Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram

Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
സർക്കാർ നിയമ കലാലയം, തിരുവനന്തപുരം
Other names
GLC Thiruvananthapuram, GLCT
Former name
His Highness The Maharaja's Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
MottoLatin: Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum
Motto in English
Let justice be done though the heavens fall.
TypePublic
Established1875; 149 years ago (1875)
FounderAyilyam Thirunal Rama Varma IV
PrincipalDr. Bindumol V. C. (I/C)
Undergraduates880
Postgraduates30
Location, ,
Barton Hill P.O 695035
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8°30′31″N 76°56′34″E / 8.5085°N 76.9427°E / 8.5085; 76.9427
CampusUrban
LanguageEnglish
AffiliationsUniversity of Kerala
Bar Council of India
Websiteglctvm.ac.in
Highland Bungalow at the Campus.

Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram is an institution for legal education at graduate and post-graduate levels in Kerala, India. Established by the then Maharaja of Travancore in 1875, it is one of the oldest law colleges in India. Affiliated to the Faculty of Law of University of Kerala and the Bar Council of India, the college is supervised and controlled by the Government of Kerala.[1]

The campus is housed in the Highland Bungalow situated in Barton Hill, which is a green space in the heart of city. An eminent centre of research in Law, the college has one of the oldest and largest law libraries in India.[2]

The college offers an undergraduate five-year integrated Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Laws (B.A. LL.B.) program along with three-year LL.B. program, both of which, qualifies the student to sit for the bar to practice law in India. Post-graduate law degrees (LL.M.) are offered in two lines of specialization: Constitution Law & Criminal Law.[3]

Alumni of the college include judges of the Supreme Court of India such as Justice Fathima Beevi, judges of various High Courts, statesmen and academicians like N. R. Madhava Menon.[4]

  1. ^ http://www.glctvm.ac.in/ [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സ്ഥാപനം".
  3. ^ "Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സ്ഥാപനം".
  4. ^ "Govt.Law College Trivandrum|ഒരു കേരള സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സ്ഥാപനം".