One-year LLM programme was introduced in India by UGC in January 2013 which recommended to set up a Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies (CPGLS) in the prescribed manner to offer the 1-year LLM programme.

It started at select law schools in 2013–14. In the last 3 years, many law schools, mostly National Law Universities, leading private law schools/universities and some of the central/state universities have introduced one-year LLM programmes in India.

The one year LL.M. programme shall have 24 credits with three mandatory courses of 3 credits each (making a total of nine credits), six optional courses of 2 credits each (making a total of 12 credits) and a dissertation of 3 credits. University may increase credit for dissertation up to 5 credits and decide how teaching and examinations have to be organized, grades determined and what specializations to be offered.

The best places to explore studying a one-year LLM programme in India could be the following institutions:

• Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat 

• National Law Schools/Universities of Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Bhopal, Jodhpur, Raipur, Gandhinagar, etc.

• Indian Law Institute, Delhi

• Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai - LLM in Access to Justice

• Azim Premji University, Bangalore - LLM in Law & Development

• TERI University, New Delhi - LLM in Environment & Natural Resources Law