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{{Short description|Public law school}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox university
|name            = University Law College, Bangalore
|image           = ULC Logo.jpg
|image_size      = 200px
|nickname        = ULC, Bangalore
|affiliation     = [[Bangalore University]]
|established     = {{Start date and age|1948|07|01|df=yes}}
|type            = Public / Government
|vice_chancellor = Prof. Dr. Jayakara S M
|principal       = Prof. (Dr) V. Sudesh
| dean           = Prof. (Dr) N. Dasharath
|city            = [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]]
|state           = [[Karnataka]]
|country         = [[India]]
|coor            = {{coord|12|58|25.46|N|77|34|51.4|E|type:edu_region:IN}}
|students        =
|undergrad       =
|postgrad        =
|campus          = [[Urban area|Urban]]
|address         = University Law College, Bangalore University, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore - 560 056.
|website         = {{Official website}}
}}
The '''University Law College, Bangalore University''', popularly known as '''ULC - Bangalore''', is a [[legal education]] institution located in the city of [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]].
==Administration==
=== Bangalore University===
ULC is administered and maintained by the [[Bangalore University]] (BU),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bub.ernet.in/ |title=Bangalore University<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2011-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721154746/http://www.bub.ernet.in/ |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was started originally in 1886 at Central College, later given status of Degree awarding body through its own name in July 1964 under the Mysore Act No.26, later replaced by the [[Karnataka State Universities Act]].<ref>[http://www.indiaeducation.ernet.in/insitutions/PROFILENEW.ASP?no=U00527 Bangalore University<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The university offers a wide range of curricular options encompassing 9 faculties which include both traditional as well as modern intellectual disciplines.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://naacindia.org/Reports/BangaloreUni-PTR.doc | title=Draft Report On Institutional Accreditation Of Bangalore University | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928063902/http://naacindia.org/Reports/BangaloreUni-PTR.doc | archive-date=2007-09-28 | format=DOC}}</ref> With as many as 600 affiliated Colleges, 75 Post-Graduate Departments, more than 360,000 students pursuing undergraduate programs and 7,362 students specializing in postgraduate studies, the Bangalore University has grown to be recognized as one of the largest universities in [[Asia]].<ref>[http://www.bub.ernet.in/Subfiles/About/history.htm Bangalore University – About BU<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Bangalore University has been accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council ([[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]])<ref>[http://naacindia.org/ NAAC – National Assessment and Accreditation Council<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in 2001 and awarded Five Star Status.<ref>[http://naacindia.org/Universities.asp?state=12 Accredited Universities<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The university is a member<ref>[http://www.aiuweb.org/MembersB.htm Association of Indian Universities<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU),<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.aiuweb.org/ | title=AIUWeb - Home | website=www.aiuweb.org}}</ref> and has also received the recognition of University Grants Commission (UGC).<ref>[http://www.ugc.ac.in/ :::Welcome to UGC :::<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
===Faculty of Law===
The Faculty of Law of Bangalore University offers courses both at UG and PG level. The University Law College (ULC) is the only constituent college of law directly administered by the Bangalore University. Senior Prof Dr V Sudesh is the Dean for the faculty of law DEc. 2023 onwards. ULC hosts a few well-qualified and experienced faculty and a resourceful administrative staff.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty |url=http://www.bub.ernet.in/Sub/faculty/Law/Sub/faculty.html |website=www.bub.ernet.in}}</ref>
===Campus===
From the early days of its inception, ULC was situated in the Central College Campus of Bangalore University, close to the legislative and highest judicial seat of the State. However, at the beginning of the academic year 2006-07, ULC shifted from the heritage campus to a new spacious building situated in the Jnana Bharathi Campus of Bangalore University, which is located on {{convert|1100|acre|km2}} of land close to the Kengeri suburb of Bangalore. This new facility hosts eight class rooms where formal teaching sessions are conducted for both B.A., LL.B. and LL.M. programmes, two seminar halls, an independent library and an administrative block with chambers for the principal, the chairman and dean, and all teaching faculty members. The Bangalore University canteen and other shared facilities are located close by. This new eco-friendly campus is also equipped with rain water harvesting system. In addition to these facilities, though ULC is a non-residential law college, separate hostel facilities are available for male and female students within the Jnana Bharathi campus of Bangalore University.
==History==
=== Early history===
The erstwhile Government of [[Mysore]] (now the State of [[Karnataka]]) started the college in the year 1948. It was previously known as the '''Bangalore Government Law College'''. Prof. Narayan Rao was the first principal of the college. From 1964, ULC was brought under the Faculty of Law of Bangalore University. ULC started with a two-year course, and later offered a three-year postgraduate LL.B. program till 1986.
