Army Institute of Law

Army Institute of Law
Motto Aspire and Achieve[1]
Type private
Established 1999
Principal Tejinder Kaur (offg)[2]
Location Mohali, Punjab, India
Affiliations Punjabi University
Website www.ail.ac.in

Army Institute of Law (AIL) is a private law school in Mohali, Punjab, India. The institute is affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala, and is run by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES). The institute has a moderately sized campus in Sector 68, Mohali. The hostels can house 400 students.

History

AIL was established in 1999 by the Indian Army under the Army Welfare Education Society. It originally operated from an interim location in Patiala and moved to its permanent campus in Sector 68, Mohali, in 2003.[1]

Academics

Undergraduate

AIL offers a 5-year integrated B.A LL.B. program. The school reserves 60 seats of the total 80 for wards of Army personnel and 20 are available for civilians. Sixteen civilian slots are for students from Punjab and four are for the All-India Civil Category. The college is approved by the Bar Council of India. Admission is based on the Army Institute of Law Entrance Test, except that civilian students from Punjab are selected on the basis of 10+2 marks.

Postgraduate

AIL offers a one-year postgraduate L.L.M. program with options to specialize in Criminal Law or Family law. The prestigious course enrolls passionate students on the basis of a common entrance examination. The syllabus can be found here.

Rankings

University rankings
Law – India
India Today (2017)[3] 11
Outlook India (2017)[4] 16
The Week (2017)[5] 18

AIL was ranked 11th by India Today's "India's Best Colleges 2017: Law",[3] 16th in India by Outlook India's "Top 25 Law Colleges In 2017",[4] 18th in India by The Week's "Top Law Colleges 2017", fourth among private law colleges.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". www.ail.ac.in. Army Institute of Law. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Core Faculty". www.ail.ac.in. Army Institute of Law. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 "India's Best Colleges 2017: Law". India Today. 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Top 25 Law Colleges In 2017". Outlook India. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 Singh, Abhinav (18 June 2017). "The Week - Hansa Research Best Colleges Survey 2017: Top Law Colleges - All India". The Week. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

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