Dr.
Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law working
are presently University,
in several top law firms of the
Dr. Ram ManoharLohiya National Law University, was
established by an Act of Legislature of Uttar Pradesh in
2005 (U.P. Act No. 28 of 2005) which came into force
on 4th January 2006. The University became functional
since July, 2006. The University has been established to
advance, disseminate learning and knowledge of law,
legal process and to develop in the students a sense of
responsibility to serve the society. Dr. Ram
ManoharLohiya National Law University, which is fully
funded by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh,
provides excellent infrastructural facilities and academic
environment to the students. This residential University
is a complete township having separate hostels for boys
and girls along with the mess facilities. The University
has more than 30 permanent full time faculty members,
which is rarity amongst National Law Universities. The
entire University campus is equipped with Wi-Fi facility.
The University has world class Mooting and debating
culture and as a result the students of the University have
excelled in both national and international moot court
and debate competitions. Our students have brought
laurels representing India in various prestigious
international moot court competitions held in several
countries like United States of America, Australia,
Germany, Austria, Romania, Hong Kong, Malaysia,
Indonesia and Iran to name a few.
The University has its own ‘RMLNLU Journal’
published annually along with the student journal of the
University, i.e., RMLNLU Law Review. There is a
rigorous internship programme which every student of
the University has to undergo as a part of the curriculum
during vacation period. Many students of our University
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Lucknow
country like AMSS, AZB & Partners,
Laxmikumaran & Sridharan, JSA, Karanjawala, Khaitan
& Co., Wadia Ghandy, BMR Legal etc. and corporate
firms and banks like Pricewaterhouse Coopers, ICICI
Lombard, ICICI Bank, Axis bank, and HDFC Bank etc.
Apart from working as Law Clerks with the Hon’ble
judges of the Supreme Court of India and High Courts,
our students are serving subordinate judiciary as well.
Our students are among the toppers of various judicial
service examinations. Several of our students have opted
for litigation in the Supreme Court and various High
Courts. There is an increasing trend where our students
are opting for higher studies abroad in some of the
world’s prestigious Universities like Oxford, University
of London, New York, San Francisco, Leiden and
McGill.
The University has a well-equipped seminar hall
and video conferencing hall, wherein
seminars/workshops/ interactive sessions are conducted
on regular intervals, all classrooms are equipped with
LCD Projectors and other facilities. The University’s
MadhuLimaye Library is one of the best amongst the
law schools in India. The University is located in the
South-West part of Lucknow City; it has forty acres of
sprawling green campus in Lucknow Development
Authority's, Kanpur Road Scheme. The University is
situated in the heart of the city. The distance from
Lucknow airport is three kilometers and nearly seven
kilometers from Lucknow railway station. Sanjay
Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and
Baba SahebBhimraoAmbedkar Central University are
the other neighboring educational institutions. The
District Court, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad,
Lucknow Bench and Vidhan Sabha are all in the radius * The Candidates seeking admission against these seats
of 10 to 15 kilometers. will be required to apply directly to the University in the
prescribed format along with the supporting documents
The University offers five year B.A. LL.B.
as per the notification to be placed on the University
(Hons.) programme and one year LL.M. programme
Website. CLAT merit will be used for the admission to
along with Ph.D. in Law and Humanities. The
NRI/ NRI Sponsored Category. Foreign Nationals, need
University follows semester and CGPA grading system.
not take CLAT-2019 and should apply directly to Dr.
There are various Committees, having students as its
RMLNLU, Lucknow.
members, wherein the students decide the functions,
events and other activities. With the liberal financial
Horizontal Reservation to the following categories shall
support from the State Government under object
also be available as mentioned below.
oriented funding, the University has established Centres
of Excellence in the field of 'Environmental Law', Category No. of Seats
'Criminal Justice Administration', 'Corporate Law', 'Law Specially Abled Person (SAP) 03 %
& Justice' and 'Human rights'. A lab for Cyber Forensic Dependents of Freedom Fighters of
02 %
Studies is also established. Uttar Pradesh
Sons/daughters of defence personnel
B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) FIVE YEAR INTEGRATED deployed in Uttar Pradesh or defence
05 %
PROGRAMME personnel of Uttar Pradesh either
retired or killed/disabled in action
Eligibility Female candidates 20 %
The admission shall be based on the performance in the
Common Law Admission Test-2019. However, to Fee Structure of B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
qualify for admission, the candidate:
1. Must have passed the Higher Secondary School Head of Fees In (₹)
Examination (10+2) or an examination equivalent Admission Fee (one time) 1,000.00
thereof, securing in aggregate not less than 45% (40% in Tuition Fee (per annum) 60,000.00
case of SC/ST candidates of U. P.) of the total marks. Utility Charges (per annum) 48,000.00
Caution Money (one time) 10,000.00
The Candidates, who have appeared in the qualifying Total ₹1,19,000.00
examination and are awaiting for their results, may also
write the Admission Test but their admission shall be Note:
subject to the fulfilment of the above requirement at the 1. Fee amount for foreign nationals/NRI/NRI
time of admission. Sponsored students: ₹80,000/- + $ 8000 per
annum for both SAARC and Non-SAARC
Intake and Reservation: countries.
The intakes number for B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Programme 2. Payment towards mess facility shall be payable
is 160 (one hundred sixty) and 18 (eighteen) separately in two half yearly advance
supernumerary seats per year with the following instalments. Mess charges may range between
breakup: ₹3,000/- to ₹3,500/- per month based on the
Category No. of Seats agreement with the service provider.
Unreserved 80
O.B.C. of Uttar Pradesh (27%) 43
Schedule Caste of Uttar Pradesh
34
(21%)
Schedule Tribe of Uttar Pradesh
03
(02%)
Total 160
Supernumerary Seats*
Foreign Nationals/ NRIs/ NRI
16
Sponsored Candidate
Students of Jammu & Kashmir 02
Total Seats 178

