No new law college to come up in Rajasthan this session

JAIPUR: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University has decided against giving affiliation to any new college in the current academic session.
Vice-Chancellor Dev Swarup said that in a press release by the Bar Council of India on June 16, strict instructions were issued that before giving affiliation to any new law college, see why and what is the need of it.
“The Bar council had completely banned the approval of new law colleges in view of the increasing number of institutions and the declining quality. We have ample number of law colleges in the state and it would be better for us to focus on the quality of education given to students,” said Dev Swarup.
In 20-21, 72 law colleges were given affiliation by Ambedkar Law University in which 11,902 students took admission in 14,717 approved seats of LLB. However, 2,815 seats are still vacant which can be seen as a cause of concern.
Similarly, 1,145 students took admission in 1,640 seats of LLM and PG diploma and 495 seats remained vacant i.e. in session 20-21, more than 3,000 seats remained vacant in these colleges.
In many law colleges of Rajasthan, there are not even enough students. In such a situation, Swarup said that what is the justification for giving affiliation to any new law college? “Rather, even among the working colleges, the college which does not fulfill the prescribed criteria will not be given affiliation.”
He said that the university is committed to improve the quality of legal education in the state and will focus on the already existing colleges.