B.A. LL.B.

B.A. LL.B. is a five-year integrated degree course that combines courses from the arts stream with legal education. Students study political science, economics, sociology and English alongside the core subjects of law, with clinical courses in the later years.

Programme objectives

• Equip students with legal knowledge of various legal spheres and the skills to perform the many roles of a legal professional beyond the traditional role of a litigator.
• Provide hands-on experience in legal knowledge, skills, ethics and values for work in a fast-changing India set in a globalising world.
• Build competence to find, identify and interpret the law in a given situation, and to resolve legal problems with the correct application of law.
• Enable students to use electronic resources to find legal information.
• Develop analytical, problem-solving and independent critical thinking, with enhanced research capabilities.
• Acquaint students with national, regional and international legal institutions and the many forms of dispute resolution.

Pass in the Higher Secondary (10+2) examination with not less than 45% of marks in aggregate (40% for SC/ST candidates). No upper age limit. Diploma/ITI in place of +2 is not eligible.

Ranking by marks in the qualifying examination excluding languages (Parts I and II), with communal and special reservation as prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Rank list and counselling are published by the University.