Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow
| Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow | |
|---|---|
| Motto | "Light and Learning" |
| Parent school | University of Lucknow |
| Established | 1921 |
| School type | Law School |
| Dean | Prof. (Dr.) Chandra Prakash Singh.[1] |
| Location | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Enrollment | Approx 1800 |
| Faculty | 33 |
| Website | https://lkouniv.ac.in/en/page/faculty-of-law/ |
The Faculty of Law of the University of Lucknow in Lucknow, India, offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral legal education. It was established in the year 1921.[2] In 1995, it started offering a five-year integrated undergraduate law degree and became one of the first institutes in country, only being second to NLSIU, and first in northern India to start a five year undergraduate law course.
History[edit]
The Faculty of Law is one of India's oldest legal education institutions.[3] The Law faculty of the Lucknow University was established by Mr. Jag Mohan Nath Chak and and he was the first Dean of the Law Faculty.[4].
With extensive teaching in graduate and postgraduate courses, Research was not a priority occupation at the faculty till 1955, however during 1960-61, a legal research society was baptised to prioritise socio-legal problems for research.[5]
Initially, The Faculty was started in the premises of present day Faculty of Arts, University of Lucknow with just three teachers, later, in a significant development, it was shifted to New Law Building in the main Campus of University of Lucknow. However, In 2002, the faculty was separated from the main campus and relocated to a second Campus, which has a total area of more than 75 acres and is located at Jankipuram Extention, Lucknow.[6]
Academics[edit]
The Faculty of Law offers a three-year full-time LL.B. degree, as well as two-year LL.M., Ph.D. in Law, and LL.D. programmes. The faculty also offers Inter-disciplinary study through it's self financed Five-Year LL.B. (Hons.) Integrated degree course and PG Diploma in Cyber and IP Laws.[7]
The Faculty provides clinical legal education through moot courts, legal aid services, legal awareness, Para legal services and professional skills development for its students.[8]
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The Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow was ranked tenth in India by India Today. It is the only faculty under a State University to be featured in this prestigious list.[9]
The department produces the highest number of judicial officers and prosecution officers in the state[9]. The Faculty has largest number of rare books and legal material in the northern region. It subscribes rich online resources like Manupatra, SCC Online & Lexisnexis. The Faculty of Law is known for quality books written by teachers, for example, Dr. Avtar Singh[10], Dr. I.P. Massy, pioneer of Constitutional law V.N. Shukla[11] and M.P Singh. It is following the high academic standards set out by Dr. RU Singh, who is known as pioneer of legal education in India and drafted the Constitution of Nepal.[12][13]
Publications[edit]
Lucknow Law Journal (0076-1427) is a peer reviewed and refereed journal published by the Law Society, University of Lucknow since 1955.[14]
Notable Alumni[edit]
- Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th President of India
- Hon'ble Justice A.S. Anand, 29th Chief Justice of India
- Saiyed Saghir Ahmad, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India
- A.T. Markose, Indian Jurist at International Labour Organization, Founder Director of Indian Law Institute
- Pushkar Singh Dhami, 10th Chief Minister of Uttrakhand
- Atul Kumar Anjaan, National Secretary of Communist Party of India
- Harish Rawat, Former Chief Minister of Uttrakhand
- Zafar Ali Naqvi, Indian Politician and Former Member of Parliament
- Brajesh Pathak, Law Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Surjit Singh Barnala, 8th Governor of Tamilnadu
- Ali Jawad Zaidi, Urdu Poet, Activist, Civil Servant and Lawyer
- Vishwambhar Dayalu Tripathi, Indian Politician and Lawyer
- Mahendra Pal Singh, Jurist, Former Chancellor of Central University of Haryana, Professor Emeritus at University of Delhi, Director of Centre for Comparative Law and Chairman of the Law School Doctoral Committee at Jindal Global Law School, OP Jindal Global University
- Balraj Chauhan, First Vice Chancellor of Dharmashastra National Law University, and National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
- Prof. S.P. Singh, Jurist
References[edit]
- ↑ ":: University of Lucknow ::".
- ↑ "Faculty of Law". University of Lucknow. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Gopalakrishnan, P. (1960). "Approach To Problem Of Legal Education In India". Madras Law Journal - Civil (Journal Article). 2 – via Lexis Advance India Research.
- ↑ "Jagmohan Nath Chak". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ Agrawala, Rajkumari (1982). "F3_50_1982". Journal of Indian Law Institute. 24 – via Lexis Advance India Research.
- ↑ "Best LAW Colleges 2020: List of Top LAW Colleges 2020 in India - Page9". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ "Courses". Faculty of Law, LU. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Administrator (2016-11-21). "Law School Review: Faculty of Law, Lucknow University". LawOF. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Lucknow Epaper 10 August 2021: Inext Lucknow Newspaper Edition Online in Hindi". epaper.inextlive.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ↑ "Life Story Of Dr Avtar Singh - PATHLEGAL". www.pathlegal.in. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ↑ Law, Faculty. "History of Department". UDRC. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Bhandari, Surendra (2014-04-28). Self-Determination & Constitution Making in Nepal: Constituent Assembly, Inclusion, & Ethnic Federalism. Springer Science & Business. ISBN 978-981-287-005-6. Search this book on
- ↑ B. Khanal 2000. Regeneration of Nepalese Law. Kathmandu: Bhrikuti Academic Publications, p. 34
- ↑ Khatoon, Rashida (13 March 2018). "Lucknow Law Journal". Unknown parameter
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