• To impart high quality, comprehensive and interdisciplinary legal education, research and practical analysis to enable the students towards application of the knowledge of law and justice as an instrument of social, political and economic change.
• To promote among the students, academic excellence, discipline, personal character, high sense of ethical and moral values, rule of law and the objectives enshrined in the Constitution of India.
• To produce law graduates possessing the core competencies essential to embark on the practice of law, Judicial or Civil services, or as officers in the Armed forces and Corporate sector.
• To promote co-curricular activities for holistic personality development of the students.
• To strive to be a centre of excellence in the field of legal education by adopting all such things as are necessary and contribute to the attainment of all or any of the above objectives as an institution of higher learning.

Governance

• The institute is established under the aegis of the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES) and functions under the patronage of Headquarters Western Command, Chandimandir.
• There is a three tier hierarchy for the governance of the institute: GOC-In-C, HQ Western Command, Patron-in-Chief, AIL; COS HQ Western Command & Patron, AIL; and MG AOC, HQ Western Command & Chairman, AIL.
• At the Institute level, there is Principal, Registrar, Placement Officer, teaching and non-teaching staff.

Courses offered

• BALLB- 5 years. The distribution of seats is as follows:
• Total: 100
• Wards of Army Personnel: 75
• Punjab Resident Civil Category: 20
• All India Civil Category: 05
• LLM- 1year. The distribution of seats is as follows:
• Total: 15
• Wards of Army Personnel: 12
• Punjab Resident Civil Category: 02
• All India Civil Category: 01

ADMISSIONS

• The institute has its own National level Law Entrance Test- LET for admission to BALLB programme for Army and All India Civil category. For Punjab Resident Civil category, the admissions are done through Centralized Counselling by the University, designated by the Department of Higher Education, Punjab.
• The institute receives overwhelming response every year for admission which is evident from the statistics mentioned below.

	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
No. of Centre’s for Online Test	32	48	49
Total No. of Applicants Registered	1132	1188	858
Army Category	646 (57%)	653 (55%)	512 (60%)
All India Civil Category	486 (43%)	535 (45%)	346 (40%)
No. of Candidates appeared	964	1029	659
Army Category	574	588	425
All India Civil Category	390	441	234

Academic Performance of Students in the University examinations

Year	Above 70%	60-70%	50 – 60%	Below 50%	Reappear	Total
2016	142	136	42	-	72	392
2017	211	97	17	-	66	391
2018	259	86	05	-	47	397
2019	243	108	03	-	43	397
2020	332	36	-	-	31	399*

Result of all batches of BALLB

Placements

AIL has witnessed very good placements in the past many years and this practice is being maintained every year. The placement record for the institute is as follows: -

Session	No. of students	Opted for placement	Placed	CTC (Max) Rs.	CTC (Min) Rs.	No. of companies visited/conducted online interviews
2016 -17	79	36	36	14.0 Lac +1.5 Lac	5.50 Lac	17
2017 -18	79	36	36	10.0 Lac	5.50 Lac	16
2018 -19	79	39	39	15.5 Lac	5.50 Lac	21
2019 -20	79	39	17	14.0 Lac	4.70 Lac + incentives	06
2020-21	79	25	17	10.0 Lac	4.20 Lac	06

Infrastructure

• Air-conditionedClassrooms
• Well equipped Moot Court Room
• Air-conditioned Seminar Hall
• MPH - Fully furnished Auditorium with a seating capacity of 450.
• Rich Knowledge Resource Centre and Library with more than 12,000, Books and 06 e-resources
• 02 Hostels (Boys and Girls Hostel)
• Upgraded and Duct Cooled Dining Halls
• Open & Indoor Gym in the hostels
• 02 Synthetic Basketball Courts & Indoor Table Tennis facility
•1.44 acre Sports Complex with changing rooms and washrooms for  
conduct of sports events.

Research Initiatives

Various centres established to promote research in specific disciplines and areas of law. These centres regularly conduct webinars and competitions to equip students with skills to understand various nuances of the field of law and social sciences.

• ACRSS: The AIL Centre for Research in Social Sciences (ACRSS) as a society, functions with the vision of bringing to the forefront key social, political and economic issues, conducting in depth research on them and educating our community about the same.
• ACGE: AIL Centre for Gender Empowerment is an endeavour to promote awareness about gender issues and widen the scope of discourse on gender in society fostering a spirit of inclusivity.
• CRCLG: The Centre for Research in Corporate Law & Governance (CRCLG) has been created with the objective to promote interdisciplinary research in the field of corporate law & governance.
• CRCLP: The Centre for Research inConstitutional Law & Policy(CRCLP), is created with theobjective to promote researchand discourse in ConstitutionalLaw and Policy.
• AIL Research Society in the institute headed by 2 faculty members who guide students to write research papers for various journals and for participation in national and international seminars.

AIL Rankings -2021

Career 360
(a) 3rd Best Private College in India
(b) 2nd Best in the State of Punjab
(c) 9th‘Best in living’ out of Public and Private Colleges
India Today
(a) 5th Best Private College in India
(b) 10th Best Emerging College (Public&Pvt)
(c) 17th Best Overall  
The Week Research Survey
(a) 1st Rank in Private Law Colleges, North Zone                         
(b)  5th Private Law College, All India                                                
(c) 13th Best Law College in India.
CSR-GHRDC Law Schools Survey-2020
(i)   1st Rank in Top Leading Law Schools of Super Excellence
(ii)  2nd Rank in Top Law Schools by State, Punjab.           

AIL Ambassadors

• Civil Services - 03
• Academicians - 08
• Judiciary - 21
• JAG - 35
• Armed Forces - 84
• Corporate Sector- 354
• Litigation - 583