Get an international law degree, in India

Updated on: Monday, August 30, 2010

Interested in pursuing law but on an international footing? Before you start applying to foreign universities to enroll for a course, hold on a minute! Why not try the Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) in Sonepat? With collaborations with global law schools and an international entrance examination, JGLS commenced operations in 2009, when it opened the doors of its sprawling, hi-tech and state-of-the-art campus to students.

Only candidates who pass the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) are eligible for admission to JGLS. LSAT-India is an all India entrance test designed by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), USA and is conducted by Pearson VUE, LSAC’s Affiliate. It covers logical reasoning, analytical reasoning and reading comprehension.

As far as collaborations with law schools abroad are concerned, JGLS has received letters of support and the intention to establish institutional collaborations from leading educational institutions. These include the United Nations University (UNU); Harvard Law School; the Human Rights Program of the Harvard Law School; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, Yale Law School; New York University School of Law; the University of San Francisco School of Law; the S.J. Quinney College of Law of the University of Utah; the William Mitchell College of Law; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Oxford, King’s College, London; the University of Sydney and the Keio Law School.

“Jindal Steel and Power’s (JSPL) educational initiatives (of which JGLS is an integral part) aim at imparting education with a view to produce world-class professionals, scholars and academicians in various disciplines to aid India, which is emerging as an economic super power. History has shown that excellence in education always leads to economic growth and development,” says Naveen Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Education.

Initial collaborations at JGLS include the placement of Harvard Law School intern Jonathan Gingerich with the JGLS Academic Planning Committee in the summer of 2008, guidance by Yale Law School Librarian and Professor S. Blair Kauffman on the development of the JGLS law library, and conference co-sponsorship with the Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School.

Apart from a three year BA LLB and a two year MA LLB programme, specialisations are also available in WTO and International Trade, Corporate Law and Insolvency and Intellectual Property Rights.

So, if you want to pursue an international degree in law, JGLS is an option that is not only cost-effective, but also based out of ‘home’.

Get an international law degree, in India

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