National Law University Jodhpur
LL.M.

One Year  LL.M. Program in Corporate Laws and IPR Laws

Since the initiation of its academic sojourn in 2001, NLUJ has produced some of the finest minds across the spectrum of legal practitioners and scholarship for the focus in the institution is not just on impartation of legal knowledge, but on creation of a collaborative, distinctive legal education ethos. The University’s wholehearted endeavors have been primarily focused on: consolidation of academic learning; inculcation of the highest ethical standards in our talented students; honouring the canonical legacy of legal systems while contributing pro-actively towards its timely metamorphosis; driving academic innovation and transforming the sphere of education for a prismatic future.
The University premises its entire academic and research endeavor around its purposeful motto ‘Knowledge is Empowerment’. The cornerstones that provide the foundation of our educational mission are the life of the mind, participatory learning, interdisciplinary inquiry, and an education for future leaders. Located on an aesthetically congenial residential campus in the Blue City of India, the University offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with humanities and social sciences, and management. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the intellectual inquiry and rigour.The teaching pedagogy is innovative and prolegomenous aiming to create scholars who can carve their own paths and build upon the instruction offered to them through a host of resources and platforms.
Our teaching pedagogy intermixes convention with innovation- with each teacher having the liberty to chart the academic trajectory of the course administered and training scholars to analyse and rationalize, to critique and reform, to examine the micro as well as macro aspects of a problem, to argue fluidly and pen fluently, using cutting edge technology and access to some of the most fecund global legal databases. As a concomitant and outcome of the diverse learning exposure given to them, our alumni today constitute the crème de la crème of the Bar and the Bench, hold positions of eminence in national and international law firms and massive global conglomerates, vocalize people’s rights as zealous advocates while sensitizing the population by guaranteeing pro bono legal assistance, passionately advocate for environmental protection and against carbon footprints while discussing the nitty-gritty of IP regimes and international trade agreements with a consistent concern throughout for the future welfare of the globe.
A major mission at the University has been to develop and disseminate knowledge through scholarly research that critically analyzes the development of law and related disciplines. The institution’s research mission is broad- encompassing a broad range of thought from the empirical to the theoretical; from pure legal topics to far-reaching interdisciplinary inquiry; from local, state, and national to international and comparative law. Synchronously, the faculty members are concerned with the interaction between law and society in a myriad of ways, and draw on economics, cultural studies, public policy, feminist theory, history, political science, management, and other disciplines. The interdisciplinary faculty pursues innovative work that expands the understanding of the law and influences the global community.
NLUJ has a number of strategic interdisciplinary research groups working together on major problems affecting the country and the world. We actively encourage all of our researchers and students to stretch their boundaries and contribute to fields like Intellectual Property, Arbitration, Tax Law, Transactional Law, Capital Markets, Public & Private International Law, Legal Theory, Child Rights Advocacy, and Competition Law. The University is also collaborating with various national and international institutions and professional bodies with more than 30 MoUs to make the academic exposure of our students variegated and exemplary.
In furtherance of its zeal towards enhancement of scholarly research, the students and faculty of NLUJ publish regularly in journals of national and international repute. The Corporate Law Society and Constitutional Law Society engage in the most contemporaneous debates and brain storming sessions in the respective spheres of Corporate Governance and Constitutional mandate. The University also encourages quality publications and wide dissemination of ideas through its many publications namely Scholasticus,NLUJ Law Review, Trade Law & Development (TL&D), Indian Journal of Arbitration Law (IJAL), Journal on Governance, Comparative Constitutional Law & Administrative Law Journal (CALJ), Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS), Indian Competition Law Review and The Indian Journal of Legal Theory (IJLT).
At the culmination of the academic programme, our graduates, at the crest of their skills and acumen, are sought after by globally top law firms and have attained leadership roles at eminent social justice organizations, law firms, NGOs, governmental entities and academic institutions. Jobs at prestigious international law firms like Herbert Smith Freehills, Allen &Overy and Linklaters LLP have been secured by our meritorious and assiduous scholars while others have gone on to work towards partnerships in leading national law firms. 22 students of NLUJ have won the coveted Aditya Birla scholarship till date which entitles them to receive scholarship during their entire time span on the campus and also benefit from exposure to the diverse pool of talent available within the Aditya Birla Group.
Regular academic events and lecture series hosted at the University are curtain raisers to diverse spheres of thought and concern in the contemporaneous realm of Law and help students analyze law in action. The organizational endeavor, along with spirited participation, develop the co-curricular exposure of students and serves them in good stead in the years ahead. The academic year 2022-23 witnessed the celebration of World Nature Conservation Day by Center for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law and Policy (CSENRLP); organization of Panel discussion on The Non-Binary in the Gender Spectrum: taking a step towards Inclusion and Allyship by Center for Gender Studies; workshop on the Practice and Procedure of Arbitration in India by Mr. Dheeraj Nair Partner and co-chair of the disputes practice at JSA; Virtual Training Programme in Judgment Writing, Judicial Ethics, Management and Leadership for judges and legal professionals from ITEC partner countries with participants hailed from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Mauritius, Trinidad & Tobago, Jordan and Maldives;workshop on Promotion of work for housewives: Career counselling session for homemakers; Special Virtual Training Programme in Competition Law for Judges and Competition Commission Officials from ITEC Partnering Countriesin collaboration with Competition Commission of India; organization of the Fifteenth Convocation of the University in the august presence of Justice Pankaj Mithal, Hon’ble Chief Justice of High Court of Rajasthan and the then Chancellor of National Law University Jodhpur; lectures were delivered by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Michael Wilson, Judge, Supreme Court of Hawaii; Hon'ble Mr. Justice Matthew F. Cooper, Former Judge, Supreme Court Of New York;Dr. Antonio MarzalYetano, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Glasgow on Calculation of Damages in Investor-State Arbitration and Hon’ble Justice Poonam Bamba, Delhi High Court on Gaps between theory and practice of Matrimonial Litigation.
After a hiatus of two years, all the organizational fixtures in the calendar year of the University were organized with grandiloquence and marvellous precision in the offline mode including the fourth edition of the NLUJ Parliamentary Debate; the first IP Law & Practice Conclave; the VII CARTAL Conference on International Arbitration in collaboration with Linklaters LL.P. making it the first event at an Indian law school in collaboration with Linklaters; the Fourteenth NLU Antitrust Law Moot Court Competition under the patronage of the esteemed Competition Commission of India, and in collaboration with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas; the VI edition of NH-65, the Cultural and Academic fest of the University and the Allen &Overy-NLU Jodhpur International Deal Negotiation Competition, 2023 which was organized by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.
Special Training sessions for heterogenous legal groups were undertaken with aplomb and included an Online Certificate Course on Evolving Paradigms of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016; Special Training Programme in Clinical Legal Education under the aegis of ITEC was imparted to participants from 20 countries; training for 29 delegates and 03 higher officials from the Office of the Attorney General, Nepal in the area of Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Cyber Law and Forensic Science was conducted and the prestigious Herbert Smith Freehill International Lecture Programme-Oxford International Lecture Programme, 2023 was organized by the RICC. Besides academic and co-curricular events, the students also display zest and fervour in marking important national and cultural occasions through organizing debates, poetry sessions, commemorations and diverse other mediums.
Aligning with the intellectual feast on offer is the invigorating natural environs of the University, which is a microcosm of aesthetic perfection and self-sufficiency. State of the art facilities for teaching, learning, mooting, administration, sports, cultural and a wide variety of curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are available amidst a panoramic environment. The Halls of Learning (I & II), Administrative Block, Library Block, Halls of Residence, Mess Block, multi facility Recreational Centre, Auditorium, Insurance Block, Amphitheatre, Video Conferencing Lecture Theatre and Convention Centre for students are all planned as epitomes of pragmatism.  Adequate attention has also been paid to the sartorial sense of students in envisioning the residential infrastructure of the University with single-seater rooms offering comfort and privacy and a wide range of dining options available on demand. The entire campus is extremely IT savvy with 24 x 7 connectivity to internet through LAN and Wi-Fi with due attention to providing the requisite comfort for providing a world class educational experience. The Library facilities are top-notch with subscription to world’s leading databases just a click away and housing the largest collection of law related literature in the state.

