B.S.W. LL.B. (Hons.)

This is an entry-after-Class-12 integrated law programme, not a postgraduate law course. At GNLU, the published requirement for its five-year UG programmes is successful completion of HSC/Intermediate (10+2) or an equivalent examination with at least 45% aggregate marks, reduced to 40% for SC/ST candidates. Students appearing in the qualifying examination can be admitted provisionally, but must submit the requisite qualification documents before or at admission.

The relevant all-India entrance baseline for CLAT 2026 was also 45% in 10+2 or equivalent, or 40% for SC/ST/PwD applicants, with no upper age limit. Individual university, category, domicile, NRI/foreign-national and reservation rules can add conditions, so applicants should use the university’s current admission brochure rather than treating the general CLAT rule as a guaranteed offer of admission.

• Check both the CLAT eligibility page and the target university’s programme-specific brochure.
• For an advocate-practice plan, verify BCI recognition/approval for the specific institution and course before enrolling.

The degree is structured as a five-year integrated honours programme, normally delivered across ten semesters. GNLU’s published undergraduate structure identifies the programme as part of its five-year BA/B.Com/BBA/B.Sc./BSW LL.B. (Hons.) suite and sets out courses from Semester 1 through Semester 10.

Because an integrated law degree is professionally consequential, prospective students should distinguish the programme title from professional eligibility: a degree alone does not remove the need to satisfy State Bar Council enrolment requirements and the applicable AIBE rules if the objective is court practice.

• Academic duration: five years / ten semesters in the published GNLU structure.
• Professional practice: separate enrolment and qualifying-examination requirements apply.

The defining feature is the integration of social-work learning with a full law curriculum. In GNLU’s published structure, early B.S.W.-specific papers include Nature and Development of Social Work, Social Work Methods and Interventions, Psychology for Social Work Practice, Sociology for Social Work Practice, Society and Sustainable Development, and Disaster Risk Management. Later components include Social Entrepreneurship, Livelihoods and Access to Justice, Social Work Research, Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Audit, and Criminal Justice and Social Work.

The law component covers foundational and professional subjects including legal methods, torts, contract, constitutional law, jurisprudence, criminal law, family law, public international law, property, civil and criminal procedure, evidence, administrative law, corporate law, intellectual property, labour law, environmental law, human rights and international humanitarian law. The final year includes clinical papers in drafting, professional ethics, moot-court/advocacy skills, internship, litigation management and alternative dispute resolution, alongside electives.

Course names and sequencing are university-specific and may be revised. The list above describes GNLU’s published curriculum rather than a mandatory national syllabus for every programme using this degree title.

• Social-work emphasis: development, livelihoods, access to justice, CSR, criminal justice and research.
• Law emphasis: public law, private law, criminal justice, labour and environmental law, human rights, and clinical skills.
• Practical components: drafting, professional ethics, mooting, advocacy and internship.

For the 2026–27 cycle, GNLU’s official CLAT brochure lists B.S.W. LL.B. (Hons.) at its Gandhinagar campus and shows programme-wise allocation. The brochure lists 26 total seats for the B.S.W. LL.B. (Hons.) programme: 23 All India, with additional seats shown for NRI/NRI-sponsored, foreign-national, Jammu and Kashmir resident, and North East India categories. Seat matrices, reservation rules and supernumerary categories are admissions-cycle-specific and can change.

CLAT is the relevant parent entrance examination for this node. The Consortium states that admissions offers and allotments are provisional and that participating universities may change intake and seat break-ups under their own policies. Applicants should therefore follow the live CLAT counselling instructions and the university’s admissions notices for the applicable year, rather than relying on prior cut-offs or dates.

• Take the UG CLAT and complete the counselling/preference process for participating institutions.
• Review the target university’s category, domicile and documentation requirements.
• Treat seat numbers, counselling dates and fee notices as dated admissions-cycle information.

LL.M. is a direct academic progression. For CLAT 2026 PG, the Consortium’s baseline eligibility was an LL.B. or equivalent with 50% marks, or 45% for SC/ST/PwD candidates; particular universities may publish their own intake, specialisation and admission rules. The integrated B.S.W. LL.B. (Hons.) includes an LL.B. component, but applicants should still confirm that their degree meets the target institution’s stated LL.M. eligibility.

For litigation and advocacy, the relevant professional route is enrolment with a State Bar Council followed by the applicable AIBE process. BCI describes AIBE as a qualifying examination for advocates and states that candidates who clear it receive a certificate of practice. BCI’s current notices also stress that the underlying university/course must be BCI-recognised or BCI-approved, as applicable.

The degree can also support competitive and employment pathways such as judicial-services examinations, UPSC and state civil services, JAG recruitment, PSU legal-officer roles, corporate counsel, and management admissions such as CAT. These are not automatic outcomes of the degree: eligibility, age limits, enrolment status, experience, marks and selection stages are set separately by each state commission, employer, armed-forces recruitment notice, PSU or management institute. For example, UPSC’s Civil Services Examination is notified separately each year, and its 2026 preliminary notification was published on February 4, 2026.

• LL.M.: check the relevant university’s LL.M. rules and, where used, CLAT PG requirements.
• Advocacy: verify BCI recognition/approval, enrol with the appropriate State Bar Council, and meet AIBE requirements.
• Judicial services and State PSC: use the notification of the relevant state; rules are state-specific.
• UPSC, JAG, PSU/legal-employer, CAT and corporate-counsel routes: apply only against the current official notice or employer specification.