LLB Syllabus, Subjects, Entrance Exam Syllabus, 1st Year Subjects, Course Details, Books

Q: What are the subjects in LLB?

Three-year LLB Subjects and SyllabusLabour LawFamily LawLaw of Torts & Consumer Protection ActConstitutional LawLaw of EvidenceArbitration, Conciliation & AlternativeHuman Rights & International LawEnvironmental LawProperty LawJurisprudence

LLB Syllabus is designed to train students in various aspects of the law. LLB Syllabus is a 3 year duration curriculum. LLB Subjects are spread over 6 semesters. Some of the subjects of LLB Syllabus include Labor Law, Family Law, Crime, Women & Law, Law of Evidence, Jurisprudence, Human Rights & International Law. Practical Training - Legal Aid etc.

LLB Course Details

LLB Full Form in India	Bachelor of Legislative Law (Latin: Legum Baccalaureus)
LLB Duration	3 Years
LLB Eligibility	The basic eligibility is to have a graduation degree from a recognized college.
LLB Admission	Entrance Based and Merit Based
LLB Subjects	Core subjects of this course are Criminal Law, Family Law, International Law, Cyber Law, Corporate Law, etc
LLB Industries	LLB holders are open to exploring various industries like Law firms, MNCs, Government Agencies, Judicial Bodies etc
LLB Jobs	The job roles offered to these candidates are lawyer, advocate, paralegal, law officer, Legal Associate, Corporate Lawyer, lecturer, etc
LLB Salary	The average annual salary of LLB aspirants ranges from INR 4 to 6 LPA.

BA LLB Course Details

BA LLB Full Form: Bachelor of Arts in Bachelor of Legislative Law
BA LLB Duration: 5 Years
BA LLB Entrance Exams: CLAT, DU LLB, SET SLAT, TS LAWCET
BA LLB Top Colleges: Symbiosis Law College, University of Delhi, NLSIU Bangalore, NLU Delhi etc
BA LLB Jobs: Law Officer, Lawyer, Corporate Lawyer, Lecturer

LLB Syllabus

LLB Syllabus is designed in a way so that every aspect of law can be included in the three-year course of study. Focus is given on the areas like Crime, Labour Law, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Code, Legal Writing, etc.

Tabulated below is the semester wise break-up of LLB syllabus that is commonly followed by all Top Universities providing admission into LLB courses

Semester 1	Semester 2
Labor Law	Family Laws II
Family Law I	Law of Tort & Consumer Protection Act
Crime	Constitutional Law
Women & Law	Professional Ethics
Semester 3	Semester 4
Law of Evidence	Jurisprudence
Human Rights & International Law	Practical Training - Legal Aid
Environmental Law	Property Law including the transfer of Property Act
Arbitration, Conciliation & Alternative	International Economics Law
Semester 5	Semester 6
Civil Procedure Code (CPC)	Code of Criminal Procedure
Interpretation of Statutes	Company Law
Legal Writing	Practical Training - Moot Court
Land Laws including ceiling and other local laws	Practical Training II - Drafting
Administrative Law	Criminology

LLB Optional Subjects

Some of the optional LLB subjects are mentioned as follows:

Contract
Trust
Women & Law
Criminology
International Economics Law

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LLB Subjects

The curriculum of the LLB course help students to become efficient law graduates. Some of the important subjects are tax law, family law, environmental law, etc. Below are the LLB subjects on a semester basis:

1^st Year LLB Syllabus

Semester I	Semester II
Family Law I	Family Law II
Law of Crimes	Law of Contract II
Law of Contract I	Constitutional Law II
Constitutional Law I	Professional Ethics, Bar Bench Relations and Accountancy for Lawyers
Women and Law (Elective)	Law and Media (Elective)
Criminology and Penology (Elective)	Election Law (Elective)
RTI and PIL (Elective)	Healthcare Law (Elective)

LLB 2^nd Year Syllabus

Semester III	Semester IV
Law of Evidence	Jurisprudence
Arbitration, Conciliation, and Alternate Dispute Resolution System	Taxation Law
Legal Language	Tort and Consumer Protection Act, Motor Vehicle Act
Comparative Laws (Elective)	Drafting, Pleading, and Conveyancing
Human Rights and International Law	Interpretation of Statutes
Conflict Laws (Elective)	Administrative Law
Comparative Laws (Elective)	Company Law

