Hidayatullah National Law University
Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU) is a public law school and a National Law University in New Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. The University is named after the former Chief Justice of India, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah. It is one of the autonomous law schools in India and being sixth in the series of such national law schools. It was established as a Centre for legal excellence by the Government of Chhattisgarh under the Hidayatullah National University of Law, Chhattisgarh, Act (Act No.10 of 2003). The university offers a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) integrated Program, an L.L.M. Program, and PhD Course. It is a residential university and is affiliated to and receives central assistance from the University Grants Commission and is recognized by the Bar Council of India. Campus

Old campus
Previously, the university ran from a classical heritage building adjacent to the Raj Bhawan in the heart of the city. In 2009, the university shifted to its newly constructed campus at Upparwara, Nava Raipur, about 22 km from the center of Raipur city. New campus
The new campus is built over  of land located beside a lake and in a serene and pollution free environment. The circular academic and administrative building has been built on the design of the Parliament of India. The academic block consists of a two-storied library with an air conditioned reading hall and an air-conditioned computer lab equipped with 200 computers. The academic block also houses the Moot Court Halls designed to match the standards of the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled. There are 21 air-conditioned classrooms fitted with modern teaching aids and equipment. The air-conditioned classrooms are fitted with teaching aids such as DLP projectors and no single interactive boards. It also has a conference hall and an Amphitheatre. The halls of residence at the new campus have been constructed to provide single room accommodation to each student. However, the later construction of the new hostels for both girls and boys are double occupancy. Infrastructure

Hostels

HNLU provides separate hostels for girls and boys. Each hostel has three blocks which are connected to the mess. There are over 400 single occupancy rooms and under construction 216 double occupancy rooms. The hostels are equipped with separate mess and gymnasium facilities with a resident doctor. Library and reading room

HNLU has a two-storied library with an air conditioned reading hall. , the library collection includes 22,788 titles: 15,040 books and 7,748 bound journals. The library hosts 1219 books from the personal library of justice Mohammad Hidayatullah, donated by his family. IT infrastructure

HNLU has an air conditioned computer lab with desktop computers with internet connectivity. All the legal databases are available through CD-ROMs and subscription to web based databases like JSTOR, Manu Patra and Westlaw International, SCC Online, and Economic and Political Weekly. A Wi-Fi facility provides the students with wire-free access to the web resources through their laptops. The Information Technology Committee, a student body, maintains the Computer Lab. New academic block and guest house
In 2013 the university began construction on a second academic block adjacent to the original one, with classrooms built to accommodate the additional students, after intake was increased from 100 to 175. A guest house has been built where parents of students and guests are accommodated. The lake facing guest house has air-conditioned rooms which are available at a nominal fee on application to the registrar. New hostel block and auditorium
Construction began in 2014 for the new hostel blocks for both the boys' and girls' hostels. The new hostels are twin-sharing contrary to the old single rooms. The Chhattisgarh Government also allotted a major budget in 2014 for the construction of a state-of-the-art auditorium. Administration
Heading the administration of the university are:
 Visitor: Hon'ble Justice Anirudh Bose, Judge, Supreme Court of India 
 Chancellor: Hon'ble Shri Justice Arup Kumar Goswami, Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh. Vice Chancellor: Prof. Dr. VC Vivekanandan
 Registrar: Dr. Uday Shankar

Academics

Admission
Admissions to Undergraduate and postgraduate courses is made on the basis of merit as assessed through Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). Prior to 2008, admissions were conducted through National Entrance Tests which was replaced by CLAT as per the Supreme Court of India's directives. Admissions to the PhD Program is conducted separately by the University. Students belonging to the state domicile Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class, and PWD and minorities are provided with scholarships by the state government. Common Law Admission Test
HNLU conducted the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in 2013 & in 2022. CLAT is conducted for admission into various academic programs (LLB and LLM) of the 24 National Law Universities (NLUs) in India. Courses and curriculum
HNLU currently offers following courses:
 BA, LL.B (Hons.) - Integrated Undergraduate Law Degree Program (5 years)
 LL.M - Master of Laws - Postgraduate Program (1 year)
 PhD

Undergraduate
The university follows a semester system in its undergraduate program, with the students studying a total of 56 papers in 5 years. The university earlier had a system of students declaring a major (Political Science, Sociology or Economics), but currently it offers a single major, Political Science. In the 4th and 5th year, students have to choose two honors papers. All students are also required to study six optional papers during their 4th and 5th year. Postgraduate
The university offers a one-year LL.M Program which runs according to a trimester system. The specializations offered are corporate law, intellectual property law and environmental law. 