ILS Law College
Indian Law Society's Law College, more commonly known as ILS Law College, is a Law schools based in Pune, India. It was established in 1924 and offers a wide range of courses, primarily 3-year and 5-year degrees. It is one of the oldest as well as most reputed legal institutions in India. ILS is located on Law College Road, Pune.
The College has for more than a decade been ranked within the Top Ten Law Colleges in India. It has been ranked by the AC Nielson-India Today Survey in the 7th position this year. In the year 2000 it has been ranked in the 3rd position. But every year it is invariably among the Top 8 Law Schools of the country. ILS recently celebrated its 75th Foundation Day.
The college was aided by The Ford Foundation.
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[edit] History
The Indian Law Society was established in on 4 March 1923 as a Public Charitable Trust registered under the Societies Registration Act. The Society established the eponymous Law College with an objective to provide facilities for the study of Law on a scientific basis.
The college was initially affiliated to the University of Bombay but with the founding of the University of Pune in 1949, the college became a constituent of the latter.
[edit] Campus
ILS boasts of a very naturalistic picturesque campus.The campus is located at the centre of Law College Road with the famous FTII (Film and Television Institute) on one side and the Bhandarkar Research Institute on the other side. It has a large swimming pool, tennis court, as well a football field.There is no ragging on-campus.The College facilities combine stately architecture and state-of-the-art resources. The campus stretches from the Sarswati Building which houses the library, the reading room, the administrative office, the conference hall and the Principal's office, besides the chambers of other faculty members and computer facilities for research students, to the Laxmi Building that houses over fifteen halls for regular lectures, the legal aid centre and an auditorium with a capacity of 400 people, used for guest lectures, college functions and presentations.
Apart from the academic and administrative buildings, the College facilities are further enriched with a huge residential complex for male students; the newly constructed Ladies Hostel, a gymnasium, a sprawling cricket and football ground, a sports pavilion housing the indoor sports facilities, tennis courts and a swimming pool. With all this and more the College facilities are unmatched by any other institution for legal studies in the country. Keeping in mind the importance of a well equipped library in a legal institution, the College gives top priority in funding allocations to the Library. Housed on a separate floor of the Sarswati building, the ILS library boasts of over 45,000 books and volumes of periodicals, journals and magazines and is rated as one of India's best libraries. It subscribes to over 95 Indian and foreign journals each year, including the All England Reports, The American Journal of Comparative Law, The Cambridge and Oxford Law Journals, etc. It also offers computer and photocopying facilities to its students as well as an online search catalog. The library has an inter-library loan network with other prominent libraries in Pune.
[edit] Education
The ILS Law College faculty comprises scholars and professionals with extensive experience and expansive knowledge in their respective fields of interests. The faculty divides its time among two complementary activities - teaching and research. ILS gives high priority to interactive teaching and the faculty constantly innovates to engage students in activities that take learning beyond the classroom. This provides a stimulating and comfortable study environment that enables students to exercise their best potential.
[edit] International Students
Students from various countries such as Bhutan, Nepal, South Korea, Pakistan, Afghanistan, USA, Switzerland, Kenya, Canada, Uganda, Sudan among others attend courses at this institution.
[edit] Food Facilities
The college has two food centres, one a Canteen which serves many cuisines from starters to main course - mainly pure vegetarian. The other is a Mess which serves proper food cooked in a Thali System. A number of eateries are located nearby, which add to the variety of food stuffs. Poona Coffee Hut is one such establishment that has satiated the thirst of many an ILS student for years. Also Asings Burger, A Cafe Coffee Day, Barista Cafe, Moocha Cafe, Costa Coffee, Kollage and Krishna Dinning are amongst the favorite hangouts of ILS students.
[edit] Placement Cell
The college has a Placement Cell which helps students to come across a large number of recruiters. Some of the key recruiters include a number of law firms, banks and multinational companies.
[edit] Facilities
The college devotes a lot of attention in creating a Moot Court atmosphere; ILS has prominent debating cells, cultural cells, corporate cell, center for public law, Alternate dispute resolution cell etc.
The college has a vibrant legal aid programme involving final year students. It also runs legal literacy programmes for lay people. For instance, in a project with the KEM Hospital research centre, a village is selected and students sent there to spread legal literacy. This project covers issues like human rights, gender and civil rights. Students also hold street plays to make citizens aware of legal issues.
In conjunction with the Rotary circuit, ILS students go to a legal centre four days a week. The centre gets clients through various NGOs active in Pune. The legal centre also has eminent lawyers on hand to help people in need of counselling.
However, the college advocates out-of-court settlements to long drawn out litigation. One of the institutions prestigious projects involves working with the National Commission for Women.
The other big advantage of studying at ILS is that being a grant-in-aid college, the fees are highly affordable.
[edit] Courses
In addition to the five-year degree course and the three-year degree course (for graduates in any discipline), the college also offers various diplomas and distance-learning courses.
ILS is also part of the EU Law r students can also apply for this diploma course. The best students from the program get a chance to go on an exchange program to Greece for a semester of study there.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud former Chief Justice of India
- Sushil Kumar Shinde, the current cabinet minister for Power.
- Vilasrao Deshmukh, two time chief minister of Maharashtra and a minister in the Monmohan Singh Cabinet,
- M. C. Chagla, former Cabinet Minister and Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court
- Agatha Sangma, the youngest minister of state in Indian cabinet.
- Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed, the youngest Congress MP in India elected from the Lakshadweep Constituency
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