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Source: Currently in GLC.
Corporate job scene is good due to location
Legacy of the institute is still strong
advantage of alumni base
Look at profiles of high performers at GLC in their undergrad years - they have been very successful in foreign LLMs, tier 1 firms etc.
Uni has no ragging though (no idea about GLC). And if you are into mooting, RGNUL will give a comparatively better environment.
In this past, RGNUL also had terrible faculty, however, I do not know if there has been improvements on that front.
Anyways, if OP were to ask me, I would suggest moving to GLC and doing long term internships.
Where did you get this absurd idea? GLC classrooms are practically empty because most people don't attend!
As far as diversity is concerned: I don't see how going to a college that charges 2lpa for fees can be more diverse than one that charges 8k, and has 50% reservation...
NLUs after 4/5th rank aren't worth the money you pay or the efforts you take to clear CLAT.
Lot of allegations, no substantiation. Would be great if you could throw some light on how many papers you have read authored by these professors you hate. How many have you authored?
I graduated back in 2017. After 4 years, all my batchmates are doing well.
Batchmates (except one who took a break for a couple of years) are senior associates at T1 law firms (those who took the law firm route).
Plenty of them did their llm abroad.
10+ are serving as judicial officers.
Plenty have their own independent litigation practice.
There are many who are now working with banks and psus, bodies like NSE, SEBI etc.
All my seniors and juniors are doing well in their professional lives too. We have all had some bad professors, but there are plenty of good ones who taught us good law which we are thankful for till date.
IDK who you are or which batch you are from, but I am really sorry for the shitty academic experience you've had.
Feel free to reach out to any of us in case you need help academic or profesional help/guidance.
Connect with us on LinkedIn, drop a text on whatsapp. Whatever you are comfortable with.
We can take classes if there are enough number of students like you who are interested.
You will be able to find published authors (books - bloomsbury), lecturers at foreign university etc. amongst us (2017 batch).
We have armed forces officers, a journalist, and an ad agent amongst our midst too.
Comment 5.
While it is true that in RGNUL you are more likely to meet smarter people who have navigated the CLAT process, the quality of professors in RGNUL is terrible. Except the BA professors and 1-2 law professors all other law professors are below sub par.
This is because law professors were / are hired based on connections and not capabilities. If you have any doubt on this, go to the RGNUL website, choose 5 random law professors and see their list of publications. From this list, again randomly choose 5 papers. Read them. Then read some papers in the leading Indian law journals. You can see the difference for yourself. The professor CVs themselves set out the quality of law faculty in RGNUL. So, it is wrong to even argue that RGNUL will give you a better academic environment.
From the perspective of college life, yes, RGNUL is great. Alcohol flows like water, the draught beer is great and cheap. The food is awesome (across price bands). Chandigarh is just an hour and a half away. The general culture of maasti-yaari, sports and "cultural days" will occupy your life. Aashiqui / sex is also fairly abundant.
If you want to learn law, or critical thinking, or placements, run very fast away from RGNUL. RGNUL will only teach you the skill of how to keep bowing to inferior minds because they hold a position of authority.
Source: I am an ex-Ragnoolite.
If you have any questions, ask away.
RGNUL is a safe place for all kind of people. You will get help as soon as you seek it.
College is not about placements etc. Even if it is, there is no firm which is going to filter you out because of RGNUL. Outside Mumbai, NOBODY cares for GLC. 100 colleges hai waise.
College life is about experience. You will meet more diverse and smarter people at RGNUL. At GLC it would unfortunately be people from in or around Mumbai, or extremely rich people who can afford living in Mumbai near Fort.
You will find a lot of seniors from RGNUL who will crib about the place especially from the more recent batches whose entitlement and privilege doesn't allow them to see one step further from their privilege, but you will never be able to find a senior from GLC who had a normal college life.
You can't attend classes. Classrooms are made for 40 kids something, there are a total of 100+ kids attending.
People sit outside doors. I am not exaggerating.
Placements are an important factor. If you feel that you are going to college only for that, and you are not good enough to impress people over a course of four weeks, go to GLC. Slog it out with year long internships.
You will have zero guidance about anything else. You will learn everything on your own.
At RGNUL, you will have an encouraging atmosphere with a much smarter and enterprising group of peers. You will have access to good library, databases, academics etc.
You won't find a lot of people from GLC outside Mumbai. You will find people from RGNUL almost everywhere.
GLC is miles ahead in terms of placements, peer quality and location. RGNUL students are more concerned with scoring weed than scoring placements.
Moreover, there has been multiple threads on LI regarding the horrible situation at RG. Now tell me, should I advise OP to join RG even when he/she clearly has a better option in hand?
Clarifying the Placements Issue, RGNUL has had a terrible time with the previous VC Jassu, which might be the reason why placements are down. He discouraged placements as he believed that NLUs were established to produce Litigation Masterminds and Judges. However, things may be looking up (Risky af, but still worth it). GLC was great, no doubt. But the future belongs to NLUs.
Also, RGNUL has an extremely great network in Delhi, but the network simply in non-existent in Mumbai. So make sure you weigh in this factor as well.
My advice- Go for RGNUL as half a decade is a lot of time and you should make the most of it. RGNUL is worth the gamble. NLUs rise and fall, you never know which is going to be a good year. Few years back, HNLU had touched its rock bottom, but now HNLU is improving. GLC is good. But your college life will be spent in firms and not in campus. You decide, Firms or Campus?
Also please don't judge how good a place is based on placements. Definitely not when you're deciding where to study.
The market advantage, brand value and the respect you get out of being from an NLU is unparalleled. Would recommend that you speak to good seniors from RGNUL as well. Stay put.
ex-RGNUL here.