University of Mumbai [MU] Answered Questions

According to the Supreme Court's order of March 2017, any law aspirant can fill the application form for CLAT irrespective of their age. Hence, there is no age bar for CLAT application form hereon. However, CLAT is not a compulsory exam to do law. Only students who wish to pursue law from National Law Universities (and Universities that take law into consideration for admission) should sit for CLAT. Reputation of NLUs is par excellence and for all the right reasons. The curriculum is exhaustive and the placement scenario is much better than most other law college.

As a thumb rule, one should opt for classroom studies when it comes to law. Even though law is a pragmatic and dynamic field where most learning happens during practice, the classroom discussions and debates are important to develop an analytical mind in the field of law. Furthermore, University of Mumbai is more reputed and, being based in Mumbai, there are more options in terms of internships and other co-curricular activities. Therefore, keeping these in mind, preference should be given to University of Mumbai.