Top Law Institutions In India

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Here are the Top 25 Law Colleges in India.
1. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru

Rank 1 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 1986

Place: Bengaluru

Courses:

  • Integrated BA LLB
  • LL.M
  • LL.B (3 Years)
  • MPP
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:586

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)
  • National Law School Admission Test (NLSAT)

Notable Alumni: Arundhati Katju, Menaka Guruswamy, Gopal Subramanium, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer.

Email :- contactus@nls.ac.in

Website: https://www.nls.ac.in/

2. National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University, Hyderabad

Rank 2 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 1998

Place:Hyderabad, Telangana

Courses:

  • MBA/PGDM
  • LL.M
  • B.ALL.B(Hons.)
  • B.B.A
  • M.phil
  • Ph.D

Total Intake:132 seats for B.A LL.B (Hons), 66 seats for LL.M Admission.

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Gopal Subramanium, Harish Salve, Pallavi Shroff .

Email :- contactus@nls.ac.in

Website: https://www.nalsar.ac.in/

3. National Law University, Delhi

Rank 3 in Public/Government

Year Of Established:2008

Place: Dwarka, New Delhi

Courses:

  • B.A LL.B (Hons)
  • LL.M
  • Ph.D
  • PG Diploma courses.

Total Intake:110+10 [110 Seats on merit through All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) and 10 Seats for direct admission to Foreign Nationals on merit (5 seats for Foreign Nationals & 5 seats for OCI/PIO)].

Admission Criteria:

  • AILET

Notable Alumni: Shamnad Basheer

Email :- deanofalumni@nludlhi.ac.in

Website: https://nludelhi.ac.in/

4. Jindal Global Law School,Sonipat

Rank 1 in Private

Year Of Established:2009

Place: Sonipat

Courses:

  • BBA LL.B(Hons.)
  • B.ComLL.B (Hons.
  • B.ALL.B(Hons.)
  • LL.B
  • LL.M
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:300 (for B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), 180 (for LL.B.),300(for B.B.A LL.B (Hons.)180 (for B.com LL.B(Hons.)

Admission Criteria:

  • LSAT/CLAT/JSAT

Notable Alumni: Thomas George Karimpanal, sport shooter • Arman Sood, founder of Sleepy Owl Coffee.

Email :- mailto:info@jgu.edu.in

Website: https://jgu.edu.in/jgls//

5. Gujarat National Law University,Gandhinagar

Rank 5 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 2003

Place: Gandhinagar

Courses:

  • B.A LL.B(Hons.)
  • LL.M
  • B.ComLL.B(Hons.)
  • BB.A LL.B(Hons.)
  • LL.B.
  • MPP
  • Ph.D.
  • PG Diploma

Total Intake:69 Seats (LLM), 209 seats out of which 66 seats are for unreserved category and 11 seats are supernumerary seats

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Aditya Gor, Aakanksha Parashar, Prakhar Gautam and Priya Kumari Kala.

Email :- mailto:contact@gnlu.ac.in

Website: https://gnlu.ac.in/

6. National Law University, Jodhpur

Rank 6 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 1999

Place: : Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Courses:

  • B.A LL.B (Hons)
  • BBA LL.B (Hons)
  • M.Phil(3 Years)
  • LL.M
  • Ph.D.
  • PG Diploma courses

Total Intake:115 seats for B.A LL.B (Hons), 115 seats for BB.A LL.B (Hons), 80 seats for LL.M .

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Nishant Kumar, Avi Prasad, Chakravarty Singh Rathore

Email :- nlu.jod.rj@nic.in

Website: https://www.nlujodhpur.ac.in/

7. Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Rank 2 in Private

Year Of Established: 1977

Place: Pune

Courses:

  • B.A LL.B (Hons)
  • BBA LL.B (Hons)
  • M.Phil(3 Years)
  • Postgraduate LL.M
  • Ph.D.
  • LL.B (3 Years)
  • Diploma Courses

Total Intake:300 seats [inclusive of 180 seats of BB.A. LL.B (Hons.) and 120 seats of B.A. LL.B (Hons).

Admission Criteria:

  • Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) Law/SLAT

Notable Alumni: : Madhava Menon, Indira Jaisingh, Arun Jaitley, Adv. Ram Jethmalani

Email :- info@symlaw.ac.in

Website: https://www.symlaw.ac.in/

8. West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata

Rank 8 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 1999

Place: Kolkata, West Bengal

Courses:

  • PG Courses
  • LL.M
  • BA LL.B (3 Years)
  • M. Phil
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:132seats(LLB), 85 seats for LLM.

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Rishabh Sancheti, Chetan Bhagat, Arghya Sengupta.

