The Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian Law College is the great grand child of the prestigious Bishop Cotton School which found its establishment in the year 1865. In 1911 the School was bifurcated and the Bishop Cotton Girls School was housed in Stanford House. In 1985, Bishop Cotton College was started which was upgraded to Bishop Cotton Women's Christian Degree College in 1987. They moved into the present campus in 1999. This College being dedicated to the cause of women's higher education which is considered to be a vital service to the nation, took initiative to start a Law College exclusively for woman as it was felt that woman should know their rights and should fight for their cause. Thus Bishop Cotton Women's Christian Law College came into existence in 2002.

Recognition, Affiliation and Management

The Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian Law College is recognized by the Government of Karnataka, affiliated to Bangalore University till 2008-09 and from 2009-10 affiliated to Karnataka State Law University and approved by the Bar Council of India. The College is managed by the Board of Management of Karnataka Central Diocese of Church of South India.

Building

The Law College has its wonderful building in the C. S. I. Compound, Bangalore. It is provided with a well equipped library, a classically designed moot court hall, a posh Auditorium, a self contained staff room, spacious class rooms and a computer lab.

namely the Bishop’s Mitre (Head Dress), the Bishop’s Stalk and the Open Bible. The left side (sinister) of the Crest (Right side as we look at it) contains the Arms of the ancient house of Cotton of Combermere in England to which Bishop Cotton belonged.

The white 8-shapped figures are the skeins of cotton which represent their line of work. The inverted V-shaped Chevron represents a distinguished service in military. Thus the Crest symbolizes the godliness, work, service, and courage which a student of Law is to be adorned with.