National Law School of India University (NLS), Bangalore established in 1986.

Its managed by a statute passed by Karnataka Legislature, is the first Indian Law University. It became functional in 1988.

It is the only Law School sponsored by the Bar Council of India with a view to raising the standard of legal education in India.

Leading lawyers, judges and academicians have been associating with the law school from the very beginning and in this way; the NLSIU represents the unique partnership among the Bar, the Bench and the Academia.

The Law School was established with a view to cater to the requirements of the legal profession, law teaching and research, and judiciary and it is expected that the students who study in this School will eventually become legal practitioners, law teachers or engage in legal research or enter the judiciary in due course.

The Law School has made web-based legal education and interaction a reality in the areas of distance education programs and for that purpose improved infrastructural facilities to answer the needs.