A genuine question to the LI hivemind. I know a person who has been assisting my father in his chamber for a long time now. He is around 55 years, knows a lot of the practical aspects of law. He really wants to get an LLB degree so that he can practise in smaller courts and earn a little more. He can't quit his present job because he has got a family to support. I am looking for some lesser known college anywhere in India where he can get enrolled, pay the fees, but will not have to attend classes other than maybe a week in every semester if required. I can help him with his studies as much as he needs to do well in his exams etc. Preferably not somewhere that costs a lot (maybe less than a lakh a year), as I will be trying to sponsor his fees from my own personal savings as a student. This person already has got a Masters degree with English Honours. He is not looking to get a degree by doing nothing, but is willing to work hard on his studies, just cannot attend formal classes for aforesaid reasons. If anyone has got any suggestion, please be help. Please be kind and don't troll. TIA.
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The person is based in Kolkata, but I can help him travel occasionally to any city, such as during the admission process or once every semester for a few days if necessary.
No need to attend classes for 3 years. No mandatory attendance. Many Mumbai University affiliated law colleges have work in professionals who don't attend classes.
This is changing (for the bad) so beware. If you don't live in Mumbai then you won't be able to just go for exams and internals and be done with your llb. Because of the new principal more and more teachers are adhering to strict attendance. It is not as strict as 75% but still not as lenient as it was once upon a time.
Thank you for the suggestion. Can you please clarify whether this is a practice for which the student will have to talk to any informal body like the student union or anything similar, or will attendance just not be taken daily during the classes? I do not wish to have a situation where the student will have to drop out midway because he would be told to start attending classes or else. Hope I've managed to convey what I meant.
Nope it is obviously not regulated/official. So if any random teacher decides to force the attendance requirement then they can very well fail you. As I said, if you're not from Mumbai then don't take the risk. Some teachers are a pain in the ass. GLC is changing and it is too risky, take admission in any small no name college instead.
Also no one can really help you out if you don't post the name of the city. If you're outside Maharashtra then getting GLC in the first place might be a challenge as very less seats are there.
depends on the city, but a lot of IAS, IPS and other busy people 'attend' law colleges in mumbai - Something like a KES law college or something. There's practically no attendance requirement beyond the wierd system of handwritten projects
There are many colleges in Delhi NCR where there is no requirement of attendance, just appear in Semester/Annual exams. Janhit College of Law, Innovative Law College, St Thomas Law College etc are a few names. Even universities in NCR like Sharda, Galgotias, Lloyd, KR Mangalam, IILM, IIMT, NIU etc will give you degree.
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No need to attend classes for 3 years. No mandatory attendance. Many Mumbai University affiliated law colleges have work in professionals who don't attend classes.
Also no one can really help you out if you don't post the name of the city. If you're outside Maharashtra then getting GLC in the first place might be a challenge as very less seats are there.