KARNATAKA STATE LAW UNIVERSITY

The Karnataka State Law University was established in January, 2009 under Karnataka State Law University Act, 2009 of Government of Karnataka. The University with the avowed object of providing quality legal education is making all endeavors for the growth of legal education in Karnataka by including appropriate components to professionally orient the students. It is the single largest affiliating Law University in the whole of Asia having 109 affiliated Law colleges spread over the entire State of Karnataka with the strength of 26,000 students. The University is also operating its own Law School at the main campus in Hubballi.

The University campus is spread over a sprawling 55 acres of beautiful landscape at Navanagar, in Hubballi. The University has magnificent Law School with State of Art classrooms, auditorium, Pariksha Bhavan (Examination Block), Guest House, a Boys Hostel, Girls Hostel, Officers Residences, Sports Ground, etc.

The University is catering to the needs and requirements of legal education by bringing uniformity in methods of imparting education and conducting examinations across the State, providing appropriate optional courses for horizontal mobility. At present the University offers 3 year LL.B. Programme, 5 years B.A.,LL.B., B.B.A.,LL.B., and B. Com. LL.B. programmes at its affiliated law colleges and 5 years B.A.,LL.B. (Hons.) and B.B.A.,LL.B. (Hons.) programme at its Law School. The University is also offering Master Degree Programmes in discipline such as Constitutional and Administrative Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, IPR Law and Criminal Law as well. Apart from this same certificate courses in Information Law, Water Law, Aviation Law, etc. and P. G. Diploma Courses are also offered by the University. In addition, the Ph.D. and LL.D. programmes are also offered on the campus.

The University Library is truly a knowledge house of the University having great collections of books, bound volumes, 27 Law Journals and 5 online legal databases such as Manupatra, Westlawasia, Hein Online, SCC & JSTOR - UGC-INFLIBNET.

With the objective to bridge the gap between the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required in the legal profession, the KSLU is providing opportunities to the students to intern with the Government Departments, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, State Law Commission, Judges of the High Court and best of the Law Firms in the Country.

Vision of the University is “To transform Karnataka State into a legally conscious society, by providing quality legal education that is professionally competent and socially relevant so as to realize the constitutional primordial goal of social, economic and political justice and secure human rights to every common man. Strive to promote the culture of law and justice in the institutions of state, non-state organizations and every individual by providing informal legal education, training and legal service. Above all, to inculcate in every one a spirit of high moral and human values.” In this direction the University is making all endeavors through academic and extension activities to realize the vision.

To provide a suitable environment wherein the law students can hone and chisel their professional skills, the KSLU has been conducting two Moot Court Competitions, one in International Law and another in Public Law every year. Apart from the same, the University conducts special lectures on various emerging issues. Even two prestigious endowment lectures namely, Late shri L.G. Havanur Endowment Lecture and Late Shri R.G. Desai Endowment Lecture are organized every year. The eminent judges like Justice Abdul Nazir, Justice V. Gopal Gowda, Justice Rajendra Babu, Justice Mohan Shantangoudar and Justice Ravindra Bhat, Justice Nagarathna, Justice Bopanna etc. have delivered the lectures.

To encourage the students and improve their skills every year the University organizes Student Law Festival consisting of client counselling, paper presentation, etc. The University in order to update the knowledge of the teaching faculty, has conducted Faculty Development Programmes on themes such as Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Law and Human Rights of Vulnerable sections.

For having completed 12 years of its existence, the University has conducted 10 decennial celebration lectures. The eminent academicians, judges of higher judiciary have delivered lectures on emerging issues of law. The University has been organizing academic programme on emerging issues and eminent Judges, Advocates and academicians provide discourse.

The University is also involved in research activities. Eleven research projects on Non state judicial systems in Karnataka are on the verge of completion. This is completely funded by the University. Apart from the same, three research centers have been established in the University, namely, 1. Centre for Research in Democracy and Constitutional Government 2. Centre for Research in Water Law 3. Vijnaneshwara Study Centre. Currently Centre for Research in Democracy and Constitutional Government in collaboration with Karnataka State Bar Council Bengaluru has under taken a research project on changing facets of Legal Profession in Karnataka. The Centre for Water Law has also undertaken project of Water Management of Hubballi and Dharwad. The Vijnaneshwara Study Centre is organizing a National Webinar on “Socio-legal values in Mitakshara, Vachana, Dasa and Folk Literature in Karnataka: An Exploration.” One credit course (online) Translation Workshop is conducted in the University to help students appearing for judicial examinations and equip them to publish law literature in English and Kannada. Career Guidance Workshops are conducted at seven zones of the State to guide the final year students on future opportunities in the legal profession. Presently 54 Ph.D. research scholars are pursuing their doctoral degree in the University and its research centers. The University periodically publishes, KSLU Law Journal, the Student Law Review, material on Para-legal Certificate Course, Nyaya Chintana Series and Kannada Kali etc.

Vision of Karnataka State Law University

Imparting education that prepares students to be leaders for the emerging global society.

Mission of Karnataka State Law University

University is committed to being a leader in education, research and service and providing a platform to students, faculty, and collaborating researchers from around the world to teach, learn, and innovate for improving population health locally and worldwide.

