University Law College, Gauhati University, Guwahati

University Law College, Guwahati, established in 1948 under Gauhati University, Assam, is a co-educational constituent of Gauhati University. It has been engaged in the conduction of professional and specialised programmes in law for more than seven decades toward the ultimate function of shaping legal minds. The Bar Council of India has also approved it, meeting very high standards in the frame of legal education.

With a faculty strength of 6 dedicated educators, the college focuses on providing quality education in a compact learning environment. Two comprehensive law programmes are available at the University Law College: a 3-year LLB Hons and a 5-year integrated BA LLB Hons, catering to different student needs and aspirations in the field of law.

University Law College has a host of facilities to enhance the learning experience of students. A fully stocked library, at the core of these facilities, contains a collection of 5,534 textbooks, 830 journals and periodicals, and 916 reference books. This vast reservoir caters to an ensemble of legal research needs for the faculty annd students.

This library site is at the extreme southern end of the RCC building, ensuring a studious optimum atmosphere for serious studies and research. The Borrower's Card system makes the pace easier for them, as they can borrow two books at a time. Apart from this, services from the K. K. H. Library of the University and the Library of the Post Graduate Department of Law can also be availed by the students.

This furnishes an even more extended scope of research to the students. University Law College provides two full-time course in law education :. The approved intake for the 3-year LLB (Hons) programme is 120 seats, and that for the 5-year integrated BA LLB (Hons) programme is 60 seats.

Both the courses have a strong and relevant curriculum in legal education, toward integrating classroom teaching of theoretical concepts with practice. Focusing on these two specialised programmes in college allows for concentrated and in-depth study of the legal subjects, preparing a student for all-nurturing areas in the legal profession.

Degree Name Total Seats LLB 120 BA LLB (Hons) 60 The admission process of University Law College aims at admitting only the students who are knuckle-sandwich and motivated for their law programmes. Since the college is under Gauhati University, it may also be following the general admission schedule of that university and possibly adding some more conditions of its own for the law courses.