3 Year or 5 Year LAW

The Indian legal education provides the LLB course in two formats for different audiences – 5-year integrated LLB course for Class 12 pass-outs and a 3-year LLB course for graduates of any stream. The advantage is that those who miss it after Class 12 due to various reasons still have an opportunity to study law after graduation.

Both courses are equally good and they should not be compared in the first place simply because they serve to two different audiences. If a candidate is a Class 12 student or has already passed out, he should go for five-year law without giving any thought to the three-year course in future.

 

List of NLUs

1. National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU)
2. National Academy of Legal Study and Research University of Law, Hyderabad (NALSAR)
3. The National Law Institute University, Bhopal(NLIU)
4. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (WBNUJS)
5. National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ)
6. Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU)
7. Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU)
8. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU)
9. Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab (RGNUL)
10. Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU)
11. The National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS)
12. National Law University Odisha, Cuttack (NLUO)
13. National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL)
14. National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA)
15. Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (DSNLU)
16. Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli (TNNLS)
17. Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai(MNLU)
18. Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla
19. Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur.

 

Law entrance exams in india

If you are looking for a career in law, check out the overview of top law entrance exam in India. CLAT is the leading entrance exam in India conducted by the NLUs. Apart from CLAT , AILET, LSAT, SET, PU-LAW are the other LAW entrance exams.

1. CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)-CLAT is an all India entrance examination conducted on rotation by 18 National Law Universities (NLUs) for admissions to their under-graduate and post-graduate degree programmes.

CLAT Exam Pattern:

S. No.	Topics	Questions (Approx)	Duration of Exam
1.	English/Verbal Ability	40
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	20
3.	Logical Reasoning	40	No Sectional Time
4.	General Awareness	50
5.	Legal Aptitude	50
	Total	200 Questions	2 hours

1. LSAT (Law School Admission Test)-LSAT is a standardized test of reading and verbal reasoning skills conducted four times every year specially designed for LLB and LLM admissions. There is no negative marking. LSAT scores are accepted by top institutes like Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur Law School etc.

LSAT Exam Pattern:

S. No.	Topics	Questions (Approx)	Duration of Exam
1.	Analytical Reasoning	24	35
2.	First Logical Reasoning	24	35
3.	Second Logical Reasoning	24	35
4.	Reading Comprehension	24	35
	Total	96-100 Questions	2 hours and 20 minutes

1. AILET ( All India Law Entrance Test)-AILET is an exam conducted exclusively for National Law University (NLU) Delhi.

AILET Exam Pattern:

Subject	Total Questions	Total Marks
English including Comprehension	35	35
General	35	35
Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability)	10	10
Legal Aptitude	35	35
Logical Reasoning	35	35
Total	150	150

1. SET (Symbiosis Entrance Test )-SET is a common written entrance test for Under Graduate law admissions into Symbiosis Law Schools situated in Pune and Noida. The Symbiosis University offers around 300 seats for five-year integrated LLB admissions and 60 seats for the three-year law admissions.

SET Exam Pattern:

Subjects	No. of questions	Marks allotted
Logical reasoning	30	30
Legal reasoning	30	30
Analytical reasoning	30	30
Reading comprehension	30	30
General Knowledge	30	30
Total	150	150

1. PU-LAW – Panjab University, Chandigarh conducts PU LLB entrance exam in order to shortlist aspirants for admission in three year LLB programme offered by it.

Course	Name of Department	No of Seats
LLB (3 year course)	Department of Laws, PU, Chandigarh	300
	Panjab University Regional Centre, Muktsar (Punjab)	60
	UIL, Panjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana (Punjab)	60
	University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre, Bajwara, Hoshiarpur	60

PU-LAW Exam Pattern:

Topics	Marks
Current affairs and general knowledge	40
Legal Aptitude	40
Reasoning ability and knowledge of English	20
Total	100 marks

 

How to Crack CLAT

Step 1 Realising what CLAT is all about. Analysing the past year papers­ –

The first thing first is to realise the pattern of the exam which you are about to take. It is pertinently important to have an exact idea of the questions which will be asked in the paper.

An aspirant should start right from the papers of 2018 CLAT. Analsing the past year papers is the first step towards cracking CLAT. The question, How to crack CLAT in 30 days is tough to explain and answer, however, getting to know the exam pattern is the first step.

Step 2 Realising the amount of time you have in hand –

A law aspirant desiring of cracking CLAT in 30 days must keep in mind the audacity of time in hand. You only have 30 days and none could be spared in vain. Every day, every minute, every hour counts. Thus, the second step towards, How to crack CLAT in 30 days is explained as follows –

NO REST! ITS TIME TO RUN.

Step 3 How to attempt the subjects. Understanding how many hours you will have to give to particular subjects –

This is the most crucial part. An aspirant needs to realise their strength and weaknesses. This will help you in understanding the quantum of efforts you will be making in each subject.

• Time management.
• The approach towards attempting questions.
• Knowledge and how easily you can tackle unfavourable situation

Therefore, answering the question, an aspirant from science background might find mathematics section comparatively easier than other sections. Therefore, they can devote the time they will be allocating to maths to General Knowledge which most of the aspirant from science background find comparatively difficult.

