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Students proactively pluck 19 jobs even as 0 law firms turn up at HNLU’s Abhanpur campus

HNLU Raipur: locational disadvantage
HNLU Raipur: locational disadvantage
Exclusive: Legal Process Outsourcing Unit (LPO) Pangea 3 was the only recruiter visiting HNLU Raipur’s rural Abhanpur campus for the class graduating this year, but 19 out of 60 total students secured jobs across 10 law firms, two LPOs and a company. The Recruitment Coordination Committee (RCC) placed 12 out of its 31 subscribers from the graduating batch.

Nine out of the 12 RCC placements were through pre placement offers (PPO) by Amarchand Mangaldas, Trilegal Delhi, Juris Corp Mumbai, Singhania & Co Bangalore, Udwadia & Udeshi Mumbai, LPO Mindtree Bangalore, and robotics research company Robosoft Systems Mumbai.

HNLU’s RCC for 2012 said: “The strategic focus of the RCC in HNLU has always been on PPOs which gives us an edge not only in bagging early placements before the campus recruitment season starts, but also in overcoming the economic and locational hurdle of on campus recruitments which engage a lot of time of the firms, by working on offshore interviews.”

Pangea 3 hired three students on campus.

Seven students were recruited by applying independently to BMR Associates Mumbai, Krishnamurthy & Co Mumbai, Desai & Diwanji Mumbai, TPM Solicitors Delhi, Zeus Delhi, and Mindtree’s Pune branch.

Three other top-ranking students of the class were offered jobs by law firms, according to the RCC, but rejected the offers to pursue an LLM in Kings College London, Queens Mary University London, and the National University of Singapore.

Three students are awaiting confirmation of their applications for judicial clerkships, while six others will join court practice.

Three students prepare to chart out the unusual alternate career of enrolling with India’s defense services, having cleared the Combined Defense Services Exam (CDSE), while 13 students forming a majority of the remaining batch plan to appear for the civil services exam.

“Students have an inclination towards diverse professional choices after a degree in law, deliberately shying away from desk jobs, which has become the conventional yardstick of success these days” stated the RCC.

20 out of the 36 jobs secured by the batch of 48 last year were also through PPOs, after last year’s RCC also cited the “locational disadvantage” suffered by HNLU in inviting law firms to participate in campus placements. Out of the six recruiters who visited campus last year, three were LPOs, two were companies, and one was a bank.

NUJS Kolkata

NLU Jodhpur

Nalsar Hyderbad

NLIU Bhopal

HNLU Raipur

Amarchand Mangaldas

10 (2 PPOs)

9

7

5

PPO

Luthra & Luthra

9 (all PPOs)

6

9

Trilegal

5 (all PPOs)

4

2

2

PPO

AZB & Partners

3

7

J Sagar Associates (JSA)

2

1

3

Khaitan & Co

1

3

DSK Legal

2

Economic Laws Practice

1

Desai & Diwanji

1

Off campus

LKS

2

Bharucha & Partners

3

2

Majmudar & Partners

1

3

1

1

PXV Law Partners

3

1

Phoenix Legal

1

Udwadia & Udeshi

PPO

Vaish Associates

1

Karanjawala & Co

1

SRGR Law Offices

1

Juris Corp

PPO

WTO Consultants

1 (PPO)

Clasiss Law

1

Singhania & Co

PPO

Tule & Co

1

1

Athena Law Associates

1

Augustus law Firm

1

Rajeshwari Associates

1

Krishnamurthy & Co

Off campus

Zeus Associates

Off campus

BMR Associates

Off campus

TPM Solicitors

1

Off campus

Link Legal

1

Tempus Law

1

Dave Girish & Co

1

CMS Cameron McKenna

2

Allen & Overy

1

1

Linklaters

1

2

Unspecified Irish law firm

1

ICICI Bank

3

3

5

Legal League Consulting

2

Deutsche Bank

1

Bajaj Allianz

1

3 (awaiting confirmation)

Glennmark Pharmaceuticals

2

Shyam Steel Industries

1

ONGC

3

Bharat Petroleum

2

Wipro

2

Max New York Life Insurance

1

Robosoft Systems

PPO

Dr. Reddy’s Path Labs

1

Infotech

1

Pangea 3

1

4

3

OSC Services

2

Mindtree

PPO + off campus

Brain League

1

PRS LAMP

2

Law for Change

1

CLAT Possible

2

LLM

4

5

5

5

3

Litigation

NA

13

13

6

Civil and judicial service exams

9

8

2

9

13

Judicial clerkships

8 (awaiting confirmation)

5(awaiting confirmation)

2

4(awaiting confirmation)

3(awaiting confirmation)

Defence Services

3

Batch strength

100

80

72

82

60

Total jobs

57

49

43

31

19

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