It is the oldest law institute in Pakistan which was established in 1868, 14 years before Punjab University itself.
[1] It was the first institute offering legal education to be established in a Muslim majority area of the Indian subcontinent.
Today, the institute is known for its rich history, high quality education and renowned Alumni.
After being founded in 1868 under the auspices of the literary club Anjuman-e-Punjab, the college became a constituent part of the University of the Punjab in 1870.
Anjuman-I-Punjab was a literary club founded in Lahore on 21 January 1865 by Dr Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner[4] who was a renowned British linguistic and orientalist.
It was done to limit the massively increasing lawyers in Pakistan and to offer professional legal education to the Law students.
classes were also introduced and thereafter LL.M, a two years taught program combined with research was being offered during morning as well as evening hours.
program required six days a week of library work, seminars, lectures and tutorials.
Due to the surprisingly low fee and exceptional facilities, it is the top priority for students who want to pursue law as a career.
The collection is regularly updated in accordance with the modifications in the country's laws and the constitutional amendments.
Students can have complete access to online law resources through the computers placed in the library.
The Environmental Law Centre was established by the famous lawyer and environmentalist, Dr. Parvez Hassan[22] (who is also the alumni of PULC), in order to improve the standard of the college, so, is also named after him.
Zafar (President Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association 1979, Chairman Human Rights Society of Pakistan & Cultural Association of Pakistan, Chancellor of Hamdard University) Asma Jahangir (Human Rights Activist, co-founded Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, United Nations prize in the field of Human rights (2018), Hilal-i-Imitiaz (2010), Nishan-e-Imtiaz (2018)) V.D Mahajan (Advocate Supreme Court of India, Legal Researcher, Historian, Political scientist) Jawahar Lal Kaul (Indian lawyer, Vice Chancellor of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Visiting Fellow at University of St. Thomas School of Law since 2014) Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig (Supreme Court Lawyer, Prominent Lawyer in 2007 Lawyer's Movement) Akram Sheikh (President Supreme Court Bar Association, CEC of Pakistan Bar Council 1993–1994) Hamid Khan (Vice-president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, legal writer and scholar, President Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan) Ali Ahmad Kurd (President Supreme Court Bar Association, Important figure in Lawyer's movement 2007) Dr. Parvez Hassan (Environmental Lawyer, LLM - Harvard, Climate Activist, Founder of Parvez Hassan Environmental Law Center at PULC) Khizr Khan (US Supreme Court Lawyer, Presidential Medal of Freedom 2022, Commissioner of US-CIRF, LLM from Harvard Law School ) Swami Shraddhanand[38] (Indian Lawyer, Hindu Guru and Arya Samaj Activist) M. D. Tahir (Prominent Senior Lawyer, Human Rights Activist) Shahla Zia (Women rights activist, prominent lawyer) A.K.
Dogar (Senior Advocate of Supreme Court) Mowahid Hussain Shah (Pakistani and US Lawyer, co-founder of PTI) Barrister Dr Abdul Basit (Senior Lawyer, Kashmiri Nationalist) Sabahat Rizvi (1st Female Secretary of Lahore Bar Association, Women Rights Activist)