The Founder was highly motivated by the concept of establishing a Law College at Salem, his birth place and started working on the proposal. The college, in its proposal stage, faced serious objections and obstacles from the government of Tamilnadu but was successfully established in 1984 by an order of the Hon'ble High Court of Madras. In compliance with the order of the High Court of Madras, the University of Madras granted provisional affiliation in 1984 for starting the 5 year Integrated B.L Degree Course for students who have successfully completed 12 years of Higher Secondary schooling. Later, permission was granted for starting the 3 year B.L Degree Based Course for candidates who had already obtained a Bachelor Degree. The initial provisional affiliation was confirmed as permanent affiliation by the University of Madras in its order.

Law is a personification of morality, ethics and common sense codified. In the olden days, the kings administered justice through their appointees and neither the king nor his appointees were professionally trained for this purpose. Nevertheless, peace prevailed - as the subjects of the king were law abiding and peace loving. Times have changed and we live in a complex era where peaceful co-existence of a diversified population is made possible only by the enactment of various laws. At present, almost all human activities are governed by one law or the other. In India “rule of law” is a basic feature of the Constitution and all citizens are required to be aware of their rights and duties. The various laws enacted must be put into action and social justice delivered only through professionals well instructed and well versed in law. Lawyers play a significant role in the present day world in effective administration of justice.

Legal profession is regarded as a noble and elite one and a legal degree is a compulsory requirement for practising law in India. Proper legal education in colleges imparts sound knowledge to the students and a successful lawyer must be armed also with competence. Knowledge is awareness of rules whereas professional competence is the skilled application of knowledge to solve legal issues. An efficient lawyer must be equipped with skills in negotiation, counselling, mediation, articulation, drafting, communication and advocacy.

Eligibility Criteria
BA LLB -Passed the higher secondary examinations with at least 45% marks from a recognised board.
LLB
LLM -Passed three-year LLB degree or a three-year integrated LLB degree with at least 55 % marks.

Placement & Internship Committee
The placement and internship committee has special attention to enhance the personality development of the students, right from the first year to make them acquire quality legal skill and abilities.

AIMS
● To widen the students' perspective by providing exposure to real life organizational, legal and environmental situations
● To enable the students to explore industry and organization, build a relationship with advocates or simply hone their skills in a familiar field
● To provide invaluable knowledge and networking experience to the students through internship

OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME
To enhance the students to gain practical experience in real work environment
To assist the students to develop professional skills and etiquettes
To increase the awareness of students about multitude of legal career options
To provide an understanding of the working of legal organization
To supplement the knowledge of the students that enhance their participation in their classes
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMITTEE
Providing orientation to the students regarding the importance of internship
Providing training and workshop on how to build the résumé and mock interviews
Notifying the internship opportunities available in various legal departments and ministries on noticeboard with the approval of higher authority
Providing Internship opportunity to the interested students in the Salem District Court with the supervision of faculty-in-charge
Providing opportunity to the students to visit the police station to gain knowledge pertaining to the procedural aspects
Providing opportunity to the selected students to visit hospitals to witness the autopsy procedure to analyze the case study
Providing opportunity to the interested students for internship in their area of interest by providing support to the students i.e. issuing bonafide/conduct certificate.
Providing opportunity to the selected students in the High court based on their academic performance and other activities.
Entering MoUs with corporate houses, law firms and banking sectors for placement and internship.

COMMITTEES MAJOR AREA OF INTEREST
Internship under judges – Supreme Court, High Court, District Courts
Eligibility: Students with good academic record, attendance, active participation in other committees and discipline
Police station visit – Salem district
Students pursuing I year B.A. LL.B and I year LL.B
Jail visit – Central Jail, Salem
Students pursuing II year B.A. LL.B and II year LL.B
To witness general body autopsy procedure – Salem district
Students pursuing III &V year B.A. LL.B and II & III year LL.B (Interested students)

COMMITTEE'S AREA OF INTEREST FOR INTERNSHIP AND PLACEMENT
Advocates having minimum 20 years of practice
Tribunals/Appellate tribunals – NGT, CCI, IAT etc
National/state commissions – Women, Minority, Backward classes, Human rights etc
IPR related firms
Law firms – corporate sector, legal advisor
Arbitration/Mediation center
Bank/Insurance sector – Legal office
Secretariat (Puducherry)
BPO and LPO
Committee Members
1. Ms.Arya Rajan - Convenor
2. Dr.Mohanapriya
3. Ms.Bhaarathi
4. Mr.Gowrikanth

Moot Court
The Institution hosts modernized and well equipped Moot Court. It gives a holistic approach to the students in practising law.
Moot court facilitate the students to participate in proceedings similar to that of a real court.
The students are trained in various skills like drafting briefs (memorials), oral arguments, research the works of eminent Judges, Lawyers and Guest Faculty members. The professional skills are embedded and shaped through Moot Court that help them in their professional career.


English Language Lab
A Well furnished English language lab is established in our college. In order to train the students on LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing) Skills, which play a vital role in every students’ life, the lab is equipped with high end systems with the latest versions of language learning softwares. Besides, the lab inculcates the skill of drafting and presenting their argument in the form of writing with the assistance of well equipped practising advocates.
Internet Lab
The College has internet facility to expose the students to online activities and encourage them in exploring their ideas in the legal field. The students get connected to the outerworld and have an opportunity to update their Knowledge by reading the Various judgements pronounced.

Library
The library is the ‘heart’ of any academic institution and plays an important role in all academic activities and, the more so, in law institutions. The library has been planned keeping in view the aims and objectives of the Central Law College and is being operated by a team of professionally qualified library staff. It has a collection of over 30,000 volumes covering a wide range of general and special subjects, comprising of text books, reference books, back volumes of journals and reports etc., apart from current legal periodicals. The Library functions from 9.30 A.M till 5.30 P.M. on all working days of the week. The library has an open access system to facilitate readers to have easy access to the library resources. The Central Law College Library envisages to establish links with other important libraries in and around Salem in order to provide inter-library access for the benefit of students in locating literature as well as information in their areas of research, general reference, current awareness and relevant catalogues. An orientation programme is also organized for new students to help them acquaint themselves with the library system and services and for enabling maximum utilization of the available resources. The Central Law College has introduced computerized facilities for both housekeeping as well as information retrieval. Since it now has a leased line connection to the internet, it is possible to have easy access to information directly from all available computerized databases all over the world, not only in the field of law but also in other disciplines. Keeping in mind the vision to create an E-Law Library, all efforts have been contemplated. MANUPATRA and similar Indian databases have also been made available for both students and faculty. The Library has CD-ROM search facilities and it has also acquired important CD-Rom databases such as SCC-Online and AIR etc. The Library has all state-of-the-art gadgets with Wi-Fi internet connection. The Library is fully air- conditioned.

Classrooms
The Institution has been established with smart class rooms that include air condition, Smart board that facilitate the students in making their learning process out of tedium. The newly imported benches made of wood make the students more comfortable in accommodating themselves in the classrooms.