===Pioneering the 5-year integrated B.A.L., LL.B. program===
In 1982, Prof Dr V.B. Coutinho became the principal of ULC. During his term, the college emphatically transformed into one of the first professional law colleges in the country by introducing the five-year integrated B.A.L., LL.B. program for the first time, in the academic year 1986–87. This was an initiative to achieve higher standards in legal education. A few years thereafter, the Committee on Subordinate Legislation of the 10th Lok Sabha, the Committee of Judges on Legal Education appointed by the chief justice of India in 1993, and the All India Law Ministers Conference in 1994 unanimously recommended the adoption of the five year LL.B. program as the course for professional legal education.<ref>Law Commission of India, ''Working Paper on the Review of Advocates Act 1961'', Pp.18-19</ref>
==The ULC experience==
=== Academia===
At present, ULC offers:
* the five-year integrated [[Bachelor of Laws]] (B.A. LL.B.)(Hons) program, a semester program with 60 students admitted each year; and
* the two-year specialized [[Master of Laws]] (LL.M.) program in 5 different branches, with an intake of 12 students per branch (Criminal Law - Business Law - Constitution and Legal Order - Labour, Capital & Law - Environmental Law)
==Student activities==
===NSS===
The [[National Service Scheme]] is an Indian government-sponsored programme under the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nss.nic.in/ |title=NSS -- National Service Scheme |access-date=16 January 2009 |archive-date=2 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302102103/http://nss.nic.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ULC established a NSS unit in 2008, with about a hundred student-volunteers. The NSS unit at ULC has been actively involved in many social service activities in rural areas and has organized blood donation camps. NSS volunteers have also contributed towards the eco-friendly theme of the new campus by enriching the greenery in the campus with many plants.
Dr Sathish Gowda N, Associate Professor, served actively as NSS Programme Officer since 2008. Currently, Associate Professor Dr Chandrakanti L is the NSS Programme Officer at ULC.
===All India Moot Court Competition===
The annual national level [[moot court]] competition hosted by ULC is the flagship activity of the student body, the ''Society of Mooters''. The competition attracts participants from law colleges all across the country. The justices<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/JProfile/jprofile.htm |title=Judges Profile |access-date=2011-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619061007/http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/JProfile/jprofile.htm |archive-date=2009-06-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> of the High Court of Karnataka<ref>[http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/ High Court of Karnataka<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> preside over the finals of the moot court competition. The twenty seventh edition of the All India Moot Court Competition of ULC will be held in June 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulcbangalore.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112130317/http://ulcbangalore.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=12 November 2014 |title=Home |website=ulcbangalore.com}}</ref>
===Sports activities===
ULC regularly organizes annual sports day and other sporting events such as  intra-collegiate football, basketball and cricket tournaments for both boys and girls.
===Cultural and literary festivals===
ULC also hosts an annual inter-collegiate literary and cultural festival, in addition to a host of intra-college cultural activities. Having successfully organized such festivals in the past under different names, ULC continues this tradition with its law festival called ''Jus Celebre''.
==Notable alumni==
{{Category see also |University Law College, Bangalore University alumni}}
ULC Notable alumni include:
* [[M. N. Venkatachaliah]], former [[Chief Justice of India|chief justice of India]]; former chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) (1996–1998); former chairman of the Constitution Review Committee (1999); and a recipient of the [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2004).
* [[N. Venkatachala]], former Judge of the [[Supreme Court of India]] (1992–1995), and former Karnataka Lokayukta.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kar.nic.in/lokayukta/ |title=Karnataka Lokayukta<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903035929/http://www.kar.nic.in/lokayukta/ |archive-date=2006-09-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[N. Santosh Hegde]], the present Karnataka Lokayukta, and former Judge of the Supreme Court of India (1999–2005).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kar.nic.in/lokayukta/newlok.pdf |title=Biodata of Justice Nitte Santosh Hegde |access-date=2009-09-07 |publisher=www.kar.nic.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517060335/http://www.kar.nic.in/lokayukta/newlok.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[R.V. Raveendran]], judge, Supreme Court of India (October 2005 – present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/sitting/rvr.htm|title = Home &#124; SUPREME COURT OF INDIA}}</ref> and former chief justice, High Court of Madhya Pradesh.
* [[S. M. Krishna]], Hon'ble Minister for External Affairs, India (23 May 2009 – present) and a member of parliament (MP) from Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha; former governor of the State of Maharashtra (12 Dec 2004 – 5 March 2008); and former chief minister of Karnataka (11 Oct 1999 – 28 May 2004).
* [[Veerappa Moily]], Union Law Minister, India (28 May 2009 – present); chairman of 2nd [[Administrative Reforms Commission]] of India; and former chief minister of Karnataka(19 Nov 1992 – 11 Dec 1994).
* [[Margaret Alva]], Her Excellency, Hon'ble Governor of Uttarakhand (July 2009 – present).
* [[S. Bangarappa]], former chief minister of Karnataka (1990–1992).
==Law in action==
In the recent past, ULC has, through Bangalore University, partnered with [[University of Paris X-Nanterre]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Paris |url=http://www.u-paris10.fr/index.jsp |access-date=February 18, 2024 |website=www.u-paris10.fr}}</ref> for exchange of faculty and students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Université de Paris 10 - Partner universities in Asia and Oceania |url=http://www.u-paris10.fr/06112493/1/fiche___pagelibre/ |website=www.u-paris10.fr}}</ref> Over the last few decades, ULC has evolved to be more diverse and its student activities more varied. Building on a strong foundation and a rich tradition, ULC has transformed into a law college of choice for many aspiring lawyers.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://ulcbangalore.com/}}
[[Category:Law schools in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Colleges in Bengaluru]]
[[Category:Colleges affiliated to Bangalore University]]