Department of Laws (Punjab University), Chandigarh was established in 1889, re-established at Shimla in 1948, shifted to Jalandhar in 1950 and finally re-located at the university campus at Chandigarh in 1959. The motto of Department of Laws (Punjab University) Chandigarh is to lead us unto the Light from Darkness. This department provides practical training to LL.B. students. Every year the students of the department are sent to the Supreme Court of India as a part of the practical training program. The department has separate and well furnished Moot Court Hall where every year various Seminars, Presentations and Moot Court Competition took place. They have a proper dress code for boys and girls separately on different days.