By offering diverse academic programmes for over two decades in the field of higher education, the Saveetha Trust has earned a unique recognition and reputation of it own. Now a foray into legal education with a global perspective has been undertaken from the academic year 2008-2009.
Banking and financial institutions are on the look out for brilliant law graduates for drafting, documentation and scrutiny of deeds etc., Preparation of legal opinion or law reporting requires professional competence and experience. Corporate sector demands personnel with legal back ground for its various departments to ensure efficiency in the discharge of its responsibilities. Legal process outsourcing is on the increase day by day. Employment avenues, therefore, for young and well equipped law graduates are steadily increasing.Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University was established in year 1997 by the Government of Tamil Nadu. This law university offers a variety of specializations in undergraduate and postgraduate law prorrammes. Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University has been ranked 18th amongst the Top-25 law schools in the country by India Today. The aim of Dr. Amberdkar Law University is to provide for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge of law and their role in the development of better education.
Both government and private law colleges are affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, differing from the other law schools of India. The library of the university houses a good collection of more than 9500 books and subscribes to 55 National and International journals. Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University also runs a department of Distance Education. The university also runs a placement cell and is affiliated to 6 colleges located in different cities of Tamil Nadu.