RGNUL Patiala’s 2011 graduating students are only now starting to secure the first ‘desk jobs’ after serious delays now being rectified by the college’s new vice chancellor, who only recently joined from HNLU Raipur.
The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) Patiala placement cell was only inaugurated by the new RGNUL vice chancellor Dr Paramjeet Jaswal on 11 May 2011 shortly after he joined RGNUL from HNLU only in February of this year.
Jaswal admitted that the placement cell was started late this year but that the recruitment process for the fourth year students was now already underway.
But he added that during his early talks with students many had indicated that they would like to become litigating lawyers or would practise at the bar alongside family members or relatives.
“One of the major criticisms of National Law Universities was that it has kept on producing corporate lawyers and not litigating lawyers,” noted Jaswal. “Thus, the fact that students at RGNUL are opting to pursue litigation as a career is a very positive change.” Additionally such students would be employers in future and not only employees, he said.
Nevertheless a placement cell had now been constituted to cater to the needs of those students wishing to secure corporate law firm or in-house jobs and the recruitment process of current fourth year students has also commenced, Jaswant added.
A faculty member of the placement cell of RGNUL told Legally India that three students from RGNUL had now secured desk-based jobs in law firms while 12 other students had been shortlisted for Supreme Court judicial clerkships.
The cell member also added that students had been consistently securing internships with law firms such as AZB & Partners, Amarchand Mangaldas, J Sagar Associates (JSA), Crawford Bayley, Khaitan & Co, Luthra & Luthra, and with senior counsel such as KK Venugopal, KTS Tulsi, Mohan Parasaran, PP Rao, Ram Jethmalani and Shanti Bhushan.
Various law firms had responded positively to the brochures sent by RGNUL and some of them have invited the students to their offices for interviews, added the cell.
It is understood that a few students would pursue LLMs in universities in the UK and France.
Jaswal declined to comment on whether the previous administration was at fault for having not constituted a placement cell earlier, but said that various projects such as an active legal aid cells was now taking shape: “Things have improved after I joined the university four months ago. Various initiatives have been taken and RGNUL is also having a mobile justice van where we advise people of rural areas on legal issues. This is certainly a positive change.”
Jaswal had joined RGNUL in February 2011 for personal reasons, vowing to tackle similar challenges at RGNUL as had been faced by HNLU in its early years.
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Nonetheless, since it began its redeeming its fault, much kudos...!
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If one were to go by the track record of Prof. Gurjeet Singh, his appointment as the Director/ VC, as the case may be of NLU Assam is an 'academic- institutional suicide'.
The achievements of students and their credentials cannot be doubted nevertheless. RGNUL's ranking in the LI MPL is a case in point.
Prof. Jaswal has a ring side view of problems plaguing this institution. He has learnt his lessons from HNLU fiasco very well.
Writing off RGNUL's name only on account of this debacle indicates premature decision making.
This article should only bolster Prof. Jaswal's spirit but not bring in complacency.
I am glad, finally some damage control measure is underway.
“One of the major criticisms of National Law Universities was that it has kept on producing corporate lawyers and not litigating lawyers,” noted Jaswal.
These are nothing but fake excused made by the university authorities and infact there was no such conversation between the students and university authorities.
We being the alumni of RGNUL do not want to share much more on this public forum which can effect the image of our very own college. But it is very serious state of affairs which is required to be taken into consideration not only by the university authorities but also by the students, member of general, executive and academic body, state government & other legal luminaries etc. so as to keep a check on all the actions taken by the university people. It is also required to be noted that there must not be any harassment to the students who wish to know the in and out of the university by the way of filing RTI applications. Students of RGNUL are no doubt is not less than any other students which we can make out from the results of several national and international moot courts, internships, conferences etc.
We wish them all the best for their future endeavors.
Well done, Kian. These "corporate types" needs some deflating. Time to get their feet on the ground - and behind their desk!
the internships they are telling about are not by the placement or internship cell bt by students themselves... the big names they are talking about in the above news wont even let them come inside the office,,,
frankly [...] had ruined its name...
strict advice to all the parents " in any case dont let your ward study over here"
What you fail to understand is that new law schools can NEVER match upto universities that were established and continue to exist since 1988.
That's a fact. SO wake up, slog hard. Siddharth Law College ftw!
There's no point getting your panties in a bunch. Just sit and don't worry about the placements if you're not in the current 4th or 5th year. If you are, then start working for the placements, if you haven't already.
Geez, between this and the juvenile whine that is Brajesh Rajak's imbecillic novel, my holidays are near enough spoilt. If you're college can't arrange for interviews, do it yourself. The old-school way. Stop crying.
If you're so repulsed by these comments, why bother reading 'em at all...and most of all, why bother whining about them then?
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I'll get a life, meanwhile you find yourself a brain. Aah, flaming feels so good!
@Oh grow up
Flaming feels so good coz that's all you and you law school does all the time. Go and study or something man.
@Rag
I understand RGNUL is growing fast but you dun hav to brag abt it here, do u ? Stop coming here!
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