Programmes & syllabus

Our coaching arm, taught entirely online on Zoom and Google Meet. Two tracks — judicial services and law officer examinations — each with a published syllabus, a fixed class calendar and its own evaluated test series.

Track one

Judicial services foundation

A twelve-month programme for law graduates preparing for civil judge (junior division) examinations, with particular depth on the Punjab and Himachal Pradesh judiciaries. Preliminary objective papers, descriptive mains, and the interview — with the state-specific enactments for the cadre you are targeting.

Punjab Judicial Service
Himachal Pradesh Judiciary
Delhi Judicial Service
Haryana Judicial Service
Other North Indian cadres on request

Enroll Sample answer sheets

Stage-wise coverage

Stage	Coverage
Preliminary	Objective questions across the substantive and procedural laws, the Constitution, and general knowledge with reasoning and aptitude. Emphasis on precise section recall, provisos and exceptions — achieved through daily bare-act practice.
Mains — substantive	Constitution · Contract · Torts · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita · Transfer of Property · Specific Relief Act · Hindu and Muslim personal law · Partnership · Sale of Goods · Easements.
Mains — procedural	Civil Procedure Code · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita · Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam · Limitation Act · Registration Act · Court Fees and Suits Valuation.
Mains — local & special laws	State rent-control legislation, land-revenue and tenancy codes, municipal and excise laws, motor vehicles, negotiable instruments — selected to the cadre you are targeting.
Practical papers	Framing of issues and charges, judgment and order writing, translation between English and the regional language, and précis. Every submission is marked against the examining body's own scheme.
Viva voce	Mock interviews before a panel including a retired judicial officer; current legal affairs; questions on your dissertation, internships and home state.

Subjects

Constitution of India
CPC 1908
BNSS 2023
BNS 2023
BSA 2023
Indian Contract Act 1872
Transfer of Property Act 1882
Specific Relief Act 1963
Limitation Act 1963
Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996
Registration Act 1908
Juvenile Justice Act 2015
POCSO Act 2012
Companies Act 2013
Relevant State Land Revenue / Tenancy / Rent Control Acts

The new criminal codes. The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replaced the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act with effect from 1 July 2024. We teach the new scheme with a section-mapping table so you can move between the old and new numbering with confidence.

Track two

UPSC ORA & law officer examinations

Officer-level legal recruitment run by the Union Public Service Commission and by public-sector organisations directly — for law graduates who want to work as a prosecutor, a legal officer, or in-house counsel rather than argue matters in court every day.

UPSC ORA — roles we prepare for

CBI
Enforcement Directorate (ED)
Public Prosecutor
Assistant Public Prosecutor
Trade Mark Inspector
Company Prosecutor

PSU, law firm & in-house interviews

Interview guidance for legal-officer roles at public-sector undertakings, law firms and corporate in-house teams — resume positioning, technical rounds and negotiation on compensation.

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UPSC ORA syllabus

BNSS 2023
BNS 2023
BSA 2023
PMLA 2002 & FEMA 1999
Prevention of Corruption Act
CVC guidelines
IPR laws
Companies Act 2013
Allied statutes

Notification-specific. UPSC ORA vacancies are role-specific and released through the year — CBI (SI / Law Officer), the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Bureau of Narcotics and others each carry their own eligibility and syllabus emphasis. We map our teaching to the specific vacancy you are targeting once the notification is out.

The academy

ALS Academy

Coaching is run as its own arm of Anand Legal Services, with its own faculty, calendar and test series — while sitting inside a working legal practice.

That matters more than it sounds. The person teaching you a section of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita drafts contracts in the afternoon and appears in court in the morning, so the principle on the screen arrives with the case that made it. It is also why we can tell you honestly what the profession is like once the exam is behind you.

Admissions & fees Meet the faculty

Test series

Tests that are marked, not just scored

Available as a standalone subscription or bundled free with any programme.

Judiciary series

30 prelims papers and 40 evaluated mains answer sheets, returned with a marked copy, a model answer, and a fifteen-minute recorded review by the evaluating faculty member.

₹9,000 standalone

UPSC ORA & Law Officer series

20 sectional tests across BNS, BNSS, BSA and allied statutes, plus two mock-interview panels with written feedback on presentation, poise and legal reasoning.

₹7,000 standalone

By state

Preparing for a particular state judiciary?

Most of the syllabus is central law, common to every state examination. What differs is the local statutes and the compulsory language paper — and that is where candidates working from a generic course lose marks. We publish the detail for the two cadres we teach in depth.

Punjab judiciary

Punjab Civil Services (Judicial Branch) — a 125-question screening paper, five main papers, and a compulsory Punjabi paper in Gurmukhi that must be cleared before the viva. Punjab Courts Act, East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act 1949 and customary law.

Punjab exam pattern & syllabus →

Himachal Pradesh judiciary

HP judicial service — three separate objective papers at the screening stage, five main papers and a 150-mark interview, with an age window that closes at thirty. HP Courts Act 1976, HP Excise Act 2011, forest and wildlife law, and a Hindi paper.

Himachal exam pattern & syllabus →

Not sure which track fits?

Book a free consultation with the head of academics. You will get a written assessment and a recommended programme within two working days.

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