DIRECTORATE OF LEGAL STUDIES



The Directorate of Legal Studies was established in the year 1953 with the  object of improving the standard of Legal Education in the State of Tamil Nadu.  After the creation of the Department, there has been an all-round improvement in  the standard of Legal education in the State. The department continues to strive  for further improvement.

The Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai was started in the  year1891. In the year 1974 another Law College was opened at Madurai and two  more Law Colleges one each at Thiruchirappalli and Coimbatore, were opened  during the academic year 1979-80. And one more Law College is functioning at  Thirunelveli. Thus, there are five Government Law Colleges in the State of Tamil  Nadu at present.

The total sanctioned strength in the Law Colleges in the academic year  2005-06 is furnished hereunder.

Name of the College                                                                Total sanctioned
                                                                                                            strength

1. Dr. Ambedkar Govt.
Law College, Chennai                                                                         1320
(Under graduate and
post-graduate)

2. Government Law
College, Madurai                                                                                1471
(Under graduate and
post-graduate)

3. Government Law
College, Thiruchirappalli                                                                   1236
(Under graduate and
post-graduate)

4. Government Law
College, Coimbatore                                                                          1104
(Under graduate and
post-graduate)

5. Government Law
College, Thirunelveli                                                                          1104
(Under graduate)


Separate hostel facilities are available for both men and women students in  Government Law Colleges in Chennai and Madurai. Further, hostel facilities are  available for men students in Coimbatore Government Law College and for  women students in Thiruchirappalli Government Law College.

In order to enable the students to study Law in Tamil, necessary steps have  been taken to publish all the text books in Tamil. Manuscript copies of all the  subjects have been prepared and the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University  has so far published 26 books.

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