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Online LLM Degrees Invalid: BCI Orders Immediate Shutdown, Issues Notices to NLUs, IIT-KGP
As the space for online Law courses was rapidly expanding and often at the cost of regulatory compliance, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has reaffirmed its ban on unauthorised LLM courses offered through online, distance, blended or hybrid modes. It has directed law universities and departments to strictly comply with the Rules of Legal Education 2020, the Advocates Act and other statutory guidelines. Any such courses, currently operational, must be suspended immediately, and a compliance report must be submitted to the BCI, the notice says.
Among the institutes offering online/executive or professional LLM courses are several national law universities, law colleges, and private institutions. The council has already issued show cause notices and is in the process of issuing it to several institutions, including National Law Institute University, Bhopal, IIT, Kharagpur, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat and National Law University, Delhi, for offering LL.M. or similarly designated legal programmes through online, distance, blended, or hybrid formats without requisite approval.
In its communication to law universities and departments, the council has informed that some institutions sought to justify their programmes by suggesting that they were "executive" in nature, or “not equivalent" to the traditional LL.M. degree. However, these claims were found to be untenable, particularly where the protected nomenclature "LLM" was prominently used in marketing materials — advertisements, brochures, and academic communications.
The use of protected nomenclature — “LLM” denotes the postgraduate Master of Laws degree. Using the term without prior approval constitutes a deliberate attempt to mislead students and misappropriation of the statutory and academic status associated with the term.
The notice also adds that using a disclaimer, stating that a course like "LL.M. (Professionally" is not equivalent to a recognised LL.M. under UGC or BCI regulations, does not absolve institutions from liability or regulatory breach.
The council has reiterated that any LLM or equivalent legal programme offered online, distance, blended, or hybrid mode, or under misleading nomenclature such as LL.M. (Professional) or M.Sc. (Law), without prior BCI approval will be considered null and void.
These courses will not be recognised for using them for employment, academic appointments, research registration, judicial service or departmental promotion eligibility. The same has also been communicated to all High Courts.
As for students, the BCI says, online or hybrid LLM for UGC NET, Ph.D, or teaching positions is impermissible under the current regulatory framework and violates the BCI Legal Education Rules. Permitting unapproved and substandard LLM for UGC NET, PhD, or teaching undermines the integrity of institutions and devalues the postgraduate law degrees obtained through proper channels.
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