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Shreya Atrey of the Class of 2011 won the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) at Oxford University-the fourth student in nine years at NALSAR to bag the coveted fellowship. Aditya Singh, another fresh graduate, will be joining the Yale Law School for a masters programme on a generous scholarship, making him the only Indian in the class this year. Also from the same class, with no work experience, Raadhika Gupta has been chosen by Harvard Law School for the masters programme (LL.M), while Abhishek Chopra was awarded the Young India Fellowship (only 50 are chosen nationwide in a year) to pursue higher studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Several others from NALSAR are joining corporate law firms in India and abroad, adding to the appeal of the institution.
Little wonder then that the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University of Law (NALSAR), Hyderabad, a relatively new institution, has topped the rankings for law colleges this year for the second time- the first was in 2008-displacing the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. The 50-acre NALSAR campus, from where the ninth batch graduates this year, attracts bright youngsters from across the country for its excellent infrastructure and academic environment. It provides a platform for greater synergy between students, the creme de la creme of the lawyer community and select judges on campus. The big names visiting campus include M.N. Rao, former chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court; J. Chelameswar, chief justice of the Kerala High Court; N.R. Madhava Menon, founder head of NLSIU, Bangalore; Alan Meisel and David Barnard of the University of Pittsburgh, US; and U.C. Banerjee, former judge of the Supreme Court. Vice-Chancellor Veer Singh draws them in in an attempt to keep...