Post Graduate Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Administration 

at B.J.S.Rampuria Jain Law College, Bikaner

No, you cannot become a lawyer without a Law degree. You mandatorily need to obtain degrees such as BA/BCom/BSc/BBA LLB or LLB in order to be a lawyer in India. To become a lawyer, one must first complete three-year or five-year LLB from a recognised university and possess degree certificate. Then, they must enrol themselves in local Bar Council of the concerned state and enrolled as an advocate. Within two years of the enrolment, they must appear and clear AIBE in order to be eligible to practise anywhere in India. 

B.J.S.Rampuria Jain Law College has below criteria for taking admissions to it's various courses:

Courses	Eligibility
LL.M.	Candidate who have completed PGDLL/PGDCI/PGDLFS with 55% marks for general and 50% marks for OBC/SC/ST can also apply.
LL.B.	Candidate must have completed graduation with above mentioned marks from any recognised University/Institute.

Courses offerred by B.J.S.Rampuria Jain Law College are approved by eminent Government bodies like BCI. The combined seats available for courses offered at B.J.S.Rampuria Jain Law College goes up to 360.

Dear aspirant, Glad to meet you. There is a good job opportunity in the field of criminology. This field has various offers for the scientist, research assistant, criminologist, forensic scientist and an investigator. Once you have completed a course in this field, you can opt job in various areas such as Forensic Department, Police, Research area, Medical Hospitals, CBI, Court, FBI, Crime Laboratories, Private Hospitals, Colleges, Institutions, MNCs (legal matters), Prison Reforms Programs and many others. You may be the professor in a college or the university or you may be the professional in the legal study or the judiciary member. The job profiles in the field of criminology are as the following: Private detectives Crime investigators Crime scene analyst Crime laboratory analyst F. B. I. agents Forensic surgeon Forensic engineer Police officers Crime intelligence analyst Community corrections coordinator Law reform researcher Regional crime prevention coordinator Consumer advocate Drug policy advisory Environment protection analyst. Hope it helps.

Both the AP LAWCET and CLAT entrance exam are conducted for admission to the Law schools in India, however, the syllabus for these exams are different on many parameters and candidates should strategise differently for both the exams. AP LAWCET exam has sections including Current Affairs, Legal Aptitude, Contract Law, Constitution, etc. and the CLAT entrance exam sections include English Language, Legal Aptitude, Mathematics, etc. AP LAWCET does not have mathematics subjects, AP LAWCET exam focus more on regional knowledge. CLAT generally covers the deeper aspects of the particular subject. 

Some  of the top recommendations on Criminal Law books are mentioned below -

• "Understanding Criminal Law" by Joshua Dressler.
• "The Indian Penal Code" by K.D. Gaur (Commentary).
• "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander.
• "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson.
• "The Code of Criminal Procedure" by Ratanlal and Dhirajlal.
• "Winning Arguments" by Jay Heinrichs.
• "The Indian Evidence Act" by Cottrell.

The core subjects studied at almost every level of the Criminal Law course are Foundations of Criminal Law, Indian Penal Code (IPC), Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), Criminology & Penology, Legal Research Methodology, etc.
Core subjects are the mandatory subjects that every student in a programme needs to study and pass.