Please understand that we cannot afford to negate any section. Every section is equally important. It is just the smart work and presence of mind which an aspirant has to apply while deciding the subjects in which they are strong in and hence, will have to spare less energy in.

DO NOT WORK HARD! WORK SMART

Step 4 Section wise analysis. How much time to give to each section.

Before beginning with this part, this is just a sample schedule which might suit your purpose. An aspirant should choose the number of hours to devote to each section as per their will and fancy. This is how I used to divide my hours in the past one month before taking CLAT.

General Knowledge

GK has had always been a scary section for the majority of aspirants. Let us understand the two aspects of GK sections asked in CLAT.

1. Current Affairs
2. Static GK

Current Affairs

An aspirant should be vell versed with the current happenings of 12 months prior to the clat paper. (If time is not n your favour, you might even choose to skip the current events of March and Apri the of previous year.)

IT WILL HARDLY TAKE 5 HOURS TO PREPARE A MONTHS CURRENT EVENT WHICH ARE IMPORTANT FOR CLAT EXAMS.

A TOTAL OF 5X 12 = 60 HOURS FOR CURRENT EVENTS. (MAXIMUM 3 DAYS)

Static GK

Take any good book on static GK. Focus on chapters such as History, Geography, Constitution, and Miscellaneous. Please understand that static GK can be anything under the Sun. It is very difficult to be a master of the subject, that too in a time span of 30 days, it is almost impossible.

Therefore, an aspirant should make a smart attempt. Focus only on those sections from GK which is heavily tested in CLAT.

Mathematics

Again the same principle as is applied in Static GK applies in Maths section too. There are in total,  10-12 Chapters which are heavily tested in CLAT papers. These includes,

Profit loss, Time Speed and Distance, Percentage, Number System, Fractions, Probability, Averages, Time and Work, Ratio and Proportion, Simple and compound interest.

Legal Reasoning

Legal reasoning is the most scoring part of all the sections. It is a combination of Reading Comprehension and few legal principles.

The first thing first, an aspirant, to understand the legal principles asked in the legal reasoning part should acquaint themselves with fundamental of laws such as torts, crime, constitution. Any coaching institute’s study material will suffice your cause.

After going through these laws, an aspirant will have more clear understanding of the principles asked in the legal reasoning section.

Logical Reasoning

Logical reasoning is the another most scoring part of all the sections. Logical reasoning is no more different than maths. There are few chapters such as blood relationship, puzzles, syllogism, mostly analytical reasoning part, which is heavily tested in CLAT. Understand the concepts, solve a number of problems and hence master in the logical section. This is the formula. 

English

I find the english section comparatively more difficult than any other section. There seems to be no beginning and no end, just like static GK. But there is a way out. Practice reading comprehension, para jumble- sentences, and devote an hour a day.

What not to do in English

This is more important than the previous section. An aspirant should not take any attempt towards memorising fancy vocabularies when the time left is only one month. This step will be perfectly fine when you are preparing for the past one year or more. But when you are asking the question, how to crack CLAT in 30 days? Say a big no to memorising fancy vocabularies through fancy books.

Step 5 Coaching or At-home preparation –

This is a paradox. The most difficult part of any aspirants query, the most asked one and perhaps the most difficult to answer. To begin with, the most important asset which any aspirant has, prior to 30 days before clat is time. Even Kohinoor is cheaper than time. Trust me!

Please understand that every individual aspirant has their personal level of understanding. One might find a section easier which the other find difficult and vice-versa. In the midst of all these confusion, the important thing to understand is the time in hand.

THEREFORE THE CALL IS YOURS. ASK YOUSELF, CAN YOU GUIDE YOURSELF WITH THE HELP OF ANY MENTOR (FRIEND, BROTHER ADVISING YOU) OR YOU CANNOT PROCEED WITHOUT COACHINGS. THE CALL IS YOURS.

Step 6 Attempting Mock –

Without step 6, all your efforts will go in vain. In 30 days, an aspirant must take a maximum number of mocks possible. Without Mock tests, none of the efforts will work.

Mock helps you in analysing, how to restructure your preparations. What is going wrong. How to fix the problem. It also gives a fair idea of your standing with other fellow competetors. A minimum number of 20 mocks must be attempted.

Not only attempting mock but analysing them is also pertinently important. Without analysing you will never know what is going wrong.

Step 7 Managing your time while attempting mock –

• 200 questions in 120 minutes.
• 50 GK questions can be attempted within 10 minutes.
• Therefore, 150 questions left in 110 minutes.
• 20 questions from maths section, an aspirant can get it over within another 15 minutes (maximum). Therefore, 130 questions left to answer within 95 minutes.
• Thereafter, 40 questions from English will hardly take 25 minutes. What we are left is 90 question unanswered and 70 minutes.
• 50 questions from legal reasoning section should not take more than 35 minutes. What now we are left with is 40 questions from logical section and 35 minutes.

35 minutes is more than enough to tackle logical section.