The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD)’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), has ranked public law and other schools, according to the NIRF website, with NLSIU Bangalore topping a list out of 71 law schools that applied.
The ranking has been a long-time coming, as we had reported in 2015.
Rankings upset?
The biggest possible surprise: it ranked relative newcomer NLU Delhi just barely behind NLSIU Bangalore, but ahead of Nalsar Hyderabad.
In fact, NLSIU’s score of 75.79 is just a whisker ahead of NLU Delhi, at 74.58 (Nalsar Hyderabad scored 70.59).
Also perhaps a surprise: IIT Kharagpur took the fourth spot with a total score of 67.07 (we’re not currently sure if that’s a ranking of purely the law faculty on its own strength, though it excelled in all individual metrics except its “perception score”, which was a measly 15.33, nearly the lowest out of the 10 law schools ranked; NLSIU landed a “perception” score of 100, by contrast).
NLU Jodhpur meanwhile, only made it to fifth (with 63.5), ahead of Jamia Milia Islamia University (at 59.17).
NUJS Kolkata trailed in 7th place in the rankings, with a score of 59.17, closely followed by RMLNLU Lucknow with a score of 54.82.
Symbiosis Law School, SLS Pune was not far behind, in 9th place with a score of 54.25, followed by _Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College_ in Visakhapatnam, with a score of 50.93.
Quality of quality ranking?
At least superficially, the rankings appear to be more transparent and solidly researched that most magazine and other law school rankings (which we have pretty much stopped covering because they were so bad). However, we’re still reading through the fine print and will update this article once we’ve done so (please do let us know in comments if you have any feedback or criticism of the methodology - and talking of comments, please keep it nice rather than just insulting colleges).
The rankings comprise of scores in: teaching learning & resources, research & professional practice, graduation outcomes, outreach & inclusivity, and perception. And each ranked college entry also links to a PDF, which has a copy of what appear to be a college’s submissions, as well as a very cryptic bar chart (see below):
Update 21:02: Indeed, as some readers have pointed out, some of the “median salary of placed graduates” figures supplied by the top colleges are a bit suspect. NLSIU has stated Rs 14.5 lakh as its median salary, which might just about work if blending in foreign law firm salary packages plus promised maximum salaries at some Indian top tier firms.
NLU Delhi, however, has quoted Rs 15 lakh as its median salary, while Nalsar (which scored 3 foreign law firm jobs in 2017) has cited a whopping Rs 18 lakh as its median.
If you recall Legally India’s campus recruitments coverage of last year, there’s really not much to tell the top law schools’ recruitment apart, though NLU Delhi would be slightly weaker than NLSIU (which scored 4 foreign law firm jobs in 2015 - I just noticed, could it be we don’t have any final recruitment stats for NLSIU after 2015?).
But some Nalsarites have perhaps justifiably long claimed that their recruitment results are better than NLSIU, which is also reflected in the “graduation outcomes” figures of NIRF (though how much of that is due to Nalsar’s purported Rs 18 lakh median, is hard to say).
NLIU Bhopal did not apply to be ranked
The full list of law schools that applied is here.
One obvious ones that did not seem to have applied: NLIU Bhopal. Perhaps the change of guard in the college administration is to blame.
But by next year, it will be mandatory for public universities to take part according to NDTV.
Update: GNLU Gandhinagar also appears to be missing from the list of 71 law schools that applied.
NLU Delhi’s rise
NLU Delhi under Prof Ranbir Singh has managed to sidestep the traditional national law school rankings completely, by having had its own admissions test since inception, which has also become rather competitive.
This has allowed it avoid the hyper-competitive Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) battle against most NLU preferences, have barely changed at all in the last decade according to our recurring analysis of CLAT taker preferences through the ages.
Some will no doubt cry foul at this, or even allege that NLU Delhi’s proximity to the seats of power has helped it win it second place, but it’s hard not to admit that NLU Delhi as a whole has been doing pretty well by most metrics.
