National University of Study and Research in Law  National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL) is a National Law University located in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It was established by a legislative act, by the State of Jharkhand (Act no. 4 of 2010) as the fourteenth National Law University of India. Prof.(Dr.) Kesava Rao, Vurrakula is the present Vice-Chancellor of the university and he took reins from the former Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) Mr. Gautam Kumar Choudhury. Earlier, he was the Vice-Chancellor (In-charge) of Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam. Prof.(Dr.) A.K. Koul was the founding Vice-Chancellor of the university, who specialized in international trade law, especially on WTO. Earlier he was the vice-chancellor of National Law University, Jodhpur. The university is located on Kanke-Pithoria Road on the outskirts of Ranchi just ahead of Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences and Birsa Agricultural University surrounded by Outer Ranchi Ring Road. It was formally inaugurated by the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court and Supreme Court Judge designate Justice Gyan Sudha Misra on 26 April 2010. The 63.76-acre site is among the largest National Law Universities in India. The university has a semester system i.e. 2 semesters in an academic year. Each academic year a student has to undertake 3 CAT (Continuous Assessment Test) for each subject, consisting of announced tests as well as unannounced ones. The students are also required to undertake compulsory CRE (Court Room Exercises). The number of CREs depends on the number of law subjects. The curriculum also includes compulsory Research Papers from the first semester itself. Admissions to NUSRL are done through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). Student preference shows that the university is faring well in the league of National Law Universities and remains a priority amongst the newly open National Law Universities. NUSRL offers undergraduates a five-year integrated B.A.LL.B(Hons). program which, upon completion, qualifies the student to sit for the bar to practice law in India. The program is a mix of relevant social science subjects and law subjects. The time span for the course is 5 years divided into 10 semesters. In the first two years, the law student attends courses on English, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics, Sociology, Psychology and Legal History alongside standard legal subjects, such as Law of Torts, Law of Contracts, Constitutional law, Family Law, Criminal Law and Civil Procedure.