NLU Delhi penultimate-year students had secured 23 early jobs to start work in 2020; this is around 28% of a batch of 81, though two-thirds of the 35 students who have directly participated in campus recruitment activities (with litigation presumably being quite popular in Delhi).
14 of those jobs were secured via campus interviews held between so-called Day Zero on 1 April and subsequent interview days on 25 April 2019, according to the recruitment committee, with 9 accepted job offers made via pre-placement offers (PPOs) following internships by 25 April.
The biggest recruiter was Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, made 8 out of 23 total accepted offers, with an even split of 4 each PPOs and campus jobs.
Khaitan & Co and the two AZB & Partners offices picked up 3 students each; Luthra and Trilegal 2 each; and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Talwar Thakore & Associates, S&R Associates, IndusLaw and ICICI Bank hired one each.
The recruitment committee confirmed that no vacation schemes or foreign job offers had been made so far.
The committee includes Neeraj Nainani, Swagat Dash, Vibham Raman, Aman Gupta, Abhishek Anthwal, Ipsita Pallavi Sahoo, Raashi Pathak, Sanjana Ravjiani, Pallavi Mishra and Aakanksha Bharadwaj.
Other NLUs’ Days Zero
- NLSIU sews up 39 jobs for 2020 after Day Zero, PPOs (48% out of 80)
- GNLU places 44 Day Zero students, 3 foreigns (26% out of 170)
- NLU Jodhpur Day Zero kills it with 42 jobs, including 3 foreigns (42% of batch of 101)
- NUJS 2020 batch sees up to 65 students already placed after Day Zero (54% of batch of 120)
- Nalsar Day Zero 2020: Record 47 jobs (incl 8 foreigns) (42% of batch of 113)
NLU Delhi Day Zero offers
| Recruiter | Accepted PPOs | Accepted campus offers |
|---|---|---|
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 4 | 4 |
| Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas | 1 | |
| Khaitan & Co | 2 | 1 |
| L&L Partners | 2 | |
| TT&A | 1 | |
| Trilegal | 2 | |
| S&R Associates | 1 | |
| AZB & Partners Delhi | 2 | |
| AZB & Partners Mumbai | 1 | |
| Indus Law | 1 | |
| ICICI | 1 |
Comments
NLS '20 - 72.5%
GNLU '20 - 48.2% (assuming this class strength is similar to GNLU '19)
NLUJ '20 - 59.4%
NUJS '20 - 54.1% (only law firm jobs, more will accept in-house positions, possibly a few others who may not have gotten a job just yet, and the usual caveats of NUJS - unofficial figures, only reported number of jobs so we don't know how many opted to be part of the official recruitment process)
NALSAR '20 - 61%
(Order of law schools totally random, not based on any overly simplistic understanding of how they are to be "ranked")
So I'm curious to know if NLUD '20 is only an aberration or possibly (and hopefully) the beginning of a trend. It would be good to know what the other 56.8% of the class is doing or planning to. It is also quite possible some of them are looking for the same jobs unofficially, making '20 a singular slight deviation from the normal trend.
1. NLSIU
2. NALSAR
3. NUJS
4. NLUJ
5. NLIU
6. NLUD
7. GNLU
NOTE:
1. The term here is "Graduate Career Outcomes", so admissions at top law schools abroad count for a lot. Other careers also count.
2. Quality is more important than quantity, so foreign law firm placements get the most points.
3. Batch size is important, so percentage of recited students matters.
4. Not concerned with achievements of alumni. Possible that alumni ranking may differ.
Foreign vacation scheme conversions are very very rare. I'd know, I went on one. You do paralegal work for a couple months, 3/4th of your pay goes into paying for rent and utilities and before you know it they say thanks for all the fish and send you home with a cake and champagne lunch.
23/35 is an excellent number, given that these kids have an entire year to find other options as well.
1. VacScheme - what Magic Circle firms come to India for students to do 3 weeks at the London office (basically an internship), out of which they will interview you at the end and make offers. 99% of Indian candidates who finish the VacScheme without any issues (like bad mouthing people, getting a bad reputation etc) will be offered a job. You're well paid during this (a healthy stipend + lodging).
2. Training Contract - this is the "job" that is offered at the end of the VacScheme. It's basically a 2 year articleship that all solicitors in the UK go through, at the end of which you've got clear an exam (a la AIBE). Once you clear the exam, you're licensed to act as a solicitor in the UK. You are basically an employee, with no free acco/stipend. You get around $40000/yr (pre-tax), with which you've got to make all ends meet (rent/food/socialising - which is an expense, because as a solicitor in the UK, you cannot afford to be asocial). That's what Lmao was referring to. Not exactly easy, most of us were compelled to have roommates to make the economics work.
But here's the catch. Magic Circle firms do not offer full time jobs (as Associates) to ALL their Trainees who qualify. But it's usually around 90% (firm-wide). And in my experience, almost all Indian trainees are offered jobs as Associates. Once you're an associate, the pay almost doubles, and things get a lot easier.
Of course, all of this is limited to your first 6 years as a lawyer. If you look medium/long term, someone of the calibre to land a London job, could very well outpace his London peers if he joined a top Indian firm where he could well be on the way to partnership in a few years by then.
Kindly spare us the crystal ball. It is useless.
But if you also need even slightest of adventure or "out-of-office" life, please don't join a law firm.
Just saying!
1) Law firm placements (especially desi firms) should not be your main criterion for choosing a law school.
2) Faculty matters, guest lecturers matter, quality of electives matter, infrastructure matters.
3) City location matters.
https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/jindal-global-law-school-breaks-new-ground-in-campus-placements
I hope you counted RMLNLU in T2, because if you didn't then this explanation is awkward. :)
Is their a T3? Whichever is the lowest, we RMLNLUites (I know its a mouthful!) proudly claim it! (Pun intended)
https://barandbench.com/rectracker-jgls-batch-2019/
On a pro rata basis, imagine how any of the leading law school will feel if it manages to place only 8-9 students only in a tier 1 firm (assuming batch strength in the range of 80-90).
Such a joke to even consider JGLS among the top guns.