Tribhuvan University (T.U.) was established in 1959 AD. The Faculty of Law is one of the oldest faculties of T.U. which was established in 1959 AD as an Institute of Law. However, the Law College was established in 1954 AD with offering LL.B courses with an affiliation to Patna University of India. In 1972, the Institute of Law prepared a 2 years comprehensive curriculum for Certificate Level (CL) and 3 years curriculum for Diploma in Law (D.L.). After establishment of T.U., the Law College came under the T.U. The Institute of Law was renamed as the Faculty of Law in 1974 AD.

Objectives:

The Faculty of Law, T.U. has following basic objective:

• to produce human resource equipped with necessary skill, competency and integrity
• to impart sense of responsibility towards society, nation and the world;
• to develop a base of legal excellence with international and indigenous understanding;
• to promote research and understand insights of law and society;
• to prepare competent human resource in the field of law and justice.