Living Legend of Law
Genesis
 Born (1935) & brought up in Trivandrum, Kerala, India
 Education:
 B.Sc & B.L (Kerala University)
 MA (Punjab University)
 LL.M, Ph.D (Aligarh Muslim University)
 Worked 5 decades to improve Indian legal education as
stands today
Career
• Advocate at Kerala High Court at the age of 20
• Teacher at AMU Law Faculty (ALIGARH)
• Volunteered to setup National Law School of India
University, Bangalore (NLSIU)
• NLSIU is the 1st in India to use the Harvard Law
School's case study method
IGNITED MIND
(Architect of Integrated Law Degree)
• Introduced 5 years integrated LL.B.
Programme through two leading law
Universities (Founder Vice- Chancellor):
• National Law School of India University,
Bangalore
• National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
( Invited by W. Bengal Govt.)
Judicial Trainer
•The Supreme Court of
India requested him to
established the National
Judicial
Academy
for
training judges (Founder
Director, NJA, GOI)
Other Responsibilities
• A member of various expert committees:
• Legal Aid Committee(1973)
• Civil Services Examination Reform Committee (2000-01)
• Criminal Justice Reform (2002–2003)
• Author of several books, articles and monographs on a
variety of legal subjects
Cont’d…
• Member of the Law Commission of India
• Chairman of the Indian Statistical
Institute, Kolkata
• Chairman of the Centre for Development
Studies, Trivandrum
Awards & Recognition
• Vocational Excellence Award in (1992: Rotary Club)
• Living Legend of Law Award in (1994: IBA)
• Honored with the prestigious Padma Award in 2003
• Best Law Teacher Award (2009: Society of Indian Law Firms)
• Conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) (Honoris Causa)
MAN IS WHERE HIS MIND IS
Dr. Madhava Menon at
different Assignments
THANK
YOU