AP LAWCET 2024 - Syllabus, Eligibility, Application form, 2024 Notification

Exam Summary

What is AP LAWCET LAW?

AP LAWCET or Andhra Pradesh Common Entrance Test for Law is a state level common entrance test for law to provide admissions into the law programs offered by the law colleges in Andhra Pradesh. It is conducted by the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE).

Over 34 law institutes offer admission into their 3-year and 5-year, LLB programs based on the score of this exam. The exam is conducted annually for admission into 8000 seats.

AP LAWCET 2018 is conducted by Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur on behalf of APSCHE.

Courses students can get admitted into:

Structure of AP LAWCET LAW exam

AP LAWCET 2017 was a computer-based test. The exam will be conducted once every year. It is conducted for a total time of 90 minutes.

Sections in the exam and number of questions in each section

• General knowledge and Mental Ability – 30
• Current Events – 30
• Aptitude for law studies – 60

Nature of questions: The questions will be of objective type with multiple answers to choose from

There is no time limit allotted for each section, all 3 sections must be completed within the prescribed time. The test has a total of 120 questions. One mark is assigned for every correct answer and there is no negative marking.

AP LAWCET EXAM PATTERN:

AP LAWCET LAW 2018 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality

Candidates must be Indian nationals and must satisfy the local/non-local status put down by the Andhra Pradesh Education Institutions. Candidates who are not Indian Nationals can also apply provided they satisfy the rules and eligibility conditions of the respective universities.

Academic qualification

For 3-year LLB program:

Candidates wishing to take up the AP LAWCET for gaining admission into 3-year LLB program should have completed their undergraduate degree (10+2+3) from a recognized college or

University with a minimum of 45% marks.

For 5-year LLB program:

Candidates wishing to take up the AP LAWCET for gaining admission into 5-year LLB programs should have completed their higher secondary school education (10+2) from a recognized education board with a minimum of 45% marks.

Age criteria

The general category candidates must be below 30 years of age for the 3-year LLB program and must be below 20 years of age for the 5-year LLB program.

Relaxation for reserved category candidates

The reserved category candidates should have completed their undergraduate degree with a minimum of 40% marks from a recognized college or university.

Applicants must be below 35-years of age for the 3-year LLB program and if they are applying for the 5-year integrated law programs, they should have completed their school education with a minimum of 40% of marks and must be below 22 years of age.

Application forms and submission procedure

Step-1: Application fee payment

The fee is 700 INR for all categories. The fee can be paid online through the official website or through the AP LAWCET Online Centers.

AP LAWCET Online Center: The candidates must visit one of the nearest AP LAWCET online centers and must provide the following details:

• Hall ticket number of the qualifying exam(12^th or degree exam)
• Name of the student
• Father’s name
• Date of Birth
• Hall ticket number of class 10^th exam
• Mobile number

Candidates must pay the application fee after which they will receive a receipt with a transaction id. Then, the candidates must visit the official site and go to the ‘apply online’ link where the first step will be ‘registration fee payment procedure’.

On this page, the candidates must click on ‘Click here if paid through AP LAWCET Online’ and thereafter the candidates will be required to provide their AP Online transaction id, name, mobile number, date of birth and then proceed to application form filling.

Online Payment: In the fee payment page, the candidates must click on the link to pay online through Credit card/Debit card/Net banking. Then, the candidates must provide the required details and click on ‘make payment’ button. After the payment is done, the candidates will receive their transaction id and payment reference id which they should note down and then proceed to application form filling.

Step-2: Application Form filling

Information required to fill out the application:

• Candidate’s details
• Qualifying exam details
• Entrance exam – LAWCET -5years/ LAWCET -3years
• Scanned copies of photo and signature
• Selection of test center
• Category details
• Local area status
• Minority details
• Address for communication
• Class 10^th details
• Physical challenge details (if applicable)
• Class 12^th details
• Annual income of parents

Scanned copies of photo and signature must be uploaded in jpg format. The photo must be less than 30kb and the signature must be less than 15kb. These documents must be uploaded in the official portal.

There is no offline application form, the candidates must apply online only. The last date to submit the applications without any late fee for 2017 was, March 18^th, 2017.

Step-3: Application form submission

After the candidates provide the required details and upload the mandatory documents, they must accept to the terms and conditions and click on the ‘submit’ button with which AP LAWCET application comes to an end.

Admit Card

The candidates must visit the official website and click on ‘download hall ticket link’ and then provide the required details after which the candidates can print their admit cards. A soft copy must be saved for future correspondence as well.

It is mandatory for the candidates to carry a copy of the admit card to the exam hall, otherwise, they will not be permitted to take up the exam.

The candidates must provide their application number and date of birth to access it. The candidates must ensure that the details given on the admit card is correct.

Following details are mentioned on the admit card-

• Name of the candidate
• Photograph
• Address of the candidate
• Roll number
• Registration/application number,
• Exam center and timing information

Admission Procedure

• Once the results are declared, the candidates who cleared the exam must register for the counselling through https://aplawcet.nic.in/Default.aspx.
• The candidates must click on the ‘candidate login’ tab and click on ‘candidate registration link’.
• Enter registration number, AP LAWCET hall ticket number, branch rank and date of birth. Then click on ‘generate password’.
• After successful registration, the candidates must logout and visit the institute profile link in the home page. This link displays the list of participating colleges. The candidates can note down their choice of colleges and then login again with the required details.
• After logging in, the candidates can select their preferred list of colleges and then click ‘save’. An OTP will be sent by SMS to the candidate to confirm their selection.
• Then, the selected list of colleges will be displayed and after the selections are processed the results will be sent to the candidates through SMS.
• The eligible candidates will be asked to attend the certificate verification for web counselling. The processing fee for AP LAWCET is 1000 INR for general category candidates and 500 INR for reserved category candidates which must be paid at the time of certificate verification.
• The counselling happens in two rounds. The candidates who have missed the first round or have not reported to the allotted colleges can attend the second round. The allotments made in the second round will be final.

