Students who pass the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) can apply to RMLNLU's LL.M. Program. Admission to this program is determined solely by merit, as determined by the through the administration of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)..

Notifications (CLAT-2025)

• CLAT 2025 Admission Notification

Eligibility

• The candidate must have passed LL.B. Degree or an equivalent Degree from a recognized University with at least 50% marks or equivalent grade (45% in case of SC/ST candidates of U. P.).
• Candidates who have appeared in the LL.B. Degree exam must have passed/appeared in the final semester/ final year examination of the qualifying examination on the date of his/her admission.

Intake and Reservation

The intake is 48 (forty-eight) and 07 (seven) supernumerary seats per year with the following breakup:

Sr.No	Category	No. of Seats
1.	Unreserved	20
2.	O.B.C. of Uttar Pradesh (27%)	13
3.	Schedule Castes of Uttar Pradesh (21%)	10
4.	Schedule Tribes of Uttar Pradesh (02%)	01
5.	EWS of Uttar Pradesh (10%)	04
Total		48
Supernumerary Seats*
1.	Foreign Nationals/ NRIs/ NRI Sponsored Candidates	05
2.	Wards of Kashmiri Migrants/ Kashmiri Pandits/ Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants)	02
Total Seats		31

* The Candidates seeking admission against these seats will be required to apply directly to the University in the prescribed format along with the supporting documents as per the notification to be placed on the University Website. CLAT merit will be used for admission to the NRI/ NRI Sponsored Category. Foreign Nationals need not take CLAT-2025 and should apply directly to Dr. RMLNLU, Lucknow.

Horizontal Reservations to the following categories shall also be available as mentioned below:

Category	No. of Seats
Specially Abled Person(SAP) (5%)*	2
Dependents of Freedom Fighters of Uttar Pradesh(2%)	1
Sons/daughters of defence personnel deployed in Uttar Pradesh or defence personnel of Uttar Pradesh either retired or killed/disabled in action (5%)	2
Female candidates (20%)	10
* Only the candidates having permanent disability certificate will be considered for admission to Dr. RMLNLU under this category as per the decision in the writ petition no. 3647/2024 Aakarsh Matta Vs Consortium of National Law Universities, National Law School of India Uni.

Ist SEMESTER	IInd SEMESTER
Compulsory Papers	Compulsory Paper
Research Methods and Legal Writing Comparative Constitutional Law with special   reference to the Constitution of India	Jurisprudence
Optional Papers* (Three Papers from the five groups of specialized subjects mentioned below)	Optional Papers* (3 papers from the five groups  of specialized subjects that were chosen in the first semester)
Dissertation (To be continued in the semester)	Dissertation (To be continued from Ist Semester)

Optional Papers

Constitutional and Administrative Law

Ist Semester	IInd Semester
Fundamental Rights	Centre-State Relations
Media Law	Gender Justice Law
Administrative Law	Environmental Law

Corporate Law

Ist Semester	IInd Semester
Company Law	Competition Law
Contract Law	Laws of Securities and Financial Markets
Banking and Insurance	Comparative Corporate Law

Criminal and Security Law

Ist Semester	IInd Semester
(i) Criminology and Penology	(i)    Criminal   Justice   and Human Rights
(ii) Criminal Justice Administration	(ii) Corporate Crimes/White Collar Crimes
(iii)  Juvenile Justice Law	(iii)Comparative    Criminal Law

International Law

Ist Semester	IInd Semester
International Organizations	International Environmental Law
International Human Rights Law	International Trade Law
International Humanitarian Law	International Dispute Settlement

Intellectual Property Rights

Ist Semester	IInd Semester
Conceptual Understanding and Introduction to IPRs	Emerging    Issues    in Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual Property: Acquisition, Prosecution and Enforcement	Human Rights, Intellectual Property and Contemporary Accessibility Barriers
Intellectual Property Management	Intellectual Property Rights and Internet

Only that group of specialized subjects will be offered where a minimum of five students are offered that group. Also, Faculty is available to teach papers in such a group.

**The students shall choose the optional papers for the first and second semesters from one and the same group only

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Fees Structure

Head of Fees	Fees In (Rs.)	For NRI/ NRI Sponsored/ Foreign National
Admission Fee (one time)	10,000.00	Rs. 10,000.00
Tuition Fee (per annum)	45,000.00	$10000
Utility Charges (per annum)	60,000.00	Rs. 30,000.00
Caution Money (one time)	10,000.00	Rs. 10,000.00
Total	Rs. 1,25,000.00	$10000 + Rs. 50,000.00

Mess Fee

Payment towards the mess facility shall be payable yearly in advance. Mess charges may range between Rs. 4,000/- to Rs.4,500/- per month based on the agreement with the service provider.

The University follows a semester and CGPA grading system. The exams are conducted in April and November each year in odd and even semesters, respectively.