About Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University - RMLNLU Lucknow
Dr.Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, was established by an Act of Govt.of Uttar Pradesh in 2005, U.P.Act No.28 of 2005 and came into being on 4th of January 2006 to meet up the new challenges in legal fields and to strengthen the vision that was given by the establishment first National Law School of the country. Originally incorporated as ‘Dr.Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute, Uttar Pradesh’ word ‘Institute’ was substituted by the ‘University’ later, vide an amendment in the Act in November 2006. This was done to give a comprehensive national character to the Institute on lines with the other premier National Law Universities of the Country.
The University, which is getting liberal grants from the State Government, is committed to provide excellent infrastructural facilities and environment to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal process and to develop in the students and research scholars a sense of responsibilities to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in advocacy, judicial and other legal services and legislation and the like. The present law has to meet the requirements of the society, which is entering into 21st Century. Law has to deal with problems of diverse magnitudes and a student of law and an Advocate has to be trained in Professional skills to meet the challenges of globalization and universalisation of law. With the advent of multinationals in India as anywhere else, the task of lawyers would be highly technical and an imperative need would arise to have competent lawyers who would be trained in the right culture of Legal Education. This makes a sound case for introducing reforms in Legal Education, and we at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University aim at all these aspects.
Infrastructure
As an institution founded to create, acquire, and disseminate legal knowledge, the university provides for members of the university community an state of the art modern infrastructural facilities. This infrastructure is the property of the university and is provided for the purpose of facilitating the purpose of the university including teaching, learning, scholarship, research, communication, co-curricular and other creative endeavors. The University, which is getting liberal grants from the State Government, is committed to provide excellent infrastructural facilities and environment to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal process and to develop in the students and research scholars a sense of responsibilities to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in advocacy, judicial and other legal services and legislation and the like.
It has the best infrastructure facilities in Law studies as compared to other Law universities. These facilities include ultra modern library (digital & print) with computer and internet facilities accessing to many online journals and database like lexis-nexis, SCC online, manupatra etc. Campus wide networking/internet facility through Wi-Fi system enables the students & faculty to have unlimited access to the vistas of knowledge
Facilities and Campus
Located in the South-West part of the Lucknow City, the University is having 40 acres of sprawling campus in LDA’s Kanpur Road Scheme. The Campus is a complete township having accommodation facilities for 1500 students and over 100 number of teaching and non-teaching staff members.
Dr. Madhu Limay Library - It houses a good collections of printed legal materials, and provides access to numerous online services and internet sources which serves the legal research needs of the Students and Faculty. The reading section is divided in three parts i.e. General Reading section, Reference & Journal Section and Magazine section. The library is a two floor centrally air-conditioned building. The ground floor has Digital Lab of 56 client-server based computers, issue/return counter, Round table Room and Video conferencing room. The Chamber of Librarian and Asst Librarian are also on the ground floor. The first floor has Reading sections, separate faculty reading section and photocopy counter. OPAC facility is available in the Digital lab and in all the sections. In addition, wireless Internet access is available throughout the library. The library has state-of-the-art facilities and also employs CD-ROM technology.
Wi-Fi -To provide easy access to the internet, campus wide wi-fi facility has been made available to the students. The library also provides the students with a web gateway, it houses 60 computers which are open to all. The student run cyber committee takes care of all the matters related to computer networking, updating the university website and providing web based solutions to enhance the learning process. The university has appointed HCL infineta as the official service provider of internet services.
Hostel - There are separate halls of residence for boys and girls, it is compulsory for all the students to reside on campus. The students are provided with plush and fully furnished rooms, on double occupancy basis. The rooms have been designed in a way that natural light and fresh air pour in without any difficulty.All the interiors are provided by godrej.
Laboratory - Computer Lab with 60 computers based on Client Node System giving access to number of Online Journals.
Seminar Hall - The university boasts of high-tech seminar halls and moot court halls, with audio-visual recording facilities.
Other Facilities
Sports - Sports and Games are given extra importance to keep the students fit and healthy. The university takes utmost care of physical health of the students.Various sports and other recreational facilities are available to the students which include a plush gym with high end modern equipments, football field, a multipurpose indoor sports complex, and upcoming Olympic size swimming pool, Lawn tennis and badminton courts.The students also organized an intra university sports meet in the month of January.
University Hospital - University has a in built Hospital and currently one doctor is appointed there. On-campus medical staff takes care of the health of the students. The university provides a 24 hour ambulance service which is serves anyone who requires urgent medical attention.
Extra Curricular Activities
- Moot courts, Debates, Guest Lectures from Judges, National and international academicians,are part of the academic curriculum and as well as extra curriculum. There are committees to look after these activities.
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Cultural events are also organised from time to time.
Information compiled from: Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University - RMLNLU Lucknow Website