Email :- info@nujs.edu

Website: https://www.nujs.edu/

9. Amity Law School, Noida

Rank 9 in Private

Year Of Established: 1999

Place:Noida

Courses:

  • B.A
  • LL.B. (Hons.)
  • BB.A LL.B (Hons.)
  • LL.M
  • Ph.D in Law

Total Intake:240 Seats for BA LLB (Hons.), 180 seats for LLB (Hons.) while for LLM, it is 60 seats,120 seats for BBA LLB Hons.

Admission Criteria:

  • Amity Law Entrance Test (ALET)
  • CLAT, LSAT

Notable Alumni: Vivek Bindra. Disha Patani ,Rajisha Vijayan,Zain Imam.
Ajay Dutt.

Email :- mailto:alsnoida@amity.edu

Website: https://www.amity.edu/alsn/

10. Faculty of Law, University of Delhi

Rank 10 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 1924

Place: Delhi

Courses:

  • LL.M
  • LL.B (3 Years)
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:There are a total of 2922 seats (CLC- 974, LCI- 974, LC2- 974) available in LLB. LLM two year course has 73 seats and LLM three year course has 64 seats.

Admission Criteria:

  • DU LLB/ LLM Entrance Test

Notable Alumni: Ajit Jogi – Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Meira Kumar – Former Speaker of Lok Sabha.Arun Jaitley – Former Finance Minister, Government of India.

Email :- deanlawdu.so@gmail.com

Website: https://lawfaculty.du.ac.in/

11. VIT Law School, Chennai

Rank 11 in Private

Year Of Established:2014

Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Courses:

  • B.A., LL.B. (Hons.)
  • BBA., LL.B. (Hons.)
  • LL.M.
  • Ph.D. in Law

Total Intake: B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) – 120, BBA., LL.B. (Hons.) – 180, LL.M. – 20

Admission Criteria:

  • VIT Law Entrance Exam (VITLLET)
  • CLAT or LSAT scores

Notable Alumni: V. Narayanasamy, Former Chief Minister of Puducherry and Member of Parliament,Justice S. Tamilvanan, Former Judge of the Madras High Court,Usha Ramanathan, Legal Researcher and Activist.

Email :- admin.chennai@vit.ac.in


Website: https://vit.ac.in/schools/law/

12. Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL)

Place: Patiala, Punjab

Year Of Established:2006

Place: Patiala, Punjab

Courses:

  • BA
  • LL.M
  • LL.B (Hons.)
  • PG Diploma
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:BA ,LL.B (Hons.) 180,LL.M 40 Seats.

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh ,President ,Mr. Aishwarya Ratna Pandey Vice – President, Ms. Akanksha Rajpurohit Secretary,Mr. Harkirat Singh

Email :- info@rgnul.ac.in

Website: http://www.rgnul.ac.in/

13. National Law University, Sonepat

Year Of Established:2012

Place: Sonipat, Haryana, India.

Courses:

  • B.A
  • LL.B. (Hons.)
  • B.B.A
  • Postgraduate (LL.M., Ph.D.)
  • Diploma courses.

Total Intake:120 seats for BA,LLB , 30 seats for PG Diploma.

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni:Anupam Sanghi (Partner at Anand and Anand), Arjun Garg (Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.), and Bhavya Khanna (Associate at AZB & Partners).

Email :- registrar.dbranlu@gmail.com


Website: https://nlsonipat.ac.in/

14. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow

Rank 14 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 2005

Place:Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Courses:

  • BA
  • LL.M
  • LL.B (Hons.)
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:160 Seats + 16 Seats NRI

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Anubhav Agarwal (Advocate, Supreme Court of India), Abhishek Tripathi (Assistant Professor of Law, University of Delhi)
Email :- registrar@rmlnlu.ac.in

Website: https://www.rmlnlu.ac.in/

15. Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur

Rank 15 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 2003

Place: Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Courses:

  • BA
  • LL.M
  • LL.B (Hons.)
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:196

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Ms Vanya Francis, Mr Anirudh Agrawal and Mr Aditya Rai,

Email :- info@hnlu.ac.in

Website: https://hnlu.ac.in/

16. ILS Law College, Pune

Rank 16 in Public/Government

Year Of Established:1923

Place: Bengaluru

Courses:

  • BA
  • LL.M
  • LL.B (Hons.)
  • Ph.D.
  • BB.A

Total Intake: 240 seats for BA LLB,161 seats for LLB

Admission Criteria:

  • Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHT CET)
  • Law School Admission Test (LSAT) India

Notable Alumni: Harshad S. Mehta (Stockbroker), Anupam Kher (Actor)

Email :- ilslaw@ilslaw.in

Website: http://www.ilslaw.edu/

17. National Law University (NLU), Odisha

Rank 17 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 2008

Place:Cuttack, Odisha

Courses:

  • BA LL.B
  • LL.M
  • BB.A LL.B (Hons.)
  • LL.B (Hons.)
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:120 seats for BA LLB(Hons.),120 seats for BBA LLB(Hons.)

