Dr. Babugouda S. Patil
Faculties Core Faculty Members
Associate Professor
Dr. Babugouda S. Patil
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Email: babugouda@vmslaw.edu.in
Associate Professor
Dr. Patil, presently an Associate Professor, has been the part of the Institution for the last two decades. He is also faculty for the LL.M Program of Research Center of the College.
He is the Director of the Moot Court Society of the College. He is also on the Editorial Board of the Salgaocar Law Review. He is also the member of the Steering Committee of the Child Rights Clinic of the College.
With the expertise he gained in the Law of Arbitration and the other Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems like Mediation and Negotiation, he initiated several Seminars and Workshops. He was instrumental in developing a competition on Negotiation and making V.M. Salgaocar College of Law one of the pioneers in teaching ADR skills. He also has the credit of developing modules for teaching skills of Negotiation and Mediation. He has also been invited to organise the National Rounds of the Louis M. Brown Client Counseling Competition and to train the participants for the same.
His has been involved with research projects on “Improving Access to Legal Aid as a part of Building Integrated Approach” funded by United Nations Development Fund for Women in the year 2006 and also with the project on “Access to Justice : Study of the Law School Based Legal Service Clinics” funded by United Nations Development Program and the Government of India in the year 2011. He has also been part of the UGC initiative of E-Pathshala by contributing to the e-content on Access to Justice for the Post-Graduate Law Students. His lectures on the selected modules are available at UGC website.
He graduated in Law from the Karnataka University, Dharwad. During his post-graduation, he specialized in Labour Law. In 2011, he was awarded Doctorate by the Goa University for his thesis titled ‘Human Rights of Disabled : A Critical Socio Legal Study in Contemporary Goa’.
He is a member of the international organizations like the Global Alliance for Justice Education and also South Asian Forum of Clinical Law Teachers.
Research Projects
Improving Access to Legal Aid as a part of Building Integrated Approach – Funded by United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 2006
Access to Justice : Study of the Law School Based Legal Services Clinics – Funded by United Nations Development Program and Government of India, 2011.
Research Interests
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms, Clinical Legal Education
Courses
Labour Law
Arbitration
Criminal Law
Law of Contract
Family Law