hi I am in 10 right now. I want to pursue law as a career. what courses and colleges to take please guide me
Hi,
For doing law course, you need to do LLB course which is a bachelor's course and a Master's course in LLM. For getting admission into the top law colleges in India, a National level entrance examination of CLAT is conducted. The score of CLAT is accepted over many prestigious institutes and some universities conducts their own entrance examination for admission into the course. You can give CLAT examination irrespective of any stream which you have passed in class 12. But, the syllabus for the CLAT examination includes from Arts stream. You can check about the CLAT examination over here: https://law.careers360.com/exams/clat
Top colleges and universities providing law course are:
- National Law School of India University, Bangalore
- National Law University, New Delhi
- NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
Check the full list over here: https://law.careers360.com/colleges/ranking
Law programs are of two types, first is integrated one based on 10+2 qualification for a duration of five years in many forms such as BA-LLB, BBA-LLB,BCom-LLB while the three year duration LLB is based on graduation degree.
You can go for integrated law for which eligibility criteria is passed 10+2 from a recogized board with minimum 50% aggregate, there's relaxation of 5% in case of reserved category.
There are others entrance test as well conducted by top universities for admission to integrated five year law program which you can give such as-
CLAT, conducted by NLUs and other private colleges.
AILET, conducted by National Law University, Delhi
LSAT scores are accepted by many law schools such as Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat
SET, by Symbiosis Law Schools Pune & Noida
CET of GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi which scores are accepted by 6 law schools including USL, LS and Amity Law School, Delhi
CUSAT Cochin for admission into School of Legal Studies, Cochin
Bharti Vidyapeeth Pune for admission into New Law College, Pune
Christ University for admission into Christ Universitys School of Law
Panjab Univ. Chandigarh for admission into UILS Panjab University Chandigarh
AMU Aligarh for admission into Faculty of Law, AMU
Jamia Milia, Delhi for admission into Faculty of Law, Jamia Milia Islamia
LAWCET of Andhra Pradesh, accepted by all law colleges in AP affiliated to state universities
CEE - Kerala, accepted by four government Law colleges of Kerala
We also have state level exams such as TS LAWCET in Telngana, AP LAWCET in Andhra Pradesh, MAHCET LAW in Maharashtra, KLEE in Kerela etc
Hi! Your first step in pursuing Law after 10 will be to take up a stream which is much more oriented towards Law that is Arts/Humanities.However please note that a student can pursue Law after class 12 irrespective of any stream.
Secondly, a very important aspect of planning a career in law after class 12 in India is the national level entrance exam called CLAT.
CLAT or the Common Law Admission Test is an all India test. Based on the exam scores students are awarded seats for law courses in the National Law Universities across India. There are 21 NLU's (National Law Universities) that participate in this entrance test and conduct it every year on rotation basis. The universities are namely:
Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU)
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (DSNLU)
Dharmashtra National Law University, Jabalpur (MPDNLU)
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU)
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU)
H.P. National Law University, Shimla(HPNLU)
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU)
Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad (MNLU)
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (MNLU)
After 12, you can apply for CLAT entrance exam as it for 5 year integrated law course which is BA LLB. CLAT exam is conducted once in a year and so your preparations must be good enough to get the admission the same year so that you don't have to wait for a year more.So it would be quite good for you to start preparing for your entrance exam from class 11 onwards if you are planning to appear for CLAT entrance.
Thirdly, in order to pursue Law after class 12 having a knowledge about the basic courses and degrees offered under Law will help you in the process of further decision making .
In India, legal education has been traditionally offered as a three years graduate degree. However, now most of the Law colleges offer a five-year integrated B.A. LLB/BBA LLB courses etc. One can either pursue a three-year law course (LLB) after graduation in any discipline or a five-year course after 12th standard examinations. LLB course is sponsored by the Bar Council of India. This consists of two years, the third year will enable a student to earn an LLB degree.
Following is a list of Law degrees offered in India: Integrated undergraduate degrees-
B.A. LL.B
B.Sc. LL.B
BBA LLB
B.Com. LLB
Now, to answer your query related to colleges in India offering Law degree are:
Top colleges for BA LLB are:
National Law School of India University
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU)
National Law Institute University (NLIU)
National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS)
National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University. (NALSAR)
Top Colleges for B.Sc. LLB :
Gujarat National Law University
Faculty of law
Delhi University
Amity Law School, Noida
Top Colleges for BBA LLB :
Amity University, Uttar Pradesh
National Law University Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Symbiosis Law School, Maharashtra
Top Colleges for B.Com. LLB:
Nirma University
Delhi University
Gujarat National Law University
Amity Law School
Hope this helped you! All the best!
