BITS Law School offers two five-year integrated degree programmes: B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.).
The total number of seats at BITS Law School is 120; 60 seats in the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) programme and 60 seats in the B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) programme.
We offer four future-ready specialisations:
Students’ dynamic internship journey throughout the programme will climax with placement drives in their 4th and 5th years, giving students face time with top recruiters across law firms, and industries, before which they will be guided and primed to hone their resumes and interview skills.
Our programmes and Career Advancement Office (CAO) will equip students to become well-rounded legal professionals and develop their application toolkit. This will enable students to engage with recruiters in their field of choice with confidence. The CAO will work to bring on campus opportunities in the fields of litigation, corporate law, environmental law, taxation law, economic law, and entrepreneurship, among others.
Our eligibility criteria are the following:
Note: Applicants yet to receive their final grade 12 and/or law entrance exam scores are eligible to apply and will be expected to indicate in their application form that they are awaiting their results. An application will be considered complete only once all relevant scores have been shared.
Yes. Students with a gap year can apply provided they have completed grade 12 and have law entrance test scores valid for the AY 2023-2024 intake.
Yes, there is a separate entrance test organised by BITS Law School.
The BITS Law Admissions test is an online proctored 60-minute, multiple-choice question test with 4 sections and a total of 70 questions. The sections are as follows:
Section 1: Attention to Detail – This section will test your ability to pay attention to finer details in a short span of time. It will test your ability to find differences, and inconsistencies in patterns, identify elements, etc.
Section 2: Reasoning Ability – This section will test your ability for abstract and critical reasoning
Section 3: Verbal Ability – This section will test your reading comprehension, grammar, sentence correction, etc.
Section 4: Domain Ability – This section will test your general legal knowledge
No. All the accepted entrance test scores (CLAT/LSAT/MH CET Law/AILET/BITS Law Admissions Test) are benchmarked against each other. You will not get a special advantage for appearing for the BITS Law Admissions Test. However, if you submit more than one test score, we will consider the best score for the processing of your application.
No. Once your application is submitted, you will not be able to change your choice of appearing for the BITS Law Admissions test. The choice, which you will select in your application form will be the final choice considered throughout the processing of your admission.
Students can use any one of the following entrance test scores to apply to BITS Law School
Yes, it is mandatory for applicants to provide valid BITS Law Admissions Test/CLAT/LSAT-India/AILET/MH CET Law scores to complete their application. If an applicant is awaiting their law entrance test scores, they can submit their application by availing the option of ‘awaiting results’. However, applicants must update their applications with their respective entrance test scores upon receiving them, failing which their application will be disqualified.
BITS Law School evaluates applicants holistically. While a standardised test score is mandatory, there is no minimum score required for students to apply.
No. There is no special preference given to a particular test. Each test is evaluated as per its own scoring profile.
No, only CLAT 2023 scores are valid for the cohort commencing in August 2023.
LSAT-India scores are valid for 5 years. You must have a valid LSAT-India score at the time of applying for admission.
You can visit our admissions page, and click on ‘Apply Now’ to get started with your application.
BITS Law School has a three-step admissions process:
No, our online application portal allows you to save sections of your application so that you can log in multiple times at your own comfort to complete your application as per the stated deadlines.
BITS Law School’s admissions process has been carefully curated to holistically evaluate each applicant, taking into account:
If you do not have your grade 12 final scores at the time of application, you can indicate that you are ‘awaiting results’ on your application form and share any of the following for the interim period – predicted scores for grade 12/ pre-boards scores/ final grade 11 scores.
No, there is no application fee for the 2023-2028 cohort.
The application form is available right now. Students can visit our admissions page and click on ‘Apply Now’ to get started with their application.
Round 1 | Round 2 | |
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Applications Start | March 09, 2023 | April 18, 2023 |
Applications Close | April 17, 2023 | May 15, 2023 |
Fee Payment Timelines | As per Offer Letter | As per Offer Letter |
Programme Commencement | August 2023 | August 2023 |
No. You can only apply for one of the two programmes. Your preference will have to be clearly indicated on your application form.
For all admissions related queries and support, you can reach out to our admissions team at admissions@bitslawschool.edu.in.
Yes. You can submit your application by availing the option of ‘awaiting results’. However, you must update your relevant scores upon receiving them, failing which your application will be disqualified. An application will only be considered complete only once all relevant scores have been shared.
BITS Law School evaluates applicants holistically, thus, we highly recommend mentioning your extra-curricular activities (if any).
No, this is not required. All documents will need to be uploaded to our online application portal.
