The 2017 law
entrances are all done and now is time for the new batch to start preparing for
2018 law entrances.
The most
important aspect of preparation is knowing which books are the best especially
for those who are planning to self study.
This article will
talk about the best books for CLAT ( preparation for 17 participating NLUs),
SET ( the three law schools of Symbiosis University), DU LLB ( three law
colleges under DU), Maharashtra Common Entrance Test for Law( law colleges in
Maharashtra which subscribe to MH CET) and LSAT ( good colleges that subscribe
to LSAT)
CLAT
The first book I
would recommend consists of all past year CLAT papers and their solutions. This
book is a compilation by Dr. D Mittal and VVK Subburaj.
CLAT
English
·
For English vocabulary I suggest
the book Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis.
·
For English grammar I suggest you go through
Wren and Martin
CLAT
Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning
For verbal and
non verbal reasoning I suggest R.S Agarwal.
CLAT
GK
·
For static GK I recommend
Pearson's Concise GK Manual
·
For current affairs I recommend
Competition Success's monthly editions.
CLAT
Maths
Since the
syllabus for Maths is vast and you will need to cover everything you studied in
Maths till grade X therefore I recommend Successmantra's study material instead
of a book because it covers all topics from which questions may be asked and
leaves out the rest of the topics. Therefore this is a way to smart study.
CLAT
Legal reasoning
Once again I
recommend the study material of Successmantra instead of any book because this
study material is more than sufficient, does not cover topics which will not be
covered in the exam and the explanations given in the material are such that
they can be easily understood by a student without there being a need for a
mentor to teach the topics.
The last book I
recommend for CLAT is Universal's LLB guide. In every CLAT exam one is bound to
get at least a few questions that are covered in this guide or questions that
are similar.
The next exam
which we will talk about is the Symbiosis Entrance Test. This test covers five
sections which are English, GK, Logical reasoning, Legal reasoning and
Analytical reasoning.
SET
English
For English I
suggest the same books which I recommended for CLAT preparation which are Word
Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis for English vocabulary and Wren and Martin for
grammar
SET
Analytical reasoning
For Analytical
reasoning also I think you could read the Maths module by Successmantra which I
also recommended for CLAT preparation. But if you have ample time then
alongside the module you could refer to the Maths NCERT books.
SET
Logical reasoning
For the logical
reasoning section of SET law I recommend the book called Data Interpretation
and Logical Reasoning by Arun Sharma.
SET
GK
For GK I
recommend the Manorama Year Book
SET
Logical reasoning
For legal
reasoning I would again recommend the same module by Successmantra which I
suggested for CLAT preparation.
DU
LLB
One needs the
past year papers for all other exams as well and therefore even in case of DU
LLB I would recommend that you get hold of Delhi University Law Faculty LLB
entrance test solved papers 2008-2013.
Moving further I would
first of all suggest the Universal's guide to CLAT and LLB entrance exam by
Manish Arora.
Finally I would
suggest the SS guide for LLB entrance exam.
First read the
two books and then on the basis of that try and solve the past year papers.
This strategy should work for you because it is quite a foolproof way to
prepare.
MHCET
for law
The next law
entrance is the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test for law. The admission to
prestigious colleges of the like of Government Law College, Mumbai and Indian
Law Society Law College, Pune are given on the basis of this entrance.
The subjects for
this exam are the same as the subjects for all other law entrances which are
English, General Knowledge, Logical reasoning, Legal reasoning and Maths.
MHCET
English
For English one
could go for General English for all competitive exams by SC Gupta. Also,
invest in Objective English for competitive exams by Hari Mohan Prasad. The
best part about this book by Hari Mohan Prasad is that it has three sections
which cover not only the syllabus but also test papers and the third section
which has past year papers of various exams.
MHCET
GK
For GK I
recommend the Manorama Year Book and Current affairs yearly by Arihant experts.
MHCET
Logical reasoning
For logical
reasoning I recommend the book called A modern approach to logical reasoning by
RS Agarwal.
MHCET
Maths
For Maths I
suggest S.Chand's basic mathematics
MHCET
Legal reasoning
Last of all comes
legal reasoning for which I recommend AP Bhardwaj's book Legal aptitude for
CLAT and other law entrance examinations : A workbook.
LSAT
LSAT exam is for
admission into many Indian law schools. Some noteworthy colleges in this list
are IIT Kharagpur Law School and Rajiv Gandhi school of Intellectual property law.
First of all I
suggest you get hold of some sample papers. A lot of sample papers are
available online and on the basis of those you will get a fair idea about what
you can expect in the paper.
The exam pattern
is different from all other law entrance exams and there are four sections out
of which two sections deal with logical reasoning and one each with English
comprehension and analytical ability.
LSAT
Logical reasoning
Let us first talk
about the books you should refer to for the two logical reasoning sections. The
book called Universal's Logical reasoning for CLAT, LSAT and other law entrance
exams should suffice.
LSAT
English
For English I
recommend Examkrackers LSAT Reading comprehension. If not this book then I
suggest you go for the book called English is easy by Chetnanand Singh
LSAT
Analytical reasoning
For analytical reasoning
I suggest Examkrackers LSAT analytical reasoning but if that is not available
then one can go for Analytical reasoning by MK Pandey.
Next book I would
recommend is called Kaplan LSAT premier and this book comes with 6 real
practice tests which is very important because a lot of questions in LSAT are
repeated from previous years.
That should do
the trick.
This covers the
list of books you will need for all these five law entrance exams.
!!!!!! Good luck! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
