Both sides of the now divided Amarchand Mangaldas family empire have considerably increased their recruitments for 2017 from top law schools, many top firms have filled up their quota from recruits from top law schools already.

An NLIU Bhopal participant of the 12th Nani Palkhivala Tax Law Moot held at Sastra University School of Law Thanjavur, has added an open letter to that of NLSIU Bangalore and Nalsar Hyderabad, who had complained about the judging standards at the moot, as reported on Legally India yesterday.

NLIU Bhopal placed 48 out of 89 graduates in its batch of 2015. 11 Companies, including one NGO, recruited 19 graduates and 12 domestic law firms hired 20 graduates, with 10 students joining three Big Six firms. Five graduates joined two legal process outsourcing companies (LPO).

According to Hindi local tabloid Pradesh Today, NLIU Bhopal’s home-state, Madhya Pradesh, would allocate Rs 10 crore to begin construction of the state’s “first law university” in March.

NLIU Bhopal denied responsibility for, and knowledge of, senior advocate Indira Jaising allegedly being turned away from the law school’s gates yesterday, when she reached there to address an inaugural session on gender sensitisation hosted by a goverment agency.

The Jabalpur high court on Tuesday (23 June) stayed the downgrading of at least 15 Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) candidates who were allotted NLIU Bhopal in the first allotment list under the Madhya Pradesh state domicile category, but were later assigned lower-preference colleges in the second list.

The annual India Today magazine law school rankings have seen NLIU Bhopal, NLU Jodhpur and RGNUL Patiala disappear out of the magazine’s top 20 rankings, after NUJS Kolkata threatened the magazine with a press council complaint in 2010.

NLIU Bhopal appears to have dropped 26 unreserved state seats, instead increasing the all India unreserved category by 26 seats.

At least nine Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 candidates from Madhya Pradesh have been shunted downwards rather than upwards in their college preferences in the second round of allotments.

NLIU Bhopal and NLU Jodhpur both performed well in international moots, with Jodhpur extending its lead considerably in the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6, sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills.

NLIU Bhopal’s 2016 batch’s first day of recruitment, held on Friday 3 April, bagged at least 23 accepted job offers from five recruiters.

The team from NLSIU Bangalore bested NLIU Bhopal to clinch the winner’s title at the 14^th edition of Amity National Moot Court Competition held at ALS Delhi from 20^th to 22^nd Feb, 2015.

The team from NLIU Bhopal won the South Asia Rounds of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Moot Court Competition, 2014.

NLIU Bhopal has placed 38 out of 81 students who graduated this year, with 10 Big Six firm jobs

The sixth Mooting Premier League, sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills, has kicked off again, with NLIU Bhopal in an early lead after sweeping clean the Tier 4 Raj Anand moot.

The margin between NLU Jodhpur and NLIU Bhopal is negligible this year, according to an analysis of the preferences of candidates taking the 2014 Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT).

Wadia Ghandy has promoted eight of its lawyers in Mumbai to partnership, including one 2008 NLIU Bhopal graduate and a 2006 NUJS Kolkata graduate.

GNLU Gandhinagar clinched the ninth GH Raisoni moot last weekend, after besting NLIU Bhopal.

Cashing in on the weekend of four grand moots including India’s best and India’s second oldest, some law schools managed to upset the Herbert Smith Freehills sponsored Mooting Premier League (MPL) season 5 pecking order, while others held fort.