Welcome to Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (MNLU, Mumbai)

Maharashtra National Law University, (for short MNLU Mumbai) is the latest of the National Law Schools established in India. The Maharashtra National Law University Act 2014, passed by Maharashtra State Legislature under the Maharashtra Act No VI of 2014 on 20th March 2014. The Act envisages to establish and incorporate National Law Universities in the State for the development and advancement of legal education and for the purposes of imparting specialized and systematic instruction, training and research in systems of law and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

The object of the university is to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal processes and their role in national development, to develop in the students and research scholars, a sense of responsibility, to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in regard to advocacy, legal services, legislation, law reforms and the like,to organize lectures, seminars, symposia and conferences to promote efficient instruments of social development.

The object of the university is to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal processes and their role in national development, to develop in the students and research scholars, a sense of responsibility, to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in regard to advocacy, legal services, legislation, law reforms and the like, to organize lectures, seminars, symposia and conferences to promote efficient instruments of social development.

In order to advance the set goals MNLU Mumbai aspires to develop active partnership with eminent law teachers, distinguished judges, leading lawyers and corporate conglomerates and foster to the claims of development in harmony with the changing society. MNLU Mumbai is assuming to cherish a very modest beginning. The vision is clear and the initial efforts are accelerated.

To catch to the demands of time, MNLU Mumbai is fortunate to find its temporary space in the internationally reputed (seat of social sciences) campus i.e., Tata Institute of Social Sciences, at Deonar, Chembur Mumbai. In return to the good gesture arrangement, TISS Mumbai has many expectations from MNLU Mumbai in terms of discipline, quality justice education, and excellence in legal scholarship to flower out from their academic environment and support services. The responsibility of every member of MNLU (both faculty and students in particular) thus are double fold, one, to raise beyond the expectations of TISS and secondly, to develop MNLU Mumbai the destination for legal scholarship from across the nation and the globe. MNLU Mumbai will remain conscious of the responsibilities and vigilant of the duties all the time.

The first batch of students will be taking admissions with effect from 2015. There are many advantages of being the first batch students of any Institution of excellence – each one of them shall be the brand ambassador of the institute at the same time there shall have to conjure many challenges in exploring everything new within the institution. A lot more learning from sacrifices with wide scope to partake in institution building, shaping of career and courses and contributing to the world from the day one always await for them.

MNLU, Mumbai aspires to exploit the inherent academic strength from the vitality of legal fort of Bombay City. The long standings of experience and aspirations of lawyers, judges and knowledge society at large in the State of Maharashtra are being explored. There are many young law scholars with masters and research degrees in hand from foreign universities wishing to collaborate. MNLU, Mumbai aims to tap and cultivate the innate potential of ‘the financial capital of India’ in order to provide platform to the students to write their own goals and in turn contribute as partners with value based global leadership.

Driven by the credo ‘ rule of law - knowledge society ’ and becoming a part of the national law university fraternity, MNLU, Mumbai is committed to collaborate with all such academia to cherish the goals of the institution. MNLU is garnering resources to mobilize all such facilities to cater to good class rooms, hostels for boys and girls, moot court hall, library and reading room. The institutional efforts shall always be to provide a learning environment encouraging to promote students’ cognitive and social development. The students will find opportunity to focus on redefining legal education to better the meaning of learning process. MNLU, Mumbai shall strive to foster a spirit that seeks excellence.

MNLU for the year 2015 will start with B.A., LL.B (Hons.)/ B.Com.,LL.B (Hons.) with credit transfer system at the five-years integrated UG Program with 50 as per the Maharashtra State Reservation Policy +10 Foreign/ NRI seats. The choice of the students to B.A., LL.B (Hons.)/ B.Com.,LL.B (Hons.) will be based on merit cum preference. There shall be a maximum of thirty students in take in each of B.A., LL.B (Hons.) and B.Com.,LL.B (Hons.) stream. In the year to come expansion with increasing number of intake and courses will happen. In order to obtain the degree in B.A., LL.B (Hons.)/ B.Com.,LL.B (Hons.), a student is required to score 200 credits by pursuing the mandatory subjects as prescribed by the Bar Council of India and other elective courses offered by the University.

One year duration LL.M course, with specialisation of ‘Legal Pedagogy & Research’ is offered for the year 2015-16. MNLU wishes to develop its faculty from among the students of PG course, and with that expectation the specialisation in Law Teaching and Research is considered.