ILS Pune’s class of 2012 has reportedly seen only 20 placements so far for 105 total students, reported the Indian Express. The 131-strong batch of 2011 apparently secured 60 jobs, plummeting from 2008's 100% result.
Veteran ILS campus placements-visitor ONGC allegedly complained of a decline in students’ standards.
Principal Vaijayanti Joshi blames it on lack of the college’s autonomy and funds (being affiliated to Pune University), while students say it is due to lack of infrastructure and “exposure” when compared with the national law universities. [Express]
The law college was one of the five law schools felicitated by the Bar Council of India last month in its golden jubilee celebrations, for “outstanding contribution to legal education”, as first reported by Legally India.
In July 2012 Legally India reported on difficulties faced by several law schools to attract recruiters, amidst increased competition and a slowing economy.
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Surely, a lot of students are struggling, even at national law schools nowadays, no?
See this:
www.legallyindia.com/201207272978/Analysis/from-the-frontlines-of-law-school-pay-packages-the-economy-and-campus-recruitment-wars
And are placements the only criteria to determine whether a law school is thriving or declining.
Further reporter also fails to take into consideration the following factors:
1. Reporting "ILS Pune in Decline" : Just because Placements have decreased? How?? Check the rank of ILS ranking in all the MPL. Also check what foreign universities have to say about ILS.
2.Merely on the basis of some ALLEGED COMMENT of one placement-visitor (ONGC) and too without quoting who in ONGC said that. Please note that even in 2012 ONGC placed a student from ILS. Ethically the reporter should have taken views of more recruiters.
3. Comment written by Kian is 100% correct that there is an overall decrease placements in all colleges including all NLS.
4. Please also take into the fact that number of new law colleges opened across the country. The companies are getting the talent at cheaper rates.
Please note that a college should not be judged according to its placements only. ILS students are going for further studies to best colleges in the world. ILS students are going for judiciary and civil exams and they are doing well also.
Do you know that the 19% figure is correct or not?
If it's correct, then the factum of poor placements (due to whatever reasons - economy .. etc.) is established.
Chill
www.indianexpress.com/news/indian-law-society-s-law-college-low-placement-lack-of-infrastructure-plague-ils/1084290/0
All we did was reproduce the main points of that article, plus put it in perspective of some recent legal education news.
If you disagree with any of the facts in the Express article, please do share the correct facts.
Best wishes,
Kian
P.S. The figures are not accurate. Plus the academic year isn't over yet.
Thank you for your comment.
We chased ILS Pune's placement details repeatedly last year, but to no avail. Legally India covers everything that students of a graduating class are pursuing (including desk jobs, LLM, clerkships, etc.) in placement stories, as can be seen here - www.legallyindia.com/tag/campus-recruitment.
Provided law school placement coordinators respond to us.
We welcome the placement coordinators for the batch of 2013 to get in touch with us, for a more comprehensive coverage this time around, like all the national law schools we have reported about.
In the meantime, we found this Indian Express story relevant enough to reproduce.
Best wishes,
Prachi
The whole story came to limelight just because ONGC, a regular recruiter at the college expressed it's displeasure at the quality of students, regrettably, to the media. Agreed, some students may have fallen below the benchmark, but that does not mean that the standard of the college has gone to the dumps. Using the same yardstick, wouldn't it be wrong to claim that NALSAR students have become hopeless at mooting, based on their MPL rank this season? I am sure legallyindia understands that the quality of reporting by even reputed newspapers and weeklies is anything but accurate (law school rankings by India Today, Outlook, etc.) There may be a variety of reasons for a particular outcome, and picking up just one drawback and glorifying it often clouds out other relevant aspects of an issue.
The annual fees at ILS is around 10,000. Compared to other law schools, peanuts. My SALUTE to a law school that provides top quality legal education to the poor, who unfortunately cannot shell out Rs. 2 lakh an annum for the 'oh so great' National Law Schools.
ps. ILS just won the NLU Antitrust moot and also the Best speaker award. We're 5th at the MPL table. Kian, please add the points :)
Only those students who wish to be placed choose to join placement through the institution; these also include those with very good performance in academics and activities.
We all at ILS are proud of the fact that the best of ILS-ans will join the profession.
it is but natural that any institution that has build its credibility , brand and quality over the years - sustains it and takes effort to improve on it.. Going by this argument , a certain consistency is expected in placement index irrespective of contextual factors. Time for ILS faculty and students to reflect on what went wrong this year and to take necessary steps for the next year and not just rest on laurels or any defensive thinking. Parent
which college is best for 3 year undergradute 3 year(llb)course and plz tell me about 5 best 3 year law college
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