Foundation - 1 Lega Methods Foundation - 2 - Principes of Economics Foundation - 3 - Poitica Science 1 - Principes of Poity Foundation - 4 History Foundation - 5 Deveopment Economics Foundation - 6 Poitica Science 2 - Internationa Reations Foundation - 7 - History of Statutory Presumptions BCI-CP - 4B - Remedies in Tort and Law of Motor Vehice Accidents and Consumer Protection BCI-CP-04A - Law of Tort 3 rd Semester 4 th Semester BCI-CP-07A - Law of Crimes - 1 (IPC) Genera Principes Foundation - 8 Socioogy BCI-CP-5 - Famiy Law 1 Foundation - 9 - Lega History BCI-CP-02 - Law of Contracts & Specific Reief BCI-CP-07B - Law of Crimes - 2 (IPC) Specific Offences BCI-CP-16 - Pubic Internationa Law Foundation 11 Poitica Science 3 Poitica Obigation BCI-CP-3 - Law of Specia Contracts BCI-CP-11 - Law of Property BCI-CP-9 - Constitutiona Law 1 - (Principes & Structure) BCI-CP-1 Jurisprudence 5 th Semester 6 th Semester BCI-CP-6 - Famiy Law - 2 Foundation - 10 - Descriptive Statistics Genera Law 4 Inteectua Property Rights BCI-CP-15 - Company Law Genera Law 6 Information Technoogy Law 6
BCI-CP-10 - Constitutiona Law - 2 - (Rights & Remedies) BCI-CP-18 Environmenta Law BCI-CP-12 - Law of Evidence BCI-CP-20 Labour Law 2 BCI-CP- 19 - Labour Law - 1 BCI-CP- 08 - Law of Crimes - 3 (CrPC) BCI-CP-13 Code of Civi Procedure and Limitation Act BCI-CP-14 Administrative Law 7 th Semester 8 th Semester Genera Law - 7 - Media & Teecommunications Law Genera Law - 2 - Confict of Laws BCI-CP-17 Taxation Law Genera Law 1 Human Rights Law Genera Law - 8 - Society, Science & Law Genera Law 3 Interpretation of Statutes Choice Based Eective - 1- / Speciaisation - 1 Choice Based Eective 4 / Speciaisation 4 Choice Based Eective - 2 / Speciaisation - 2 Choice Based Eective 5 / Speciaisation 5 Choice Based Eective - 3 / Speciaisation - 3 Choice Based Eective 6 / Speciaisation 6 9 th Semester 10 th Semester Choice Based Eective - 7 Choice Based Eective - 8 Choice Based Eective 9 Genera Law - 9 - Pubic Interest Lawyering, Lega & Para Lega Services Genera Law 5 Internationa Commercia Arbitration BCI - Cinica - 21 Drafting, Peading and Conveyance CLAT Choice Based Eective 10 Choice Based Eective 11 Choice Based Eective 12 LL.M. (Master of Laws) Programme (credits & SemesterS) BCI - Cinica - 22 Professiona Ethics & Professiona Accounting System BCI - Cinica - 23 Aternate Dispute Resoution BCI - Cinica - 24 Moot Court Exercise and Internship NUALS offers a One Year LL.M. Programme in two distinct branches, ie. (i) Internationa Trade Law and (ii) Constitutiona and Administrative Law, having a tota intake of 40 seats. Admission to the LL.M. Degree Programme sha be based on the performance in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) on Merit-cum-Preference basis. Eigibiity for Admission A candidate sha have passed the Five Year Integrated Law Degree or an examination recognised as equivaent thereto with a minimum of 55 % of the tota marks in the aggregate [Not ess than 50% in the case of SC/ST (decared eigibe for reservation in the State of Keraa) candidates]. Reservation The seats sha be apportioned as foows: 7
Category Percentage A India category seats State Merit category seats A India Merit 51 % 20 - State Merit (Keraa) 9 % - 3 Schedued Caste (Keraa) 8% - 3 Schedued Tribe (Keraa) 2 % - 1 Sociay and Educationay Backward Casses (SEBC) [Keraa] 30 % - 13 Tota: 100 % 20 20 Out of the above, 5 % of the tota intake of 40 seats are horizontay reserved for the Speciay Abed Persons (SAP) Fee Structure * Admission Fee - Rs. 5,000/- Tuition Fee - Rs. 80,000/- Library Fee - Rs. 7,000/- Campus Deveopment & Infrastructure Fee - Rs. 12,000/- Information System Faciities Fee - Rs. 6,550/- Students Counci fee - Rs. 2,000/- Medica/Gym/Fitness Fee - Rs. 5,000/- Quasi University fee - Rs. 200/- Bus Fee - Rs. 1,000/- Matricuation fee - Rs. 250/- Recognition fee - Rs. 200/- (for candidates coming from Institutions outside Keraa) Contribution towards PTA Fund - Rs. 1,000/- Aumni Association Fee - Rs. 1,000/- Caution Deposit (Refundabe) - Rs. 5,000/- Students beonging to Schedued Caste/Schedued Tribe (SC/ST) and Other Eigibe Communities (OEC) are eigibe for educationa concessions from the Government of Keraa. * Note: The Fee structure is subject to revision by the Executive Counci of NUALS Courses and their distribution (a) Foundation / Compusory Courses for a the Students 12 Credits 8