Full top 10 ranking with NIRF scores in each category
| Rank | Law school | Total score | Teaching Learning & Resources | Research & Professional Practice | Graduation Outcomes | Outreach & Inclusivity | Perception |
| 1 | NLSIU Bangalore | 75.79 | 87.46 | 32.76 | 77.78 | 64.45 | 100 |
| 2 | NLU Delhi | 74.58 | 93.31 | 52.56 | 62.52 | 73.21 | 64.24 |
| 3 | Nalsar Hyderabad | 70.95 | 78.13 | 30.45 | 89.53 | 74.58 | 52.9 |
| 4 | IIT Kharagpur | 67.07 | 74.73 | 76.61 | 71.46 | 62.87 | 15.33 |
| 5 | NLU Jodhpur | 63.5 | 73.54 | 33.77 | 75.53 | 60.51 | 40.9 |
| 6 | Jamia Millia Islamia | 59.91 | 57.42 | 51.39 | 72.56 | 68.32 | 42.61 |
| 7 | NUJS Kolkata | 59.17 | 64.96 | 34.05 | 63.12 | 64.04 | 58.96 |
| 8 | RMLNLU Lucknow | 54.82 | 66.47 | 0 | 79.04 | 38.91 | 45.82 |
| 9 | SLS Pune | 54.25 | 52.24 | 7.4 | 80.02 | 73.5 | 48.8 |
| 10 | Dr BR Ambedkar College of Law | 50.93 | 75.75 | 6.06 | 56.02 | 48.66 | 8.37 |
Source: NIRF
Full list of 71 law colleges that applied
- Acharaya Nagarjuna University Guntur Andhra Pradesh
- AISECT University Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
- Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Uttar Pradesh
- All Saints Christain Law College Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
- Allahabad Degree College Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
- Amity University Kolkata West Bengal
- Amity University Gautam Budh Nagar Uttar Pradesh
- Andhra University Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
- Aurora`s Legal Sciences Institute Nalgonda Telangana
- Bharati Vidyapeeth`s New Law College Sangli Maharashtra
- Bharati Vidyapeeth`s New Law College Kolhapur Maharashtra
- Bharati Vidyapeeth`s Yashwantrao Chavan Law College Malkapur Maharashtra
- C. U. Shah University Wadhwan City Gujarat
- Career Law College Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
- Chanderprabhu Jain College of Higher Studies & School of Law Delhi Delhi
- Chankaya National Law University Patna Bihar
- D. S. R. Hindu College of Law Machilipatnam Andhra Pradesh
- Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
- DES Shri. Navalmal Firodia Law College, Fergusson College Campus Pune Maharashtra
- Desh Bhagat University Gobindgarh Punjab
- Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya Indore Madhya Pradesh
- Devi Sharvani Education Society`s V.M. Salgaocar College of Law Miramar North Goa Goa
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College of Law Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad Maharashtra
- Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
- Government D. B. K. K. Singh Arts & Commerce College Raipur Chhattisgarh
- Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
- Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University New Delhi Delhi
- Imailsaheb Mulla Law College Satara Maharashtra
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur West Bengal
- Indian Law Institute New Delhi Delhi
- Institute of Law, Nirma University Ahmedabad Gujarat
- J. S. S. Law College Mysore Karnataka
- Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi Delhi
- K. K. C. College of Law Chittoor Andhra Pradesh
- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar Odisha
- Marathwada Legal`s & General Education Society`s Manikchand Pahade Law College Aurangabad Maharashtra
- Mody Institute of Education and Research Lakshmangarh Rajasthan
- Mysore University Mysore Karnataka
- N. E. F. Law College Kamrup Assam
- Nalsar University of Law Hyderabad Telangana
- National Law School of India University Bengaluru Karnataka
- National Law University Cuttack Odisha
- National Law University New Delhi Delhi
- National Law University and Judicial Academy Kamrup Metropolitan Assam
- National Law University Jodhpur Jodhpur Rajasthan
- New Law College Pune Maharashtra
- Panjab University Chandigarh Chandigarh
- Presidency University Bengaluru Karnataka
- Progressive Educational Society`s Modern Law College Pune Maharashtra
- RNB Global University Bikaner Rajasthan
- S. D. M. Law College Mangaluru Karnataka
- S. S. M. Law College Jalgoan Maharashtra
- Saveetha School of Law Thiruvallur Tamil Nadu
- Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy Thanjavur Tamil Nadu
- Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University Gurgaon Haryana
- Smt. Velagapudi Durgamba Siddhardha Law Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
- SRM University Delhi - NCR Sonepat Haryana
- SVKM`s Pravin Gandhi College of Law Mumbai Maharashtra
- Symbiosis Law School Pune Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University Chennai Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu National Law School Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu
- Teerthanker Mahaveer University Moradabad Uttar Pradesh
- The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University Agartala Tripura
- The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Patiala Punjab
- The Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Nagpur Maharashtra
- The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences Kolkata West Bengal
- University of Jammu Jammu Tawi Jammu and Kashmir
- University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun Uttarakhand
- Uttaranchal University Dehradun Uttarakhand
Assessment parameters
The NIRF website also has some pretty detailed methodology documents, links pasted below, which explain the origin of each data point in the cryptic bar chart above.
