GLC Mumbai’s 2016 batch has confirmed a total of 95 jobs for roughly 600 odd students in its three- and five-year LLB courses, with 60 students placed via the placement cell, and 35 via candidates’ personal endeavours.
However, the figures do not mean that 505 of the 2016 GLC graduates will not have a job. Due to the size and less close-knit nature of GLC batches, it is understood that the placement committee was unable to confirm what every single student is doing after graduation.
Full LLM records are also currently not available for the 2016 batch.
The last time GLC Mumbai has confirmed its campus recruitment stats was in 2011, when it accounted for a total of 50 jobs (Wadia Ghandy was again the top recruiter).
Placement cell stats
The placement cell, in which 160 students participated, has placed 45 students with law firms, 12 with corporates and 3 with counsel.
The largest law firm recuriter was Wadia Ghandy, with five job offers accepted.
Four students each were hired by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Desai & Diwanji, Parimal K Shroff and Nilesh Ojha & Associates.
Three students were picked up by Khaitan Legal Associates, Manilal Kher Ambalal.
Other large firms to pick up students via the placement cell included Vaish Associates (2) and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (1).
In the in-house market, Godrej Properties and Reliance Commercial & House Finance picked up three students each, with KPMG hiring two.
Independent efforts pay off
GLC students also had independent successes in procuring jobs with law firms, with five bagging jobs at Bharucha & Partners.
Two each found jobs Juris Corp and Mulla & Mulla, with individuals also taken jobs at Cyril Amarchand, AZB, Trilegal, Agama Law Associates, Advani & Co, PwC and KPMG.
A total of nine graduates found jobs in-house by themselves, with three confirming litigation seats.
GLC Mumbai 2016 stats, at a glance
| Jobs via Placement Cell | Privately procured jobs | Total jobs | Total students who participated in placement cell | Total batch size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 35 | 95 | 160 | 600 (240 for 5 year course, 360 for the 3 year course) |
Breakdown of 2016 batch jobs procured via placement cell
| Name of the Firm | No. of offers Accepted | Additional Information. |
|---|---|---|
| LAW FIRMS | ||
| Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas | 1 | |
| Desai and Diwanji | 4 | 3 months probation period |
| Khaitan Legal Associates | 3 | |
| Vaish Associates | 2 | |
| Mansukhlal Hiralal & Co. | 2 | |
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 4 (1 PPO) | |
| Mulla & Mulla & Craige Blunt & Caroe | 1 | |
| MZD Legal | 2 | |
| Vidhi Partners | 1 | Department- Banking |
| Manilal Kher Ambalal | 3 | Assistant Associate |
| Parimal K Shroff | 4 | |
| Nilesh Ojha & Associates | 4 | |
| SDS Partners | 1 | |
| Wadia Ghandy & Co. | 5 | 2 on Probation period |
| Clove legal | 1 | |
| Dave & Girish | 2 | |
| Shiralkar & Co. | 1 | |
| Nedumpara and Nedumpara | 1 | |
| Shah & Sanghvi | 2 | |
| EZY Advocates | 0 | |
| Lodha Legal | 1 | |
| J Shekhar | 0 | |
| TOTAL - 45 | ||
| CORPORATES | ||
| JSW Group | 1 | |
| KPMG | 2 | |
| HDFC Bank Ltd. | 1 | |
| Raheja Universal | 1 | |
| Reliance Commercial & Home Finance | 3 | |
| Godrej Properties | 3 | |
| Nomura Services | 1 | |
| TOTAL - 12 | ||
| COUNSEL | ||
| Adv. Manoj G. Menda | 1 | |
| Neel G Helelkar | 1 | |
| Judicial Clerkship (Delhi high court) | 1 | |
| TOTAL - 3 | ||
| Total via placement cell | 60 |
Jobs accepted privately (outside placement cell)
| LAW FIRMS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Economic Laws Practices (ELP) | 2 | |
| Vaish Associates | 1 | |
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 1 | |
| AZB & Partners | 1 | |
| Trilegal | 1 | |
| Juris Corp | 2 | |
| Bharucha & Partners | 5 | Department- Litigation |
| Agama Law Associates | 1 | |
| Advani & Co. | 1 | |
| Dhru and Company | 1 | |
| Juris Partners | 1 | |
| New era Juris Law Corp | 1 | |
| Rajiv Sawant and Associates or may be Edelweiss | 1 | |
| PWC | 1 | |
| KPMG(Taxation) | 1 | |
| Mulla & Mulla & Craige Blunt & Caroe | 2 | |
| TOTAL - 23 | ||
| CORPORATES | ||
| Abhyudaya Corporate Bank | 1 | |
| Treelife Consulting | 1 | |
| Optima Legal Solution | 1 | |
| 3i Infortech | 1 | |
| Wockardt | 2 | |
| Scisormix, Pharma job | 1 | |
| Meru Cabs (legal) | 1 | |
| Reliance Industry | 1 | |
| TOTAL - 9 | ||
| COUNSELS | ||
| Mr. Madhusoodanan Nair | 1 | |
| Adv Vipul Joshi | 1 | |
| Central Government (DSU) Insurance | 1 | |
| TOTAL - 3 | ||
| Grand Total via private placements— | 35 |
Comments
If this is amazing news that merits such a title, I wonder what you think of GLC that it looks like a miracle :P
"locational advantage" and a system of non-attendance/work after class culture should gave brought on better results, frankly.
