Introduction
Embark on a Legal Odyssey!
Finished law school and found yourself at crossroads? The legal realm is more than statutes and courtrooms—it's a vibrant, multidimensional landscape waiting for your unique imprint.
Dreaming of a career that blends personal growth with professional satisfaction? Desiring a work-life balance that sparks joy every day? You're not alone. The quest for a fulfilling legal journey often leads to contemplation, perhaps even the allure of competitive exams like UPSC or Judiciary.
But here's the twist—is putting all your eggs in one basket the wisest move? Back-up plans, considerations for a dynamic career path, and the constant pursuit of growth are the threads that weave the fabric of a successful professional journey.
Ever thought about teaching as the ultimate learning experience? The art of imparting knowledge isn't just about sharing; it's a pathway to personal and professional evolution. Imagine yourself inspiring the next generation, contributing to legal reforms, leading research projects, and earning recognition in the media.
If these dreams align with your aspirations, then academia beckons! And the roadmap to this exciting journey begins with the UGC NET Examination—a gateway to a career where every day is a chapter in your own success story.
Starting early is the key—cultivating knowledge, mastering exams, securing a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), and honing the skills to make your mark in the world of academia. The National Eligibility Test is your passport to Assistant Professorship and JRF, offering a chance to stand out in the realm of academic teaching and research.
Are you ready to redefine your legal narrative? Join us on this transformative journey where every challenge is an opportunity, and every lesson is a step toward becoming the legal professional you aspire to be.
UGC NET and JRF (Same or different)
The NET exam is conducted to determine the eligibility for Assistant Professor or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). Though the exam for both is same but cutoff remains different, higher for JRF. Students clearing the NET exam become eligible for assistant professor in Universities/Colleges and may pursue Ph.D. JRF is a fellowship awarded to candidates who attain the top 1% among all the students who appear for the NET exam and choose to pursue research. The JRF is specifically intended to support research activities.
Career Opportunity after qualifying UGC NET/JRF
Clearing the UGC NET (National Eligibility Test) in Law opens up various career opportunities for individuals in the field of academia and research. Here are some potential career paths:
Assistant Professorship:
UGC NET qualification makes you eligible for the post of Assistant Professor in universities and colleges across India. As an Assistant Professor, you engage in teaching and contribute to the academic development of students.
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF):
Qualifying for JRF through UGC NET gives you financial support to carry on with the research. JRF recipients often work on research projects, contribute to the academic community, and pursue a Ph.D. in their chosen field.
Ph.D. Research:
Many candidates who qualify for JRF choose to enroll in a Ph.D. program. This provides an opportunity for in-depth research and academic specialisation in a particular area of law.
Research Positions:
UGC NET opens doors to various research positions in legal research organisations, think tanks, and policy research institutions. You can contribute to the development of legal knowledge and reforms.
Government Jobs:
Some government institutions and regulatory bodies prefer candidates with a UGC NET qualification for research and teaching positions. This includes roles in legal research, policy analysis, and legislative drafting.
Legal Consultancy:
UGC NET qualification enhances your credibility as a legal expert. You may pursue a career in legal consultancy, providing expert opinions, and contributing to legal advisory services.
Authorship and Publications:
With a strong foundation in legal research and writing skills, UGC NET-qualified individuals can become authors, contributing to legal literature through books, articles, and journals.
Teaching Abroad:
UGC NET qualification opens avenues for teaching positions and research opportunities in universities and educational institutions abroad.
Legal Journalism:
Individuals with a UGC NET qualification can explore opportunities in legal journalism, contributing to legal publications, newspapers, and online platforms as legal analysts or columnists.
Before moving ahead, let us briefly understand the demands of the syllabus:
Pattern of the examination
The UGC NET examination carries 300 marks, including two Papers, i.e. General Paper (100 marks) and Law (200 marks). The duration of the examination is of 3 hours.
Note - The candidates belonging to the General Category (unreserved category) must secure 40% marks in both UGC NET Paper I and Paper II. The UGC NET Passing Marks for reserved category candidates (SC/ST/ OBC/ PWD/ Third Gender) is 35% of marks obtained in both Paper I and Paper II.