And there is a 36-page PDF with detailed methodology, entitled Methodology for Ranking of Academic Institutions in India 2017.
Parameters
Teaching, Learning & Resources
- Student Strength including Doctoral Students
- Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)
- Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)
- Total Budget and Its Utilisation: (CBTU)
Research and Professional Practice
- Combined metric for Publications (PU)
- Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)
- IPR and Patents: Filed, Published, Granted and Licensed (IPR)
- Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice And Executive Development Programs (FPPP):
Graduation Outcomes
- Combined % for Placement, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship (GPHE)
- Metric for University Examinations: GUE
- Median Salary
- Metric for Graduating Students Admitted Into Top Universities (GTOP)
- Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated GPHD
Outreach and Inclusivity
- Percent Students from other states/countries (Region Diversity RD)
- Percentage of Women (WF) + (WS) + (WA)
- Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)
- Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)
Perception
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NALSAR quotes an average salary of 18 lakhs, while the reality is in any of the top NLUs, the entire batch's average figure comes to 10-12 lakhs.
NLUD quotes 15 lakhs when half of their graduates do not even get campus recruitment.
NUJS has at least calculated it on the basis of the entire batch's figure post recruitment.
Is it a result of Legally India placing so much emphasis on Day Zero recruitment over round the year figures?
Institute like NLS do not try getting any job for their graduates after Day Zero.
Second, I'm fairly certain Legally India had little to do with the salary scores set out
Third, I agree fully that NLUD and Nalsar figures are suspect. My guess is that NLUD and NLS have applied the "if they didn't get a job they didn't want one" standard, and taken the median based on the rest (this is disingenuous to say the least, as you point out, half the NLUD batch doesn't get campus recruitment). What statistical gymnastics NALSAR has done only NALSAR knows.
What's amazing is that only NLUD matches the research scores of the more traditional universities. The apathy for research at the older NLUs shows in the quality of their faculty and will soon show in the quality of their students
1.Location (Delhi trumps Kolkata)
2.Faculty (no contest here)
3.Research (no contest here)
4. Infrastructure (newer buildings, bigger campus, better hostel of NLUD compared to tiny campus and overloaded campus of NUJS where hostel rooms are slums and local students are forced to stay at home
5. Leadership (AHAHAHA no contest here)
6. Higher studies and UPSC (NLUD is as good as NUJS in the shorter existence)
The only thing better NOW at NUJS is placements but with a humongous batch size and negative perception this will not last long. I mean how long will recruiters want to go there when they get similar students at NLUD. After the VC being kicked out they will think twice before recruiting such students. NLUD is also moving closer to the confidence level where stupid Amarchand type placements are n o longer something students set their lives on (same as NLSIU).
So its quite reasonable to say NLUD is No.3 at present.
NUJS is No.4 and better than NLUJ (also catching up quick). The good side is that once it reaches No.5 position NUJS will have no competition for many years.
Re your point, fine pal! NLUD is rank 3, or even better, rank 1! Go for it!
