Is PES university Bangalore good for law?

PES University has been ranked 151 overall by the NIRF ranking of 2020. Given below are a few important information about the law programs at PES University.

Faculty:

Currently, 10 faculty members are teaching in the law of the faculty department and the faculties have extensive expertise and experience in their specialized subjects of laws.

Programs offered:

The faculty of the law department offers three programs, i.e. BA LLB ( 3 years), BBA LLB (5 years), and LLM (1 year). The specializations available for LLM are Administrative law, Corporate law and trade law, Intellectual property rights and trade law, Course curriculum.

Admission:

• The admission process is based on an entrance examination named PESSAT for all the law degrees ( BA LLB, BBA LLB, and LLM). Through CLAT score students can take admission directly to the faculty of the law department.

• Students require 45% marks in both the 10th and 12th from any recognized board (CBSE/ICSE/ State board).

• The course fee for both BA LLB and BBA LLB is approximately similar which is around 10.5 lakhs per annum and for LLM the total course fee is 2.01 lakhs.

• There are 60 seats for each of the law courses ( BA LLB, BBA LLB & LLM).

Course curriculum:

The department made its courses seminar-based as preferred by the global law syllabus that is imparted through both Indian law and international law so that the students can be employable globally.

Scholarships:

The faculty of law at PES university provides scholarships to eligible students. There are many scholarships offered by the faculty of the law department. Some of which are as follows.

• Prof. MRD scholarship (40% scholarship to 20% of the eligible students)

• Prof. CNR Rao Scholarship (50% tuition fees deduction)

• Corporate scholarship (for final year students, based on merit)

Placements

Not many companies visit the campus for placement however the faculty of law facilitates good numbers of internship programs such as PES legal Eagle (incentivized internships) which is a paid internship so that the students can learn necessary law studies and earn money and choose their career path by their own.

As the faculty of law in PES university was established in 201, the law programs are quite new. However, the institute offers decent academics and facilities for students.