“Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins” – John Locke
Legal studies among students has gone to an uprise in the past few years. Concept of legal education has gone through various changes from just a mere option to a promising career option. Being a promising career option it also helps in the upliftment of society and the people living in it through justice and equality. Legal studies require a curious and open mind. Law as a career requires patience, consistency and hardwork. Today, law is one of the finest profession in India. Student opt for it by choice not by helplessness. A lawyer in India is considered as a learned and well-paid individual whose identity is not circumscribed by the court-room debates alone, but extends to the corridors of corporate power houses and international organization.
Earlier, there was no Common Law Entrance Test in India. But in 2008 the concept of Common Law Admission test, commonly known as CLAT was introduced in India .Admissions to all 17 National Law School is done through CLAT except National law University of Delhi which conducts its own test popularly known as AILET. Slowly and gradually law as a profession is becoming popular among students, so various private and government universities are organizing their own entrance test. Below is the list of law exams in India and important dates for law exams in India in 2016.
1) CLAT – COMMON LAW ADMISSION TEST (UG)
online exam – 8TH may, 2016
application form – January 1 – march 31, 2016
result and rank list – may 23 , 2016
counselling and seat allotment – june 1 – july 6 ,2016
CLAT PG 2016 –
Exam date – 8th may
Last date to apply- 31st march
2) AILET 2016 –( NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY , DELHI)
Exam date – may 1 (BALLB , LLM, PhD )
Last date for submission – 7th april 2016
AILET PG 2016-
Exam date – 1st may, 2016
Last date to apply – 7th april , 2016
3) SET 2016- ( SYMBIOSIS ENTRANCE TEST)
Examination date – 7th may 2016
Regustration closes on – 14th april, 2016
Payment closes on – 18th april, 2016
Admit Card will be live on – 23rd april, 2016
Set Result – 20th may , 2016
4) LSAT – LAW SCHOOL ADMISSION TEST-
Exam Date – 15th may , 2016
Registration Window (online payments ) – 9th nov 2015 -1st may 2016
Registration Window ( demand draft payments ) – 9th nov 2015 – 28th april , 2016
Announcement of Results – 3rd june, 2016
5) CULEE – CHRIST UNIVERSITY LAW ENTRANCE EXAM –
Exam date – 24th april
Online application begins – December 8, 2015
Last date of applications – 17th april , 2016
Last date of receiving supporting documents – 19th april ,2016
Issue of admit card – 21st april, 2016
Declaration of Result and Merit list – 29th april , 2016
6) UPES LEGAL STUDIES APTITUDE TEST-
Exam Date – 15th may , 2016
Application form – 5th november – 3rd may , 2016
Test slot booking – 3rd week of april ( dates not declared yet)
Admit card – 24 hours prior to commencement of exam
Group discussion and Interview – Second week of june 2016 ( dates not declared yet)
Rank list – Last week of june 2016 ( dates not declared yet)
7) BHU LLB ENTRANCE TEST, 2016 ( BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY )-
Dates not declared yet
8) IPU CET (GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY )-
Exam date – 16th april, 2016
Online application process will end on – 29th march ,2016
Results will be declared on – 3rd may 2016
9) BHARATI VIDYAPEETH LAW ENTRANCE EXAM 2016 – BVP LAW CET-
Dates not declared yet
10) AMITY LAW SCHOOL NOIDA –
Academic cut off and Lsat score
11) INDIA LAW SOCIETY (ILS)-
Academic cut off ( ug and pg both ))
12) Government Law College, Mumbai –
Academic cut off
13) AP LAWCET – ANDHRA PRADESH COMMON LAW ENTRANCE TEST-
Dates not declared yet
14) PU LLB ENTRANCE TEST (PUNJAB ENTRANCE TEST) –
Dates not declared yet
15) KLSAT – KIIT LAW SCHOOL ENTRANCE TEST-
Exam Date -23rd april , 2016
Last date of application form- 31st march , 2016
Result Date – 15th may , 2016
16) ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY(AMU) LAW ENTRANCE TEST –
Dates not declared yet
17) KERALA LAW ENTRANCE EXAM (KLE )-
Dates not declared
18) ILSAT 2016 ( ICFAI UNIVERSITY )–
Dates not declared yet
19) DU LLB ENTRANCE TEST – ( DELHI UNIVERSITY)
Dates not declared yet ( for both ug and pg courses)
20) ARMY INSTITUTE OF LAW ( AIL ) ENTRANCE TEST –
Dates not declared yet
21) CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY BALLB ENTRANCE TEST –
Dates not declared yet
22) MUMBAI UNIVERSITY COMMON LAW ENTRANCE TEST ( MUCLET)-
Dates not declared yet
23) BANGALORE UNIVERSITY –
Academic cut off
24) LET,2016 ( LLOYD ENTRANCE TEST )-
Exam date -21st may , 2016
Availability of online application form- 11th jan, 2016
Last date of application forms -16th may , 2016
Issue of hall tickets – 18th may, 2016
Notification of result -30th may ,2016
Personal interview and Admission process – from 1st june, 2016 onwards
25 ) TSLAWCET AND TSPGLCET ( TELANGANA COMMON LAW ENTRANCE TEST )-
Dates not declared yet
26) DR. AMBEDKAR GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE , CHENNAI –
Academic cutoff
27 )M. S RAMAIAH COLLEGE OF LAW – ( KARNATAKA STATE LAW UNIVERSITY)
academic cutoff
28) KLE SOCIETY’S LAW COLLEGE –
Academic cutoff ( above 80%)
29) INSTITUTE OF LAW , NIRMA UNIVERSITY , AHMEDABAD –
ACCEPTS CLAT SCORE
30) JINDAL GLOBAL LAW SCHOOL , SONIPAT –
Accepts CLAT score
Above mentioned are one of the best law schools of India which along with quality education provide good placement opportunities. Skils are something that you can work on and develop over time, five years of legal study in above mentioned law school focuses on skill development.
by Vani