National Law Universities (NLU) are public law schools in India, founded pursuant to the second-generation reforms for legal education sought to be implemented by the Bar Council of India.
The first NLU was the National Law School of India University aka NLS Bangalore which admitted its first batch in 1988. Since then, most of the states in India have established NLUs. Currently there are 24 active NLUs across the country.
Since their inception, these law schools have continuously been ranked as India’s most prestigious and premier law schools by various agencies, they are also known as the IITs of Legal Education.
List of National Law Universities (NLU)
| No. | Institute | Abbreviation | Established | City | State/UT |
| 1 | National Law School of India University | NLSIU (or) NLS | 1986 | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 2 | National Law Institute University | NLIU | 1997 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| 3 | National Academy of Legal Studies and Research | NALSAR | 1998 | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| 4 | West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences | WBNUJS | 1999 | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| 5 | National Law University Jodhpur | NLUJ | 1999 | Jodhpur | Rajasthan |
| 6 | Hidayatullah National Law University | HNLU | 2003 | Naya Raipur | Chhattisgarh |
| 7 | Gujarat National Law University | GNLU | 2003 | Gandhinagar | Gujarat |
| 8 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University | RMLNLU | 2005 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| 9 | National University of Advanced Legal Studies | NUALS | 2005 | Kochi | Kerala |
| 10 | Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law | RGNUL | 2006 | Patiala | Punjab |
| 11 | Chanakya National Law University | CNLU | 2006 | Patna | Bihar |
| 12 | National Law University Delhi | NLUD | 2008 | New Delhi | Delhi |
| 13 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University | DSNLU | 2008 | Anakapalli | Andhra Pradesh |
| 14 | National Law University Odisha | NLUO | 2009 | Cuttack | Odisha |
| 15 | National Law University and Judicial Academy | NLUJA | 2009 | Guwahati | Assam |
| 16 | National University of Study and Research in Law | NUSRL | 2010 | Ranchi | Jharkhand |
| 17 | Tamil Nadu National Law University | TNNLU | 2012 | Tiruchirapalli | Tamil Nadu |
| 18 | Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai | MNLUM | 2014 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 19 | Maharashtra National Law University Nagpur | MNLUN | 2016 | Nagpur | Maharashtra |
| 20 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University | HPNLU | 2016 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |
| 21 | Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad | MNLUA | 2017 | Aurangabad | Maharashtra |
| 22 | Dharmashastra National Law University | DNLU | 2018 | Jabalpur | Madhya Pradesh |
| 23 | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University | DBRANLU | 2012 | Sonipat | Haryana |
| 24 | National Law University Tripura | NLUT | 2022 | Agartala | Tripura |
| 25 | National Law University Meghalaya | NLUM | 2023 | Shillong | Meghalaya |