Careers 360 - January 2025

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This issue of Careers360 has shortlisted 272 law colleges among India's 1,800, ultimately ranking 100 of them -- both public and private -- and rated over 185, categorising them into distinct zones and states. Apart from that, there are stories on new law courses in India, studying law in regional languages and studying for judicial exams. There are also interviews with leaders of top law schools who speak of their plans and concerns. The issue closes with the personal account of a lawyer’s early work in litigation and why she moved to corporate law.

IIT Madras introduces another quota

After admitting five students via the sports quota in 2024-25 - a first among the IITs Indian Institute of Technology Madras has now introduced another quota for \"fine arts and culture excellence\".

1 min

CLAT answer keys and court cases

Many Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) candidates claimed to find mistakes in its provisional and final answer keys.

1 min

Law courses mushrooming but without teachers, infra

The five-year LLB has overtaken the original postgraduate three-year LLB, in terms of the number of programmes on offer. There are over 1,600 courses available in each format

5 mins

Law Colleges for 2025

Careers360 has ranked 100 law colleges and rated over 185 institutions, categorising them into distinct zones and states, for a comprehensive overview of legal education

3 mins

NLU Tripura is helping close to 500 villages plan their future

The NLU is a 'technical partner' for a project to revamp gram panchayats in Tripura. It will help them with their plans and connect them to legal aid .

3 mins

DU Law Faculty is part of CLAT 2025 but plans own exam: Dean

Delhi University's Faculty of Law will admit to its BBA LLB and BA LLB courses through the CLAT exam this year.

6 mins

MNLU Mumbai in new campus in 2 years

Established in 2014 as the country's 18th National Law University (NLU), Maharashtra NLU, Mumbai, has emerged as one of the most sought-after legal education institutes in the country.

5 mins

The domicile quota debate

NLSIU Bangalore's land deal fetched CLAT 2025 aspirants 10 more seats in a premier law school. Domicile quotas in RGNUL, MNLU, GNLU, NALSAR and others, their varying criteria, remain a fractious issue

7 mins

Legal education's vernacular challenge

Despite government's push for regional languages in legal education, law schools grapple with faculty diversity, resource constraints and concerns over students' future employability

6 mins

New-age law schools make their mark

Although very new, BITS, SHIV Nadar and IIULER have made significant strides in a short span of time; plan to change the landscape of legal education

4 mins

Distance degrees and a legal deadlock

Bar Council of Telangana's interpretation of a 2018 Madras High Court ruling is forcing law graduates with distance education degrees to seek Supreme Court intervention

3 mins

A LEGACY IN CRISIS

Asia's oldest law college and alma mater to legal luminaries, Government Law College, Mumbai, now grapples with declining standards, administrative apathy, and students' shifting educational aspirations

10+ mins

Universities have an 'archaic view' of AI

Kaustubh Shakkarwar sued Jindal Global Law School over AI use and allegations of plagiarism in an exam. He sought rules for AI in academia. Here's how that case originated

5 mins

Legal education meets AI

As artificial intelligence reshapes industries, India’s leading law schools are introducing specialised courses and research initiatives, often in collaboration with technical institutions. But the need for comprehensive regulations persists

3 mins

'GP Sir's classes' a ray of hope for the poor

Shrishti (name changed), 31, hails from the Valmiki community based in Gurdaspur, Punjab; she was born into a family of safai karamcharis - cleaners and at 21, married into another.

7 mins

Sleeper Cells: Law schools' 'dormant' legal aid clinics

A law college survey by the Supreme Court's policy centre found that a worrying number of legal aid clinics do little more than hold legal awareness camps, despite NALSA, BCI rules. This leaves gaps in legal education

4 mins

Studying law through films, novels, comics

Law schools are using various art forms - films, comics, theatre, puppetry

3 mins

Law's new niche frontiers

How niche law programmes are blending science with legal expertise, transforming legal education and creating specialised career paths

4 mins

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