Yashwantrao Chavan Law College, Pune, Maharashtra was established in the year 1978. Earlier known as BMS Parishad’s Law college, the college changed its name to Yashwantrao Chavan Law College in the year 1987, in the memory of our country’s great visionary leader, Late Shri Yashwantrao Chavan. The college provides a variety of UG, PG, and Diploma courses in Legal studies. The admission to its courses is offered on the basis of the marks or rank secured by the candidate in theMH-CET LAW examination conducted by the Government of Maharashtra. Being one of the oldest institutions of the city, over the years the college has created a niche in the field of law education.
The Inauguration of the Parishad’s first building was done at the august hands of first Prime Minister ,Shri. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The main aim and objective of the Parishad is to create a state of the art educational complex so that higher education will be made available to all strata of the society at a very reasonable consideration and to provide the adequate aids and guidance of the students and to eliminate the number of hurdles faced them. The Parishad has been running its activities in the vicinity of historic Parvati hills, surrounded nature’s beauty having an area of about 67 acres of the land. On lakh trees have been planted the institution. This environment friendly task was recognized the Forest Department of the Central Government bestowing ‘Vanashree‘ award upon the Parishad.