National Law School of India University

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), or simply National Law School (NLS), is a public law school and a National Law University located in Bangalore. Considered the best law school in India, it has topped all indices relating to law schools. Laid foundation by then Chief Justice Y. V. Chandrachud, National Law School was the first National Law University (NLU) to be established in India as well as one of the first in the country to offer the five-year integrated undergraduate law degree. National Law School of India was established by the eponymous Act of 1986 passed by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The statute states that the Visitor of the school shall be the Chief Justice of India, who is the de facto Chancellor. The day-to-day management and administration of the university is undertaken by the Vice-Chancellor. The school was the brainchild of N. R. Madhava Menon who also went on to establish other NLUs in the country as part of law education reforms. Spread over 23 acres of campus, it houses country's largest law library and hosts some of the country's largest competitions and events, two of which are NLS Debate and Strawberry Fields. The school is known for its highly competitive admissions which are screened through the Common Law Admission Test and National Law School Admission Test (NLSAT). It has a yearly intake of 568 students across its programmes. National Law School is the only Indian institute to have won Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, doing so in 1999 and 2013. 25 of its alumni have been Rhodes scholars. One of its flagship student-run publications, National Law School of India Review has been cited by the Supreme Court of India thrice. Sudhir Krishnaswamy, an alumnus, is the sixth and the current Vice Chancellor. The founding of the National Law School was a culmination of over two decades of effort by a legal team including former Chief Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah, Ram Jethmalani and Upendra Baxi.