Academic degrees
In India, a student can pursue a legal course only after completing an undergraduate course in any discipline. However, following the national law school model, one can study law as an integrated course of five years after passing the senior secondary examination.
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) - The LL.B. is the most common law degree offered and conferred by Indian universities which has a duration of three years. Almost all law universities follow a standard LL.B. curriculum, wherein students are exposed to the required bar subjects.
- Integrated undergraduate degrees - B.A. LL.B., B.Sc. LL.B., BBA. LLB., B.Com. LL.B. These degrees are mostly offered in the autonomous law schools having a duration of five years.
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) - The LL.M. is most common postgraduate law degree which has a duration of one/two years.
- Master of Business Law
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Integrated MBL-LLM/ MBA-LLM. -Generally a three years double degree integrated course with specialisation in business law.
Admission
As of 2012, admission to LLB and LLM in most of the autonomous law schools in India is based on performance in Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). However, the National Law University, Delhi and the private autonomous law schools conduct their own admission tests.
Admission to top institutes like ICFAI Law School, Dehradun is done through the LSATexamination conducted by Law School Admission Council, USA conducted by Pearson VUE, through its affiliate in India.
In most of the traditional universities, the admission is done on the basis of an admission test to the constituent law college or a common admission test for its affiliated colleges (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University). Some traditional universities and affiliated colleges also admits students on the basis of merit in the preceding examination.
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