The Government Law College, Coimbatore is a public law college in the state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

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. Like the rest of the law colleges in Tamil Nadu, it is administered by Tamil Nadu's Department of Legal Studies, and affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University.

Location

The college is situated in the foothills of

Marudamalai Marudhamalai, also Maruthamalai or Marudamalai, is a suburb of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located along the Western Ghats, from Coimbatore. It is currently part of 17th ward of Coimbatore Corporation. It was part of Periyanaickenp ...

, 10 km away from the city.

History

The college was opened in 1979–80, the same year as the

Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

college, joining existing government law colleges at

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

and

Madurai Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...

. The Government Law College, Coimbatore located at Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, commenced to function from August 1979. Later in January 1980, it was shifted to Race Course Road and it functioned there till January 1991. Presently, the College is housed in its own campus at

, adjacent to the Bharathiar University. The new buildings of the Government Law College were built at a cost exceeding rupees one crore.

Facilities

The college has

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-lev ...

and graduate programs, and maintains two hostels for male and female students.

Notable alumni

Jeeva (artist) V. Jeevananthan (born 15 March 1956) popularly known as Oviyar Jeeva (lit. Artist Jeeva) is an Indian painter, film critic, art designer and writer from Tamil Nadu. Biography Jeevananthan is the eldest son of N. Velayutham Pillai, a noted ban ...

, Lawyer, Film critic

References

External links

Official Website
Law schools in Tamil Nadu Universities and colleges in Coimbatore Educational institutions established in 1979 1979 establishments in Tamil Nadu Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras {{lawschool-stub