Punjab is a state located in the northwestern part of the nation and the state is bordered by the Indian states of Rajasthan to the Southwest, Haryana to the south east and south, Himachal Pradesh to the east, Jammu & Kashmir to the north and the Pakistani Province of Punjab to the west. Capital of the state is the city of Chandigarh and after the partition of Indian in the year 1947, the Punjab Province of British India was separated between India and Pakistan.

Further, the Indian Punjab was divided in the year 1966 with the formation of new states of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana and this is the only state in India with major Sikh population.

Major cities in Punjab:

The state of Punjab includes major cities like Chandigarh, Mohali, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Patiala, Amritsar and Ludhiana. The state has many prominent institutions in these cities for offering the best educational facilities to the students in all major cities in the state.

Legal education in Punjab:

Like other states in India, law colleges in the state of Punjab also offer LLB course as a three-year course and as integrated five-year course as well to aspiring candidates and admission is offered to five-year integrated course to candidates with higher secondary qualification and for three-year course admission is offered to candidates with degree or PG degree in any discipline. Law colleges offer admission to the students on the basis of marks secured by candidates in the common law admission test.

List of law colleges in Punjab:

Department of Law, Guru Nanak Dev University

Deptt. of Law, Univ. Regional Centre

Department of Laws, Affiliated to Punjabi University

Regional Centre Gurunanak Dev University

Army Institute of Law

Rayat College of Law

Rayat & Bahra College of Law, Vill Sahauran

School of Legal Studies

K. C. L. Institute of Laws for Women

Sachdeva College of Education

S. Amarjit Singh Memoridal Institute of Law

Lovely Institute of Law

Baba Farid Law College

St. Soldier Law College

Bhai Gurdas College of Law

Jasdev Singh Sandhu College of Law

Guru Nanak College of Law

Guru Kashi Regional Centre

Punjab College of Law

Lincoln College of Law

V. M. S. College

Deptt. of Law, Gurunanak Dev Univ, Amritsar

Department of law Univ. Regional Centre, Guru Nanak Dev Univ. Jalandhar

Regional Centre, Gurunanak Dev Univ, Gurudaspur

School of legal studies ,Guru Nanak Dev Univesity, Jalandhar

Lovely Institute of Law, Phagwara

V. M. S. College, Batala

St. Soldier Law College, Jalandhar

K. C. L. Institute of Laws for Women, Jalandhar

Deptt. of Law, Punjabi University, Patiala Army Institute of Law, Patiala

Guru Kashi Regional Centre Punjabi University, Bathinda

Bhai Gurdas College of Law, Sangrur

Lincon College of Law, Patiala

Punjab College of Law, Patiala

Baba Farid Law College, Faridkot

Sardar Amarjit Singh Memorial Institute of Law, Dhanthal

Rayat and Bahara’s College of Law, Sahauran