Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU) has been established by the Madhya Pradesh Dharmashastra National Law University Ordinance, 2018, The Unviersity is in area of 120 acres near to Jabalpur Airport.
The University was unveiled by Chief Justice of India, Shri Justice Dipak Misra, on 30th June 2018 in the august presence of Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan, C.M. of M.P. Shri Justice Hemant Gupta, Chief Justice of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Justice Rajendra Menon, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Patna, Shri Justice R.S. Jha, Judge-in-Charge Judicial Education, M.P. and other dignitaries of legal fraternity across. India.