The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University is a law school in Chennai, India. Named after Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, a Indian legal specialist of the 20th century, the university offers specializations at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Konijeti Rosaiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu, is the Chancellor and V. Vijyakumar is the Vice-Chancellor. The institution was established by the 1996 state Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University Act,1996 with the National Law School of India University as its model as the first Indian legal education institution. Apart from the teaching and academic research initiatives, the university has state-sponsored and private law colleges as affiliates, differing from the other law schools in the country. Although applicants from all over the country are encouraged, most students are from Tamil Nadu.
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