To give some context, I don’t hate Kolkata but again at the same time I don’t feel that there is a huge difference in terms of placements between these two colleges. Plus my father is a well-experienced lawyer in the Bombay high court and has good contact with certain tier-2 law firms in the Mumbai circle. Please help me get over this dilemma. I know it’s selfish to ask the moderator to feature this over all other posts, but after cracking nujs I am still figuring out what to do. Kindly help.
I don’t think you will lose out on something major. Last year sls p kids got magic circle offers too. The nlu tag and that too of nujs is good but again symbi Pune has improved a lot as well.
just because one smart guy got a magic circle offer doesn't mean the whole institution is good lmao. Symbi pune improved? too funny. Downfall if I've ever seen one. (if you aren't a student there like I am, dont speak. thanks.)
Doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Both the institutions have produced amazing lawyers and the answer to the question really depends on what you make out of a university and not simply the "tag"
1. There is still a considerable difference between the placement figures of the two places regardless of what trolls may say. That doesn't mean Symbi is a bad place.
2. If you wish to join litigation including your father's practice, then it makes sense for you to stay near him and choose Symbi.
3. NUJS will also offer you multiple other kinds of career option and higher studies and alum and faculty support if you haven't yet made up your mind about what to do after graduation. Symbi will require you to mostly figure those out all by yourself.
4. The faculty and research culture are still much better at NUJS at present.
5. Kolkata as a city is obviously better than Pune to spend 5 years in, though the proximity to your home may negate that.
I have got nothing against Symbi and in fact recommend it as the best private university option if students fail to crack the top 6 NLUs.
If your father is a lawyer in Bom HC and you want to get into counsel practice in Bom HC, then join NUJS or Symbi; join a law college in Mumbai which doesn't have attendance requirements.
Enjoy for the first couple of years and then start working from the third year onwards.
I personally enjoyed my college time a lot, and so I wouldn't have done this in the hindsight, but if you are only focused on counsel practice then this is probably the most effective path.
The fact that NUJS is now competing with SLS-P tells you just how low the opinion of NUJS is amongst the general public. And this kid is even saying that placements between NUJS and SLS-P are almost the same. Symbi is pretty garbage, kid. There won’t be even a single person there who would’ve cracked a top 3-4 NLU. Kolkata as a city sucks, but getting into NUJS is still merit. Unless you’re a NRI kid, in which case, it matters very little since you kids will anyway get through life on contacts without an iota of shamelessness or ambition to achieve something on your own.
I'd say get into slsp first via slat which hasn't occured yet,once you do get in that is when you have to decided between the both. whatever you do dont quit NUJS before you get into SLSP at any cost.Pay the NUJS fees. theyll refund it in accordance to UGC so dont worry but dont withdraw from NUJS without getting into SLSP which is more subjective than clat with interviews and CV based selection so it can tough to get in via general unless you have contacts
I did not clearly understand how your connects at Mumbai law firms get deactivated by you being outside Mumbai/Pune. If it is law firms you want to get into, consider going to the place they will prefer going to if they had to choose among these colleges.
They are trolling because they never took their own advice and went to Symbi instead of NUJS. So clearly they didn't think highly of the former either.
SLS 5th year student here. Don't choose SLS. Awful placements, no research opportunities, no support from college in any way. They just don't want you to do well. In the past 5 years, I've visited all top NLUs for different competitions. SLS is a private college and yet doesn't even come close to what they offer. The sad part is that our faculties don't care either. They aren't professional and lack modern subject knowledge. They lack the passion that I've seen in top NLUs. There is literally no reason why you should choose SLS over NUJS, except the fact that it's in Pune. It's just more fun, but I regret SLS everyday.
I'm the SLS 3rd year whose comment you replied to. 100% agreed. Idk why we're getting so many downvotes tho, we're just stating facts thru first hand experience.
I am a SLSP grad working with a Tier I. Please choose NUJS. I love SLS-P but it is just sensible to choose NUJS (reputation, faculty). Your father practicing in Bombay HC is inconsequential to what college you must go to. You can always intern with Bombay firms in your holidays and get a job post your degree. For you, I think a real dilemma could be between GLC Mumbai (home) vs NUJS but even in such a case, most of us would still suggest NUJS.
2. If you wish to join litigation including your father's practice, then it makes sense for you to stay near him and choose Symbi.
3. NUJS will also offer you multiple other kinds of career option and higher studies and alum and faculty support if you haven't yet made up your mind about what to do after graduation. Symbi will require you to mostly figure those out all by yourself.
4. The faculty and research culture are still much better at NUJS at present.
5. Kolkata as a city is obviously better than Pune to spend 5 years in, though the proximity to your home may negate that.
I have got nothing against Symbi and in fact recommend it as the best private university option if students fail to crack the top 6 NLUs.
Enjoy for the first couple of years and then start working from the third year onwards.
I personally enjoyed my college time a lot, and so I wouldn't have done this in the hindsight, but if you are only focused on counsel practice then this is probably the most effective path.
- Someone who left nujs last year, appeared for clat again and got into a much better NLU