Karnataka · Law
Across the 26 National Law Universities admitting through CLAT — including NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad and 24 others — roughly 15% of seats are reserved for SC and 7.5% for ST candidates, with cutoff ranks significantly lower than the General category.
5-year integrated BA LLB (and variants like BBA LLB), 1-year LLM, at all 26 CLAT-participating NLUs.
Admission via CLAT (Common Law Admission Test), conducted by the Consortium of NLUs; each NLU publishes its own category-wise seat matrix, so reserved-category cutoffs vary by university.
Moot court halls, law libraries with legal databases, hostels, debate and legal-aid clinics.
Strong placement into law firms, litigation chambers, judicial clerkships and corporate legal roles, particularly from the older, more established NLUs.
SC/ST fee concessions vary by NLU — some offer full tuition waivers, others partial; central Post-Matric and Top Class Education Scheme scholarships can also be applied toward NLU costs.