LLM

A 2 year duration LLM course is usually considered more valuable than a 1-year LLM course, because 2-year LLM programs typically are more elaborative and deep structured. They also allow students to specialize in a particular area of law, which can be beneficial for their future career scope.

Moreover, 1-year LLM courses are often designed for students who have already completed a law degree in another country and want to gain more expertise in a specific area of law. This could also be a good pathway for those who have a lot of work experience in the legal field and want to advance their careers.

Those who complete LLM have multiple options to explore and can establish a promising career in legal field. Some of the top job profiles include:

No, one who has to complete an LLB degree either three-year duration after graduation or five-year duration,  after class 12th makes them eligible enough to pursue law as a profession. An LLM degree is pursued by those who want to learn more in a specialisation. However, in both cases, they have to appear for AIBE conducted by BCI to be able to get a 'Certificate of Practice'. 

Due to global legal developments and changing market demands, there are many specialisations offered, some of them are mentioned below 

• Civil Law
• Tax Law
• Labour5 Law
• Corporate Law
• Commercial Law
• International Trade Law
• Labour Law
• Labour5 Law

Some of the top law colleges of India which offer LLM courses are mentioned below -

NLU Visakhapatnam
GITAM School of Law
NLSIU Bangalore - National Law School of India University
BHU - Banaras Hindu University
Symbiosis International, Pune

No, an LLM degree cannot be pursued in distance mode or online mode. However, listed below are some law courses offered by NLSIU Bangalore that candidates can study in distance education mode: 

• Master of Business Law (MBL)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law (PGDHRL)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Medical Law & Ethics (PGDMLE)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (PGDEL)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law (PGDIPRL)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Child Rights Law (PGDCRL)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Consumer Law & Practice (PGDCLP)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Cyber Law & Cyber Forensics (PGDCLCF)

For LLM admission offered at NLUs in India, candidates have to appear for the CLAT exam and meet the cut-off marks criteria for admission to 22 NLUs in India.

However, for admission to NLU Delhi, candidates have to appear and qualify AILET exam. Therefore, candidates need to score top ranks in CLAT PG in the range of 1-1000 to get admission in the top NLUs. LLM through CLAT PG is highly competitive, keeping in view the increasing number of candidates appearing for the exam and difficulty of the paper. 

Many law colleges in India offer LLM courses duration, as one-year or two-year courses. However, generally, the law degree is offered as a two-year duration. But soon, according to the recent deliberations of BCI, the one-year LLM shall be scrapped and two-year LLM shall be restored. It shall consist of four-semesters wherein candidates shall be required to submit dissertation in the end of the final semester. 

LLM course eligibility requires completing an LLB with a minimum 50 percent or equivalent CGPA. Some of the universities have additional requirements for entrance exam scores or work experience.

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