NEW LAW COLLEGE

ABOUT NLC
The Bharati Vidyapeeth New Law College, Pune, has the recognition from Bar Council of India, New Delhi. It came into existence on 1st August, 1978 as a permanently affiliated college of the University of Pune, Pune. This college has the privilege of being inaugurated at the hands of Hon'ble Shri. Y. V. Chandrachud, then Chief Justice of India. When Bharati Vidyapeeth became a Deemed University in 1996, the New Law College became one of the constituent units of the Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University. It was then resolved by the University authorities to shape the college as a centre of excellence in the field of legal education at international level. The College has celebrated its Silver Jubilee during the academic year 2002 - 2003.


RECOGNITION OF LL.B. DEGREE FROM BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA

The Bar Council of India has given recognition to the Bachelor Degree of LL.B. offered by Bharati Vidyapeeth University, for LL.B. 5 Year and 3 Year Courses vide letter No.BCI.D.699.1999 (LE/Mtg) dated 6th August, 1999. The college affiliation is approved by the Bar Council of India by vide letter No.BCI: D: 336:2002 (LE;Mtg) dated 11.3.2002.

Bharati Vidyapeeth University, New Law College, has kept before itself the goals for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge of law and legal processes in the context of national development. In accordance with these basic goals and expectations the College is striving to achieve excellence in the field of legal education and research. The College while imparting the legal education has kept in view that a professional lawyers must be well equipped to perform the various roles which lawyers are expected to play in our society. The lawyer is not to be merely a craftsman, manipulating advocacy skills in the traditional role of conflict resolution in courts. There are other concurrent curricular goals and roles for legal education, some of which may be more important than litigation in the context of our society.

In pursuance of Bar Council of India's Directive through legal education regulation 2008, the college has updated and revised its course structure from the academic year 2009-2010. The college has introduced BBA (law) course which is recognized by Bar Council of India.