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Syllabus D2 International
FIRST YEAR Criminal Law
st
I SEMESTER IInd SEMESTER E2 Trade Secret and
Basics of Legislation Law of Torts Technology Transfer
Basics of Case Law Contract Act-I Human Rights A3 Competition Law
Liberal Subjects-I Liberal Subjects-II B3 International
Liberal Subjects-I Liberal Subjects-II Environmental Law
Liberal Subjects-I Liberal Subjects-II C3 Civil Society &
English-I English-II Public Grievances
SECOND YEAR D3 Penology &
IIIrd SEMESTER IVth SEMESTER Victimology
Family Law-I Family Law-II E3 Other Forms of IPR
Constitutional Law-I Constitutional Law-II creation and registration
Contract Act-II Indian Penal Code-I International Trade Law Optional Paper*
Liberal Subjects-III Public International Law Alternative Dispute Optional Paper*
Resolution
Liberal Subjects-III Civil Procedure Code
Cyber Law Intellectual
Liberal Subjects-III Moot court and Clinical
Property Rights-II
Legal Education
FIFTH YEAR
THIRD YEAR
IXth SEMESTER Xth SEMESTER
Vth SEMESTER VIth SEMESTER
*HONOURS Seminar Course**
Property Law-I Drafting of Pleadings
A. Business Law
and Conveyancing
B. International Law
Indian Penal Code-II Corporate Law
Jurisprudence Banking and Insurance C. Constitutional Law
Law D. Criminal Law
Administrative Law Labour Law E. Intellectual Property
Criminal Procedure Code Property Law-II Rights
Law of Evidence Environmental Law
FOURTH YEAR (Opt any one of the above
VIIth SEMESTER VIIIth SEMESTER group)
Intellectual Property *HONOURS A4 Financial Market
Rights-I A. Business Law Regulation
B. International Law B4 International Dispute
C. Constitutional Law Resolution Mechanism
D. Criminal Law C4 Citizenship and
E. Intellectual Property Emigration Law
Rights D4 Offences Against
Child & Juvenile Offence
(Opt any one the above E4 Intellectual Property
group) Management
A1 Investment & A5 Merger and Seminar Course **
Securities Law Acquisition
B1 International B5 International Criminal
Organisation law and International
C1 Indian Federalism Criminal Court
D1 Criminal Psychology C5 Right to Information
E1 Patent Drafting and D5 Comparative Criminal
Specification Writing Procedure
Taxation A2 Special Contract E5 Farmers and Breeders
B2 Law of Sea and right
International River A6 E-Commerce Law Optional Paper*
C2 Affirmative Action B6 Humanitarian and
Law Refugee Law
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 C6 Media and Law semester/ final year examination of the qualifying
D6 White Collar Crime examination on the date of his/her admission.
E6 IPR in Pharma
Industry Intake and Reservation:
Optional Paper* Optional Paper*
Optional Paper* The intake is 20 (twenty) and 07 (seven)
Professional Ethics supernumeraryseats per year with the following breakup:
*Optional Papers
Category No. of Seats
1. International Banking and
Unreserved 10
Financing
th
VIII SEMESTER 2. Health and Medicine Law O.B.C. of Uttar Pradesh (27%) 05
3. Int. Commercial Arbitration Schedule Caste of Uttar Pradesh 04
4. Law and Agriculture (21%)
1. Consumer Protection Law Schedule Tribe of Uttar Pradesh 01
2. Law, Science and Technology (02%)
IXth SEMESTER Total 20
3. Women and Law
4. Land Law (UP) Supernumerary Seats*
1. Real Estate Law Foreign Nationals/ NRIs/ NRI
05
2. Law and Economics Sponsored Candidates
Xth SEMESTER Students of Jammu & Kashmir 02
3. Sports Law
4. Law and Education Total Seats 27
**Seminar Courses * The Candidates seeking admission against these seats
th
X SEMESTER will be required to apply directly to the University in the
(i) Law and Morality prescribed format along with the supporting documents
(ii) Legislative Drafting as per the notification to be placed on the University
(iii) Air and Space Law Website. CLAT merit will be used for the admission to
(iv) Natural Resource and Energy Law NRI/ NRI Sponsored Category. Foreign Nationals, need
(v) Disaster Management Law not take CLAT-2019 and should apply directly to Dr.
RMLNLU, Lucknow.
Horizontal Reservation to the following categories shall
also be available as mentioned below:
Category No. of Seats
Specially Abled Person (SAP) 03 %
Dependents of Freedom Fighters of
02 %
Uttar Pradesh
Sons/daughters of defence personnel
deployed in Uttar Pradesh or defence
05 %
personnel of Uttar Pradesh either
retired or killed/disabled in action
Female candidates 20 %
LL.M. One Year Programme
Fee Structure
Eligibility
1. The admission shall be based on the performance in Head of Fees In (₹)
the Common Law Admission Test-2019. However, Admission Fee (one time) 1,000.00
to qualify for admission, the candidate must have Tuition Fee (per annum) 20,000.00
passed LL.B. Degree or an equivalent Degree from a Utility Charge (per annum) 48,000.00
recognized University with at least 55% marks or Caution Money(one time) 10,000.00
equivalent grade (50% in case of SC/ST candidates Total ₹ 79,000.00
of U. P.). Note:
1. The fee for NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign Nationals
2. Candidates who have appeared in the LL.B. Degree shall be US $ 5000 p.a. for the students of SAARC
exam must have passed/appeared in the final
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 countries and for other Non-SAARC countries it and Financial Markets
shall be US $ 8000 p.a. (iii) Banking and (iii) Comparative
Insurance Corporate Law
2. Payment towards mess facility shall be payable III. Criminal and Security Law
separately in two half yearly advance instalments. Ist Semester IInd Semester
Mess charges may range between ₹3,000/- to (i) Criminology and (i) Criminal Justice and
₹3,500/- per month based on the agreement with the Penology Human Rights
service provider. (ii) Criminal Justice (ii) Corporate
Administration Crimes/White Collar
Crimes
(iii) Juvenile Justice Law (iii)Comparative
Criminal Law
IV. International Law
Ist Semester IInd Semester
(i) International (i) International
Organizations Environmental Law
(ii) International Human (ii) International Trade
Rights Law Law
(iii) International (iii) International Dispute
Humanitarian Law Settlement

