LAW as a Profession

Legal profession is one of the most lucrative careers today with new areas of specialisation opening in this field from which one can choose from like corporation law, civil law, criminal law, international law, labour law, patent law,WTO, tax law and so on.

Eligibility : Minimum qualification for a course in law (LLB) is 10+2. Course duration is of 5 years and is sponsored by the Bar Council Of India .Graduates can go for LLB(3years) course.

The most premier law universities in india is National Law School Of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore. Admission to NLSIU is through an All India Admission Test held usually on first Sunday in May. NALSAR, Government College Mumbai, ILS law college and Symbiosis college, Pune and Faculty of Law of Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University etc are some of the other leading legal Institutions in India.

Entrance Test:

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT):

Seven National Law Schools namely NLSIU, Bangalore ; NALSAR, Hyderabad ; NUJS, Kolkata; NLU Jodhpur; NLSIU, Bhopal ; HNLU, Raipur and GNLU, Ahmedabad have come together to conduct the Common Law Admission Test.

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for LLB and LLM is conducted in the month of May, every year.
B.A LLB Entrance : The test will be of 2 hours duration and carries a total of 200 marks. There is no negative marking and the paper contains objective type of short answer questions of a standard expected of 10+2 students with the following break up of marks.1. English - 40 marks2. General Knowledge - 50 marks3. Mathematics - 20 marks4. Legal Aptitude - 40 marks5. Logical Reasoning - 50 marks
LLM Entrance : The entrance test for LL.M. is held along with the entrance test for the B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) The paper will consist of four sections, each carrying 50 marks.The first section is intended to test the competency in English Language. All questions will be objective type. Only when a candidate scores 25 out of 50, his/her paper will be further valued. In the second section, the student will be asked to write short-notes on various topics having a bearing upon law. In the third section, the student will be asked to write a short essay on one of the topics in Indian Constitutional Law. In the fourth section, the student will write a short essay on one of the topics in Jurisprudence.
Foreign Nationals : NRI Candidates / NRI sponsored Candidates can write the CLAT examination. If the candidate is selected in the Merit List, the candidate will be admitted based on the Merit only.In case of NRI Sponsored - along with the application form, there is a separate form to be filled by the candidates.

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad:

Admission to the B.A LLB & LL.M. courses in NALSAR University of Law are made strictly on merit, based on a Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) to be conducted together by NLSIU-Bangalore, NALSAR-Hyderabad, NLIU-Bhopal, NUJS-Kolkata, NLU-Jodhpur, HNLU-Raipur and GNLU-Ahmedabad

Programmes offered :
5 Year integrated B.A., LL.B.(Hons.)
LL.M. (Master of Laws)
M.Phil. (Master of Philosophy)
Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)
Diploma- One Year Postgraduate Diploma programmes in :One Year postgraduate Diploma in Patent lawsOne Year Postgraduate Diploma in Media lawOne Year Postgraduate Diploma in Cyber LawsOne Year Postgraduate Diploma in International Humanitarian Law

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for LLB and LLM is conducted in the month of May, every year. Foriegn Nationals are exempted from taking the admission test.

B.A LLB Entrance : The test will be of 2 hours duration and carries a total of 200 marks. There is no negative marking and the paper contains objective type of short answer questions of a standard expected of 10+2 students with the following break up of marks.1. English - 40 marks2. General Knowledge - 50 marks3. Mathematics - 20 marks4. Legal Aptitude - 40 marks5. Logical Reasoning - 50 marks
LLM Entrance : The entrance test for LL.M. is held along with the entrance test for the B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) The paper will consist of four sections, each carrying 50 marks.The first section test the competency in English Language. In the second section, the student will be asked to write short-notes on various topics having a bearing upon law. In the third section, the student will be asked to write a short essay on one of the topics in Indian Constitutional Law. In the fourth section, the student will write a short essay on one of the topics in Jurisprudence

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore :

Admission to BA LLB and LLM courses in the NLSIU, Bangalore is through Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) to be conducted together by NLSIU-Bangalore, NALSAR-Hyderabad, NLIU-Bhopal, NUJS-Kolkata, NLU-Jodhpur, HNLU-Raipur and GNLU-Ahmedabad

Examination is on the same lines as NALSAR