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IFIM Shool of Law

- An Overview

Established in 2015 and based out of the Silicon Valley of India, today the IFIM Law School is recognized as the 2nd most outstanding Law School of Excellence by the Global Human Resource Development Centre (GHRDC) survey, 2023 & Ranked 1st in the Category of Top Eminent Law School GHRDC Survey 2023. IFIM aims to impart quality legal education using its delivery model #SMARTLawyer executed by a meritorious team of faculty.  

With internalization becoming a norm, IFIM signed a pathbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Texas A&M University, USA and ISDE Law School, Spain to grant its students an exceptional opportunity for international learning and problem-solving. This sets the tone for a future of healthy collaboration between the IFIM School of Law and leading universities around the world. 

The unique strengths of IFIM School of Law are its Research Centric approach, Corporate Mentorship, Social Immersion Program, Personality Enhancement Program, and International Collaborations. IFIM ushers exceptionally talented people from diverse backgrounds and ideologies. They bring innovative methodologies and perspectives to the table. Whoever you are, whatever you do, however you do it, if merit and innovation are what drives you then the IFIM School of Law is the journey for your destination. 

Mission

Nurture holistic, socially responsible, and continuously employable professionals.

Vision

To be the most sought after destination for quality management education in India.

Rankings

What sets us apart

Programs

A BBA LL.B program (Affiliated to KSLU and approved by BCI) gives the students a unique management perspective of a company through subjects like Business Environment Financial Accounting and so on. Combined with law they will understand the inner working of a company and form a bridge between the legal and corporate world. 

LL.B (Affiliated to KSLU and approved by BCI) course can be pursued after finishing any graduation degree, from BA, B.Sc., B.Ed. 

The target by the end of the 3-year course is to make a student ready to take up areas which fit into their skill set such as Judiciary, Corporate, Banking, Litigation, Academics and so on and so forth. 

Practice Courses

Faculty

Prof. (Dr.) Sunil George

Principal | Ph.D, LLM

Prof. Shagufta Anjum

Associate Professor & Vice Principal | LLM

Prof. (Dr.) Asha Soman

Assistant Professor | Ph.D, LLM

Prof.(Dr.) Apoorvi Shrivastava

Assistant Professor & Assistant Dean (Academics) | LLM

International Pathways + Partner School

The pandemic has not stopped us from growing. The pandemic prevented our students from traveling abroad for higher studies and specializations, so now we are bringing the world to them!

The International Pathways brings to you the collaboration for 2021. IFIM Law School entered a Memorandum of Understanding with Texas A&M University School of Law, USA. This collaboration will offer new and exciting opportunities to students from thousands of miles away, right here at IFIM Law School! But we are not going to stop here.

IFIM’s International Collaboration with ISDE Law and Business School, Spain!

We are glad to announce that IFIM Law School has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ISDE Law School, Spain. It is the start of a new academic phase, students will now get the opportunity to go for foreign exchange programs and get global exposure. We aim to start the dual degree program BBA.LLB. and LL.M with ISDE. Even IFIM students aspiring to pursue masters programs abroad will get the tuition fees waiver in ISDE.

ISDE-IFIM Exchange Program

ISDE Law and Business School is an educational institution born from the heart of the advocacy. In 1992, representatives of the main national and international law firms met to take the decision to create an academic institution focused on legal education at the highest level. A student exchange program was undertaken between IFIM and ISDE. Learners were exposed to the European Legal System and Competition Law nuances.

The program was aimed to allow students to explore business considerations within a broader perspective by including inputs from leading law practitioners in the field. More specifically, the program explained how to compete on the internal market and protect your brand. It included legal disciplines such as Competition Law and specific branches within Public Law such as public procurement and state aid. It also gave insight into EU Institutions, treaties, and their role & impact on global market. It helped the students in better understanding of the concept on abuse of dominance, merger contract prevailing in EU. Thus, developing the student’s comparative legal understanding.

