(Eligibility) Himachal Pradesh National Law University National Law Entrance Test (HPNLET)

UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES [B.A./B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Five Year Integrated Course]

Educational Qualification:

For Under-Graduate Programme [B.A./B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Five Year Integrated Course]: Passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with a minimum of (i) 50% marks in case of candidates belonging to Unreserved/OBC/Specially Abled Person (SAP)/NRI/NRI Sponsored Categories/Kashmiri Migrants, (ii) 45% marks in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST Categories. Candidates appearing in qualifying examination in March/April, 2017 are also eligible to apply.

Applicants who have obtained 10+2 through Open School/Universities system directly without having any basic qualification are not eligible for the Law Course.

Age Limit: Candidates should be below 20 Years of age in case of Unreserved/NRI/NRI Sponsored categories, and below 22 Years in case of SC/ST/OBC/SAP categories as on 1st July, 2017

POST-GRADUATE PROGRAMMES (One Year LL.M. Course)

Educational Qualification:

LL.B. (Three Years/Five Years) or equivalent degree with a minimum of 55% marks in case of Unreserved/OBC/SAP categories and 50% in case of SC/ST Categories. Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination in April/May 2017 are also eligible to apply.

Ph. D. Programme

Educational Qualification:

LL.M. or equivalent Degree with a minimum of 55% marks. Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination in April/May 2017 are also eligible to apply

Duration of The Semester

Under Graduate 

• Duration of the Semesters in Under Graduate (UG) programs shall be of 18 weeks each with not less than 30 class hours per week including tutorials, examination etc. 
• Provided there shall be at least 24 lectures per week; provided further that for Honors Law Courses there shall be not less than 36 Hours per week including Seminars etc., and 30 minimum lecture hours per week. 

Post Graduate

• The duration of the programme shall be One Year, with minimum of 30 contact hours in each week and eighteen weeks for each of the semester including class room teaching, library work , seminars and research; 
• The entire programme shall be spread evenly for the duration of the programme, with not more than 12 credits in each semester. 
• Each of the semester shall be of a working duration of 18 weeks respectively. 
• Each candidate during his LL.M. is required to have 6 weeks teaching internship at any of the NLUs or the Universities approved by the committee for this purpose. 

Ph. D. 

• Minimum two years and Maximum five years. See Annexure II 

P. G. Diploma

• Maximum period is one year.

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