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- 1DEMAND No.33ப.1
The Law Department is Demand No.33 - distinct from Administration of Justice, which is Demand No.3.
- 2Ubi jusப.2
The note's own maxim: 'Ubi jus, ibi remedium' - where there is a right, there is a remedy.
- 3Article 213 of theப.4
When the Assembly is not in session the department drafts Ordinances under Article 213 - the exact article to quote.
- 4receives the assent of the Governorப.4
The department's work on a Bill runs until it receives the assent of the Governor and, where required, the President.
- 5scrutinizes and vets statutory rulesப.5
Beyond drafting, the department vets rules, notifications, orders, MoUs and every affidavit filed for the State in court.
- 6Internship Program is being providedப.6
A law internship since 2022-23: raised from 17 to 28 interns and the stipend from Rs.20,000 to Rs.25,000 a month from 2025-26; 49 graduates have completed it.
- 7School of Excellence in Lawப.6
The School of Excellence in Law offers honours degrees in five streams - LL.B., B.A., B.Com., B.B.A. and B.C.A. combinations - with 3,588 students.
- 8Department of Legal Studies was established in the year 1953ப.9
The Department of Legal Studies dates from 1953, set up to raise the standard of legal education in the State.
- 9Chennai was started in the year 1891ப.9
Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai opened in 1891 - the oldest in the chain.
- 10Madurai in the year 1974ப.9
The expansion sequence: Madurai 1974; Tiruchirappalli and Coimbatore 1979-80; Tirunelveli 1996-97; Chengalpattu 2006; Vellore 2008-09.
- 11Justice Thiru.P.Shanmugam Commission of Inquiryப.10
On the Justice P. Shanmugam Commission's recommendation, the Chennai law college moved out of the Madras High Court premises to new campuses at Pudupakkam and Pattaraiperumpudur.
- 12Villupuram, Dharmapuri andப.10
Three colleges opened in 2017-18 at Villupuram, Dharmapuri and Ramanathapuram; three more in 2019-20 at Salem, Namakkal and Theni; Karaikudi from 2022-23.
- 13fifteen Government Law Collegesப.11
Fifteen Government Law Colleges now function, with a sanctioned strength of 17,886 students for 2026-27.
- 14Special Government Law College at Maduraiப.11
A Special Government Law College at Madurai with 300 seats is proposed for 2027-28, at the standard of the School of Excellence in Law.
- 159980ப.14
The 17,886 seats split as 9,980 in the five-year integrated course, 7,066 in the three-year LL.B. and 840 in LL.M.
- 167.5% quotaப.15
Government school students admitted under the 7.5% quota have course, hostel and other fees paid by Government from 2021-22.
- 17established by an Act of State Legislature in the year 1997ப.17
Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University was created by State Act in 1997 - the first Law University in South Asia to have colleges affiliated to it.
- 18Book Bank Schemeப.17
A Book Bank Scheme runs in six Government Law Colleges; international workshops and conferences for final-year students cost Rs.30 lakh a year.
- 19Rs.61.74 croreப.18
The Ambedkar Law University's Perungudi campus cost Rs.61.74 crore on 15 acres, with 10 more acres allotted since.
- 20B++ Gradeப.19
NAAC has graded the Ambedkar Law University B++; the stated goal is A++.
- 21197 scholarsப.24
197 Ph.D. degrees awarded through the School of Excellence in Law; 41 full-time and 223 part-time scholars are enrolled now.
- 22Property Lawப.24
Two new LL.M. streams from 2024-25: Property Law, and Crime and Forensic Law.
- 23Tamil Nadu National Law School was establishedப.28
Tamil Nadu National Law School, Rs.79.22 crore on 25 acres at Navalur Kuttapattu in Srirangam taluk, was set up in 2012 and renamed a University in 2018.
- 24Common Law Admission Testப.29
The National Law University admits through CLAT, with a total intake of 180.