A candidate for being eligible for admission to the First Semester of 5 years LL.B. Degree Course must have Passed/completed H.S.C. examination or equivalent qualifications with minimum 45% of marks at the qualifying examination if there is no Common Eligibility test and, 40% of marks at the qualifying examination if there is a Common Eligibility Test. However, the above percentage of Marks shall be relaxed by 5% for the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.

For admission to the First Semester of 5 years LL.B. Course of the candidates securing more than 40% but less than 45% of marks at the respective qualifying examinations (with further 5% relaxation for the candidates belonging to SC/ST categories) the University may conduct Common Eligibility Examination. The Common Eligibility Examination may be conducted either through University Department of Law or through any of the assenting Law Colleges affiliated to the Mumbai University on behalf of the University of Mumbai as shall be recommended by the Board of Studies in Law. The candidates passing in such examinations shall become eligible for admission to the respective Law Course and may be admitted in any of the Law Colleges conducting the respective course, subject to the availability of the admissions in the college for the course and the class.