LLB 3^rd Year Syllabus

Semester V	Semester VI
Code of Criminal Procedure Limitation Act	Environmental Law
Banking Laws	Code of Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Justice Act, and Probation Offenders Act
Property Laws	Practical Training and Moot Courts
Banking Laws	Land Laws
IPR	Labor Laws

BA LLB Syllabus

1st Year
Semester I	Semester II
Legal Method	History-II
History-I	General English-II
Sociology-I	Sociology-II
Economics-I	Law of Contract-I
Political Science-I	Political Science-II
English-I	Law of Tort-I
Introduction to Law	Economics-II
-	Jurisprudence
2nd Year
Semester III	Semester IV
Law of Contract-II	Constitutional Law-II
Constitutional Law-I	Labour Law-I
Sociology-III	Family Law-II
Law of Contract-II	Environmental Law
Political Science-III	Property Law
Family Law-I	-
Criminal Law-I	-
3rd Year
Semester V	Semester VI
Criminal Law-I	Conflict Laws
Jurisprudence	Intellectual Property Law
Corporate Law-I	Company Laws
Public International Law	Code of Civil Procedure
Administrative Law	Human Rights
Law of Evidence	Criminal Law-II
-	Corporate Law-II
4th Year
Semester VII	Semester VIII
Taxation-I	Intellectual Property Rights
Optional Paper-I	Optional Paper-IV
Labour Law-II	Taxation-II
Optional Paper-II	Optional Paper-III
Environmental Law-I	Professional Ethics
Drafting, Pleading and Conveyancing	-
5th Year
Semester IX	Semester X
Merger, Acquisition and Competition Laws	Law of Equity, Trusts, Suit Evaluation and Registration
Private International Law	Moot CourtsInternships
Optional Paper-V	International Trade Law
Optional Paper-VI	Seminar Paper

DU LLB Syllabus

LL.B I Term	LL.B II Term
Jurisprudence- I (Legal Method, Indian Legal System and Basic Theory of Law)	Evidence Law (Law of Evidence in India)
Principles of Contract (General Principles)	Family Law II (Hindu Law of Joint Family, partition and debts, Gifts Wills, Hindu Succession Act and Muslim- general Principles of Inheritance)
Law of torts (Nature, General Principles, General Defenses, Specific Torts, motor vehicle Accidents and Consumer Protection Laws.)	Law of Crimes- II Criminal Procedure code (General Principles)
Law Of Crimes: Indian Penal Code (Specific Offenses and General principals)	Property Law
Family Law- I (Hindu Law of Marriage, Divorce and Dower, Adoption & maintenance, Minority and Guardianship, Acknowledgement of Paternity, Wakfs and Endowment)	Public International Law
LL.B. III Term	LL.B. IV Term
Constitutional Law I	Constitutional Law- II
Code of Civil procedure and Limitation Act	Administrative Law
Company Law	Labor Law
Special Contracts (partnerships, sale of Goods)	Intellectual Property Rights Law- I
Optional Subject- Opt any one of the following: Media Law and Censorship Private International Law Legal philosophy including theory of Justice Law of Crimes- III (Socio- Economic offenses etc)	Optional Subject- Opt any one of the following: Gender Justice & feminist Jurisprudence International Institution Competition Law Legislative Drafting Humanitarian and Refugee Law
LL.B. V Term	LL.B. VI Term
Civil procedure Code	Professional Ethics, Pleadings, Conveyancing and Moot Courts
Jurisprudence I (Theory of Law)	Jurisprudence- II (Concepts)
Optional Subject- Opt any three of the following: Military law Business Regulation Rent Control and Slum Clearance Intellectual Property Law- II (Copyright and Neighboring Rights, Law of Patents, Law of Plant Varieties and Farmers Right, traditional Knowledge, Confidential Information and Integrated Circuits) International Institution International Trade Law Environmental Law	Minor Acts and Supreme Courts Rules (Minor Acts will include the court fees Act, the suit Valuation Act, The stamp Act, and the registration act)
Optional Subject- Opt any two of the following: Interpretation of Statues Negotiable Instruments, Banking and Insurance Legislative Drafting Laws relating to Elections Comparative Law Law of Insolvency Clinical Legal education and Practical Training Human Rights

