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NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad

Admission

Admission to the First Year of the 5-year BA BL (Hons) Degree Program is made strictly on merit on the basis of an All India Entrance Test. To be eligible for admission, the student should have passed the Higher Secondary School/Intermediate Examination (10+2) or its equivalent recognized by the University, and should have secured 50 percent marks and younger than 20 years of age (22 years in case of SC/ST candidates). The number of students to be admitted on the basis of entrance test shall be SIXTY with the following reservations 20 seats are separately allotted for Foreign Nationals on Direct Admission basis on the basis of prescribed academic qualification and an interview.

Course Structure

NALSAR offers, at the graduate level, a five-year BA BL (Hons) degree program. Each year consists of two semesters: mid-June to October end and January to April. The placement program is conducted for a period of 6 weeks from November first week. The course in total has 10 semesters with 5 courses each in every semester. To be awarded the degree the student has to pass all the prescribed and optional courses totaling fifty (50) within a maximum period of seven (7) years. The course is a nice blend of social sciences and law subjects for the first two years (i.e. 4 semesters). Social sciences include two papers each in history, economics, sociology and political science. There are two papers in English as well. The end of 4 semesters along with 10 law papers, which includes legal methods, and law of torts complete the papers in social sciences and English in the first semester. Over the next 3 semesters (i.e. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th) 2 papers each on law of contracts, family law, criminal law and a paper each on property law and law & poverty are completed.