ABOUT

The City of Coimbatore, known as the Manchester of south India, had numerous educational institutions except a law college till the year 1979. For the entire state of Tamil Nadu, there was only one Law College in Madras to impart legal education to the students. In 1974 another law college was started in the temple city (Madurai) to cater the people of the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.

As the demand for admission to the law course was increasing and the existing two law colleges were already overcrowded, the Government felt the need for opening more number of law colleges in different centres of the State.

The proposal for opening two more law colleges, one at the industrial city (Coimbatore) and the other at the rock city (Tiruchirappalli) to serve the interests of the people of western and central parts of the state respectively, was submitted to the Government by the, then Director of Legal Studies, Prof.S.Master Sankaran M.L.., and the same was approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu in G.O. Ms. No.1407 Edn., dated 02.08.1979. Prof.T. Audiseshan of Madras Law College was deputed as special officer for establishing the law college at Coimbatore.

The Government Law College, Coimbatore located at GEE DEE Hopt. Buildings, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore-641 014, commenced to function from August 1979. Later in January 1980, it was shifted to 9-B, Race Course Road, Coimbatore-18 and it functioned there till January 1991.

Presently the College is housed in its own campus at Maruthamalai, adjacent to the Bharathiar University. The present campus has a total area of 20.12 acres. Built in lush green mountainous, airy, clean and calm atmosphere at the foot hills of the Western Ghats, the campus is ideally suitable for one who wants to pursue legal education. Adjacent to the College, two hostels for men & women students have also been constructed.

The Residential quarter for the Deputy Warden of men’s hostel has been provided inside the campus by the Government since the year 2004. The college offers 5 year course for Higher Secondary students, 3 year regular course for graduates and also 2 year M.L. Course in the branch “Contracts including Mercantile Law” since the academic year 1999-2000. The title of the M.L. course has now been changed to “Business Law”. In 2015, the title of M.L. has been changed L.L.M. In the year 2020-2021, the college also offers 2 year LL.M. in the branch of “Taxation Laws”.

With a view of improving the quality, the campus encompasses a newly constructed classrooms, hi tech library which can accommodate over 2000 readers, a model court, air conditioned auditorium housing 1000 students/audience, CCTV Circuiting covering the entire campus, bio metric facilities, Wi-Fi facilities etc.,

The Govt. Law College, Coimbatore is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai from the academic year 1997-1998.

The name of Government Law College, Coimbatore (GLC CBE) is written in letters of gold in the history of Legal Education in Tamil Nadu. Since 1979, this institution has been producing legal luminaries who have adored chairs of great responsibilities throughout the globe. The college is most preferred for its natural location in the feet of Western Ghats. The College works on a mission with a vision of futurist approach. The talents of the students were brought to light by various committees namely Moot Court Competition Committee, Cultural and Competition Committee, Legal Intellectual Committee, and Sports. Thought provoking and inspiring address by various legal luminaries across the state highly motivated the students excel in academics, sports and other extra-curricular activities thus taking the name of this institution to great heights of glory.

NSS and YRC are rendering yeomen service to the society and are lauded by the public. On the whole apart from academics meticulous care is taken to shape the students in all walks of life and give the society best responsible citizens. The Post Graduate Departments LL.M (Business Law) and LL.M (Taxation Laws) studies also excel in all spheres of activities and many of them have adored the Bench than the Bar. GLC CBE believes legal studies are the means to an end, for, it is the law graduates who have the power to transform our society with their knowledge, skill and sense of purpose. Once you enter GLC CBE – you will gain a foundation that marks you out as a complete professional with the nurturing of ideals and values which enable you to play a positive role in creating a better world. Immaterial of whether it is the corporate houses, or the field of environment Law or be in the pursuit of protecting human rights and preservation of social justice.

Admission process:

Government Law College in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University and approved by the Bar Council of India. The college was established in 1979. Government Law College offers five-year BA- BL and two-year BL course at Undergraduate level and ML course at Postgraduate level.

• Application form for both UG and PG courses are accepted through offline mode only.
• Applicants can either obtain the application form in person or can be obtained through the post.
• Minimum eligibility for BA – BL course is HSC from a recognized board with minimum 45% marks.
• Applicants for BL course should have done graduation in any discipline with at least 45% marks in 10+2+3 or 11+1+3 pattern.
• Selection to the BA – BL and BL courses is on the basis of merit in the qualifying exam.
• For ML course, applicants should have passed BA – BL or BL course from a recognized university with minimum 50% marks.
• For BA- BL course, those who are employed are not eligible to apply.
• Candidates who have passed the qualifying examinations from institutes / University located outside of Tamil Nadu or are from States other than Tamil Nadu, will be admitted to the desired course only on production of Eligibility Certificate obtained from the Registrar of the University.
• Eligibility certificate can be obtained by making a request through a requisition letter addressed to the Registrar, along with letter, a copy of selection & allotment letter and a Demand Draft.

·         Government Law College BA – BL and BL Course Admission

·         Government Law College offers five-year integrated BA – BL and LL.B and three-year Professional Degree Course. Applicants of BA – BL course must have passed HSC from a recognized board with at least 45% marks and applicants of BL course should have passed a graduation degree course in 10+2+3 or 11+1+3 pattern.

·         Admission to both the BA – BL and BL course is on the basis of merit list based on the qualifying exam.

·         For preparing merit list, marks obtained in subjects excluding language subjects will be taken in into account and marks obtained by the student in the qualifying examinations in the first attempt alone will be considered.

·         Allotment of seats will be made only through counselling session, conducted at the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University.

Government Law College Application Process

• The candidates desirous can obtain the application form in-person.
• Application forms can also be obtained by post by submitting requisition letter, mentioning the course the candidate wishes to apply, along with the requisite fee.
• Send the form to:

“Application fee:

• INR 500 (In-Person) and INR 600 (by post)
• INR 250 (Processing fees for SC/ST)
• The concession in application and registration fee is applicable to the candidates belonging to SC/ST community only from Tamil Nadu and not for those from other States.
• The fee is to be paid in any branch of Indian Bank through remittance Challan which may be downloaded from the University website or obtained from the Government Law College.
• Application processing fee paid through Cash/Demand Draft/Money Orders/Cheque/Bank Pay Orders etc. will not be accepted.
• Duly filled in application form along with the requisite attested enclosures (mentioned below) may be submitted either in person or by post, to:

• Alternatively, filled-in applications can also be submitted to the Principal of the Government Law College, Coimbatore.

• Mark sheets and Passing certificates of HSC and SSLC.
• Transfer Certificate and Conduct Certificate.
• Recently obtained Community Certificate [for ST, SC (Arunthathiar), SC (Others), BC (including BC Muslims) and MBC/DNC candidates only].
• Special Category Certificate or children of Ex-servicemen/ Differently Abled Persons (if applicable).

Placements:

Only 5% of students were placed in my in my batch. This is government college, so there is no the highest or the lowest package in my course. There is no companies recruitment in law courses. Government advocate have to finish master degree in law and must experienced lawyer .

SCHOLARSHIP :

( G.O. Ms. No.310, Social Welfare dated 4.4.77 )

From 1977 – 78 onwards all kinds of scholarships (viz. residential and non-residential) relating to post matric studies shall be sanctioned subject to 90% attendance by the students who seek and are eligible for the benefit.

Government Law College, Coimbatore Facilities

The college has the transport facility for all the students and staff.