One year LL.M Program in Corporate Laws and IPR Laws
NLUJ offers One-Year LL.M degree programme in two specialized branches of Law namely Corporate Laws and IPR Laws. The LL.M programme aims at disseminating a wider knowledge of contemporary developments in and applicability of laws in specialized scenarios and also encourages the post-graduate students to identify and carve out au courant approaches to the study of law.

Course Structure
The LL.M. programme is based on semester system with general and specialized courses offered in each semester. The second semester constitutes Dissertation writing which sees its initiation in the first semester itself and helps the student build the citadel of his/her own specialised learning. The programme seeks to build legal scholarship for the future in diverse arenas of law.  
Eligibility
As per CLAT 2024 rules
The University reserves the right to cancel the admission of any candidate in accordance with the Rules.


Intake and Reservation

                       PG 

 Category

Vertical Reservation Seats

Horizontal Reservation Seats (Domicile)

Horizontal Reservation PWD

General

24

5

1

SC

8

2

1

ST

4

1

X

OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)

11

3

1

EWS

XX

XX

XX

Women

XX

XX

XX

MBC** of Rajasthan State Domicile (Non-Creamy Layer)

3

XX

XX

*Candidates who have the valid certificate of domicile of State of Rajasthan issued by competent authority as per government of Rajasthan rules shall be considered for reservation under domicile category.
** Candidates who have the valid certificate of MBC of Rajasthan State (Non-Creamy Layer) issued by competent authority as per government of Rajasthan rules shall be considered for the said reservation.

Note- A PG program will be conducted only if there are minimum 10 students opting for it.

Fee Structure for PG (LL.M.) I Semester 2024

 

Fee Amount (Rs.)

Period

Admission Fee

12000

One Time

Semester/Tuition Fee

55000

Per Semester

Other Fee

30000

Per Semester

Refundable Security

17000

One Time

Total Fee for I Semester Student

114000

 

 

Note:

(i)  The University reserves the right to amend the fee structure, if required.