In this article, Sakshi Goyal of Symbiosis Law School, Noida discusses Top Legal Institutes in Indore and Factors to be kept in mind while deciding the right one.

Top Law Colleges in Indore    

Sage University Law School   

Sage University, which was recognised by the chief minister as the best upcoming university in Madhya Pradesh, has launched a law school with a very different approach. The university has brought in globally renowned faculty members and a star studded advisory board to create and fulfil the vision of creating the best law school in Central India and give a competition to National Law Universities. Although it was set up with a budget of over 200 crores, the fees charged is one of the lowest in the entire region amongst private universities.

Interestingly, the law school is developing a system to provide specialised training to its students to crack judicial services exams. You can get more information regarding this over here.

Sage University has collaborated and signed an MoU with iPleaders to provide practical training to its students. They have also launched a research report on 7 hottest career opportunities for law graduates that all law students and young law graduates will benefit from.

One of the USP of the law school is that India’s topmost criminal lawyer KTS Tulsi is a chair professor in this university, and he is overseeing research on how India can speed up the criminal justice system. It will be a big benefit for students to learn from a legal luminary like Mr. Tulsi.

Courses offered

BA LLB, BBA  LLB

Fees

INR 50,000 per year

Seats: 300

Prestige Institute of Management and Research

Department of law of Prestige Institute of Management is affiliated to Devi Ahilya University, Indore. It provides legal education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Moreover, it regularly conducts Moot courts, Legal Awareness Camps. It has a 24 hours access to online research engines like SCC, Manupatra and other online law journals.

Courses offered

Bachelor of Arts + Bachelor of Law (Hons.), Bachelor of Business administration + Bachelor of Law (Hons.), Bachelors of Commerce + Bachelors of Law (Hons.), Bachelors of Law (Hons.)

Fees

Annual Fees for the integrated course of law (5 years) is One Lakh Eleven Thousand per year and for Bachelors of Law (3 years) is Eighty Seven Thousand annually.

Seats Offered

120 Seats for 5 years integrated course and 60 seats for 3 years Bachelors course  

Faculty details

Nishant Joshi is the incharge of Department of Law and also an associate professor. He did his Ph.D from Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan. He is M.Com and MBA specialized in Foreign Trade from Devi Ahilya University, Indore.

Indore Professional Studies Academy

College of Law, IPSA, Indore is an exclusive department of law, affiliated by Devi Ahilya University, Indore. It was established in 2009 and provides for a world class course outline. It has a huge campus of 51 acres area. It conducts Moot court competitions and court visits. The college also participates in sports competitions and have hostel and transportation facility.

Courses offered

Bachelor of Arts + Bachelor of Law (Hons.), Bachelors of Law (Hons.)

Fees

Annual Fees for the integrated course of law (5 years) is Forty Five Thousand per year and for Bachelors of Law (3 years) is Thirty Thousand annually.

Seats Offered

IPSA offers 60 Seats for 5 years integrated course and 60 seats for 3 years Bachelors course  

Faculty details

The college is headed by director Prof. S.D. Malviya and also has an eminent personality like Dr. Ankita Nirwani as its associate professor.

Indore Institute of Law

The institute is affiliated with Devi Ahilya University, Indore. It provides legal education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. For the purpose of encouraging students to research and publish. They have started their own journal named Udgam Vigyati. It also has a monthly newsletter “Nyay Disha”. It also conducts moot court competitions, parliamentary debates, client counselling sessions and international law fest. The college provides access to online research journals.

For the purpose of admission, the college conducts IILET exam. Student having 45% aggregate in their 12th standard are eligible to appear for the IILET exam.

Courses offered

Bachelor of Arts + Bachelor of Law (Hons.), Bachelor of Business administration + Bachelor of Law (Hons.), Bachelors of Law (Hons.)

Fees

Annual Fees for the integrated course of law (5 years) is One Lakh Fifty Seven Thousand per year and for Bachelors of Law (3 years) is Thirty Four Thousand annually.

The college also provides several scholarships based on 12th class marks and students can also avail scholarship of INR 10,000 if they have scored above 100 in the IILET conducted by the institute.

Faculty details

Dr. Manpreet Kaur Rajpal, is the Head of Department as well as an associate professor.

Educational Qualifications: PhD, LLB, LLM, MBA, MA, B.Com. She has also published several Research papers in different journals.

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya

The School of Law is an exclusive department dealing with law of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya. It was established in 1998 and also provides M.Phill and Ph.D in Law.

Courses offered

Bachelor of Arts + Bachelor of Law (Hons.) at undergraduate level.

Fees

Annual Fees for the integrated course of law (5 years) is Forty Seven Thousand per year

Seats Offered

60 Seats for 5 years integrated course

Faculty details

Dr. Manish Sitlani, Professor and head of Department.

Eeducational Qualifications: Ph.D, MBA, LLB and M.Com. He has 21 plus years of experience and have published many Research papers in international journals.     

