LLM (Master of Laws / Legum Magister) Course

Being a lawyer is a very prestigious job, and many students pass the LLB course every year. After LLB, you can start your internship with any senior lawyer for a few years and start your own practice. But if you are someone who wishes to continue the studies in Law and specialize in any specific area, then the LLM course is perfect for you. LLM full form is Master of Law. This is a course that is done after LLB. After completion of the course, you will gain in-depth on a particular subject like criminal Law, family law, civil Law, or anything of your choice. 

Quick Review - Master of Laws

We have come of the best colleges and deemed universities that offer LLM courses in any stream. You can pick one that you wish to practice as a lawyer. LLM is a course of one year or two years, depending on the specialization that you are choosing. The course fee is going to be between Rs 5000 to Rs 1,00,000 or more sometimes, and that depends on the course you are choosing. 

LLM Course Eligibility Criteria:

• You should have completed your 10+2 course from a reputed college in India. 
• You can join the five-year law program after your 12th standard, or you can also join the three years law program after your graduation. Graduation in any discipline is fine for the LLB course. 
• Once you finish the LLB course, you will have to give an entrance test to get admission into LLM. Admission is done based on your score on the entrance test only. 

Admission Process

The admission process is usually done based on the entrance test for most of the universities and colleges in India. Each college or university has their own entrance test and there are national wide entrance tests as well. So, if you wish to get admission, you will have to qualify the entrance test. There are very few colleges that offer you merit based admission process. You will have to look for those colleges and fill in the application carefully for getting admission. You will have to provide all the details requested for and then submit the application. You will receive a call or email if you are shortlisted for the admission the college. Some of the most common entrance tests for getting admission into LLM course are:

• AP PGLCET
• TS PGLCET
• LAST India
• BHU PET
• AILET
• CLAT PG
• IPU CET
• DU entrance test

LLM Specialization:

As part of your LLB degree, you will learn about all the subjects related to law. But when it comes to LLM, you will get a chance to choose a subject for specialization. You can choose a subject that interests you the most so that you will be able to make more out of your career. So, here are some of the specializations offered to you in colleges and universities in India. Not all the colleges may offer you specializations in all subjects. Each college offers in a few subjects only:

• Constitutional Law
• Insurance Law
• Family Law
• Criminal Law
• Taxation Law
• Human Rights
• Internationa Trade and Business Law
• Jurisprudence
• Environmental Law
• Corporate Law

LLM Syllabus:

Based on several specializations offered in the LLM course, the syllabus is going to change for each of them. So, here are the details about the syllabus for each of them:

LLM (Business Law)

• Alternate Dispute Resolution & Securities Law
• Business Law
• Commercial Arbitration
• Environmental Law
• Indian Constitutional Law: The New Challenges
• Insurance Law
• International Trade Law
• Judicial Process
• Law and Social Transformation in India
• Law of Industrial and Intellectual Property
• Law Relating to Regulatory Authorities
• Legal Education and Research Methodology
• Legal Regulation of Economic Enterprises

LLM (Criminal Law)

• Banking Law
• Competition Law
• Consumer Law
• Corporate Jurisprudence
• Corporate Law
• Judicial Process
• Law of Intellectual Property
• Legal Concepts
• Legislative Process
• Life and Fire Insurance
• Research Methodology
• Theories of Law

LLM (Human Rights)

• Concept & Classification of Rights
• Concept of Human Duties
• Concept of Human Rights
• Constitutional Governance of Human Rights in India
• Dialectics of Human Rights
• Dissertation Research
• Emerging Concept of Human Rights
• Human Duties, Responsibilities & its Effectuation
• Human Rights & Criminal Justice
• Human Rights and International & Regional Perspectives: Implementation Mechanism
• International Humanitarian Law
• International Obligation
• Jurisprudence & Human Rights: Lego Philosophical perspectives
• People’s Rights to Self-determination
• Refugee Law

LLM (International Trade Law)

• Charter Parties: Law and Practice
• e-Commerce
• International Litigation and Arbitration
• Introduction International Trade Law
• Law and Practice in International Banking and Commercial Payments
• Marine Insurance
• World Trade Law

LLM (Family Law)

• Comparative Public Law
• Family Law I – System Scope Sources and Schools
• Family Law II – Marriage and Matrimonial Remedies
• Family Law III – Nuclear and Extended Family Rights
• Family Law IV – Penal Laws on Family Affairs
• Family Law V – Family Property and Succession
• Family Law VI – Family Disputes Resolution
• Foreign Business Language
• Foreign Business Language
• Law and Justice in Globalizing World
• Legal English and Research Methodology

LLM (Constitutional Law)

• Administrative Law
• Administrative Process and Judicial Control
• Constitutionalism: Pluralism & Federalism
• Dissertation
• Human Rights
• Indian Constitutional Law- The New Challenges
• Judicial Process
• Law and Social Transformation in India
• Mass Media Law
• National Security, Public Order and Rule of Law
• Research Methodology

Career opportunities after LLM course:

Law is a degree that opens doors for several career opportunities once you complete your LLB degree. If you take one step ahead and complete you LLM, then you have more career options. You will be able to find work in both public and private sectors as well. You can make your career as a:

• Lawyer
• Judge
• Magistrate
• Notary
• Trustee
• Legal Consultant
• Legal Document maker
• Legal Associate
• Law professor
• Fraud investigator

This is just a small list of job opportunities. Once you complete the course and start exploring the options, you will see many more on your way.

Salary:

For an advocate, the salary is going to depend on the mode of employement you choose. If you start practicing, then the amount that you can earn will depend on the number of cases that you are handling. At the beginning, you may have a very few cases, but as time passes by, you will gain more experience and will be able to handle more cases. If you can gain knowledge to handle critical cases, then you can start earning high. If you take up a job in some company like legal advisor or legal manager, then you can start with a package of Rs 5,00,000 per annum and that increases with experience.  Salary is never a problem for an advocate as it completely depends on your knowledge about law and how well you will be able to handle the cases. If you are able to make good reputation in practice, then you will automatically get a lot of cases to handle.

Some of the top colleges for LLM that you can choose from: