Shillong Law College was established in 1964. It is one of the renowned institutes of legal education in Shillong, (Meghalaya).

The Shillong Law College was established in the year 1964 as an Evening College. The Shillong Law College is registered under the Societies Registration Act, No. XXI of 1860. The College has been enlisted under Section 2 (f) and 12 (B) of the UGC Act, 1956 and has also been recognized by the Bar Council of India. Initially, the College was affiliated to Guahati University. In the year 1973 when North Eastern Hill University was established, the College came under the North Eastern Hill University and was granted Permanent Affiliation in 2007.

At present the College is imparting 3 Year LL.B. Degree Course & 5 Year B.A.LL.B Integrated Degree Course. Thousands of students have passed out from this College and many of them are in high positions in various parts of the country in various capacities including Hon’ble Judges of the High Courts, Advocate General & Additional Advocate General of the State. One of the former teachers of the College Shri S N Phukan has scaled to the high office of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh and later became Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Justice Home Choudhury of Gauhati High Court, Justice A.P. Subbah of Gauhati High Court, later of Sikkim High Court and Justice B. Lamare of the Gauhati High Court were the Students of the College. At present Hon’ble Justice S.R. Sen of the High Court of Meghalaya and Justice Nelson Sailo of Gauhati High Court were the shining products of this College and several of them have held the posts of Registrar General of High Court of Meghalaya and so also as the District & Session Judges, Additional District and Session Judges, Asst District Session Judges and Judicial Magistrate.

The college aims to develop analytical and logical skills among the scholars in order to develop them as proficient lawyers.

The college has gained the approval of Bar Council of India (BCI), New Delhi. It offers three-year undergraduate course in the field of law. Shillong Law College boasts of providing state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructure to the aspirants in order to ensure smooth conduct of the course.

HISTORY

The Shillong Law College was established in the year 1964 as an Evening College. It was the outcome of the efforts made by the then eminent persons of the city like Late Lokeshwar Sharma, a scholar administrator and a remarkable educationist; Late Bhobesh Chandra Barua, the then Advocate General of Assam; Late Suresh Chandra Rajkhowa, the then Director of Public Instruction, Assam; Late Maham Singh, Advocate and former Minister, Assam; Late Aron Alley, Advocate and former Assam Minister, Late Dhirendra Nath Dutta, Advocate; Late J.N Deb Choudhury, Advocate ; Late Shri Hasibuddin Ahmed, Advocate; Late Nripendra Mohan Palit, Advocate and Late Prabin Kumar Choudhury, the Editor of the then The Frontier Times.

The Present premises of The Shillong Law College at Dhanketi, Shillong was purchased from Shri Birendra Chandra Dutta on 14th February, 1969, and moved in to the present site in the year 1973. In the year 2000 the College was converted from Evening College to a Day College and Teaching Faculties were appointed based on the Bar Council of India and the University Rules/ Regulations.

VISION

“Providing Highest Degree of Quality Legal Education within the reach of ONE and ALL”

MISSION

To impart quality legal education to students and prepare them for Professional Practices of the highest order and extend expert services in the field of professional and legal education. AND, towards that end, mould intellectually competent, morally upright and socially committed persons who will live up to the “MOTTO” setforth herein above.

MOTTO

“TO STRIVE, TO SEEK, TO FIND AND NOT TO YIELD”;