Delhi University Plans To introduce Two Five-Year LLB Programmes From The Next Academic Year

To provide a "more accessible and high-quality legal education," Delhi University aims to launch two integrated five-year LLB programmes in the upcoming academic year, a senior university official announced on Tuesday.

The official identified these as the Bachelor of Arts with a Law Degree and the Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Commerce with a Law Degree, adding that 102 students will initially be enrolled in each part.

In order to begin the five-year integrated LLB programme, the institution intends to submit an application to the Bar Council of India after receiving approval from the two statutory authorities, the Academic Council and Executive Council.With the establishment of the Department of Law under the Faculty of Law, The University of Delhi started legal education in 1924.Until now, the law department used to offer a three-year LLB, LLM (full-time as well as part-time) and a PhD in Law.

As per the official, “While the Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Commerce-LLB (BBA/BCom-LLB) programme will offer a variety of courses (papers) in the disciplines of commerce, management, and economics, the Bachelor of Arts-LLB (BA-LLB) programme will offer at least three arts disciplines, including political science, sociology, and economics in addition to the courses in law.” According to him, entrance to the new courses will be determined by the results of the Common Law Entrance Test (CLAT) 2023. The representative was a member of the group established to create these courses.

“However, for the purpose of teaching in Arts and BBA/Commerce components of the programmes, necessary arrangements be made by the university depending upon the operational requirement,” the committee suggested.