CLAT

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Yes, you can take admission in 3 years LL.B. Course without having to appear for entrance exam. There are colleges who offer admission on the merit basis. LL.B. Is a 3 years long course which has started to be replaced by B.A. LL.B. Course which is 5 years long. Most colleges these days are preferring to offer B.A. LL.B. Course to the candidates which can be taken after completing 12th standard. It is mandatory to appear for entrance exam for B.A. LL.B. Course. The name of entrance exam is CLAT. There is however no such requirement for LL.B. Course. You can seek direct admission based on the merit. You will have to appear for an interview after which you will be given admission for LL.B. Course. Although not every college follow this procedure and a large number of them prefer to select candidates through entrance exam. The criteria for entrance exam is:
Eligibility
1. A Bachelor degree in any stream.
2. Minimum of 45 percent marks in Bachelor degree.
3. SC/ST need 40 percent marks.
4. Age limit for LL.B. Is 30 years.
5. SC/ST gets 5 years relaxation in upper age limit. The criteria for admission based on merit is also same. However you will need to have good percentage to make the cut. Below are some colleges that offer admission through merit.
1. Government Law College (Mumbai)
2. Balaji Law College (Pune)
3. ILS Law College (Pune)

Eligibility Criteria of BBA LL.B. In Ambedkar University :
1. A candidate should have passed Higher Secondary Examination (10+2) or its equivalent examination recognised by the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai and should have secured not less than 70% of the total marks in the aggregate of all the subjects.
2. The candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe communities should have secured not less than 60% of the total marks in the aggregate of all subjects.
3. In the case of students who make a claim under the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) category, they should have secured not less than 60% in the qualifying examination.