M.Phil. in Law 

at NLSIU Bangalore, Vijayanagar

As per the NIRF report 2022, the top recruiting companies at NLSIU Bangalore placements were as given below: 

• Allahabad Bank
• Himatsingka Seide Ltd.
• Indian Express
• Indian Oil
• Lanco
• Oil India Limited
• Sahara India
• Tata Steel
• UltraTech Cement

For admission to BA LLB (Hons) and LLM courses at NLSIU candidates have to register through CLAT portal. Registered candidates for CLAT 2023 counselling will be called by National Law School of India University through five provisional merit lists, each released by the Consortium of CLAT. Candidates, who have been allocated a seat in the provisional lists and applied for revision, should check the status of their seat in the CLAT provisonal lists. Those, who have been allotted a seat in the National Law School of India University Provisional Allotment Lists, must complete the process of exercising any one of the actions mentioned below:

1. Accept the allotted seat
2. Apply for Revise
3. Exit from the CLAT admission process

If alloted seat is accepted by the candidate. After, that the candidates need to report to National Law School of India University for admission. The admission confirmation requires, documents submission and fees submission by the candidates through the official portal of National Law School of India University. 

The NLSIU Bangalore cutoff 2025 for CLAT is finally out for Round 1. The cutoff was released as opening and closing ranks for different categories of students in the AII India and Home State quotas. The CLAT 2025 cutoff has been released for 5-year integrated UG programmes. For Round 1, the CLAT 2025 cutoff rank for admission to the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) course is 100 for the students belonging to the General AI quota. For the HS quota, the first round cutoff rank for the same course stood at 310.

So, considering both the quotas, if you belong to the general category, you should aim to secure a cutoff rank up to 310 or less to be eligible for BA LLB (Hons) admission at NLSIU Bangalore.

The NLSIU Bangalore BA LLB (Hons) cutoff 2025 has been released for the first round. NLSIU admission to the law courses is based on candidates' performance in the CLAT entrance exam, followed by counselling rounds. For the OBC category students in the All India quota, the CLAT Round 1 cutoff 2025 stood at 1302. For the same category, the first round closing rank was 4199 in the home state quota. Considering the cutoff data, it is evident that the cutoff is more competitive for the students belonging to the AI quota as compared to the HS quota. For other categories, the Round 1 cutoff details under the AI quota are tabulated below: 

The NLSIU Bangalore placement report is yet to be released on the official website. However, the institute has released the NIRF report 2024 which included the placement details of the batch 2023. You may download the same from the official website or the Shiksha.com website. 

NLSIU Bangalore has a strong record of placement for its BA LLB, LLM and PG Diploma courses. During the 2023 placement session, 56 students were placed from the BA LLB (Hons) courses and 37 students were placed from the PG 1-year courses. Further, the median package offered to BA LLB (hons) students during NLSIU placements 2022 was INR 16 LPA. The key highlights of NLU Bangalore placements for the Class of 2021, 2022 and 2023 are tabulated below:

Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the National Law School of India University NIRF report 2024.

CLAT Application Process 2025 began on July 15, 2024. The last date to register for CLAT 2025 was October 22. Candidates could fill the CLAT 2025 application until October 22, 2024. Candidates were allowed to fill out a single CLAT 2025 application form for each participating NLU until the deadline. The official website to fill CLAT Application Form is consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Find out more about the application process for CLAT 2025 here.

For admission to one-year LLM at NLSIU Bangalore, the CLAT test will be conducted on Dec 3, 2023. Aspirants of NLSIU Bangalore are required to appear for the exam in offline pen-paper mode at the allotted test centres. Candidates can complete the CLAT registration 2024 until Nov 3, 2023 in online mode. The exam will take place in more than 125 cities listed as CLAT 2024 test centres in 22 states and UTs. The detailed schedule of CLAT 2024 will be declared soon along with the CLAT Exam Centers 2024.

• The CLAT question paper for undergraduate courses has total 120 passage-based objective-type questions from five subjects -  CLAT2 Language,    CLAT3 Reasoning,   Legal Reasoning,   CLAT3 Affairs including General Knowledge and  CLAT1 Techniques. 
• The CLAT LLM question paper has both objective- and subjective-type questions. However, last year, the CLAT Consortium removed the descriptive section from the LLM paper. Check complete CLAT 2024 exam pattern for LLM.

Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) releases institute-wise and course-wise CLAT Provisional Allotment lists on the official website at consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2023 for NLU admissions 2023 to BA LLB (Hons). Candidates seeking admission to NLSIU Bangalore can refer to the table given below to check out the last NLSIU Bangalore R3 cutoff 2023 along with the R3 cutoff ranks for 2022 to get better clarity on NLU Bangalore cutoff trends: 

As of now, CNLU has released the CLAT 2024 Round 1 Seat Allotment result for admission to NLSIU Bangalore for courses including B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. The first step for NLSIU Bangalore admission is to appear for CLAT exam. Only candidates with a valid CLAT scores are allowed to partciipate in the CLAT counselling which is the final step of NLU Bangalore admission. Tabulated below is the Round 1 All India opening and closing ranks for the NLU Bangalore Law courses for the General category: