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During your time at law school, make sure you choose Intellectual Property Laws as your elective as that knowledge will form the basis of Intellectual Property Law and also give you a theoretical understanding of what the field is all about and what all it will encompass. Further, since Intellectual Property law is divided further into many categories - like Trademarks, Patents, Copyright, etc. - studying them will help you in deciding which one you would want to specialize in. Try and choose internships and apprenticeships under a reputed firm dealing in Intellectual Property Law in order to build a good CV and also to gain a practical knowledge of the field that you are interested in. Something like Anand and Anand will be a good start to a career in this field. After law school, try and focus your energies on getting a job with a good firm that specializes in IP law. You could enroll in a Diploma/certificate course in IP law to boost your CV. Indian Law Institute in Delhi has a part time classroom Diploma in IPR which one can pursue alongside regular college.

It is one of the most famous law colleges in the Delhi-NCR region. It is also among the first few preferences of students who look for colleges other than NLUs. The placements from this college are good. Although they may not be as good as top National Law Universities but students do intern and get offers from several law firms and top corporates. Another advantage of this college is with respect to place. Along with college, students can intern with lawyers in Delhi High Court as well as Supreme Court. The college also has a placement cell. Some firms that have recruited in the past are AZB partners, Dua Associates, Trilegal, Jyoti Sagar and Associates, Luthra and Luthra, Anand and Anand among others.

Faculty of Law is very strict in terms of attendance and rules have become even stricter in the last few years. Fewer teachers are willing to mark proxy for long term absentees and not having a minimum attendance disqualifies you from sitting for the exams. Hence, not attending classes regularly in DU can directly result in detention. When such detention is in the earlier semesters, one still has the option of covering up by sitting for those exams later. However, in the final year, missing attendance can lead to wastage on an entire academic year.
2. LL.B. As a course and a field of study, is dynamic and pragmatic. Hence, distance education is never a good idea. It is advisable to attend regular college. While pursuing an LL.B. It is very important to be a part of the classroom discussion and to actively participate in the teaching process.

Punjab is among the best law universities after NLUs. They are providing really good placements opportunities for their students and many firms and companies like Trident India (9 lacs+), Wipro (8 lacs+), Pengea 3 ( 5lacs+), OSC Knowledge Center, HDFC Ergo, Legacy Law Mind Merchant, Quislex are coming which are offering average 6 lacs package to the students. The placement cell is really active and it placed 38 out of 40 students of 2014 batch which is 95% of those students who applied for the placements. The highest package offered so far is 16.00 Lac packaged offered in year 2016-17. The number of companies coming in the college are 14,16, 20 in year 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively and the placement is improving a.

Alliance University is a very popular college to pursue law. It has an entrance exam of its own known as ACLAT. The Alliance School of Law provides students with all the necessary equipment and facilities required by them to develop knowledge and skills. Now coming to the placement part, the school as a very active Internship and Placement Cell. This cell is engaged in building relationships with legal professionals across the various sector. Since, the college is new, very little is known about the placement. Even the first batch has not graduated. So, nothing concrete can be said about the placements. But seeing the popularity and facilities provided to students, it can be said that the students would have ample opportunities on campus recruitments. Lastly, it also depends a lot on the students as to what has been their academic and extra curricular record. Hope this helps.

Since you are still in school, in case you are focused on doing law, the best option for you would be to sit for CLAT and aim for an NLU. NLUs in India are the premier institutions for studying law, both in terms of legal education and in terms of opportunities available to students who study from NLU's. The top ranking NLUs have been known to churn out the best in the field year after year. The CLAT exam for entrance to NLU's is an annual exam conducted in May every year. The questions are MCQ pattern with negative marking for every wrong answer. The exam is of moderate difficulty and it is essential you prepare well for the exam as Lacs of students are fighting for a meagre thousands of seats, that too for the best colleges in the country. Apart from NLUs, there are several other good colleges for doing law. However, there are separate entrance exams conducted for those. A good idea would be to first make a list of colleges that you are targeting and, accordingly, make a list of the entrances that you will have to give.