Associate Dean (School of Law) Navi Mumbai

The incumbent should be an acknowledged leader in legal education, good team builder, team player and team leader. He should have a perspective & a vision for taking forward the new school set up one year back. He should have strong academic and administrative skills. He should be a good communicator and should have a command in his field of expertise. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience of setting up Law School at national level. He should have good network at National & International level. He/She shall be completely responsible for running the programmes, which includes formulating strategies, curriculum design & development, monitoring teaching-learning processes, academic coordination, placements support and Industry Institute collaboration.

The incumbent should have a Ph.D from a reputed University/Institute with 15 years of Academic and Administrative experience in the field. Should have strong linkages & network with the industry & academics. Should be well acquainted with the various Accreditation Agencies and Statutory bodies and the procedures.

In 1981, Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) established Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) to meet the growing demand for management education. In 2003, NMIMS was declared a deemed to be university under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. The Vision of the University is to be a globally admired University by 2030. The Mission of NMIMS is to emerge as a Centre of Excellence, best in class in India and Asia and yearning to be the best in the world by 2030. 

With the legacy of 40 years, NMIMS has grown to being not only one of the top-10 B-schools in India but also emerged as a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus University at Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Indore, Shirpur, Dhule, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chandigarh and seventeen constituent schools that include Management, Family Business, Engineering, Pharmacy, Architecture, Commerce, Economics, Law, Science, Liberal Arts, Design, Performing Arts, Mathematical Science, Agricultural Science, Hospitality Management, Branding & Advertising and Distance Learning. In addition, we have nine Centres of Excellence as well at the University.

The consistent academic quality, research focus, faculty from top national and global institutes and strong industry linkages at NMIMS have placed it amongst the nation's prime centres of educational excellence and research today. More than 17000 students and about 750 full-time faculty members, 10 faculty members with Fulbright Scholarship and Humboldt International Scholarship for post-doctoral researchers are part of India's most sought after academic community.

The School of Law (SOL) curriculum is designed to provide the legal industry with young lawyers in the corporates as well as in the judiciary. The curriculum as currently envisaged, offers students a choice of specializations in corporate and Litigation roles in the 3rdyear of their program.

With the phenomenal growth in the law field today, there is a grave need of legal advisors, jurists and efficient lawyers in the country. Every institution needs to have a legal aid cell as there are many new problems which have been raised; and to resolve them, we need advance interpreters who would be able to interpret the coded laws in a new way. There is a need in the country to implement new laws and create awareness among the people with respect to the contemporary legal solutions. This requires multifaceted skill sets backed up by a rigorously honed knowledge base as well as one needs to be updated as law demands upgradation. The LL.B. program has been tailor made to fill in this need through a practical approach towards the syllabus, guided by the faculty from legal industry itself. Innovative methods of teaching consisting of long classroom debates about current issues, presentations, play/skits, court visitation and many more methods which are used to make the classroom experience an edifying one. Legum Baccalaureus or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) is branched with two courses BA.LL.B., BBA.LL.B.

Highlights of the program

The program helps the students to enhance their debating skills and give students an idea of how to present oneself in the courtroom. Knowledge is imparted by using an innovative approach towards lectures giving, on the job experience through internship and complement class room teaching by organizing guest lectures and practical demonstrations relevant to gaining an elevated understanding of the subject in relation to its practical environment.