KIIT School of Law
























































KIIT School of Law
KIIT logo.svg
Type Private
Established 2007 (2007)
Founder Achyuta Samanta[1]
Parent institution
 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
Chancellor N.L. Mitra
Vice-Chancellor P. P. Mathur
Director N. K. Chakrabarti
Location
Bhubaneswar
,
Odisha
,
India
Campus Urban
Affiliations Bar Council of India
Website www.kls.ac.in

KIIT School of Law (KLS) is a private law school imparting legal education to the students. The institution is situated in Bhubaneswar, Odisha within the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) campus, to which it is affiliated. KLS offers five years integrated course in BA LL.B., BBA LL.B. and BSc LL.B. with Honors specialization in different areas of law; LL.M. and PhD.




Contents






  • 1 Academics


  • 2 Infrastructure


  • 3 Admission


  • 4 Rankings


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Academics


KLS offers five year dual degree integrated courses in BA LL.B., BBA LL.B. and BSc LL.B.. The courses are divided into ten semesters with six papers in each of the semesters. The courses are designed in such a way that it combine law degrees with papers in liberal arts, management and natural sciences. From the Sixth semester, student can choose from Constitutional law, Business law, International trade law, Intellectual property Rights, Crime and Criminology, Human Rights, Taxation law and International law as honors specialization. Several other Honors papers can be added on request of at least ten students expressing their interest to take that specialization as honors subject. Students can also select from several seminar courses which are taught.


KLS also offers LL.M. and PhD academic programmes. KLS offers one year LL.M. degree program with specialization in International and Comparative Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Criminal and Security Law, Family and Social Security Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Legal Pedagogy and Research.[2]


KLS have six separate departments; Department of Public Law, Department of Private Law, Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Department of Liberal Arts, Department of Business Studies and Department of Natural and physical sciences.


All the courses of KIIT Law School are approved by Bar Council of India and are affiliated to the parent KIIT University. The courses have been designed with the help of Prof. N.L. Mitra, an eminent law professor and former Director of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and Former Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Jodhpur and other dignitaries of the field.



Infrastructure


The institute is located within a campus of 400 acres (1.6 km2) in the temple city of Bhubaneswar. The infrastructure is world class with a six floor study complex, boys and girls hostel and a technologically advanced conference hall. KIIT has a central library consisting more than 90,000 books and journals on various topics and also have access to several renowned web libraries and journals. Services provided to the users include, Current Awareness Service (CAS), Reference Service, Documentation Service, Reprographic Service, Digital Library and Web Library. Apart from the central library, KIIT Law School maintains its own huge library which is spread across three floors - Reading section - Journal section - Lending section for assisting the students and teachers. The library has subscribed to electronic databases like Manupatra, LexisNexis and Westlaw and several other web journals.


Separate hostel facilities are available for boys and girls and two gymnasium. KIIT also has several buses to meet the transportation need of the students and staffs. An in-house computerized Post Office is functioning from the Campus.



Admission


Students are admitted to the institute through an all India common test known as KLSAT (KIIT Law School Admission Test), which is generally conducted in the month of May. Apart from the score in the KLSAT, a student must have passed the 10+2 or equivalent examination in any stream with at least 50% marks. For BSc LL.B. (hons) applicants 10+2 or equivalent in the science stream with at least 55% marks is a must. Age is no bar as students of any age can simply appear for the exam.


Admission to LL.M. is through KLSAT where the essential qualification includes a LL.B. degree from a recognized University with at least 55% marks. Students in their final year of Law School may also apply provided that at the time of admission the applicant should submit the required documents.


An applicant seeking admission to PhD program must have ; Master of Laws degree from any recognized university having scored a minimum of 55%; or M.Phil in Law from a recognized university; or master's degree in any social science or allied discipline relevant to the field of research as may be decided by the Director in consultation with the concerned PhD Committee with minimum of 55% marks. The selection is made on the basis of overall academic career, interview and performance in the presentation of research proposal. Candidates having long years of professional experience and exhibiting research aptitude may also be admitted to the program.



Rankings









University rankings
Law – India

Outlook India (2017)[3]
 14

The KIIT Law School was ranked 14 in India by Outlook India's "Top 25 Law Colleges In 2017".[3]



References





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  2. ^ http://kls.ac.in/academics/llm.html


  3. ^ ab "Top 25 Law Colleges In 2017". Outlook India. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.




External links



  • Official Website

  • An article about KLS in Careergraph section of The Telegraph




Coordinates: 20°21′43″N 85°49′21″E / 20.3620°N 85.8225°E / 20.3620; 85.8225







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