The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) was established in 1998. Since its inception, the university has been home to vital conversations on law and justice and used law as an instrument of social change.  The university has anchored and supported justice education be it, land rights, disability empowerment, the administration of criminal justice, child and youth justice, and international law. NALSAR is committed to the creation of an ethical legal culture that protects and promotes the rule of law. The university believes that the cause of building a rule-of-law society is a continuous enterprise that is sustainable. With students admitted from all over the country and faculty drawn from home and abroad, NALSAR is counted among the top law schools in the country.