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Career Opportunities

Law is a lucrative career option. Those whose families have been into the profession for generations in India usually opt to study law. Aspirants interested in making a career in law can either do a 3 years’ law course after graduation in any discipline or a 5 years’ law course after 12th class in any discipline. In fact, the 3 years’ course is now giving way to the 5 years’ one which is seen as a better option. In most cases, colleges run the 3 years’ course only for those whose main discipline in graduation is something other than law, or working professionals who want to do an LL.B as an additional qualification. The 5 years’ course is meant for those who want to take up law as a career – be it as a litigator, or any other kind of legal professional.

The LL.B course is regulated by the Bar Council of India which sets rules and regulations regarding legal practice in the country. Any specialisation is done at masters, MPhil or PhD stage. A higher degree helps candidates get jobs in academics. Generally, people feel that a career in law primarily means Litigation. But times have changed, and multiple career options have emerged for Law Professionals. A law graduate can specialise in various fields like Cyber Law, Humanitarian Law, Aviation Law, IPR Law, Media Law and build their career accordingly. Some of the common career paths are illustrated below.

	LITIGATION - Civil, Criminal, Tax
	LAW FIRMS - Corporate Litigation, Corporate, Advisor, Tax Practice, Company Mergers & Acquisitions,
	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY -Trademark, Patent, Copyright, Design
	JUDICIARY- Only law graduates are eligible to sit in Judicial Chair through Public Service Commissions (PSC) or they are recommended by the Bar.
	SPECIAL SERVICES - After doing specialization in Cyber, Aviation, Media, IPR, Humanitarian, law graduates can work in a firm or Institute and build a successful career.
	OTHERS -LPOs, Legal Journalism, work as Law Officer in Government, NGOs, Teaching, Private & International organisations, Legal Outsourcing.

Where do you study 3 years’ LL.B ?

There are so many universities and colleges who offer 3 years LLB Programmes, but they all take admission through their own entrance exam. To know more see list below Universities/Institutes/Colleges and visit their website.

SL. No.	University	Location	Website	No. of Affiliated college/ institute	seats
1.	University of Delhi	Delhi	www.du.ac.in	1	60
2.	Symbiosis Law College	Pune, Maharashtra	www.symlaw.ac.in	1	60
3.	Jindal Global Law School	Sonipat, Haryana	www.jgls.edu.in	1	60
4.	University of Mumbai	Mumbai, Maharashtra	www.mu.ac.in	42	5700
5.	Banaras Hindu University	Banaras, Uttar Pradesh	www.bhu.ac.in/law	1	230
6.	University college of Law Osmania University	Hyderabad, Telangana	www.bhu.ac.in/law	1	230
7.	Burdwan University	Bardhaman West Bengal	www.buruniv.ac.in	5	400

Note- NLSIU, Bangalore started 3 years LL.B programme.

Eligibility for 3 years LL.B

Age Limit- The age of the applicant shall not be above 30 years in case candidates belonging to general category and shall not be above 35 years in case of applicants belonging to SC/ST or OBC category as on 1st July of the same academic year in which candidate may be seeking admission. Bar Council of India has removed any upper or lower age limit criteria for admission to law courses.

Educational Qualification- Candidate who has graduated in any discipline of knowledge from a University established by an Act of Parliament or by state Legislature or an equivalent National Institute recognized as a Deemed University or a foreign University recognized as equivalent to the status of an Indian University by an authority competent to declare equivalent is eligible to study a 3 year LL.B course.

Minimum Marks Required- Candidate must have obtained minimum 45% marks in aggregate in the 3-year bachelor’s degree in any discipline, if belonging to General categories. SC/ST/OBC categories shall be eligible to apply if they obtained 40 % marks in the said qualifying examination.

Where do you study 5 years LL.B?

