The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, abbreviated to WBNUJS or NUJS is a specialised law university offering courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is situated in Salt Lake City of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. NUJS is one of the seven elite national law schools in India built on the five-year law degree model proposed and implemented by the Bar Council of India.
The University offers a five year integrated B.A./BSc. LLB (Hons.) degree programme at the undergraduate level and a Master of Laws (LLM) programme at the postgraduate level. Admission to the former programme is through the Common Law Admission Test, a highly competitive, nationwide common entrance examination, held jointly by the seven national law schools. NUJS also offers MPhil and PhD degrees.
NUJS was established in 1999 by the Bar Council of India, in conjunction with the Government of West Bengal. Somnath Chatterjee, the Speaker of India's Lower House of Parliament, has described NUJS as the "brainchild" of Jyoti Basu, the former Chief Minister of West Bengal who, like Chatterjee, is a Middle Temple barrister [1]. During the first two years of its existence, NUJS did not have an operationalised permanent campus. Classes were held at Aranya Bhavan, a building owned by the West Bengal Government, and students resided in government flats. On 28 October, 2002, the University's present-day permanent campus was inaugurated by the then Chief Justice of India, B N Kirpal. [2]. In 2006, NUJS was allotted a 5-acre (20,000 m2) plot in New Town, Rajarhat, an upscale township being developed by the West Bengal government.
The student body of the University is known as the Student Juridical Association (SJA). The SJA has an elected President,(currently Ashish Arun) and Vice President(Aditya Kapoor a.k.a Mambo) and two administrative office bearers, the Administrative Secretary(Aditya Alok) and the Treasurer(Abhay Vohra)all from the Power Corridor. The SJA has an Executive Council which is constituted by representatives from the various Student Committees of the SJA and an elected Class Representative from each of the five batches of students. The Student Committees of the SJA are committees for encouraging, organising and playing an administrative role in extracurricular activities within the student body. Such committees include the Moot Court Society, Cultural Committee, Literary and Debating Society, Sports Committee, etc.
The SJA publishes a student-run law journal, the Juridical Review, the Student Editors of which are guided by a Faculty Advisor and an Editorial Advisory Board.
Website: http://www.nujs.edu/
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