It was established as Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute undergraduate and post-graduate legal education, later in 2006 it was renamed as RMLNLU to give a NLU touch to its name.

of Uttar Pradesh in 2005[1] by then Chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and came into being on 4 January 2006 to meet up the new challenges in legal field.

Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law Institute, Uttar Pradesh' word 'Institute' was substituted by the 'University' later, via an amendment in the Act in November 2006.

[3] All admissions in RMLNLU, for both undergraduate and postgraduate programs are made on the basis of performance in the CLAT exam.

RMLNLU / NLU, Lucknow is basically ranked & counted among the TOP 10 prestigious law colleges / NLUs of the country.

The campus is large with its own shopping complex, fields, indoor games facility, gyms, Olympic-size swimming pools, halls, moot court, hostels, and classes The hostel's dining serves hotel style food which includes both veg and non-Veg dishes.