Library and Computer Lab

Within the short period of five years since its inception the University has set up a working reference library with 12000 volumes. There are more than 9000 books covering 44 law subjects. It has received a large number of books and journals from the personal library of late Prof. T.V.S. Satyamurthy. A further donation of important journals is going to be available from the library of High Court of Madhya Pradesh very soon.

The library has online subscription of www.lexusnexus.com, www.manupatra.com and www.scconline.com. GrandJurix (CD-ROM) is also available for the students. The library has leading national and international journals ranging from Harvard Law Review, Australian Journal Law Society, Cambridge Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, European Intellectual Property Law Review, George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics, International Review of Criminal Policy, Journal of International Banking Law, Journal of Legal Education, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Monash University Law Review, University of Baltimore Intellectual Property Law Journal, Journal of Dispute Resolution, International Trade and Business Law Annual, Wisconsin Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, Columbia Journal of Environmental law, Cardozo Law Review, Cochin University Law Review, Annual Survey of Indian Law Institute, Journal of Indian Law Institute, among many others.

Following is a list of Reporters available in the library:

1.) All India reporters.
2.) AIR manual.
3.) Company cases
4.) Company law journal
5.) Consumer protection reporter
6.) Cox criminal law cases
7.) Criminal appeal reports
8.) Public law.
9.) Supreme Court Cases
10.) Supreme Court Reporter
11.) MP Law Manual
12.) All England Reporters
13.) European Human Rights Report.
14.) Fleet Street Reports.
15.) International law reports.
16.) Lloyds Law Reports.
17.) US Patent Quarterly.
18.) US Supreme Court Reports.
19.) Weekly Law reports
20.) Patent and Trademarks Cases.

The library also consists of Halsbury Laws of England and India, Great Books which   comprises of all classic novels by great authors, American Jurisprudence, American Jurisprudence of Proof of Facts as well as Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents.

Ms. Sujata Manohar, Judge Supreme Court of India has made a very generous contribution to the library resources by donating a complete set of Halsbury's 3rd Edition, which contains much of the English Common Law, which is now replaced by statute law.  

The library is open throughout the week but closes every Sunday at 5:00 p.m. The new library with ultra-modern facilities and centrally air-conditioned is under construction and would be soon functional. The UGC team that visited the University in September 2004, gave best commendation to the collection and organization of the collection in the library.

The four  librarians in-charge of the library are:

1.) Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh.
2.) Mr. Madan Mohan Singh.
3.) Mr. Shishupal Bankhede
4.) Ms. Neelam Tripathi

Computer Lab:

There are over forty IBM computers in the computer lab. Internet connection is available on the computers and is accessed by students regularly. All kinds of facilities are available in the computer lab for the students including offline and online work, printing, scanning etc. The computer courses designed for the students enable them to be proficient in computer languages as well Internet surfing and essential computer usage. The new state-of-the-art computer lab is under construction and would be functional in the near future.

Internet Facilities :

The NLIU Internet center has high-speed connectivity for research and browsing. The current computer lab, which is to be shifted into the Gyan Mandir will house over hundred computers, accessible to the students twenty-four hours. The library, administrative block and the academic block are connected via the Internet. The university is at present contemplating providing Internet access to students in their rooms.