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- A CLC graduate who thinks LSAT is a joke and it's the easiest thing to get in jindal.
A) get a scholarship or afford the fee without a loan, and
B) manage to be in the top 100 of the graduating class
Then yeah it’s worth it.
I agree with the fact that the fee is exorbitantly high. I also agree that entering JGLS requires little to no effort. Regardless, JGLS is an avenue of opportunities, if you are up for grabs. Let's assume you can afford the fee, either by your means, or by way of a scholarship.
You can live a party life in JGLS quite easily. However, do not expect to do well out of law school with that trend. The reason being the competition can be quite cutthroat. A lot of LI posts talk about JGLS having low placement percentages. That is of course true seeing that a batch (BA LLB, BBA LLB, LLB) has 900 people (for 2024), and is going up to 1200 with the first years and the introduction of BCOM LLB. It is not realistic to even achieve 20% placement rate seeing the number of candidates being enrolled.
So, the true competition, or where JGLS really resides in its core is amongst the top 50-60 people. After that, it's just a mere factory producing 'lawyers'. If you are able to enter the top 30 of the batch - by way of maintaining a high GPA, having good moots, publishing in reputed places, and by securing internships through OCS - you are bound to land a T1/ reputed LLM because of JGLS' tie-ups.
Doing all of the above is not easy. Take for instance, an average class would have 60 people. You are competing with those 60 people for grades. But when it comes to internships/placements/masters, your grade is compared across the batch and not just your class. Your class may have gotten the short end of the stick with a professor, which can make all the difference later on. So to maintain a high GPA, you have to be all in at all times.
Similarly for getting a good moot, your memorial must be shortlisted. Approximately 300-400 people submit a memorial every semester, of which 100 are selected. Then those 100 go for orals and are ranked accordingly and get a preference on their moot. Again, its rigorous.
For publications, you are not really competing with anyone. But here is the thing, every semester, you would have 6 subjects (for the first 3-4 years, gets chiller in 5th year), and each subject having loads of internal components. Now like I mentioned above, maintaining your GPA is a task in itself, so finding time for publishing pieces also gets difficult during the semester.
All-in-all, I agree with the flak JGLS gets. They are taking in too many candidates, the fee is being increased too much, and the people who are taking it seriously get hidden in the crowd at times. My advice would be, if you know you will take law school seriously and are ambitious, you can succeed here. If you don't have rigor, you can fall into the awful side of Jindal quite easily.
A fresh graduate from the 3-Year batch (JGLS) here. I just wanted to mention one thing that seems to have been missed for some reason. You get great faculty at JGLS and crazy exposure through the faculty. As someone who got into NLS, JGLS and DU, i preferred to stay in JGLS precisely for this reason. One clarification: you get great faculty at numerous law schools - no denying that. But, the key lies in how approachable and helpful the faculty is in Jindal. You come across academic stalwarts just casually strolling in campus, always ready for a conversation. Also, as a beneficiary of the kind mentorship of some professors, I can tell you that they go miles out of their comfort zone to help you figure out everything - not just academically, but also professionally. The interaction I've had with other 3-year kids, especially at DU, is drastically different. I also want to caveat this by mentioning that I may just be lucky, or have only spoken to people who had weird experiences in the other alternatives like NLS, GLC or DU.
Secondly, I also want to highlight the scholarships. If you can get 2 simultaneous scholarships - Jindal becomes pretty affordable. If cost is a big factor, try speaking to the admission counsellors about this - they'll give you an idea about what kind of scholarships you might potentially get based on your score - usually a 50% if you've got good scores. If you want more, you can approach the scholarship committee.
Among many, one weakness stands out though: the jindal tag. There's a clear reputation that JGLS has when it comes to employment (which I think is changing now). But yeah, from personal experience, its more a presumption than a tag. If you're the kind who's got a good work ethic, people usually cast doubts on the presumption and treat you as any other NLU grad.
One bonus point: if you're into critical legal studies or some other form of disruptive/transformative legal thought, JGLS is undoubtedly the place for you.
Their are few slabs of 10% ,25,50,75%
So basically scoring above 21 gonna get u 10
Which is 70000 per year till 5 years
Then above 26 it is 25% which is 1,75,000 per yr
Then above 30 it is 50% 350k and above 36 it is 75% which is 525000 per year till 5 years if maintain good gpa