Overview
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University, Jaipur (ALU Jaipur) is a residential-cum-affiliating university specialised in legal studies, located in Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The university is named after Bhimrao Ambedkar, the Indian scholar, social reformer, and architect of the Indian Constitution.
The university was established through the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University, Jaipur Bill, 2019, which was passed by the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in February 2019 and notified on 26 February 2019. It functions both as a residential institution offering its own programmes and as an affiliating body for legal education in the state.
In February 2020, Dev Swarup, Additional Secretary of the University Grants Commission and a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rajasthan, was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the university. The university is recognised by the Bar Council of India.