NLU Delhi scores 100% final 2019 placements: Exclusively 20 high-paying Big Laws, 4 foreigns, 17 in-house

Final year students of NLU Delhi, graduating in 2019, have secured 41 jobs with top corporate law firms, which picked up a total of 20, while foreign firms hired four into training contracts.

A total of 41 students eventually participated in recruitment activities, having expanded the numbers since the 38 who had participated in Day Zero a year ago, when NLU Delhi had placed 19 already.

The largest recruiter was Trilegal, which hired 5, followed by Khaitan & Co, which picked up 4.

S&R Associates hired three, while two each will join AZB & Partners, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and L&L Partners.

Other high-payers P&A Law Offices and Talwar Thakore & Associates made one accepted offer.

And as the cherry on top, a grand total of four training contracts paying a lot of UK pounds were won, split evenly across foreign firms Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters. That would suggest that all four vacation schemes from Day Zero last year were converted into training contracts.

13 joined private-sector corporates in-house, with 4 joining the PSU, Steel Authority of India.

The total batch size is 78 students, of whom the rest will do non-corporate jobs, as well as pursue LLMs at universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. Students have also secured fellowships such as the LAMP Fellowship administered by PRS and the Arthur C Helton Fellowship granted by the American Society of International Law, according to the Recruitment Coordination Committee (RCC).

The RCC Members were Shivpriya Gurtoo, Kritika Vidyarthi, Rahul Srivastava, Deepali Verma, Prashanth KP and Rohan Bhatia.

To be updated…

Total accepted offers

EntitiesAccepted Offers
Indian Law Firms
AZB & Partners2
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas2
Khaitan & Co4
L&L Partners2
P&A Law Offices1
S&R Associates3
Talwar Thakore & Associates1
Trilegal5
International Law Firms
Herbert Smith Freehills2
Linklaters2
Corporate Houses
CL Educate Limited1
Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited2
Essar Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Limited2
ICICI Bank Limited3
Oravel Stays Private Limited (OYO)5
Public Sector Undertakings
Steel Authority of India Limited4

Comments

Neutral voice 9 Jun 2019, 16:33
+28 -41
Excellent figures. NLUD is now undisputedly #2 after NLSIU, lagging behind only in brand value and perception. By 2030 that gap will be eliminated and NLUD will be #1.
Truth be told 10 Jun 2019, 06:42
+33 -3
Haan, then following the same NIRF, pick IIT-K over NUJS and NLU-J and pick Jamia Millia over NLIU. Sorted scenes bro. Grow up.
Guest 9 Jun 2019, 16:35
+20 -35
Do people still need a reason to pick NLUD over NALSAR? Keep calm and trust NIRF.
Guest 9 Jun 2019, 16:38
+28 -44
Rankings today: NLSIU>NLUD>NALSAR>NUJS>NLUJ>GNLU>NLIU>MNLU

Rankings in future: NLUD>NLSIU>MNLU>NALSAR>NUJS>NLUJ>NLIU
lol 10 Jun 2019, 11:24
+15 -6
not gonna happen. GNLU will remain above NLIU and MNLU in the near future and NLUD will lag behind NLS for some time
Jinga lala 12 Jun 2019, 11:17
+3 -5
Bro, you keeping Gnlu over Nliu just because of this year's placements? Talk about a knee jerk reaction. Nliu comes a great alumni base and similarly well ppaced facilities, if not greater. Nliu has been seeing a lot of positive changes and is striving towards glort since the new VC V Vijaykumar from NLS took over. Wait and watch ;)
lol 12 Jun 2019, 15:18
+3 -3
No, i'm keeping GNLU over NLIU because of all the previous year's accomplishments as well. They've won the mooting league, they have a semester system and better alumni and faculty. I find NLIU really overrated.
Jinga lala 12 Jun 2019, 17:00
+2 -1
Dude, you're all talk and no substance. Making statements in thin air without any solid backing. Please have a look at NLIU's mooting achievements for the past 2 years, you'll realize.

I fail to gather why the semester system better than trimester. It's just your opinion and does not figure anywhere is ranking colleges.