Syllabus for Mains Examination for UGC NET Examination:
Paper I - GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE
Paper II - LAW
Why Choose Lawsikho for UGC NET Course
- Top-notch content: Exhaustive notes will be provided to the students so that they don’t have to purchase any other book or reading material after taking this course.
- Past year paper analysis: A unique feature of this course, is a Scientific Analysis of the Past Year Papers of both the papers i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2. This would assist a candidate to charter out a tailor-made strategy, knowing exactly what to read and what to leave.
- Personal guidance: Every candidate will be given personal attention for the preparation of their examination. This is not like a coaching centre with hundreds of students in a batch, where teachers don't know your name or your dreams. Here, every student will be involved, motivated and prompted towards acing this exam.
- Live practice session: Live online practice sessions will be conducted to discuss various important concepts in the form of questions as per the examination question pattern. This will help you to handle the questions at the time of examination.
- Bank of MCQs: A bank of MCQs will be provided on every topic so that you can practice and play with them as much as you can for your preparation.
- A unique presentation of the content: Content will be presented in a colour-coded format to help you to figure out important keywords and sentences. While revising, it will be easier to find out case laws, maxims, and important points related to every topic.
- Smart study techniques: Every candidate will be guided about how much to study on which topic according to the importance of the topic in the examination.
- Special tools to make learning faster and easier: Flow charts, Videos Lectures, Mind Maps, and much more. All these unique techniques which help in learning things in a faster and better way.
- Regular tests: Every Sunday there will be a practice mock test based on the topics covered in the preceding week. The test would be on the pattern of UGC NET.
- Solutions to queries through various platforms: You can ask your queries to our mentors, experts, evaluators, and support team on various platforms like our Learning management system (LMS), emails, calls, and live practice sessions.
- Special webinars: Special webinars for sharing insights to crack the exams, tricks, myth-buster sessions, experience of experts, toppers talk, and much more will be discussed at frequent intervals.
- Actionables and Deliverables to do before and after the class will be told to you beforehand.
- Time-Table: Weekly schedule for assisting your preparation will be there. The students will be encouraged to follow that time table.
- NSDC Certification: The National Skill Development Corporation was set up by the Ministry of Finance under the Public Private Partnership model. It aims to promote skill development by facilitating projects that can have a multiplier effect.
The UGC NET Course at LawSikho, which is the UGC NET/JRF (Law) - A Roadmap to Excellence in Academia Package, is an NSDC Certified course called "Certificate of Excellence in Advanced Legal Research Academia”.
Relevance of UGC NET/JRF (Law) - A Roadmap to Excellence in Academia being an NSDC certified course?
- A certification by a recognised State body helps a student build independent credibility.
- Working in a structured manner towards attaining the certification would help a candidate assess their standing both qualitatively as well as quantitatively with respect to course completion, thus taking them nearer to their goal of cracking the UGC NET Entrance Exam.
- Attaining an NSDC certificate would further act as a motivating factor towards gaining expertise in relevant subjects.
- The certificate upon course completion would add value for the student wishing to pursue a career in academics.
- The Certificate would also be helpful in securing a job as a Research Associate in Government Sectors like Election Commission of India, NITI Ayog, etc.
What will you learn?
- Understand and adopt the technique of ‘Divide and Learn’ along with the skill of ‘What to Learn and What to Leave.’
- Shortcuts to solve Mathematical problems, Data Interpretation, and Logical Reasoning questions.
- Exhaustively cover the relevant syllabus, specifically from an examination point of view.
- Relevant and recent case laws on all subjects from the examination point. Along with a table of cases chart to memories the chronological order of relevant case laws.
- To manage your time effectively during the examination.
- Techniques to teach and research for the practical implementation of theory after cracking the examination.
Money Back Policy
After following the weekly time-schedules, attending all the live classes, and attempting weekly Mock Tests for the initial one month, if you feel that the course is not up to the mark, we guarantee you a refund.
