RMLNLU Lucknow’s graduating class of 140 this year has secured 50 job offers, 20 out of which are from legal process outsourcers and nine of which have been bagged independent of the campus placement process (LPO).

102 students subscribed to campus placement in April 2012, eight of whom bagged pre-placement offers, while 33 were recruited after campus interviews.

LPO

Quislex Hyderabad was this year’s biggest recruiter hiring 12 students, while Pangea3 and OSC Legal hired four each.

Law firms

Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan and Phoenix Legal each hired two students, while one each bagged roles with Khaitan Sud & Partners, Remfry & Sagar, HSB Partners, ALMT Legal, Arimus Law, ACM Legal, KK Sharma Law Offices, Meharia & Co, Pavan Duggal Associates, WS Kane & Co and Priti Suri & Associates.

Suri & Suri Law Offices hired three students.

LLM and clerkships

One student each made it through Kings College London, Leiden University Netherlands, National University of Singapore, SOAS University of London, University of Durham, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Christ University Bangalore and Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai.

Two students each made it through Queens Mary University London, University College of London and University of London.

Eight students were selected for judicial clerkships.

The third graduating class from Lucknow was the second largest in graduating batch sizes from the university. Last year 25 out of 154 secured jobs, while the very first batch of 71 bagged 13 jobs.

NLIU Bhopal & NUJS placements

NLIU Bhopal also placed 25 students out of a class of 78, while NUJS Kolkata placed 73 in a class of 100 students graduating this year, according to legal website Bar & Bench (see table).

Amarchand Mangaldas hired 13 from NUJS, with Luthra & Luthra and J Sagar Associates (JSA) picking up one each, and Trilegal two. International firms Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith picked up two NUJS students each.