Looking beyond LAWCET

There are number of institutions and universities conducting courses in law. The most premier among law universities in India is National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore.
Admission into NLSIU is through an all India admission test held usually on first Sunday of May. University College Bangalore, Government College Mumbai, ILS Law College and Symbiosis College, Pune and Faculty of Law of Delhi University, Aligarh Musli m University etc. are some of the other leading legal Institutions in India.Yet another institution of excellence in Law Education has come up in Andhra Pradesh with three campuses in the three geographical regions.

This promises to be on a par with any National School of Law like NALSAR in Hyderabad. All these National Schools of Law were established by the enactment of State Laws (except that of Bangalore) and the Andhra Pradesh University of Law (APUL) with its headquarters in Visakhapatnam was also established by Act No. 32 of 2008.

Main campus of APUL in Visakhapatnam is currently its city Office in Swamy Gnananada Guest House, Palace Layout, Pedawaltair.

This university has two other centres one each at Kadapa and Nizamabad in order to cater to the needs of the youth who wish to pursue professional legal education.

In course of time this university might incorporate the word `National’ in due course as its character was none less than those of the National Schools.

The university offers B.A.,LL.B(Hons.)/B.B.A.,LL.B(Hons.) 5 year Integrated course for +2 students.

The university has notified Research Programme like Ph.D and LL.D, mostly on trans-disciplinary basis to enable the researcher to have a wide range of choice in pursuing research.

Last date for receipt of applications for B.A., LL.B.(Hons.)/B.B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) 5-year Integrated course is June 30 and the Common Entrance Test (APULCET) is on July 19. The Last date for receipt of application for Ph.D and LL.D is July 20. The university has launched a website www.apulvisakha.org posting complete information on the courses launched. As the construction of the buildings at the university site (50 acres of land at Sabbavaram near Visakhapatnam) is likely to get delayed, the APUL proposes to begin the B.A., LL.B.(Hons.)/B.B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) courses in rented premises or Government building, with immediate effect.