National Law University, Orissa (NLUO) is the newest addition to the list of the National Law Universities in India. It is located at Cuttack, Orissa. The university offers courses for undergraduate and graduate legal education. NLUO has been established to be a national level institute of excellence in higher learning of law in the state of Orissa by the Government of Orissa by virtue of the Act 4 of 2008. The university is offering integrated B.A. LL.B. and B.B.A. LL.B. courses. Its first session began in 2009; classes started from 20 July 2009. The first batch is 120 students, 60 each in BBA LLB and BA LLB. The university offers to have streams of BSc LLB and BCA LLB in the following years. The present temporary buildings of the university consist of a six-storey hostel and a three-floor academic building. The university plans to shift to its new campus the next session. The new campus has an area of 30 acres (120,000 m) already sanctioned and 20 more acres to be given soon by the Orissa government. The formal inaugural function of the university was on 31 October 2009. It was inaugurated by the Chief Justice of India, Justice K.G.