Homer Pithawalla
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Professor Homer D. Pithawalla is a practising advocate of the
Career
Prof. Pithawalla graduated from
Prof. Pithawalla's students include Supreme Court and High Court Judges (including one Chief Justice of India), Attorneys-General, Advocates-General, Ministers, and advocates from all over the world. Initially a Professor of
Apart from teaching at Government Law College for 52 long years, Prof. Pithawalla had been invited to lecture at the Harvard Law School, the Law School at La Sorbonne (Paris, France), the University of Cambridge, the International Bar Association, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries, etc.
He was also invited by the
A reputed legal academic,[4] known for his generally helpful attitude,[5] Prof Pithawalla currently serves as the chairman of the Government Law College Placement Committee.[6] He is known to take up causes, including speaking out about the infrastructural problems that plague the college, which is widely believed to have contributed to the "running internship" style of education at GLC, wherein students prefer to intern with firms or as paralegals for their legal education, rather than attend lectures.[7]
Prof. Pithawalla is also the author and editor of a series of textbooks, widely used by Indian law students for law exam preparation.[8][9][10] Apart from editing several student-oriented law books, he has authored a series of books on Company Law, Environment Law, Administrative Law, Land Laws, and The Indian Divorce Act, including the Leading Cases on the Law of Contracts. His book, Legal Language, Legal Writing & General English, is a standard text for law students as well as civil and judicial services aspirants.
Prof. Pithawalla speaks
. In addition to teaching French, he has been associated with Alliance Francaise de Bombay since many years. He is also the Vice President of the Franco-Indian Lawyers' Association (FILA).References
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