Ermm, what do you mean by better alumni? Like really, lol?
Nliu mooting 15 Jun 2019, 21:34
+6 -0
Dhruv Shukla I guess you are not aware of the mooting culture of NLIU, just making you aware of some of our major achievements of the session 2018-19:
Semi Finalist Vis Hongkong and 2 Oralists Hon’ble mentions
Runners up in CLEA,
Runners up + Best Speaker Hsf Nujs Moot,
National rounds winner of Leiden Sarin Moot, Semi Finalist + Best Respondent Memorial Elsa WTO moot regional rounds, ULC Bangalore moot winner, 18th amity moot winner, Best speaker and 5th Best Speaker + Quarter Finalists Stetson world Rounds, Winners and Best Speaker Ian Fletcher Insolvency Moot(1st Indian team to win the moot)
Winners and Best Speaker of Kuala Lumpur Vis Pre moot, Winners of Budapest Vis Pre moot
Runners up Dsnlu moot
Best Speaker DM Harish Moot
Semi Finalist and Best Advocate in 18th Henry Dunant Moot Competition, Winners 8th UILS National Client Counselling Competition, Quarter Finalists FDI International Arb Moot World Rounds
This list is not exhaustive and there are many more winnings and achievements if you want I can send you the whole list.
If you have knowledge of the mooting culture and moots you might understand by some of these achievements I’ve mentioned in the comment as to Where NLIU stands in mooting in India.
Bro I’m not trying comparing Gnlu and Nliu. Both excel in mooting. it’s just for you to know the facts. And yes we do have the oldest ADR cell which is performing excellently and hosting renowned INADR Mediation Tournament.
Kings HSF 17 Jun 2019, 20:01
+3 -0
Just one more addition, NLIU was adjudged semi finalists in the Kings College London-HSF comoetition law moot. Will keep you updated, my man! :)
Guest 9 Jun 2019, 17:27
+28 -8
So many NLUD people already in the comments section! Wow!
Out of your grasp 9 Jun 2019, 18:22
+24 -30
Those are some terrible recruitment figures by one of the so called top NLUs. NLUD has failed to live upto its expectations as compared to the figures of the other top 6 Nlus (nls, nalsar, nujs, nliu, nluj, gnlu). Nalsar over nlud anyday, not even a question.
Guest 9 Jun 2019, 19:03
+22 -15
NIRF is correct. NLUD must be the #2 choice of law aspirants. It is superior to NALSAR in terms of location, faculty and infra. Placements are equal, with NLUD ahead in UPSC/judicial service.
But 9 Jun 2019, 22:13
+29 -5
Why does Shardul uncle not like you?
Observer 10 Jun 2019, 03:14
+20 -2
I hv closely known and monitored the journey of many law students at top nlu. Getting rank upto 500 in clat and upto 80 in ailet test gives a chance to study in best 7 law university of India. Many students who perform better in entrance exam, not necessarily will do better academically. Therefore it is categorically difficult to say that 2 hrs clat is enough to judge the calibre of a student. better quality of students and better faculty is a subjective matter.
NALSAR Placements?? 10 Jun 2019, 03:36
+21 -6
I think what is interesting is comparing these figures to NALSAR 2019 batch. The NALSAR 2019 batch was able to secure only 1 training contract and 52 placements. The NLUD 2019 batch secured 48 placements with 4 training contracts and the NLUD batch size is 2/3 of NALSAR. Goes onto to show that although NLUD might not better NALSAR's Day Zero placements, the overall placements at NLUD are better!
Insider 10 Jun 2019, 04:56
+10 -28
Dude, the ,2019 batch was the last batch of 80. Therefore, NALSAR's overall placement also has been better than Nlud. Peace. Don't compare a tier 1 law school with tier 2 law school. Go and check the placements of 2020 batch of nlud vis-a-vis NALSAR.
Guest 10 Jun 2019, 11:31
+31 -3
Tier 2 law school with 4 times the TCs. Gee, do you need to be an asshole to qualify as a Tier 1 law student?
Mainhuna 10 Jun 2019, 11:50
+2 -7
If that was the criterion still you won't qualify, so chill. Please see comment 11. 1.1.1 and see the mirror bro.
Biased LI? 10 Jun 2019, 03:42
+6 -1
Kian it's also funny that NALSAR'S 2019 batch got your FB coverage and NLUD'S isn't. This clearly shows the placement reality in the two college's, I find it biased of you to not put this on your Facebook page.
kianganz 10 Jun 2019, 03:48
+19 -1
We actually put very little on Facebook these days. It does drive a little bit of traffic, but to be honest not sure it's worth the hassle or the Zuckerbergian-bargain most of the time.
In this case, considering the release arrived late on Sunday evening, there was simply no time to share it. But I'll do so now, since you asked so nicely :) But you have to promise to click 'superlike' and share on it, mmkay?
Guest 10 Jun 2019, 05:57
+15 -9
NLUD is destined to be the # 1 NLU in the long term.
Bigtalks 10 Jun 2019, 07:15
+28 -4
Have they started taking astrology class at NLUD.
Trelawney & Co. 10 Jun 2019, 09:26
+12 -2
It's a final year elective, they've predicted 6 vacation schemes for the next year.
Bigtalks 10 Jun 2019, 11:26
+8 -8
Haha. NALSAR already has 8 vacation schemes for the batch of 2020, including 3 TCs, and as I write this 4 students are doing their vacation schemes. And, dude- your choice of elective is better than your college.
Observer 10 Jun 2019, 12:04
+4 -3
Kindly note those vac schemes were offered in 2018 to 2019 passing out students. prediction and astrology? Hope u r aware abt the procedure, it was well reported in 2018 day zero placement figures, which was for 2019 batch. These students r working hard to make good career and minimum we should support them in their endeavors.
broze 10 Jun 2019, 11:26
+3 -2
yeah dude my NLUD colleagues (who are 100000% smarter than Harvard, Oxford and Hogwarts graduates) have already secured PPOs under Pandit Bhagwanacharya and Associates.
NIRF 10 Jun 2019, 06:35
+7 -12
52 placements in NALSAR v. 41 in NLU D( with one person placed in Career Launcher lol). The batch strength being 80 in both universities tells a lot about 100% placement.
Guest 10 Jun 2019, 07:03
+7 -13
At least now NLUD will not have to send its students to other universities in their final year to sit for their Day Zero.
Prec? 10 Jun 2019, 09:26
+10 -0
When did that ever happen, what is this a reference to?
Guest 10 Jun 2019, 10:35
+5 -8
2017 graduating batch. Student originally joined NUJS, then left for NLUD on health grounds, studied there for four years, then applied to come back to NUJS before Day Zero. Not naming the person here, since Kian would probably censor it anyway. This is just one that I know of personally. There can be other instances too.
Get your facts right 10 Jun 2019, 16:28
+3 -2
The person is pursuing LLM and didn't need a job.
Guest 10 Jun 2019, 16:54
+6 -2
My facts are perfectly right, thank you very much. Never said she got/took a job from NUJS. Simply that she'd applied to return and to be considered to sit for recruitment. The students at NUJS obviously didn't agree to the latter.
Grow up 10 Jun 2019, 11:20
+7 -3
Grow up.
Guest 10 Jun 2019, 13:12
+5 -2
I am grown up enough not to flock comments sections and keep predicting when my university will reach rank one and dazzle the aliens from outer space with their innate brilliance.
NIRF 10 Jun 2019, 10:15
+2 -8
Yes NALSAR sends their student to NLU Delhi for getting placements in Career Launcher. CL doesn't recruit from nalsar sadly. Only CL and nlu D students take NIRF ranking seriously.
Smoke without fire 10 Jun 2019, 11:21
+12 -2
What are you smoking, dude,?
NLUD Boy 2020 10 Jun 2019, 10:21
+21 -2
It is ludicrous to suggest that NLUD is better than NLS, NALSAR and NUJS in terms of placements. But this is not the only factor to judge the merits of a law school. All these institutions are top class institutions in India. I don't know what objective is served by mudslinging on each other. Let us congratulate each other for the success we have been able to achieve. And I doubt these clairvoyant kids who predict NLUD to be no.1 in a few years are actually from NLUD.
watisup 10 Jun 2019, 11:27
+10 -5
Dont know about NLS but I do feel that NLUD will take over NUJS more or less soon enough.
NLUD Boy 2020 10 Jun 2019, 11:37
+6 -4
@watisup : in terms of what?
watisup 12 Jun 2019, 15:19
+7 -3
Placements + Research output. I feel the funding they get will also help a lot.
Guest 1 Apr 2020, 15:03
+8 -5
Delhi>>>>Kolkata anyday
Guest 1 Apr 2020, 15:47
+3 -5
Hasn't beaten Kolkata yet in terms of placement, or graduate outcome of any sort, other than performance in civil service exams perhaps.
Konarc 2 Apr 2020, 13:14
+8 -3
Ooh, here we go again. The over sensitive Bong Noojie squad is back to defend the self-acclaimed “best law school in the country” NUJS! I wonder how the first year students survive in those cramped dorms over there?
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 14:30
+1 -4
Nobody claimed the monicker apart from you it seems. Touchy much when it comes to conceding that your claims about you super-duper best in everything don't actually pass all tests in reality?
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 14:34
+2 -4
Bong Noojie squad? What made you think I'm a Bong? Is it part of your reptilian brain? Or the one that's been under the influence of a bong for far too long?
Konarc 2 Apr 2020, 14:57
+3 -0
Lol. Okay. Noojie squad, then. Exactly why do Noojies keep deriding all the other upcoming law schools (except of course, the two law schools that have always been ranked ahead of them, NLS and NALSAR)? You guys seem very happy to accept their superiority over yours but can’t stand to see a younger law school doing better.

