Honest Review for SLAT aspirants

The course curriculum ensures the conceptual as well as practical clarity of law. SLSP offers Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Business Administration+ Bachelor of Law (HONS.). Unlike other colleges, SLS introduces law subjects from the first year itself, along with BA or BBA subjects, which makes it easier to learn efficiently. We are also supposed to start interning in our 2nd year, which prepares us for real-world applications and introduces us to the work culture. The course curriculum is good but during the internship breaks our college provides us with online classes and recorded lectures which gets very difficult to attend along with work and college assignments, I think this thing can be changed so that students don't miss out on anything important. The timings and frequency of the exams are perfect, that is, twice a year.

With regards to fees, it's nearly Rs.4,53,000/- per annum, excluding the hostel. It increases every year by 10 percent. It has to be paid in 2 installments, the first installment in June and the second installment in November. The institute deposit is Rs. 20,000/- which has to be paid at the time of admission. Our college did not provide details about the tuition fees and caution fees. They charge Rs. 5000/- as Library fees, which is included in the total fee. Fees are the same for everyone to concession in fees for any reserved categories. In total it costs nearly 23 lacs to complete 5 year integrated course of law. This excludes the living expenses in the city. Our college has introduced us to various scholarships including sports scholarships and scholarships for SCs, STs, and economically backward sections. The educational loan details for also sent to everyone through bulk mail. The National Scholarship is there for reserved categories and few based on sports excellence.

Campus life at SLS is very fun and spontaneous. The annual cultural fest called SYMBHAV happens in March, and then we have debate competitions, moots, MUNs, and conferences held by our college once a year where students from all over the world come and participate. We celebrate all the festivals in our college, Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam, Christmas, etc. We have a vast library, almost all the required books are available there, if not we can also request them some specific books they will make available. In addition to the library, the college provides us with the book bank, which provides the reference books for a specific semester. Classrooms have Smart Boards, which are used for teaching and showing us PPTs, Videos, etc. We have clubs for every sector- dance, music, film, theatre, photography, etc. All the committees, fests, and everything happening in the college is runned by the students, SLS is a student-run university.

SLSP was ranked as NIRF 3 in law schools in 2022, the thing which made me take admission here. Now it's Ranked 5(2024). I had also been admitted to NLU Aurangabad, but that college was new and wasn't even there in the top 10 NLUs. So my obvious choice was SLSP. Our college gives the best exposure which no other college can along with, placements from top law firms like AZB, Trilegal, Khaitan and Co., etc. My CLAT score was not that good so I could only manage to get admission in NLU-A. Talking about the admission process of my college, SLS has its admission exam called SLAT; firstly there was a common MCQ test conducted online in given centers all over India. After getting shortlisted here, one written test was taken where we had to write an essay on a given Current global issue. Thirdly, and the deciding factor was the Personal Interview, the professors from our college take this interview and grill us, they can ask about anything, be it legal or general knowleadge.

SLS, Pune has one of the best faculties, graduates from top NLUs, and professors who have completed their PhDs. They work tirelessly for the development of students and the university. The faculty is extremely approachable and has a great way of teaching through real-life, practical examples. For any kind of difficulties or support to students, the college has created a system as mentor-mentee system, in which 10 students are provided to any one faculty throughout the year and they help the student with all types of problems. Shri Ashutosh Shrivastava has been one of the best professors in my first year, he teaches the law of torts and contract law. There are 2 semesters in one year, odd semester takes place in November and even semester in May. 8/10 students pass the exams. We have 20% markings on internal exams and 80% on externals. Internal exams include assigments, research papers, group discussions etc. Marking scheme is Cummulative marking(Comparative Grading).