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Army Institute of Law
MottoAspire and Achieve[1]
TypePrivate
Established1999
Location, ,
Campus Urban
AffiliationsPunjabi University; NAAC; BCI
Websitewww.ail.ac.in

Army Institute of Law (AIL) is a private law school in Mohali, Punjab, India. The institute is affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala, and is run by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES). The institute has a moderately sized campus in Sector 68, Mohali. The hostels can house 400 students.

History

AIL was established in 1999 by the Indian Army under the Army Welfare Education Society. It originally operated from an interim location in Patiala and moved to its permanent campus in Sector 68, Mohali, in 2003, which was inaugurated by the President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.[1]

Academics

Undergraduate

AIL offers a 5-year integrated B.A LL.B. program. The school reserves 60 seats of the total 80 for wards of Army personnel and 20 are available for civilians. Sixteen civilian slots are for students from Punjab and four are for the All-India Civil Category. The college is approved by the Bar Council of India. Admission is based on the Army Institute of Law Entrance Test, except that civilian students from Punjab are selected on the basis of 10+2 marks.

Postgraduate

AIL offers a one-year postgraduate L.L.M. program with options to specialize in Criminal Law or Family law. The prestigious course enrolls passionate students on the basis of a common entrance examination. The syllabus can be found here.

Rankings

University rankings

AIL was ranked 14th by India Today's "Top 40 Law Colleges",[2] and 17th among India Law Colleges by The Week's "Top Law Colleges 2019".[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Us". www.ail.ac.in. Army Institute of Law. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_IT_L_2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_WEEK_L_2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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