Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University

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]

Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University
MottoHe taught man what he knew not
Parent schoolAligarh Muslim University
Established1891 (1891)
School typeLaw School
LocationAligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Websiteamu.ac.in

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

Dean
Prof. Mohd Shakeel Ahmed Samdani, Dean, Faculty of Law, AMU addressing the gathering in an event at Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

The Dean is the Head of the faculty and is responsible for all the academic activities in the faculty. Prof. Mohd Shakeel Ahmed Samdani is currently the Dean of the Law Faculty, AMU.[5][6]

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:

  • A Teacher at Aligarh Muslim University, Faculty of Law.
  • Member of the Law Commission of India,
  • Member of several expert committees including Legal Aid Committee(1973), The Civil Services Examination Reform Committee (2000-2001) and Criminal Justice Reform (2002-2003), appointed by the Government of India.

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.[7]

Programs Offered

The Faculty of Law is currently offering the following courses:

  • Five years integrated Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Laws(B.A.,LL.B.),
  • Two Year Master of Laws (LL.M.),
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and
  • Diploma 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
Main article: Law Society, Aligarh Muslim University

The Law Society was founded in 1894 as a non-profit student organisation. It has long traditional character which always uplifts the students' participation and performance in relation to legal affairs in different arena. The Dean, Faculty of Law is the President of the Society. The main task of the Law Society is to assist students within the Faculty of Law with all aspects of their study. Networking with legal professional forms an important part of work in building a presence for Aligarh Muslim University Law graduates with the legal profession. The society organises events, both academic and social, from annual fest to freshers social and farewell party for final year students. Ms. Ayesha Nasir Alavi is currently serving as the Secretary of the Law Society of the session 2020-21.

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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

Rankings
University rankings
Law – India
India Today (2019)[11]8

The Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University was ranked 8th by India Today's "Top 40 Law Colleges in India".[11]

Notable alumni

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

Actors and entertainers

Jurists

Academics

Administrator

References
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  2. "Rank 6 - Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University". 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. "Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University Best Law Colleges 2015 India Today Survey". intoday.in.
  4. "Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University Best Law Colleges 2016 India Today Survey". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  5. https://www.amu.ac.in/deansoffaculty.jsp?did=8011&lid=03
  6. http://muslimmirror.com/eng/will-prof-shakeel-samdani-the-new-dean-of-law-faculty-bring-back-the-lost-glory-of-faculty/
  7. http://www.isil-aca.org/journals.htm
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2003. Retrieved 16 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. http://www.amu.ac.in/dshowfacultydata.jsp?did=37&eid=3705
  10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. "Top 40 Law Colleges". India Today. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "Supreme Court of India - Former Judges". supremecourtofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  14. "R". supremecourtcaselaw.com.
  15. http://www.amu.ac.in/pdf/Alumni.pdf
  16. https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-chief-justice-farooqi-passes-away/articleshow/37843170.cms
  17. "Prof Faizan Mustafa is new VC of Nalsar". India Education Review. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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