DU LLB Entrance Exam Syllabus

The syllabus of Delhi University LL.B program has been released on the official website of DU. Candidates preparing for the entrance exam need to visit the official website in order to check the syllabus. The DU LLB entrance syllabus is divided into 4 sections such as analytical abilities, English Language, general knowledge and Legal awareness and aptitude. The entrance exam will have 100 questions each carrying 4 marks. The maximum marks of the entrance exam is 400 and it will be a multiple choice examination.

Tabulated below is the detailed syllabus of DU LL.B. entrance exam section wise for your better reference,

Section A- Analytical Abilities	Section B- General Knowledge
Logical and Analytical Reasoning	Current Affairs of National and International
Number Systems	History
Percentage	Political Science
Average	Economics and Environment
Time, speed and Distance	Geography
Profit Loss	Politics
Areas & Mensuration	Event dates & Important Dates and names
Venn Diagram	Government Policies
Work & time	-
Probability	-
Sets, Missing Numbers & Series	-
Blood Relations	-
Statistics Graphs	-
Section C- Legal Awareness and Aptitude	Section D- English Language Comprehension
Legal Propositions	Grammar and Comprehension
Legal maxims	Proverbs
Bare Act of the Indian Constitution	Synonyms and Antonyms
Conclusions	Substitute with one word
Basic knowledge of contract act, Indian Penal Code	Correction of sentences and word
Legal Reasoning	Spelling check

BBA LLB Syllabus

1st Years
Semester I	Semester II
Legal Method	Law of Contract - II
Principles of Management	Financial Management
Law of Contract - I	Law of Torts and Consumer Protection
Managerial Economics	Marketing Management
Legal English and Communication Skills	Organizational Behavior
2nd Year
Semester III	Semester IV
Family Law I	Family Law II
Business Environment and Ethical Practices	Administrative Law
Constitutional Law I	Constitutional Law II
Human Resource Management	Strategic Management
Law of Crimes I	Law of Crimes II
3rd Year
Semester V	Semester VI
Environmental Studies and Environmental Laws	Jurisprudence
Code of Civil Procedure	Investment and Competition Law
Law of Evidence	International Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution	Code of Criminal Procedure
Corporate Law	Property Law
4th Year
Semester VII	Semester VIII
Labour Law I	Intellectual Property Rights
Human Rights	International Trade Law
Tax Law	Labour Law II
Telecommunication Law	Indirect Taxes
Law and Emerging Technologies	Interpretation of Statutes
Criminology	Election Law
5th Year
Semester IX	Semester X
Legal Ethics	Socio Economic Offences
Land and Real Estate Laws	Law, Poverty and Development
Court Crafts	International Economic Law
International Humanitarian Law	Internship
Drafting, Pleading and Conveyancing	Forensic Sciences

LLB Entrance Exam Syllabus

CLAT is the most common Entrance Exam for LLB. The CLAT Syllabus and subjects are mentioned below:

English Language	Current Affairs
Phrase Replacement	Sports
Fill in the Blanks	Schemes
Tenses	Significant Historical Events
Sentence Sequential Arrangement	National & International Affairs
Correcting Incorrect Grammar Sentences	Summits & conferences
Error Spotting	Science & Technology
Synonyms and Antonyms	Awards & Honours
Choose the Correct Sentences	Arts & Culture
Active & Passive Voice	Foreign Affairs
Spotting Grammatical Errors	Current events in India and the World
-	Significant Historical Events
Logical Reasoning	Quantitative Aptitude
Syllogism	Charts, Bars, and Other Graphical Representations
Statement & Inference	Caselet D I (Passage Based)
Weakening & Strengthening Arguments	Mixed Graphs
Statement & Assumption	Elementary Mathematics
Statement & Course of Action	Bar Graph
Statement & Arguments	Pie Chart
Cause & Effect	Table Chart
-	Line Graph
Legal Reasoning
Indian Constitution	Legal GK
Legal Maxims	Tort Law
Important Supreme Court Judgments	Legal Matters
Current Affairs	International Treaties & Conventions affecting National Legal Framework
Important & Recent Acts and Amendments of the Legislature	Contemporary Legal and Moral Issues
Contract Law	Moral Philosophical Enquiries
Constitutional Law	Public Policy Questions
Criminal Law	Environmental Law
Public International Law	-

