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HTML

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.validation/1.13.1/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<div class="pre-login">
    <form action="login" method="post" id="login">
        <div class="form-group">
            <input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email" placeholder="Email Address" autofocus="autofocus" required />
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
            <input type="password" class="form-control" name="pass" id="pass" placeholder="Password" required />
        </div>
        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-block">Submit</button>
    </form>
</div>

CSS

.pre-login {
    width: 350px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    float: none;
    margin-top: 100px;
}
.error-message {
    padding: 10px 15px;
    margin: 10px 0 8px 0;
    border: 1px solid #ebccd1;
    border-radius: 4px;
    color: #a94442;
    background-color: #f2dede;
    display: block;
    position: relative;
}

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $.validator.setDefaults({
        highlight: function (element) {
            $(element).closest('.form-group').addClass('has-error');
        },
        unhighlight: function (element) {
            $(element).closest('.form-group').removeClass('has-error');
        },
        errorElement: 'span',
        errorClass: 'error-message',
        errorPlacement: function (error, element) {
            if (element.parent('.input-group').length) {
                error.insertAfter(element.parent());
            } else {
                error.insertAfter(element);
            }
        }
    });

    $('#login').validate({
        invalidHandler: function(form, validator) {
            var errors = validator.numberOfInvalids();
            if (errors) {                    
                var firstInvalidElement = $(validator.errorList[0].element);
                $('html,body').scrollTop(firstInvalidElement.offset().top);
                firstInvalidElement.focus();
            }
        },
        rules: {
            email: {
                required: true,
                email: true
            },
            pass: {
                required: true
            }
        }
    });
});