Government Law College, Madurai


The Government Law College, Madurai is one of seven government law colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. 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.
The Madurai college was opened in 1979, the same year as the Coimbatore college, joining the existing government law college at Chennai.
The college has undergraduate and graduate programs, and maintains a hostel for girl students.

History

Government Law College is situated in Madurai in Tamil Nadu state of India. Established in 1974, it is accredited from BCI and it is affiliated to Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University.

Academics

The institute offers undergraduate courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Law and postgraduate courses award the Master of Law degree.

Notable alumni

*C. V. Shanmugam, Indian politician and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Villupuram constituency.
*R. B. Udhaya Kumar, Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Tirumangalam constituency.
*M. Udhayakumar, Indian politician and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu.
*Devakottai Ramanathan, popular Tamil language orator and stand-up comedian based in the town of Devakottai in Tamil Nadu, India.
*Andimuthu Raja, Indian politician from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party.