NLSIU Bangalore

A public law school and a National Law University, the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) in Bangalore, Karnataka is one of the premier law schools in the country. It became India’s first National Law University set up in 1986, and one of the first in the country to offer a five-year integrated law degree at the undergraduate level.

Students can opt for the following courses at the NLSIU:

• A five-year integrated B.A. LL.B. (Hons) program 
• A 3-year LL.B (Hons) program
• A 1-year LL.M Degree program
• A 2-year Master’s Program in Public Policy
• Ph.D. in Law Program
• Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program

In addition to the above-mentioned courses, candidates can opt for various online and hybrid programs under NLSIU’s Professional and Continuing Education (PACE). Using learning materials specially designed for distance education, PACE programs follow a hybrid online format. The programs offered are as follows: 

• 2-year Postgraduate Master of Business Laws 
• 1-year Postgraduate Diploma In Human Rights Law
• 1-year Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Law & Ethics
• 1-year Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law
• 1-year Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Law
• 1-year Postgraduate Diploma in Consumer Law & Practice
• 1-year Postgraduate Diploma in Child Rights Law
• 1-year Postgraduate Diploma in Cyber Law & Cyber Forensics

Admission to the undergraduate 5-year B.A.LL.B (Hons) program at NLSIU will be conducted based on a candidate’s Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) score. Admission to the 3-year LL.B (Hons) program will be through a three-stage national-level entrance examination. The first two stages will include a pan-India written test known as the National Law School Admissions Test (NLSAT). The third stage will comprise an interview.