The National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kalamassery, will set up a finishing school and launch a foreign faculty programme at a cost of ₹10 lakh and ₹16 lakh respectively in the academic year 2019-20.

An executive council meet of the university held here on Tuesday decided to earmark the fund for these two initiatives in its budget for this fiscal.

The placement cell on the campus will get ₹5 lakh. K. C. Sunny, Vice Chancellor, said that ₹10 lakh would be allocated as part of encouraging students to present their papers at various international and national forums.

The finishing school will train law students in accordance with their skills in taking up varied professions such as law teachers, corporate lawyers, and judicial officers.

The placement cell will identify various job-providing sectors and fine-tune the skills of the students in keeping with the new trends in law education.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kochi / by Special Correspondent / Kochi – February 26th, 2019