NLU Assam (NLUJAA) - National Law University And Judicial Academy Guwahati Answered Questions

The Eligibility Criteria for B.A. LL.B is that all candidates in India should appear at the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) and those who are applying under the Foreign National category are not eligible for this test. After the selection is done by the test then they can get admission to this university. The eligibility criteria for the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET), candidates should have passed the 12th examination and have more than 50% marks.

The table below covers total number of seats offered by NLU Assam as per the reservation criteria: CategorySeatsAll India Unreserved31OBC /Minorities and OBC of Assam (27%)16Schedule Caste of Assam (7%)04Schedule Tribe (Plains) of Assam (10%)06Schedule Tribe (Hills) of Assam (5%)03Total Number of Seats60*Note: 5% of the total seats are reserved horizontally for SAP & 5 of the seats available for the All India Unreserved Category are reserved horizontally for Permanent Residents of Assam (UR).

For admission to LLM course at NLUO candidates have to register through CLAT portal. Registered candidates for CLAT 2023 counselling will be called by NLUO 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 NLU Orissa Provisional Allotment Lists, must complete the process of exercising any one of the actions mentioned below:Accept the allotted seatApply for ReviseExit from the CLAT admission processIf alloted seat is accepted by the candidate. After, that the candidates need to report to NLU Odisha for admission. The admission confirmation requires, documents submission and fees submission by the candidates through the official portal of NLU Odisha. 

Every year, the cut off marks for the NLUJAA LLM CLAT exam are affected due to the following factors:The difficulty level of the exam. In case the question paper is easy then the CLAT cut offs are expected to go high and vice-versa.Total number of applications received. If the total applications received are less then the cut off is expected to be relaxed. Total candidates qualifying CLAT exam. If the total number of qualifying candidates is less than the total seats then cut off goes lowTotal number of seats. If the total number of seats is revised and increased then cut off is expected to remain lowPrevious year cut offs. For the top NLUs, the cut-off marks in previous years were high, therefore, only topper candidates could make it for final admissions. Fore other NLUs, the cut off marks are relatively low. 

Below documents are required at the time of admission at NLU Assam: Class 10 and Class 12 marksheetClass 10 and Class 12 certificateBachelor’s degree along with the mark sheetMigration certificateCaste certificate (if required)Certificate of person with disability (if applicable)PwD affidavit (if applicable)

NLUJAA, is ranked 28 by NIRF 2023 ranking amongst other NLUs. The NIRF 2023 was approved by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and launched by the Honourable Minister of Education on June 5 2023. This framework considers a few parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. These parameters cover:Teaching, Learning and ResourcesResearch and Professional PracticesGraduation OutcomesOutreach and InclusivityPerception

A comparison of all the NLU Bhopal and NLU Assam for the BA LLB (Hons) programme on the basis of multiple components, such as fee, ranking and salary packages are tabulated below:Comparison FactorsNIRF Ranking'23Median SalaryTotal Tuition FeeNLU Bhopal18INR 18 LPAINR 7.3 lakhs NLU Assam28INR 7.63 LPAINR 4 lakhsNOTE: The fee and placement details mentioned in the above table are sourced from multiple sources. Hence, are indicative.The comparison clearly shows how NLU Bhopal is a better option in terms of salary offered and hence, ROI. 

NLU Assam offers admission based on the CLAT scores. The table below covers NLU Assam last round closing ranks for admission to BA LLB course for the previous years: CLAT Last Round Closing Rank (General-All India)Course202120222023B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)165917652569

Candidates can follow the steps mentioned below to check the NLUJAA CLAT seat allotment result:Step 1: Visit the official website of CLAT at consortiumofnlus.ac.in Step 2: Click on CLAT 2023, mentioned on the right hand side of the page Step 3: On clicking CLAT 2023, a new page will open. Step 4: Scroll down to Notifications and click on 'Provisional Allotment List'Step 5: On clicking 'Provisional Allotment List', course-wise and institute-wise links Step 6: Click on 'NLUJAA' for UG and PG courses, separately.