National Law Institute University: Still Worth it in 2024?

The curriculum for both the courses at present is highly detailed for both legal and course specific subjects. Subjects like Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Family Law are divided for over 2 semesters. The B.Sc. course has science subjects, specific to Data Privacy and Cyber Security along with the same legal subjects as that of B.A. LL.B.

The internships procured by the Placement and Coordination Committee (PCC) of the University are mostly based on tier 1 to tier 3 Law Firms including both corporate houses and litigation law firms. The PCC is active at all internship breaks.

There is a Placement and Coordination Committee of the University which helps to provide internshipd and campus placements to the students. A lot of students have recieved Pre Placement Offers (PPOs) from firms and more than 50 people had been placed from the batch of 2024.

The fee structure is 285000, and it is divided into tuition fees, hostel and mess charges separately , Library fee, a computer lab fee, an examination fee, a sports fee, an SBA fee, and, for the first year, caution money and admission charges. There is also a hostel registration charge for every year.

The NLIU culture for fests, cell activities, and celebration of festivals is very rich. The campus is bustling all year long, filled with big fests. It holds Virudhaka, the largest Law School Sports Fest of India, and MP 04, a well-known law school cultural fest.

The hostel rooms are good with regular cleaning of washrooms. However, currently the occupancy is triple sharing which is sometimes problematic. Though, a new hostel is being constructed right now, there is no clear date of when it will be available.

The admission is available only through the CLAT (Common Law Admission Test). The college is alloted between 300 to 500 All India General Ranks, and between 500 to 900 to MP Domicile candidates. For B.Sc., it goes to 500 to 900 for AIR general and 1000 to 2000 for MP Domicile General.

The faculties are good. There are Senior Professors, Professors, Associate and Assistant professors for both B.A. LL.B. and B.Sc. LL.B. courses. All the subjects are covered including the electives, legal subjects and the course specific subjects.