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PUC Arts · pathway 38 of 50

Law (LLB)

BA LLB · 5 Years (Integrated)

In law, reading stamina matters more than dramatic speaking.

If you can read a hundred pages without skipping and spot the problem everyone else missed, corporate law may suit you. Criminal courts ask you to think on your feet and act for a client whose story you find difficult.

Criminal practice happens in trial courts: long waits, hearings put off to another day, bail applications, cross-examination, and early years spent doing a senior's paperwork. Corporate lawyers rarely see a courtroom; they draft, negotiate and check every contract before a deal closes.

You can start after Class 12 (a five-year BA LLB) or after any degree (a three-year LLB); either way, practice needs Bar Council enrolment and its exam. Leading firms recruit heavily from a few national law schools; elsewhere, the way in is in-house teams, compliance and smaller firms.

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pathway 38 · Law (LLB)

The road

  1. SSLCClass 10
  2. 2 yearsPUC — any stream
  3. 5 Years (Integrated)BA LLB

Or, after a degree: 3-year LLB after a bachelor degree in any discipline — admission through state law CETs or university entrance, with the same Bar Council enrolment afterwards

Common ways in: Bachelor of Arts (BA) — pathway 40 · Political Science — pathway 43 · B.Com / BBA — pathway 31 · Pure Sciences — pathway 25 · Life Sciences — pathway 18

Where it goes after that

Work

  1. Advocate
  2. Corporate Lawyer
  3. Judge (via judiciary)
  4. Legal Consultant
  5. Corporate Counsel
  6. Intellectual Property Attorney
  7. Legal Analyst
  8. Arbitration Specialist
  9. Years later — Senior Advocate
  10. Years later — Partner in a law firm
  11. Years later — High Court Judge

Study further

  1. LLM (1Y)
  2. PhD Law
  3. Bar Council Exams
  4. LLM → PhD in Law
  5. Legal research fellowships
  6. Policy and legislative drafting

Government

  1. Public Prosecutor
  2. Judicial Services (Civil Judge)
  3. Legal officer in PSUs
  4. Law officer in banks
  5. Government pleader

Your own

  1. Independent legal practice
  2. Law firm
  3. Legal-tech venture
  4. Legal process outsourcing venture
Who can apply
Passed Class 12 in any stream with at least 45% (40% for SC/ST) for the 5-year integrated LLB. There is no age limit for CLAT.

Where to study it A shortlist of well-regarded places, not every college.

In Karnataka · by district

Bengaluru UrbanNLSIU Bengaluru Government (national institute)

Other places to study: NALSAR Hyderabad · NLU Delhi