Faculty,
Research Associates and Administration
The international educational background and experience of JGLS faculty members augurs well for our inter-disciplinary approach towards legal education. Our faculty members have outstanding educational qualifications from reputed law schools of the world including Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Stanford Law School, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. The global orientation of our faculty members to contribute to teaching and research is the unique characteristic of JGLS.
eligibility and Fees
Five Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Programme
10+2 examination or equivalent with not less than 45% aggregate marks (students graduating in 2011 can apply). Programme Fee Rs. 5,00,000 per year Residence hall, dining and laundry Rs. 1,00,000 per year
Scholarships
O.P. Jindal Outstanding Merit Scholarships
The top five LSATIndia test scorers who enroll in the three year LL.B. programme, five year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) programme, and the two year LL.M. programme will be awarded the O.P. Jindal Outstanding Merit Scholarship of Rs. 1 lakh each. This will be based solely on their performance in the LSATIndia admission test.
Admissions Announcement 2011-12
J. Aniruddha
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) (NALSAR, Hyderabad), B.C.L. (Oxford) Assistant Professor
Vivek (Vik) Kanwar
J.D. (Northeastern, USA) LL.M. (NYU, USA) Assistant Professor B.A., M.A., (Cambridge), LL.M. (Harvard) Professor, Geneva School of Diplomacy & International Relations Visiting Professor (Spring 2011), JGLS B.C.A., LL.B., (Hons.) (Victoria University of Wellington) S.J.D. (Harvard) Professor, University of Michigan Law School Visiting Professor (Spring 2011), JGLS B.B.A. (MDU), LL.B. (Delhi), LL.M. (North Western USA) Research Associate
Chakravarti Patil
B.S.L., LL.B. (Symbiosis, India) LL.M. (Glasgow, UK) Research Associate B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) (Kurukshetra) LL.M. (London, UK) Research Associate B.A.L., LL.B. (Blore) M.B.L. (NLS-Blore) LL.M. (Norwich, UK) Ph.D. Candidate (Asia Link Fellow) Assistant Professor & Assistant Dean (Academic Programmes)
three Year LL.B. Programme
Bachelors degree in any subject with not less than 45% aggregate marks (students graduating in 2011 can apply). Programme Fee Rs. 6,00,000 per year Residence hall, dining and laundry Rs. 1,00,000 per year
Naveen Jindal Young Global Scholarships
The aim of the scholarship is to nurture, encourage and support young global leaders. One student from the three year LL.B. programme, one student from the five year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) programme, and another student from the two year LL.M. programme will be awarded this scholarship on the basis of an independent selection process. An award of Rs. 5 lakhs will be given to each student.
Ashleigh Barnes
Ratna Kapur
Shilpi Bhattacharya
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) (NUJS, Kolkata) LL.M. (Virginia, USA) Assistant Professor LL.B. (Delhi), LL.M. (ILI) Assistant Professor A.B. (Harvard) J.D. (Queens, Canada) LL.M. (Harvard) Assistant Professor
B.A. (Stetson, USA) J.D. (Florida, USA), LL.M. (Leiden) Ph.D. Candidate (ANU, Australia) Assistant Professor
Sulbha Rai
two Year LL.m. Programme
Three year LL.B. or five year B.A. LL.B. with not less than 45% aggregate marks (students graduating in 2011 can apply). Programme Fee (available on request) Rs. 4,00,000 per year Residence hall, dining and laundry Rs. 1,00,000 per year
Padmanabha Ramanujam
Vikramaditya S. Khanna
Shallu Jindal Outstanding Women Scholarships
The aim of the scholarship is to nurture, encourage and support outstanding women to enter the field of law. Two students from the three year LL.B. programme, two students from the five year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), and two students from the two year LL.M. programme will be awarded this scholarship on the basis of an independent selection process. An award of Rs. 2 lakhs will be given to each student. Detailed information relating to scholarships, fellowships and fee concessions is available in the website www.jgu.edu.in Students who qualify under Haryana domicile category may be eligible for full or partial fee concession.
Amit Bindal
Nicholas Robinson
LsAtindia Admission test
Students for admission to the five year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), three year LL.B. and two year LL.M. programmes at JGLS will be selected on merit, i.e. their performance in the Law School Admission TestIndia (LSATIndia). LSATIndia is an entrance test designed by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), USA and is conducted by Pearson VUE, LSACs affiliate in India. The test will be in a multiple choice format and will cover logical reasoning, analytical reasoning and reading comprehension. A sample test is available on the LSATIndia website - www.pearsonvueindia.com/lsatindia.
