in law what is the difference between 3yrs and 5yrs course. does it affect the value of degree/certificate

Hi

No, there's no difference  in 3 years & 5 years llb in terms of career opportunities, value of degree, jobs opportunities, salary etc, the only thing in which they differ are:-

************ Minimum required qualification:- for 5 year llb minimum qualification required is 12th while for 3 year llb, at least graduation is required

************ Duration of course:-

• Duration of 3 year llb is 3 years

• Duration of 5 year llb is 5 years.

To help you further,

Complete details about llb is given below:-

LLB i. e. Bachelor of Legislative Law, is an undergraduate law programme .

One has the option to pursue llb in two ways:-

• 5 year llb /integrated llb like BA llb, Bcom llb etc :- One becomes eligible for 5 year integrated LLB like BA LLB etc with qualification of 10 + 2

• 3 year llb :- for 3 year llb , you need to be  a graduate.

>>>>>>> Admission process

To get admission in  llb:-

-----------)  You need to appear in entrance exam

-----------) Qualify the entrance exam

-----------)     Participate in counselling

-----------)    In  counselling, you will be alloted college on the basis of rank in the entrance exam

-----------)   Finally you need to get your documents verified and then you can get admission in the alloted college.

Also, there are some colleges which admission in LLB  on the basis of  marks obtained by you in class 12th for 5 year llb  and graduation for 3 year LLB but top colleges like NLUs and other good colleges offer admission through entrance only.

>>>>>>> Eligibility criteria for 3 year LLB  :-

******** You need to be a graduate in any discipline from a recognised University

******** The minimum % of marks in graduation to be eligible for 3 year LLB varies depending upon the college or the entrance examination you are opting for, generally one needs a minimum of 45 to 50% in graduation to be eligible

******** There is no upper age limit to be eligible for LLB .

Some of the entrance examination for 3 year LLB are listed below :-

• *DU LLB

• *LSAT

• *PU LLB

• *BVP CET Law

• *LPU NEST

• *TS LAWCET

• *MH CET Law

• *BHU LLB

• *LAT by Allahabad University

One can also pursue 5 year integrated LLB  after class 12th. Some of the entrance examination for 5 year integrated LLB   is provided below :-

• *CLAT i. e Common Law Admission Test

• *AILET - All India Law Entrance Test

• *LSAT - Law School Admission Test

• *MHCET law entrance exam

• *TS LAWCET

• *LPUNEST

• *CULEE

To give you a gist of eligibility criteria,

>>>>>>>  CLAT  eligibility criteria for 5-year integrated llb  is given below :-

********You must be either appearing for your 12th board examination or should have passed it

********You must  pass your 12th board exam with at least 45% marks while SC and ST category students need only 40% marks.

********There is no age limit for CLAT

For more and detailed information you can visit our page the link for the same is given below

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-eligibility-criteria

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