CLCA – Campus Law Centre Alumni Association
CLCA – Campus Law Centre Alumni Association
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History

15 years after the Delhi Durbar and the shift of Capital of British India to Delhi, the Faculty of Law started day classes in 1924 to cater the need for quality legal education. In 1963, the law classes were relocated to the present campus at Chhatra Marg from its original place of Vice Regal Lodge (where Shahid Bhagat Singh was held captive and Lord Mountbatten proposed to Lady Mountbatten). Initially, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Degree course was started as two-year course and the teaching was conducted in the morning only. To cater to part time students evening classes were started in 1942. In 1966, the two-year LL.B. course was made a three year (six semesters) course with an examination at the end of each semester.

Noting the growing reputation and popularity of full time day classes, it was given a distinct identity and was renamed as CLC in 1975 and Faculty of Law was to administer LL.M. and Ph.D. programmes. A full time Professor was appointed as Professor-In-Charge to run CLC independently. Professor (Dr.) Lotika Sarkar was its first Professor-In-Charge. Professor (Dr.) Usha Tandon, an alumni of CLC, who presently occupies this position is twenty- second and twenty-fourth Professor-In-Charge of CLC.

CLC has its own building at Chhatra Marg, North Campus, Maurice Nagar, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007.  CLC’s building with nine class-rooms, a seminar hall, Dean/Professor-In-Charge Room, office (non-teaching staff), teachers’ common-room, girls’-common-room, thirty two rooms for the faculty members, a library, three lawns and two cafeterias etc. was initially constructed for 250 students. Presently the same building is accommodating around 2200 students. In 1993 an Auditorium was also constructed, which requires renovation and furnishing. The Centre is in the process of improving its overall infrastructure with state of art facilities.

At the 94th Annual Convocation, Nov, 2017, of Delhi University, the Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University, and Professor Yogesh K. Tyagi announced the plan to construct a new ultra-modern building for CLC and Faculty of Law at the existing place.