"KIIT National Law School (KNLS) fills up the absence of a national law school in Orissa and will meet the surging demand for legal professionals in the wake of globalisation and rapid expansion of corporate sector and influx of multinationals in the country," according to an official release issued by the University.

N. L. Mitra, a renowned law academician, has consented to be involved with KNLS as its chief advisor, giving a boost to its mission to be at par with the best law schools.

Mitra has been instrumental in setting up almost all reputed national law schools in the country. He is former Director of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and former Vice-Chancellor of National Law School, Jodhpur.

KNLS is offering five year integrated law programmes (B.A.LL.B; B.Sc. LLB; and BBA.LL.B) as well as three Year LL.B course from the current academic year.

The School has put in place a competent and experienced team of faculty drawn from reputed law schools in the country to ensure a high standard of academics. Besides, experts from different law schools in the country will be the visiting faculty here.

The School is headed by Faizan Mustafa, who is former Dean and Registrar of Law School, Aligarh Muslim University.

Chancellor of KIIT University, Achyuta Samanta has expressed confidence that KNLS will soon emerge as one of the most successful law schools in the country.

With the establishment of this School, the much sought after third generation five-year integrated law curriculum will be available to the students of Orissa.