What is Corporate Law: Course Duration, Admission 2025, Colleges, Salary & Scope

Corporate Law course teaches candidates about the legalities that govern corporations and businesses. Basically, it entails the rights of employees, consumers, and stakeholders. Hence, this course covers everything that is required to manage an established business and corporate ethically. 

Corporate law is a set of legal regulations for running a business in an ethical manner be it for stakeholders, shareholders, workers, and business operations.

Corporate law courses comes at a later stage of any business, however, business law is right there from the time of inception. Both laws are mandatory for running a business in a legal manner. Therefore, Corporate Law and Business laws are both sides of the same coin yet have different applications across various litigations. They differ on the basis of the legislation and their area of applications.

Anyone who wishes to pursue law either at the undergraduate level or postgraduate level can pursue Corporate Law. To study a three-year or five-year law course, candidates must ensure that they have completed Class 12th from a recognised board and have cleared entrance examinations such as CLAT, AILET etc. Similarly, those who wish to pursue Corporate Law at the postgraduate level can pursue it after completing LLB/integrated LLB from a recognised university.

Yes, Corporate Law consists of various laws such as Taxation laws and Investment laws which require basic understanding of Mathematics. Since it is not directly related to any higher-level statistics or accountancy which is taught to Management or Commerce students, candidates don't need advanced skills in Mathematics for this specialisation.

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To become a corporate lawyer in India, you typically need to follow these steps:

Complete 10+2: You should have passed your 12th standard or equivalent examination from a recognised board.

Law Degree:

• Integrated Law Program: Complete a 5-year integrated law programme (e.g.,  BA LLB, BBA LLB, BCom LLB) from a recognised university.
• Regular Law Program: Complete a 3-year LLB degree after completing a bachelor's degree in any discipline.

After completing your law degree, you must register with the Bar Council of India (BCI) to practice law.

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To pursue a career in Corporate Law, you'll typically need to excel in law entrance exams. Below are some of the important ones:

For Undergraduate Law Programs (LLB)

CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)

AILET (All India Law Entrance Test)

SLAT (Symbiosis Law Admission Test)

LSAT (Law School Admission Test)

State-level Law Entrance Exams

For Postgraduate Law Programs (LLM)

Most universities offering LLM in Corporate Law conduct their own entrance exams. However, some might accept scores from national-level exams like CLAT or AILET.

Note: These are just some of the major entrance exams. There are many other law entrance exams conducted by different universities and institutions across India.   

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The LSAT India has been discontinued by LSAC.

The registrations for LSAT India 2025 will be started anytime soon in August 2025 on the official exam website of LSAT India - lsatindia.in. This year LSAT India will be conducted in two sessions, namely, LSAT India January session and LSAT India May session. The registration or application process for LSAT India 2025 January session will be made available from August 2024 to January 2025. The registration or application form LSAT India 2025 May session will remain open from August 2024 to May 2025. Candidates need to note that the LSAT India 2025 application / registration form could be only be filled out online on the website mentioned here. They cannot fill out the application form offline. The LSAT India registration fee 2025 for each session of the test was INR 3,999. 

Aspirants can pursue undergraduate (UG) as well as postgraduate (PG) level programs in the field of Corporate law. In UG-level courses candidates need to pursue integrated law courses wherein candidates learn basic law principles of all fields before they can specialise in Corporate Law at the postgraduate level. On the other hand, in a PG-level law course aspirants can straight away specialise in Corporate Law. Some popular PG-level courses in Corporate Law are:

• LLM in Corporate Law-
• LLM in Business and Corporate Law
• LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law
• LLM in Corporate and Securities Laws
• LLM in Corporate and Banking Law
• LLM in Corporate and Business Law 

Yes, there are various Diploma courses offered at good colleges in India. The Diploma courses are either offered in full-time mode by various law colleges or by online education sites in part-time mode. Some of the Diploma programmes includes:

• Diploma in Corporate and Commercial Law
• Diploma in Corporate and Securities Laws
• Diploma in Corporate and Banking Law
• Diploma in Corporate and Business Law 

There are various top colleges including National Law Universities in India offering Corporate law specialisation as a course. Some of them are:

• Dr. Law College, Mumbai
• RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur
• Banaras Hindu University
• Dr. B R Ambedkar College of Law
• Mumbai University

Some of the popular private law colleges include top private universities which are given status as Institutes of Eminence. These colleges are popular for their infrastructure and faculty. Some of these colleges are:

• Chandigarh University
• Lovely Professional University
• SRM University
• Amity University
• Shoolini University

According to various Job portals for legal domains, the starting salary package of corporate lawyers is INR 3.5 Lacs for a fresher and goes beyond 15 Lacs for lawyers with some experience.

The salary majorly depends on the number of years of experience as well as a candidate's ability to handle court matters and various litigation suits. It also depends on the skills possessed and the entry level in another company. Therefore, one can expect a salary of INR 6-12 LPA after having an experience of 2-4 years in this field.

After completing a specialisation in Corporate Law, one can start working in the following job profile:

Yes, there are various top colleges offering short-term certificate courses in corporate law specialisation to candidates pursuing law or accountancy. Online courses in Corporate Law are beneficial especially for working professionals who wish to make a career in the field of corporate litigation or work with corporate firms that specialise in various rules and regulations. Online courses will help them to upskill and make a switch in their career and take up new matters for advocacy.

Yes, Candidates can pursue Corporate Law after Class 12 by pursuing integrated law programme, wherein Corporate Law is offered as a core subject in the syllabus. Candidates can also pursue Diploma or certification courses after completing Class 12. Some of these courses include:

• Certificate Course in Business Law
• Certificate Course in Corporate Law
• Diploma in Corporate Laws
• Diploma in Corporate Laws and Management
• Certificate in Consumer Protection