Gujarat National Law University
Gujarat National Law University is a statutory university established by the government of Gujarat, India, under the Gujarat National University Act, 2003. The university is at Sector 26 in the city of Gandhinagar, which is the capital of Gujarat and is located 30 kilometers north of the city of Ahmedabad. The university started in 2004 and has five batches of 160 students each, currently under training.It is currently ranked as the 5th Best Law school in the country as of the year 2012.HistoryThe university was formed in 2003 with a five-year integrated LL.B structure preferred by the Bar Council of India. It offers its students a course of five years, and upon graduation provides the degrees of Bachelor of Arts (B.A)/LL.B (Hons.), Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)/ LL.B (Hons.), Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A), LL.B (Hons.), Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)/LL.B (Hons.) or Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), LL.B (Hons.). GNLU offers an LL.M course. The syllabus is based on the UGC’s Model Syllabus on Law 2001. The course is of two-year duration with four semesters.Mr. Bimal N. Patel, a scholar and academician of international law and diplomacy, is the Director of the University. He has prepared administrative, procedural and substantive jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia and the International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal (Geneva). He has delivered numerous lectures, including one at Cambridge University, UK, and has received several honors.