Training Methodology
Online 24/7 access
Access to basic study material through an online learning management system, Android and iOS app
Live Online Classes
Based on the exercises, there will be a live video-based online class. You can ask questions, share your screen, get personal feedback in this class.
Convenient Class timings
Classes are held after regular work hours. Typically classes are kept on Sunday afternoon or 8-9 pm on other days.
Live Doubt Clearing
You can ask questions, get your doubt cleared live as well as through online forums
Weekly Time-Table for self-study and Practice Tests (covering over 6000 MCQs)
The weekly time table will help you in completing your syllabus in time.
Course Description
- The targeted timeline for the Course will be six months. The classes will commence from January, 2025.
- As the design of the Course is self Paced, the enrollment will be open throughout the year.
- The course would be granted at a one-time payment of Rs. 55,000/- (55 Thousand Rupees)
- The duration of the course is 6 months, access extendable till the date of the exam.
Course Plan
Above prices are inclusive of all applicable taxes and charges.
- Get Sample Material in your inbox
- Regular career guidance on email
- Sample Exercises
- Five very useful lessons
- No Certification for Free Material
- 5 online practice live classes/ sessions
- Over 6000 MCQs to practice
- Get digital access to entire study material
- Access on LMS, Android and iOS app
- Doubt clearing on Whatsapp, LMS and classes
- Instructor and Job Support
- Interview preparation guidance
- Networking with other students and alumni
- Access to uploaded content online for 3 years
- Doubt clearing within 24 hours
Note: Hard Copy
Hard Copies of the Course Material are provided. The course fee is inclusive of the hard copy cost.
FAQs
We recommend that you should have completed your Higher Secondary / Class XII from a recognized Board / University. In the case of foreign nationals, you should have completed the equivalent of Higher Secondary in India in your respective country. You should also be comfortable with the English language and using a computer. However, we have no formal pre-qualification requirements because we are not a University or college. Anyone who wants to learn is welcome to join our courses.
Students of LawSikho will be provided hard copy materials, we will dispatch it within 45 days of your course commencement date.
However, online classes, videos, regulatory updates and periodic upgrades to the courses cannot be included in the hard copies. We will provide you with hard copy material for all important chapters. We keep adding many new chapters from time to time and there are restrictions on page numbers so all online material cannot be available in hard copy. We would keep adding new material online from time to time, so please do not expect all such material to be made available in the hard copy also. You can use the hard copy materials for your reference, however, we recommend that you do not exclusively rely on hard copies for cracking the assessment test and the exercises. Please refer to the online library of materials from time to time.
Note: We will send hard copy material through our service partners. We have three service partners.
1. Indian Speed Post (Provides delivery ‘anywhere in India’ under contractual service)
2. Delhivery
3. Trackon Couriers Pvt Limited
If our service partners do not have a presence in your area and want to get the hard copy, you can send us a specific request.
LawSikho will not be responsible if the speed post bounces back or hard copy material is not delivered. We will levy the courier charge on you in such a scenario.
Please visit the respective course page to learn more about the hard copy study material policy of that course.
If international students require hard copy material, they need to share their correct address and we will let them know the cost of the courier which they need to pay and then the hard copy will be dispatched. This is the process because the cost of an international courier is very high compared to the domestic courier within India (for domestic courier we have no additional charges). Some international students provide us with an Indian address for couriering hard copy material. In those cases, we charge nothing extra for the courier.
A person can visit the official website of LawSikho and find the relevant course and see the course syllabus, learning objectives and even a list of weekly exercises. You can also subscribe for free sample material. If more clarification about the course is needed, feel free to chat with our online chat specialist. You could also call us on our landline number, +91 11 40845203 for further assistance.
We do not offer any demo classes. You will not understand the course's quality by attending a single class as the results we produce is done through a combination of many things - study material, assignments, personal feedback on assignments, and then finally, class. The only way to experience the course is to take the course for a month, risk-free, as we give no questions asked and refund between the 30th and 45th day provided you attend all classes and solve all the assignments.
The refund policy may vary. We advise you to go through the refund policy given on the respective course page to know the actual refund policy applied to you.