Hi hello! If you’re diving into the world of BA LLB, welcome to the only college course where arguments are encouraged and wearing black-and-white isn’t just a fashion statement.
Doing BA LLB is like starring in a courtroom drama, except your courtroom is a classroom, and the only thing you’re guilty of is forgetting case laws during internals. It’s not just a course—it’s a 5-year relationship with sections, suits, and sleepless nights.
“A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.” – Thomas Jefferson
⚖️ First Year: “Why Are We Studying Political Science?”
The journey begins with classes that feel more like UPSC coaching than law school. Sociology, History, Economics—you’ll start questioning if you accidentally enrolled in a BA program with legal window dressing.
But don’t worry. By the time the IPC, CrPC, and Torts arrive, you’ll be quoting sections in your sleep (or at least during viva).
🧑⚖️ Moot Courts & Real Drama
The BA LLB rite of passage? Moot courts.
Where students dress like mini judges and argue like it’s a family property dispute back home.
What starts as:
- “Objection, Your Honour!”
Ends with: - “Sir, mic isn’t working, can I submit my argument in writing?”
Some even rehearse their cross-examinations like theatre scripts—because in law school, drama is both academic and emotional.
📚 Sections, Submissions & Sleep Deprivation
Welcome to the Law Student Trinity:
- Assignments that require 5 citations but allow 2 hours to submit
- Internships during every semester break, preferably unpaid
- Sleep—which you’ll find in the endangered species list
You’ll start memorising case names better than your relatives’ birthdays. Bonus points if you can pronounce “Kesavananda Bharati” without choking.
☕ Canteen, Coffee & Constitutional Cribbing
Between lectures, you’ll find yourself in the canteen debating Article 21 over chai like it’s a national panel discussion. Whether it’s group study or group gossip, the topics range from constitutional amendments to who might top this semester.
Hostel rooms double as reading rooms, mock courtrooms, and occasionally, therapy chambers.
🧑💼 Internships: Where Dreams Meet Reality
Interning under real advocates means:
- Stamping documents like an overqualified clerk
- Getting chai for your senior with a smile that hides your resume
- Sitting in courtrooms trying to look interested while waiting for your case to be called
But each experience teaches you more than books ever can—like how to draft, hustle, and network your way through the legal maze.
🧠 BA LLB Teaches You…
- Patience: While waiting for results and justice
- Confidence: To speak in front of professors who ask trick questions for fun
- Resilience: After back-to-back rejections from tier-1 firms
- Presence of Mind: When your moot opponent quotes a section you forgot existed
🧾 Life Beyond Books
Fests, debates, legal aid camps, and mock parliaments become part of your DNA. You’ll go from scribbling notes to planning legal awareness drives in villages, sometimes without realising when that switch happened.
And by the end of five years, you won’t just know the law—you’ll know yourself better, too.
“You may be a law student, but life is the toughest moot you’ll face—no preparation, no citations, only instinct.”
🎓 Final Verdict
College life in BA LLB is a rollercoaster that takes you through courtroom corridors, canteen politics, and legal jargon that seeps into your everyday speech. It’s demanding, dramatic, but ultimately rewarding.
So if you’re reading this during a break between lectures or while pretending to read AIR manuals—you’re doing just fine, future lawyer.