Government Law College Mumbai Admissions 2018

The Government Law College Mumbai was established in 1855 and is the oldest law college in Mumbai and one of the most distinguished law school in India. The law college is affiliated to the University of Mumbai and is run by the Government of Maharashtra. The admission in Government Law College Mumbai in the three years and five years law programme will be based on a Common Entrance Test (CET). Till last year, the admission was based on the marks secured in the qualifying exam. The law entrance would be conducted in the third week of June 2018. Scroll down to read more on Government Law College Mumbai 2018 Admission.

Courses Offered by Government Law College Mumbai

• Government Law College offers two courses
  • Three Year Law Course, leading to LL.B. degree
  • Five Year Law Course, leading to B. L. S. LL. B.
• The above mentioned two courses are independent of each other and are in accordance with the rules laid down by the University of Mumbai and the Bar Council of India.
• The percentage scored in the HSC/CBSE/State Board Examinations will not continue to be the criterion for admission into Government Law College, Mumbai. The course is suitable for those students who want to establish a career in the field of Law and students from all over India can apply for admission in Government Law College Maharashtra.
  
  

Government Law College CET 2018 Dates

 Government Law college Mumbai Seats Distribution

Other Courses offered at Government Law College Mumbai

• Postgraduate Diploma Course in Securities Law
• Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights
• Diploma in Cyber Law
• Post Graduate Certificate Course in Human Rights

Government Law College Mumbai will offer admission on common entrance test, there will be no merit base admission process from this year.

For three year Law Course

• Candidate must have obtained the Bachelor’s Degree of Mumbai University or any other equivalent recognised University in any faculty.
• Candidate must have obtained a minimum 45% marks for admission to the First Year LLB. (5% relaxation for the reserved category students)

For Five Year Law Course

• Candidate must have passed Class 12 Examination which is being conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or any other Equivalent examination.
• Candidates must have secured minimum 45% marks or any other examination for admission to the first Year of five year law course. (5% for the relaxation for the reserved categories).

Candidates have to fill the online application form to get admission in Government Law College. The application process will be started in the second week of May 2018. Interested candidates can click on the following link to fill the online application form of Government Law College. Candidates should take a printout of filled application form for future reference.

Click Here to Apply Online
(Link will be activated in May 2018)

Important Points

• The candidates will have to provide their name, contact details, and email id to generate the provisional registration number and password.
• The candidates must be extremely cautious while filling in the application, once the information is validated, the candidates cannot alter the information after the submission.
• Test Centres: The test centres will be in selected cities of Maharashtra 

Things to be kept ready before filling the application form

• Photograph and Signature: Candidates have to upload scanned photograph and signature of format '.jpeg' or '.jpg'

Specifications of the things to be uploaded

Payment of Application Fee

The online application fee can be paid through Credit Card/ Debit Card (RuPay /Visa/MasterCard/Maestro) internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets 

Submission of Online Application Form

Candidates need not send a copy of Application Form or any Document to this office. However, candidates may take the printout of Application Form for his/her personal record.

Government Law College Application Fees

Government Law College Annual Fee Structure

Mode of Payment: Candidates can pay the Fee demand draft  in favor of “Principal, Government Law College, Mumbai” drawn on Bank of Maharashtra /State Bank of India

Government Law College admission will be offered on the basis of Common Entrance Test. Admission of the selected candidates will be done by following the process mentioned below:

• The shortlisted candidates will have to fill the online College admission form. College admission form is available on the official website of college at glcmumbai.com.
  
• The shortlisted candidates who applied an online application form successfully will receive the SMS on their registered mobile number.
  
• The candidates have to follow the instruction given on the college website and have to take steps for admission. 
  
• After successful submission of admission form, the candidates have to produce the original document mentioned below.

