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

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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 is a suburb of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. Located along the Western Ghats, it is part of the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation. The area's economy relies largely on religious tourism, education, and hospitality. It houses th ...

, 10 km away from the city.

History

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

Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli (), also known as 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 being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...

college, joining existing government law colleges at

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

and

Madurai Madurai ( , , ), formerly known as Madura, is a major city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District, which is ...

. 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, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

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 Universities and colleges established in 1979 1979 establishments in Tamil Nadu Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras {{lawschool-stub