Welcome to The Shillong Law College

The Shillong Law College is registered under the Societies Registration Act, No. XXI of 1860 and has been permanently affiliated to the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. The Shillong Law College was established in the year 1964 as an Evening College. It was the outcome of the efforts made by the then eminent persons of the city like Late Lokeshwar Sharma, a scholar administrator and a remarkable educationist; Late Bhobesh Chandra Barua, the then Advocate General of Assam; Late Suresh Chandra Rajkhowa, the then Director of Public Instruction, Assam; Late Maham Singh, Advocate and former Minister, Assam; Late Aron Alley, Advocate and former Assam Minister, Late Dhirendra Nath Dutta, Advocate; Late J.N Deb Choudhury, Advocate ; Late Shri Hasibuddin Ahmed, Advocate; Late Nripendra Mohan Palit, Advocate and Late Prabin Kumar Choudhury, the Editor of the then The Frontier Times.


Principal's Message

A very warm welcome to all concerned on behalf of the Shillong Law College fraternity. At the very outset, I would like to thank you for accessing our College Website. Here I would like to pay my homage to those Great Souls whose peerless efforts brought this College into existence. The Shillong Law College is one of the oldest and renowned Law Colleges of the North-East India. It has already crossed 50 years of glorious journey keeping its imprint on the wings of time. The College has been able to keep pace with the changing time of globalization and environment. The College has now become a hub for Higher Education for the students coming from Seven Sisters of the North-East India. Being the oldest Law College, it has been serving the students community for last five decades bring out many responsible and dignified citizens of the country.

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