National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) is a University located at Kochi, India. NUALS has been established to be a national level institute of excellence in higher learning of law in the state of Kerala by the Government of Kerala by virtue of the Act 27 of 2005. The curriculam, teaching methods and examination system shall be quite unlike in any conventional colleges in the country.
The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) was established by the Government of Kerala, by virtue of Act 27 of 2005 by taking over the erstwhile National Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), which was established and managed by the Bar Council of Kerala and Bar Council of Kerala Trust. K. G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India dedicated the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) to the nation here on January 7, 2006[1]. Cochin, being the seat of High Court of Kerala, is the most ideal location to set up the first national law school in Kerala, and thus NUALS was set up in the heart of the city.
The Government of Kerala has allotted 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) of land and a permanent building on lease for housing the University. The Government has also allotted 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land on lease for 90 years near KINFRA Hi-Tech Park, at Kalamassery, in the outskirts of Kochi, for constructing the permanent campus for this University. Plans for construction are already underway. The Construction of boundary walls are completed. The University will be shifted to the new campus within a short period. The present Vice-Chancellor in charge of the University is Dr. N. Narayanan Nair (Chairman, Kerala Law Academy, Management Trustee, Bar Council of Kerala).
Website: http://www.nuals.ac.in/
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