Thursday, August 23, 2007

Legal Studies

Legal Studies

Lawyers may specialise in specific areas which define their choice of job. Civil lawyers learn civil law, criminal lawyers practise criminal law. Other specialisations include corporate law, labour law, constitutional law etc. Job Market: Fresh lawyers can initially associate with a senior to learn the tricks of the trade. After gaining in experience, he can either put up private practice or join the legal department of public sector or private sector organisations. Alternately he can also join the training sector.

National Law School The BA, LLB (Hons.) course, though available presently in various other universities around India, saw its inception at NLSIU. Such an integrated course was conceived of with an objective to bring legal education on par with other professional courses like medicine and engineering, where a student fresh out of high school can make an immediate career choice. The course is of 5 years duration. The curriculum for the course is a mix of social science subjects and legal subjects. In the first two years, a student at NLS will be taught History, Political Science, Sociology and Economics along with the standard legal subjects. After that it is mainly legal subjects that constitute the curriculum. There are subjects taught at NLS which are not to be found in other institutions of its kind like International Commercial Transactions & Law, Poverty and Development. In the final year the students get to special in whichever areas they like and to do seminar courses in them. There is a plethora of seminar courses offered right from Air & Space law and medical law to cyber laws. The faculty teaching at NLS is selected from among the best available in their respective fields and the reputation of the university itself attracts the best faculty from all over India. Visiting faculty includes eminent names from all over India and the world.
Duration in Years Qualification
1. Master of Business Law (MBL) 2 Graduate with 45% or CA/ICWA/CS)
2. Labour Laws and Personnel 2 Graduate with 50%
Management (MLPM)
3. Master of Labour Welfare and 2 Graduate
Labour Laws (MLLW)
4. Bachelor of Social Legal Science (BLS) 3 +2/equivalent
5. Doctor in Jurisprudential Sciences (JDS) 2 LLM (55%)
6. M.Phil (Law) -- LLM with 'B' Grade/50% Marks
7. P.G. Diploma in Medical Law & Ethics 1 Graduate

