Chennai: Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University is likely to release the merit list for the five-year integrated law degree programmes offered by the School of Excellence in Law, govt law colleges and govt quota seats in the private law colleges this week.The rank list is being prepared for courses based on the scores in four subjects (except languages) in the Class XII exams. Students will be ranked by the aggregate scores in the four subjects.“After the release of the merit list, we will issue allotment orders. Students will join the respective colleges after the certificate verification by the fourth week of June,” an official from the university said.There are 600 seats in the School of Excellence in Law and the university has received 6,700 applications this year. It is offering five-year honours courses such as BA LLB, BCom LLB, BBA LLB, BCA LLB and students have to secure minimum 70% marks in Class XII. Students belonging to SC, ST categories have to secure a minimum 60% marks.For 2,503 seats in govt law colleges and 897 govt quota seats in private law colleges, the university has received 16,000 applications. Candidates have to secure 45% marks and for SC, ST category students 40% is eligibility marks.“The number of applications is more or less same compared to previous year. The counselling will be conducted online for law admissions,” an official added.The university called for applications from May 18 to June 5. The university will announce the dates for applying for three-year LLB programmes and LLM (postgraduate law programmes) later.