Only that group of specialized subjects will be offered

where there are minimum five students offering that
Syllabus group and also that Faculty is available to teach papers
in such group.
IstSEMESTER IIndSEMESTER **The students shall choose the optional papers for the
Compulsory Papers Compulsory Paper Ist and IInd Semesters from one and the same group only.
1. Research methods and 1. Jurisprudence
Legal Writing FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
2. Comparative
Constitutional Law with Arrangements have also been made for certificate
special reference to courses in the following three foreign languages.
Constitution of India 1. French 2. German 3. Spanish
Optional Papers* Optional Papers* The students shall be charged separate fee as may be
(3 Papers from the four (3 Papers from the four prescribed by the competent authority from time to time.
groups of specialized groups of specialized
subjects mentioned subjects that was opted in CERTIFICATE COURSES:
below) the Ist Semester.) The University is also running a One Year Post Graduate
Dissertation (To be Dissertation (To be
Diploma Programme in Cyber Law since 2014 and a
continued in IInd continued from Ist
Semester) Semester) One Year Post Graduate Diploma Programme in
Intellectual Property Right since 2015.
Optional Papers
I. Constitutional and Administrative Law
Ist Semester IInd Semester
(i) Fundamental Rights (i) Centre-State
Relations
(ii) Media Law (ii) Gender Justice Law
(iii) Administrative Law (iii) Environmental Law
II. Corporate Law
Ist Semester IInd Semester
(i) Company Law (i) Competition Law
(ii) Contract Law (ii) Laws of Securities
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AVAILABILITY OF SCHOLARSHIPS:

Scholarships to the candidates of SC/ST/OBC of Uttar

Pradesh and also to the students of unreserved categories
having family income less than ₹2.00 lac per annum are
available under various schemes of the Department of
Social Welfare, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. Students of these
categories are also eligible for reimbursement of their
annual fee subject to fulfilment of the conditions laid
down by the Social Welfare Department, Backward
Class Welfare Department, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, as
the case may be. The University is also included in the
list of institutions of excellence under the Central Sector
Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for SC/ST
Students. Under this scheme five eligible students of
SC/ST category are provided scholarship which include
reimbursement of full tuition fee, living expenses @ of
₹2,220/- per month, books & stationery @ ₹3,000/- per
annum and computer/accessories up to ₹45,000/- per Prof. (Dr.) Subir K. Bhatnagar
annum per student. Reimbursement/partial Vice-Chancellor
reimbursement of tuition fee along with other financial
incentives is also available under UGC Scheme of 'Free
Education for Sports Medal Winner/Participants of
National/International Events'. Scholarships are also
available for SAP Category students under various
schemes of National Handicapped Finance Development
Corporation (NHFDC).

Mr. Manoj Kumar, P.C.S.

Registrar

For further Details Contact

Registrar,
Dr. Ram ManoharLohiya National Law University,
Sector-D-1, LDA Colony, Kanpur Road Scheme,
Lucknow – 226012 U.P. India
Telephone: +91-522-2422849Fax: +91-522-2422841
Email Address: admission@rmlnlu.ac.in
Website: www.rmlnlu.ac.in