Karnataka State Law University has released the admission application form for undergraduate LLB programmes on April 24. The KSLU application form is available in both online and offline modes. Candidates can download the KSLU admission application form online and submit it. KSLU announces admissions to various undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes for its law campus and various affiliated colleges. Admission to Karnataka State Law University and its affiliated law school participating in the admission process will be conducted on the basis merit. Read the complete article to know more about KSLU LLB 2023, application form, eligibility criteria, admission process and more here.

Candidates must be not older than 20 years to be eligible for KSLU BA LLB 2023 admission. SC and ST candidates get a relaxation of 2 years, which means the age limit for them is 22 years.

Candidates must not be older than 30 years to be eligible for KSLU LLB 2023 admission. SC and ST candidates get a relaxation of 5 years, which means the age limit for them is 35 years.

Admission Form - Documents Required

Date of birth certificate (SSLC/HSLC certificates)
Degree qualification examination marks card.
Caste and Income certificate.
Eligibility certificate, if needed.
Migration certificate, if needed.
Study permission letter from employer, if applicable.
Reservation certificate
Disability certificate in case of candidates belonging to PH.
Kannada medium study certificate (1-10th) if the reservation is claimed under Gadinadu/HoranaduKannadiga quota.

The University has almost 92 colleges that have some specific selection procedure of entrance and personal test for a few courses. Admission to the 3-year courses, in all colleges under the jurisdiction of Karnataka State Law University, is strictly based on the Merit, Based on the marks secured by the candidate in the qualifying examination. Candidates can obtain the application forms both online and offline.

KSLU Hubli Placements

Karnataka State Law University (KSLU), Hubli has a training and placement cell to organise the placement procedure for the students. Training programmes on personality development and communication skills are organised by the KSLU Hubli placement cell which helps them prepare better for the recruitment process. The Institute also ensures that they can help most of the students get placed into various companies by helping them in every possible way. KSLU Hubli placement cell also conducts mock tests and practice session classes on Aptitude, Quantitative Ability, Logical and Reasoning to make students practice and get better before appearing for the final Interview and Written Test. A detailed description of the whole procedure of the Karnataka State Law University placement is mentioned below.

KSLU Hubli Placement Procedure

Invitation - Karnataka State Law University placement cell coordinates with the recruitment companies and sends an annexure to those companies and the recruiters in return need to fill all necessary information in the annexure. The Training and Placement Cell then fixes their dates with various recruiters based on the salary packages and other eligibility criteria offered by the recruitment companies.

Registration - Students need to register themselves with the T&P cell for the KSLU Hubli placement drive along with all required documents. Students satisfying all eligibility criteria will be asked to proceed further with the recruitment process.

Slot-Allocation - Recruiters will then fix dates with KSLU Hubli to visit the campus for conducting the recruitment process via various steps including Written tests, Group discussions and Interviews.

Pre-Placement Talk - Students of Karnataka State Law University Hubli are given pre-placement talks by different recruiting companies to make them aware of the policies, roles and job profiles offered by them.

Written Test - Students need to appear and qualify a written test classified into different sections including Quantitative aptitude, Logical and Reasoning ability, English competency, etc.

Group Discussion & Interview - Students who will qualify the written test also need to qualify the Group Discussion on topics decided by the recruiters to judge the communication and speaking skills of students. After clearing the GD round, students also need to go through various rounds of Interviews namely Technical Interview and HR Interview conducted by various recruiting companies to test their technical knowledge, communication skills and confidence of students.

Final Selection - Students of Karnataka State Law University qualifying all rounds of tests and interviews, are then offered job offers and salary packages depending on their performance and overall scores in their academics.

The students are provided training and more information regarding the changes in legal education.
They are provided with internship opportunities under lawyers with a reasonable stipend every month.
The students are placed under judges from different courts with good salary packages.

KSL University Scholarships

University provides various scholarships, as per UGC and State government norms. Student got :

Wrangler Dr.D.C.Pavate Diamond Jubilee Celebration Scholarships
Prof.V.R.Bhat Endowment Scholarship
To live up to societal expectations, the University has entered into a Memoranda of University with pioneer institutions like

National Law School of India University, Bangalore,
Karnataka Mediation Centre, Bangalore,
BMS Institute of Technology, Bangalore,
Bangalore Arbitration Centre-Domestic and International, Bangalore,
Karnataka Institute for Law and Parliamentary Reforms, Bangalore, and such other Institutions.

Facilities

Internship at reputed firms, NGOs, State Legislature, etc.
KSLU Students Law Review brought us under the editorship of students.
Cash Awards and Certificates for winners of championships and individual prizes in moot court competitions.
Cash award for the best articles selected for publication in the KSLU Students Law Review.
Sponsoring of the students to represent Law School and KSLU at various competitions.
Hostels for boys and girls
Health facilities
Sports and Games
Scholarships for Students as per UGC & State Government norms.
Computer workstations are found in the Browsing Centre located on the First Floor. All these computers have fast Internet Connection. Library Computers are for users to access electronic resources.

Library:

The library has the outstanding recognition of being the excellent regulation library in this region. This has been housed with a great collection of greater than 20,000 books associated with regulation. At the identical time,e enough reference books also are to be had withinside the library. The library premises are having floors. On the floor ground the textbooks, reference books, newspapers and magazines, and the studying room are equipped.

By the facet of this the librarian’s chamber, circulate counter, and acquisition segment is located. In the primary ground of this construction on one facet, the journals had been organized chronologically and on the opposite facet, the brand new pc laboratory with 50 numbers of computer systems has been installed recently. In addition to this, the library gives get admission to 4 country-wide and global databases.