NOTE: I don’t claim NLUD is better then NUJS. Both have their own benefits and drawbacks and are largely of similar quality. I just find it funny that on every NLUD article, the first comments (apart from the useless trolls) are from butt hurt Noojies who can’t stand being left behind in the NIRF rankings.
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 16:52
+1 -4
Where exactly have you seen in this comment, pray tell, that I have claimed NUJS is better than NLUD in every aspect? That is entirely the product of your fertile imagination. On the contrary, NLUD people keep claiming their superiority in every sphere, whereas the truth is that their graduate outcome has never surpassed that of NLSIU, NALSAR or NUJS ever since they have started. I frankly don't care about NIRF rankings, so your assertions about that are also completely void. If anything, NLUD cares enough to have submitted false data in one year, as revealed subsequently. Even here, someone restarted with proclaiming NLUD's superiority over NUJS in rather juvenile forms. I personally don't care about rankings at all. Just enough to set the record straight about false claims made. For a long time, there was also another falsehood that was being perpetuated of NLUD employing the highest number of NLU alumni as faculty of all NLUs. That was also false, as substantiated later. As you said, people don't have that sort of problem with NLSIU etc. simply because the latter doesn't make false claims or have exaggerated notions about their superiority. I challenge you to show any article about NLUD where in the comments, some such claim or disparaging comments about other NLUs or self proclaimed superiority hasn't been trumpeted. Frankly, what you feel about either university or their students doesn't really matter at all. Because you, just like every anon commentator here, is a nobody. So long as you argue/claim on facts, I would never have any objection to your statements either. Even in these few comments, several of the statements and assumptions that you've made have already had their veracity or accuracy questioned. Maybe you should take care of those first. Do the homework and then argue. Incidentally, someone was also claiming how NLUD faculty's publication record was so stellar that it eclipsed all other NLUs. Again, that's not a fact. They received the lowest score in quality of publications compared to NLSIU, NALSAR and NUJS in last year's NIRF. So, any false claim made would always meet with fact check. If you have a problem with it, then deal with it. If someone for instance claims that NLUD has been conducting AILET in a more efficient manner than all other NLUs are doing CLAT, that's a perfectly valid claim. If they say that they have very good infra and gov support and several (but not all) good faculty, again, that's perfectly valid. Nobody would contest those. Even the facts that their students do very well in civil services and Judiciary exams, their faculty publish more in number than all other NLUs are all good ones. So long as people from NLUD restrict their claims to those with supporting facts, I doubt anyone would have any issue with it. I certainly won't. But that rarely happens.
Konarc 2 Apr 2020, 18:37
+2 -3
Look, if you’re going to take to heart every comment by some (self-proclaimed) NLUD troll and attribute that as the general attitude of NLUD students and agonise over it, then that’s your issue. A lot of NLUD students have admitted that the number of NLU faculty actually teaching at the law school is much less. And you can find those comments in this thread right here. The same applies for the fact that the number of publications is more and not the quality.

Second, if you’re seriously talking about fudging data, then I recall that even NALSAR claimed their average salary was some 18 odd lakhs per annum. Clearly, that was over the top and all the law schools seem to have a tendency to round off their figures on the higher side. And besides, the figures for corrected and updated for last year’s rankings when they were published. And I am not saying these rankings are accurate or perfect.

