The Delhi University plans to introduce two five-year integrated LLB programmes in the next academic year to provide a “more affordable and high-standard legal education”. According to officials, these are the Bachelor of Arts-LLB and the Bachelor Business Administration/Bachelor of Commerce-LLB, the official said, adding that initially, 102 students will be admitted in the two sections.
The university is planning to file an application with the Bar Council of India, seeking permission to initiate the five-year integrated LLB programmes after approval from statutory bodies – Academic Council and Executive Council.
The University of Delhi started legal education in 1924 with the establishment of the Department of Law under the Faculty of Law.
Until now, the law department used to offer a three-year LLB, LLM (full-time as well as part-time) and a PhD in Law.
Giving details about the two new programmes, the official said: “The Bachelor of Arts-LLB (BA-LLB) programme will offer at least three disciplines of arts such as political science, sociology and economics along with the courses of law, while the Bachelor Business Administration/Bachelor of Commerce-LLB (BBA/BCom-LLB) will offer various courses (papers) of commerce, management, and economics disciplines.”
