VIT Law School is approved by BCI No. – D 331/2014(LE)). It is a part of VIT University. The Law School aims to impart quality legal education to nourish the young minds with knowledge of law.

Programmes-

B.A., LL.B (Hons.)

VIT Law School offers 5 year integrated B.A., LL.B (Hons.) programme wherein subjects that fall under the domain of Arts and Law subjects are offered to the students.

VIT Law School follows the credit based semester system wherein a class room instruction or a tutorial of 50 minutes duration per week shall be considered as one credit.

The total number of credits for the programme is 220.

Specialized Honours:

Choice is available to the students to select any one of the Honours group with minimum number of eight papers under the concerned group.

The list of Honours courses include:

Corporate Law
Constitutional and Administrative Law
International Law
International Human Rights
Intellectual Property Rights
Criminal Law

Course structure-

I Semester
English I
Political Science I
Legal History
Introduction to Law
Jurisprudence
Economics I

II Semester
English II
Political Science II
Constitutional Law I
Law of Torts, Consumer Protection & MV
Law of Contracts
Economics II

III Semester
Constitutional Law II
Political Science III
Law of Special Contracts
Law of Crimes
Sociology I

IV Semester
Political Science IV
Administrative Law
Public International Law
Sociology II
Law & Psychology - Theory

V Semester
Law and Psychology - Application
Sociology II
Law of Property
Company Law
Law of Evidence

VI Semester
Private International Law
Interpretation of Statutes
Intellectual Property Rights
Cyber Law
International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

VII Semester
Environmental Law
Family Law I
Labour & Industrial Law I
Hons Paper I
Hons Paper II

VIII Semester
Labour & Industrial Law II
Law of Taxation
Family Law II
Hons Paper III
Hons Paper IV

IX Semester
Code of Civil Procedure & Limitation
Code of Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Justice & Probation of Offenders
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Hons Paper V
Hons Paper VI

X Semester
Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System
Drafting Pleading and Convincing
Moot Court Exercise and Internship
Hons VII
Hons VIII

Contact address

VIT University,
Chennai Campus,
Vandalur - Kelambakkam Road,
Chennai - 600127.Tel:044-39931555.
Fax: 044-39932555.