Walk-in Interview for Empanelment as Guest Faculty of Law at National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam, Guwahati (Rs 1,500 per Class)

The National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJA), Guwahati has issued notification No. RO/Recruitment/Contractual/2025/400 dated 13 July 2026 inviting interested and eligible candidates to attend a walk-in interview for empanelment with the University as a Guest Faculty Member of Law.

Empanelment is on a purely temporary basis, and appointments are made as and when the University requires them.

• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Business Law
• Environmental Law
• Intellectual Property Right Law
• International Law
• Human Rights Law
• Other allied specializations of Law

A candidate must satisfy either of the following:

• Option A: A Master's degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade on a point scale) in a concerned, relevant or allied subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university; and, in addition, the candidate must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or a similar UGC-accredited test such as SLET/SET.
• Option B: A Ph.D. degree obtained from a foreign university or institution ranked among the top 500 in the World University Rankings (at any time) by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the Times Higher Education (THE), or the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Candidates awarded a Ph.D. degree in accordance with the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2018 and their amendments may be exempted from NET/SLET/SET.

Candidates registered for the Ph.D. programme prior to 11 July 2009 are governed by the then existing Ordinances/Bye-laws/Regulations of the awarding institution and are exempt from NET/SLET/SET, subject to all of the following being certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned: the Ph.D. was awarded in a regular mode; the thesis was evaluated by at least two external examiners; an open Ph.D. viva voce was conducted; the candidate has published two research papers from the Ph.D. work, at least one in a refereed journal; and the candidate has presented at least two papers based on the Ph.D. work in conferences or seminars sponsored, funded or supported by the UGC, ICSSR, CSIR or a similar agency.

NET/SLET/SET is also not required for Master's programmes in disciplines for which the UGC, CSIR or a similar UGC-accredited test is not conducted.

A relaxation of 5% is allowed at both the Bachelor's and the Master's level for candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy Layer), and Differently abled candidates covering (a) blindness and low vision; (b) deaf and hard of hearing; (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid-attack victims and muscular dystrophy; (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; and (e) multiple disabilities from amongst (a) to (d) including deaf-blindness.

The eligibility mark of 55% and the 5% relaxation are computed on the qualifying marks alone, without any grace mark procedure.

The notification states the pay as INR 1,500 per class for a Guest Faculty of Law.

Candidates fulfilling the requisite qualifications and other eligibility conditions must attend the interview along with:

• The application form
• Photocopies of testimonials in support of qualifications
• Photocopies of publications
• Proof of experience
• A 'No Objection Certificate' from the present employer, if applicable

• Appointment will be made as per the requirement of the University and will be on a purely temporary basis.
• The University reserves the right to reject applications or terminate the service of the incumbent at any point of time.
• The University reserves the right to withdraw the advertised posts at any time.
• In case of any inadvertent mistake in the selection process detected at any stage, even after the issue of an appointment order, the University reserves the right to modify, withdraw or cancel any communication made to the candidate.
• Reporting time is 09:30 AM for document verification.