Jonathan A. Burton-MacLeod
Arun Khatri
B.A., (Chicago), J.D. (Yale) Assistant Professor & Assistant Director,
Sanjeev P. Sahni
M.A., Ph.D. (Panjab University) Professor, Jindal Global Business School Visiting Professor, JGLS M.Com. (Osmania) M.Soc.Sc. Cert.Ed. (Hong Kong) MDP Cert. (Harvard) Registrar, JGU
Sandeep Kindo
Ruchira Goel
Ajay Goyal
B.A., LL.B. (NALSAR, Hydrabad), LL.M. (NYU) Research Associate
Pallavi Kishore
B.A., LL.B (Hons.) (NLS-Blore) LL.M. (Notre Dame) J.S.M. (Stanford) Assistant Professor B.Com. (Hons.), LL.B. (Delhi) LL.M., DEA., Ph.D. (University DE Droit, de Conmie et des Sciences d Aix-Marseiile III, Aix-en-Provence, France) Assistant Professor
Aman Shah
Yugank Goyal
MBA (RGU, Scotland) M.Sc. Applied Eco. and Financial Eco. (Nottingham) Assistant Professor B.Tech. (NIT, Surat) LL.M. (Erasmus, Hamburg and Manchester) Assistant Professor & Assistant Dean (Research and International Collaborations) B.Com. LL.B. (University of Delhi), LL.M. (NYU) & (National University of Singapore) Research Associate B.A., LL.B. (Delhi), LL.M. (The Catholic, University of Portugal, Lisbon) Research Associate B.A. (North Carolina, USA) M.Sc. (LSE, UK), J.D. (NYU, USA) Assistant Professor B.A., LL.B. (NUJS, Kolkata), LL.M. (National University Singapore) Research Associate LL.B. (Delhi), LL.M. (Dalhousie) LL.M. (Harvard) Assistant Professor & Assistant Dean (Student Initiatives)
LsAtindia test centres
india: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Kochi. overseas: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Singapore, Sydney
Prabhakar Singh
B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) (NLIU, Bhopal) LL.M. (Barcelona) Assistant Professor
Education Loans
JGU has established tie-ups with HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Punjab National Bank (PNB) to facilitate education loans to students who are admitted at JGU.
C. Raj Kumar
Bhawna Gulati
Charles D. Maddox
LL.B. (Delhi), B.C.L. (Oxford) LL.M. (Harvard) Professor & Vice Chancellor, JGU and Dean, JGLS B.A. (Marlboro, USA) J.D. (Maine), LL.M. (NLS-Blore) Assistant Professor M.Sc. (Stat.) [Madras] M.A. (Human Rights) [London] Associate Professor & Assistant Dean (Projects and Institutional Development) B.A., LL.B (Hons.) (NLS-Blore) LL.M. (Yale) Assistant Professor
Oishik Sircar
B.S.L., LL.B. (Pune), LL.M. (Toronto) Assistant Professor
Two Step Application Process
Register online for the LSATIndia entrance test by logging on to www.pearsonvueindia.com/lsatindia. The LSATIndia registration fee is Rs. 3500/-; the fee can be paid online or by Demand Draft. Please contact Pearson VUE at LSATIndia@ pearson.com for more information. For candidates who want to take the LSATIndia at Pearson VUE overseas test centres, the registration fee is US$ 150. Students can find additional details at www.pearsonvueindia.com/lsatindia. Apply to JGLS on the prescribed JGU/JGLS application form by giving a demand draft of Rs. 1000/- in favour of O.P. Jindal Global University, payable at Sonepat. For overseas candidates the application fee will be US$ 30. An online JGU/ JGLS application is available on the website - www.jgu.edu.in
D.K. Srivastava
M.A., LL.B., LL.M. (Banaras) Ph.D. (Monash, Australia) Professor & Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), JGU and Vice Dean, JGLS
Important Dates
Monday, 18 April 2011
Last date for LSATIndia registration
Y.S.R. Murthy
Saturday, 30 April 2011
LSATIndia examination
o.P. Jindal Global university (JGu) and Jindal Global Law school (JGLs)
O.P. Jindal Global University is a non-profit university established by the Haryana Private Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2009 at Sonipat, Haryana (NCR of Delhi). JGU and JGLS are recognised by the Bar Council of India (BCI). The University Grants Commission (UGC) has accorded its recognition to JGU. Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), Indias first global law school is situated on a 60-acre state of the art residential JGU campus. The vision of JGU is to promote global courses, global programmes, global curriculum, global research, global collaborations, and global interaction through a global faculty. In the academic year 2011-12, JGLS offers a five year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) programme; a three year LL.B. programme and a two year LL.M. programme. The two year LL.M. programme of JGLS is offered for law graduates, corporate lawyers, legal practitioners, civil servants, diplomats and judges with three options for specialisation.
