NLSIU Announces School Review Commission 2023-24

On 21st July, 2023, The National Law School of India University announced  the appointment of the School Review Commission 2023-24 (SRC). The Commission comprises Prof. Timothy Endicott as the Chair, and Prof. Catherine O’Regan and Prof David B. Wilkins as Members.

The School Review Commission was appointed by the Chancellor of the University, the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud, in consultation with the Government of Karnataka.

The objective of the SRC is to undertake a comprehensive review of all aspects of the University and submit its recommendations to the Chancellor in 2024. The Chancellor, Dr Justice D.Y Chandrachud suggested that while NLSIU has done very well in shaping the legal education sphere of the country, the review of the SRC will provide an opportunity for the university to reflect and grow further and help students and academicians achieve their highest potential.

Prof. Timothy Endicott is presently the Vinerian Professor of English Law, University of Oxford and Former Dean of the Oxford Law Faculty for two terms, from 2007 to 2015.

Prof. David B. Wilkins is presently the Lester Kissel Professor of Law, Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession, and Faculty Director of the Center on the Legal Profession at the Harvard Law School.

Prof. Catherine O’Regan has been the inaugural Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and Professor of Human Rights Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford since 2016.

NLSIU was the first National Law University established in India in 1986 to be a pioneer in legal education. The premier law school was set up with a mission to pioneer legal education reforms, and to anchor the transformation of the Indian legal system through research and policy interventions.

Over the last three decades, the University has consistently been an innovative leader in legal education and research in India. Section 14 of the National Law School of India Act, 1986 mandates the appointment of a School Review Commission with three eminent educationists to review the working of the University. So far, two Commissions have been constituted to review the workings of the University.