[The only thing better NOW at NUJS is placements but with a humongous batch size and negative perception this will not last long. I mean how long will recruiters want to go there when they get similar students at NLUD. After the VC being kicked out they will think twice before recruiting such students. NLUD is also moving closer to the confidence level where stupid Amarchand type placements are n o longer something students set their lives on (same as NLSIU).] - This entire paragraph reveals the confusion and contradiction within your own self. Maybe you need to figure out your priorities.
One thing is for certain though, NUJS hasn't yet had to submit false placement data to enhance ranking till now. Which of your sterling faculty at NLUD was responsible for that bit? Or was it the vaunted leadership of Ranvir Singh who had that brainwave?
p.s. If the faculty are that good, then get a few more placements quicker, maybe? Or are you saying that the students there are so bad that even the exemplary faculty can't make you eligible?
Teaching Learning and Resources - Numbers and quality of faculty, library and lab resources and general facilities: (Jindal would have been the first) In these rankings NLUD will be first - at least 5 NLS/ NALSAR graduates on faculty (potentially at least another 10-15 in their research centres), 1 former Law Firm Partner and the highest number of dedicated young faculty. NLS second and after that in terms of faculty all the others are inconsequential.
Research and Professional Practice - Quantity and quality of research: Again NLUD will be first - possibly the only NLU actually investing in research - has the Death Penalty Centre, the Communication Centre and the IP Centre. All the other universities are inconsequential (in the sense everyone else is doing some or the other govt/ ngo projects without any rigour)
Graduation Outcome- Student graduation rate and success in finding appropriate placements or in taking up higher studies
Will divide this into four parts - corporate placements, litigation, non corp/ lit, higher studies. (based on what I have heard from friends and faculty across these law schools)
Corporate: NLS, NUJS, NALSAR, NLUJ, NLUD (while NUJS may have at time better placements - NLS is still the go to place for firms. NLUJ and NLUD have similar placements but given NLUD's location they can do better)
Litigation (not very sure about this - but based on my own understanding of how many people willingly take up lit should be this) NLUD (possibly because of location they get more experience with SC and Tribunals and also because of working at Centers like Death Penalty and Con Law and interacting with the criminal justice system), NLS/ NALSAR (not sure)
Non Corp/ Lit: NALSAR, NLUD (NLUD is catching up because of students experiencing a lot of policy org. options), NLS
Higher Studies: NLS (still gets a Rhodes almost every year - get at least one person in Yale every year), NALSAR (next best in terms of scholarship and where the students end up), NLUD (already got a Rhodes and Inlaks, already had a person in Yale (possibly much less time than what it took NALSAR and NUJS (assuming they had any) already has at least 3 people in Stanford,
Outreach and Inclusivity- Representation of women and socially challenged persons as well as outreach activities: will not be able to comment because unlike other factors which are comparatively easy to find this is difficult unless you're in the place.
Perception: NLS, NALSAR, NUJS/NLUD (can't make up the mind because perception in terms of what - apart from corporate firms which still prefer NUJS over NLUD not sure)
Based on all these factors: NLS, NALSAR/ NLUD (either equal or close behind), NUJS
A lot of people from NUJS will have issue with ranking NALSAR, NLUD above them but just a couple of points NALSAR has always been ranked ahead by any objective person and NLUD is doing better in all parameters except for corp placements (if only that was the only factor when deciding a ranking)
1. You are ranking NLUD first in terms of faculty because of higher number of NLU LLB alumni and young people in its ranks. I accept that. By that logic, how is NLSIU getting to be the second? How many NLU LLB Alumni does it employ at present? You really have no idea. Technically, NUJS employs NLU LLB alumni for at least 25% of its total roster. I'm not saying that makes it better, I'm simply pointing out the fallacy in your own parameter.
2. Research is the only point where I will acknowledge NLUD's supremacy. Far more investment, far better focus.
3. Regarding the graduation outcome, you really don't have the data to support most of your arguments. How did you know NLUD produces most number of litigators? Simply because it's located in Delhi? It has produced only 5-6 batches, too soon for anyone to make much of a mark in the litigation sector. Hence too early to comment. NLSIU, for instance has graduates in AAG positions etc.
