Civil Law

Civil Law is one of the fundamental aspects of legal system of Indian Constitution. Indian legal system is hybrid and civil law is one of the main element along with Common law and Customary law. Those who are interested in making a career in Civil law must first study its principles and significance as part of law degree curriculum. Read this page to get details about Civil law courses, eligibility, skillset required, and job opportunities. 

What is Civil Law?

Law can be termed as a set of rules meant to regulate the actions of citizens. Law is basically created by a particular country or governmental institutions to regulate the actions of its citizens. In the Indian Judicial System, law is categorised into four parts such as Criminal law, Civil law, Common law and Statutory law.

Civil Law is one of the most important branches of law for every member of the country. It helps in resolving different non-criminal disputes with the defined procedures, set of rules, regulations and judicial precedents. The dispute can vary from personal, family to organisational. Civil law regulates private matters between individuals by providing compensation or any adequate form of redressal for the violation of their private or civil rights. 

As it is said that there is no shortcut to succeed in life, likewise there is no shortcut to become a good lawyer. The profession requires a lot of dedication and hard work to excel in the field.

Civil Law Courses, Eligibility & Entrance Exams

To make a career in the field, aspirants can opt for five-year integrated LLB courses civil law degree like BA LLB, BBA LLB, BSc LLB or BCom LLB at the Undergraduate level. Candidates can also opt for a three-year LLB course or degree after graduation. Meanwhile, candidates willing to go for higher level studies can choose Civil Law degree such as LLM and doctoral degree (PhD) in law. Candidates can also pursue one-year diploma course in civil law after graduation.

There are majorly three types of degree courses in Civil Law- Integrated LLB, LLB and LLM. Candidates willing to apply for the courses should meet the eligibility criteria prescribed by a university/college in which they are seeking admission. Given below is the basic eligibility prescribed by a majority of law schools in India:

Skillset for Civil Lawyer

Besides educational qualifications, there are various traits that a good civil lawyer should possess. Here we have elaborated on some qualities required to be a good civil lawyer.

Popular Entrance Exams for Civil Law

There are multiple entrance exams for admission in Civil Law. In order to become a civil lawyer, aspirants are first required to enroll themselves in an undergraduate degree course followed by an LLM programme. A number of institutes and universities offer admission to candidates on the basis of entrance examination. Given below are the popular undergraduate civil lawyer course entrance examinations.

• AILET (All India Law Entrance Test)

• CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)

• LSAT India

• ACLAT: Alliance Common Law Admission Test

• ULSAT: UPES Law Studies Aptitude

• DU LLB (Delhi University Bachelor of Legislative Law)

• KLEE: Kerala Law Entrance Examination

• ILSAT: ICFAI Law School Admission Test

• AP LAWCET (Andhra Pradesh Common Law Entrance Test)

Also, check out few popular LLM entrance exams for Civil Law admissions:

• CLAT PG

• AILET PG

• LSAT India PG

Branches of Civil Law 

Those interested in Civil Law can obtain further specialization in this area. Here are a few popular civil law branches:

Subjects & Syllabus of Civil Law

So, if you are all set to prepare for this profession, you can refer the detailed subject and syllabus of civil law. Here is a tabulation of civil law subjects for both UG and PG levels.

For Undergraduate level

For postgraduation

Here is a detailed list of subjects for post-graduation in Civil Law:

Civil Law Specialisations

Given below are list of subjects for specialisations in Civil Law:

Civil Law Job profiles

After pursuing the course, candidates become eligible for below mentioned job profiles in the field of law in India. Check out some major types of civil lawyers and their role mentioned below.

Top Recruiters

Top recruiters in the civil law profession are mentioned below:

• Luthra & Luthra

• S & R Associates

• Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.

• Trilegal

• Khaitan & Co

• Desai & Diwanji

• Platinum Partners

• AZB & Partners

• Nishith Desai Associates

• Wadia Ghandy & Co

• Talwar Thakore & Associates

• Anand and Anand

• J Sagar Associates

• Economic Laws Practice

• Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan