Minimum duration of LL.M. course is one academic year and maximum duration is three academic years. There are two semesters in an academic year. Specialization is offered in the areas of:
(1) Intellectual Property & Business Law
(2) Constitutional and Administrative Law
(3) Human Rights and Criminal Law.
Area of specialization is offered subject to the availability of faculty and at least five students opting for it. Scheme of examination and evaluation for LL.M. course is the same as of B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) course. In the final semester a student has to submit a dissertation and take an open defense Viva-Voce Examination.

NLIU admits students to its LL.M. Course as per the following table:

*Only those OBC Candidates can claim reservation under this category whose father/mother do not come under creamy layer. Such candidates have to produce requisite certificate from competent authority to the effect that their parents at present do not come under creamy layer category.

1. 50% Seats are horizontally reserved for candidates having domicile certificate of State of
Madhya Pradesh in the respective category
 ♦ Three seats are horizontally reserved for candidates of Persons with Disability category.
 ♦ 18 seats are horizontally reserved for women candidates.

Note: In addition to the above seats Five Seats are earmark for Foreign National Candidates for
direct admission without appearing in the CLAT examination.

Domicile Rule: *This will come under admission only*

As per the admission policy of the university, NLIU provides reservation for the students having the residentship of Madhya Pradesh. The process for attaining a Domicile Certificate is that the Tehsildar, Additional Tehsildar or Naib Tehsildar of the concerned area are authorised to issue the certificate for domicile. A passport size photograph of the applicant is generally affixed and attested on the certificate. The wife and minor children of the certificate holder are naturally treated as residents of Madhya Pradesh. They do not need any separate domicile certificate. In the domicile certificate, details of wife and minor children are recorded and the competent officer certifies them as domicile of Madhya Pradesh.

A domicile certificate issued on the name of the head of the family is always applicable for the whole family. When the minor children become adults, a copy of the domicile certificate is sufficient proof for the competent authority to issue domicile certificate in the name of the adult. It may be mentioned here that the domicile certificate issued is not treated as a proof for verifying caste of an individual.