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni:Sakshi Mishra,Titiksha Shrivastava

Email :- info@nluo.ac.in


Website: https://www.nluo.ac.in/

18. Government Law College,Mumbai

Rank 26 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 1855

Place:Mumbai

Courses:

  • LL.M
  • LL.B (3 Years)

Total Intake:586

Admission Criteria:

  • MH CET Law

Notable Alumni: Justice Harilal Kania,Former CJI , Justice P.N. Bhagwati, Former CJI, Justice M.H. Kania, Former CJI, Justice S.P. Bharucha, Former CJI, Justice S.H. Kapadia, Present CJI

Email :- info@glcmumbai.com

Website: https://glcmumbai.com/

19. National Law University and Judicial Academy (NLUJA), Assam

Rank 19 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 2009

Place:Guwahati, Assam

Courses:

  • BA
  • LL.M
  • LL.B (Hons.)
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:60seats for BA LLB (Hons.) ,LLM: 30 seats,

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)
  • All India Entrance Test (AIET)

Notable Alumni:Aman Wadud – Human Rights Lawyer and Activist ,Arindam Saikia – Advocate, Guwahati High Court ,Anshuman Goswami – Advocate, Supreme Court of India.

Email :- admissions@nluassam.ac.in


Website: https://www.nluassam.ac.in/

20. National Law University (NLU), Nagpur

Rank 20 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 2016

Place: Nagpur, Maharashtra

Courses:

  • BALL.B (Hons.)
  • LL.M
  • BB.A LL.B
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:70 seats for LLM ,60 seats for BBA LLB(Hons.),120 seats for BA LLB(Hons.)

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)/MHCET

Notable Alumni: Not specified

Email :- registrar@nlunagpur.ac.in

Website: https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/

21. NLU Institute of Advanced Legal Studies , Kolkata

Year Of Established: 2005

Place: Kolkata, West Bengal

Courses:

  • B.ALL.B (Hons.)
  • LL.M
  • BSC LL.B
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake: 132 seats for BA LLB(Hons.),102 seats for LLM,

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Justice Ashim Kumar Roy, Former Judge of the Calcutta High Court ,Jayant Bhushan, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, Nivedita Nair, Lawyer and Advocate.

Email :- registrar@nuals

Website: https:https://www.nuals.ac.in/

22. Tamil Nadu National Law School (TNNLS), Tiruchirappalli

Rank 1 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 2012

Place: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

Courses:

  • B.ALL.B (Hons.)
  • LL.M
  • BCOM LL.B
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:180 seats for B.A LL.B. (Hons.),180 seats for B.COM LL.B (Hons.),18 seats for LLM

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Arjun Kapoor (Actor), Anupama Roy (Professor of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University).

Email :- admin@tndalu.ac.in


Website: https://tnnls.in/

23. National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi

Rank 23 in Public/Government

Year Of Established:2010

Place:Ranchi, Jharkhand

Courses:

  • B.A LL.B (Hons.)
  • LL.M.
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:180 seats for B.A LL.B. (Hons.),180 seats for B.COM LL.B (Hons.),18 seats for LLM

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni:Aditya Vikram Birla, Indian industrialist and Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group,Dr. Justice D. Y.
Chandrachud, Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Palkhivala Foundation Moot Team, Winners of the 12th Nani Palkhivala Memorial National Tax Moot Court Competition.

Email :- registrar@nusrlranchi.ac.in

Website: http://www.nusrlranchi.ac.in/

24. Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU)

Rank 1 in Public/Government

Year Of Established:2014

Place: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Courses:

  • B.ALL.B
  • B.COM LL.B
  • LL.M
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:122 seats for B.A LL.B(Hons.),286 seats for LL.M.

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)
  • National Law School Admission Test (NLSAT)

Notable Alumni: Kshitij Malhotra, an associate at the law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, and Anushka Sinha, an advocate in the Bombay High Court.

Email :- info@mnlumumbai.edu.in


Website: https://www.mnlumumbai.edu.in/

25. Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna

Rank 25 in Public/Government

Year Of Established: 2006

Place:Patna, Bihar

Courses:

  • Integrated BA LLB
  • LL.M
  • LL.B (3 Years)
  • MPP
  • Ph.D.

Total Intake:120 for B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), 20 for LL.M.

Admission Criteria:

  • Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

Notable Alumni: Shivendra Singh (Advocate, Supreme Court of India), Saurabh Kumar (CEO, Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency).

Email :- registrar@cnlu.ac.i

Website: https://cnlu.ac.in/