Hi Soumyadeep,

The best law colleges In India to pursue LLB after class XII are listed as follows:

• National Law School of India University (NLSIU) -
  • Location - Bengaluru, Karnataka.
  • Course structure - The B.A., LL.B. (Hons). Degree involves teaching methods like lectures, Simulation Courts, case studies, project work and discussions. An unique method employed by NLSIU is co-operative teaching whereby more than one teacher collaborate and jointly offer some course. Some of the subjects taught include Sociology, Legal methods, Torts, Contracts, Family Law, Criminal Law, etc. It follows the trimester pattern across its 5 years. The final year has seminar courses to allow students to specialize.
  • Faculty - ~25. Includes eminent professors like Dr. A. Nagarathna, Dr. Ashok R. Patil, Govindraj G Hegde, etc.
  • No. of seats - ~80.
  • Eligibility criteria - Must have passed 10 + 2 or an equivalent examination with a minimum of 45% marks.
  • Admission process - It is completely merit-based on the basis of the scores obtained in CLAT (Common Law Admission Test).
  • Fees - Approximately Rs. 2,75,100 per annum.
• National Law University (NLU) -
  • Location - New Delhi.
  • Course structure - Some of the subjects taught include Legal Methods, Law of Torts, Family Law, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Labour Laws, etc. It follows the semester pattern across its 5 years. The last two years has seminar courses to allow students to specialize.
  • Faculty - ~34 core faculty. Includes eminent professors like Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao, Prof. (Dr.) Harpreet Kaur, Dr. Amita Punj, etc.
  • No. of seats - ~123.
  • Eligibility criteria - Must have passed 10 + 2 or an equivalent examination with a minimum of 45% marks. Final year students can also apply.
  • Admission process - It is completely merit-based on the basis of the scores obtained in AILET (All India Law Entrance Test). AILET will be an objective type exam with 150 questions to be answered in 150 minutes. It will test the students' knowledge in 5 sections, English, Basic Mathematics, Legal Aptitude, General Knowledge and Logical Reasoning. It will also have negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
  • Fees - Rs. 85,000 per annum tuition fees.
• Nalsar University of Law -
  • Location - Hyderabad, Telangana.
  • Course structure - Some of the subjects taught include Legal Theory and Methods, Political Science, History, Law of Contracts, Property Law, Law and Poverty, etc. It follows the semester pattern across its 5 years. The last two years has seminar courses to allow students to specialize.
  • Faculty - ~40 core faculty. Includes eminent professors like Gade Mallikarjun, T Kannnan, Jagteshwar Singh Soni, etc.
  • No. of seats - ~70.
  • Eligibility criteria - Must have passed 10 + 2 or an equivalent examination or is in the final year of school.
  • Admission process - It is completely merit-based on the basis of the scores obtained in CLAT (Common Law Admission Test).
  • Fees - Approximately Rs. 2,82,000 in the first year.
• West Bengal National University of Jurisdical Sciences (NUJS) -
  • Location - Kolkata, West Bengal.
  • Course structure - The B.A./B.Sc. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree offered increases the students' exposure towards the Indian modes of legal education. It helps them enhance their critical thinking and self-inquiry abilities. It follows the semester pattern across its 5 years. The last two years has seminar courses to allow students to specialize.
  • Faculty - ~31 core faculty. Includes eminent professors like Prof. (Dr.) Arup Kumar Poddar, Dr. Kavita Singh, Dr. Anirban Mazumdar, etc.
  • No. of seats - ~89.
  • Eligibility criteria - Must have passed 10 + 2 or an equivalent examination or is in the final year of school.
  • Admission process - It is completely merit-based on the basis of the scores obtained in CLAT (Common Law Admission Test).
  • Fees - Approximately Rs. 2,00,000.
• Symbiosis Law School -
  • Location - Pune, Maharashtra.
  • Course structure - The B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Degree helps the students to acquire requisite legal knowledge so that they can respond to governance, administration, criminal and other legal issues. Some of the subjects taught include Sociology, Legal Database, Legal Research Writing, Special Contract, Environmental Law, Law of Crimes, etc. It follows the semester pattern across its 5 years.
  • Faculty - ~7. Includes eminent professors like Dr. Shashikala Gurpur, Dr. T.R. Subramanya, Dr. S K Gupta, etc.
  • No. of seats - ~120.
  • Eligibility criteria - Must have passed 10 + 2 or an equivalent examination with a minimum of 45% marks.
  • Admission process - It is completely merit-based on the basis of the scores obtained in SLAT (Symbiosis Law Admission Test). Students who qualify this exam move on to the next stage involving Written Ability Test and Personal Interaction. Both the scores and the next round have an equal weightage in the final selection.
  • Fees - Rs. 1,80,750 per semester.
• National Law Institute University (NLIU) -
  • Location - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
  • Course structure - Some of the subjects taught include Sociology, Common Law in India, Law of Contract, Criminology, Constitutional Law, Property Law, etc. It follows the semester pattern across its 5 years. It also offers electives which are dividend into 4 broad groups. These groups are Business Law & IPR, Criminal & HR, Public Law and Policy and International Dimensions of Law.
  • Faculty - ~6 core faculty. Includes eminent professors like Prof. (Dr.) S. Surya Prakash, Prof. (Dr.) Mukesh Srivastava, Prof. (Dr.) Rajiv Kumar Khare, etc.
  • No. of seats - ~120.
  • Eligibility criteria - Must have passed 10 + 2 or an equivalent examination with a minimum of 45% marks. Can also be in the final year of school.
  • Admission process - It is completely merit-based on the basis of the scores obtained in CLAT (Common Law Admission Test).
  • Fees - Rs. 1,26,000 tuition fees.

Hope you find the information useful.

All the best!!

Hi Candidate,

The main degrees in law are Bachelors of Law ( LLB ) and Masters of Law ( LLM ) which are offered by many prestigious institutions in India.

The common law entrance examinations are clat, LSAT, and set slat. Some of the best institutes are- Kalinga Institute of industrial Technology Bhubaneswar, Amity University Mumbai, National Law School of India University, alliance University Bangalore are some of them.

https://www.careers360.com/courses/law-course

Hope it helps!!