There are so many Law Colleges, Institutes and Universities in India who offer Law degrees, but 23 National Law Universities (NLUs) are India's most prestigious law schools. The NLUs offers 5 years integrated law courses i.e.BA LLB (Hons.) and BBA LL.B (Hons.), BSc LL.B (Hons.) and BCom LL.B (Hons.) in Under Graduate Courses and LL.M, LLD, PhD in Law in PG Courses. NLUs also offer Distance Law Courses. Candidates seeking admission to 22 NLUs in India out of 23 NLUs have to qualify through an entrance test called COMMON LAW ADMISSION TEST (CLAT). 22 NLUs are taking admission through CLAT for more than 2800 seats for 5 years integrated Law courses and around 750 seats for Post Graduate law courses or LL.M. National Law University(NLU), Delhi does not accept CLAT scores. NLU, Delhi conducts a separate entrance test. The law aspirants, who wish to take admission at National Law University, Delhi must clear the All-INDIA LAW ENTRANCE TEST (AILET). NLU, Delhi offers 80 seats each to take admission to the university’s 5 years integrated Law courses and Postgraduate law courses. Like NLU, Delhi, Symbiosis Law Admission Test (SLAT) earlier known as SET Law takes entrance exam conducted by the Symbiosis International (Deemed) University to offer admissions into the 5 years integrated law courses i.e. BA LL.B (Hons.) and BBA LL.B (Hons.). The law courses are offered at four law schools of SIU i.e., Symbiosis Law School (SLS) Pune, SLS Noida, SLS Hyderabad and SLS Nagpur (new campus).

List of the NLUs

SL. No.	University	Location	Website	Seats	Annual Fees
1.	National Law School of India University	Bangalore	www.nls.ac.in	180	Rs.2,62,000*
2.	National Law University	Delhi	www.nludelhi.ac.in	80	Rs.1,86,000*
3.	National Academy of Legal Study & Research (NALSAR) University of Law	Hyderabad	www.nalsar.ac.in	132	Rs. 2,42,000*
4.	The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences	Kolkata	www.nujs.edu	132	Rs.1,45,000*
5.	National Law University	Jodhpur	www.nlujodhpur.ac.in	120	Rs.1,42,000*
6.	Gujarat National Law University	Gandhinagar	www.gnlu.ac.in	172	Rs. 2,37,000*
7.	Rajiv Gandhi National University of law	Patiala	www.rgnlu.ac.in	180	Rs. 2,11,00*
8.	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University	Lucknow	www.rmlnlu.ac.in	169	Rs.1,53,000*
9.	National Law University & judicial Academy	Assam	www.nluassam.ac.in	60	Rs. 2,19,000*
10.	National Law Institute University	Bhopal	www.nliu.ac.in	120	Rs. 235,250*
11.	Hidayatullah National law University	Raipur	www.hnlu.ac.in	170	Rs.1,75,000*
12.	Chanakya National Law University	Patna	www.cnlu.ac.in	138	Rs.1,94,000*
13.	National University of Advanced Legal Studies	Kochi	www.nuals.ac.in	60	Rs.1,70,000*
14.	National Law University Odisha	Cuttack	www.nluo.ac.in	106	Rs.1,71,000*
15.	National Law University of Study & Research in Law	Ranchi	www.nusrlranchi.in	120	Rs. 2,27,000*
16.	Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University	Visakhapatnam	www.dsnlu.ac.in	138	Rs. 2,00,000*
17.	The Tamil Nadu National Law School	Tiruchirappalli	www.tnnlu.ac.in	114	Rs.2,23,000*
18.	Maharashtra National Law University	Mumbai	www.mnlumumbai.edu.in	150	Rs. 1,77,000*
19.	Maharashtra National Law University	Nagpur	www.nlunagpur.ac.in	120	Rs. 2,20,750*
20.	Maharashtra National Law University	Aurangabad	www.mnlua.ac.in	60	Rs. 2,23,017*
21.	Himachal Pradesh National Law University	Shimla	www.hpnlu.ac.in	120	Rs. 2,46,000*
22.	Dharmashastra National Law University	Jabalpur	www.mpdnlu.ac.in	120	Rs. 2,50,000*
23.	Dr. B R Ambedkar National Law University	Rai(Sonepat)	www.dbranlu.ac.in	120	Rs.2,02,000*
24.	Gujarat National Law University	Silvassa	www.gnlus.ac.in	204	Rs.2,58,000*
25.	National Law University Tripura	Tripura	www.nlutripura.ac.in	60	Rs.1,81,000*

