Justice T.P.S Chawla Library
MISSION
Justice T. P. S. Chawla Library is an in dispensable partner with the University, in preparing competent lawyers, advancing legal scholarship and research skills. The mission of the library is to support teaching and research need of faculty, students and legal researchers by providing the access to high-tech electronic as well as traditional form of information to enhance and support legal research and scholarship in the 21th century.
ABOUT THE LIBRARY
The National Law University Delhi maintains a State of the Art Library and has been named after the Hon’ble Justice Tejinder Pal Singh Chawla former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court (20 August 1986-16 August 1987).
Library provides an innovative and comprehensive information environment for study and scholarship to prepare students for responsible and productive lives in the legal profession and to support national and international leadership in improving the law and legal institutions through teaching, research and public services. Library collection development policy emphasises the acquisition of primary and secondary resources of law and allied subjects. Primarily focuses on treatises and commentaries, Reporting and Academic Journals, Reports and proceedings, legislative & constitutional material , treaties and loose-leaf, dissertations and thesis, moot memorials, encyclopaedia & digests and many more along with extensive ranges of national and international electronic resources to access digital contents 24X7 within and outside the campus through IP ranges of University and remote access services. To meet the growing challenges of internet usage and e-learning the library has established legal information resource centre. The LIRC is well equipped with 20 high end desktop with Microsoft operating system and heavy duty printer and scanners, beside this a separate bay is also provided for laptop users.
Library Events
ICDT 2023 (3-4 November, 2023)
Advanced Training Session on Microsoft Excel for non-teaching staff ( 31st May, 2023)
International Seminar on Access to Knowledge and the Future of Digital Libraries in India; Technology, Law and Policy (May 17, 2023)
Seminar on “Changing Landscape of Scholarly Writings and Publications” during 24-25 March 2017
Workshop on Plagiarism and Academic Integrity among Research Community” on 30th November 30, 2015.
Library Orientation Programme for B.A. LL.B. Batch 2015-2020, LL.M. 2015 and Ph.D. 2015 Batches during First Week of August and November 2015
Library and Information Professional Summit 2016 on Transforming Dimensions of IPRs: Challenges for New Age Libraries, January 23-24, 2015
Inauguration of Remote Access Portal, November 21, 2014
New Arrivals
E-Database
E-Books
E-Journals
Notice Board
Justice T.P.S. Chawla Library
Justice T. P. S. Chawla Library is an indispensable partner with the University, in preparing competent lawyers, advancing legal scholarship and research skills.
Library
The National Law University Delhi maintains a State of the Art Library and has been named after the Hon’ble Justice Tejinder Pal Singh Chawla former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court (20 August 1986-16 August 1987).
Library Hours
In Session – 8.00 am – 12 midnight
Weekend & Holidays – 10am – 5pm
Session Break – 10am – 7pm
Library Officials & Staff
- Dr. Priya Rai – University Librarian
Email: [email protected] - Dr. Akash Singh – Assistant Librarian (On Lien)
Email: [email protected] - Dr. Samar Iqbal Bakhshi – Assistant Librarian
Email: [email protected] - Mrs. Sangita Singh – Professional Assistant
Email: [email protected] - Ms. Reena Khatri – Professional Assistant
Email: [email protected] - Mr. Ashish – Senior Assistant
Email: [email protected] - Mr. Rattan Singh – MTS
Email: [email protected] - Mr. Subhash – MTS
Email: [email protected] - Mr. Anil – MTS
Email: [email protected] - Mr. Saurabh Kumar – MTS
Email: [email protected]
Ask A Librarian
Dr. Priya Rai – Deputy Librarian (In-charge)
Justice T.P.S. Chawla Library
National Law University Delhi
Sector-14, Dwarka,
New Delhi-110078
Telephone: +91 11 28035818
Email: [email protected]
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A Word
From University Librarian
“The law library is a vital factor in the administration of justice and is an institution of extraordinary social significance in a free society as it contains highly specialized materials relate to the authority and precedent. Justice T.P.S Chawla library caters the changing needs of modern society, while also preserving the core values of knowledge, education and community “
– Dr. Priya Rai