Centre for Social Development Competitors

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NLSIU, Bangalore is India's premier University for legal education established under the Karnataka Act 22 of 1986. NLSIU has been ranked as the top law institute in the country for several years, and has been consistently named the best law school in the NIRF University Rankings. Please note, admissions related queries are addressed only via email. For queries related to NLSIU's 3-Year LL.B. (Hons.), Master’s Programme in Public Policy (MPP) and Ph.D programmes, please write to nlsat.query@nls.ac.in For queries related to NLSIU's 5-Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) and the 1 Year LL.M. degree programmes, please write to admissions@nls.ac.in For queries regarding NLSIU's online and hybrid programmes, please write to pace@nls.ac.in For further information on our programmes, visit https://www.nls.ac.in/admissions/