B.Com LLB Subjects

Semester- I	Semester- II
Business Statistics	Business Communication
Financial Accounting	Economics
Auditing I	English- II
English -I	Law of Contracts-II
Law of Contract-I	Consumer Protection Law
Women and Child Law	History of Courts, Legislation and Legal profession in India
Proficiency	Environmental Studies
Proficiency
Semester-III	Semester-IV
Corporate Accounting	Interpretation of Statues
Business Finance	Constitutional Law-II
Law of Contracts-III	Law of Crimes-II
Constitutional Law-I	Law of Evidence
Law of Crimes	Law of Tort
Legal language	Family Law- I
Foreign Language-I	Research methodology
Foreign Language II
Semester- V	Semester-VI
Jurisprudence-I	Jurisprudence-II
Civil Procedure code-I	Civil Procedure code-II
Labor Law-I	Labor Law-II
Company Law-I	Company Law-II
Criminal Law- I	Criminal Law- II
Criminal procedure Code-I	Criminal procedure Code-II
Family Law-II	Drafting, Pleading and Conveyancing
Foreign language-I	Moot Court I
Semester-VII	Semester-VIII
Public International law	Private International law
Property Law	Environmental Law
Taxation-I	Taxation Law-II
Administration Law	Land Laws including Ceiling
Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Moot Court-III
Moot Court I
Semester-IX	Semester-X
Intellectual Property Rights	Criminology and Penology
Arbitration, Conciliation and Alternative Dispute resolution Systems	Project Report and Pre-trial Preparation
Banking and Financial Institutions including Negotiable Instruments	Professional Ethics
Seminar II	Public Interest Lawyering, legal aid and Paralegal Services
Moot Court-III	Seminar IV
Moot Court

IPU BA LLB Syllabus

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University provides a 5 year BA LLB program for the candidates aiming to pursue LLB from the university. The total duration of the course is 5 years divided into 10 semesters . The syllabus will consist of compulsory subjects as well as elective subjects which the candidate needs to choose in 7th, 8th and 9 th semester. These elective subjects will be chosen by the candidate according to their interests and these papers cover specialized subjects and updated laws. During the program, in 4th , 6th and 8th semester, the candidates need to undergo compulsory summer internship for one month and accordingly the candidate needs to submit the report which will be evaluated by the examiners. Each subject will carry 100 marks out of which a written exam will be conducted of 75 marks and internal assessment of 10 marks and 15 marks for other assignments.

Tabulated below is the detailed syllabus of each semester for your better reference,

First Semester	Second Semester
Legal Method	Law of Contract-II
Law of Contract- I	Law of Torts and Consumer protection
Legal English and Communication Skills	History- II
History- I	Sociology- II
Sociology- I	Political Science- I
Comprehensive Viva	Comprehensive Viva
Third Semester	Fourth Semester
Family Law- I	Family Law- II
Constitutional Law- I	Constitutional Law-II
Law of Crimes- I	Law of Crimes- II
Economics - I	Administrative Law
Political Science- II	Economics -II
Comprehensive Viva	Comprehensive Viva
Fifth Semester	Sixth Semester
Environmental Studies and Environmental Laws	Jurisprudence
Law of Evidence	International Law
Corporate Law	Property Law
Code of Civil procedure	Investment and Competition Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)	Code of Criminal Procedure
Comprehensive viva and summer Internship Assessment	Comprehensive Viva
Seventh Semester	Eighth Semester
Labor Law- I	Intellectual Property Rights
Taxation Law	Labor Law-II
Law and Emerging Technologies	Interpretation of Statues
Human Rights	International Trade Law
Seminar Paper- I	Seminar Paper- II
Comprehensive Viva and Summer Internship Assessment	Comprehensive Viva
Ninth Semester	Tenth Semester
Legal Ethics and Court Crafts	Dissertation
Drafting, Pleading and Conveyancing	Internship
Land and Real Estate Laws
Seminar Paper- III
Seminar Paper- IV
Comprehensive Viva and Summer Internship Assessment

