[3]Previously, the university operated from a classical heritage building adjacent to the Raj Bhawan in the heart of the city.

[5] The new campus is built over 65 acres (26 ha) of land beside a lake and in a serene and pollution-free environment.

The circular academic and administrative building has been built on the design of the Parliament of India.

[6] In 2013 the university began construction on a second academic block adjacent to the original one, with classrooms built to accommodate the additional students after intake was increased from 100 to 175.

The lake facing guest house has air-conditioned rooms which are available at a nominal fee on application to the registrar.

Prior to 2008, admissions were conducted through National Entrance Tests which was replaced by the CLAT as per the Supreme Court of India's directives.

The CLAT is conducted for admission into various academic programs (LLB and LLM) of the 24 National Law Universities (NLUs) in India.

HNLU currently offers following courses: The university follows a semester system in its undergraduate program, with the students studying a total of 56 papers in 5 years.

In 2014 the university started the HNLU Journal of Law & Social Sciences (ISSN No.

2347-839X), a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal with an editorial board of experts on law as well as the field of social sciences.

This bi-annual journal is being published with the objective to provide a platform to judges, jurists, academics, research scholars and legal practitioners to express their views on topics of contemporary significance in law and social sciences.

[15] An alumnus of the 2012 graduating batch, Saksham Chaturvedi won the ABA Section of International Law's Rona R. Mears Student Writing Competition and Scholarship Award, 2011 for his essay on "The Geneva Conventions: What Past?

The HNLU ILSA Chapter was established on 11 October 2010, with Aakansha Kumar as its Chief Officer and Shilpa Jain and Neeraj Tiwari as Faculty Advisers.

[18] Through the years the Chapter has tried to forward the study on International Law in HNLU through various initiatives, including a two-day Lecture Series by Prof. David Ambrose from the University of Madras and the HNLU-ILSA Refugee Conference.

[20][21] The Moot sees participation from across the country, with the Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court officiating over the finals.

[36] International National Colossus[71][72] is the flagship sports fest of HNLU which is organized in March every year.

[75] There is an annual football tournament held in the university known as the Hidayatullah Premier League (HPL).