You will be notified via email about the status of your application. You can also check the application portal to view the status of your application.
Personal Interviews will be conducted via Zoom/telephone.
Personal interviews will be based on the application submitted by you. However, it may be a free-flowing conversation too.
Applicants will need to demonstrate strong English skills, as the medium of instruction for the programme will be English.
No. There are no quotas at BITS Law School and all applicants are required to follow the regular application process.
Our faculty consists of imminent scholars, experienced academicians and noted practitioners. You can view our faculty directory here.
The faculty-student ratio at BITS Law School is 1:20.
All faculty will be accessible outside of classroom hours. Faculty will announce their office hours at the start of the course. Students can seek an appointment with the faculty based on the same. They will also be available on email and other electronic mediums once courses commence.
Your offer letter will mention the timelines for responding to your offer. You can also log in to the student dashboard/online application portal to access this information or reach out to our admissions team on +91 8824400600
At the time of accepting the offer, applicants are required to pay a ‘one-time admission deposit’ of INR 50,000. The ‘one-time admission deposit’ will be adjusted when completing the year 1 tuition fee payment.
Additionally, students are required to pay a refundable security deposit of INR 20,000. The security deposit amount will be refunded after the convocation to the student.
The rest of the tuition fee and residential fee will be payable before the start of the programme. The timelines and details regarding payment of balance amount will be accessible in the student dashboard. Applicants will also be notified via email.
You can pay the fees by logging in to your dashboard. More information will be provided at the time of receiving your result.
Yes. BITS Law School provides financial assistance in the form of Merit and Means Based Scholarships, Scholarships of Excellence, and Regional and Demographic Diversity/Gender/Persons with Special Needs (PWSN) Scholarships.
Additionally, we seek to assist students with financing by ensuring the easy availability of education loans. We have collaborated with several banks to offer customised education loans at attractive rates.
Students can apply for an education loan after accepting the admission offer and paying the security deposit.
We have collaborated with several banks to offer customised education loans at attractive rates.
At BITSLAW, we are committed to enabling access to high quality legal education through scholarships based on merit, financial capability, special needs, as well as scholarships to ensure diversity in gender and geography. Three special Birla Scholarships for Legal Studies will be awarded to four law aspirants who are offered admission to BITSLAW. In addition to the special Birla Scholarships for Legal Studies, three other scholarships will be awarded to law aspirants who are granted admissions to BITSLAW.
Decisions on scholarships will be shared with applicants at the time of receiving their offer letter from BITS Law School.
If you qualify for a BITS Law School scholarship, a representative from the Law School will get in touch with you to inform you about the next steps.
As part of this programme, you will complete
As part of this programme, you will complete
BITS Law School will offer 10 market-oriented optional courses in conformity with the Bar Council of India. It is mandatory for a student to choose 6 optional courses out of the non-exhaustive and indicative list below
BITS Law School’s dedicated Career Advancement Office (CAO) team is committed to jump-starting students’ law careers and supporting them throughout their professional journey. To know more about our Career Advancement Office, you can visit our Career Services page.
Students’ dynamic internship journey throughout the programme will climax with placement drives in their 4th and 5th years, giving students face time with top recruiters across law firms and industries, before which they will be guided and primed to hone their resumes and interview skills.
Our programmes and Career Advancement Office (CAO) will equip students to become well-rounded legal professionals and develop their application toolkit. This will enable students to engage with recruiters in their field of choice with confidence. The CAO will work to bring on campus opportunities in the fields of litigation, corporate law, environmental law, taxation law, economic law, and entrepreneurship, among others.
BITS Law School is located in Mumbai. For the interim period, the Law School campus is at the Hiranandani Knowledge Park located in Powai. From 2025 onwards, the Law School will shift to a lush, 60 acre campus in Kalyan, Mumbai.
Apart from access to the classrooms and the library, students have access to dining facilities, a cafe, common rooms, a computer lab, and other such facilities. The campus also has a first aid centre.
Yes. Our programmes are residential and all students are expected to live in housing provided by the school. Each student has a shared room and shared toilet facilities. Students also have access to shared kitchenettes.
Yes, our programmes are fully residential and all students are required to live on campus.
All students have access to recreational areas in the residence, including dining and recreational. Additionally, students will have access to laundry, printing, and photocopying services (paid services). A limited parking facility is also available.
Yes, you and your family members can see the accommodation as part of campus visits.
The interim campus is within 3 km of the student residences. A shuttle service is provided to students to travel between the student residences and interim campus and it takes approximately 5-10 minutes to travel from the residence to campus by shuttle, subject to traffic conditions.