LAW CET Syllabus

The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test conducts CET entrance exam for 3 year and 5 year LL.B. The syllabus has been released on the official website. Candidates appearing for the entrance exam need to go through the syllabus thoroughly to understand the syllabus and exam pattern. The entrance exam consists of the following sections such as English, Mathematics, General Knowledge, Current Affairs and Legal Knowledge. The total marks of the entrance exam is 150 marks .

Detailed syllabus of LAW CET is tabulated below for your reference,

Section A- Legal Aptitude & reasoning	Section B- General Knowledge and Current Affairs
Indian Polity, including Executive, Judiciary and Legislative	History (Special reference to modern history and legal history)
Constitution	Latest rules and amendments
Law of Torts, Contracts	Indian Polity
Law prepositions with Facts	Indian Geography
Legal Maxims	Current Affairs of National and International importance
Important Judgements	Awards and Achievements
Environment
Section C- Logical and Analytical Ability	Section D- English
Identification of Patterns	Vocabulary
Logical Links	Synonyms & Antonyms
Arguments and Analogies	Analogies
Completing arguments	One Word Substitution
Applying principles or rules	Sentence Improvement, rearrangement
Understanding the structure	English usage errors- common errors, spotting errors,
Relationship and logical conclusions	Spelling mistakes, English Comprehension
Section E- Mathematics (for 5 year LL.B)
Topic from class 10th
Profit and Loss
Average Speed and Distance
Venn Diagram
Algebra
Time and Work

LLB Books

Some of the LLB books to help you understand critical legal topics like Criminal law, Law of Taxation, Arbitration, etc. are mentioned below.

Name of the Book	Author
Law of Contract and Specific Relief	Dr. Avtar Singh
Introduction to Arbitration	Mallika Taly
Company Law	Dr. Avtar Singh
Environmental Law	Prof. Satish C. Shastri
International Law	Dr. Gurdip Singh
Business Law	Dr. Avtar Singh
Legal History- Evolution of Indian Legal System	Nilakshi Jatar
Banking Law	Bimal N. Patel, Dolly Jabal
An Introduction to Tort Law, 2nd ed, 2006, Oxford University Press.	Tony Weir

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LLB Syllabus FAQs

Ques. What are the subjects in LLB?

Ans. Three-year LLB Subjects and Syllabus

Labour Law	Family Law
Law of Torts & Consumer Protection Act	Constitutional Law
Law of Evidence	Arbitration, Conciliation & Alternative
Human Rights & International Law	Environmental Law
Property Law	Jurisprudence

Ques. Which subject is best for LLB?

Ans. Therefore, as part of the BA LLB course, the candidates study subjects including Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology along with law subjects like Civil Law, Criminal Law, Labour Law, Tax Law, Administrative Law, Corporate Law, Patent Law etc.

Ques. What is the eligibility for LLB?

Ans. The minimum eligibility for joining the LLB course is graduation with 40% in the qualifying examination for the direct admission. By the Entrance exam, the student should be qualified through the cut-off marks for the Admission on Reputed law colleges.

Ques. Is a 3 year LLB good?

Ans. Most of the leading law colleges in India offer both 3 year and 5 year LLB courses. For a law profession aspirant, both degrees are equally coveted and open several career opportunities. Since a 3-year LLB course and a 5-year LLB course are both undergraduate degrees, their career options are quite similar as well.

Ques. What is the LLB age limit?

Ans. The candidates for post-graduation course (LLB), in the general category should not be over 30 while for the reserved category the age limit is 35.

Ques. Is LLB a professional degree?

Ans. LLB is a very high-in-demand professional course these days. The total duration of LLB is three years. LLB can also be done in the form of integrated undergraduate degree courses like BA LLB, BSc LLB, BBA LLB and B.Com LLB. The duration of LLB's integrated undergraduate courses is five years.