Semester Course Credits Semesters I Course 1 Comparative Pubic Law / Systems of Governance 3 Course 2 Law and Justice in a Gobaizing Word 3 Course 3 Research Methods and Lega Writing 3 Semesters II Course 1 Dissertation and Viva Voce 3 Semester II Course 1 Dissertation and Viva Voce (3 Credits) (b) Optiona / Compusory Courses for Speciaization in Each Branch 12 Credits (i) Branch I : Constitutiona and Administrative Law Credits Course 1 Constitutiona Principes and Structure 2 Core Course 2 Constitutiona Rights & Socia Justice 2 Core Course 3 Comparative Constitutiona Law 2 Course 4 Judicia Review and Constitutiona Amendments 2 Course 5 Judicia Discretion Review and Judicia of Administrative Review Action / Administrative 2 Core Course 6 Government Liabiity & Discretionary Powers 2 Core Course 7 Centre State Reations 2 Core Course 8 Law Reating to Pubic Empoyment 2 Course 9 Eectora Process and Law 2 Course 10 Law Reating to Democratic Decentraization 2 Core Course 11 Water Resources Law 2 Course 12 Pariamentary Privieges and Ethics 2 Course 13 Administrative Power & Contro over Administration 2 Course 14 Administrative Process 2 Core Course 15 Techniques of Judicia Contro 2 Course 16 Judicia Contro over Administrative Adjudication 2 (ii) Branch II : Internationa Trade Law Credits Course 1 Lega Contro of Internationa Trade 2 Core Course 2 WTO Evoution, Structure & Dispute Resoution 2 Core Course 3 Genera Principes of GATT & WTO Law 2 Core Course 4 Economics of Internationa Trade 2 Course 5 Internationa Economic Institutions 2 Core Course 6 Law of Transnationa Saes 2 Core CLAT Course 7 SPS Measures, Technica Barriers to Trade & WTO Law 2 Course 8 Law of Contingent Protection in Internationa Trade 2 9
Course 9 Law of Carriage 2 Course 10 Trade & Confict of Laws 2 Course 11 Trade and Environment 2 Course 12 Marine Insurance and P&I Practice 2 Course 13 Law of Internationa Taxation 2 Course 14 Law of Internationa Commercia Arbitration 2 Core Course 15 TRIPS and IP Regine 2 Reservation Poicy for the UG and PG Programmes Schedued Caste, Schedued Tribe and Backward and Other Backward Casses mean communities as identified and isted as such for admission to professiona courses, by the Government of Keraa. and Educationay Backward Casses sha be entited to caim the benefit of reservation ony if they caim the same at the time of submission of the onine appication form. Hostes SC/ST candidates sha have to produce Community Certificates issued by the competent authorities in the State of Keraa. Candidates seeking admission against the seats reserved for Backward and Other Backward Casses/Sociay and Educationay Backward Casses sha, in addition to the Community Certificate, produce a Non Creamy Layer Certificate issued by the competent authority in Keraa. For detais visit www.nuas.ac.in Seats reserved for the Schedued Caste and Schedued Tribe categories sha be interchangeabe. In case sufficient candidates are not avaiabe for seats reserved for Backward and Other Backward Casses/Sociay and Educationay Backward Casses, such seats sha be fied up under the State Merit quota. The seats unavaied by the SC/ST candidates wi be fied by Other Eigibe Communities (OEC) candidates and in case of seats remaining vacant under the Speciay Abed Persons (SAP) Quota, such seats sha be fied up under the a India Merit Quota. Candidates seeking admission against seats reserved for State Merit Quota sha produce Nativity Certificate as prescribed by the Government of Keraa for admission to professiona Courses in the State. Candidates seeking admission in the State Merit Quota and against the seats reserved for the Schedued Caste/Schedued Tribe and Sociay The University provides imited residentia faciities for Boys and Girs in the Campus. Fee Structure Hoste Rent - Rs. 18,000/- Hoste Deposit (Refundabe) - Rs. 6,000/- Hoste Amenities Charges - Rs. 6,000/- Mess Advance - Rs. 30,000/- Estabishment Advance - Rs. 5,000/- For further information contact:- Registrar The Nationa University of Advanced Lega Studies (NUALS) NUALS Campus, HMT Coony P.O., Kaamassery, Kochi 683 503, Keraa Te: +91-484-2555990, +91-9446899010, +91-9446899047, Te. Fax: +91484-2555992 E-mai: admission@nuas.ac.in Website : www.nuas.ac.in 10