International Internship

IFIM School of Law provides a global platform for students to secure international internship opportunities. In the competitive state of today’s job market, having global work experience under your belt is one of the best things you can do for your prospective career. Inter-cultural communication and global work experience is a vital part of the modern professional world. Interning abroad is about learning beyond local work exposure. When you leave the comforts of your home and immerse yourself in a totally new environment, you broaden your horizons and learn to adapt to a multicultural environment. This global experience will pay off enormously during the final job placement. While the developmental rewards of interning abroad are insurmountable, the ultimate goal of an internship abroad is to help you in obtaining a job in your field of choice in the future. Your international internship experience will illustrate that you are passionate, driven, and not afraid to step outside your comfort zone as all the qualities will take you far in the professional world. IFIM also has a tie up with AIESEC to enhance international internship opportunities for students.

FAQs

Where is IFIM School of Law located?

We are in the knowledge hub of Electronic City, Bengaluru, equipped with well-planned infrastructure and resources.

How do I get scholarships for this programme?

IFIM School of Law offers merit-based scholarships and scholarships for economically disadvantaged students. For more details, please refer to admissions page.

What are the timings/schedules for the classes?

We begin our classes at 9 am and finish by 5pm.

Prof. (Dr.) Sunil George

He is a professional with around 25 years of rich and varied experience in Academics and Administration and is currently heading IFIM Law School, Bangalore. Prior to joining IFIM Law School, he was heading Amity Law School, Kolkata. He was associated with the corporate world for 14 years in the Administration and Legal departments and then went on to pursue his passion and has been associated with academia for the past 11 years and has extensive teaching and research experience. His areas of specialization include Business Law, Company Law, Criminal Law, and Human Rights.

He is also a guide for doctoral research work in Law. He is also a member of the Board of Studies for designing of law curriculum and a subject expert on the panel interview for the recruitment of faculty members at various law colleges. He has also been invited as a resource person to deliver Guest lectures and as a judge for various Debate and Moot Court competitions. He is also actively involved with initiatives for protecting the environment including rivers, water bodies, mangroves, and natural habitat in Charkop area of Mumbai. He was also the recipient of the ‘Best Faculty Award’ for outstanding contribution in Academics and contribution to the corporate life of NMIMS Kirit P Mehta School of Law for the academic year 2018-19.

Education

  • Ph.D. (Law)
  • LLM (Criminal Law & Human Rights)
  • LLB
  • A. (Economics)

Prof. Shagufta Anjum

Prof. Shagufta Anjum has completed her BA (Law), LLB from Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, Bangalore followed by her LLM, Business Laws from University Law School, Bangalore. She has also pursued PG Program in Corporate Laws; PG Diploma in Cyber Laws from Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune.

She has maintained a first-class percentage record all throughout. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Surrogacy from Alliance University, Bangalore. She has 13 years of experience in teaching and has taught a wide variety of subjects from the branches of Business Laws, Human Rights Law, Cyber Laws, Constitutional & Administrative Law, Law of Contracts, Interpretation of Statutes, Practical Clinical Courses, Research Methodology, Environmental Laws, and Right to Information. Etc.

She has been honoured with “Best Presentation Award” at the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Legal Field organized by JSS (Autonomous) Law University, Mysuru in April 2016.

She has also been honoured with “Certificate of Excellence” for her excellent contribution in the field of Legal Education by Women Entrepreneurs Foundation (www.shineworld.in), New Delhi on 28th September 2018.

She is currently heading the Law School as Principal (Acting), Faculty Co-ordinator of Centre of Excellence for Women, Child and the Law (CEWCL), Corporate Affairs Outreach and Placement Committee (CAOPC) and Legal -Aid Cell.

She has several publications to her credit and has attended and presented papers in National and International level seminars and conferences. Apart from her academic achievements, she has been invited to teach aspiring judicial officers on Mohammedan Law subject and invited as Chief Guest on Republic Day celebration.

Prof. (Dr.) Asha Soman

Dr. Asha P Soman is an Assistant Professor and faculty convenor for the IFIM Law Journal at the IFIM School of Law, India. She is a member of Study Group 5.20 of IAA Commission 5 on Space Policy, Law and Economy, IAA, France. She has 11+ years of experience in academia and industry. She has supervised Doctoral thesis, LLM and LLB dissertations and taught PG and UG classes. She worked with top law schools in India including Symbiosis Law School, Pune and Christ University, Bangalore. She also worked as an Advocate and Assistant Director – Knowledge Management at IndusLaw, Bangalore. She cleared UGC NET in 2013, was a part of the UGC Sponsored Major Research Project with the NLSIU, Bangalore, and was a seminar resource person. She has initiated Air and Space Law Committee at her previous institutions. She also has international and national publications of articles in journals, a handbook, book chapters and includes Web of Science indexing. She has presented papers at international and national conferences and has done certification courses in various fields.