And lastly, I don’t understand why you keep barking back to the fact of Graduate Outcomes. It is obviously important but NLUD is literally 20 years behind NLS and 10 behind the other two. How could you expect GO to be on the same level (especially since it doesn’t only take into account corporate firm placements)? I doubt any serious NLUD student would claim it’s better than the older colleges. What I don’t understand is the biased manner in which you guys comment to sling crap at another law school on any metric whatsoever. This includes the kind of nasty generalisations done by some of the older NLU kids when Jindal got ranked higher in the QS (I don’t have any opinion on whether it deserves it or not, btw). NUJS is obviously a good college, so it’s surprising to see how insecure some of you get when its quality is called into question by some ignorant provocative troll.
Tauji 9 Nov 2020, 11:01
+0 -1
And yet Delhi has not even entered one IPL Semi-Final. Stop Lying.
Guest 10 Jun 2019, 13:14
+7 -9
@watisup: Didn't you know? NLUD people have been claiming to have done that since 2011, even before their first batch graduated. These days they claim to have bested Harvard and Stanford. Next peak to scale, Jio University.
Protector 10 Jun 2019, 11:44
+4 -0
Dear Kian bhai, it's high time you put end to all speculations. Please, put a story comparing the placements of all top 5 nlus and if, need be, then of Jiggles as well.
Logic10 10 Jun 2019, 12:13
+19 -1
NALSAR was established in 1998 and has 10 years on NLUD. It has had 21 years to build a strong alumini network with partners across all major law firms. Keeping this mind, the difference between NLUD and NALSAR placements (around 11 students) isn't much at all. If you compare the tables as well, both colleges have placed students in similar companies and law firms.
Mainhuna 10 Jun 2019, 13:03
+2 -5
Haan, toh thank your stars that you had Ranbir Singh.
Logic10 10 Jun 2019, 13:27
+17 -1
So did NALSAR. What's your point?
Tu hai toh kya 10 Jun 2019, 16:56
+8 -2
Point remains look at the difference, it's mere 11. It's stupid to contend that NLUD's placement is better than NALSAR. But thoda year of establishment bhi toh dekho. That's what makes the difference. It's what the future holds. Also kitna time placement would be your USP, law students try to venture beyond that too. Can't remember which other NLU got ranks under 10 for two consecutive year's in UPSC apart from NLUD (ranks 8 and 9).
Guest 10 Jun 2019, 17:17
+7 -5
Does NLUD provide upsc coaching? Because otherwise, that's not really a benchmark for comparison. Any university based in Delhi would enjoy the same proximity to the best coaching centres. Why are you people so obsessed with being called rank one? After some time, the persistence really gets rank and smelly (pun intended).
NALSAR 10 Jun 2019, 15:45
+3 -2
east or west NALSAR is the best
Sachbolu 10 Jun 2019, 18:14
+1 -18
It was always NLS v. NALSAR & NUJS v. NLUD will always be. Ekk baar Ranbir Singh Gaya, NLUD will be tier 3, good news, he is retiring next year.
Observer 11 Jun 2019, 03:23
+3 -1
V C is important but look at the quality of students (top 100 law aspirants r joining nlud) and faculty. In spite of some odd nujs is doing well , minimum perception outside is not dented. As far as performance in upsc is concerned. There is small group connected together in their preparation. Regular coaching is not required. All law universities students must show here some kind of compassion to the achievement of their fraternity (other law universities) instead of spreading negativity, sprouted out of brutal competitive world.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 07:24
+3 -0
I'm sorry, who told you that at NLUD, students have group sessions for upsc training? That's simply not accurate, the exam is too competitive for aspirants to actually study that way.
Observer 11 Jun 2019, 09:24
+1 -0
I had experienced the depth of the exam,may be it is too big for many. The connected group here means, sharing input abt only what to read, from which sources. Yes success is individual based but we know a group of relatives, precisely the Shrivastava bro Raman and vikram, who were chief of BSF and CRPF having 37 relative members in this civil service. 4 sons of some Mishra from western up also cleared this exam in 2 yrs. My point is by forming group and enrolling for different coaching centres will surely help. Moreover my information is based from those who r preparing for it.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 10:05
+2 -0
You are mixing points up. Sure, it would be good for students to form study groups for upsc. But I'm from NLUD and I'm telling you that it's not the way things work here. People are too CT in their own way. Of course, proximity to reputed coaching centres in Delhi helps. But that helps every law student studying in Delhi. I'm sure the DU guys actually have it better than us because they don't have that much attendance hassle and can spend more time prepping for the exam.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 07:28
+2 -2
@Observer: The problem is not with the achievements of NLUD students. The problem is how after every such achievement, they or other NLUD trolls keep harping here about how their place has become number one and better than the others, using false data (see below about their teacher names or false NIRF info etc.) If education is supposed to bring humility, then I'm sorry to say these trolls, assuming they are NLUD students, have failed to be educated by their so-called star faculty. If you actually know them personally as you seem to be saying, tell them that shouting about being numero uno doesn't make one that or even make one look good. It's crass.
Out of your grasp 10 Jun 2019, 21:21
+2 -0
OYO kitna de rahi hai bhai NluD grads ko?
Observer 11 Jun 2019, 03:31
+1 -0
Really interesting to know, any nlud grade here? It can be assumed that Steel authority and oyo may be at per, this is case when u don't get top job, as perceived, you are tend to join all sort of psu to start your career.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 07:29
+7 -0
A lot of people actually prefer PSUs compared to Indian law firms, so your perception about them being tier 2 jobs is not an accurate one. In fact, I'm not sure if you are the same person who usually comments with the name Observer here. That fellow actually does his homework rather well.
Observer 11 Jun 2019, 09:34
+2 -0
I mean only in term of pay and perks. PSU pay structure is such that, they r not going to offer 14 - 15 straightway. Star India, ICICI, wipro offering better. Big 6-7 law firms will remain the first choice. Kindly enlighten me if anyone preferring PSU or any PSU offering better.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 10:01
+7 -1
A lot of people do. Because the work-life balance at Indian law firms is pathetic and the way the young graduates are treated there is mostly disgusting. Hence the high attrition rate. Also, what perks at law firms? PSUs may pay less, but they offer better perks, stability and the possibility of having a halfway decent life outside work.
Momta Didi 13 Jun 2019, 16:16
+5 -1
GAIL Offered Rs 18 Lakh per Annum in NUJS to 2 students (Batch of 2019)
Guest 14 Jun 2019, 05:59
+1 -0
REC is offering around 15-16 for a PSU job
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 00:07
+11 -3
Y'all Nalsar niBBas need to chill...
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 01:34
+2 -0
Kian why are u not doing a story on how many alumni are teaching at different NLUs? Complete misinformation is being spread to give an impression that only NLUD has alumni teaching.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 01:43
+4 -2
NLUD only has 2 NLU LLB alumni teaching there at present, as opposed to NALSAR's 4, NLSIU's 3 and NUJS' 8.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 02:33
+3 -4
Nonsense! NLUD has 7, while no other NLU has more than 2 or 3.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 02:59
+3 -0
@22.1.1: Please don't lie. I dare you to name all 7 NLU LLB Alumni teaching at NLUD at present. The names of all 8 at NUJS and the others at NALSAR and NLSIU have already been mentioned in comments to other threads before. They are matters of public record.
NLUD student 11 Jun 2019, 03:07
+4 -0
Apart from Anoop and Aparna, there's no NLU LLB alumni teaching here at present. Rest have moved on, or are on lien etc. That's not to say we don't have good teachers here. NLU graduates don't have a monopoly on good teaching or knowledge, after all. And as per my friend studying at NUJS, they do indeed have 8 such people teaching there including contractual faculty. I checked after the names were reported here on LI earlier in the comments. Not sure about the exact names at NLSIU or NALSAR, but the numbers look fairly accurate.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 04:22
+3 -0
Yet another NLUD troll at 22.1.1. Dude, you don't even know who all are currently teaching at your own university? Can you name these 7 that you speak of? I hope you aren't including the names of the likes of Mrinal Satish, Chinmayi Arun etc. who are no longer teaching there at present. The website hasn't been updated to reflect all that, but an insider ought to know! Or are you including LLM alumni by any chance? As for your laughable comment about other NLUs not having more than 2-3, get your head out of the sand and try looking at the world outside for a change instead of trolling here. Search LI comments in other posts to get those names, why don't you, before making such tall claims? I just checked for the NUJS names for example from that post and these are the 8: S. Sen, S. Bhattacharya, S. Guha, A. Tarafder, M. Menon, K. Ray, P. Dasgupta, R. Ghosh. Go ahead, name your 7.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 06:17
+2 -0
Name the 7. It's only 2 - Aparna and Anup ([...], if the strong rumours doing the rounds on campus are to be believed). The NLUD website lists 5, but if you are from NLUD you will know Mrinal is now at DJA, Chinmayi is at harvard (and even when she was here she stopped teaching a long time ago), and Ankita Sangwan doesn't teach. What make believe world are you living in?
NLUD Alumnus 12 Jun 2019, 01:05
+6 -0
And that, friends, just shows that most people shamelessly trumpeting about NLUD are just randoms, and not us. We, for instance, can count our faculty.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 06:24
+3 -11
Faculty quality depends not just on the degree but also quality of research, fellowship grants etc. Based on this, the clear top 5 ranking is:

