Arbitration and contract professor BS Patil is a lecturer
who is constantly motivating his students to give their best and take the lead
in different initiatives. A student of Karnataka Law College, BS Patil
completed his BSc and LLM degrees from Karnataka University, Dharwad. He also
did a Doctorate in Human Rights of Person with Disability in 2011 from Goa
University.
Patil first started teaching at Raja Lakhamgouda Law College
in Belgaum before moving to V M Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar a year later;
he has been teaching at V M Salgaocar’s for the past 14 years. Coming from a
family associated with law, BS Patil didn’t attempt to practise law. “My father
is a judge while my brother and sister are practising lawyers,” says Patil, who
was the Chairman of the Legal Aid Society and was in charge of the Moot Court
Society of the college. He is currently working on the Editorial Board of a Law
Journal which is the first attempt in the state.
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Speaking about his students, he says, “I find my students
highly motivated and dedicated when they represent the college in National
events. After the competitions, I always ask for feedback from the host college
and what is most commonly said is that ours is a no nonsense group that applies
its full concentration on the competitions.”
Patil loves to learn and teach about law because he finds it
changing and developing every day. “Law is a living organism. Some die out,
some live longer and others evolve. To keep myself abreast with the law, I
refer to textbooks, harp on legal websites and our college has a wide legal
database for our reference. Law requires a more practical skill for solving
issues. While in class, if I give one example to make the students understand
arbitration, which means to resolve disputes by not going to court, they will
give me more examples after they understand my point. Once I know they have
understood the topic, I move on to the next topic,” says Patil, when asked
about his method of teaching.
