Type Private Director Fr Benny Thomas, CMI Number of students 800 Headquarters Bengaluru | Established 2006 Founded 2006 Motto Excellence and Service | |
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Chancellor Dr Fr Thomas Aykara, CMI Vice-Chancellor Dr Fr Thomas C Mathew, CMI Location Hosur Road, Bangalore, India Similar Christ University, Symbiosis Law School, National Law School of, University Law College, National Law Institute U | ||
The School of Law, Christ University (SLCU), formerly known as Christ College of Law, is a professional undergraduate and graduate school at Christ University, Bangalore, India.
Contents
- Admission
- Co Curricular Programmes
- Achievements
- Course Structure
- Research and Publications
- Ranking
- Related links
- References
SLCU is approved by the Bar Council of India to conduct the five year integrated BA LLB and a five-year BBA LLB programmes. It also offers three LLM programmes in Constitutional and Administrative Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Intellectual Property and Trade Law apart from MPhil and PhD degree programmes in law. From 2013 it has been offering MA in International Studies.
Admission
Candidates, below the age of 21 on 1 April of the year of application, who have passed their 10+2 examination or its equivalent with a minimum of 45% marks at the final examination are eligible to appear for the entrance examination. Students are admitted on the basis of an entrance test followed by a personal interview and micro presentation. The selection process is conducted in Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata and Ghaziabad in the months of April and May.
Co-Curricular Programmes
Some of the co-curricular activities organised by School of Law are Annual National Conference on Constitutional Law, Model united Nations, Annual National Moot Court Competition. The Indian Qualifying Rounds for the 57th Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition-2016 was hosted by School of Law in partnership with Surana & Surana International Attorneys, Chennai. School of Law cherishes an enviable tradition of presenting a Shakespearean drama – unabridged – every year. From 2012, the School of Law has been venturing into mega productions with script,music and dance entirely written, composed and created by students. The Shakespearean comedy 'Merchant of Venice' was produced in 2012 and in 2013 the Shakespearean tragedy 'Othello-The Moor of Venice.'
Achievements
The students of School of Law,Christ University have won various laurels in prestigious moot court competitions conducted at national and international levels. Some of the prominent achievements are:
Course Structure
The curriculum for the BA.,LLB course is a mix of arts subjects as well as law subjects. In the first two years, students are taught History, Political Science, Sociology and Economics along with value-added courses such as Introduction to Law and Legal Methods. After the first two years, it is mostly legal subjects that constitute the curriculum. The curriculum for the BBA LLB course is similar, except that management courses such as Human Resource Management, Business Environment and Marketing are conducted in the place of arts subjects. Moreover, unlike other law schools in the country, School of Law offers wide range of elective subjects to the students starting from the second year itself.
Subjects for BALLB
Subjects for BBALLB
Research and Publications
The Journals and Publications Society of School of Law brings out the bi-annual Christ University Law Journal. The Fourth issue (Jan-June 2014) of the journal which was published recently has addressed contemporary issues in different facets of law, both in the national and international spheres. The academia and the student community have made an in-depth analysis of seminal questions of law pertaining to human rights, arbitration, securities laws, interpretation of statutes and so on.
Ranking
It was ranked the 12th best law school in India by the India Today-Nielsen survey 2015. The same survey gave a factual ranking of 6 for 2015.
Related links
Christ University