'Never taught for money': GLC Mumbai faculty seeks clarity on 'continuation' of senior adjunct professors

A faculty has urged the governing council of the Government Law College, Mumbai (GLC) to resolve uncertainty over the 'continuation' of senior adjunct faculty members who have been teaching at the institute for decades.

In a letter to the governing council of the GLC Mumbai , the faculty has asked to announce its decision on the re-appointment of the adjunct faculty members for the academic year 2025-26.

On faculty shortage , the teacher said: “Many Lectures and subjects in which they were taking classes are going free now. Although you have instructed the other law professors to take combined lectures and adjust or take extra lectures (more than their workload it's proving very difficult to manage).”

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The third-year LLB timetable at GLC Mumbai, assessed by Careers360, revealed that faculty have not been allotted for subjects such as CPC, Moot Court, Labour Law, professional ethics, ADR practical, among others.

The faculty also informed the council that a recently appointed law professor’s experience cannot be compared to the vast teaching experience of some of the adjunct faculty members who have been associated with the college for more than a century.

“ Students are suffering and we professors are also very helpless and equally frustrated at our end as we all know how much the college requires the adjunct faculty,” the teacher added.

No lecturers assigned for Moot Court, CPC Labor Law subjects

According to the time table for the third year of the five year LLB course at GLC Mumbai, no lecturers have been assigned for CPC, Moot Court, Labour Law, professional ethics, ADR practical, and other major subjects.

The teaching method of the adjunct faculty members were also different from the one practised now, the teacher said. The former have always started lectures at the start of the academic session on the first week of July, and their formal continuation have always come later, expressed by the teacher.

“I fail to understand why the same is not happening this year too. None of the adjunct faculty are doing it for the money. In fact as we are all aware they are not paid their salary regularly too on the pretext that there is no grant from the government,” the faculty added.

There were instances where some of the senior adjunct faculty members did not receive salaries for up to two years. Despite the financial constrains, the teachers used to come for the 'love of teaching, and imparting their rich knowledge to the young minds,' the letter added.