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This question required a lot of research and what I inferred from is that there are no placement opportunities available for the students taking admissions in distance law colleges. However there are a variety of career opportunities available even after the distance law programme. For example- Cracking judiciary level exams, government jobs available for law officers, legal advisors in banks or MNCs, litigation or even going purely into the corporate sector.
I would like to place my point of view in this answer. To be honest I feel and I have even seen at many places that regular students are given preference over distant college students. Also, one should option for classroom studies for law because Law is a professional degree and hence it should be studied also professionally. We get to learn a lot in classroom education through open discussions, debates, presentations, etc. So, I honestly feel to get better placement or better career opportunities in future, a regular college is necessary.
But, all this is just my point of view so you don't need to be influenced much, it is just for your help as I am telling you as to what I have heard or seen.
Choosing one of them is totally your call.
Hope the answer was helpful.
Thank you.

Hi there,
Well, the Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurgaon has offered law courses as recently as in 2014 and offers both 3 years and 5 years law courses.
The university claims to have standards as par with NLUs but still there is always a difference and which makes the placements opportunities also different.
The institute has both 3 year and 5 year courses and it is much like a traditional university. Also, it is in the NCR region where already a no. of well reputed and old law institutes are already available. Thus, you can't expect much here.
You can get a degree in law but you can't expect campus placements as of now.
Also, in terms of university, even it does not have much in its name.
Thus, the placements seem to be poor as still none of batches have graduated.
Also, you shouldn't expect much from a traditional university and if you do then it may be in terms of litigation or judiciary, etc.

Hi there,
Well, the Heritage Law School is very newly established institute and has still time to build goodwill of any sort. The institute claims to have a placements cell but still as the first batch hasn't graduated yet, you can't speculate anything. Also, the prospects in terms of in house campus placements would need a time span of atleast 10-12 years.
The college may be good in terms of infrastructure, etc. but the placements are always based on quality of graduates produced. So, it is unlikely to predict as of now as already there are a no. of private institutes in law and not every college can get the firms recruiting.
However, being a law graduate, you can have your own career plans and can work accordingly in that direction.
Also, as of now the opportunities here could be said to be evolving which may take up a time upto 12 years.
Thus, choose wisely.

Hi there,
Well, pursuing an LLB course through any distance education course would not yield anything more than a degree on paper which would have no practical aid to build up your career.
Same would go with this course at Kuvempu University as the Bar council Of India doesn't recognise LLB through distance learning and ultimately, you become ineligible for appearing in bar exams and you don't get a licence to practice law at any court. So, the placement opportunities after this course would not be any as such .You may get a job having a meagre pay as you do not qualify to be a full-fledged lawyer in India. So, you must not expect placements as such.
Also, this degree may not be even useful in pursuing any other career such as judiciary also as there also you are not eligible.
So, I would advise if you want to make career in legal field then kindly prefer a full-fledged regular law course at any UGC recognised university both for career as well as placements purposes.

Hi there,
The department of Law at the Maharshi Daya Nand University, Haryana has a very good review amongst the students for its quality education and well experienced faculty. They have a dedicated placement cell working for good career opportunities to its students.
The Career Counseling and Placement Cell helps the students in their educational and vocational planning. It provides information on employment trends, projects development, recruitment methods, occupational reviews, scholarships and fellowships in India and abroad, assistance in securing part-time/full-time employment/self-employment, and help in seeking admissions in various institutions and universities. The Cell conducts surveys, arranges and organizes training programmes and workshops for development of personality and communication skills to place them on sound footing to face interviews and other challenges in their career.
The Cell is housed in Students Activity Centre and besides the above mentioned services. It also provides need basis personal counselling to the students.
The students from this institution can go on to join law firms, LPO's, MNC's, Corporate offices, offices of senior lawyers at courts, join public or private sectors, judiciary servisec exam and also teaching.
I hope this information proves helpful to you.
Wish you all the very best.

Hi,
SET is the entrance exam for Law courses in Symbiosis University. I do not think that there are books available in the market that deal specifically with SET. However, you can use the books available for CLAT while you are preparing for SET. If you have enrolled yourself in any coaching institute, the material provided by that coaching institute would be sufficient. If you go through the entire material, it would be more than enough. Apart from that, you can use books like Wren and Martin and Word Power Made Easy for English, Objective Lucent for GK, MK Pandey to cover both verbal as well as non-verbal reasoning. For legal, you can use Andhra Pradesh Bhardwaj.
The important topics are comprehension part in English, Current affairs for the last 6 months for GK, Puzzles for Analytical Reasoning. However, all the subjects should be given equal importance to crack SET with a good rank.

UPES Law Studies Aptitude Test is the entrance exam for Law Degree Courses. The exam is not very different from CLAT. The subjects that are tested in CLAT are also tested here. These subjects are five in number: English including comprehension, General Knowledge, Maths, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning.
The preparation for the exam should start with going through past year papers to identify what topics are relevant and what areas to focus upon. Now coming to books, for English, you can use any book which covers comprehensively all the topics. Focus should be on comprehension part. For GK, you can use Pearson or Lucent. For current affairs, you can refer to monthly magazines. For Mathematics, you can use Quantitative Aptitude by RS Agarwal. the basic topics like percentages, average, profit and loss are essential. For Legal, there is no specific book but going through past year papers of ULSAT and other exams would help. For Logical, you can again use books by RS Aggarwal.

ACLAT is conducted by Alliance University for admissions to its 5-year integrated law courses. The pattern of exam is quite similar to CLAT expect for the fact that legal aptitude constitutes 45 marks and logical reasoning constitutes 45 marks.
There are no specific books in the market for ACLAT. However, if I come to the preparation part, you should start your preparation with going through past year papers which would provide you with a better idea as to what is relevant and what is not.
Then look for the books which cover those topics comprehensively.You can use RS Aggarwal for Maths and logical reasoning. For English, you can use books of Arihant publications or any other. For General Knowledge, you can refer to Arihant and Lucent to cover portions of static GK, Geography, and polity. There is no specific topic which should be focused more except for the fact that more time should be given to the subject that you are weak in.

Hi,
First of all, I think the fact that IMS Law College is comparatively new and a private college gives an edge to Faculty of law, Allahabad University which is a centralised government university. Now, let us discuss pros and cons of both colleges. Pros of Faculty of law, Allahabad University are the faculty and alumni basis which includes many chief justice of India and prominent lawyers. Another pro is the fact that you can intern with some phenomenally well lawyer in Allahabad high court and if you are going for litigation, it can be a good choice. However, the placements of Allahabad University are not really encouraging since it has started 5 year integrated course recently. Moreover, the red tapism is too much in centralised university and autonomy to student body is restricted. Now, coming to IMS Noida, which is among few private university focusing on moots, debates and other co-curricular activities which is a major pro of it. Another pro is the fact that it is in NCR and many good firms are established in NOIDA unlike the case of Allahabad University. The alumni is almost negligible and the high court internship can be tiresome owing to distance issues. Overall, it is upon your preferences whether you want a government university or a university promoting activities other than academic excellence.
Good luck.