Overview

BA LLB or Bachelor of Arts: Bachelor of Legislative Law is an Honors program module for Law aspirants. The purpose of the course is to prepare the candidates with the knowledge of the legal and regulatory system as well as be trained to prepare to professionally represent clients in the courtroom.

Guided under the Bar Council of India or BCI as the governing body regulating the legal education system in the country, the course is divided into a timeline of 5 years with ten (10) semesters in total. BA LLB places a student at a good point to start a journey for a successful career. Completing the graduation, a candidate gets open to various job opportunities.

Today a graduate in BA LLB is seen as a prestigious career option and being a dynamic course with multiple domain knowledge, the candidate remains versatile to every industry at the start.

Program Details

This 5 years degree in LLB course is an undergraduate program that allows the student has a deep dive into the legal system studying through various criminal laws, Administrative laws, Civil Laws, Corporate Laws, Tax Laws, etc. Along with all the legalities, the student also has an integration of Arts subjects like Sociology, Economics, Political Science, and History to have an understanding of the outside world to represent a client in a better way.

Syllabus

First Year

Corporate Law

Banking& Insurance Law

Administrative Law

Code of Civil Procedure

Business Law

Advocacy Skill

Code of Criminal Procedure

Constitutional Law

Criminology

 

Second-year

Environmental Law

Forensic Law

Comparative Law

Dissertation

Foreign Language

Economics

Drafting & Pleading

Election Law

English & Legal Language

International Trade Law

Healthcare Laws

Indirect Taxes

International Refugee Law

Land Laws

Indian/ World History

Labour Laws

Human Rights Law

Law & Technology

Law of Evidence

Law of Crimes

Property & Security Law

Women & Law

Political Science

Poverty Law

 

Fourth Year

Method of Proof of Facts

Law of Crimes 4&5

Public Finance

Supreme Court Visits

Emerging Areas in the law of Evidence

Liberalization and Related Issues

 

Fifth Year

Negotiation & Meditation

International Perspective

Initial Steps in a Suit

Arbitration and Conciliation

Concept of ADR

Interim Orders

Eligibility Criteria

Admission to top colleges for BA+LLB Honors course requires to qualify entrance exams as accepted by different Law Schools or universities. Some of the popular entrance exams are;

  • AILET Entrance Exam
  • CLAT Entrance Exam
  • LSAT Entrance Exam
  • MH CET Law
  • AP LAWCE

Although to be eligible for the entrance exams, BCI kept no age limit to take admissions for a BA LLB course

Future Scope

Either a lawyer or an attorney, once you have completed your honors degree in BA+LLB integrated course, you get exposed to a wide range of job or career opportunities in both governments as well as the private sector. There are many other things that can be done other than just being in the courtrooms debating criminal cases.

There are many businesses, government sectors, corporate giants that keep looking for skilled attorneys or legal advisors. Not only that a candidate can have government job titles in the department of tax and labor, public prosecution, defense, etc., but there are also many trending job opportunities in the corporate sector as legal advisors and teaching professions.

B.Sc Nursing top colleges in India

  • NLSIU Bangalore – National Law School of India University

Fee: 9 Lakh (approx) Exam: CLAT

  • NLU Delhi (NLUD) –  National Law University

Fees: 4.5 lakhs (approx) Exam: AILET

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Science – NJUS

  • School of Law, NIMS University – Jaipur

Fees: 4 Lakhs (approx)  Exam: NIMSEE

  • Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Fees: 19 lakhs (approx)

Exam: SLAT

  • NLU Hyderbad – Nalsar University of Law

Fees: 10 Lakhs (approx)  Exam: CLAT

  • Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Fees: 19 lakhs (approx) Exam: SLAT

  • NLU Hyderbad – Nalsar University of Law

Fees: 10 Lakhs (approx)  Exam: CLAT

  • School of Law, Sharda University – Noida

Fees: 9 Lakhs (Approx)  Exam: CLAT, LSAT India, SUAT

  • KIT School of Law (KSOL) – Bhubaneshwar

Fees: 16 lakhs  Exams: KIITEE

  • NLU Odisha (NLUO) – National Law University

Fees: 9 lakhs (approx)   Exams: CLAT

  • BHU – Banaras Hindu University

Fees: 3 Lakhs

  • School of Law, NIMS University – Jaipur

Fees: 4 Lakhs (approx)  Exam: NIMSEE

FAQ

Yes, to a certain extent doing BA LLB is better than an LLB degree. With 5 years of the syllabus in BA LLB, a student is exposed to more in-depth knowledge and skillsets, more than what they learn in a 3 years LLB program

Some of the top recruiters are:

    1. Luthra & Luthra Law Offices
    2. Trilegal
    3. Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.
    4. AZB & Partners
    5. J Sagar Associates
    6. Khaitan & CO
    7. S&R Associates
    8. Desai & Diwanji
    9. Talwar Thakore & Associates
    10. Economic Laws Practice

Yes, a student of science or any background can apply for a BA LLB honors degree.