Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University

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Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University
MottoHe taught man what he knew not
Established1891;133 years ago (1891)
School type Law School
Location Aligarh, India
Website amu.ac.in/faculties/faculty-of-law

The Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University is the law school of the Aligarh Muslim University which has a history of over 100 years of teaching and writing law. Law classes were inaugurated by Justice Douglas Straight on December 29, 1891. [1]

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In 2014, the faculty was listed on number 6 in India's best law colleges list compiled by India Today [2] which it retained in 2015 [3] and 2016 as well. [4]

Academics

Scholar-in-Residence

The Aligarh Muslim University has appointed N. R. Madhava Menon, father of modern Indian legal education as Scholar-in-Residence in the Department of Law. Prof. Menon was the first PhD produced by the Department of Law at AMU. He is known as one of the long-serving, popular legal educators of the country, an institution-builder, the architect of the five-year integrated LL.B. programme and the Founder Vice-Chancellor of two of the leading law universities of India (National Law School of India University, Bangalore and National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata). Prof. (Dr.) N.R. Madhava Menon has endeavoured for nearly five decades to put Indian legal education at par with those of the developed countries.

Menon has also been:

Memorandum of Understanding

One of the greatest achievements of the Faculty of law is the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between AMU and George Washington University, USA, one of the world's leading higher educational Institutions in law, on 17 February 2010. This remarkable venture facilitates the faculty members and Ph.D. or SJD candidates from each other institutions to participate for a semester or two as visiting scholars for the purpose of conducting research.

Publications

The department publishes Aligarh Law Journal. [5]

Programs Offered

The Faculty of Law is currently offering the following courses:

Facilities

Law faculty building

Faculty of law was earlier situated at Sir Syed Hall which was later on shifted to the present commerce faculty. At present the faculty is situated at Qila road building of the university.

Seminar library

Seminar law library is the oldest seminar library of the faculty. It has around journals and books dating back to 19th century. It has approximately 35000 books including text books, reference books and research books apart from 35 National Journals and 15 International Journals.

Faculty maintains this centre to provide legal guidance and advisement to indigent and poverty ridden litigants by associating students under the supervision and guidance of committed law teachers together with local judiciary.

Law Society

The Law Society was founded in 1894 as a non-profit student organization. It has a long traditional character of uplifting its students' participation and performance in legal academia and practice. The Dean, Faculty of Law is the President of the Law Society.

The Society is committed to promoting the growth of the students in both academic and cultural fields. It provides a platform for the students to polish their skills in Mooting, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Debating, participating in quiz competitions, etc. It also provides an environment for constructive recreation of the students by organizing fests, reading clubs, etc. The Society aims to establish networks with legal professional forums and professionals in order to build the presence of AMU Law graduates in the legal arena. The endeavor is to instill in law students an excellent expression of thought on paper and to provide them a space for growth, improvement, and better learning. Ms. Ayesha Nasir Alavi is currently serving as the Secretary of the Law Society of the session 2020–21. Mr. Akash Varshney is serving as its vice president for the session 2022–2023. [6]

The sub-committee on education set up for centenary celebrations Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, in one of its recommendations in the year 1992, suggested for setting up Dr. Ambedkar Chair in different disciplines of different institutions/ universities. In pursuance of the recommendation and followed by the decision, Dr. Ambedkar Chair were set up for undertaking study and research programmes on various aspects of the philosophy, thoughts, ideologies, missions and ideals of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, by Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi. [7] Ambedkar chair was created by Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, New Delhi in 1992. Professor Mohammad Shabbir is the founding director of the chair.[ citation needed ]

The chair to its credit, publishes its well reputed legal journal entitled Quest for Justice regularly since 2005–06.

It also organizes National Essay Competition every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar on behalf of government of India. [8]

Rankings

University rankings
Law – India
NIRF (2022) [9] 12

The Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University was ranked 12 among law schools in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022. [9]

Notable alumni

The following notable individuals have read law at the Faculty of Law, Aligarh.

Actors and entertainers

Jurists

Academics

Administrator

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