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GPA is used as a preliminary cut off for campus placements. Girls work hard, mug up and get good grades while boys slack off in law school. In some NLU's in Top 10 batch ranks - there are less than 2 to 3 boys. So when GPA is used as a Preliminary screening it's impossible to hire guys. There are no men to hire when GPA is used as a criterion. Replacing GPA as a criteria is hard. A girl getting a GPA of 9 = a Boy getting 8. But this cannot be done as it's discrimination.
This hiring difference doesn't make much difference in the long run because mugging up and getting marks doesn't mean girls hired will last forever in the law firm setting. While men who slacked may end up in Tier 1 firms as they jump (lateral) from Litigation Chambers or T2/T3 law firms to Tier 1 firms, and may even become partners. Men can afford to waste years lateral'ing' as they don't face social pressures. While women quit in more numbers over the years because of the same pressures.