National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) (earlier National Institute of Advanced Legal Studies) is a university located at Kochi, India for under-graduate, graduate and post-graduate legal education. The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (hereinafter ‘NUALS’) was established by Act 27 of 2005 of the Kerala Legislative Assembly to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal processes, to develop scholarship and a sense of responsibility towards society and to promote legal and judicial reforms to strengthen the administration of justice in India. The Chief Justice of India is the Visitor, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala is the Chancellor, and the Minister for Education, Kerala state is the Pro-Chancellor of the University. The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) was established by the National University of Advanced Legal Studies Act, 2005 which merged the erstwhile National Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), which was established and managed by the Bar Council of Kerala and Bar Council of Kerala Trust. Dr. K. G.