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Can experienced professionals in academia (and others similarly situated) pour in here their thoughts regarding LLM from India to get into academia. Whether a specialised LLM or a General LLM would be appropriate?
option 2: do LLM in India and then clear NET, and then pursue PhD and be a teaching assistant (all total 7 year) and then perhaps get a job at a state uni or NLU
I have looked at recruitment pattern at NLUs and state law unis (govt), the total number of recruitments are less then 100 in one year, and each specialisation would have 4-5 vacancies, so if you target one particular state, then your chances of getting a job in a particular specialisation is very low. Therefore, a general LLm would be better
Based on comments here and some previous suggestions, I was giving more weightage to General LLM. I might have an option to get in NALSAR and was thinking to select bouquet of subjects that I like. However, if I were to go for specialised LLM, then I might have to reconsider my University preference and may choose NLIU. What would you suggest.
Thanks!
All NLUs are state universities.
If one goes for General LLM with subjects like Contracts, Banking, IPR, etc. as selected subjects, how does it boost the candidate's profile both from the perspective of academia as well as placements right after LLM.
Whether LLM can increase prospects of getting hired as in-house counsel?
1. recruitments to faculty positions dont follow any national pattern yet. Some of the top NLUs have started specifically advertising for specialisations. it is not clear from the regulations or the advertisements that they consider a specialised LL.M to be a must have qualification to meet the requirements of specialisation. I mean, its perfectly possible that a persons work experience and publications can meet that requirement.
2. a general LL.M is most often better, because you can pick electives in the combinations that you wish to pursue. often this is better from a long term perspective as you can come up with combinations that meets your interests, especially the future research interests.
3. that being said, the institution from which you got your degree tends to have some weightage. For example, an LL.M in Human Rights from NLS looks better than am LL.M in corporate law from MNLU (or an institution like that).
4.It is always better to chose an institution with better faculty and learning exposure than the specialisation that you are looking for. TO illustrate, NUJS might offer a specialisation in IPR which you are interested in. But NUJS does not have any good faculty or learning environment and hence NALSAR which may not offer an IPR specialisation is a better bet.