Top 10 Law Schools in India based on NIRF Law Ranking 2025

The Ministry of Education has released the NIRF Rankings 2025. India has prominent law colleges, including National Law Universities and, here is a list of top 10 law colleges in India with their unique features, including NIRF Ranking2025, and the admission process.  

Law is an interesting career option to choose from if you are ready to study hard for the initial few years and are able to remember things over a long duration of time. Nowadays, students who opt to pursue law have the option to select from courses such as BA LLB (5 years), BCom LLB (5-years), BSc LLB (5-years), BTech LLB (5-years) and BBA LLB (5 years) at the undergraduate level and, LLB (3 years), LLM course at the postgraduate level. Also, students can choose to pursue a career in newer branches of law, such as administrative law, cyber law, human rights law, environmental law, education law, and intellectual property laws, apart from the traditional ones – criminal law, civil law, corporate law, labour law, taxation law, and banking law.

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Keeping in mind the demands of the ever-changing world, law schools in the country are also trying to become better equipped to handle issues faced by people in today’s day and time. So, in order to keep law students in tune with what is happening in the world, law schools are trying to introduce more specialised subjects and programmes.

Some of these new programmes, which have been recently introduced at law schools, are:

• Aviation law at NALSAR
• Public Policy at NLSIU
• Entrepreneurship administration at NUJS
• Labour welfare laws at Symbiosis Society's Law College

Apart from these new programmes, law schools these days are also paying a lot of attention to training their students well by regularly conducting moot court sessions, competitive legal events, mandatory internships and journal writing.

In this article, aspirants can go through the list of the best law schools in the country that should be considered if they wants to make a career in the field of law. Please note that the rankings for top law colleges in India are based on NIRF Ranking 2025 released on September 4, 2025.

National Law School of India University

[Ranked 1 in NIRF Ranking 2025]

Admission through: CLAT

Established in 1986 in Bangalore, the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is spread over an area of 23 acres. Since 1991, the University is fully residential with three halls of residence for men and women each along with two Hostels for post-graduate women students, three blocks for faculty quarters and two blocks for non-teaching staff quarters beside the Academic Block. Sudha Narayanamurthy of Infosys has helped establish a library at this law school which is called “Shri Melgiri Narayan Rao Memorial Library”, named after her father.

The Chief Justice of India is the Chancellor of the University while the Chairman, Bar Council of India, is the Chairman of the General Council of National Law School of India University.

National Law University, Delhi

[NIRF Rank-2]

Admission Through: AILET

National Law University is one of the national law schools in India. According to the National Law University Act 2007, the Chief Justice of India is the university's visitor, whereas the Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi functions as the university's chancellor. whereas its vice-chancellor functions as the chief administrator. NLU Delhi conducts its own entrance exam called AILET.

 National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University

[Ranked 3 in NIRF Ranking 2025]

Admission through: CLAT

Commonly referred to as NALSAR University of Law, this famous law school was established in 1998 and is located in Shamirpet, the northern outskirts of Hyderabad. The Chief Justice of AP High Court is the Chancellor of this law school and Professor Srikrishna Deva Rao is its Vice-Chancellor.

A fully residential University, this law school is spread over an area of 55 acres. At present, 400 students are pursuing the undergraduate course at the university and 120 postgraduate students are present at NALSAR University of Law.

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

[NIRF Rank-4]

Admission Through: CLAT

Established in 1999, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, is amongst the best national law schools in India. In August 2004, it was notified under Clause (f) of Section 2 of the UGC Act, 1956. It has been granted permanent affiliation by the Bar Council of India in 2005. One of the autonomous law schools in India, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences offers infrastructural facilities like libraries, laboratories and classrooms.

Gujarat National Law University

[Ranked 5 in NIRF Ranking 2025]

Admission through: CLAT

Commonly referred to as GNLU, Gujarat National Law University, located at Gandhinagar became functional in 2004. This law school is spread over an area of 50 acres of land and has 62 academic staff members along with 800 undergraduate students and 80 postgraduate students.

The official website further elaborates on the working of the law school by stating, “Since its inception, the University has been holding regular in-house Moot Court competitions wherein meritorious students are sent abroad for participating in Moot Court jamborees. The hub of activity happens to be our Moot Court Committee and the Legal Aid Clinic, which have developed a workable and efficient interface with the industry and the Judiciary to the satisfaction of us all”.

Also Read: List of NLUs in India

Indian Institute of Technology

[NIRF Rank-6]

Admission Through: CLAT

It is a public research university established by the government of India in 1951. In the year 2019, IIT Kharagpur was awarded the status of "Institute of Eminence" by the Government of India. Other than Engineering, the institute also offers courses in management, law, architecture, humanities, etc.

Symbiosis Law School, Pune

(NIRF Rank: 7)

Admission Through: SLAT

Symbiosis was established in 1971 under the patronage of Dr S B Mujumdar who was its president and founder-director. The official website says, “Symbiosis Law School, Pune established in June 1977, was earlier affiliated to the University of Pune and later became a constituent of Symbiosis International University in 2002, with an enhanced degree of autonomy in teaching, learning and research.”

Courses offered at Symbiosis Law School include – BA LLB, BBA LLB, LLM, Diploma programmes, PhD and certificate programmes in European legal studies as well as a certificate course in securities laws.

Faculty of Law, Jamia Millia Islamia

[Ranked 8 in NIRF Ranking 2025]

Admission Through: Jamia Millia Islamia Law Entrance Exam

Established in 1989, the Faculty of Law at Jamia Millia Islamia at that time only used to offer three year LLB programme to aspirants.

Now, the Faculty of Law - JMI offers BA LLB (Hons) programmes as well as two year LLM course in three specialisations as Personal Law, Corporate Laws and Criminal Law. The law school also offers a PhD programme in law to aspirants.

In the LLM course, there are 20 seats, whereas in the BA LLB (Hons) and BA LLB (Self-financed) courses, there are 60 seats each available for admission.

Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University

[Ranked 9 in NIRF Ranking 2025]

Admission through: AMU law entrance exam

Established in 1894, Aligarh Muslim University’s Faculty of Law is one of the oldest law schools in the country. This law school offers admissions to 100 students in its BA LLB course.

Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) offers graduate, postgraduate, PhD as well as diploma programmes in law. The college library is known to have more than 24,000 books.

Students also need to undergo summer training programmes. As part of these internships students of AMU’s Faculty of law intern at NHRC - New Delhi, law firms of the Supreme Court of India; guided by the Secretary Bar Council, Supreme Court etc.

Siksha `O` Anusandhan

(Ranked 10 in NIRF Ranking 2025}

Admission through: CLAT

 Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University, Bhubaneswar, offers law programs through its Institute of Law (ILS). The courses include BA LLB (Hons.), BBA LLB (Hons.), B.Sc. LLB (Hons.), LLM, and PhD in Law. Admissions are based on the SAAT entrance test or other recognized law entrance exams. The curriculum combines legal theory with practical exposure through moot courts, internships, legal aid clinics, and research activities. SOA’s law school is approved by the Bar Council of India (BCI) and emphasises interdisciplinary learning, skill development, and ethics, preparing students for careers in advocacy, judiciary, corporate law, and academia.

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