Department of Law, Panjab University was established in 1889 and re-located at the university campus at Chandigarh in 1959. The department has been ranked 27 for Law by NIRF in 2021. The Department of Law offers LLB (three years), LLM (one year) and PhD (three to six years) programmes in the Law stream.

The department has signed three MOUs with ELSA (European Law Student Association), University of Stockholm and Fancy Barristers, P.C., New York. The Department imparts practical training and a compulsory internship annually to LLB students. The students of the department are sent to the Supreme Court of India as a part of the practical training programme every year. The department has an exhaustive library with more than 56,000 documents and 52 regularly subscribed Indian and foreign journals. It has a Placement-cum-Counseling Cell that offers career counseling and guidance to students regarding various avenues available for academics and placements. It offers different types of scholarships like scholarships for students with disabilities, post-matric scholarships, central sector scholarships and SC/ ST scholarships.

Department of Law, Panjab University Highlights 2021

Department of Law, Panjab University Courses & Fees 2021

Department of Law, Panjab University offers various undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes. LLB is a three years course, LLM is offered for one year and PhD is a three to six years course.

Some of the popular Department of Law, Panjab University courses are mentioned in the table below, along with their specialisations and fee details:

*Note: In the absence of an official update, the fee has been sourced from non-official websites and hence is indicative.

Department of Law, Panjab University Admission 2021

Department of Law, Panjab University admission is both merit and entrance-based. Candidates, fulfilling the eligibility criteria, can apply online through the official website of the Panjab University. The entrance test for the LLB programme is PU LLB and the LLM programme is PU-CET (PG). Admission to PhD is based on PU PhD or  UGC NET/ JRF/ CSIR NET/ ICAR (JRF/ SRF) exam/ SLET (Punjab only)/ GATE or GPAT scorecard/ ICAR (NET), SPM, Teacher Fellowship holder, or passed MPhil (regular mode only)

A few of the popular courses offered by the Department of Law, Panjab University along with the eligibility criteria and entrance exam are as follows:

Department of Law, Panjab University Placements

Department of Law, Panjab University has a Placement-cum-Counseling Cell that renders career counseling and guidance to students regarding various avenues available for academics and placements. The placement cell also organises activities like simulation exercises, working on real client problems, legislative drafting, and law reform exercise. The placement cell stresses on the learning of skills in the legal education curriculum by organising a variety of programmes. 

Department of Law, Panjab University Scholarships

Department of Law, Panjab University offers various types of scholarships, including:

• Scholarships for students with disabilities
• Post Matric scholarships
• Central Sector scholarships
• Scholarship for SC/ ST

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