LL.M. in Criminal Law 

at NLU Jabalpur, Jabalpur

The minimum eligible criteria for LLM at Dharmashastra National law University is :

• L.L.B. or equivalent degree with a minimum of 50%

marks (45% for reserved category)

• valid CLAT score for the admission process

Last year the cutoff for the PG courses was nearly 1800 for the general category. So you need a good CLAT score to get admission in the institute for LLM courses.

National Law School of India University,  

The National Law School of India University, a National Law University situated in Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka. NLSIU has one of the best placements for Law. The college was ranked 1st by the NIRF Rankings in 2023. This NLU offers an average package of 17 LPA.

Top Recruiters Offering the highest Placement in NLU

Trilegal.

Steel Authority of India Limited.

Khaitan and Co.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.

Talwar Thakore and Associates.

ICICI Bank.

Herbert Smith Freehills (International Law Firm)

The average package for LL.M. students at Dharmashastra National Law University is in the range of INR 15-20 Lakhs per annum. 

Top Recruiters Offering the highest Placement at Dharmashastra National Law University are:

• Trilegal.
• Steel Authority of India Limited.
• Khaitan and Co.
• Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.
• Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.
• Talwar Thakore and Associates.

The NLU Jabalpur CLAT Cutoff 2026 was released for round 2 for admission to BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses. The cutoff was released for all categories under the All India and Home State quota. 

For the General AI category, the round 2 cutoff for  BA LLB (Hons) course was 1789. For LLM courses, it was 1726. Similarly, for the SC AI category, the BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses had a cutoff of 11941 and 5215, respectively.

Students can check the table below to know the round 2 cutoff for various categories under the AI quota. 

The selection for UG and PG programs is based on the candidate's performance in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), conducted by the CLAT Consortium.

For Ph.D. admissions, the university conducts the DNLU National Level Entrance Test (DNLET), although candidates who have qualified for the UGC NET are exempted from DNLET.

Also certain interview is conducted for admission in the PhD courses.

The courses offered includes BALLB, LLM, BBALLB, PhD and many more. It offers both the undergraduate as well the post graduate courses.

The admissions to the various courses are done on the basis of scores in the CLAT exam.

The fees of these are affordable i.e. you can do 

BBLLB for a total of 5.5 Lakhs.

So the courses offered here are quite good and the faculty members are also well qualified and supportive. 

It will be a good college if you are planning to take admission in the law courses here.

According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), National Law University Jabalpur is ranked 22.

It is one of the newly established college but had developed at a very rapid pace over the years and the ranking justify this.

So to get admission in the courses you need a good CLAT score and also have to clear interviews for the PhD courses and other PG courses.

The fees is different for each course at the institute. The tuition fees for the B.A. L.L.B programs are Rs. 1,10,000.

The total fees will be 5.5 Lakhs for a full course at Dharmashastra National Law University.

The same is the fee structure for L.L.M. courses which is 1.1 Lakhs per year and a total of 5.5 Lakhs for the complete course.

So u will find that the fees are comparable and you may find it a bit high compared to other colleges in Madhya Pradesh.

Yes you can get admission to various UG and PG law courses on the basis of your score in the CLAT exam.

The admissions to various courses have reservations criteria where 50 per cent of the seats are reserved for the Madhya Pradesh domicile students and rest 50 per cent for the others.

Thus you need a valid CLAT score to get admission in the institute in certain courses.