The National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal was established in 1997.

To fill the gap and providing most modern legal education through multidisciplinary teaching and training of newer skills needed for the profession.

The University launched its first academic program in 1998 and teaching for five year B.A., LL.B. course commenced from September of that year.

It has been successful in instilling a sense of broad perspective along with scholastic and reflexive capabilities bearing in mind larger national and humanitarian goals in its students Legal education never received the attention it deserved in this country.

It was increasingly realized by the professionals and academicians that the system of law teaching was thoroughly inadequate, unimaginative and divorced from the major public issues of the day but attempts to change have that have been few and far between.

The main mission of NLIU is to develop and nurture the intellects for the betterment of the nation and humanity through law and justice.