Gujarat Law Society felt the need for starting a Law college in the walled city of Ahmedabad in the year 1958 and City Law College came on the legal arena to render this useful social service.
Since its inception, the college has rendered invaluable service in the cause of legal education and successfully complete 56 years of its existence. During these years the college has produced Judges, Lawyers and Law Graduates who are playing a leading role in different walks of life.
The inspiring zeal and managerial ability of Late Shri I.M. Nanavatihad gone a very long way to confirm on the college the status it has today. The institute is affiliated to Gujarat University. The institute is also recognized under 2(f) and 12(B) of the University Grants Commission Act 1956.
At I.M. Nanavati Law College we try to foster well balanced and multi-sided flowering of students personally encompassing intellectual, physical, moral, emotional and aesthetic aspects we endeavor to impart man making, character building education.
The institute imparts instruction in the course leading to the degrees of LL.B. (General) at the end of two academic years and LL.B. (Special at the end of three academic year) Each academic year is divided in to two semesters. Viz : Monsoon Semester and Winter Semester.
The college was popularly known as “City Law College” since its foundation. In the year 1975 late Shri I. M. Nanavati, the Hon. Secretary, Gujarat Law Society, generously donated handsomeamount of Rs. 2.00 lacs and the college was renamed as “I.M. Nanavati Law College”.
“Justice that love gives is a surrender,
Justice that law gives is a punishment.”
Vision
To impart qualitative graduate as well as post graduate education in law and equip the students with necessary skills and capabilities to understand the complex process of enactment, enforcement, interpretation and practice of law, with a view to secure equitable justice to all citizens irrespective of their caste, creed, religion and/or sex. Further, to tender into the society, Men and Women of Character, who shall foster the Rule of Law and Justice for all.
Mission
-To educate qualified and competent law graduates and post graduates in all branches of law.
-To use the best Infrastructure and Teaching Aids, along with Practical Learning, to prepare the students for the rigors of the profession.
-To address the changing needs of the Society, in terms of its demand for proficiency coupled with Value Orientation, so that the lofty ideals of justice can be reached. In this regard, to instill a deep sense of Ethics in the students and to encourage them to stand up for what is Right, in All circumstances.
-To provide a well-equipped and reached library, where there is enough to stimulate the intellect of the students and to satiate their thrust for Knowledge, since legal education is excelled at only by Extensive Reading.