kochi the national university for advanced legal studies nuals will open two new centres of learning in the coming academic year bringing the total number of centres to 16 the university will set up the centre for sports law csl and centre for competition law and policy cclp following the increasing demand for specialisation in these areas there have been a lot of changes in international trade laws and even national laws including by the securities and exchange board of india sebi there are innumerable litigations related to trade and commerce hence we thought of starting a centre which can serve research and even provide policy advice said nuals vicechancellor rose varghese she said that the centre for police studies would start two new courses a oneyear diploma in law criminal investigation for police personnel and a threemonth course of 30 working days most of the centres do not just offer courses they also do projects for various ministries the centre for continuing legal education will soon submit a report to the state government on attappady based on the legal survey done by students and faculty this will help the government when it is framing policy for the tribal region the vicechancellor said the centre for social justice is doing a study for the national human rights commission nhrc two teams from the university have also been selected for major international moot law competitions this year the teams will participate in the world championship round of the jessup cup in washington dc in april and the 7th leiden sarin international air law moot court in indonesia also in aprilthese are very prestigious championships and nuals teams are representing india most of the cases that will come up are international and reflects well on students as well as the faculty who are uptodate on cases being discussed in international circles she said rose herself a specialist in criminal law said that there was a dire need to revamp criminal laws we aim to work towards that goal and are already in discussion with legal luminaries we definitely want to go further as a consortium to address sociolegal issues that have an impact on the society and work towards social change there have only been a handful of amendments in the indian penal code ipc framed by the british in 1860 she said