All India Law Students' Association

All India Law Students Association (AILSA or अखिल भारतीय विधि छात्र संघ) is a non-profit association of students and lawyers who are dedicated to the promotion of welfare of law students all over India. AILSA provides students with opportunities to interact with legal professionals in an international arena. The organisation's activities include academic conferences, publications, the global coordination of student organisations, seminars, providing free legal aid. etc.[2][3] In the past the association has organised a National Legal Essay Competition under the leadership of Mr. Manas Dowlani.[4]

All India Law Students Association
अखिल भारतीय विधि छात्र संघ
AbbreviationAILSA
Formation16 August 2008
TypeStudent organisation
PurposeTo contribute to legal education and foster mutual understanding and to promote social responsibility among law students and young lawyers; also providing legal aid to the needy
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Location
  • DS-423/424, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi
Region served
India
President
Deepshikha Goyal
Main organ
Executive Council of AILSA
Parent organisation
All India Bar Association[1]
Websitehttp://www.lawstudents.org.in
RemarksAILSA is the India's largest independent, non-political and non-profit making law students association

Presidents

Presidents of the Association are selected by the AILSA Executive Council. Recently, the Executive Council passed a unanimous resolution selecting Ms. Deepishika Goyal as the President.

Past Presidents
Year Name University
2008–2009 Neha Gupta Bhartiya Vidyapeeth University (Pune)
2009–2011 Suresh Sharma Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi)
2011–2012 Siddharth Nayak NALSAR University of Law
2012–2014 Manas Dowlani Government Law College (Mumbai)
2014-2015 Apoorv Agarwal NUJS (Kolkata)
2015-2016 Nachiketa Vajpayee Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (Patiala)
2016-2017 Deepshikha Goyal Campus Law Centre, Delhi University
2017-2018 Ketul Hansraj* Amity School of Law, IP University

[*Incumbent]

Patron

Dr. Adish Aggarwala, President, International Council of Jurists;[5] Chairman, All India Bar Association; Special Counsel, Government of India; Ex. Vice - Chairman, Bar Council of India is the patron of the organisation. Mr. Suresh Sharma, Lawyer & former legal consultant to ministry of Home Affairs and former President of All India Law Students' Association was nominated as permanent Advisor to the Association.

References
  1. All India Bar Association
  2. "AILSA". Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. National Bar Organisation
  4. NLEC
  5. International Council of Jurists Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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