An honest guide to life at Government Law College, Mumbai

The curriculum is set by law department of Mumbai University. This decision has positive and negative aspects as every law college under Mumbai University has a uniform syllabus,same date of examination and same paper, this helps in collaborating to study together with other law college students as well lectures on YouTube are easily available for revision. However syllabus set by Mumbai University is often outdated and lacks new topics in legal field.

The two primary ways of getting an internship as a student of Government law college is through the placement committee of Government law college which posts internship opportunities on its official website as well as on emails. To get regular updates about internship opportunities at top law firms as well as companies, one must subscribe to the email ID of placement committee. The website of placement committee helps to make a well balanced Resume for students of Government law college. The second way to land an internship is by approaching Legal professionals directly with a copy of your Curriculum vitae (CV) and requesting for an opportunity to learn under them. With a well known reputation, it is increasing easy for Government law students to get good internship opportunities at top lawyers in Mumbai.

Fees at Government law college is very less,nominal to some extent as the college is aided by Maharashtra government. Students can benefit from schemes like MahaDBT scholarship. However the benefits of MahaDBT are only for sc/st, obc and ews students

Government law college has a variety of committees and societies that aid in developing students in aspects like professional skills, personality, interpersonal skills as well as extra curricular activities. Debate and literature committee, Moot Court association, Placement committee, Marathi Mandal actively host various events, seminars, competitions, drives. The cultural committee of Government law college hosts a talent show for freshers every year as well as they host the grandest event of the college called as Zankaar which is a 8 day long event with attendees from colleges in and around Mumbai. New committees like Students for promotion of international law and teach for India are providing exposure to the students of college towards new aspects of the legal profession

Admission to Government law college is only through the Centralised Admission process (CAP) after appearing for the MHT-CET exam conducted every year around the months of april-may. The exam is comparatively easy and after the result,the students can enroll for the CAP process which consists of 3 main rounds and 1 extra round. Once the college is alloted, students have to carry a specified list of documents and visit Government law college to submit the mentioned documents. The college staff as well as volunteers help in the admission process and you can contact the volunteers regarding documents needed for reserved students.

There are a few permanent faculty members with vast knowledge in their field and effective teaching methods however Government law college primarily depends on visiting faculty members who in their own rights are experts in their given subjects however lack of permanent faculty often creates problems as students cannot reach out to the visiting faculty members once their agreements end after the pre determined tenure. Dependence on visiting faculty often hampers the co-operation between faculty of same subjects.