Tier 1
1. NLUD
2. NALSAR
3. NLSIU

Tier 2
4.NUJS
5. NLUJ
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 07:22
+2 -3
Now that one of the trolls has been proven to be a liar, another one raises its head. Why don't you list all the NLUD faculty publications and prove your point by comparing them with all the publications of all other NLUs? NIRF data is laughable, don't quote that, everyone knows they don't actually verify it's truth. And if you don't have the actual data, then quit coming up with these make-believe lists. Also, what good is faculty publications for students if they don't/can't teach? The reason why NLUD graduate quality is not better than those of NLSIU, NALSAR, or NUJS is that your star faculty are busy publishing and researching and not in teaching. Make that clear to students thinking of joining there and don't mislead them.
Salaamthok 11 Jun 2019, 08:15
+2 -1
Dude, you won't know this but NALSAR has recently recruited 4-5 faculties all NLU grads. After this they have the best faculty. Infact, there are only two law schools- NLSIU and NALSAR.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 08:33
+3 -13
Based on the trolling expertise of the people from NLUs, here's the rank list:
1. NLUD
2. National Law University, Delhi
3. Woh Ranbir-wa ka la cullege
Hope you have fun with the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, people. Be sure to say hello from my side to your star faculty members who failed spectacularly to turn you into halfway decent human beings. Maybe it's the Delhi air. Maybe it's just you. On an aside, does at least part of your well-known faculty research consists of experimenting on you all? Because specimens like this are seldom naturally evolved.
Puzzled 13 Jun 2019, 06:23
+2 -0
Kudos for judging the moral bandwidth of an entire college by declaring them far from decent humans.
Guest 13 Jun 2019, 07:06
+4 -0
That was only meant for the trolls. Though barring one possible exception, I've not seen many NLUD students actually come out here and put any check to the trolls' spread of misinformation. Not that they have any obligation to do that though to be fair to them.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 08:20
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Here are the NLU alumni teaching at NLUD. All from either NLSIU or NALSAR (so even among the NLUs only the top ones):

