Ambedkar Law University to get digital makeover; AI centre for students

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will give legal education and administration a digital push, with the government announcing online examination valuation at Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU), a Tamil Nadu Code Web Portal, new LLM courses and an Artificial Intelligence Centre for law students.

Replying to the debate on demands for grants for his department in the Assembly on Friday, Law Minister R Nirmalkumar said TNDALU would introduce end-to-end examination automation and online valuation to streamline examinations. The system will cover registration, hall-ticket generation, valuation and publication of results through digital workflows.

The government will also establish a Tamil Nadu Code Web Portal to provide an online platform for laws, rules, government orders and other legal documents in the State.

Two-year LLM programmes will be introduced from 2026-27 at government law colleges in Chennai, Namakkal, Theni and Karaikudi. Two faculty posts will be created at each college.

At the Tamil Nadu National Law University in Tiruchy, a hostel accommodating 606 students with study rooms and other amenities will be constructed.

The government will install reverse osmosis (RO) systems in 12 government law colleges, benefiting 14,926 students. CCTV cameras will also be installed at these institutions for security.

The Law Department will shift to an e-office system, enabling electronic movement of files to reduce processing delays. Its libraries will also be strengthened with additional legal resources.

An AI Centre will be established at the School of Excellence in Law on the TNDALU campus for nearly 30,000 law students from TNDALU, government law colleges and affiliated private colleges.

The government will introduce an online system for issuing certificates to law students and teachers and strengthen library infrastructure.