New Delhi: In a significant move aimed at setting up a full fledged institute for legal education in the capital, the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday passed the National Law School of Delhi University Bill 2007. The new law school would be set up on the lines of National Law School of Bangalore.

The National Law School of Delhi will be located in an integrated complex at Dwarka along with the National Institute of Mediation and Conciliation and the Delhi Judicial Academy, which are also proposed to be set up there.

During the approval of the bill, chief minister Sheila Dikshit said, "A legal educational facility on the lines of the national law schools like the one at Bangalore is much required in Delhi."

"Legal education in India has witnessed significant developments in the past two decades owing primarily to the national law schools that have been established in some of the state capitals. The first national law school in Bangalore was set-up in 1986," the CM added in the House.

Another bill pertaining to Dr B R Ambedkar University was also introduced in the House yesterday. Its final nod my take the next two days of the session.