This is an overstatement. NLUD’s placements are good and opportunities are definitely available but in absolute numbers, not as high as the older ones (NLS, NALSAR, NUJS and NLUJ). Percentage-wise, based on the number of folks who opt for placements, the numbers are good (around 70-80% on average, few batches had even 100%). A substantial portion do go for UPSC, graduate studies and litigation, and contrary to what people here say, most of them don’t do it because they can’t get a job but because they actually want to. Many of our UPSC toppers didn’t even sit for placements.

All the top foreign and Indian law firms come to recruit but I think places like NUJS and NALSAR tend to also bring in more tier-2 firms and PSUs to get more jobs, something NLUD RCCs had struggled to do as regularly, atleast when I was there. The lack of an established alumni base does make this more difficult, but that cannot be offset in the short-term.

Having graduated from NLUD, you do need a decent batch rank to get tier-1 firms (preferably, top 50% - when I was there the batch size was still 80). People that don’t maintain their grades will find it hard to land the top jobs unless they have other significant co-curricular interests/achievements.The people that are “frustrated” are usually folks that neglect academics and relevant internships till 4th year and then realise it’s too late by the time placement season/Day-Zero comes around. Otherwise, it’s not that difficult to get placed in a tier-1 firm from NLUD if you work hard.