What is the need of a law school?
The School of Law under the auspices of Galgotias University and duly recognised by Bar Council of India started in the year, 2012 has always aimed towards a high end methodical outcome based learning approach. The School focuses on certain specific Programme Outcomes and has designed each of its curriculum whereby the students will possess the knowledge and understanding of legal theory, substantive and procedural laws, students will demonstrate proficiency in critical analysis and legal reasoning, students will develop proficiency in legal research, students will demonstrate proficiency in written and oral communication, students will develop skills to act with an informed awareness of issues and participate in civic life through volunteering, so that they develop professional ethics towards clients, professional skills of counselling and negotiation as a part of innovative legal pedagogies to inculcate a multifaceted dynamism in the mind of each student but at the same time caters the need in such a manner that it becomes very easy for each mental quotient to choose their own area of interest and identify their personal expertise. To fulfil this objective, the School primarily focuses on certain specific Programme Outcomes and has designed each of its curriculum viz. Five years integrated BA.LL.B (Hons.); Five years integrated BBA.LL.B (Hons.); Three years LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D. to fulfil the aim with which each programme outcome has been laid down
TEACHING PEDAGOGY
Innovative Teaching Pedagogy using
• flip classes,
• interactive sessions,
• debates and group discussions,
• field survey report compilation;
• company compliances, framing model contractual documents, regular jail visit
• Model United Nations, Mock Parliaments, Judgement Writing and Client Counselling
MOOT COURT CULTURE
Mooting is compulsory for all the students in various courses
The school has proudly won various laurels in prestigious moot court competitions like;
• 5th Shri Mangilal Pagariya Memorial National Moot Court by MATS Law School Raipur;
• 1st Vanasthali National Moot Court Competition for Women; and semi-finalists in Osmania University, Hyderabad;
• School of Law has organised 34th All India Inter University Moot Court Competition in association with the Bar Council of India Trust.
INTERNSHIPS
Students are allowed to carry on internships (8), each of 1 month, in various reputed NGO’s, District Courts, High Courts and Supreme Courts, Law Firms, under the guidance of eminent Judges and senior advocates. In school of law there has been a very good placement record at our school with the overall placement crossing record 90% where our students have been placed in corporate houses, law firm etc.
ACTIVE CENTRES AND SOCIETIES AT SCHOOL OF LAW
The law school presently runs nine academic centres where each of these committees and centres are fully active and arranges an array of programmes in each semester which is previously designed with specialised minds and member faculties who are specialised in their respective discipline.
WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES IN THE PRESENT ACADEMIC YEAR
Some remarkable workshops have been arranged in the area of IPR, Environmental Law, Legal Research Methodology and International Law.
• Legal Aid Programmes- Jail Visits; Awareness regarding various Legal Issues in School and Public Places and surveys on RTI and child labour issues and legal illiteracy camp at Dankaur.
• International Law activities-National Symposium of Indian Approaches to International Law was organised; ILSA chapter has bee initiated at the school; Workshop on Kautilya’s Theory on Conduct of States was organised. Mr. Saijeet Singh and Ms. Priyanka Maurya won Mr. And Ms. International Law Award at the First International Law Competition 2018 held at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
• International Conference (ICCLI) - International Conference on Contemporary Legal Issues, on 24th March 2018 organised by School of Law. More than 100 participants from all over the country and abroad attended and presented their papers.
• National Colloquium National colloquium on Transgender Rights (ARDHANARISHWAR). The chief guest for this programme was Smt. Lakhsmi Narayan Tripathi, a frontier leader in the field of ensuring rights for transgender, an international figure who represented India in United Nations, a social reformer and a philanthropist. Sports and Cultural Activities: To give a holistic approach to their student life, the School intends to involve them in various sports and cultural activities too. School of Law was awarded maximum participation in sports activities at the University.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
All in all the School of Law, Galgotias University has over the years proved its excellence in an exponential manner and has stood as one of the prestigious law institute primarily in Delhi-NCR region and making its mark in the map of national rankings of brilliance among others. The Institute has ranked 12th among top law schools by GHRDC Times Annual Report 2017 and 8th among top law schools in North India in the last academic session.