'Students May Take LSAT Early & Secure Admission To Law School Before Writing Board Exams': Jindal Global Law School Begins Admissions For Year 2021-22

In a press note issued to this effect, Professor (Dr) C. Raj Kumar, Founding VC of OP Jindal Global University and Dean, JGLS said,

"This is an Early Admission Process. Students writing 12th standard board examinations and also preparing for entrance exams always have a tough time every year balancing both these competing aspirations. This year students can take the LSAT-India 2021 early and can secure their admission to the law school and write their board exams in an absolute peaceful state of mind."

Admissions to JGLS are made through LSAT-India entrance exam, which will be for administration on 25 March 2021. [Registration for this session will open Wednesday, 3 February and close on 14 March 2021]

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Significantly, a re-test for LSAT- India will also be held in the week starting 14 June 2021. Referring to this, Prof. Kumar said,

"There was no opportunity in the past to law aspirants to improve their score. Law entrance exams were always a one-time opportunity. If it was a bad day for any student, you lose your chance for the year. Now, the students get a second chance in June 2021 to better their score and seek admission in case, they don't do well in the March exam. Students had no option but to wait for the next year if they didn't qualify LSAT--India cutoff earlier."

He added,

"The conflict of entrance test with various class XII board exams has been completely avoided by double administration of LSAT--India Test. In the past year, the students of IB and Cambridge boards were adversely affected when exams happened only once in the month of May."

About JGLS

JGLS was ranked as the No. 1 Law School in India and South Asia as per the QS World University Rankings by Subject (Law) 2020. It offers five programmes, namely BA LLB (Hons), BBA LLB (Hons) and BA (Hons) in Legal Studies available after Class XII; LLB 3-year programme for undergraduates and the LLM programme in different specialisations.

Admission to JGLS is based on merit in the LSAT—India Test in all the academic programmes. Every seat in the flagship 5-year BA/BBALLB Hons. programme is filled only on the basis of LSAT—India percentile score, whereas the law school also utilises the JSAT-Law Entrance Test conducted by Pearson VUE and few other Test scores for its LLB, LLM and BA (Hons) Legal Studies programmes.

About Early Admissions

For the first time in its history, Jindal Global Law School as an 'Institution of Eminence' and in line with the leading law schools of the world is following an early admission process issuing the first set of admission offers immediately after the March LSAT-India exam.

Professor Anand Prakash Mishra, Director of Law Admissions & Associate Dean of the Jindal Global Law School observed, "The dual administration of LSAT--India Test in an Online and Remote-Proctored format will help international applicants in a significant manner. The students can plan their test and secure admission in a better way. Our academic year starts on 1st of August 2021 and there will be adequate time available with the students and parents to prepare for joining the law school."

About LSAT

LSAT--India Test was launched in India in the year 2009 when Jindal Global Law School started its first academic year. It is owned and administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) based in Pennsylvania in the USA.

LSAC is world's first law admission test organisation and since 1947, has been conducting LSAT Test used by over 200 world's leading law schools in the USA, Canada and Australia. LSAT--India Test has four sections of 35 minutes each in Logical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension.

This 2-hour 20 minutes test is objective type test, which became a fully Online and Remote-Proctored Test since 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Students can download past year question papers for free and register online for LSAT—India 2021 exam now at its official website: www.discoverlaw.in

LSAT—India 2021 is scheduled to be held over several days and time slots in the week starting 14 June 2021. The deadline for registration has also been extended to 4 June 2021.

For students who wish to take the LSAT—India before the CBSE, LSAT—India will open an administration on 25 March 2021. Registration for that session will open Wednesday, 3 February and close on 14 March 2021.