General overview
This is a double degree integrated course combining Bachelors degree course as designed by the university concerned in any discipline of study together with the Bachelor Degree Course in Law, which shall be of not less than to the integrated degree in the respective discipline of knowledge and law together, which is in conformity with rules framed by the Bar Council of India by virtue of its power under the Advocates Act, 1961.The degree obtained after successful completion of the course shall be recognized for the purpose of enrollment as Advocate under the Advocate Act 1961.The course shall consist of a regular course of study for a minimum period of five academic years. The Last 6 months of the final year of the course shall include a regular course of practical training.
Eligibility & Admission
(i) Nativity: Applicant should be an Indian Citizen. However, only those candidates who are of Kerala origin are eligible for any type of reservation or any fee concessions.
The candidate should upload any one of the following documents along with the application, to proven Indian citizenship.
- True copy of the Birth certificate of the candidate, issued by competent birth registering authority (panchayat/Municipality/Corporation), showing place of birth in any state or union territory of India.
- True copy of the relevant page of secondary school leaving certificate of the candidate, showing place of birth in any state or union territory of India.
- True copy of the relevant page of the passport of the candidate issued by government of India
- Certificate from a village officer or a competent authority to show that the candidate is a native of any state or union territory of India in the prescribed format.
In order to prove that a candidate is an Indian citizen of Kerala origin, he/she has to upload any one of the following documents during the submission of an online application, to prove Nativity.
- Relevant page of secondary school leaving certificate of the candidate showing the place of birth in kerala
- Birth certificate of the candidate, issued by competent birth registering authority (panchayat, Municipality, Corporation), showing the place of birth in kerala.
- Relevant pages of the passport of the candidate or either of the parents of the candidate, issued by the government of India, showing the place of birth in kerala. If the passport of the parent is uploaded, the corroborative certificate to establish the relationship between the parent and the candidate also must be uploaded.
- Relevant pages of the secondary school leaving certificate of the candidate of the candidate or of either of the parents of candidate showing the place of birth in kerala. If a certificate of parent is uploaded, a corroborative certificate to establish the relationship between the parent and the candidate also must be uploaded.
- A certificate in the prescribed format from the village officer /Tahsildar to show that he /she or his/her mother /father was born in kerala.
(ii) Academic:
- Candidates should have passed the higher secondary examination of higher secondary education, kerala or any other examination recognized by the universities in kerala as equivalent thereto.
- A candidate who has passed an examination in 10+2course of schooling recognized by the educational authority of the central or state government or possesses such academic qualifications which are considered equivalent to such 10+2 course by the Bar Council of India can also apply for admission to the course. Applicant who have obtained +2 Higher Secondary pass certificate or first degree certificate after prosecuting studies in distance or correspondence methods shall also be considered as eligible for admission. The applicants who have obtained 10 +2 or graduation/post graduation through the open University system directly without having any basic qualification for pursuing such studies are not eligible for admission.
- Candidates who are appearing /appeared for the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply for the Entrance Examination. Such candidates become eligible for admission only if they produce the pass certificate and mark list of the qualifying examination at the time of admission
- No candidates shall be admitted to the course, unless he/she has passed the qualifying examination with a minimum of 45%marks. However, candidates belonging to the scheduled caste /scheduled Tribes need only 40%marks in the qualifying examination. No rounding off of the percentage of mark to the nearest higher integer is permitted.
(iii) Age: The applicant should have completed 17 years of age, as on 31.12.2020. The upper age limit for admission to the integrated five year LLB course will be subject to the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. In case if age restrictions under clause 28 of legal education rules, 2008 of bar council of India is reinstated, only those candidates within the stipulated age limit will be allowed to appear for the Entrance Examination.