Regulations

3. COMMENCEMENTS
These Regulations shall come into force from the beginning of the academic year 2009-10.

4. DEFINITIONS
(a) “Integrated Degree Course in Law” means double degree course comprising the bachelor degree in arts prosecuted simultaneously with the degree course in law in an integrated manner as designed by the University from time to time for a continuous period of not less than five years.
(b) In these Regulations, the expressions, “University”, “University Area”, “College”, “AffiliatedCollege”, “Department”, “Department of Studies”, “Post Graduate Department”, “Post Graduate Department of studies”, “Teachers”, “University”, “University Area”, “University College” and “Principal” bear the same meanings, as assigned under Section 2 of the Karnataka State Law University Act, 2009.

5. THE COURSE & DURATION
(a) B.A., LL.B. integrated double degree course combines Bachelors’ degree course in Arts together with the Bachelors’ degree course in Law.
(b) Each Academic year shall be divided into two Semesters.
(c) The Papers and the syllabus shall be as given in the Schedule appended to these Regulations.

6. INSTRUCTIONS& TRAINING
(a) Instructions and training for the course shall be not less than 30 class-hours per week including tutorials, moot room exercise and seminars provided there shall be at least 24 lecture hours per week.
(b) There shall be for each paper four class hours of one hour duration each and one hour of tutorial / moot court / project work per week.
(c) INTERNSHIPS: Each registered student shall have completed a minimum of 20 weeks of internship during the entire period of legal studies under NGO, Trial and Appellate Advocates, Judiciary; Legal Regulatory authorities, Legislatures and Parliament, other Legal functionaries, Market Institutions, Law Firms, Companies and Local Self Government.
(d) The internship in any year cannot be for a continuous period of more than four weeks and all students shall at least gone through once in the entire academic period with Trial and Appellate Advocates.
(e) Each student shall keep internship diary in the form stipulated by the University and the same shall be evaluated by the Guide in internship and also a Core Faculty Member of the staff each time. The total mark shall be assessed in the Final Semester if the course in the 4th Clinical course as stipulated under the Schedule appended to these Regulations.
Explanation
A College or Department shall be deemed to be working whole time if the working time of the college or University Department extends to at least eight hours continuously on every working day comprising of classroom teaching of four periods, each period being of one hour duration and the remaining four hours devoted to clinical, curricular and co-curricular activities.

7. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION
An applicant who has successfully completed Pre-University course or Senior Secondary School Course (‘+2’) or equivalent such as (11 + 1, ‘A’ level in Senior School Leaving Certificate Course) from a recognized University of India or outside or from Senior Secondary Board or equivalent, constituted or recognized by the Union or by the State Government or from any equivalent institution from a foreign country recognized by the government of that country for the purpose of issue of qualifying certificate on successful completion of the course, may apply for and be admitted into the course.
Provided that applicants who have obtained +2 Higher Secondary Pass Certificate of First Degree Certificate after prosecuting studies in distance or correspondence method shall also be considered as eligible for admission to the course.
Provided further that the applicants who have obtained 10+2 or graduation or post graduation through Open Universities system directly without having any basic qualification for prosecuting such studies are not eligible for admission to the course.
Minimum percentage of marks in qualifying examination shall not be below 45 (44.5) and above shall be treated as 45 of total marks in case of general category applicants and 40 (39.5 and above shall be treated as 40) of total marks in case of SC and ST applicants.
Maximum age for seeking admission is limited to twenty years in case of general category of applicants and to twenty-two years in the case of applicants from SC, ST and other backward communities as on 1st June.