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Inauguration of the SRM School of Law at its Kattankulathur campus .

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The law school will offer three courses — a five-year B.A.
LLB (honours), a five-year B.Com LLB (honours) and a three-year LLB (honours).</div>
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According to a press release, the focus of the School of Law
will be on a holistic approach to the study of law and legal institutions.
Classroom sessions and examinations aside, law and the development of legal
institutions will be seen in the framework of the socio-economic-cultural
developmental imperatives of India.<o:p></o:p></div>
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SRM Group of Institutions will have both domestic and
international advisory boards drawn not only from the academia but also from
the corporate world and research institutions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The School of Law will insist that a student do internships
in reputed law firms from the first year of study onward.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<u>Lawyers can act as catalysts of change and act as voices for
those who have none’</u>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This was the theme that ran through the speeches at the
inauguration of the SRM School of Law here on 13th August. The 100-odd students of
the SRM University, some of whom will study in the new law school, were treated
to what was perhaps their first lesson — lawyers can act as agents of change
and legal education is a must for any society. A lesson, delivered by a series
of speakers, who included a judicial delegation from the State of Maryland, US,
and several others from India.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Starting off with the example of the country’s very own
Mahatma Gandhi, a lawyer, who went on to lead the freedom struggle, the First
Lady of the State of Maryland Judge Catherine O’Malley declared that students
should always remember what they can achieve. “Lawyers are agents of social
change because they act as voices for people who otherwise would have none,”
she said. Taking the theme further, the other dignitary presiding over the
inauguration, Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Maryland Mary Ellen Barbera
said, “Legal education is an absolute necessity for any successful society. As
I see it, it is a powerful tool. Both in achieving social change and in the
proper administration of justice.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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According to her, law was so deeply entwined in the
economic, political and social spheres of any society. She went on to give an
example from US  history, where a young
lawyer Thurgood Marshall achieved something that was a singularly important
event in the fight for equality for African-Americans — the de-segregation of
schools.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The function was also attended by former Advocate General R
Krishnamurthy, SRM founder-Chancellor T R Pachamuthu and Vice-Chancellor T P
Ganesan.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Inauguration of the SRM School of Law at its Kattankulathur campus .

The law school will offer three courses — a five-year B.A. LLB (honours), a five-year B.Com LLB (honours) and a three-year LLB (honours...