Law Entrance Exam

Hi Shivani,
One of the main aspects that would help you to prepare for the exam is to develop a habit of maintaining notes related to current affairs. The static general knowledge requires relevant material in history, geography, economics and general science, and a proper understanding of basic legal concepts and legal reasoning along with basic and advanced concepts of analytical and critical reasoning. Quantitative aptitudes consisting of class X level concepts are required. All the mentioned sections should be practiced keeping in mind the time constraints. The CLAT exam does not have any structured syllabus to adhere to, which makes it more challenging.

Hi Mayuri,
There are colleges who offer admission on the merit basis.
LLB is a 3-year long course and BA LLB course is 5-year course. Most colleges these days are preferring to offer BA LLB course to the candidates, which can be taken after completing 12th standard. It is mandatory to appear for the entrance exam for BA LLB course. The name of entrance exam is CLAT.
There is, however, no such requirement for LLB course. You can seek direct admission based on the merit. You will have to appear for an interview after which you will be given admission for LLB course.
Although not every college follows this procedure and a large number of them prefer to select candidates through entrance exam. Here is the criteria for entrance exam:
Eligibility:
1. A Bachelor degree in any stream.
2. Minimum of 45 percent marks in Bachelor degree.
3. SC/ST need 40 percent marks.
4. Age limit for LLB is 30 years.
5. SC/ST gets 5 years relaxation in upper age limit.
The criteria for admission based on merit is also same. However, you will need to have a good percentage to make the cut.
Below are some colleges that offer admission through merit:
1. Government Law College (Mumbai)
2. Balaji Law College (Pune)
3. ILS Law College (Pune)