Action Taken Report 2023-24

At ILS we believe that imparting legal education is not just an academic activity, but it is a noble cause. Every activity planned and implemented at the ILS is done to fulfill its mission statement. The institution strives to impart professionally desired and socially relevant legal education. A well-planned curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, effective methods of teaching-learning, faculty development, adequate infrastructure, updated library resources, efficient and advance ICT facilities, resourceful and competent administrative support etc. are the major facets helping in the overall development of the institution, and in catering to the needs of the students.

Institutional practice of collecting systematic feedback from the stakeholders, on these facets of legal education, is an effective tool to continuously upgrade and update the practices of the institution, resulting in the overall development of the institution and its students.

Feedback system helps in knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the institutional practices. It ensures transparency in working. The well-implemented feedback system opens a neutral forum for the stakeholders to share their concerns, suggestions, and responses.

A robust and continuous mechanism of collecting feedback from students, teachers, alumni, and employers has been in practice. The feedback is collected at different intervals, on different issues from different stakeholders. Students as end-users of the institutional services are given an opportunity to share and reflect their concerns on the issues of curriculum, teaching-learning, and other related activities and facilities provided. Feedback from parents develops a platform for active interaction and enables institutions to know the views of the parents on the efforts taken up by the institution in developing their wards. Feedback from employers and alumni help institutions know the practical demands of the legal profession enabling the teachers to train the students to become better professionals of tomorrow. Feedback from faculty help institutions understand the problems and hurdles faced in the process of teaching-learning.

The feedback from stakeholders is collected, analyzed, suggestions are worked on to draw potential pointers to act on to help in ensuring quality improvement. Feedback and its analysis along with an action taken report is published on the website of the college. The planning and implementation, of curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, is done keeping in mind the feedback and the insights shared.

We also receive formal feedback from the employers and stakeholders providing internship and employment in the form of letters of appreciation. IQAC takes note of feedback and provides suggestions and recommendations to bring in desired changes.

Action taken report is prepared annually to show how at the institutional level suggestions were adopted and implemented.

Inputs/ Suggestions after analysis of the Feedback (2022-2023)	Action taken in 2023-24
The students feedback showed that around 64.4% of the students stated that there is a need to regularly update the modules of curriculum. To bridge the gap between curriculum and the market expectations, IQAC suggested holding activities that will give exposure to students to upcoming and developing areas of law.   IQAC suggested that with the increased use of technology and AI, certain activities allowing a platform to discuss various angles of the topic can be organized.	One day Seminar on AI and the Law: Unlocking a New Generation in the Legal Field, held on July 8, 2023. It was attended by 59 participants.
	Principal G.V. Pandit Memorial Lecture was organized on the theme of AI. The lecture was on ‘ChatGPT and the Law: Issues of Confidentiality and Ethics’, delivered by Justice D.S. Naidu, former judge of the Bombay High Court held on  July 8, 2023. It was attended by 59 participants.
	A national seminar on “Synergies in the digital age: Exploring the intersection of IPR, Tech Laws, Data Protection, AI and Media Laws” was organized on March 16,2024. It was attended by 60 participants.
IQAC recommended holding a conference promoting an interdisciplinary approach to law and policy.	Prof. S P Sathe 18th International Conference was based on the theme of ‘ Law  and Culture: Interplay between Law, Language, Society, And Politics’. Organized on 14-14 March 2024, the conference was attended by 98 participants.
IQAC suggested to continue with TEDx ILSLAW initiative considering its success	TEDxILSLAW’24 was organized on 19-20 April 2024, covering topics relating to leadership, gender equality, music appreciation, climate change, etc.
On the occasion of celebration of Centenary year of the ILS Law College it was decided to have a grand alumni meet showcasing the legacy of ILS Law College	This year the grand alumni meet was organized for two days i.e.24th and 25th December 2024. Around 600 alumni visited the campus. A musical program ‘Bela Shende Live in Concert’ was organized on 24th Dec. On the 25th Dec  Mr. Sushilkumar Shinde, was the Chief Guest and Justice Uday Lalit was the Guest of Honour. Eminent Alumni from different fields were felicitated on this occasion.
IQAC suggested to hold some activities that will orient students of first year to mooting activities, its dos and don’ts.	A special certificate program in mooting and advocacy skills was organized for the students of first year of ILS Law College. The object of the program was to orient and introduce to the students of first year to the mooting activity, the skills required, preparation of memorials, format of mooting competitions etc. The program was of 30 hours duration, followed by an offline MCQ examination. Around 550 students enrolled for the programs.