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About GLS Law College
GLS Law College, a constituent department of Faculty of Law, GLS University, was established in 2015. It aims to add newer magnitudes in legal education that would integrate international standards and provide an environment for innovations, creativity and legal acumen. In a short period, GLS Law College has emerged as the most preferred destination for legal education. GLS Law College offers B.A.LL.B and B.B.A LL.B (Hons) degrees which are recognized and approved by the Bar Council of India. The college has an advantage of senior and well experienced faculty members in the field of Law. The senior practicing advocates also contribute in teaching and providing experiential learning. The teaching pedagogy includes: classroom discussions, case studies, interactive presentations, guest lectures, expert sessions, seminars, conferences, and case law methods coupled with intensive practical training through moot courts.
This undergraduate programme has special emphasis on law practice and demand driven legal education with pleading and drafting skills and pro-bono approach. The programme is designed to provide participants enough drafting and pleading skills in all areas of law, intermixed with non-law areas. Throughout five-years, students undergo rigorous training of moot court practices. In the final year, students learn the skills of legal drafting and dissertation writing. The theoretical knowledge gained in the classrooms are supplemented by the clinical papers.
The five-year programme has been designed to achieve specialised outcomes, skills and values. The five year programme will ensure that the passed out students are ready for higher education, litigation or corporate positions.
Programme Objectives:- a. To enhance the knowledge and understanding of law and non-law subjects
- b. To understand application of the precedents, statutory laws and case laws in law adjudication
- c. To develop strong advocacy and drafting skills, required in the legal profession
- d. To ensure that students learn to think critically and analyze the complex situations
- e. To provide legal aid to the poor, needy and destitute
Vision
To advance human dignity, social welfare and justice through knowledge of law.
Mission
GLS Law College in parallel to its motto of Education, Wisdom and Justice strives to foster intellectual discipline, creativity and critical skills to prepare graduates for highest standards of professional competence.
To cultivate broad range of legal and inter-disciplinary skills that enables graduates to understand law and its role at humanitarian grounds in society.
To promote the interest of justice by pursuing it’s educational & scholarly aims through a diverse faculty and student body.
To instill rigorous professional ethics to develop competencies and skills for solving ethical dilemmas typical of their future professional practice.
Why study at GLS Law College?
- Utmost attention in providing the environment best suitable for overall academic development of the students.
- Guest lectures and special sessions by law visionaries and dignitaries like practising advocates at Gujarat High Court, Judges, and other law experts.
- Project / Assignment based learning resulting in enrichment of practical hands-on experience in the field of law.
- Teaching Law through Movies – a unique concept initiated at GLS Law College to integrate knowledge, learning and intellectual development with entertainment.
- Learning Modules planned and executed with the aim of transforming students from novice to professionals.
- Overall Skill Development done by providing training in public speaking, and students are encouraged to participate in elocution and debate competitions.
- With academic development, emphasis is laid on co-curricular activities as well and students are encouraged to organize various events like: Legal Awareness Day, Legal Literacy to Literates Campaign, Go Green Day, Character Day, Traditional Day, Creative Day, Garba Night, University Youth Festival 2016.
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About Gujarat Law Society
Gujarat Law Society has been in the field of education for more than eight decades and is considered to be one of the largest and most renowned destinations for education in Gujarat. The Society stands as a synonym for contemporary education in the region with its state-of-the-art infrastructure. Visionaries and luminaries like Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Shri Ganesh Mavlankar and Sheth Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai were the first to set lofty standards of excellence in education at the society.
Beginning from a single law college in 1927, which was nurtured, among others, by Shri I. M. Nanavati, today Gujarat Law Society has burgeoned into a mammoth trust that manages 34 institutions offering courses in multiple disciplines imparting quality education.
From a single Law College to becoming GLS University, today it provides wide range of programmes in the fields of Management, Computer Technology, Law, Education, Design, Research, Media, Information Technology, and Communication There are over 24,000 students at the campus who are assisted in meticulously crafting their careers and leading them to the path of success.
Gujarat Law Society has a particularly extensive alumni group which echoes the values that it imparts, right since its inception. Being a part of some of the most distinguished Judges, Lawyers and Corporate Giants across the globe, these members of the Society’s alumni have carved out a niche identity for themselves, that of being responsible, pragmatic and proactive.