Oriental University, Indore

Courses offered

Bachelor of Arts + Bachelor of Law (Hons.), Bachelor of Business administration + Bachelor of Law (Hons.), Bachelors of Law (Hons.)

Fees

Annual Fees for the integrated course of Bachelor of Arts + Bachelor of Law (Hons.) (5 years) is Forty Thousand Five Hundred per year, for 5 years integrated course of Bachelor of Business administration + Bachelor of Law (Hons.) is Fifty Four Thousand Five Hundred per annum  and for three years Bachelors of Law (Hons.) is Thirty One Thousand per annum.

Seats Offered

The college offers 120 Seats each for all Law courses.

What should be considered while selecting a law college

As soon as the admission process starts, websites are full of questions like which is the best college for law ‘whether Amity or Symbiosis?’, which one is better of two ‘Nirma or UPES, Dehradun?’

While sending the admission applications students have few top colleges and universities in their mind, but the actual tension arises when acceptance and rejection letters arrive. While deciding which college to get enrolled into, the students as well as their parents undergo a great level of stress. I remember when I was in the quest of deciding law colleges, I was going through all the websites and brochure of different law colleges, checking their rankings, their placement opportunities, faculty, etc.

Academic Factors

Law School’s area of specialisation

Many students before getting enrolled into a college have a specific field of law in their minds which they will practice in future, so in that case, one should make sure that the college they are selecting should have enough courses of that field to offer.

But this should not be the only reason to choose a college, as education provided by the law colleges at graduate level is very generalized and would cover a bit of every law and moreover, interests over a period of time do tends to change and people gets to know about their likes and dislikes once they start to study deeply about it.

Facilities and Infrastructure of a Law School

Student should definitely consider the infrastructure and the facilities which a law college provides. Law is about research and a law college should definitely have good library with good amount of legal resources. Moreover students should also check whether the college has competent staff to assist them in their legal research. Besides the library law colleges should also give access to online research engines.

Go through the Academic program of the college

By seeing a college’s academic program, a student comes to know how he/she can shape their legal career. Some colleges prefer that students should undergo a compulsory internship program and while others don’t. The students should check whether a college covers all the basic courses.

The practical aspect of legal profession is different from that of theoretical aspect, therefore the students should see whether the college which they are choosing offers some kind of practical programs.

Faculty of the College

It is really important that a law college should have competent and experienced faculty. In India, there is shortage of good faculty in law. So before enrolling students should get a perspective of the qualification of the professors who will be teaching them. They can even go through their articles or other published work.  

Look at the Class strength

Smaller classes mean deep and good discussion between the students and professors. Many students have a fear of speaking in public and they don’t participate in the discussions which has a large audience. But larger classes also have exposure to different opinions which will be both boon and bane. Larger classes also mean that the professor’s attention is divided. Usually, student forgets to look into this aspect in the rush of choosing the best one.

Ranking of the college

There are plenty of online sites which ranks the colleges and I know it is like Bhagavad Gita for students. Students should go through that but before that they should also check the basis on which the colleges are being ranked, however, they should look deeper than just ranks.

Non-Academic Factors

Training and Placement cell of the college

Some students are already aware of what kind of job they want or which sector they want to go after graduation. For this the Training and placement cell plays a very important role in providing campus placements. If the student dreams to work in a big shot law firm then he has to make it to top tier law school. Column of internship is very important in CV’s nowadays, students should see how strong is their Training and placement cell, can the college even get you an internship in an area related to your interest.

Fees of the college

A number of people enrolling in law are increasing year by year and so are the law colleges. The legal education is expensive in India. Student should calculate the total fees of the college and with this they should also consider the living expense. If the college is awarding any scholarships, then accommodate that in your calculation. If the student is taking any kind of educational loan, then he should also consider the interest which he would be paying. The basic idea behind is to get the most realistic idea about the money which a student would be spending to complete his graduation in law.

Location of College

Location is also an important factor which the student to should consider while deciding their college. Location determines the cost of living, the climate, cost of travelling. Moreover it will determine the amount exposure you will get for eg. studying law in Delhi would be providing more exposure to the law students as compared to other states as it has the Supreme Court.

Extracurricular Activities

Law students do have free time, so the student should make sure that college provides facilities for extracurricular activities. Students should check whether the college has its student journal, student societies, sports teams, mooting and other opportunities.

Conclusion

It doesn’t matter whether you join NLUs, UPES, Symbiosis or Amity University. The only thing that matter is how good you are at understanding law. Definitely recruitment cell helps you get good internships and placement but if the student is hard working and talented then he can secure his job by studying in any college. Students should always think of the next move and focus on his weakness and see how can the college help to overcome them. They should make a list of colleges and then compare them according to their own needs and priorities. Brochure of every university looks good, every university shows all the glossy and bright aspect of their colleges but student should visit the college campus, go for open houses, talk to present students and talk to people, know what’s their opinion about the college and then decide.