Hidayatullah National Law University was established in Raipur by the Government of Chattisgarh under the Hidayatullah National University of Law. HNLU is a Residential University and it is 6th in the series of National Law Schools in India. This premier educational institution is endeavouring to emerge as a University of great repute.

HNLU has been ranked 11th amongst the Top-25 law schools in the country by the latest survey conducted by India Today. Chattisgarh has opened the doors of opportunities to the aspiring young generation of Law Students. Hidayatullah National Law University has been included in the list of the Universities maintained by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The objective of HNLU is to prepare and train lawyers of national and international repute with high moral and ethical values. The institute campus is well equipped with state of the art facilities which makes study interesting.

The MATS Law School (MLS) has been established with the object of providing world class legal education, which aims at preparing legal professionals who will play decisive leadership roles, not only as advocates practicing in courts, but also as academics, legislators, judges, policy makers, public officials, civil society activists as well as legal counsel in the private sector, maintaining the highest standards of professional ethics and a spirit of public service. Knowing thoroughly well that today, legal education has to meet not only the requirements of the Bar and the new needs of trade, commerce and industry but also the requirements of globalization, MLS will ensure academic excellence and prepare legal professionals, equipped to meet the new challenges and dimensions of internationalization, where the nature and organization of law and legal practice are undergoing a paradigm