Subjects she taught include Jurisprudence, Environmental Law, Company Law, Criminal Law, Space Law, Aviation Law, Nuclear Law, Interpretation of Statutes, Competition Law, Investment Laws, Consumer Protection and Motor Vehicles Act, Insurance Law, Property Law, Service Laws, Law of Tort, Case Studies – Hyperlinking and Interlinking, Philosophy of Life and Lifestyle, Law and Economics, Law and Political Society. She has revised syllabi for several subjects and drafted syllabi for Aviation Law and Technology Law in her previous institutions. Her research interests are Air and Space Law, Technology Law, Jurisprudence, Environmental Law, and Law and society. 

Education

  • 2018 – Doctorate, Air and Space Law, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India. Topic: Evolving international humanitarian legal regime for sustainable use of outer space and its application to India
  • 2013 – LL.M. (Commercial Law and Human Rights), Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala. University topper and Gold Medalist.
  • 2007 – BA LLB (Hons), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India.

 

Publications

  • Authored a Chapter titled Space Crew Insurance: Feasibility of Life Insurance for Astronauts at the National Level. The book Fundamentals of National Space Laws, publisher – Thomson Reuters in 2022, ISBN – 978-93-93702-83-8.
  • Authored a Chapter titled Religious, Societal Reflection and Rights of Transgender in India in the book Routledge Handbook of South Asian Criminology, publisher – Routledge, Taylor & Francis, the United States in 2019, eBook ISBN – 9780429320118. (Web of Science indexed)
  • Women Friendly Pune, Handbook, published in 2014 by Janwani, a joint venture of Symbiosis Law School, Pune, Janwani and Pune Police. Role: Content creation.
  • Article titled: Gender Justice for Men: Analysis of International Conventions and Legal Perspectives in India and Other Countries, published Lexigentia Law Journal, Vol.7 (2021) l Issue 2, ISSN 2454 – 1613, publisher – Thomson Reuters.
  • Extended abstract – Paper titled Penal Laws and Rights of Transgender: International Perspective with Special Reference to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860” in the conference proceedings (p. 276) at the Second International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV), 2013. Published by SASCV & Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Tamil Nadu, India. ISBN: 978-81-906687-5-0
  • Extended abstract – Paper titled Corruption in Local Level Administration: Impediment for Eliminating Poverty in India published in Anthology of Abstracts of International Conference on Democratic Decentralization and People’s Participation conducted from 20-23 December 2012 at Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Kerala. The conference was organised by KILA in association with the International Sociological Association (ISA) and the Government of India, the Government of Kerala, UNDP, and UNICEF (p. 34).
  • Forthcoming – A chapter titled Indian Practice of International Remote Sensing Law, has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication in the proposed book on Indian Practice of International Law, to be published by Routledge, United Kingdom.
  • Forthcoming – A chapter on Space Tourism has been peer-reviewed and accepted for international publication.