Arpita Gupta
Jesse Townsend
B.A. (University of Texas, USA), J.D. (Yale, USA) Jindal Global Teaching Fellow (2010-11) B.A., LL.B. (Delhi), LL.M. (I.L.I.) Research Associate
Friday, 6 May 2011
Last date to submit JGLS admission application
Priya S. Gupta
Abhayraj Naik
Latika Vashist
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Last date to submit JGLS scholarship application
Subrajyoti Gupta
James J. Nedumpara
Dipika Jain
Ajay Kumar Pandey
LL.B. (Lucknow, India) LL.M. (Vanderbilt, USA) M.Phil. (JNU) Associate Professor
LL.B. (MGU), LL.M. (Cambridge) LL.M. (NYU), LL.M. (NUS) Ph.D. Candidate (NLS- B lore) Assistant Professor
Winky So Wing
LL.B. (Hong Kong) B.C.L. (Oxford), M.Phil. Candidate (Oxford) Assistant Professor
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
LSATIndia results
Programmes
Five Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Programme three Year LL.B. Programme two Year LL.m. Programme
LL.M. in International Trade Law LL.M. in Corporate and Financial Law LL.M. in Intellectual Property Rights
For more information on admissions, please contact:
Admissions Office, O.P. Jindal Global University Sonipat Narela Road, Near Jagdishpur Village, Sonipat Haryana-131001, NCR of Delhi, India Tel: +91-130-3057800 / 801 / 802 / 803 / 804 / 805; Fax: +91-130-3057808 / 888 Email:
[email protected] or
[email protected] website www.jgu.edu.in/www.jgls.edu.in
Distinctive features of JGLS
Global curriculum and pedagogy Internationally qualified teaching and research faculty Internationally benchmarked quality assurance systems Law library with extensive electronic databases International student and faculty exchange programmes Globally networked career development and placement division Green campus with modern halls of residence
international Board of Advisors (iBA)
International educational collaborations and partnerships will be essential to promote the global nature of JGU and JGLS. Distinguished academics from leading universities, lawyers and other professionals with a commitment to promoting excellence in education are members of IBA. ChAIRPERSONS OF IBA Professor C. Raj Kumar LL.B. (Delhi), B.C.L. (Oxford), LL.M. (Harvard) Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University & Dean, Jindal Global Law School Professor Peter h. Schuck B.A. (Cornell), J.D. (Harvard), LL.M. (N.Y.U.), M.A. (Harvard) Simeon E. Baldwin Professor Emeritus of Law, Yale Law School & Member, Governing Body, JGU VICE ChAIR OF IBA Professor Jayanth K. Krishnan B.A. (Ohio), J.D. (Ohio), Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, USA
Curriculum and Pedagogy
JGLS is committed to providing global legal education to its students. To fulfill this objective, the curriculum and teaching pedagogy is designed to give extensive exposure to students to domestic, international and comparative law courses. Students at JGLS study compulsory courses and choose from an unparalleled array of elective courses. In addition to courses on substantive and procedural law, students will gain lawyering skills through practical training papers and clinical legal programmes. JGLS will inculcate sound research and writing skills among students by requiring them to write research papers and participate in the Research Centres.
Research Centres and Publication
As Indias first global and research driven law school, JGLS has established the following eleven research centres in cutting edge legal and policy areas. Volume 3 of the bi-annual Jindal Global Law Review is to be published in February 2011, and represents JGLS commitment to a research-intensive environment. Students can be involved in one or more of the following centres: Centre for Global Corporate and Financial Law and Policy (Joint Centre Established with Michigan Law School) Centre for Penology, Criminal Justice and Police Studies Centre for Human Rights Studies Centre for International Trade and Economic Laws Centre for Global Governance and Policy Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence Centre for Health Law, Ethics and Technology Centre for Women, Law and Social Change Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies Centre for Environment and Climate Change Centre for South Asian Legal Studies
international collaborations
cAmPus LiFe
International educational collaborations and partnerships are essential to promote the global nature of JGLS. JGLS has developed partnerships with leading law schools worldwide. These Collaborations with Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, University of Michigan Law School, Cornell Law School; Indiana University Maurer School of Law (USA); University of Cambridge (UK), Osgoode Hall Law School, Queens University School of Law (Canada); Australian National University, United Nations University and Tokiwa University (Japan), amongst othersinclude MoUs that establish student and faculty exchange opportunities, high profile conferences, joint research initiatives, and other joint educational initiatives. JGLS continues to build collaborations with institutions in Brazil, Europe, South Africa, and other areas of the world in an effort to build an unparalleled network for student exchange and research learning, a resource that will be available to all JGLS students.
Career Development and Placement Division
JGLS has established a Career Development and Placement Division with a view to provide career opportunities to students and graduates of JGLS. JGLS has signed Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) with several reputed Indian law firms including, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co, AZB & Partners, FoxMandal Little, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, Nishith Desai Associates and Khaitan & Co. to develop knowledge based partnerships and interaction with law firms and to facilitate internships and placements for JGLS students and graduates. JGLS has a network of lawyers engaged in international legal practice abroad. The JGLS Committee of International Lawyers (J-CIL) is a New York-based association of practising lawyers from leading law firms worldwide committed to providing global perspectives on emerging legal issues. J-CIL provides insights into global legal profession and offers advice on career counselling to JGLS students and graduates.
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