* To Know latest Fees Structure please visit respcetive NLUs website

About CLAT

CLAT was introduced in the year 2008. The Consortium of National Law Universityes was established on 19th August, 2017 with the aim of improving standards of legal education in the countary ans serving the justice system through legal education. CLAT is conducted on a rotational basis by NLUs, now known as “Consortium of NLUs”. 24 NLUs are taking admission through CLAT for more than 3250 seats for 5 years integrated Law courses or LL.B and around 750 seats for Post Graduate law courses or LL.M.

ELIGIBILITY for UG-CLAT

Age Limit- Bar Council of India has removed any upper or lower age limit criteria for admission to law courses.

Educational Qualification- Candidate who passed 10+2 is eligible to study LL.B. Candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in March/April are also eligible to appear in CLAT. However, they shall be required to produce evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.

Minimum Marks Required- Candidate must have secured at least 45% marks in 10+2, if belonging to General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories. 40% marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.

Procedure to select- In case of equal marks, the break of tie shall be by the following procedure and order as under:

1. Higher marks in the component / section on legal aptitude in the CLAT.

2. Higher age.

3. Computerised draw of lots

NOTE-Only Indian nationals and NRIs can appear in the test.

CLAT-UG syllabus/subject

ENGLISH	This section tests the candidates reading and understanding from the passage of 450 words, the same is taken from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writings of 12th standard student. Test vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, analogies etc.), language proficiency like idioms and phrases, one word substitution, sentence rearrangement, fill in the blanks.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS	This section assesses the knowledge of the candidate on subjects like Science, Economics, History, Geography, Civics and The Current Affairs questions will be based on Arts and Culture, Contemporary events of significance of past & current years from India and the world, International affairs, Historical events of significance
LOGICAL REASONING	This section will demand from the candidate to identify the arguments given in the passage, rectify illogical arguments along with its premises and conclusions. Analyse the patterns of reasoning and assess the conclusions depending on the particular premises or evidence. It covers wide variety of reasoning topics like syllogisms, logical sequences and analogies, critical reasoning etc.
LEGAL REASONING	The candidate must have a aware of the latest legal and moral issues in order to apply general principles or proposition of the given scenarios and to identify infer rules and principles given in the passages. Understand how changing the rules and principles can change their application to different fact situations and their application.
QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES	This section measure’s ability of Candidates how to apply mathematical operations on the provided information. Deriving and inferring along with manipulating information given in such passages, graphs, or other representations. Applying Class X mathematical operations on the given information such as ratios, proportions, mensuration, basic algebra and statistical estimation.

Section-Wise Division of CLAT-UG Question Paper

The revised section-wise division of CLAT question paper has been released by the Consortium of NLUs. The section-wise CLAT weightage has been updated.

Section	Weightage
English Language	25-30 questions, or around 20% of the paper
Legal Reasoning	30-40 questions, or around 25% of the paper
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge	30-40 questions, or around 25% of the paper
Logical Reasoning	25-30 questions, or around 20% of the paper
Quantitative Techniques	10-12 questions, or around 10% of the paper

CLAT-UG Pattern

MODE-Initially CLAT exam was conducted online, but last two-year exam was taken though offline (paper based), but in 2020 due to covid-19 the CLAT consortium announced that CLAT exam shall be conducted online to maintain social distance instead of ‘Descriptive paper”. Candidates who appear for CLAT 2024 must note that the mode of the examination is offline, centre-based.

Question Type-

Multiple choice

Total no’s of Questions-

120

Duration-

2 hrs

Marking pattern-

Correct answer- +1

Wrong answer- -0.25

Unanswered/Unattempted Question- 0

CLAT Application Fee

General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories- Rs.4000/-

SC/ST & BPL categories- Rs.3500/-

Additional Fee (if Any)- Rs. 500/- (for old question Papers request)

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