Paper Presentations

  • Paper titled Legal Framework of Liability in Space Tourism: Issues and Perspectives at the International Conference on Space Tourism: Legal Dimensions organised by NUJS, Kolkata, 29 January 2022.
  • Paper titled Quandary of Children after Release from Juvenile Justice Homes in India: Need for Continuous and Effective Rehabilitation at the Fourth International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, Gujarat, 30-31st January 2020.
  • Paper titled Impact of Space Technologies over Ozone Layer and Marine Life: An Enviro – Legal Analysis at the International Humboldt Kolleg on Management of Water, Energy and Bioresources in changing Climate Regime: Emerging Issues and Environmental Challenges conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Alexandervon Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation, Germany, 8 – 9 February 2013.
  • Paper titled Penal Laws and Rights of Transgender at the Second International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology (SASCV) at Tamil Nadu, 11 – 13 January 2013.
  • Paper titled Corruption in Local Level Administration: Impediment for Eliminating Poverty in India at the International Conference on Democratic Decentralisation and People’s Participation conducted by Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), along with International Sociological Association, Government of India, UNDP, UNICEF, from 20 – 23 December 2012.
  • Paper titled Patentable Standards: Need for Preserving Public Domain at National Workshop on Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights, conducted by Inter-Disciplinary Centre for Intellectual property Rights at Cochin University of Science and Technology, 12 – 14 January 2012.
  • Paper titled Safe Drinking Water: A Prerequisite for Food Safety”, at National Seminar on Food Safety: Emerging Trends in India conducted by School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology and Kerala State Legal Services Authority, 16 – 17 December 2011.
  • Paper titled Corruption in the Indian Judiciary and its Impact: An Analysis at Legal Awareness Programme organised by National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi along with Kerala State Legal Services Authority, 2nd October 2011.
  • Paper titled Informed Consent and Genetic Privacy: National and International Perspective at National Seminar on New Genetic Technologies and Human Rights conducted by Department of Law, University of Kerala, 25 – 27 August 2011.
  • Presented paper titled Good Governance vis- a- vis Human Rights Dimensions: Issues and Perspectives at the National Seminar on Good Governance: Human Rights Dimensions, conducted by Department of Law, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 11 – 12 August 2011.

Prof. Apoorvi Shrivastava

She is an ADR Enthusiast, Accredited Associate Arbitrator of Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CIArb, UK) and member of Young International Arbitration Group of The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and Mumbai Centre of International Arbitration (MCIA)

Being a certified arbitrator and mediator; she is empanelled with SAMA & Settlement Table and deals with the commercial matters.
She also has a teaching experience of more than 8 years and has taught in the premier institutes like Hidayatullah National Law University and NALSAR University of Law. She runs a Centre of Alternative Dispute Resolution at IFIM Law School and is an avid supporter of green arbitration.

She conducts various mediation and negotiation trainings for researchers, students, corporates to equip them to resolve disputes and crack deals in amicable manner. Her research interest includes corporate sustainability, international commercial arbitration and role of public policy in the societal norms.

Education

  • Ph.D (Pursuing), National Law University, Jodhpur
  • Master’s in Law (Corporate & Commercial Law), NALSAR University of Law
  • Bachelor in Arts & Law, DAVV University

Publication

  • Contributed a Chapter in the Book Name- “Alternative Dispute Resolution: Prospects and Challenges” Published in Jan 2020- Publisher Bharti Publisher- Edited by Prof. (Dr.) Vijendra Kumar, V.C MNLU, Nagpur, ISBN-  978-93-89657-17-3
  • Published “Hague Rules- Embarking on the age of Business and Human Rights Arbitration’, on Manupatra
  • “A Quagmire of Public-Private Arbitration” in Volume 12 of Oeconomia Copernicana, publisher Institute of Economic Research (Poland).
  • Presented Paper “SYNERGY OF SMART CONTRACTS, LAW AND ARBITRATION IN THIS TECHNOLOGICAL ERA” in the International Conference – “Law, Technology and Diversity in Asia”, organised by Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia.
  • “Defining the New Normal for the Post-Pandemic Tourism Economy” in the International Conference on Asia’s Role in Changing Legal and Social Order Post COVID-19 organized by Asian Association of Law Professors.
  • Presented Paper titled- “A Quagmire of Public- Private Arbitration” in the International Conference on The Future of Dispute Resolution in Infrastructure Sector 2021 (ICDRIS-2021) organized by Adani Institute of Infrastructure, Ahmedabad.
  • Paper presentation titled “Public Policy Issue in International Labour Dispute” at 17th Asian Law Institute International Conference organized by NUS Singapore at NLU Delhi.
  • Paper Presented- Public Policy Steeplechase in enforcement of Trans-national matrimonial and custody award, in the International Seminar on Challenges and Prospects of ADR, organized by ILI Delhi, RGNUL Patiala, MNLU Nagpur, HPNLU Shimla.
  • “Public Policy intertwined with Morality and Its Impact on Arbitration Award” Paper Presented at Law and Morality Seminar, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, India.
  • ‘Confidentiality- A Feature of International Commercial Arbitration: A reality or Myth’ Paper Published in International Commercial Law Review.

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