Documents required at the time of Admission:

At the time of admission physical appearance of the candidate is mandatory. Candidates have to submit the following documents at the time of admission:

• Class 12 mark sheet with a certified copy.
• Original Caste Certificate by student intending to avail benefits of the under-mentioned categories:
  • Scheduled Castes.
  • Scheduled Tribes.
  • De-notified Tribes (V.J.) (with Non-Creamy Layer Certificate).
  • N. T. (B) (with Non-Creamy Layer Certificate).
  • N.T. (C) (with Non-Creamy Layer Certificate).
  • N. T. (D) (with Non-Creamy Layer Certificate)
  • O.B.C. (with Non-Creamy Layer Certificate)
  • S.B.C. (with Non-Creamy Layer Certificate)
• Passing certificate and certified copy of document indicating the date of birth
• Two recent passport size photographs.
• Interim Eligibility Certificate (In case of the candidates of other Universities)
• In the case of a student migrating from other University, provisional eligibility certificates from the Mumbai University.
• In a case of a student from a college affiliated to the Mumbai University, Transference Certificate (T.C.) from that college.

The candidates whose admission are cleared will have to make payment of the course fee using Credit Card, Debit Card, and NET Banking. 

GLC Mumbai Cut-Off 2018 - Check Here

The Government Law College, Mumbai accepts MH CET Law scores and also have their own cut-off to allow the admission of the candidates in their college. The candidates should know that the cut-off marks provided are estimated based on 2016 records. The cut-off marks for the General, SC and OBC category is given in the table below.

• Type of Question: Objective Types
• Number of Questions: 150
• Total Marks: 150
• Duration of Examination: 2 Hours
• Negative Marking: No
• Language: English and Marathi

3 Years LLB Course Details: The Medium of the question paper will be in English and Marathi.

Subject Wise Weightage 

5 years LLB course Details: The Medium of the question paper will be in English and Marathi.

Subject wise weightage

Syllabus for both the Courses

Legal Aptitude: This subject will test the interest of candidates towards the subject of law, research aptitude and problem-solving ability. Questions will be the help of legal propositions and a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied. Some propositions may not be true in the real sense, candidates will have to assume the truth of these propositions and answer the questions drawing well-supported conclusions.

General Knowledge including Current Affairs:  The topics such as History (Ancient, Medieval and Modern Period), Geography, Civics, General Science, Economics, Current Affairs of the past one year. The subject is to assess the knowledge of the recent happening and awareness of the world.

Logical and Analytical Reasoning:

Logical Reasoning: The subject is to test the candidates' ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It will include a wide variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies, completing arguments, drawing well-supported conclusions, reasoning by analogy, applying principles or rules.

Analytical Reasoning: The subject is to measure the ability of students to understand the structure of relationship and to draw logical conclusions about the structures. It includes reasoning deductively from a set of statements and rules or principles that describe the relationship among persons, things or events.

English:  Vocabulary (synonyms, antonyms, analogies etc.) proficiency (idioms and phrases, one-word substitution, sentence rearrangement, fill in the blanks etc.) English usages errors (common errors)

Basic Mathematics: This section is to test the numerical ability of candidates. The mathematics question will be set from the 10th level, of various topics including Profit and Loss, Speed and Distance, Time and Work, Algebra, Average, Venn Diagram. (Basic Mathematics is only applicable for  5 years LLB course only)

• Three Year Law Course, leading to LL.B. degree: It is a 3-year full-time course divided into 6 semesters. On completion of three years course, the LL.B. degree is awarded. At the end of 2 years, if the candidate desires to take education in law but does not wish to practice as an advocate then they will be awarded LL.B. (General) Degree.

Click Here to View LLB (3 Year) Brochure (Last year)

• Five Year Law Course, leading to B. L. S. LL. B: It is a 5yearsfull time course divided into 10 semesters. The first and the second Year of the five-year course is a “Pre- Law” course. At the end of the third year, students enrolled are offered Bachelor of Legal Science degree (B. L. S. Degree). On completion of five Years, the students are awarded LL.B. degree.

Click Here to View BLS LLB (5 Year) Brochure (Last year)

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