Law Education - Eligibility & Course Options

Qualifications and Eligibility
In India, the minimum qualification to go for a course in law (LLB) is 10+2. Course duration is of 5 years and is sponsored by the Bar Council of India. P.G. Programmes in law (LLM) are of 2 years duration & eligibility is LLB degree. The eligibility and course content controlled to a large extent by the Bar Council.


Course Options
In the year 1987 National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore was set up. It was the first law school that adopted the innovative 5 year integrated law course which was highly focused and industry driven. It also started the trend of an entrance exam as a measurable criterion to give the most meritorious the opportunity to study law. As a consequence, only the best could make it to this new format law school and by the end of the course, students had multiple offers and fat salaries.
Give the success of this format (which was obvious; given the great demand of an evolving economy) many similar law schools were set up to cater to the need and it changed the face of legal education in the country.

The LL.B degree is the course offered for law, but diploma courses in several disciplines of law, (including Administrative Law, International Law, Labour Laws, Tax Laws and Corporate Laws) is also offered by many universities and institutes. There are various branches of specialization in law like:-

•    Corporate law
•    Mediation and negotiation
•    Public international law
•    Intellectual property law
•    Environmental law
•    Women's law
•    Human rights law
•    Labour law
•    Civil law
•    Criminal law
•    Income tax law
•    Marine law
•    Family law
•    Labour law,
•    Press law
•    Excise law
•    Constitutional law
•    Administration law
•    Sale of goods law
•    Trade mark, copyright and patent law etc.

He/She could study further, do PhD in international law, and work with the United Nations, or he could step out as soon as he graduates, and start practicing in courts.