Students

NLS after Day Zero: 46 early jobs in bag out of 76 grads for 2019 • Trilegal biggest, 1 foreign vac scheme (though likely no foreign job)

NLSIU Bangalore has already placed 46 out of 76 students who will graduate the LLB degree next year.

Nirma legal aid program students bring NABARD support to local village

Nirma University’s law school students brought India’s apex rural development organisation NABARD’s and the Ajeet Rural Development Foundation’s (ARDF) support to 20 women in a village in Ahmedabad.

NLU Jodhpur after Day Zero: 32 jobs in bag already out of 103 grads for 2019 • Luthra, Trilegal, Khaitan biggest recruiters

NLU Jodhpur has already placed 32 out of 103 students who will graduate the LLB degree next year, including three foreign firm vacation schemes.

NIRF law school ranking median salary fact-check: Nalsar definitely screwed up, NLU Delhi was a bit cheeky, NUJS was most honest

Nearly every and any way you slice and dice it, one thing is clear: disclosure of and the rules surrounding law schools’ “median salary” figures for the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) need to improve.

On a roll: Following earlier victory, CNLU students now win expedited resignation of registrar with another protest

CNLU Patna students reconvened again, after the suspension of their protests against Ishwara Bhat’s appointment as vice-chancellor (VC) of the law school, to push for the removal of the law school’s registrar this weekend.

NLSIU makes it to finals of Jessup, world cup of mooting, eventually losing out to Australia [UPDATE-1: Comment]

A team from NLSIU Bangalore has made it to finals of the most prestigious moot in the world, the Jessup, where it eventually lost to the University of Queensland, Australia.

NUJS VC Ishwara Bhat keeps promise, resigns, as new acting VC to start Monday: Ex-judge Amit Talukdar

NUJS Kolkata has a new interim vice chancellor (VC), retired Calcutta high court judge and former SAT chairman Amit Talukdar, following the resignation of previous VC Prof Ishwara Bhat.

Jessup live: NLSIU is runner-up in the world cup of mooting finals • 4 broke into last 32

Update 8 April 2018, 09:57: Alas, it wouldn’t be this year: NLSIU has come second in what has nevertheless been an amazing performance.

NLU Delhi after Day Zero: 19 jobs in bag already out of 78 grads for 2019 • Trilegal, Khaitan, S&R biggest recruiters

NLU Delhi has already placed 23 out of 78 students who will graduate LLB next year, including four foreign firm vacation schemes, with 10 of those jobs gained during the 24 March ‘Day Zero’ of recruitment at the law school.

JGLS ties up with Delhi Daredevils for sports law guest lectures & more

JGLS Sonepat students will now have sports law guest lectures by cricket team Delhi Daredevils (DD) as part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that DD signed with the law school’s Centre for India Australia Studies (CIAS).

MPL 8: NLIU Bhopal gets to finals in Stetson World, SLS Pune wins best orator • RGNUL wins Oxford media quals, Sastra KK Luthra

NLSIU Bangalore continues topping the MPL with 117 points still carried by its early-season Manfred Lachs win, but RGNUL has caught up into second place in the latest round of our MPL 8 wrap, followed by SLS Pune, both above 70 points.

Best of 71 law schools in India: NLSIU barely, then NLU Delhi, then Nalsar, says Gov’t (NLU-J, NUJS trail)

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.

NLS students get alums involved after ‘500 days’ delay to bring sex harasser to task

At NLSIU Bangalore the second reported instance of sexual harassment, which occurred in December 2016, has apparently now blown over without consequence as NLS alumni have been asked to get involved for support to expedite punishment for the accused.

[APRIL FOOLS] NLSIU to get 100-acre campus upgrade, to move to Gangavati by 2022

The Karnataka government has made a pledge with assembly elections impending, to move NLSIU Bangalore to rural Karnataka’s Gangavati town, in a bid to boost students taking up social lawyering and agriculture-related laws, according to local paper Kannada Praba (a big hat-tip to the anonymous reader who spotted this one).

1 call, 3 emails, 10 hours that rocked NUJS: How VC Ishwara Bhat was ousted, and why some are still concerned about the future

It’s the very early hours of Wednesday morning, and Prof Ishwara Bhat is awake. The NUJS Kolkata vice chancellor (VC) has barely three hours remaining until the students’ 9:00am, 28 March 2018 ultimatum calling for his resignation before the “passive” protest is scheduled to turn into an “active” one.

Breaking: NUJS VC Ishwara Bhat has resigned, faced with determined student protests • CNLU limbo continues

NUJS Kolkata vice chancellor Prof Ishwara Bhat, who had been offered the same job at CNLU Patna, has resigned today, after the students’ ultimatum calling for his resignation expired at 9am today.

IDIA gets Herbert Smith support for scholars in formal tie up for money, internships, jobs

Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) scholars will now have a direct route to internship and job opportunities in Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), in addition to financial support during their LLB courses, according to an IDIA and HSF press release.

NLS admin law paper fair-use-copies LI Ishwara Bhat report for hyper-topical amusing exam question

Thanks to the reader who has shared with us this morsel that made us chuckle, apparently from a very recent administrative law paper at NLSIU Bangalore.

Mooting Premier League re-boots: GNLU wins Man Lachs funding, RGNUL Patiala bags NUJS Herbies • NLS tops table after Man Lachs ‘17 win

The Mooting Premier League (MPL) is back with its eighth edition starting a tad late in a streamlined format, but promising much excitement again. This season is sponsored and supported by Memo Pundits, which has done great work in building knowledge in the Indian mooting circuit (more details below).

NLU Jodhpur to introduce 25% state-based reservation from 2018 onwards

NLU Jodhpur is the fourth national law university (NLU) to join the league of old-school NLUs giving out state-based reservations to students, after Nalsar Hyderabad, NLSIU Bangalore and NUJS Kolkata, having reserved 25% of seats for students from Rajasthan, reported the Times of India.