University Law College , Bangalore - 2024 Admission, Fees, Courses, Ranking, Placement

A challenging curriculum and a diverse student population at ULC prepare the students for success in law practice, litigation, business, public service, and teaching. The experience and exposure to various facets of academic and clinical legal training at ULC are unparalleled. Recognizing the necessity of experiential learning, we have developed a state–of–art clinical program offering students an opportunity to be associated with the legal profession through seminars/workshops, internships, mandatory trial-court visits, legal-aid programs, research & projects, model parliament and moot court activities. Legal education at ULC equips the students with the complete spectrum of career opportunities available to lawyers and provides them with the capability to adapt to the rapid pace of change that characterizes modern legal practice. As a testimony to this fact, among ULC’s graduates are many Supreme Court and High Court Justices, renowned public servants, bureaucrats, lawyers and academicians of repute.

Vision
To achieve excellence in education for the realization of a vibrant and inclusive society through knowledge creation and dissemination.

Mission

University Law College, Bangalore is committed to imparting quality education, promoting scientific tempo and blending theoretical knowledge with practical skills. The institution aims at pursuing academic excellence through teaching, research, publications and by providing access to all sections of the society to pursue higher education for promoting leadership qualities among students making them socially sensitive citizens.

An applicant seeking admission to the B.A., LL.B. (Honours) Degree Course shall have completed Pre-University Course or Senior Secondary School Course (‘+2’) or equivalent (such as 11 + 1, ‘A’ level in Senior School Leaving Certificate Course) from a recognized University in India or outside or from a Senior Secondary Board or equivalent, constituted or recognized by the Union or by a State Government securing in the aggregate, marks not less than 45% (in the case of SC/ST-40% and in the case of OBC-42% as notified by the Government of Karnataka) of the total marks.

The Campus Placement & Internship Cell strives to provide a platform for students to receive job offers, internships, placements and any other employment opportunities by approaching potential Recruiters and inviting them to conduct on-campus or off- campus placements, interviews and recruitment processes. It seeks to promote a healthy relationship between the students, the College Faculty and the esteemed Recruiters, for the ultimate benefit of all involved.

Through the Campus Placement & Internship Cell, we are attempting to create a strong bond between the Students and the Recruiters, which include Law Firms, Companies, Government & Non-Government Organizations, Judicial Authorities, Advocates, Solicitors and other Organizations likely to employ students of University Law College. Law offices, firms and companies like Dua Associates, King and Partridge, Anup S Shah Law Firms, L & T Constructions, King Stubb and Kasiva, Aditya Narayan & Co., Shiva and Co., Spectrum Legal, M/s Sundaraswamy and Ramdas, Just Law, Equitas Legal, Agraa Legal, Pragati Law Chambers, Thakur & Sinha Law Offices LLP, HPE, Wipro and many others have been part of the Placement and Internship Cell in the past. Many of our students are placed in these leading firms companies with attractive pay packages.

We sincerely hope to cater to the requirements of the Recruiters for Associates, Articled Clerks and Interns from among the students. Further detailed information regarding the Placement Cell and the Recruitment processes are provided in the Brochure.

We hope that both our students as well as the esteemed Recruiters have a fruitful, purposeful and incredible Placement & Recruitment experience.

Procedure for Recruitment:

Types of recruitment:

◾ On campus- shall include the process where even a part of the interview is held in the college. It also includes tests/interviews conducted via video conferencing or through voice call.

◾ Off campus- firms at liberty to call for interviews outside the campus or to their office.

College offers scholarship to the merit students. The scholarships are also given to the students belonging to lower classes. The scholarship is entirely based upon the state government guidelines.

Campus
From the early days of its inception, ULC was situated in the City Campus of Bangalore University, close to the state’s legislative and highest judicial seat. However, at the beginning of the academic year 2006-07, ULC shifted from the heritage campus to a new spacious building situated in the sprawling Jnana Bharathi Campus of Bangalore University, which is located on 1,100 acres (4.5 km2) of land. This state-of-the-art new facility hosts eight classrooms where formal teaching sessions are conducted for both B.A., LL.B (Hons) and LL.M. programmes, two seminar halls, an independent library and an administrative block. The Bangalore University canteen and other shared facilities are located close by. This new eco-friendly campus is also equipped with a rainwater harvesting system and wi-fi facility. In addition to these facilities, though ULC is a non-residential law college, separate hostel facilities are available for male and female students within the Jnana Bharathi campus of Bangalore University.

