07 ,May 2020
Introduction
Bar Council of India recognizes two degrees of laws, which
are B.A.LL.B, a five-year integrated
Law course and LL.B, a three years course. B.A.LL.B is persuaded after
qualifying intermediate, whereas eligibility of LL.B is after qualifying graduation. LL.B is
considered as the older form of studying law, whereas B.A.LL.B is a newer approach. A person
who is below 22 years can apply for the B.A.LL.B course, and a person interested in
B.A.LL.B
must be below 45 years of age.
Popular
Entrance Exams for Law Aspirants
1) CLAT (Common
Law Admission Test): CLAT is all India entrance exams for National Law
Universities present all over the nation. There are nineteen NLUs in totality, and all are
affiliated in recognition with the Bar Council of India. CLAT
proposes 3000 seats approximately. Every year CLAT is conducted in
May.
Due to the pandemic issue this year, the exam will be held on
21st June.
List
of Law exams Cancelled due to COVID-19
2) AILET
(All India Law Entrance Test): National Law University conducts AILET,
Delhi annually. It offers five years of Undergraduate and two years of Post Graduate
programs. It holds the capacity of 83 B.A.LL.B seats and 22 seats for LL.M programs. This
exam is conducted in 21 cities across India. AILET is an offline mode exam for 1 hour 30
minutes.
This year due to the pandemic, the exam is scheduled to be held in
June. But there is still no clarity about the dates.
3) IP University, Delhi, (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University):
The University offers B.A.LL.B and B.B.A.LL.B courses. It conducts the exam in offline mode
in Delhi only. This exam is conducted in affiliation to eight colleges for UG
admission.
GGSIPU has not listed any updates till date since
lockdown.
4) SET (Symbiosis Entrance Test):
There are three Symbiosis Colleges in India, Symbiosis Pune, Symbiosis Hyderabad, and
Symbiosis Nagpur. Symbiosis Entrance Test is conducted every year, and this exam is
conducted in affiliation by all the three colleges. Symbiosis Pune is considered as the best
among three followed up by Hyderabad, Noida, Nagpur. Admission to these colleges is also
taken by the ranking of marks scored by students.
It conducts the exam in
online mode. The exam date has not been updated yet since
lockdown.
5) HP NLU (Himachal Pradesh National Law University
Exam): HP NLU conducts exam for shortlisting students for B.A.LL.B,
B.B.A.LL.B, LL.M., and Ph.D. in law. HP NLU entrance exam is also known as Himachal Pradesh
National Law University Entrance Test (HP-NET). In two hours duration, one has to attempt
all 150 questions.
HP NLU has not declared any exam date for the year
2020.
6) LSAT (Law School Admission Test) India: LSAT
India is a national level exam test which is organized by Pearson VUE on behalf of LSAT
India. LSAT offers admission for BA LLB and LLM courses for over more than 70 colleges in
India. LSAT has no negative marking scheme. Registration for applying for the LSAT exam has
been open.
Exam dates have not been assigned to
date.
7) MH CET: Maharashtra conducts Maharashtra State
Common Entrance Test for the state, which means this test, is
affiliated to the colleges in Maharashtra only. This exam is conducted for offering courses
for both five years as well as three years courses. MH CET offers approximately fifteen
thousand seats across the state. MH CET is affiliated to 218 colleges of
Maharashtra.
MH CET has not come up with any exam date
schedule.
8) CHRIST UNIVERSITY, Bangalore:
Christ University conducts this exam to fill its seats every year. Entrance Examination for
Christ University is known as Christ University Law Entrance Exam (CULEE). Courses offered
by Christ are BA LLB and BBA LLB. The test paper of CULEE consists of five sections and 120
questions in totality.
There have been no updates regarding the exam date
since lockdown. Earlier it was to be conducted on the 14th and 26th of
April.
9) BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY: BHU offers
LLB as well as BA LLB program. It has been providing LLB courses for years, but it became
open to BALLB a few years ago by the approval of the Bar Council of India. BHU offers both
online as well as offline exams. BHU entrance exam is popularly known as BLAT (BHU Law
Admission Test).
BHU has not proposed any exam date till now for the year
2020.
10) UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy
Studies): Entrance exam for UPES law admission is known as ULSAT (UPES
Law Studies Aptitude Test). This University, along with BALLB, BBA LLB it also offers B.com
LLB. UPES admits students also through merit i.e., though the 12th board result and also
based on CLAT score. It also accepts students through LSAT. ULSAT is a seven days window
panel test that means students can opt for any date within a week.
ULSAT has
not updated exam dates after lockdown extension.
11) Punjab
University Chandigarh: Punjab University entrance Exam for Law is
popularly known as PULLB. Punjab University has the capacity to taking only three years of
LLB students.
Punjab University has not updated any information regarding the
conduct of the examination.
12) Army Law
Institute: Law entrance exam for Army Law Institute is known as AIL LET
(AIL Law Entrance Exam). This institute is affiliated to Punjab University. It offers only a
BA LLB course and can take only 80 law aspirants.
There has not been any
update regarding exam dates because of the lockdown
extension.
13) LNAT (National Admission Test for
Law): the test paper consists of an essay and 42 multiple choice
questions, to answer them all the test taker is allotted 135 minutes in total. LNAT does not
test for Legal knowledge; instead, it tests for aptitude skills.
LNAT
registration starts from 1st August 2020, and the test is predicted to be conducted from
1st September to get admitted in September
2021.
Conclusion
Except for CLAT, none of the
universities or boards has released the dates for conducting the examination. There have
been disturbances in the education system because of this lockdown. Still, universities are
aiming at fixing the exam dates in June because there has been a notice released by the
government about relaxation of lockdown till May end.
Law
Related to COVID -19 in India
Author
Harsh Raj