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Law Colleges in Karnataka

Himani Chopra
Updated: Dec 04, 2025 18:05 IST

Karnataka is considered to be one of the leading destinations for pursuing LLB (Legum Baccalaureus). There are around 143 Law colleges in Karnataka, out of which 85 colleges are private, 21 colleges are public/government and the rest 20 colleges/universities are public-private. These colleges and universities provide Law courses in full-time, and online mode at undergraduate, post-graduate and doctorate levels. 

Top Law Colleges in Karnataka: Courses

Following are the top law colleges in Karnataka-

  • B.A. LL.B.
  • LL.B.
  • BBA LL.B
  • LL.M.
  • B.Com LL.B.
  • B.Sc. LL.B.
  • B.A. LL.B (Hons.)
  • Ph.D.

Top Law Colleges in Karnataka: Specialisations 

The major law specialisations offered by the Top Law colleges in Karnataka are either Intellectual Property Lawor Business Law. The following given table shows the specialisations by the law colleges in Karnataka-

Specialisations 

Intellectual Property Law

Business Law

Constitutional Law

Corporate Law

Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law

Information Technology Law

Cyber Law

Commercial Law

Criminal Law

Finance

Labor & Employment Law

Administrative Law

Public Policy

Education Law

Entrepreneurship

IT & Systems

Operations

Human Resources

Top Law Colleges in Karnataka: Eligibility Criteria 

Following are the eligibility criterias for admission to law colleges in Karnataka-

For Undergraduate programmes (UG) (Integrated LLB):

  • Students are eligible to secure admission in undergraduate Law courses, if they have passed Class 12th or its equivalent from a recognized board with a minimum score of 45% in aggregate.

For Postgraduate courses (PG):

  • Candidates need to be graduated from a recognized university for the admissions into LLB (3 years). However, for admission in LL.M programmes, candidates need to own an LLB or equivalent degree from a recognized university.

For Ph.D. courses: 

  • The candidate must have passed post-graduation in Law in regular mode from a recognized university with a minimum aggregate of 55%.

Top Law Colleges in Karnataka: Admission Process

Most of the Law colleges in Karnataka accept the following entrance examinations for undergraduate programmes (UG): CLAT, LSAT India,CBSE 12th, UGC NET, AUSAT and others.

For Undergraduate courses (UG):

  • Students need to fill out the admission application forms of the respective university and colleges, available on the official website of the college and universities.
  • Admissions for the various Law programmes are based on the merit lists released by the college/university.
  • Candidates are required to submit the valid documents to complete the admission process.

For Post-graduate courses (PG):

  • Candidates will be selected for the PG programmes in top Law colleges in Karnataka on the basis of the marks secured in the entrance exams. 
  • Colleges and universities also conduct personal interviews and group discussions at the time of admission.

Best Law Colleges in Karnataka

Following are the top law colleges in Karnataka:

Top Law Colleges in Karnataka- 

  • NLSIU Bangalore - National Law School of India University
  • Christ University
  • M.S. Ramaiah College of Law
  • School of Legal Studies, CMR University
  • IIM Bangalore
  • University of Mysore
  • Karnatak University Dharwad
  • Central University of Karnataka
  • Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies
  • K.L.E. Society's Law College, Bangalore

Top Private Law Colleges in Karnataka-

  • School of Law, Christ University
  • M.S. Ramaiah College of Law
  • School of Legal Studies, CMR University
  • Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies
  • K.L.E. Society's Law College, Bangalore
  • Vaikunta Baliga College of Law
  • Reva University
  • Kristu Jayanti College

Top Government Law Colleges in Karnataka-

  • Bangalore University
  • IIM Bangalore
  • University of Mysore
  • Karnatak University Dharwad
  • Central University of Karnataka
  • Karnataka State Law University
  • Gulbarga University
  • Rani Channamma University

Top Law Colleges in Karnataka: Recruiting Companies

 The following table shows the recruiting companies of top Law colleges in Karnataka-

Law College

Recruiting companies

National Law School of India University

  • Trilegal
  • Infosys
  • EY
  • Accenture
  • Cognizant
  • Wipro

Christ University, School of Law

  • Adlaw Partners, Bangalore
  • Harsha & Co., Bangalore
  • King and Partridge, Chennai
  • Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, Attorneys, Bangalore
  • Hewlett Packard Sales India Ltd., Bangalore
  • Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore
  • Narasappa Doraswamy & Raja, Bangalore
  • Parekh & Co., New Delhi

IFIM Law School 

  • Aman Vedika
  • AIR
  • Samvad Partners
  • Help Age India
  • National Forum For People's Right
  • PUCL
  • Samarthnam
  • Siemens
  • Divya Disha
  • CRY
  • Anbarivaanantham
  • Amnesty International

 

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