AILET 2023 Eligibility Criteria

To get a Law degree from NLU or other accredited Law colleges, one must clear the eligibility criteria to appear for the AILET2023 exam. The selection of students that take the AILET is done through the merit-cum-preference criteria, which means scoring in AILET is very important to get a preference. 

The exam is conducted for admission into the 5 year BA LLB and LLM programs, and the eligibility varies across different courses. Find below the program-wise AILET eligibility criteria.

Note: AILET 2023 has been brought forward to December 11, 2022. Registrations are live now on the official website of NLU Delhi. The AILET 2023 application forms have been released and the last date to apply is November 15, 2022. 

AILET 2023 Eligibility Criteria for BA LLB

Educational Qualification

1. Candidates must have passed Class 12 (10+2) or an equivalent examination from a recognized board or institution with at least 45% marks. Candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PwD categories must secure at least 40% marks in the qualifying examination  
2. Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination are also eligible to appear in AILET 2023. However, such candidates will become eligible for admission to BA LLB programs only if they have passed the qualifying examination with the minimum qualifying marks 

Age Limit

No upper age limit for admission to the BA LLB program offered by the NLU, Delhi. The lower age limit for the same is 18 years. 

There are 80 seats available for the BA LLB program in the NLU, Delhi. Out of 80 seats, 10% are reserved for Foreign Nationals for direct admission into the five-year degree course.

Of the remaining 75 seats, 15% are reserved for the SC category and 7.5% are reserved for the ST category, and 3% are for persons with disabilities.

Have a look at the table below to know the distribution of seats in the BA LLB program. 

AILET Eligibility Criteria 2023 for LLM

Educational Qualification

1. Candidates must have passed Class 12 (10+2) or an equivalent examination from a recognized board or institution with at least 45% marks. Candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PwD categories must secure at least 40% marks in the qualifying examination.
2. Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination (final year/semester of LLB graduation) are also eligible to appear in AILET LLM 2023. However, to become eligible for admission, such candidates must have completed their graduation with minimum qualifying marks by the time of AILET counseling.
3. Candidates placed in the compartment in the year of admission will be ineligible for admission to the LLM course even if they have cleared AILET 2023.

Age limit

There is no age limit for appearing in AILET 2023 for LLM. 

The dates for applying are close, and although there are many options, one must be clear about which course they want to do, and what are their university preferences. Make sure to do thorough research before filling out the application forms. Look out for more articles on our page on AILET for help.