The journey began in 1974. The Department of Law is now located in the South Campus of the North Bengal University and has an independent building of its own with a sprawling and exclusive campus.

Originally, in 1974, the Institution was established as University Law College and was housed in the building of Arts. In the year 2000 it was upgraded to the status of a Department of North Bengal University with a separate, distinct and prestigious location.

The North Bengal University is one of the six Universities in the State of West Bengal imparting legal education and covers the entire region of the state and the Eastern and North Eastern region of India. This Institution has also the reputation of attracting students from the neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. Presently the Department is imparting 5 year integrated B.A. LL. B. (Hons.) Course (under the CBCS mode). The intake capacity of the Department is 96 students. The admission is made strictly on the basis of merit and marks obtained in the Higher Secondary or any other equivalent and recognised examination. The age bar for admission has also been imposed. It has the pride of imparting Post-graduate course in Law (LL. M.) since 1993 with an intake of 20 students (at present there are 25 seats). The Department has a rich Ph. D programme. It was started in 1999 and since then more than 48 Ph. D degrees have been awarded. Presently there are about 25 scholars engaged in doctoral research under various faculty members under the UGC Regulation, 2016.

The year 2010 has been a landmark in the history of the Department of law as the publication of law journal entitled, ‘Indian Journal of Law and Justice’ (ISSN: 0976-3570) began in March, 2010. Twenty issues of the journal have been published since. In addition to the journal, edited books in the form of Conference and Seminar proceedings on‘Public Health Law’, ‘Privatization of Higher Education in India: Legal Challenges’, ‘Environment, Governance and Development’, ‘Human Rights and Duties’, ‘Rule Of Law: An Anthology’, ‘Trafficking in Persons: Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation’ and Environmental Justice through Sustainable Water Resource Management: Issues, Challenges and Solutions’.. have been published since 2010. In 2019, the journal has been acknowledged and included in the distinguished international Journal and database HeinOnline. The Publication Committee of the Department has been constituted to shoulder the responsibility of publishing the journal, edited books and the newsletter.

The Department runs a Clinical Legal Aid Committee for Practical and Paralegal training of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) students in Legal Aid, Moot Court, Training And Placement Cell, ADR, Lok Adalat and a NSS unit as social service to the helpless persons.

Since 2018, the Department has been organising National Moot Court Competition successfully and participants from all over India has participated in the Competition.

The Department of Law has also formed a Placement Committee that facilitates the process of placement of students passing out from the institution besides collaborating with the leading organisations and institutes in setting up of internship and training programme of students.

The Warwick University, U.K., the British Council of India, New Delhi, and the National Law School of India University, Bangalore had selected the Department jointly to carry out the ‘Human Rights Outreach Project’. The Department had undertaken the project on “Human Rights and Prisoners’ Condition” and booklets in Bengali and Nepali on Human Rights have been published. In these projects the Law students actively participated to make the events successful. The Department has the credit of contributing 30 candidates to the Judicial Department of the State in the last WBJS examination alone. All the LL. M students have found placement in National Law Schools and Law Colleges across India. Many have joined the Judiciary. Our students are also discharging duties in various capacities including corporate world, NGO and other Civil Society activities.

Our Department has taken keen interest in promoting the legal education in the State. The Department is proud of conducting the B.A. LL. B. (Honours) Course (from the session 2003-04), a remarkable development on its roadmap to the Centre of Excellence in this region and neighbouring states.

The strength of our teaching faculty has been increased for better interaction with the students. Leading lawyers of the Court provide strength to the faculty in various professional/procedural subjects of the curriculum and train our students. Renowned Jurists and former Chief Justice of High Courts and senior Professors have consented to visit the Department for delivering lectures to the students.

In the Constitution of India, we have solemnly resolved to secure Social, Economic and Political JUSTICE, LIBERTY of the widest amplitude and EQUALITY of status and opportunity to all. But the price to be paid for the same is eternal vigilance and therefore there must be a strong band of dedicated persons to keep the vigil. Being the social engineers, lawyers have a particular role to play. Lawyers including legal practitioners, Judges, Academicians and even the Legislators would have to assure the people and ensure that any wrong done or any injury caused to them, and deprivation imposed on them, can and shall be remedied by the due process of justice. This is necessary for the survival of our democracy. The Department is fully aware of this noble role to be played by our Lawyers and has been doing all that is necessary to make the students capable of the same.

Department of Law has also now become actively aware of the new role that its students have to play in the New Liberal Economics of the Globalisation. Therefore, the Institution has been taking all possible care and steps to train and tone up its students for this new role along with the role of a lawyer in protecting Human Rights of all, proprietorial and the proletariat, victims and the accused.

The aim of this Institution is therefore to teach and train the future protectors and preservers of Social Justice, so that they can wage a ceaseless war against all forms of injustice and succeed in the great mission to establish an egalitarian society where no rights of human being are infringed.

The Department aims at education that brings forth academic excellence, provides opportunities to nurture all round development of the young personality, stimulate and develop creative thoughts in them, so that they may become worthy citizens of India caring for others, ensuring justice to the tortured and having a sense of duty and responsibility to the society. It introduces students to a wider world of experience and a larger sphere of activities, cooperation with their fellowmen and inculcates habits of order, sense of responsibility and accuracy.