Saraswati Law College, Chitradurga

Saraswati Law College Chitradurga was set up in 1965, is a renowned lawyer’s training college situated in Chitradurga in Karnataka state of India. This affiliated college, recognised by the Bar Council of India (BCI), has been building the legal profession for over five decades. The college is located on a small parcel of land measuring only 2 acres and responds to the needs of 341 formally enrolled students.

The faculty comprises 8 dedicated educators in order to provide students with the personalised attention and quality education at Saraswati Law College. The institution has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in a demonstration of the institution’s ability and willingness to provide quality education in the field of law.

Saraswati Law College features a range of facilities which are meant to boost the learning facilities of the college students. On these facilities lies a library which is fully stocked, having approximately 13000 books and having subscriptions with 10 journals, newspapers and periodicals. The computer laboratory, which serves as the digital version of the library, specifically improves the research provisions.

Several colleges boast of a moot court; the college makes available to aspiring lawyers a tremendous feature to practice advocacy in a realistic court environment. As part of a health-promoting campus, physical fitness is promoted through the provision of gym and sports facilities on campus.

The college also has a hall that can accommodate all community events and seminars, in addition to a cafeteria for taking meals and an efficient IT section enough to meet the contemporary needs of a college. Saraswati Law College offers two law programmes , a three-year LLB programme and a five-year integrated course in BA LLB.

Both are full-time programmes to ensure that the institution produces competent legal practitioners within the shortest time possible. Every programme has been approved for an intake capacity of 60 students, meaning that the college can have 120 new admission intakes every year.

This strict rationing of courses guarantees that the students are offered comprehensive training in different areas of law with a view to equipping them to be good lawyers. The admission of students to Saraswati Law College is a competitive admission requirement where the performances of students are the only criteria that are considered.

Therefore, admissions to the LLB programme are based on the marks obtained in the qualifying examination so that all the deserving candidates will be allowed to enrol in their programme of choice in law. Likewise, admission to the BA LLB programme is also merit-based, taking into account the results of the candidates who have appeared for their previous qualifying examination.

This approach to admission entails the college’s capacity to achieve set goals of having high academic standards and a competitive learning environment.