Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law 

offered by NLSIU Bangalore

No, students cannot join the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) directly without going through the university's admission process, which typically involves a competitive entrance exam. NLSIU is one of the premier law schools in India, and like other top law schools in the country, it requires candidates to qualify for admission through a standardized entrance test.

The primary entrance exam used for admission to NLSIU's undergraduate BA LLB programme is the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). Candidates must register for CLAT, take the exam, and achieve a qualifying score to be eligible for admission to NLSIU.

NLSIU, like other national law universities in India, uses the entrance test results to determine the selection of candidates. The selection process may also include further evaluation, such as personal interviews and counseling rounds, depending on the university's specific admission criteria.

It's essential for aspiring students to check NLSIU's official website and the CLAT website for the most up-to-date information on admission requirements, dates, and procedures, as they may change from year to year. Admissions to NLSIU are highly competitive, and success in the entrance exam is a crucial step towards securing a seat at the university.

The difficulty level of NLSIU Bangalore admission can be better analysed with the help of CLAT cutoff, which is the minimum score accepted for admission to the LLM programme. Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) releases institute-wise and course-wise CLAT Provisional Allotment lists on the official website at consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2023 for NLU admissions 2023 to LLM  programme. Candidates seeking admission to NLU Bangalore can refer to the table given below to check out the CLAT cutoff 2023 along with the cutoff ranks for 2022: 

NLU Bangalore CLAT Round 3 Seat Allotment results have been released for BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses. The All India opening and closing ranks for NLU Bangalore for the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) is 12319 for the EWS category under W, EWS-KA* (Horizontal Reservation).

CLNU is expected to release a total of five rounds of counselling. For the LL.M course the All India opening and closing ranks for NLU Bangalore is 1765 for the GC-KL All India candidates. The CNLU will release CLAT Round 4 Seat Allotment result on May 20, 2024.

For admission to BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses at NLSIU candidates have to register through CLAT portal. Registered candidates for CLAT 2023 counselling will be called by National Law School of India University through five provisional merit lists, each released by the Consortium of CLAT. Candidates, who have been allocated a seat in the provisional lists and applied for revision, should check the status of their seat in the CLAT provisonal lists. Those, who have been allotted a seat in the National Law School of India University Provisional Allotment Lists, must complete the process of exercising any one of the actions mentioned below:

1. Accept the allotted seat
2. Apply for Revise
3. Exit from the CLAT admission process

If alloted seat is accepted by the candidate. After, that the candidates need to report to National Law School of India University for admission. The admission confirmation requires, documents submission and fees submission by the candidates through the official portal of National Law School of India University. 

The NLSIU Bangalore placement report is yet to be released on the official website. However, the institute has released the NIRF report 2024 which included the placement details of the batch 2023. You may download the same from the official website or the Shiksha.com website.