Programmes Offered:

B.A. LL.B. (Honours)  |  B.B.A. LL.B. (Honours)  |  LL.B. (Honours)

Vision and Mission

Vision

To be a centre of excellence in legal education, research, advocacy, ethics and social justice, producing legal professionals of national and international repute.

Mission

• Provide quality legal education aligned with constitutional values, national policies, and global legal standards.
• Promote research and innovation in law to address emerging societal and technological challenges.
• Strengthen clinical legal education through moot courts, internships, legal aid, and experiential learning.
• Foster interdisciplinary learning integrating law with economics, social sciences, and technology.
• Produce socially responsible legal professionals committed to access to justice and public service.

Career Opportunities

• Litigation practice before district courts, high courts, and the Supreme Court of India.
• Judicial services through State and Central judicial examinations.
• Corporate legal practice, in-house counsel, and legal consultancy.
• Civil services, public policy, and government law departments.
• Academia, legal research, and law reform commissions.
• International organizations, NGOs, and human rights institutions.

Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)

1. Develop comprehensive legal knowledge spanning substantive and procedural law, legal theory, and comparative jurisprudence.
2. Cultivate advocacy, legal drafting, negotiation, and dispute resolution skills necessary for professional practice.
3. Instil ethical responsibility, professional conduct, and awareness of social justice obligations.
4. Build research competence, critical thinking, and capacity for policy analysis.
5. Develop leadership qualities and the ability to engage effectively in multidisciplinary professional environments.

Programme Outcomes (POs)

• PO1 – Legal Knowledge: Apply substantive and procedural legal principles to analyze complex legal problems.
• PO2 – Legal Analysis: Identify legal issues, apply relevant rules, and arrive at reasoned conclusions.
• PO3 – Research: Conduct independent legal research using primary and secondary sources.
• PO4 – Communication: Communicate legal arguments persuasively in oral and written forms.
• PO5 – Ethics: Uphold professional ethics, bar council norms, and the duty to the court and client.
• PO6 – Clinical Skills: Apply legal knowledge through moot court, drafting, ADR, and legal aid.
• PO7 – Critical Thinking: Evaluate legal systems and propose reforms based on evidence and reason.
• PO8 – Lifelong Learning: Engage in continuous professional development and legal education.

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

• PSO1 – Demonstrate competence in litigation, trial advocacy, and court procedure.
• PSO2 – Draft pleadings, contracts, wills, and other legal documents with precision.
• PSO3 – Apply alternative dispute resolution mechanisms including mediation, conciliation, and arbitration.
• PSO4 – Conduct legal research and publish work on emerging areas of law and policy.
• PSO5 – Advise clients on corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory frameworks.

Regulations – Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)

The Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) is a flexible UGC-prescribed framework that allows students to choose courses based on their interests and career goals. It assigns credits to each course based on contact hours, evaluates performance through CGPA, enables credit transfer across institutions, and promotes holistic legal education through continuous assessment, internships, moot court, and research.

Duration of Programmes

Credit Definition

Assessment Pattern

The break-up of assessment and examination marks for theory subjects is as follows:

Practical / Clinical courses follow the same 40:60 internal-external split with observation reports, model test, and record-book components forming the internal assessment.

Attendance Requirements

• A student must maintain a minimum of 80% attendance to be eligible for end-semester examinations in any course.
• Students with attendance between 70% and 79% may be permitted to appear for exams on payment of a condonation fee, subject to approval by the Dean.
• Students below 70% attendance must re-register and repeat the course.

Grading System

After the end-semester results are declared, the Controller of Examinations converts marks to letter grades as follows:

GPA is computed as the weighted average of grade points earned, weighted by course credits. CGPA is similarly calculated cumulatively from the time of admission.

Degree Classification