Dayanand College of Law, Latur, established in 1971and recognised by the Bar Council of India, is one of the preeminent and distinguished academic institute imparting skill-oriented, quality legal education in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Since its inception, the quest for excellence has led the college to adopt all the innovative technological infrastructures to equip its classrooms with Smart-boards, enrich its library with recent & updated legal resources and repositories, upgrade its language and computer labs with latest digital hardwares and notable language and other law subject learning and assessing softwares to enrich dynamic learning environment for our law students. Located in the heart of the city and surrounded by natural foliage, college takes pride in having vast playground (outdoor & indoor) for its students to practise and exhibit their physical talents and skills. Dedicated cultural department has also been instrumental in not only exploring the hidden artistic potentials of our law students but also in channelizing them into noticeable artistic talents.
Sourcing highly qualified and dedicated teaching faculty from across India, who keep upgrading their instructional methodologies, college has proudly nurtured legal luminaries like Hon’ble Justice Prasanna Varale, Chief Justice of Karnataka, who have not only adorned the benches of various High Courts in India but have also excelled at the Bar and Legislative bodies of this country. Numerous students of this college have distinguished and excelled themselves at the Bar, the judiciary and the Academe at large. Dayanand College of Law, Latur is proud alma mater of dignitaries and luminaries likeHon’ble Justice Shri Shivkumar Dige, Judge, Bombay High Court, Bombay who have revolutionised legal and socio-political environment not only in the entire Maharashtra but also in India.
As the field of legal education becomes competitive, commercialised and technology dominated due to the advent AI and related technological integrations, the college has been resolute to face and meet these professional practical needs of the law students. To this end, college has embraced the latest learner-centric and professional skills-oriented instructional techniques to develop not only the legal competency of our law students but also to equip them with relevant professional skills to meet their employability needs in today’s dynamic legal job market. Practical hands-on training to our law students, in the legal profession related practical skills, through competently crafted courses, workshops and expert lectures, by judicial officers, practicing professionals and legal luminaries has also been the constant practice of the college to this end.
In all these constantly changing times, college has been firm and resolute, holding on to its great heritage and institutional ethos, to fulfill our objectives of imparting effective, quality, professional skills oriented legal education and training not just the finest of the legal practitioners and judicial officers but also nurturing thinkers and nation building professionals of today and tomorrow.
In all these constant endeavours for excellence in legal education, the management of the Dayanand Education Society has been generous with their unstinted support and I am greatly thankful to them for the same.
Dr. Poonam P. Nathani
Principal
Dayanand College of Law, Latur