Bachelor of Legislative Law
Law” is the basic part of our constitution. The law education is the only legal education in India.
The student who passed this degree, designated as the “Lawyer” and that have to be done before the entry in the court activities and practice.
The Education of Law in India has been offered by the various universities and in various academic levels.
The Law as an education offered in India in the year 1987 as a three-year degree programme granted under the Advocate Act, 1961. The BCI (Bar Council of India) is the main regulatory body of Law education.
In the year 1985, the “Law Commission of India” has decided to establish a University for Law Education to raise the academic standard of the legal profession in India. Thereafter the first law University in India was established in Bangalore named as “National Law School of India University” popularly known as the “NLS”. It was the time when the first LLB degree was started in India.
The UGC granted the LLM one-year course in India on September 2012.
Candidates can pursue degree, diploma as well as certificate law courses at UG, PG & Ph.D levels. Law is a rule usually made by Government, i.e used to order the way in which a society behaves.
LLB is the most common degree of law education. The LLB takes the 3 year as the duration of the course.
One who wishes to do the integrated course can take the admission in 5 year integrated programme after the completion of 10+2 exams.
LLM is the master degree in legal education having one or two-year duration. It has been started in India before 2012.
The MBL is the master degree in legal education with the specialization in business law having one or two-year duration.
There is a good prospect for PhD after the legal education. Most of the highly reputed autonomous institution provides the PhD programmes.
One who wishes to do the integrated course with business specialization can go for the MBL-LLM or MBA-LLM. It is a 3 year degree programme after the completion of the LLB.
The students, who wish to get the admission in law, have to appear in CLAT 2023 (Common Law Admission Test). CLAT is conducted for admission to National Law Universities (NLUs) and various other institutions. Through CLAT, students are admitted in Integrated L.L.B and L.L.M courses.
Student can go for law courses with any stream (Science stream/ Commerce stream / Arts stream) in 12th.
BCI provides “Certificate of Practice” to the candidates after completing LL.B. To practice in the profession of law and to receive certificate, it is mandatory for the candidates to qualify All India Bar Examination (AIBE 2023).
Students who wish to pursue law courses from foreign Universities/institutions can apply for LSAT 2023. The admission in the Jindal Law Global School is done through the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) conducted by the Law School Admission Council, USA.
Some of the private and autonomous universities conduct their own admission test. Some popular law entrance exams are listed below:
The top universities in India offering the legal education are as the following:
Beside these, some of the universities and institutions offer Online Law Courses for the working professionals.
Law is very reputed filed to choose as a career. It is hard-working and sincere field. A fresher may have to work under the reputed legal firm or lawyer for initial starting of his career.
India has a great demand of skilled lawyer as per the survey done by the Bar Council of India. Only 20% of the Indian law students are eligible to work in court.
A law student can be a public prosecutor, solicitor general or a part of private legal firms after gaining experience. The law students can appear the exam conducted by the Public Service Commissions and get the position of Judge.
A good lawyer can work in ministry, government departments and various legal advice organizations.
There is a good prospect to work in UK and the US. The law of India is just similar to the law of UK. The firms and UK government offers the Indian students to work with them as legal concern.
In order to the designation, you may be the one out of the following:
In this field, the salary is the best part of the profession. There is no limit of salaries if you are a good lawyers and practicing individually.
After the completion of course, while you are working under the experts, you can earn the 5000 to 20000 per month as a stipend.
By working individually in court you can earn 20000 to 50000 per month.
The top recruiting legal firms or associates in country are as the following:
There are various law books available in the market separately for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level law courses. Facility of online resources is also be there to study law. Know some of the popular books of law from here:
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