The Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University

⌖ Chennai, Tamil Nadu

The Government of Tamil Nadu by an Act of State Legislature [Act No.43 of 1997] established the Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in learning, teaching and research in the field of law. His Excellency Shri. K.R. Narayanan, then President of India inaugurated it on September 20, 1997 in the presence of Dr.Kalaignar Karunanidhi, then Chief Minister of Tamilnadu and the University started from October 3, 1997 onwards. The University was named after the Architect of the Indian Constitution Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The University is recognized by the Bar Council of India ( BCI ) and University Grants Commission ( UGC ) ( Sec. 2f and 12b of the UGC Act. ). The University is also a member of the Association of Indian Universities ( AIU ), Association of Common Wealth Universities, U.K. and Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. This University is functioning as Nodal Agency of the Government to uplift the legal education in the State of Tamil Nadu.The University has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with B++ grade in September 2022. The University is the first full-fledged sui generis affiliating Law University in the country; it is unique among all the Law Universities in the Country. It offers Legal Education through this University and its affiliated colleges in the State and the University is the first of its kind not only in the country but also in South Asia. The University offers legal education at its campus as well as through fifteen affiliated government law colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu located at Chennai, Madurai,Trichy,Coimbatore,Tirunelveli,PattaraiPerambudur,Pudupakkam,Chengalpattu,Villupuram,Dharmapuri,Ramanathapuram,Vellore, Theni, Namakkal, Salem and Karaikudi. In addition to the Government Law Colleges, University offers legal education through nine private law colleges located in the different parts of Tamil Nadu. The School of Excellence in Law was established by the University in the year 2002 at its campus has been modeled on the lines of other National Law Schools in the country and offers three year as well as five year integrated undergraduate courses in Law. The University has a Postgraduate and Research Centre, which offers Master of Law Degree Courses in eleven different specializations, doctoral programme as well as organizing research in diverse areas of Law.