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The National Law Universities, often referred to as flagbearers of legal education in India are the top law schools in the country with very well-organized placement cells and median packages often exceeding Rs. 10 LPA. However, India has only 26 NLUs, offering close to 3500 seats in integrated LLB. Meanwhile, the number of annual LLB enrollments is close to 4 Lakh, highlighting the fact that most of the students have to look beyond NLUs.
The number of non-NLU law colleges in India is close to 1700, a majority of which are privately owned.
However, when it comes to placements in these colleges, only a few manage to compete with the NLUs. many law colleges lack robust placement cells, moot court infrastructure and internship opportunities, leading to subpar learning quality. This article attempts to filter out the law colleges to suggest the 5 best non-NLU law colleges with placement packages ranging from Rs. 6 LPA to 18 LPA.
Established in 1977, Symbiosis Law School, Pune, started a decade before the NLSIU Bangalore, the first NLU was established. Symbiosis Law School, Pune has been consistently ranked among the top 10 law schools in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, a government of India ranking framework.
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While the law school offers BA LLB, BBA LLB, 3-year LLB, and LLM courses, the median packages offered in 5-year LLB and 3-year LLB placements for the 2023-24 batch were Rs. 18 LPA and Rs. 12 LPA respectively. If we compare SLS Pune placements with those of NLUs, it is close to what tier NLUs offered to their students of the same batch.
Admissions to 5-year LLB courses at SLS Pune are offered through the Symbiosis Law Admission Test (SLAT), whereas, 3-year LLB admissions are conducted through the All India Law Admission Test (AIAT). These entrance exams for the current academic year have been conducted in December.
The second law college on the list is IIT Kharagpur, known mostly for its engineering courses. IIT Kharagpur has Rajiv Gandhi School Of Intellectual Property Law which offers 3-year LLB and LLM courses.
These courses are considered ideal for engineering, medical or science graduates who wish to study intellectual property rights.
IPR as a law specialisation has over the years seen an upward trend as Indian firms involved in engineering and innovation are now keen to protect their intellectual properties. The IPR lawyers play a crucial role in ensuring that rights are protected under Indian law and the WTO’s TRIPS agreement.
As for the placements, the 2020-21 batch of IIT Kharagpur secured a median salary of Rs. 18 LPA in the campus placements. The NIRF 2024 data shows that 29 students from the batch of 31 students were placed. Even for the batch of 2019, the median salary was Rs. 9 LPA, with 31 students from a batch of 47 getting placed.
However, IIT Kharagpur doesn’t offer a 5-year integrated LLB, not even in the form of Btech LLB which would have allowed students to study law after Class 12th.
Aligarh Muslim University, a prominent central university in Uttar Pradesh offers BA LLB. The Faculty of Law at AMU is among those few law schools in India that are not just affordable but also have healthy placement records.
AMU is ranked as the 12th best law school by the NIRF Law 2024 ranking. The NIRF data also shows the placement records of the university. The 2023 graduating batch of AMU secured a median salary of Rs. 12.50 LPA. The LLM placements were also equally good and the median salary was Rs. 10.32 LPA. This puts the Faculty of Law, AMU as one of the best universities in India from a return on investment perspective.
Next, in the list of Jamia Millia Islamia, which is again a central university and carries a Muslim minority status. Meaning, that up to 50% of seats are reserved for Muslim students here.
Similar to AMU, JMI also offers BA LLB and LLM. The university has an entrance exam for BA LLB. JMI is based in Delhi, both the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India are within 10 km from the law campus. Along with this, corporate companies in Gurugram and Noida ensure that students at JMI get internships and job opportunities. However, as the placement cell at JMI is relatively new, students are required to put some effort into finding internships.
As for the placements, the NIRF 2024 data shows the graduating batch of 2023 in JMI secured a median package of Rs. 8.40 LPA. The median salary in LLM placements for the same year was Rs. 9.60 LPA.
Finally, the Army Institute of Law (AIL) in Mohali is a good option for BA LLB, especially for children of army personnel. While the institute offers 100 seats in BA LLB, 75 seats remain reserved for wards of Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force Personnel. Of the remaining 25 seats, 20 are again reserved for the Punjab residence category, whereas, only 05 seats are available for the all-India general category.
The institute is ranked the 30th best law school in India by NIRF 2024 law ranking. While the ranking for AIL has dropped in recent years. The placement records have been fairly consistent, with a median salary of approx. Rs. 6 LPA in each of the last three graduating batches.
Finally, students should also note here that all the law colleges discussed in this article have separate university-level entrance exams. None of these accept CLAT scores. If they have missed out on CLAT, or are not likely to get into tier 1 or tier 2 NLUs, they should consider applying for these law schools.
With an All India SC category rank of 1561 in CLAT, you have a strong chance of getting admission into several National Law Universities through the counselling rounds. Based on past year trends, this rank can fetch you a seat in NLUs like NLIU Bhopal, HNLU Raipur, RGNUL Patiala, and possibly even higher-ranked ones like WBNUJS Kolkata or NLU Jodhpur depending on how cutoffs move in the later rounds.
SC category cutoffs for top NLUs tend to vary each year, but many of them have admitted students with SC ranks between 1500 and 3000, especially in rounds 2 and 3. Your chances increase further if you list a wide range of NLUs in your preference order during counselling. Also, make sure to complete all required counselling steps, document verification, and preference locking on time to avoid missing out.
With your rank, you're well-positioned to get a seat—just stay active in the admission process and keep checking updates from the CLAT consortium.
Dear student,
For Delhi University’s BA LLB program through CLAT, EWS category admissions last year (2024) typically closed around a rank of 1100 to 1200. This means if you scored around 90–95 marks in CLAT, you had a good chance of getting in. The exact cut-off can change slightly each year depending on competition and seat availability, but staying within the top 1200 is generally safe for EWS candidates.
The cutoff for DU BA LLB for CLAT ews has not been released yet.You can check the cutoff in this website after notification of release of cutoff - https://clat2024.consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2024/
Yes, you can get direct admission into BBA LLB at VIPS (Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies) with 82 percent in your Class 12 exams, but not without appearing in CLAT or IPU CET.
VIPS is affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), and admissions to BBA LLB are done strictly through entrance exams. The primary mode of admission is through CLAT UG, as GGSIPU has adopted CLAT scores for law programs in recent years. Previously, the IPU CET was used for law admissions, but that has been phased out for integrated law courses like BBA LLB.
So, even with a good Class 12 score, you cannot get admission into VIPS for BBA LLB without a valid CLAT score. The university does not allow direct management quota admissions outside the entrance process for its law programs. You may need to wait for the next CLAT attempt or consider private universities that allow direct admission based on 12th marks.
All the best!
Hi Akash,
It is good to see institutions like NMIMS have selected you for master of law based on your CLAT PG scores. If we compare the three then to be very clear:
For the best academic value and recognition choose NMIMS, or the Nirma University is also good. The DNLU is newer and can be considered as well but if we choose any one, then it is NMIMS.
ALL THE BEST !
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