Its administration is mostly pointless, faculty is barely existent, infrastructure is crumbling.
On the other hand, the tuition fees are miniscule, GLC produces many great grads, has a really active student community, hosts some of India's best moots, and students generally have a can-do attitude about them. It's got a certain charm to it, I think.
Of course, there are a lot of things wrong with GLC and it's in a serious crisis, but it's hardly entirely fair to compare GLC recruitments to a residential national law school, where it's much easier to keep track of what the entire batch is doing, work-wise, and where RCCs are much more tight-knit and draconian.
Happy to hear counterviews though.
Students intern in law firms around South Mumbai for most part of the year where you get to learn a lot more & are paid a stipend also in some cases. Its a win-win situation for the folks studying there.
Some colleges like Mithibai in the suburbs i am told is very strict with attendance.
In a top law school one ends up spending minimum 10 lakhs over a period of 5yrs.
1. Infrastructure: People talk about the horrible infrastructure but i do not agree with it at all. We pay 30k as fees for 5 years. In return, we get a good enough library, wifi in the library, an amazing location etc. The building has improved and they have even got the college whitewashed. It looks cleaner and it feels cleaner ( one of the biggest complaints of every student). Bear in mind its a government institution and things take a lot of time to work out. Due to corruption and red tape the money given to college on infrastructure doesn't reach the authorities. I agree a lot needs to be done but things have improved. When i entered college we had the bare minimum and now we have enough to use it to our advantage.
2. Faculty: I am in agreement with everyone that a lot needs to be done. But there are good professors and there are some good visiting professors and in a student has the inclination he/ she can learn a lot from the good ones and i am can say this with experience that i attended the good lecturers and to be honest even though i didnt feel satisfied, i certainly didnt feel deprived. I dont understand the NLU people. I mean despite having more money, more autonomy and better infrastructure, you guys still cry about the faculty. There are 5-6 good law schools in the country and i can safely say that only 60% of the professors are good despite having all the available resources.
3. Students: As far as students are concerned, the fact that we organise the best moots, MUN's etc are evidence of the amazing and competitive student life we have. As Kian said, " GLC produces many great grads, has a really active student community, hosts some of India's best moots, and students generally have a can-do attitude about them". I dont know what the NLU students thrive upon but as they thrive upon something, we as GLC students thrive upon peer pressure. We make use of what we have. We are street smart and resourceful. We work every the entire year and i will explain the consequence of working the entire year in a bit. The NLU students love to come and compete in the same college they ridicule for having horrible infrastructure. Agreed, we dont have swanky infrastructure like NALSAR but i believe its enough to be equally successful as they are.
4. Placements; According to me out of the 600 people who graduated ( it will be around 400 becuase many people leave after the BA and most the people from backward class just come for the degree). Out of the 400 who graduate, 20% of the students want to go into the judicial services and the civil services. These students become what they want to. Majority of the students go to the bar and they join the heavyweights at the Bombay High Court. When it comes to firms, every top tier firm has freshers from GLC be it CAM, SAM, AZB, Trilegal, TTA, JSA , Khaitan etc. Agreed they dont recruit 15 people in one go but that doesnt make a difference as they recruit every year and recruit 4-5 people including off campus. For people who talk about quality of jobs, please explain that is money or the place one works at. When it comes to money GLC people are at the best firms. Let me tell the ignorant GLC bashers, students in GLC WANT to join Wadia, Mulla, Bachubai Munim,Vidhii, Veritas etc. These firms pay less but are amongst the top lit firms in Bombay. Ask anyone who wants to do litigation, they would rather join Mulla than CAM which sucks at litigation. So i consider these jobs more useful than others. So i dont understand the 'quality' concept. If someone doesn't wanna join CAM and join Mulla, then its a personal choice. Most of the people are as it is miserable at these big firms. I can safely say that most of the GLCites get jobs within a couple of months at good places. I dont even need to talk about lateral hires and partners because even now there is a sizeable number of GLCites there as well. Hell litigation departments are run by students from our college. We are equally good if not better than NLU people. People can bash GLC about whatever but you can bash GLC in terms of placements. We are right up there.
4. LLM. In 2014 we had 3 people at Oxford out of which 2 were freshers. We have students studying at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, UCL, LSE, Columbia etc. We are right up there with regards to higher studies as well.
The crux of the matter is that despite our problems, we get recruited in a decent number at the same places, earn the same money, attend the same ivy league colleges. I mean if we are so horrible why do these big firms recruit or why do these top colleges select our students. We become judges, partners and senior counsels. We study a bit less but network and work more while other colleges study a bit more but work less. The reason we deserve to be amongst the top colleges is that we despite having so many problems are still successful in the real world. This is despite having bad infrastructure, bad faculty and an incompetent university.
Kian is right when he says that its impossible to keep a track of 400 students because students dont depend upon the college, the college depends upon the students and that is GLC's biggest asset.
http://www.legallyindia.com/wiki/Indian_lawyer_salaries
and some more information on salaries:
http://www.legallyindia.com/tag/salaries
As regards the firms, they dont care as long as they have these students working full time for stipends and earn experience where they can be absorbed when they graduate. I wouldnt be wrong to say that some of the good students are as good as an A3 level associates as soon as they graduate.