Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University

The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University is a state law university in Chennai, established by the Government of Tamil Nadu under the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University Act, 1996 (Act No. 43 of 1997). It was inaugurated on 20 September 1997 by K. R. Narayanan, then President of India, and began functioning on 3 October 1997. Named after B. R. Ambedkar, it is recognised by the Bar Council of India and by the University Grants Commission under Sections 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act. Its administrative office, Poompozhil, is on Dr. D.G.S. Dhinakaran Salai, and its School of Excellence in Law, set up in 2002, works from the Perungudi campus on Dr. M.G.R. Salai.

Teaching is organised through the School of Excellence in Law, which offers the five-year integrated Honours degrees B.A. LL.B., BBA LL.B., B.Com. LL.B. and BCA LL.B., the three-year LL.B. (Hons.), a two-year LL.M. under the choice-based credit system with 13 specialisations, from Business Law to Maritime Law, and a Ph.D. research programme. As the state's law university it also affiliates the law colleges of Tamil Nadu; its affiliated-colleges list names 15 government and 14 private colleges. For 2026-27, admission to the law degrees is by online application and merit in the qualifying examination under Tamil Nadu reservation rules, with online counselling; the five-year Honours programmes ask for at least 70 per cent marks (60 per cent for SC/ST) and the three-year LL.B. (Hons.) for a degree with at least 60 per cent (55 per cent for SC/ST).