The objective of Legal Education is to develop human potentialities and skills of law professionals that could contribute to National development in a constructive manner. In India, formal Legal Education was introduced in 1857 in three Universities in Presidency towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. Post independence, was the establishment of University Education Commission under the Chairmanship of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. The Commission emphasized the need to make improvements in legal education as our institutes did not hold high esteem and repute both inside and outside the country. Subsequently, various Committees were constituted for upgrading legal education in India.
The 14th Report of Law Commission of India in 1958, “Reforms of Judicial Administration” Vol.I, under Chairmanship of Mr. M.C.Setalwad recognised need to reform the system of Legal Education and made several recommendations. With the enactment of the Advocate’s Act,1961, the Bar Council of India as Apex body was empowered to lay down standards of Indian Legal Education. As the National Knowledge Commission states that “Legal education should prepare students to meet the challenges and dimensions of internationalization, where the nature and organization of law and legal practice are undergoing a paradigm shift”. However, in May 2010, at National Consultation on Legal Education at Vigyan Bhavan, the remarks by former Prime Minister of India stated “Legal Education in India is a sea of institutional mediocrity with few islands of excellence”.
Currently, the programmes taught at National Law Schools as also traditional law Universities have adopted interdisciplinary legal learning with areas like IPR, IT, Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Alternate Dispute Resolution etc. for professional excellence. Uses of technology in teaching pedagogy and learning has now become common in most law colleges for sharing and access to resources. With this prime objective in mind, We at Chembur Karnataka College of Law (CKCL) started our journey in 2017 with 3 yrs and 5 years LL.B programme and LL.M (with areas of specialization in Constitutional Law, Business Law, Intellectual Property Law and Criminal Law) with world class best infrastructure, latest technology, rich library, distinguished faculties (both full time and visiting). CKCL has also executed Memorandum of Understanding with National Law School of India University, Bangalore with an aim of promoting exchange of programmes both for faculties and students to enhance their legal knowledge and capabilities.
In present scenario of LPG, economic liberalization and WTO, CKCL aims and strives to produce competent academicians, policy planners, business advisors, mediators, law reformers and lawyers of best competence and expertise. This is without compromising the need to ensure social justice with its Legal Aid Committee rendering yeomen services through senior faculties and students with their analytical mind and competitive legal skills.