GNLU Gandhinagar has again declined to disclose complete placement statistics for their graduating batch this year, following the policy it started last year and in this year’s Day Zero of recruitments.
This time the law school “selective[ly]” divulged that at least 19 students have found roles with big six law firms, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan and in judicial clerkships.
Attributing the lack of transparency to the continuation of the placement process, GNLU staff placements coordinator Nisha Trivedi wrote in an email: “GNLU would always wish to share the recruitment records, however we prefer to share the recruitment records only after completion of the entire recruitment process for each graduating batch.”
Legally India has now published all other national law schools’ 2014 campus recruitment tallies, of which some had also declined to disclose figures last year.
Trivedi disclosed the following “selected statistics” for the 2014 batch, after more than a month of repeated inquiries by Legally India:
| Employer | Jobs |
|---|---|
| Amarchand Mangaldas | 6 (1 PPO) |
| Khaitan & Co | 3 (2 PPO) |
| Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan | 3 |
| Trilegal | 3 |
| JSA | 1 PPO |
| Supreme Court clerkship | 2 |
| High Court clerkship | 1 |
GNLU vice chancellor Bimal Patel did not respond to several emails and phone calls seeking comment.
In the 2014 Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT), GNLU admitted 156 students, with more than 100 on the general list without reservations.
Update: This year’s GNLU batch had a strength of 140, with 100 participating with the Committee of Recruitment Affairs.
Other 2014 recruitments
- CNLU Patna placed 17 in named jobs out of 63,
- AIL Mohali placed 35 out of 80,
- RGNUL placed 14 out of 70 in named jobs, excluding litigation
- NLU Delhi bagged 45 jobs, including 16 Big Six law firm jobs
- NLSIU Bangalore bagged 72 jobs, including 25 Big Six,
- NUJS Kolkata 71 jobs, including 26 Big Six,
- Nalsar Hyderabad got 71, including 26 Big Six,
- HNLU Raipur 29 jobs for 81 graduates,
- RMLNLU Lucknow 45 jobs for 150 graduates, and
- Nuals Kochi placed 26 of 65 graduates. Full analysis of this year’s recruitment picture to follow…
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While a lot of people criticize your attempts to bring out the reality of placements at Indian Law schools, I feel it is the best indicator of the worthiness of law schools for prospective applicants. A lot of people go to National Law Schools believing its a big ticket to a plush law firm job, most of these students are from middle class families and a substantial investment is made (when you throw in expenses incurred while interning in cities like Delhi and Mumbai).
LI should come up with its own official rankings with a major parameter being placements in addition to faculty, the market into which the law school feeds its students, etc. LI could be to Indian law school applicants what Law school transparency is to their US counterparts.
Its no secret that only a bunch of nationals are really worth attending and students would be better off going to law schools with established alumni like Symbi and Amity rather than spending five years in Assam or Jharkhand.
No disrespect to any state or city but what is to be noted is that now law schools are cropping up because they are a great way to scam the taxpayers. With minimal infrastructure, huge expenses are shown by the state governments on these National Law Schools (why else would Maharashtra get an approval for three National Law schools?). I may get a lot of stick here but having spent five years at one of the upcoming Nationals, I can give a first hand account of college administration making money through shady tenders and contracts. No tax payer should be paying for monthly replacement of the furniture in a Vice Chancellor's office.
The newer law schools are being opened up with the sole motive of making money. There are just not enough jobs to meet the superficial demand that is being projected. And it wouldnt take a genius to figure out that to excel in litigation, one doesnt have to go to a five year National Law School, the regional law colleges have been doing a good enough job. There is absolutely no need to open up a National Law School in just about every other state.
By revealing the placement statistics at least you can warn future aspirants of the fact that they shouldnt go into a National assuming they will get a guaranteed job. Before anyone label this as a sour grapes phenomenon, top five graduate here with a so called fulfilling law firm job. Yes, as a fresher at a firm you would have enough time to rant out like this.
you have had a western education.
is this kind of "mine is bigger that yours"show there in Uk/ US schools too ?
I understand business schools, but is it so for law schools also ?
However, this is rather different than 'mine is bigger than yours' - if law schools can't even be transparent about their placements, which is arguably one of the more important and objective criteria that future students use to measure the value of a law school AND possibly also the value of a law school to society, that's not good.
In line with what #4 scamalert so nicely put down above, these law schools are mushrooming everywhere with precious little check on quality or anything, with no real purpose to most other than state pride and perhaps also money in some cases.
Some might make this into a 'mine is bigger' contest, but ultimately this should just be about a minimum standard of accountability when public funds are involved.
While it is a lukewarm feeling to see GNLU going down the drain thanks to state quotas, I feel its important to commend the students who have been able to secure placements with the Big Six and LKS. Despite their batch having been singled out by the administration for scheming against the VC, the students have held their own and prospered. This is a commendable achievement by the batch, seeing as how this comes in at the time when the legal industry in the country was feeling a slight pinch because of the economic situation in the country
Oxford 1 and NUS 2.
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Aap avshaya GNLU Admin se hain..haha!!
@Kian: BP will answer LI once he succesfully [...] !!
Thank you for your comment.
Nisha Trivedi is, according to her email, "Head - Internships, Placement and Press", which title is inconsequential to this report as long as the generic description of it - coordinating placements at the law school, is mentioned.
Best wishes,
Prachi
Bharucha Partners -1, Gnarus Partners - 1, Themis Group- 1, AK Gupta& Associates -1
three people, 1- trilegal, 1-amss, 1-LKS, got multiple job offers.
I believe it is high time to train your reporters before writing any report on Recruitment. Even your reporter has failed to mention the correct name of Faculty coordinator. You should verify the details before writing.After getting detailed information, it is quite staggering that, your reporter has managed to write incomplete and incorrect report.
Suggestion: Review your write up before publishing it!!
Such report won't give you name & fame!! So Think before you write.
Suggestion: Communicate correct information / provide requested details for it to be published accurately. Your not doing so it causing you so much of fame na... ;)