Law as a Career After Maharashtra 12th results 2025: Your Step-by-Step Guide, top exam and colleges
The Maharashtra State Board has declared the class 12th results on May 5, 2025. Students who cleared the Maharashtra 12th result now have some important career choices to make that will decide where they will be in another 10 years from now. Law programmes after 12th are a popular choice among students as they can enrol into a 5-year LLB programme. In this article, let’s look at the top exams and law colleges for students after the Maharashtra 12th result.
A career in law offers a good mix of choices. Aspirants can opt for jobs in law firms, embark on a teaching career or even become an entrepreneur through independent practice as an advocate after clearing the All India Bar Examination conducted by BCI.
Law Courses After Maharashtra 12th Results
Candidates who have completed class 12th or are studying in class 12th are eligible to apply for 5-year LLB programmes. A 5-year LLB is a five year integrated course that combines law with another subject depending on which 5-year LLB programme it is.
The law part of the integrated law programmes is similar across all the 5-year LLB courses. These courses provide a solid understanding of various areas of law. However the 5-year LLB syllabus differs for the domain subjects. Candidates can opt for a particular 5-year law programme depending upon their aptitude and preference.
List of 5-year LLB Programmes
Eligibility Criteria for Law Programmes After Class 12
The eligibility criteria for a 5-year LLB programme may vary from one college to another. Given below is the general criteria. However, candidates are advised to refer to the information brochure of colleges in which they wish to seek admission.
5-year LLB Eligibility Criteria
Particulars | Details |
Educational Qualification | Class 12th pass |
Minimum passing marks | 40-50% (varies across colleges and caste categories) |
Law Admission Process After Maharashtra 12th Results
The most popular option for law admissions for candidates from Maharashtra is MH CET law 2025 which is the law entrance exams conducted by CET Cell Maharashtra for admissions into participating law colleges in Maharashtra. Candidates can also appear for national level law entrance exams and other state-level exams for admissions into law colleges across the country. Some colleges offer law admission without entrance exams based on marks obtained in class 12.
The syllabus of these law entrance exams usually test a candidate’s reading comprehension skills, logical reasoning ability, general awareness and legal reasoning skills. Some exams also have a section on basic mathematics. Some of the popular law entrance exams are given in the table below.
Popular Law Entrance Exams After 12th
Entrance Exam | Conducting Body |
Common Entrance Test Cell Maharashtra | |
Symbiosis International (Deemed) University | |
Consortium of National Law Universities | |
Commissioner for Entrance Examinations Kerala | |
Panjab University | |
NLU Delhi | |
Telangana Council of Higher Education | |
Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education |
Top Law Colleges in Maharashtra
Given below is the list of top law colleges in Maharashtra. Some of these colleges are included in the NIRF law rankings 2024 as well.
Top Colleges in Maharashtra
Sl. No | College Name | NIRF Ranking |
1 | 31 | |
2 | 5 | |
3 | - | |
4 | - | |
5 | 34 | |
6 | MNLU Aurangabad | - |
7 | SLS Nagpur | - |
Job Opportunities After 5-year LLB
After completing a law degree, candidates can take various job profiles such as legal associate, independent practice or academics. They can also choose their preferred area of law depending on their expertise. The table below provides the various job profiles available for law graduates along with average salary.
Job Profiles in Law
Role | Average Salary | Job Description |
Legal Associate | 3.6 lakhs pa | Handling cases of the law firm’s clients |
Corporate Lawyer | 5.8 lakhs pa | Part of a corporation’s legal team giving legal advice and ensuring the firm stays away from litigation. |
Criminal Lawyer | 3 lakhs pa | Arguing cases on behalf of clients involved in criminal cases |
Family Lawyer | 3.6 lakhs pa | Arguing cases that involve relationship matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption of a child etc. |
Cyber Lawyer | 2.4 lakhs pa | Specialist in cyber law and information technology and deal with cases involving data privacy, digital crimes, etc. Can work as part of a cyber security team in a corporate set up. |
Judicial officer | 4 lakh pa - 10 lakh pa | Appointed as judges of the Supreme Court, High Courts, and Sessions Courts. The candidates have to take the Judicial Services Exam. |
Professor | 3 lakhs pa | Teaching at a law college or university. |
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Mumbai University has opened its application forms, under the Department of Law, for the two-year LLM program. The portable was made accessible for the applicants from the 3rd of August, 2024, and will be open till the 12th of August, 11:55 pm.
The applicants can fill out the
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To do
- Visit the MHT CET merit list 2024 official website- cetcell.mahacet.org 2024.
- Click on the “Merit List” link.
- Enter your Application ID and Date of Birth.
- The MHT CET merit list will be displayed on the screen.
- Download the merit list.
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If your registration for a course is complete but your application form is incomplete, here are the steps you can take to address the situation:
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55 percentile means 55- 65 marks. You can click E-consulting link for further information and visit C.E.T official website and check out the pdf.
MH -C.E.T link (https://cetcell.mahacet.org/notices/)
percentile to marks document link (file:///C%3A/Users/ADITYA/Documents/Normalisation-Document_LLB-3-Yrs-CET-2024.pdf)
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TS LAWCET 2025: The TS LAWCET 2025 application form for admission to 5-year LLB and 3-year LLE courses will tentatively be released in March 2025, at lawcet-tische.ac.in. Once the application process is over, the admit card for the exam will tentatively made available in the fourth week of May 2025
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