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词条 Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University
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  1. Academics

     Scholar-in-Residence  Memorandum of Understanding  Publications 

  2. Programs Offered

  3. Facilities

      Law faculty building    Seminar library   Legal aid clinic and mediation centre 

  4. Law Society

  5. Dr. Ambedkar Chair of Legal Studies & Research

  6. Rankings

  7. Notable alumni

     Actors and entertainers  Jurists  Academics  Administrator 

  8. References

  9. External links

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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.

In 2014, the faculty was listed on number 6 in India's best law colleges list compiled by India Today [1] which it retained in 2015[2] and 2016 as well.[3]

Academics

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.

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.[4]

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.

Legal aid clinic and mediation centre

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

The Law Society is a group of students actively involved in the affairs of the Faculty. It was founded in 1894 as a non-profit student organization. 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 Department 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 organizes events, both academic and social, from annual fest to freshers social and farewell party for final year students.

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi former Governor of Uttar Pradesh was the secretary of the society in the year 1953.[5]

Arif Jwadder was the secretary for the session 2013-14.[6] Anam Rais Khan was the secretary for the session 2014-15.[7]

It published a review called Aligarh Law Society Review a wholly student reviewed journal.[8] From the last 3 years "Law Society Review is being published.

The Society for the first time organised annual festival named 1st Gavel's Buzz in the year 2014.[9][10][11][12] The 2nd Gavel's Buzz was organised in the year 2016.[13] The 3rd Gavel's Buzz was organised on 2017.

Justice Markandey Katju visited the Law Society recently.[14]

Dr. Ambedkar Chair of Legal Studies & Research

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.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17]

Rankings

{{Infobox India university ranking
| IT_L_2017 = 2
| WEEK_L_2017 = 15
}}

The Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University was ranked second by India Today{{'}}s "India's Best Colleges 2017", 15th by The Week{{'}}s "Top Law Colleges 2017".

Notable alumni

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

{{See also|Category:Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University alumni}}

Actors and entertainers

  • Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Urdu/Hindi movie scriptwriter and director, journalist

Jurists

  • Justice Syed Murtaza Fazl Ali, Supreme Court of India; chief justice, J & K. High Court [18]
  • Justice Baharul Islam, Supreme Court of India (1980-1983), Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court[19]
  • Justice Ram Prakash Sethi, Supreme Court of India [20]
  • Abdul Hakeem Khan, Chief Justice of Pakistan[21]

Academics

  • N. R. Madhava Menon
  • Faizan Mustafa, Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad; Founder Vice-Chancellor, National Law University, Orissa[22]
  • Tahir Mahmood

Administrator

  • S M Khan

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/bestcolleges/2014/ranks.jsp?ST=Law&LMT=5&Y=2014 |title= Rank 6 - Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University |date=2014 |accessdate=16 September 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/bestcolleges/2015/ranks.jsp?ST=Law&LMT=5&Y=2015|title=Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University Best Law Colleges 2015 India Today Survey|work=intoday.in}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/bestcolleges/2016/ranks.jsp?ST=Law&LMT=5&Y=2016|title=Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University Best Law Colleges 2016 India Today Survey|website=indiatoday.intoday.in|access-date=2016-05-29}}
4. ^http://www.isil-aca.org/journals.htm
5. ^http://upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/qureshibio1.htm
6. ^http://www.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=9124
7. ^http://www.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=7823
8. ^http://search.library.utoronto.ca/details?5271418&uuid=ea470ca0-6c8f-4754-8057-ffdd386a7ce6
9. ^http://htsyndication.com/htsportal/article/The-Law-Society,-Faculty-of-Law,-AMU-organised-three-day-Law-Fest,--Gavel-s-Buzz-/4480865
10. ^http://www.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=8707
11. ^http://www.batori.in/education/2014/05/09/law-society-organizes-first-fest-gavels-buzz/
12. ^http://www.indiaeducationdiary.in/Uttar_Pradesh/shownews.asp?newsid=29306
13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=6950|title=Aligarh Muslim University {{!}}{{!}} AMU News|website=www.amu.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2018-10-06}}
14. ^http://twocircles.net/2014dec16/1418751542.html#.VfqNbBGqqko
15. ^http://ambedkarfoundation.nic.in/html/chair.htm
16. ^http://www.amu.ac.in/dshowfacultydata.jsp?did=37&eid=3705
17. ^http://www.ambedkarfoundation.nic.in/html/advtec2015.pdf
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://law.amu.ac.in/introducingfaculty.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-09-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419052745/http://law.amu.ac.in/introducingfaculty.html |archivedate=19 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/48_bislam.htm|title=Supreme Court of India - Former Judges|work=supremecourtofindia.nic.in}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtcaselaw.com/jus_rps.htm|title=R|work=supremecourtcaselaw.com}}
21. ^http://www.amu.ac.in/pdf/Alumni.pdf
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/prof-faizan-mustafa-new-vc-national-law-university-cuttack|title=Prof Faizan Mustafa is new VC of Nalsar|work=India Education Review}}

External links

  • Faculty website
  • University website
{{Autonomous law schools in India}}{{Aligarh Muslim University}}

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