General overview
This is a course leading to the Bachelor’s Degree in Law in conformity with rules framed by the Bar Council of India by virtue of its powers under the Advocates Act, 1961. The degree obtained after successful completion of the course shall be recognised for the purpose of enrolment as Advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961. The course shall consist of a regular course of study for a minimum period of three 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 concession.
The candidate should upload any one of the following documents along with the application, to prove 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 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 page of the Passport of the candidate or of either of the parents of the candidate, issued by the Government of India, showing the place of Birth in Kerala. If Passport of parent is uploaded, then corroborative certificate to establish the relationship between the parent and the candidate also must be uploaded.
Relevant page of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate of the candidate or of either of the parents of the candidate showing the place of Birth in Kerala. If certificate of parent is uploaded, 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:
Candidate seeking admission to the course should be a graduate in any faculty of any University in Kerala or of any other Universities, recognised by any of the Universities in Kerala as equivalent thereto.
A candidate who has passed the Bachelor’s Degree examination with a minimum of 45% marks in aggregate (i.e., 45% marks for all the parts of the Degree Examination taken together) shall alone be eligible for admission to the 3 year LL.B course. However, candidates belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes need only 42% marks and those belonging to the Scheduled castes/Scheduled Tribes need only 40% marks in the qualifying examination. No rounding off of percentage of marks to the nearest higher integer is permitted.
Applicants who have obtained first degree certificate after prosecuting studies in distance or correspondence method shall also be considered as eligible for admission. The applicants who have obtained graduation/post graduation through open universities system directly without having any basic qualification for prosecuting such studies are not eligible for admission.
Candidates who are appearing /appeared for the qualifying examination (regular examination of 2021-22 academic years) are also eligible to apply for the Entrance Examination. Such candidates become eligible for admission only if they produce the Provisional / Degree certificate of the qualifying examination and the mark lists of all parts of the qualifying examination at the time of admission.
(iii) Age:
There is no lower age limit for admission to the 3 year LL.B course. The upper age limit for admission to the Three year LLB Course will be subject to the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. In case if age restriction 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.