All India Law Students' Association

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| name = All India Law Students Association<br>अखिल भारतीय विधि छात्र संघ
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| abbreviation = AILSA
| motto = "Justice to all"
| formation = 16 August 2008
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| type = Student organisation
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| purpose = To 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
| headquarters = [[New Delhi]]
| location = DS-423/424, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi
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| region_served = [[India]]
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Deepshikha Goyal
| main_organ = Executive Council of AILSA
| parent_organisation = All India Bar Association<ref>[http://allindiabar.org/ All India Bar Association]</ref>
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| website = http://www.lawstudents.org.in
| remarks = AILSA is the India's largest independent, non-political and non-profit making law students association
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'''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 student]]s all over [[India]]. AILSA provides students with opportunities to interact with [[legal professional]]s in an international arena. The organisation's activities include academic [[Academic conference|conference]]s, publications, the global coordination of [[student organisation]]s, [[seminar]]s, providing free [[legal aid]]. etc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indlii.org/AILSA.aspx |title=AILSA |access-date=2012-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915100811/http://www.indlii.org/AILSA.aspx |archive-date=2012-09-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://allindiabar.org/National_Bar_Organization.aspx National Bar Organisation]</ref> In the past the association has organised a National Legal Essay Competition under the leadership of Mr. Manas Dowlani.<ref>[http://barandbench.com/all-india-law-students-association-launches-national-essay-competition-looks-set NLEC]</ref>

==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.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Past Presidents
|-
! Year
! Name
! University
|-
| 2008–2009
| Neha Gupta
|[[Bharati Vidyapeeth|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|Government Law College]] ([[Mumbai]])
|-
| 2014-2015
| Apoorv Agarwal
|[[West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences|NUJS]] ([[Kolkata]])
|-
|2015-2016
|Nachiketa Vajpayee
|[[Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law]] ([[Patiala]])
|-
| 2016-2017
| Deepshikha Goyal
| Campus Law Centre, [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]]
|-
| 2017-2018
| Ketul Hansraj*
| Amity School of Law, IP University
|}

[*Incumbent]

==Patron==
Dr. [[Adish Aggarwala]], President, [[International Council of Jurists]];<ref>[http://www.internationaljurists.org/index.php International Council of Jurists] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903063315/http://www.internationaljurists.org/index.php |date=September 3, 2011 }}</ref> 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==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:2008 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Student societies in India]]
[[Category:Legal education in India]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2008]]

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