സർക്കാർ നിയമ കലാലയം, തിരുവനന്തപുരം | |
Other names | GLC Thiruvananthapuram, GLCT |
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Former name | His Highness The Maharaja's Law College, Thiruvananthapuram |
Motto | Latin: Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum |
Motto in English | Let justice be done though the heavens fall. |
Type | Public |
Established | 1875 |
Founder | Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma IV |
Principal | Dr. Bindumol V. C. (I/C) |
Undergraduates | 880 |
Postgraduates | 30 |
Location | , , Barton Hill P.O 695035 , 8°30′31″N 76°56′34″E / 8.5085°N 76.9427°E |
Campus | Urban |
Language | English |
Affiliations | University of Kerala Bar Council of India |
Website | glctvm |
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 Arts–Bachelor 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]