Same holds for policy. You have no data supporting your claim that NLUD students do more policy work. If you see the composition of organisations like Vidhi, PRS etc., you will find them employing far greater number of graduates from NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS etc. NUJS has at least 6 alumni working at Vidhi alone, for instance.
As for higher studies, NLSIU I think everybody will agree is still the topmost. But you have clearly no idea how many scholarships NUJS students have won. At least 3 Rhodes and one Inlaks are already there that I know of. And no, the first Rhodes was won by a student from the very 2nd batch of NUJS, so it didn't take them longer time, as you seem to suggest. I'm not even starting with NALSAR and the many scholarships its students have won.
Your data and conclusions are therefore are mostly full of as many holes as gruyere cheese. The only conclusion that one can arrive at about NLUD is that it has got a good faculty composition and is focusing well on research, while the recruitment scene is catching up, but nowhere close to the top 3 yet. It will, though, once alumni base develops a bit more, it has already got quite bright students. As for the top 3, it will still be NLSIU, NALSAR and NUJS (the latter in the 3rd position mostly because of the current admin problems, much like NALSAR was facing few years back). This conclusion people in the legal circuit already knew even before this stupid survey came out, so it did little value addition, especially by ranking IIT's legal department and JMI (good places though they are) ahead of prominent NLUs.
Not ranking it based on the fact that it employs NLU LLB - combining it with the qualifications of those people - Mrinal Satish (possibly the first NLU graduate to become a Professor at any law school - Yale JSD, Yale LLM), Anup Surendranath (Oxford - DPhil, Mphil, BCL), Aparna Chandra (Yale - JSD and LLM), Chinmayi Arun (LLM - LSE), Arul Scaria (PhD - Max Planck). Apart from these Daniel Mathew, Yogesh Pai, Amita Punj. Senior Faculty - MP Singh, AK Rai. Because of the location has the most options and regular seminar course with external experts.
NUJS has 24 law faculty listed and has 3 from NLU LLBs - NLS has 6 (1 Prof, 1 Asso. Pro and 4 Assistant) - plus have better experienced faculty like Profs. Elizabeth and Nandimath.
3. never said they are making a mark - of course its too soon and it may not stay this way. But a very decent indication is that with every year their corporate placements are getting better however the size of batch sitting for corporate placements is decreasing with more and more people going for alternate professions.
[NLSIU, for instance has graduates in AAG positions etc.] Of course they do - the argument isn't that they have more pople in litgagtion everyone knows that - the argument was if you see the trend and what people from same batch across law schools are doing.
Policy - half the research centres at NLU Delhi itself (with at least Death Penalty and CCG - have a bunch of their own students who are fairly senior in those organisations and respected in the field [particularly Shreya and Sarvjeet]). Have already had a student be the India Public Policy head of Uber and Global Policy Head of Uber Elevate (Akshay) -had a few more people in policy teams in uber, google etc.
So again if you compare people from same law school batches and what positions they are in respected policy organisation NLUD would come ahead. 3 IAS in the last 3 years - more than any other NLU (total over 7 students in top 600 over these 3 years).
As for scholarships again counting from 2013 (when NLU had first batch pass out) 1 rhodes, 1 inlaks, 1 Felix. And I suggested about Yale that they managed to have a student within the first three batches (not that I believe its the criteria but apart from NLS no one has been consistent)
So again - stand by NLS, NALSAR/NLUD, NUJS because of these reason
1. Best faculty NLUD by a wide margin
2. Best research NLUD by a wide margin
3. NLS corp. best recruitment and best for higher studies, NLUD if not best among the top two for litigation, policy and tied second possibly for higher studies with NALSAR.
Again a lot of the factors which are helping NLUD with faculty, research, recruitment and higher studies are the young faculty, same thing that NUJS had for many years and when everyone thought they'll overtake NALSAR. Apart from NLUD and to an extend NLS all the other places are lacking that and it is affecting all the other area. Again, not saying that should be the only criteria but clearly it has an effect on the other parameters.
