Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna was established in 2006 by Vice-Chancellor/Pro-Chancellor, Prof.Dr.A.Lakshminath, under the Chanakya National Law University Act, 2006 (Bihar Act No. 24 of 2006) and included in section 2(f) & 12(B) of the U.G.C. Act, 1956.

The faculty at CNLU comprises highly acclaimed and experienced academicians who are proactively involved in grooming the younger generation to take CNLU to greater heights.

It seeks to provide a forum to the legal fraternity to address myriad issues, inter-linking disciplines such as Sociology, Political Science, Public Policy and Economics with Law, thereby reflecting the dynamics of such correlations and inter-dependence

OBJECTIVES

To Build on the traditional cultural ethos

To create a 'temple of learning'

To provide quality law education

Active learning through teacher-student interaction and internal and continuous assessment of students

To evolve and impart comprehensive legal education at all levels to achieve excellence

To organise advanced studies and research in all branches of law

To promote legal awareness in the community that will lead to the realisation of constitutional goal