UG Programmes

General Overview

In pursuit of its goal of promoting integrated knowledge, National Law University Odisha offers co-operative learning opportunities. NLUO provides a platform for multi-dimensional learning experience which integrates rigorous academic, applied, practical and cross disciplinary perspectives to ensure a deep understanding of law in all its contexts. We invest in quality legal research and promote an environment which allows exchange of intellectual thought process. Our law school is an incubator for nurturing scholarship and innovative ideas and inculcate analytical and critical thinking in the classroom enriching our students’ understanding of law.

The undergraduate degree in law integrates liberal arts (B.A) and managerial excellence (B.B.A) courses into the stipulated five years. The unique undergraduate programme we have devised gives students a whole array of professional choice – whether it be litigation, academia, entrepreneurship, international private or public law practice, corporate practice, civil services, alternative dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation, or work with international non-profit organizations.

In view of National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 suggesting ‘job-ready’ courses with multiple entry and exit points, NLUO successfully offered the B.Voc. programme. In 2023, NLUO introduced the B.A. (Specialization) Programme to generate job-ready skilled graduates.

BA. LL.B (Hons.)

BA. LL.B (Hons.)

To bridge the gap between legal theory and praxis, an understanding of the social sciences is essential. Law is after all a profession that works in a socio-political context, and therefore for a legal practitioner training in the liberal arts is a prerequisite. National Law University Odisha offers a five year-integrated B.A.LL.B programme that combines training in law with knowledge of the social sciences. The liberal arts component of the B.A.LL.B program includes five arts subjects (Political Science, Sociology, Economics and English), which are supplemented by a range of law courses; and together they provide a broad based multidisciplinary foundation to the curricula.

TENTATIVE COURSE PLAN OF BA. LL.B (Hons.)

SEMESTER BA Courses Law courses
1st Law and Language Law of Torts
Introduction to Political

Science

Constitution 1
Legal History Contract 1
2nd Law, Literature and Films Constitution 2
Contemporary Political

Discourse

Contract 2
Architecture of Social Life Criminal Law
3rd Sociology of Social Issues &

Debates

CPC
Global Politics and

Governance

Evidence
Microeconomics Cr.PC
4th Organizational Behaviour Jurisprudence
Basic Principles of

Accounting

Corporate Law
Macroeconomics Public International Law
5th Economic Development and

Planning in India

Administrative Law
Sociology of Social

Transformation

Personal Laws 1
Legal Aid and DPC
6th Trial and Appellate

Advocacy

Personal Laws-2
Labour Laws-1 Optional Course 2
7th Labour Laws-2 Transfer of Property
ADR Optional Course 5
8th Environmental Law Optional course 8
Direct Taxation Optional Course 9
9th Professional Ethics Optional Course 13
Optional Course 12 Optional Course 14
10th Optional Course 17 Optional Course 19
Optional Course 18 Optional Course 20

Tentative List of Optional Courses:

  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Banking
  • Public Health Law
  • Child Rights
  • Media Law
  • Penology and Victimology
  • IPR Drafting
  • Access to Medicines
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • Medical Law and Ethics
  • NPA Management
  • Medical Law
  • Law of Dispute Resolution in International Trade
  • Corporate Insolvency
  • Criminology
  • Legal Entrepreneurship
  • Cyber Law
  • Human Rights
  • International Investment Law
  • Energy Law
  • Maritime Law
  • Military Law
  • IPR Management
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Infrastructure Law
  • Law, Society and Cinema
  • Biotechnology Law
  • Emergency and Terrorism Laws
  • Insurance Law

LL.M.

LL.M.

To bridge the gap between legal theory and praxis, an understanding of the social sciences is essential. Law is after all a profession that works in a socio-political context, and therefore for a legal practitioner training in the liberal arts is a prerequisite. National Law University Odisha offers a five year-integrated B.A.LL.B programme that combines training in law with knowledge of the social sciences. The liberal arts component of the B.A.LL.B program includes five arts subjects (Political Science, Sociology, Economics and English), which are supplemented by a range of law courses; and together they provide a broad based multidisciplinary foundation to the curricula.

National Law University Odisha offers one-year LL.M Degree Programme for students committed to make career in law teaching. The University offering LL.M (one-year) programme embodies Courses comprising 03 Foundation/Compulsory papers (three credits each), 06 Optional/Specialization Papers (two credits each) to be notified in each semester and Dissertation (3 Credits).

1st Semester 2nd Semester
Research Methodology Optional-4
Comparative Legal Systems Optional-5
Law and Justice in a Globalised World Optional-6
Optional-1 Dissertation
Optional-2
Optional-3