1. Mrinal Satish (NLSIU BALLB)
2. Aparna Chandra (NLSIU BALLB)
3. Anup Surendranath (NLSIU BALLB)
4. Chinmayi Arun (NALSAR BALLB)
5. Sophy KJ (NALSAR BALLB)
6 .Ankita Sangwan (NALSAR BALLB)

LLM:
1. Arul Scaria (LLM NALSAR)
2. Vishal Mahalwar (LLM NALSAR)
3. Daniel Mathew (LLM NLSIU)
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 09:48
+8 -0
1 and 4 are no longer at NLUD. 5 and 6 don't teach at present. Please update your knowledge. And if we are counting NLU LLMs, then this is faculty list of NUJS for instance: 8 NLU LLB Alumni, 5 NLU LLM alumni, 1 King's College London LLB and LLM alumna. Which accounts for 50% of the faculty currently teaching. The LLB alumni names I can see have been mentioned above. The LLM alumni include F. Fasi, S. Karmakar, S. Ray, L. Dasgupta, T. Ray chowdhury. The KCL alumna is A. Ghosh. There are also social science faculty from Oxford and SOAS. So, the earlier claim about NLUD having the highest number or percentage of NLU alumni teaching is, like most of the claims purportedly made on its behalf, pure hogwash. In fact, the more people from NLUD try to peddle such fake news and false claims, the more I actually start doubting their actual achievements.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 10:42
+0 -6
Friend, this information is not given on the official website/brochure or student body website. I am not denying your information but an official clarification is necessary with other information as well (e.g. publications, experience etc). An NLU-wise faculty comparison is welcome and will benefit law aspirants and the public, but should we not get an authorisation from the administration or student body first?
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 13:55
+6 -0
Yes, till one has received all the data authorised and updated by all law school admin, everybody should stop making stupid claims like people are doing on behalf of NLUD. Frankly, as a student I don't care at all where my faculty has graduated from so long as he teaches well and if he can't do that, then I don't care even more where he's graduated from. Hence nobody barring the students of a university get to judge their teaching faculty.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 14:02
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I'd rather have a law school's official website not list people teaching there than one listing people who are no longer teaching there. Case in point, comment number 24.
Deputation 12 Jun 2019, 06:32
+1 -0
If they are still listed on university website means they are on deputation.
Guest 12 Jun 2019, 07:13
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Deputation, lien, whatever you call it (though the two are different). The point is they are not teaching there now and there is no guarantee that they would be coming back. And people aren't sent abroad on deputation to study. Deputation only works for government department related temporary services and similar like Mrinal's scene.
Liar liar 12 Jun 2019, 17:51
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1. Mrinal Satish (NLSIU BALLB) - No longer teaching at NLUD. Now at DJA.
2. Aparna Chandra (NLSIU BALLB) - presently teaching, but not listed as teaching any course next sem - apparently she is leaving :(
3. Anup Surendranath (NLSIU BALLB) - NALSAR alum not NLS, but presently teaching.
4. Chinmayi Arun (NALSAR BALLB)- left. Presently at harvard.
5. Sophy KJ (NALSAR BALLB) - not a NALSAR llb alum.
6 .Ankita Sangwan (NALSAR BALLB) - is a Research associate, does not teach.

So yes, 2.
Merabhaikian 11 Jun 2019, 09:15
+2 -0
Kian Bhai, why not do a story on new recruitment of NALSAR faculties. Ready to share more info.
Guest 11 Jun 2019, 10:11
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Kian, can you please try censoring these obviously false comments by NLUD trolls claiming that they have the highest number of NLU alumni teaching there of all NLUs? I think you've been provided with sufficient info via multiple comments here and elsewhere to know that it's just not accurate. If you want to ever do a story on it in future, feel free, though I personally don't think it's worth that. But allowing obvious lies and false claims, even in comments, isn't just right. They want to say they have good teachers teaching there, that's cool. But they shouldn't mislead with false info. Please respond to this if possible.
NLUD Boy 2020 11 Jun 2019, 10:42
+5 -1
I highly doubt these people are from NLUD. If you guys are actually from NLUD, you are trolling no one but NLUD with your nonsensical half truths. Repeats ke lie padhlo bhai first years.
whao 13 Jun 2019, 13:37
+1 -0
and I thought I was the only one who didn't want to work today.
Numbers Man 12 Jun 2019, 04:08
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Here is a suggestion on how to objectively rate a faculty. Comments welcome.

EDUCATION:

1) BALLB alumni of top 7 NLU = 5 points
2) BALLB alumni of other NLU or DU = 4 points
3) BALLB alumni of any other law school = 3 points
4) LLM from top 10 law school per QS = 5 points
5) LLM from top 20 law school per QS = 4.5 points
6) LLM from top 50 law school per QS = 3.5 points
7) LLM from top 100 law school per QS = 2.5 points
8) LLM from top 200 law school per QS = 2 points
9) LLM from top 300 law school per QS = 2 points
10) LLM from any other school = 1 point
11) Same grading system for PhD

PUBLICATIONS:

1) Each journal article indexed in Scopus/Hein Online/JSTOR/Westlaw/Lexis = 2.5 points
2) Each authored book published by OUP/CUP/Routledge/Springer/similar top publisher = 5 points
3) Each edited book as above = 3 points

RESEARCH/CONSULTANCY GRANTS:

1) A grant above Rs 20 lakhs4 points
2) A grant above Rs 10 lakhs: 3 points
3) A grant above Rs 5 lakhs: 2 points
4) Any other grant : 1 point

PRIOR TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1) Teaching experience of more than 20 years anywhere = 5 points
2) Teaching experience of more than 10 years anywhere = 4 points
3) Teaching experience of more than 5 years anywhere = 3 points
4) Teaching experience of more than 2 years = 2 points
5) For professors who have taught overseas = Bonus 1 point for every year of experience
6) For professors who have taught at a top 7 NLU/IIM/IIT/other tier 1 institution = Bonus 0.5 point for every year of experience
7) For professors who have taught at any other NLU or DU = Bonus 0.25 point for every year of experience

