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Department of Law, University of Calcutta

{{short description|Department of Law}}

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{{Infobox university

| name = Department of Law, University of Calcutta

| image_name = Calcutta University, Hazra Campus.jpg

| caption =

| motto = Advancement of Learning

| parent = University of Calcutta

| type = Public

| established = {{Start date and age| January 1909}}

| dean = Dr. Manirani Dasgupta

| city = Kolkata

| state = West Bengal

| country = India

| colors = {{color box|white}} White
{{color box|LightSkyBlue}} Sky Blue

| students = 600 (undergraduate) {{Break}}84 (postgraduate)

| faculty = 40

| coordinates = {{coord|22|31|33|N|88|21|47|E|region:IND-WB_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| campus = Urban

| affiliations = UGC, BCI

| website = {{URL|https://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/Law.html|caluniv.ac.in/academic/law}}

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The Department of Law, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, formerly University College of Law, is a faculty in the University of Calcutta, founded in 1909, colloquially referred to as Hazra Law College, which offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctorate and post doctorate courses. The Faculty oversees fifteen affiliated Law schools of the University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/department/Law.html|title=Department of Law|website=caluniv.ac.in|access-date=7 June 2017}}

History

The college was established by the then Vice Chancellor of University of Calcutta Ashutosh Mukherjee in 1909. Prior to 1983, the Department of Law was known as the University College of Law. Sir Asutosh wanted it to be a model center of legal education. In a meeting held on 4 July 1908, the Senate recommended the proposal to establish University Law College in Kolkata. Sir Surendranath Banerjee and Babu Mahendranath Roy were also present at the meeting, which was presided by Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser, the Rector of the University. The resolution was passed that a college is to be established for the promotion of legal education of the students of Bengal for degrees in law and to serve as a model college. Finally the University Law College, started functioning under the management of a government body consisting of 16 members with the Vice-Chancellor as President from July, 1909. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee himself was made the first Dean of the Faculty of Law, who was followed by another eminent lawyer, Babu Mahendranath Roy in 1924, who took over after the latter's death. Eminent scholar and jurist Dr. S.C. Bagchi, LL.D became the first principal and Birajmohan Majumdar was appointed the first vice-principal of this College. The Faculty has been in its current state since 1983.

Courses

The Department offers a five-year integrated B.A LL.B.(Hons.) program. Admission to the Department's undergraduate program as well as its affiliated colleges is done on the basis of a Common Admission Test which is taken by upwards of 5,000 students every year. The Department also offers a two year Master of law (LL.M), a PhD Programme and also provides Post-Doctoral research (LL.D).{{Cite web|url=https://www.univariety.com/college/Department-of-Law-University-of-Calcutta/c30bd163|title=Department of Law, University of Calcutta|website=univariety.com|access-date=24 July 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/education/story/university-of-calcutta/1/753196.html|title=University of Calcutta admissions 2016|date=31 August 2016|access-date=8 June 2017}}

Notable alumni

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The services of the Department to the University and the country are not always realized. The Department of Law has been, during the course of its existence for over a century, a nursery of leaders of the State, Bar and the Judiciary.

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References

Category:University of Calcutta affiliates

Category:Universities and colleges established in 1909

Category:Law schools in West Bengal

Category:1909 establishments in British India