The scholarships you mentioned are good too, but again, matched by other NLUs. In the same period, another top rank NLU has produced 1 rhodes and 2 commonwealth, NUJS. I repeat, it's not a measuring contest here. NLUD is now getting very good students like the other three. It has good faculty, active admin at least so long as Ranvir SiNgh is there. It's growing fast, but hasn't done anything to surpass them overall yet. Definitely 3rd/4th rank.
But who even cares about these rankings anymore? While NLUD in the top five still makes sense, not having NLUJ and NUJS in the top five as well is absolutely laughable. Shammy list.
With still dismal placements compared to NLS,NUJS and NALSAR, the rise in ranking clearly hasn't tricked down to tangible student benefits.
What is this perception built on?
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Try a slightly different method, remove perception score from total and then take average of rest. You'll find that NLU-D and NALSAR will edge past NLSIU.
Proud to be a JAMite
Everyone know that India Today Outlook etc are garbage and paid news. Thank you to the government for finally doing an official ranking. From now on, NLUD is officially number two.
Please boycott LI: biased stooge of NLSIU and NALSAR.
- Specialised postgrad IP law degrees
- Small batch size, open only to science grads
- Most students are engineers in mid 20s.
- Near monopoly in recruitment of patent agents, as science degree required
- 100% recruitment salaries, almost all tech companies, salaries good
Thus, it is ranked highly because it is small. It is like Norway or Iceland having better economic data than USA, even though USA is richer overall and more influential.
Diversity of courses offered (by both faculty and guest facility), the number of interdisciplinary courses offered, non classroom learning opportunities, opportunities of interactions with professionals, pioneers and leaders in diverse fields, student experience generally (could income factors like if the institute has an active student-buddy/mentor system in place), peer learning - do these institutions have usable non survailed and active spaces for such experiences (like benches in the open, minimal restrictions on places that can be used for small student gatherings, etc), how these institutions treat their students - as adults or individuals who's agency isn't recognised or as Co-participants in a learning process both outside and inside the classroom. Weather these instructions themselves embody ideals of the Constitution such as free speech and expression, equality (indicators suck as rules that apply to male and female students, facilities that equally accessable to male and female students and persons with disabilities), inclusiveness and personal development (look at restrictions of access, such as students from bigger cities may be more familiar with certain activities such as say, parliamentary debates, are there steps in place to address that).
I understand many of these are subjective criteria, but I'm sure appropriate methodologies can be developed to measure these aspects as well. Unless of course the goal of these institutes is just to produce corporate lawyers.
1. NLS
2. NALSAR
3. NUJS
4. NLIU/NLUJ
5. GNLU
6. .....
As NLUD is outside the CLAT fold (and I guess will remain so until RS retires) it is difficult to place NLUD on the ranking scale above. And that is why we would require other parameters if we are looking to compare it with other NLUs in an index.
I agree with the general consensus that NLUD has the best faculty among the NLUs (not counting JGLS), I have seem some of their research output, as a whole they are ahead of their peers (even JGLS). I also agree with the other general consensus that NUJS has the best overall placements among the NLUs (please look at the placement stats from the past 3 yrs published by LI, it does not matter how you cut the figures mean median mode etc.).
So it comes down to how much importance (in stat parlance factor loading) would you give to each variable. Ultimately all indices are somewhat biased as they merge variables, so it is up to you on your weightage to a particular variable.
Thus to be as objective and uncontroversial as possible and hoping that mass perception is the best judge of the latent quality, I prefer the CLAT rankings.
So solve the NLUD problem, I would say its in the top 5 law schools.
It's like Jindal except that the recommendation is only of a select category.
It's for this reason their real value is very suspect..
With laughable stats[http://www.nirmauni.ac.in/Upload/ILNU/Documents/All%20Report-MHRD,%20National%20Institutional%20Ranking%20Framework%20(NIRF)_12012018_031811PM.pdf]
Kian, request you to do a story on the sorry state of faculty and administrative affairs in this institution. A mass exodus of faculty, failure to retain top faculty, ZERO faculty for IPR honors students and above all an uninterested administration.
