The Bar Library Club established on 15 th June 1825, is almost two centuries old and is perhaps the oldest Law Bar in the whole of Asia. Fifty years after the Supreme Court at Calcutta was established on 22nd October 1774 and thirty seven years before the High Court at Calcutta was established in 1862, the Calcutta Bar Library Club was established, thanks to Mr Longueville Clarke, a distinguished Barrister practising in the Supreme Court at Calcutta and treasurer of the Club since foundation till 1840 and subsequently Secretary till 1862. The Hon'ble Justice Buller allotted a room in the Court House for the use of the members of the Club, and the Registrar, James Weir Hogg, gave all his books at a concession. In 1975, the Calcutta Bar Library Club framed written Rules, which have since been replaced by the present Constitution in 2015. The Club started with 16 members, all Europeans, including 10 Barristers. That number rose to 240 in 1925. At present there are approximately 400 number of members.
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