History
This University was formed in the year 2003 on the five year integrated LL.B structure preferred by the Bar Council of India. This University offers its students a course of five years, and upon graduation provides the degrees, 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 also offers LL.M course which is devised with a view to producing competent teachers and researchers. The syllabus is based on the UGC’s Model Syllabus on Law 2001. The Course is of two year duration with four semesters.It is one of India’s premier institutes of law and is currently located at Sector 26, Gandhinagar.
Mr. Bimal N. Patel is the Director of the University. Mr. Patel is a scholar and academician of international law and diplomacy. He has prepared administrative, procedural and substantive jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal (Geneva).He has delivered numerous lectures, including one in Cambridge University, UK and has received several honors.
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