NLIU Bhopal’s 2018 batch has seen 72 out of 84 graduating students secure jobs with law firms, corporates and legal process outsourcers (LPOs), and pursue further studies and other career opportunities.
On top of that, an additional 8 students have cleared the preliminary rounds for the Madhya Pradesh judiciary exams on a first attempt.
The biggest law firm recruiters were Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Khaitan & Co and Trilegal, which picked up 6 students each.
Singh & Associates and Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan hired 4 and 3 students respectively, while L&L Partners hired 2. A number of other law firms hired one student each, including Link Legal, Universal Legal, DSK Legal, Bharucha & Partners, Legasis Partners, Singhania & Co and Vertices Partners (see full break-down in table below).
A total of 20 joined companies in-house or went to LPOs, including Thomson Reuters (4) and Integreon (1). Vedanta and Wipro each picked up 3 students, while other corporate recruiters included ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Kotak Group.
One student accepted an offer to pursue an LLM at Oxford University, 2 would take an LLM at NLIU Bhopal, 1 at Nalsar Hyderabad and 1 at Jagran Lakecity University.
Six students were placed with litigation chambers.
The placement coordination committee (PCC) commented:
These results would not have been possible without the tireless efforts and undying support of our faculty coordinator Dr Raka Arya. The PCC would also like to thank the NLIU, Bhopal Administration, various Committees in the University and the alumni of NLIU, Bhopal, for their constant support.
We would also like to thank and express our gratitude to all our recruiters for their continued support to the University. The PCC looks forward to nurturing and strengthening the relationships and ties with our current recruiters as well as build relationships with new recruiters in an ever-changing and dynamic legal services market.
Lastly, we would like to congratulate our peers from the Batch of 2018 at other law schools for a terrific performance in terms of recruitment this year. We wish all of them all the very best for all their future Career endeavours.
The 2017-18 PCC at NLIU was included faculty coordinator Dr Raka Arya, and Milind Mohul Ghosh, Sachin Arora, Vaibhavi Tadwalkar (coordinators), Shivesh Tripathi (V year member), Aishwarya Srivastava, Christina Shaju, Mrinal Mishra, Udyan Arya, Varnika Taya (IV year members), Aryan Gupta, Bhavik Shukla, Kashish Mahajan, Mincy Mathew, Prabal De, Sahil Mathew Mishra, Shounak Banerjee, Utsav Mitra (III year members).
NLIU Bhopal 2018 recruitments: The full figures
| Law Firms | Recruited |
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 6 |
| Khaitan & Co | 6 |
| Trilegal | 6 |
| Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan | 3 |
| Singh & Associates | 4 |
| Trust Legal | 1 |
| Luthra & Luthra | 2 |
| Link Legal | 1 |
| Universal Legal | 1 |
| DSK Legal | 1 |
| Bharucha & Partners | 1 |
| Musthafa and Almana, Dubai | 1 |
| Legasis Partners | 1 |
| Singhania & Co | 1 |
| New Delhi Law Offices | 1 |
| Vertices Partners | 1 |
| SKV Law Offices | 1 |
| Patanjali Law Associates | 1 |
| Malhotra & Malhotra | 1 |
| Credo Advocates | 1 |
| Organisations | |
| ICICI Bank | 1 |
| HDFC Bank | 1 |
| HPCL | 1 |
| Vedanta | 3 |
| Thomson Reuters | 4 |
| Wipro | 3 |
| I-PAC | 2 |
| Kotak Group | 1 |
| International Institute of Financial Markets | 1 |
| Integreon Management Solutions | 1 |
| Karvee Consultancy | 1 |
| Pramata Knowledge Solutions | 1 |
| Masters | |
| University of Oxford | 1 |
| NLIU Bhopal | 2 |
| NALSAR Hyderabad | 1 |
| Jagran Lakecity University | 1 |
| Litigation | |
| Chambers of Advocate Anshuman Singh | 1 |
| Chambers of Jai Sahai Endlaw | 1 |
| Chambers of Additional Solicitor General of India | 1 |
| Chambers of Mr Arvind Baheti | 1 |
| Independent Practice in other Litigation Chambers | 2 |
| Total: | 72 |
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Regards and Wink,
NUJS
NLIU Bhopal has so many tier 3-4 placements and even placements at unheard of places and LPOs. Their reservation policy lowers the quality of students and maybe that's one reason.