Library
The ULC library is enriched with many books, dissertations, PhD thesis, Newspapers, magazines, and law journals. It also provides for online subscriptions like Manupatra, JSTOR, Oxford University Press, Cambridge Press, etc.; the library has about 36229 books, 1780 journal back volumes, about 37 current journals,14 newspapers, 42 magazines, two databases, and 18,000 other reference material.

Student Activities
The student initiative at ULC is its greatest strength and a spirit of collaboration with a wide variety of student interest groups. Although originally students from urban and rural parts of Karnataka looked at ULC to pursue the study of law, today, students come from various regions of the country and several foreign countries as well.

NSS

The National Service Scheme of ULC has been conducting several activities such as cleanliness drives in villages, health awareness camps, spreading awareness on socially important issues, and a national integration camp with about 150 student volunteers. Various activities were conducted by the National Service Scheme of the University Law College in the year 2020-21, including voluntary blood donation camps, women’s day & other celebrations.

The annual camp of NSS volunteers is conducted every year in different villages near Bangalore. Various social and cultural activities like cleaning the village, legal awareness to the village people, education, health care, personal hygiene, etc., are part of the annual camp. University Law College has made a landmark achievement through National Service Scheme since 2008.

Dr N. Sathish Gowda served as the programme officer from 2008 to October 2019 and at present, Dr Chandrakanthi L. is the NSS Program Officer of the University Law College.

All India Moot Court Competition

The annual national level moot court competition hosted by ULC is the flagship activity of the student body, the Society of Mooters. The competition attracts participants from law colleges all across the country. The Judges of the High Court of Karnataka preside over the finals of the moot court competition. The Twenty-first edition of the All India Moot Court Competition of ULC will be held in February 2017. This year we are very proud to announce that the 21st edition of AIMCC, 2017 is organised in association with National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi.

Mooting in University Law College

Mooting in the modern world of Legal studies has become a vital tool in preparing a law student for the profession. University Law College takes great pride in the fact that it enjoys an unmatched track record of producing great distinguished Advocates at all levels of the Courts.

The University Law College has not only academic laurels to its credit, but has also excelled in various extra-curricular activities which most importantly includes mooting. The students of University Law College have had the privilege of representing not just the college but also the Country. Various teams of the college have been taking part in many prestigious National Moots such as The Bar Council Moot, Surana and Surana Moots, Corporate Law Moot by the NLU Delhi, Annual Moot Court by School of Excellence, Chennai and many other International Moot Court Competitions such as Jessup, Stetson International Environmental Law Moot, Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot, Vienna Arbitration Moot, Hong Kong Arbitration Moot, WTO Moot and other celebrated Moot Court Competitions. The Students have also created a niche for themselves on the National and International Level by winning accolades and respect from their peers for their skills, professionalism and talent. To further this cause and to give students an introduction to the moot, an intra college moot is also being organised every year.

University Law College has always been proud of itself for the fact that it empowers its students with the technical knowledge and skills required to become responsible Advocates. Mooting has therefore become an indispensable co-curricular activity for the students of University Law College. Since Mooting became an integral part of the academic life of every student of University Law College, laurels achieved by students in the field of mooting have helped them achieve a successful career in their chosen field of practice.

Sports Activities

At present, ULC regularly organizes annual sports day and other sporting events such as intra-collegiate football, basketball, and cricket tournaments for both boys and girls. Apart from hosting tournaments, the college has also taken part in various inter-collegiate sports tournaments and has emerged victorious numerous times. Our college students have also taken part in various national and international tournaments.

Cultural and Literary Festivals

ULC also hosts an annual inter-collegiate literary and cultural festival, in addition to intra-college cultural activities. Having successfully organized such festivals in the past under different names, ULC continues this tradition with its law festival called Jus Celebre.

Legal aid and literacy programme

This is one of the components of the LL. B program in which the ULC puts its heart and soul in its realization. Students of the law programme visit villages and enquire into the deficiencies prevailing in the villages through a scientific questionnaire. This includes the day-to-day problems they face, their level of literacy, and the lack of legal knowledge. Through this method, the students ascertain the socio-legal problems in these villages. In this programme, a group of students assisted by a staff member would provide the necessary advice to tackle their legal routine, social and economic problems. University Law College has been consistently holding this programme since the introduction of the five years LL. B programme in the year 1985-86. As a part of the Legal Aid Programme, the college has adopted the village of Kumbalagodu, T. Gollahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka.

ULC Special Lecture Series

The programme started in 2020 has proved to be very useful for the students to listen and interact with many eminent judges and advocates of the High Courts and Supreme Court as the special lectures are periodically organised on legal issues of current relevance. So far more than 30 special lectures have been organized.