PRIOR PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:

1) For professors who have worked in India or overseas (anywhere) = Bonus 1 point for every year of experience (difficult to discriminate here between law firms and NGOs)
Puzzled 13 Jun 2019, 06:25
+5 -0
Bhaiya kay solid vella hai
AILET NIKLA MAGAR CLAT 12 Jun 2019, 05:12
+5 -0
Fuck, good number of comment, means my college ( NLUD ) is not irrelevant. Phewww.
Ahem 12 Jun 2019, 13:53
+1 -0
https://www.livelaw.in/columns/plagiarism-in-ailet-nlu-delhi-entrance-test-2019-145599

Maybe someone should do a review of the faculty records and doctoral candidates emerging from NLUD (as also other NLUs). By the way, given this, perfect place for a PJ from a nearby state
Pro Tip 13 Jun 2019, 12:05
+1 -0
Since the NLU LL.B. Alumni who are presently teaching full-time at NLU Delhi and NUJS Kolkata have been listed above, I am doing the same for NLSIU Bangalore and NALSAR Hyderabad below:

NLSIU Bangalore
1. Dr. Sarasu Thomas - Professor of Law [B.A., LL.B. 1995, LL.M. 1999, Ph.D. 2008 - all from NLSIU]
2. Dr. Rahul Singh - Associate Professor [B.A., LL.B. 2003 (NLSIU), LL.M. 2004 (Harvard), D.Phil 2017 (Oxford)]
3. Dr. Nugehalli Nigam - Visiting Professor [B.A., LL.B. 1997 (NLSIU), LL.M. (Queens & NYU), D.Phil. (Oxford)]
4. Ms. Rashmi Venkatesan - Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) [B.A., LL.B. 2007 (NLSIU), LL.M. 2016 (SOAS)]
5. Mr. Kunal Ambasta - Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) [B.A., LL.B. 2012 (NLSIU), LL.M. 2013 (UC Berkeley)]
6. Ms. Roopashi Khatri - Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) [B.A.,LL.B. 2015 (NLSIU), LL.M. 2017 (King's College London)]
7. Ms. Suchithra Menon - Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) [B.A., LL.B. 2011 (NUALS), LL.M. 2013 (NLSIU)]
8. Dr. Manjeri Subin Raj - Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) [B.A., LL.B. - ? (NUALS), LL.M. (CUSAT)]

NALSAR Hyderabad
1. Mr. Sidharth Chauhan - Assistant Professor [B.A., LL.B. 2008 (NLSIU), LL.M. 2011 (UPenn)]
2. Mr. Sudhanshu Kumar - Assistant Professor [B.A., LL.B. 2011 (CNLU), LL.M. 2013 (NALSAR)]
3. Mr. Vivek Mukherjee - Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) [B.A., LL.B. 2015 (NLIU Bhopal), LL.M. 2016 (NALSAR)]
4. Mr. Chinmay Deshmukh - Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) [B.A., LL.B. 2015 (NLU Jodhpur), LL.M. 2017 (Frankfurt)]
New Hires in Summer 2019
5. Dr. Anindita Jaiswal (B.A., LL.B. 2007, LL.M. 2014 (NLU Jodhpur), Ph.D. 2018 (Edinburgh)]
6. Ms. Sahana Ramesh (B.A., LL.B. 2015 (NUJS), LL.M. 2018 (LSE)]

I have not counted the NLU alumni who have taught on a part-time basis (mostly involved with electives, seminars and clinical courses). I hope that this clears the air for law school aspirants.
Pro Tip 13 Jun 2019, 13:16
+1 -0
A small correction. Vivek Mukherjee did his LL.M. from NLSIU and not NALSAR. Apologies for that mistake in my earlier comment.
Guest 13 Jun 2019, 13:45
+2 -0
So apparently of all these four NLUs, NLUD actually has the least number of NLU LLB alumni currently teaching there, as opposed to the most as claimed by some. What irony!
Guest 13 Jun 2019, 18:07
+2 -5
Thank you Pro Tip for the information. So the ranking in terms of NLU alumni teaching are:

1. NLSIU
2. NALSAR
3. NLUD/ NUJS

Not counting JGLS. So NLSIU tops here. This is the true information and a slap in the face of people spreading misinformation.
Aam Aadmi 13 Jun 2019, 20:23
+6 -1
The fallacy in drawing the conclusion that therefore NLUD's faculty is the worst amongst these colleges would be that NLU BA LlBs are better than most other degrees.

And I am certain that Dany Mathew, Yogesh Pai, and Arul Scaria, and maybe even Sophy and AK Rai are better than 70% of these random NLU people.
Guest 14 Jun 2019, 01:10
+2 -0
Your last sentence is just as fallacious in terms of its conclusion as the one you refer to, given you have little clue about these 'random NLU people' or how they teach.
Aam Aadmi 14 Jun 2019, 17:18
+1 -0
Maybe, if I were to not have friends at such places tell me stuff.

