Top 20 Law institutes

Top 20 Law institutes in India

Here is the list of top Law Institutes in India for 2008. This is season of admissions for students passed out of SSC and HSC. Given that Internet has become a new medium for finding information about best colleges and Institutes in India, I thought I will publish this list for the benefit of students seeking admissions in top Indian Law colleges.
I am also planning to publish various different lists that will serve as a ready recknor for students looking to get admissions with top colleges in different streams.
This list has been compiled by different sources for 2008 and I am publishing it here for benefit of students. If you find ranking not appropriate or wrong, please leave your comment and I shall try to update and refine the list further.
Law is one of the most important streams and very different from regular science, commerce and Art colleges. In India corruption levels are very high among legal circles and due to these few corrupt lawyers, law as a stream is not looked upon in a very good light. Having said that following top Law colleges in INdia have produced some of the most well known lawyers in the world.

Top 20 Law Institutes in India

Rank	College / Institute Name
1	NLSIU, Bangalore (Est: 1988) Post Bag No. 7201, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore-560072 Tel: 080-23213160 Website: www.nls.ac.in E-mail:registrar@nls.ac.in Seats: 80 Cut-off: Entrance test.
2	NALSAR, Hyderabad(Est: 1998) 3-4, 761, Barkatpura, Hyderabad-500027 Tel: 040-27567955 Website: www.nalsaruniv.org Seats: 80 Cut-off: Entrance test Info: Apart from the routine courses, its post-graduate programs in human rights law, medical law and ethics and environmental law are very popular
3	NLIU, Bhopal(Est: 1997) Bhadbhada Road, Barkheri Kalan, Bhopal-462002 Tel: 0755-2696965 Website: www.nliu.edu Seats: 80 Cut-off: Entrance test Info: Has a huge sylvan campus. A cyber law centre funded by the Union HRD Ministry, the only one of its kind in Asia, is coming up soon.
4	Symbiosis Law College, Pune(Est: 1977) Senapati Bapat Road, Pune -411004 Tel: 020-25655114 Website: www.symlaw.ac.in Seats: 200 Cut-off: Entrance exam The students moved the Bombay High Court to make helmets compulsory for two-wheeler riders in Maharashtra and have brought to the court’s attention the state of the Consumer Protection Forum in Pune.
5	ILS Law College, Pune(Est: 1924) Law College Road, Pune-411004 Tel: 020-25656775 Website: www.ilslaw.edu Seats: 240 for a three-year course and 400 for a five-year course Cut-off: Merit Emphasis is equally on academics and sports. Besides the regular Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in law, the college offers six diploma courses in subjects like intellectual property rights, cyber law and medical jurisprudence.
6	Faculty of Law, BHU, Banaras(Est: 1916) Varanasi-221005 Tel: 0542-2369018 Website: www.bhu.ac.in Seats: 275 Cut-off: Entrance test It was the first college in the region to have started environmental law courses which has held it in good stead.
7	Faculty of Law, DU, Delhi(Est: 1924) Delhi-110007 Tel: 011-27667765 Website: www.du.ac.in E-mail: lawfaculty@vsnl.net Seats: 1,500 Cut-off: Entrance test The present chief justice of India is an alumnus of this institute. Three-quarters of high court judges are also alumni of this institute.
8	Government Law College, Mumbai Mumbai
9	Faculty of Law, Chandigarh Univ.(Est: 1976) Sector-14, Chandigarh Tel: 0172-2541577 Website: www.puchd.ac.in E-mail: regr@pu.ac.in Seats: 360 Cut-off: Entrance test A recognized institution for aspiring lawyers, it offers post-graduate and doctoral programs as well.
10	Amity Law School, Delhi (Est: 1999) Yasho Bhawan, Okhla Road, Delhi-110025 Tel: 011-26325901 Website: www.amity.edu Seats: 80 Cut-off: 60 per cent Its credibility received a boost with its affiliation to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. Job offers for its students come as far a field as Singapore and Dubai.
11	University Law College, Bangalore Univ., Bangalore(Est: 1948) Palace Road, Bangalore-560001 Tel: 080-22262137 Seats: 80 Cut-off: 85 per cent Five student teams have represented India in the Jessup International Law moot court competitions in the US and Vienna in Europe. This college has also entered into a MoU with Nanterre University, Paris, France, for a student-and-faculty exchange program.
12	University Institute of Legal Studies, Chandigarh(Est: 1956) Sector-14, Chandigarh-160014 Tel: 0172-2534158 Website: http://uils.puchd.ac.in Seats: 150 Cut-off: Entrance exam Regular visits to district courts, high courts and the Supreme Court are part of the curriculum. Moot court competitions are also held within the institute.
13	Bharati Vidyapeeth’s New Law College, Pune(Est: 1983) Katraj-Dhankawadi Campus, Pune-Satara Road, Pune-411043. Tel: 020-24360572 Website: www.engg.bharatividyapeeth.edu Seats: 40 Cut-off: Entrance exam It is one of the largest engineering colleges in Maharashtra with a hostel to accommodate over 1,200 students. Special training is imparted in communication skills.
14	KLE Society’s Law College, Bangalore(Est: 1976) PB-1059, 2nd Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore-560010 Tel: 080-23324529 Website: www.klesociety.org/law/banlc.htm Seats: 115 for a three-year course, 65 for a five-year course Cut-off: Written test Its plus points include above-average results, good hostel accommodation and a well-equipped library.
15	Faculty of Law, Lucknow Univ., Lucknow(Est: 1921) 2nd Campus, Lucknow University, Sitapur Road, Lucknow Tel: 0522-2363113 Seats: 320 Cut-off: Entrance test A committed law institution, the graduates it produces are a competent lot.
16	University College of Law, Hyderabad(Est: 1918) Hyderabad-500007 Tel: 040-27098928 Seats: 160 Cut-off: Written exam A tried and tested institution where law is concerned. Its library is a storehouse of the latest information.
17	Army Institute of Law, Mohali(Est: 1999) Sec-68, Mohali-160062 Tel: 0172-5095336-38 Website: www.armyinstituteoflaw.org Seats: 80 Cut-off: Entrance exam The learning process is interactive and participative.
18	Gopaldas Jamatmal Advani Law College, Mumbai(Est: 1977) 32nd Road, Bandra, Mumbai-400050 Tel: 022-26497484 Seats: 320 Cut-off: Entrance test The college offers tutorials to students at its own cost. National and state-level seminars are organized periodically which are presided over by a Supreme Court judge. Library is available for current students as well as the alumni.
19	MS Ramaiah College of Law, Bangalore(Est: 1995) M.S. Ramaiah Road, MSRIT Post, Bangalore-560054 Tel: 080-57708015 E-mail: info@msrcl.org Seats: 70 Cut-off: 55 per cent A relatively new entrant, it has managed to carve a niche for itself in the highly competitive field of law education.
20	Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, Bangalore(Est: 1993) Vijaya College Campus, Basavanagudi, Bangalore-560004 Tel: 080-2656107 Seats: 80 Cut-off: 60-70 per cent The college has an active legal aid clinic and special lectures are delivered by eminent personalities.

Hope this list helps students seeking admission in Top Indian Law colleges. I wish you all the best !