DU plans to launch two 5-year integrated LLB programmes

Delhi University is planning to introduce the Bachelor of Arts-LLB and the Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Commerce-LLB with initially 102 students.

Delhi University is planning to introduce two five-year integrated LLB programmes in the next academic year to provide a “more affordable and high-standard legal education”, a senior university official said on Tuesday.

These courses include Bachelor of Arts-LLB and the Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Commerce-LLB and initially 102 students will be admitted in the two sections.

Giving details about the two new programmes, the official said: “The Bachelor of Arts-LLB (BA-LLB) programme will offer at least three disciplines of arts such as political science, sociology and economics along with the courses of law, while the Bachelor Business Administration/Bachelor of Commerce-LLB (BBA/BCom-LLB) will offer various courses (papers) of commerce, management, and economics disciplines,” as reported by Siasat.com.

“Legal education institutions imparting such integrated programmes in NCT are either very expensive or lack quality or both. Therefore, access to quality legal education is a challenge for the youth. Accordingly, it was felt that the university, in its centennial year, should start five-year integrated law programmes, which shall be of a high standard and more affordable,” the official said.

Until now, the law department used to offer a three-year LLB, LLM (full-time as well as part-time) and a PhD in Law.

To start the course, the university is planning to file an application with the Bar Council of India, seeking permission to initiate the five-year integrated LLB programmes after approval from statutory bodies Academic Council and Executive Council.

The official was a part of the committee constituted to form these courses. The admission to the new courses will be based on the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT) 2023 result, he said.

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