Hi, I am in a state government law college right now, after my first drop year in 2024, I couldn’t get any NLU, but i know i can perform quite better, because i was actually targeting some different exam in my drop year, and i happened to have a moderately good score in clat but actually the ranks are messed up, and in addition to that, the ambiguity in the question paper of 2025 and the time limitations i personally faced, ended me up with this moderately good score..I feel that I can perform way better if i adjust my reading speed, and practise more this time.

Coming back to my question, the thing is, I don’t have any interest in pursuing a career in corporate, litigation or even in judiciary, i am interested in fields like academia, legal writing, policy making and research opportunities abroad.

So should i appear for clat and target the tier 1 colleges again this time (it would be my third attempt and i will be turning 20.5+ till the time I join, and 25.5+ when i finally graduate, which is kind of bothering me a lot) or should i stay and grind in my current college, I am actually quite skeptical about this for a few months

There is so much information all over the internet about the big corporate placements that makes the nlu tag worthwhile, while i didnot find anyone talk about how impactful the nlu tag will be if somebody is targetting research from prestigious unis abroad. Is there really any difference in NLUs and state government law colleges when it comes to stuff like academia or research abroad opportunities, given that i try to get the most out of the state government college. What noticible difference in opportunities will i really face