1. NLUD
2.NALSAR
3. NLSIU
4. Jindal
5. NUJS
6. NLUJ
7. GNLU
8. NLIU
9. RMLNLU
10. RGNUL
1) Placements - 30% weightage
2) Faculty qualifications - 10% weightage
3) Faculty research and publications - 10% weightage
4) Student CLAT preference - 10%
5) Infrastructure: 10%
6) Location and safety: 10%
7) Quality of administration: 10%
8) International tie-ups: 10%
Going by this, here is the fairest ranking:
1) NALSAR
2) NLSIU
3) NLUD
4) NUJS
5)NLUJ
6)GNLU
7)NLIU
8)JGLS
9)MNLU
10) NLUO
Can you please provide us a list of:
1) Which NLU BALLB grads are teaching at the top NLUs as full-time faculty.
2) Similarly, a list of top non-NLU grads who are full-time faculty.
3) Visiting faculty teaching proper elective courses (and not just one guest lecture)
However, with regard to your comment about the NUJS visiting faculty page, I happen to know almost all the names barring two and I know that they have indeed offered credit courses at NUJS on different occasions. Maybe some did so before you became a student, that's entirely plausible. Also, pick a new moniker, pretty please?
I don't care about the ranking, personally. The top tranche of NLUs are more or less interchangable without the student facing that big a difference. But making this kind of false claims about expected salary can cause quite a bit of harm for potential students and their families and create wholly unrealistic expectations. I don't expect anything from the NALSAR and NLUD Admin or even their employees, who have been shamelessly taking credit for this even on social media without having the decency to rectify the factual error (because who doesn't like good publicity, even if false one?). However, I am sure plenty of NALSAR and NLUD students and alumni visit this website and will probably read this comment too. To them, I have but one request. Don't stay quiet on this, people. You are too good for that and too sensible not to realise what sort of long-term problems it can create for the institutions and the students. You will probably have your rankings unchanged anyway even without this stats. Please call it out where you see this. You owe that much to truth and justice and other ideals which law grads are supposed to appreciate more than others. You don't need to rely on false data to establish your names. This is a genuine request, being an NLU alumna myself who work with young students from all these NLUs, I've absolutely no desire to belittle these fine institutions and if people still wish to abuse or downvote this comment, feel free to go ahead.
By 2022 ranking is NLS, NLUD, NALSAR, NUJS/NLUJ not sure if NUJS continues its slide
By 2030 ranking NLUD, NLS/NALSAR, NLUJ, NUJS (or could be JGLS)
Ppl dont take JGLS seriously but it is already like a NLUD and placements are not that important there because most rich kids there dont need CRC type placements. After a while it will attract more firms who will prefer to do a big recruitment round in Delhi (NLUD and JGLS). The NLUs at risk are NUJS and NLUJ. Both have weakness but last 3 years mostly NUJS has made news for wrong reasons.
Lastly, I have always commented in my own name in this forum and have not used a pseudonym in the past. I must also clarify that I am making these comments in my personal capacity.
The Symbis, ILSes, GLCs, or smaller private players often have student bodies that are not as organised and/or an administration that is either useless, non-existent or doesn't care about PR.
Plus, would GLC Mumbai even have made a top 20, if going by the NIRF faculty, publications, funding, etc parameters?
So that's probably why we didn't mention those two, since they're not on our radar as much.
If there's some way that we can cover ILS, GLC et al more, please do let us know.
1. NLSIU
2. NALSAR
3. NLU Delhi
4. NUJS
5. Jindal (for them fee not an issue)
6. NLUJ
7. NLIU
8. GNLU
9. Symbiosis Pune/GLC / ILS Pune
10. HNLU
11. RMLNLU/RGNLU/NUALS
12. CNLU/NUSRL/MNLU Mumbai/ Nirma/Amity (IP)/AIL Mohali
13. TNNLS/NLU Assam/MNLU Nagpur/ HPNLU Shimla/Christ/KIIT
14. DSNLU/MNLU Aurangabad/Symbiosis Noida/BHU / Jamia/ PU Chandigarh/AMU/ etc.
Difficult job.but tried to cover most of them.
What say?
1) Placements
2) Faculty numbers, full-time versus part-time, alumni versus non-alumni
3) Campus and hostel infrastructure --- this is very important for CLAT examinees
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