Jamshedpur, March 29: The state human resource development department has set the ball in motion to set up a national-level law university, the first of its kind in the state.

It has prepared a draft of facilities and functioning of the law university and sent it to the Centre for necessary perusal and action.

Director of higher education K.K. Srivastava told The Telegraph that the draft of the proposed law university in the state capital has been sent to the Union human resource development department.

?We have elaborately mentioned in the draft the university?s functioning and the facilities it will provide to students,? he said.

Srivastava said help from officials of the Karnataka Law School, one of the prominent institutions in the country, was sought in preparing the draft of the law university.

The university will be christened National Law University (NLU), Ranchi, added Srivastava.

Chief minister Arjun Munda has also shown interest in the university and had personally discussed the matter with senior officials of the state human resource development department before the draft was forwarded to the Centre.

Officials in the state human resource development department said many law aspirants migrate to other states every year to avail a degree on law as the state does not have law college.

At present, Chhotanagpur Law College is the only government-recognised institution in the state offering a three-year degree on LLB course. Jamshedpur Co-operative Law College closed in 1999 following a directive from the Bar Council of India.

Srivastava said, ?Besides the three-year degree on LLB course, the university will also offer various regular and distant short-term courses on cyber laws and other related subjects.?

According to the proposed plan, the university will be built in over five acres of land at a prime location in the state capital, Srivastava said.