Hello Saleem, For PG in Cyber Law, college/ University demands graduation with 50%... Clear Entrance Tests like CLAT, AILET, LSAT, KIITEE etc. for different colleges (Because certain college has some specific demand on entrance exam)... then clear the counseling section, and then based on total scores to apply the college/ university...

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Dear student





If you are new aspirant, you can go with B.Tech/B.Sc/BCA LLB or can do CCNA, CEH, CHFI alongwith your LLB degree. Thereafter, you need to develop your skill into civil/criminal law and alongwith you need to update on the technology as well. In order to further hone your skill you can do LLM in Cyber, if you want to go towards litigation or you can do CISA or CISM, if you want to go for consultancies.



If you are a practicing advocate and do not have the knowledge of technology, you can develop your skills technology by undergoing courses on networking, hacking and short term courses on computer forensics i.e. CCNA, CEH, and CHFI etc. Thereafter, with a balance exposure to cyber cases and emerging technologies, one can become an expert over a period of time.



Skills Required



The legal world identifies two broad domains, criminal law and civil law, which infact are procedural laws either Criminal Procedure Code or Civil Procedure Code and this scenario is prevalent throughout the world. Every case which is filed in the court of law falls in these two domains including the cases involving cyber technologies. Most of the information technology laws including Information Technology Act 2000 throughout the world are substantive law and there are few procedures which have been added to the existing procedural laws to amend the provision for the collection, preservation and admissibility of digital evidence.



The role of lawyers in the case of information technology is to apply the substantive law which may include information technology act and also existing traditional laws to present the case in criminal or civil footfall before the court of law. Whether a person who is not proficient in the criminal or civil laws can diligently pursue or argue a trial of a case involving technology? Certainly not. The skills to conduct a civil or criminal trial require a minimum of 5-7 years practice involving training with a qualified practitioner in the trial courts.



The entry to the cyber law domain can be as early as with the passing of secondary education. The aspirants can join five years integrated course such as B.Tech, LLB or B.Sc LLB and even the aspirants who have joined BA or BBA LLB course can also develop their technical skills alongwith their graduation. With the LLB, the young aspirants can develop their skills into networking, OSI models, TCP, different operating system i.e. windows, Mac, Linux, mobiles etc. The best way is, that alongwith the law degree, the individual can do the certifications in networking also, acquiring skill in the hacking methodologies and the courses like CCNA, CEH etc. This would not only refine the skills but would also give an abstract view of movement of data and risks of the real world.



After the LLB, the individual needs to go for training in the court to develop its skills in the procedural laws i.e. Cr.P.C, CPC, interpretation of statutes and join specialized courses like PG Diploma or LLM in Cyber Law. The development of legal skills in the interpretation is more important in the field of cyber as the cyber law is still emerging and only a lawyer with a expert knowledge of the legal principles, principles of interpretations of statutes would be in a position to apply the law to the constantly emerging and developing technology. As such, the professionals like Advocate-on-record who have excellent skills into legal and interpretations principles, can become good cyber lawyers by adding technical skills as discussed above.



The lawyers who are already in the practice can also play a dominant role by entering into this specialized field as these advocates have already gone expert into legal domain and are in much better position to apply legal skills to the cyber cases provided they acquire specialized knowledge of networking and other computer technologies. It is pertinent to mentioned that the arena of computer, which is connected to the law, is a different segment which even a person doing B.Tech or B.Sc may not be fully exposed to, but these technocrats, because of their understanding of technical concepts, are in a better position to acquire these skills as compared to the other lawyers. However, a technocrat, who-so-ever may be an expert, but if he does not have the legal skills to conduct criminal or civil proceedings, would have very dim chances of being a successful lawyer.



Good luck!!

Eligibility for PG Diploma in Cyber Law



For applying to the course, aspiring candidates need to have a Bachelors degree in any discipline, acquired from a recognized/ accredited institute, with a minimum aggregate score of 50%. Candidates are also required to have completed a 3- year diploma from a recognized institute



Students who have appeared in their final year examination of a relevant Bachelors degree program, and are yet to pass its final year examination, are also welcome to apply, subject to a successful completion of their Bachelors degree program/ graduation within a certain time period.





PG Diploma in Cyber Law: Admission Process



Eligible candidates interested in pursuing cyber law are required to qualify one of the relevant entrance examinations for admission to the course.



Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is one of the major entrance examinations organized by the National Law Universities (NLUs) for admission to the course. However, admission procedure may vary between colleges, since some of them conduct their own separate entrance tests for admission.

Other than that, exams such as AILET, LSAT, AIBE, KIITEE, and CUSAT are also held for admission to the course in India.