If I do LLB from open university, how can I become a member of Bar Council?

To become a member of bar council of India, you need to clear National Bar exam or the bar exam for respective state you want to become member of. However, only LLB degree holders are eligible for sitting in bar exams. Unfortunately you cannot do LLB from open university as there is no provision for it. LLB is a full time course and can be done only from an accredited university recognised by University Grants Commission. You can do Diploma courses in law but you would still not be eligible for the bar exam.

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Hello, I am sorry to say that Bar Council of India does not recognise LL.B. from any Open university. Bar Council of India only approves LL.B. obtained by a regular course. Bar Council of India doesn't allow an L.L.B. degree by correspondence mode to maintain standards in legal education and profession. Alike any practice-oriented professional program of a University e.g. medicine or dentistry or architecture or nursing, law too is rightly a full-time, regular, classroom programme which can't be allowed by correspondence or distance learning.

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