Hazra Law College

Hazra Law College is the Department of Law of the Calcutta University situated at Ballygunge, Hazra road campus in Kolkata now known as Department of Law, University of Calcutta, Hazra Campus. It offers graduate, post graduate degree and PhD. degree in Law. The Department also provides Post-Doctoral degree under the University of Calcutta.[1]

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History

The college was established by Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University and famous educationist Ashutosh Mukherjee in 1909. Prior to 1983, the Department of Law was known as the University College of Law. Sir Asutosh wanted it to be a model center of legal education. In a meeting held on 4 July 1908, the Senate recommended the proposal to establish University Law College in Kolkata. Sir Surendranath Banerjee was also present at the meeting, which was presided by Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser, the Rector of the University. The resolution was passed that a college is to be established for the promotion of legal education of the students of Bengal for degrees in law and to serve as a model college. Finally the University Law College, latter renamed as Hazra Law College started functioning under the management of a government body consisting of 16 members with the Vice-Chancellor as President from July, 1909. Eminent scholar and jurist Dr. S.C. Bagchi, LL.D became the first principal and Birajmohan Majumdar was appointed the first vice-principal of this College.[1]

Courses

It offers Bachelor of Laws i,e B.A.LL.B. (Hons) in 5 years course consisting of 10 semesters, Master of law (LL.M) and PhD. Programme. The Department also provides Post-Doctoral research (LL.D.) under the University of Calcutta.[2][3]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Department of Law". caluniv.ac.in. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. "Department of Law, University of Calcutta". univariety.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. "University of Calcutta admissions 2016". 31 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

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