NOTE-The candidates must report to the allotted colleges before the prescribed date else the allotment will be cancelled.

The important documents required for counselling are:

• AP LAWCET Rank Card
• AP LAWCET Hall Ticket
• SSC Marksheet (10^th)
• Qualifying Examination Marksheet (12^th)
• Provisional/Degree Certificate of qualifying examination
• Study/Residence Certificate for proving previous 7 years’ study as local Andhra Pradesh
• Certificate or Non-Local Certificate
• Community Certificate
• Transfer Certificate
• Income Certificate/Ration Card
• Sports/PH/NCC/CAP Certificates (if applicable)

 Notification

Notification regarding AP LAWCET 2018 will be released in the 4^th week of February 2018. Candidates can look up the notifications in the official site of the exam once it is released.

Syllabus

 The AP LAWCET syllabus for LL.B consists of four broad topics, which are:

• General Knowledge
• Mental Ability
• Current Affairs
• Aptitude for Study of Law

The syllabus for AP LAWCET-LL.M:

The syllabus for AP LAWCET-LL.M has two major sections:

• Part-1
• Part- 2

Part- 1 covers 2 broad topics: Jurisprudence and Constitutional law and both the topics have further sub-sections. This can be represented in a tabular form

Part -1

Part-2

Part -2 of the syllabus has three broad topics, namely Public International Law,Crimes and Torts, PR & other Lawsand each of these topics have further subtopics. This also can be presented in a tabular way:

AP LAWCET LAW 2018 Important Dates

The following table shows the important dates that all AP LAWCET aspirants must keep in mind:

List of AP LAWCET LAW Examination Centres

AP LAWCET examination conducted across various cities of Andhra Pradesh. This year the following cities are expected to have centres for the entrance examination:

• Anantapuram
• Chittoor
• Tirupati
• Kapada
• Kurnool
• Nandyal
• Nellore
• Guntoor
• Ongole
• Vijayvada
• Bhimavaram
• Kakinada
• Rajamahendravaram
• Vishakapatnam
• Vizianagaram
• Srikakulam

Contact Details

The students can contact the authorities in case they face any inconvenience

The contact details for the last year’s AP LAWCET are:

Address:

CONVENER,

APLAWCET-2017 ADMISSIONS

Srikrishnadevaraya University,

Anantapuram.

Email: skuapLAWCET2017@gmail.com

Ph No.: 08554-255893

List of colleges accepting AP LAWCET LAW score

More than 90 colleges in Andhra Pradesh accept AP LAWCET scores. The following table enlists some of the colleges which accept AP LAWCET scores along with their fees:

AP LAWCET LAW Results

Candidates can check their results on the official site of the examination. It is important to remember that the result can only be viewed online and it will not be sent through post.

Students can access it by entering their unique registration number. It is important to keep a printed copy of the mark sheet for it will be required in future.

Answer key

The students can get an idea about how much mark they have scored by consulting the answer key which is released every year. They can access it from the official site of AP LAWCET. Students need to click on the “application section” followed by clicking on the “Preliminary Key – LAWLCET” link.

After this the answer key will appear in the next window which the students can download. It is important to remember that the answer keys are released approximately after 3 days of the commencement of the exam.

Students can raise an objection after the answer key has been released provided they have a valid and verified proof of their objection and it can be done only within 5 days of releasing of the answer key.

The final solution key is released before the results are announced. The APSCHE or the university is not liable to consider any obligation or objection once the final solution key has been released.

Cut-Off

The maximum marks of the paper is 120. In order to be considered eligible for AP LAWCET 2017 candidates must score at least 35% of the total marks i.e. at least 42 answers correct out of 120. SC’s and ST’s however, have no such cut off. Candidates will be allotted colleges based on the score and rank that they have achieved in the examination.

The scores for AP LAWCET are valid for one year.

AP LAWCET LAW 2018 Counselling Schedule

Students after qualifying their AP LAWCET will be called for the counselling process. After the results for the entrance exams are announced, students have to go to the official site of counseling and register themselves.

After completion of the registration, students would have to select their course, college available to them based on their marks and rank. When the process of selection of colleges and courses has been done, the selected option will be processed and the result will be sent to the candidate via SMS.

Students have to pay a fee of Rs 1000 for general students and Rs 500 for SCs/STs in order to complete the counselling process.

It is important to remember that:

• In case a candidate is unable to attend the first round of counselling or s/he cannot report to the designated college during the given time, that candidate will get a second opportunity to report for the second round
• However, it is important to note that those Candidates who have already participated in the first round of AP LAWCET 2018 counselling, they can also sit for the second round.

Counselling Documents

The following documents are required for the process of counselling:

• AP LAWCET 2018 Rank Card
• AP LAWCET 2018 Hall Ticket
• SSC/Intermediate/Equivalent marksheet
• Qualifying Examination marksheet
• Provisional/Degree Certificate
• Study/Residence Certificate for proving previous 7 years’ study as local Andhra Pradesh Certificate or Non-Local Certificate
• SC/ST/Caste certificate
• Migration/Transfer Certificate
• Income Certificate or Ration Card

Counselling Centres

The following table shows the different centres for document variation, region wise:

1^st week of September 2018 is the tentative date for certificate verification and web option exercising.