Section 13. Academic Council

(1) The Academic Council shall consist of the following members, namely, - (i) the Vice-Chancellor of the Law University shall be the Chairman; (ii) one sitting Judge of the High Court of Meghalaya, nominated by the Chancellor; (iii) Registrar General of the High Court of Meghalaya; (iv) the Registrar of the Law University shall be the Member Secretary; (v) two persons from amongst retired Judges of the High Court or educationists of repute or men of letters or members of the legal professions or eminent public men, who are not in the service of the Law University, nominated by the Chancellor; (vi) all the Heads of the Departments of the Law University; (vii) all Professors other than the Heads of the Department; (viii) two members of the teaching staff, one each respectively representing the associate and assistant professors of the Law University nominated by the Vice-Chancellor of Law University for the term specified; (ix) a nominee of the Bar Council of India; and (x) a nominee of the Bar Council of Meghalaya. (2) The term of the members other than ex-officio members and those whose term is not specified by any of the clauses of sub-section (1) shall be three years: Provided that the term of the members of the first Academic Council shall be five years.