The board exams are round the corner for Senior Secondary students. It is high time for students to gauge their choices for pursuing the higher education. Whatever you choose for studying in college will stay with you for your life. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the choices on wide parameters.
Those who want to pursue law in graduation, we have brought you the list of top Law colleges in India. It will help you to determine your options whether you want to pursue law in your home state or in some other state.
There are more than 500 law colleges in India. Diverse range of options is available where candidates can find both government and private based colleges. Many courses are provided by law colleges which include both traditional and new specializations. That is why it is necessary to know which colleges are on the top.
These law colleges in India offer Under Graduate Programme for students to pursue five-year integration course BA LLB, BBA LLB or BSc LLB.
National Institute Ranking Framework
Every year law colleges receive a ranking by several top-ranking authorities. The rankings are released based on many factors like faculty, infrastructure, placements, curriculum.
Considering Ministry of Human Resource Development ranking authority, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) top law colleges of India 2020 are:
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National Law School of India University |
Bengaluru |
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National Law University |
New Delhi |
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Nalsar University of Law |
Hyderabad |
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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
Kharagpur |
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National Law University |
Jodhpur |
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The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences |
Kolkata |
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Gujarat National Law University |
Gandhinagar |
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Symbiosis Law School |
Pune |
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Jamia Millia Islamia |
New Delhi |
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The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law |
Patiala |
Analyzing previous year ranking, it is noted NLSIU and NLU have been top 2 law colleges for three consecutive years.
In 2020, GLU has improved its position and new entries were also observed in ranking list.
Zone wise top law colleges:
North India
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Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) |
Aligarh |
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Amity law |
Delhi |
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ICFAI law |
Dehradun |
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Army Institute of Law |
Mohali |
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Institute of law, Kurukshetra |
Haryana |
South India
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NLSIU |
Bangalore |
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Christ university |
Bangalore |
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KLE society’s law college |
Bangalore |
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CMR law school |
Bangalore |
East India
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NUJS Kolkata |
Kolkata |
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South Calcutta law college |
Kolkata |
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Department of law |
Kolkata |
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Patna law college |
Patna |
West India
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Bharati Vidyapeeth college |
Pune |
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Symbiosis law college |
Pune |
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ILS law |
Pune |
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Gujarat National Law |
Gujarat |
Legal education opens many doors for fresh graduates. A student can dive into various fields with the help of his law degree. Apart from that, it improves the logical, communication, and inter-personal skills of the students.
After graduating in law, a student becomes eligible to either practice in Indian Courts or he can prepare for Judicial Services. Moreover, he can apply for law officer vacancies in various departments of Government of India or the private institutions.
Thus, the college you choose would determine whether you would be part of the crowd or the leader of the crowd because it is the responsibility of law colleges to build and shape the future lawyers.
Now that you have gone through all the important law colleges in India, its time to start evaluating your choices.
