School of Law, VIT-AP University, Amaravati: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

The School of Law, VIT-AP University, Amaravati is the constituent college of the VIT-AP University which was set up in 2019. This young college is situated in Inavolu, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh; the college has gained its unique place among the legal studies institution. Accredited by the Bar Council of India the School offers three enhanced programmes of Law: Two integrated five years programs and one doctoral programme. The School of Law currently has a faculty of twelve committed educationists and seeks to offer standard education in law in a complex, computerized world. Vibrancy with coed feature make student from all gender to come and study in the institute creating a conducive environment. 

Virtually every type of legal facility that can be expected to complement the learning process of law students is available in the School of law. The classrooms are large and well equipped for all students’ needs besides being fully furnished and well equipped technologically. A moot court hall with all modern facilities has capacity to arrange bench, bar, students’ bench and witness box to give real court experience. The library of the institute is well stocked and contains number of textbooks, journals and law reports. It also has links to online legal database like Manupatra , Lexis Nexis which helps in advanced search of law. The computer lab with standard infrastructure of IT helps students in there curriculum activities.

The courses being conducted by the School of Law, VIT-AP University are only three in number and all of them are of full time mode. These are two Five Year Integrated Undergraduate Programs namely the BA LLB (Hons.) course and the BBA LLB (Hons.) courses each having a sanctioned strength of 120 seats each. The third offering is a Ph.D. program in Law to afford a chance for the further research in different spheres of the law. The undergraduate programmes and courses admit students up to the total number of 240, but the number for Ph.D. programmes is not stated. Due to its fairly young nature, there is no information available as to the total count of graduates. 

The administrators realize that the School of Law, VIT-AP University requires some of the best brains to join the programs provided therefore they have developed a system that will allow them to admit the most talented students. For some of the five-year integrated programmes offered at the institute including BA LLB (Hons) and BBA LLB (Hons), the institute relies more on the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), a national level test for law entrance tests. This puts the institute in the same stead as other elite law schools across the country of India. Though there are no specific dates mentioned for admission, this is a important factor that the student has to check about the CLAT examination dates, admission dates in the particular institute through the official website. It is most probably that the Ph.D. program also might be having a different admission procedure and information regarding it the same can be procured from the institute directly. The School of Law is focused on delivering excellent education and funding information for a particular program is unavailable if students are interested in scholarship they should contact the admission office. Being a relatively new university, the School of Law has not had sufficient time to develop alumni relations, however, it is expected that the network will expand in the future giving abundant opportunities for the future students.