The Law School of Chongqing University was founded in 1945, and famous scholars such as Wang Tieya, a famous contemporary international jurist, once taught in our school. 1952, the state adjusted the structure and layout of higher education, and Southwest College of Political Science and Law and the Law Department of Brother University were jointly established. 1995, Chongqing University resumed undergraduate enrollment in law, and resumed law school in 2002. At present, there are more than 700 undergraduates, including master students and doctoral students 1000.

Since the resumption of the hospital, with the strong support of the brother universities and relying on the advantages of Chongqing University as a national "985" university, the hospital has established a doctoral degree authorization point for environmental and resource protection in 2005, a master of law degree authorization point (JM) in 2007, and a doctor of law degree authorization point in 20 1 1, which is ranked in the national legal discipline ranking published by the Ministry of Education (2007). In the "20 12 Evaluation of China University" hosted by Professor Wu Shulian, the discipline of law of Chongqing University also ranked 17, among which the law of environment and resource protection ranked first among the students of the graduate school of China University.

The college has always paid attention to the construction of discipline teams as the focus of development. Scholars with national academic influence in the fields of environmental and resource protection law, criminal law, jurisprudence, economic law, civil and commercial law and intellectual property law.

In order to build our college into an important legal education highland and legal exchange center in western China, our college actively carries out scientific research innovation and teaching reform, and strengthens the intersection and integration of law with other social sciences and natural sciences. Four national "985" engineering research bases, provincial and ministerial key scientific research bases and key disciplines have been built, and three courses have won the title of national and provincial and ministerial excellent courses. Through hard work and sustained development, the College is gradually becoming a prestigious highland for legal education and research in western China.