Nepal Law Campus, originally called Nepal Law College, is the oldest college under the Faculty of Law of Tribhuvan University - the oldest and largest university of Nepal. Nepal Law Campus was established in 1954 by three professors of the Trichandra College led by Prof. Ram Raj Pant, who also served as the founding Principal of the College. Two other Professors who were instrumental in the establishment of Nepal Law Campus were Professor Ratna Bahadur Bista and Professor Ashutosh Ganguli. Initially the College was operated under the affiliation of the Patna University of India. Before shifting to the present location at the Exhibition Road, the College operated from the Durbar High School in Ranipokhari, Kathmandu. The College initially taught law courses based on Patna University syllabus. This meant that in its early days the students did not get to study Nepali law and were trained primarily on Indian and Common law. After the establishment of the Tribhuvan University in 1959 students presented their dissatisfaction with the course owing to its Indian and Common Law character. Patna University then introduced a course on the National Code of 1910 B.S. as an optional course in its law degree. When Tribhuvan University was established in Nepal the Institute of Law was founded within the University. Later the Institute of Law was converted into the Faculty of Law. Nepal Law Campus presently is a constituent college under the Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University. As a constituent campus of the Tribhuvan University and as the oldest institution imparting legal education in Nepal, the campus has made great contributions in advancing legal education. The campus has proud history of graduates who have provided highest leadership for judiciary and other mechanism within the country and abroad. Nepal Law Campus offers three year Bachelor of Laws, a five-year Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Laws and two-year and three-year Master of Laws programs. The programs are taught by accomplished professors, readers and lecturers with varied background from government, judiciary and private legal practice. The Campus produces thousands of law graduates who are engaged in various governmental, non-governmental organizations and judicial systems inside the country and abroad. Its graduates have held highest positions in legal and administrative sectors like the Attorney General of Nepal, Chief Justice of Nepal, Justices of Supreme Court, judges and judicial officers in Nepal as well as known advocates and acclaimed academicians in various renowned universities in Nepal and around the world. All the present Supreme Court Justices, including the Chief Justice, Law Minister, Attorney General, Law Secretaries, and Foreign Secretary, got their law degrees from Nepal Law Campus. Nepal Law Campus is located at the heart of Kathmandu on Exhibition Road.