Unfortunately I do.
Guest 14 Jun 2019, 18:39
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Unless your friends include anyone who has been taught by the faculty of more than one NLU, the comparison can scarcely be an objective one. And I have actually been taught by some from at least 3 NLUs mentioned above, as well as knowing several of these faculty members personally. For example, of the five people you mentioned at NLUD, I know four. They are good. There are similarly good teachers at the other NLUs too. Having said that, the hallmark of a good teacher will always be the students who graduate from these places. Until the NLUD grads start showing a marked difference in quality compared to those from other NLUs, all this claim of their teachers being the best ones in the business is just hot air, nothing more.
Guest 14 Jun 2019, 01:08
+3 -1
Exactly how did you arrive at that conclusion from the data? NUJS has as many NLU LLB alumni teaching there as NLSIU, which is 8, while NALSAR has 6 and NLUD has 2. The ranking if any therefore stands at:
1. NLSIU and NUJS
2. NALSAR
3. NLUD.
If you include NLU LLM alumni too, then NUJS would actually rank foremost, with the 8 increasing to 13. And percentage of total teaching strength-wise, NUJS is ahead of all the other three too. Get your calculations straight.
Guest 14 Jun 2019, 03:23
+3 -0
Get your counting skills in order. NUJS has 8 NLU LLB alumni teaching there at present, just like NLSIU. NALSAR has 6. NLUD has 2. In your haste to draw up useless ranking lists, you are making rookie mistakes like the CLAT organisers.
Guest 14 Jun 2019, 21:28
+3 -0
My cousin's coaching centre told him the faculty ranking is NLUD>NALSAR>NLSIU>GNLU>NUJS ... shows the amount of misinformation happening...
Guest 15 Jun 2019, 04:55
+1 -0
These coaching centres, self-styled CLAT mentors and experts are all useless opportunists making money out of other's insecurity. CLAT was never meant to be an exam that would require mugging up, rote learning throughout the years and solving all possible variations of a question to be on the safe side. It was meant to test for aptitude. Apart from the 2011 paper, I've never seen it even try to do that. That paper had also attracted controversies, but not for quality of questions and most law school long-timers believe that batch to be the best of the lot in the last decade. These days, it's about suggestions and where questions are taken from and inane stuff like that, which attracts the wrong crowd for the most part.
Guest 2 15 Jun 2019, 06:13
+1 -0
Cat, iit, neet, it is everywhere,. Students are joining them, because they are being benefitted. Legal edge and clap prep, lst and clat possible are guiding them. It will remain. However personally I believe that this exam can be cleared with proper mentering.
batch of 2024 student 15 Jun 2019, 14:36
+3 -2
PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME, unbiased and well-meaning people, should I choose NALSAR or NLU-D?
Guest 15 Jun 2019, 15:30
+7 -2
Either would put you in good stead, buddy, don't worry about it. Very little to separare between the two at this stage. Although if I'm pushed, I'd say in case you've already made up your mind to opt for litigation or civil services later on, maybe NLUD would have an edge because of location and opportunities. On the other hand, overall law firm career-wise, NALSAR would still be ahead simply because of bigger and established alumni base if nothing else. This is not to say you can't succeed in any of these fields from either of these places. You should be happy for having scored well enough to be part of any of these two excellent institutions. Make merry for a while for now and wish you the very best!
Well Wisher 15 Jun 2019, 16:15
+5 -0
For whatever its worth, NLUD may give you more opportunities regarding research projects and competitions (only because of funding). However, as 34.1 correctly points out, you'll have a slightly easier path to a firm at Nalsar.
Guest 15 Jun 2019, 17:36
+5 -4
I strongly advise NLUD ahead of NALSAR. I am an experienced NLU graduate (not from either NALSAR or NLUD), so I have no vested interest. The reasons I advise NLUD are:

- Better faculty
- Better location
- Good placements this year, will keep improving
- Being in Delhi allows you to prepare better for UPSC and judicial service
- Student exchange programmes
- Lots of conferences with high profile speakers
Guest 15 Jun 2019, 18:12
+1 -2
Experienced NLU graduate doing what? How is your experience relevant when you aren't actually connected or haven't ever been connected to either law school? Finally, who is to say you are even a graduate? Apart from your 2nd and 4th points, all your other ones require evidence and comparative knowledge of the two places. If you can't provide that, then your opinion is like an a**hole, everybody's got one.
batch of 2024 student 15 Jun 2019, 18:27
+3 -1
Thank you 34.1, 34.2, 34.3 for your suggestions! Thanks for responding.
I plan to go into academia/corporate. NALSAR should be good.
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 13:47
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Can't understand why an NLUD v NUJS night is suddenly coming up. There is only one official law school ranking conducted by the government (NIRF). It has declared two years in a row that the top 3 law schools are NLSIU>NLUD>NALSAR. Any other so-called ranking is FAKE and such comments should be BANNED.
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 14:32
+1 -3
Legally India isn't an official government mouthpiece. I doubt Kian consults Modiji or Javedkar either before publishing a piece. What are you doing here then? Go and comment on PTI pieces instead. There's no debate about NUJS v. NLUD. All national law schools are so far behind the global benchmark that playing king of the hill between themselves is only done by jobless people like you. It has no other purpose.
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 15:10
+3 -2
All NLUs are not behind. NLSIU made it to QS this year, while NALSAR and NLUD are expected to make it next year, as they will submit their list of employers and foreign university partners to QS (which will then approach them for anonymous ratings).
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 16:54
+1 -1
You conflate rankings with quality. That's your prerogative. I do not. Anybody who's actually received proper education in any of the Indian NLUs and then been to any foreign university subsequently would be aware of our limitations. As for your make believe expectations, keep them to yourself till they actually become reality.
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 15:32
+3 -2
People are dying all over the world. The economy is in shambles and the legal sector is entering recession soon enough. Aur in saare nalayakon ko 'My NLU strongest' khelna hai abhi! Sudhar jao, thoda toh sharm karo!
Derida 2 Apr 2020, 16:24
+0 -0
Oh, grow up. No one here cares about the world. They only give a damn about their NLU.
Guest 2 Apr 2020, 18:55
+1 -1
Top comment #36. These idiot students don't realise that they will not get jobs unless all NLUs unite and lobby with the law minister to create jobs. Instead they are fighting with each other.