South Calcutta Law College, Kolkata

South Calcutta Law College is one of the prominent law institutes in legal education in Kolkata, founded in 1970. This affiliated college has been approved by the Bar Council of India, offers various courses in law programs on its compact 1 acre campus.

With a total enrolment of 821 students and a faculty strength of 8, the institute offers 3 courses across 2 degrees specializing in various aspects of legal education. This institution has manifold facilities to make the learning process enriching for its students.

At the centre of all these lies a well-stocked library with a huge collection of books—over 10,000 of them—and 16 journals, along with provision for seating 50 students. Other facilities include an auditorium for events and seminars, a gym for physical fitness, and sports facilities for indoor games like carrom and table tennis.

Students of South Calcutta Law College gain practice in moot court facilities for legal proceedings, and IT infrastructure and Wi-Fi connectivity help them pace themselves with the digital age. The College offers a total of three full-time courses in the field of law at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels on a full-time basis.

These include two undergraduate programs at the UG level, BA LLB and BA LLB Hons, both five-year-long, and a postgraduate LLM program two years long. Students will get an in-depth course of study in the legal field. In that case, a full-time course is available for all. The Institution has been very selective about including any other course except for those having a base in legal studies.

That means the institution is concentrating on a particular domain; here in this case, it's legal studies. The admission process of South Calcutta Law College is mainly based on the entrance examinations conducted by the University of Calcutta. Admissions to the BA LLB course and BA LLB Hons course are made in line with the merit list prepared based on the entrance examination conducted by the University of Calcutta.

Similarly, in the case of the LLM course, admission is done through an admission test conducted by the University of Calcutta itself. Through the process, the college ensures admission of students having a good aptitude for legal studies.