Also, shockingly, no foreign law firm placements. Time for NLIU Bhopal to introspect.
PS- In terms of placements NUJS is probably the best in India, but am sure NLIU Bhopal would still want to compare itself with the best.
Further as a coordinator of the PCC I have full faith on my batchmates who have entered into in what is your opinion, tier 3 or 4 institutions. Through their dedication and hard work I am sure they will add great value to these organisations and will play a part in the growth and rise of these organisations. Regards!
1. NLSIU
2. NALSAR
3. NUJS
4. NLIU
5. NLUD
6. GNLU
7. NLUJ
@Kian: What sort of democratic and enlightening discussions do publishing these inane and wildly inaccurate rankings mean to encourage, other than feeding trolls, pray tell?
1. NUJS
2. NLSIU/NALSAR
3. NLUD/NLIU
4. NLUJ/GNLU
5. Don't bother. JGLS may give some jobs if you need any after spending 35-40 lakhs in 5 years.
NLS - 35.5%
NALSAR - 37.5%
NUJS - 38%
NLUD - 16.2%
NLIU - 23.8%
NLUJ - 22.3%
GNLU - 17.1%
HNLU - 0.66%
Jindal - would guess around 5%, but numbers are not confirmed at the moment. (based on 2017 and 2019, which were both in that ballpark)
Disclaimer - It might not be the most accurate metric since it does not account for post grad, smaller firms, companies, etc. It's just an indication of placements at the larger firms. NLS/NALSAR/NUJS are more or less trading blows constantly.
For 2019, less comprehensive, but
NLS - 44.73%
NALSAR - 39.4%
Placements have turned into a measuring contest, but if you are already in a tier I, and you are adequately prepared, there's no reason you won't be placed, even if you not even close to the top of your class.
The secondary point is that it is harder to get your foot in the door at the larger firms than most companies. If you are qualified enough to get a big 7 firm, you can also usually get a Fortune 500, although the opposite situation may not necessarily be true. In my experience, firms tend to be much pickier than companies, considering their smaller size and annual intake. For that reason, the law schools with better firm placement can also have better placements in-house, if most of the top half of the class do not go to firms. The reason that there are more company hires at mid-tier law schools is because there are more viable candidates left in the pool when the companies start hiring in year 5.
One: NLSIU, NALSAR NUJS
Two: NLUD, NLIU, NLUJ, GNLU
Three: Rest
Beyond this, a ranking can be made on the basis of the following factors:
1. Faculty
2. Infrastructure
3. Quality of administration
4. City location
5. Quality of the location within the city (whether in outskirts, whether in a good neighbourhood)
1. Judicial clerkships at SC
2. LLM scholarships at top 25 law schools (bonus for Rhodes, Chevening, Felix, Inlaks)
3. Bonus points for any UPSC entrants up to last two batches
4. Overall percentage of placements and average salary
1. Nalsar
2. NUJS
3. NLSIU
4. NLUD
5. NLIU
6. NLUJ
7. GLU
8. JGLS
9. RMLNLU
10. RGNUL
1) ) More Magic Circle offers
2) More Rhodes and other LLM scholarships
3) Being ranked ahead in CLAT preference
4) Being ranked 1 when LI did recruitment rankings
As for magic circle recruitments, it's usually 2-3 from NUJS and 4 from NALSAR. That's hardly any benchmark, estianty considering the number of students recruited by Indian tier 1 firms, which firm the actual recruitment bulk, has always been higher at NUJS.
I've no idea why or how LI made any ranking, you have to ask Kian. If you are talking about admin, infra, current faculty scene, NALSAR is definitely ahead at present. Recruitment wise it isn't.
1. Reputed news outlets publish the true facts about placements
2. This is brought to the attention of NIRF, and a separate submission is made to the NIRF/government to consider true data. Some
amount of political lobbying may be required.
3. This is also brought to the attention of the leading coaching centres, to highlight that their CLAT preference advice is wrong. Most of the coaching centres are run by people who know nothing.
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