Legal Studies: List of Institutions
1. Aditya College of Law, Campus: Etemadpur, Agra, UP
2. Amity Law School, M-44, Amity Campus, Saket, New
Delhi-110 017, Ph: 011-26569204, 26529207, E-mail:
alssaket@rediffmail.com, Web: www.amity.edu
3. Andhra University, Faculty of Law, Visakhapathnam-530
003, Andhra Pradesh
4. Bangalore University, Faculty of Law, Jnana Bharathi, Bangalore
5. Barkatullah University, Department of Law, Bhopal-
462036
6. Bharathi Vidyapeeth (Deemed University) Bharti Vidyapeeth
Bhavan, Lal Bahadur Shastri Margh, Pune-411 030, Maharashtra
7. Bharathiar University, Faculty of Law, Maruthamalai Road,
Coimbatore-641 046
8. Bharathidasan University, Faculty of Law, Palkalai Perur,
Tiruchirapalli-620 024 (Tamil Nadu)
9. Devi Ahilaya Vishwavidyalaya School of Law, Indore
10. Dr. Ambedkar College of Law, Tilak Road Extn., Opp. BEST
Bus Depot, Wadala, Mumbai-400 031, Ph: 4182958
11. Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar,
New Delhi-110 025, Ph: 011-6835831/1717/1389, Web:
www.jmi.nic.in
12. Government College of Law, A-Road, Churchgate, Mumbai-
400 020, Ph: 2041707, Web: www.glc. edu.in
13. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Kashmere Gate,
Delhi-110 006
14. ILS Law College, Pune-411 004, Ph: 356775, E-mail:
ilslaw@glaspn01.vsnl.net.in
15. Jiwaji University, Institute of Law, Near High Court Building,
Gwalior
16. Kakatiya University, Faculty of Law, Vidyaranyapuri, Warangal-
506 009, Andhra Pradesh
17. KLE Society’s Law College, II Block, Rajajinagar, PB No.
1059, Bangalore-560 010, Karnataka
18. Kurukshetra University, P.G. Regional Centre, Sirsa, Haryana
19. Madurai-Kamraj University, Faculty of Law, Palkalai Nagar,
Madurai-625 021
20. Maharshi Dayanand University, Faculty of Law, Rohtak-124
001, Haryana
21. Mahatma Gandhi College of Law, Institute of Legal Education
& Research, Gwalior, Aachra Bhavan, Jhansi Road,
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
22. Mangalore University, Faculty of Law, University Campus,
Mangalagangothri-574 119, Karnataka
23. Mohanlal Suhadia University, Faculty of Law, Pratap Nagar,
Udaipur-313 001, Rajasthan
24. MS Ramaiah College of Law, M.S.R. Nagar, MSRIT Post,
Bangalore-560 054, Karnataka
25. Nagpur University, Faculty of Law, Ravindra Nath Tagore
Marg, Nagpur-440 001, Maharashtra
26. Nalsar, University of Law, PO Shameerpet (Via Hakeempet),
Rangareddy District, Hyderabad-500 014
27. National Law School of India University, P.O. Bag 7201,
Nagarbhavi, Bangalore-560 072, Ph: 23213160, 23211303,
23211065; Web:www.nls.ac.in
28. North Maharashtra University, Faculty of Law, Post Box No.
80, NH No.6, ITI Hostel, Jalgaon-425 001, Maharashtra
29. Osmania University, Faculty of Law, Administrative Building,
Hyderabad-500 007, Andhra Pradesh
30. Pondicherry University, Faculty of Law, R.Venkata-raman
Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry-605 014
31. Seshdripuram Law College, Bangalore-560 020, Karnataka
32. Shivaji University, Faculty of Law, Vidyanagar Kolhapur-416
004, Maharashtra
33. South Gujarat University, Faculty of Law, Post Box No. 49,
Udhna Magdalla Road, Surat-395 007, Gujarat
34. Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Faculty of Law, Sri Venkateswarapuram,
Anantapur-515 003, Andhra Pradesh
35. Sri. Venkateswar University, Faculty of Law, Tirupati-517
502, Chitoor, Andhra Pradesh
36. Symbiosis Society’s Law College, Senapati Bapat Road,
Pune-411 004, Ph: +91-20-2565 5114, 2565 1495, E-mail:
info@symlaw.ac.in, Web: symlaw.ac.in
37. The W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Aranya
Bhavan, Sector-III, 10A, LA Block, Salt Lake, Kolkata-98
38. University of Bombay, Faculty of Law, M.G. Road, Fort,
Mumbai-400 032, Maharashtra
39. University of Lucknow, Faculty of Law, Lucknow
40. University of Madras, Faculty of Law, Centenary Buildings,
Chepauk, Triplicane PO, Chennai-600 005
41. University of Mysore, Faculty of Law, Crawford Hall, Mysore-
570 005, Karnataka
42. University of North Bengal, Faculty of Law, PO North Bengal
University, Raja Rammohunpur, Distt. Darjeeling-734 430,
West Bengal
43. University of Pune, Faculty of Law, Ganeshkhind Pune-411
007, Maharashtra

Legal Studies in Kerala
1. Centre for Legal Studies, Logans Road, Thalassery-670 101,
Ph: 0495-2301737
2. Department of Law, University Campus, Kariavattom-695
581, Ph: 2415936
3. Government Law University Campus, Kariavattom- 695 581, Ph:2360150
4. Government Law College, Kozhikode, Ph: 2370780
5. Government Law College, Ernakulam-682 011, Ph: 0484-
2352020
6. Government Law College, Kunnukuzhi PO, Thiruvananthapuram,
Ph: 0471-2304228
7. Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvanantha-puram,
Ph: 0471-2433166
8. School of Indian Legal Thought, M.G. University, Kottayam-
686 560
9. School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and
Technology, Kochi, Ph: 0484-2555465
International Focus
1. American Bar Association, 750 North Lake Shore Dr., Chicago,
IL 60611
2. Council of Legal Education, 39 Eagle Street, London WC1R
4AJ
3. General Council of the Bar, 3 Bedford Road, London WC1R
4DB
4. Law School Admission Council, P.O. Box 40, Newton, PA
18940
5. Law Society of Scotland, 26, Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh
EH3 7YR, USA
6. The Law Society, 227 Strand, London WC2A 1BA

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