Outlook top 20 law school rankings: Where's NLU Jodhpur?

Rankings via OutlookIndia.com
Rankings via OutlookIndia.com

Weekly magazine Outlook India has published its rankings of law colleges, following just a short while from rival India Today’s, which had left traditional top 5 national law schools NLU Jodhpur, NLIU Bhopal and NUJS Kolkata out of its top 20 ranks.

Outlook has included Bhopal and Kolkata in third and fourth place, following NLSIU Bangalore, and Nalsar Hyderabad, but NLU Jodhpur has not found a mention.

Read this for more on law school rankings and why to take them with a pinch of salt.

Comments

Mx. X 1 Jul 2015, 08:23
+10 -1
Rubbish!
NLUJ 1 Jul 2015, 09:07
+27 -9
Boss, we are too cool for such banal stuff.
Sour Grapes 1 Jul 2015, 17:49
+6 -12
the same bunch of self confessed "cool" kids would have been jumping with joy and congratulating each other, had they been ranked anywhere within top 5.
Mahakaal 1 Jul 2015, 20:18
+1 -7
True indeed
NLUJ 2 Jul 2015, 05:29
+7 -1
FYI, NLUJ has rarely featured in rankings over the past few years. Neither do we fret over not featuring in such pointless and controverted rankings nor "jump with joy" if we do. We let our worth speak for itself.
NLU Insider 1 Jul 2015, 11:18
+16 -5
Jodhpur has opted out of such paid magazine rankings!
No 1 Jul 2015, 11:47
+16 -22
Jodhpur didn't deserve to be here. Pathetic faculty, downgraded placements!
Chikmaglur? 1 Jul 2015, 15:41
+2 -1
are you from chikmaglur or timbuktu
LegalAdvisor 1 Jul 2015, 12:59
+11 -0
How can bharathi vidyapeeth, jamila islamia, pg college, this osmania univesity can be in any way better than glc?
Please don't believe these rankings. Paid cheats
Sprite 1 Jul 2015, 15:51
+2 -0
Dikhawe pe na jao, apni akal lagao. \o/ \o/ \o/
ILS? 2 Jul 2015, 03:15
+2 -1
Kian, you forgot to mention ILS Law College, Pune, in this headline- unfair!
kianganz 2 Jul 2015, 04:16
+9 -0
Thanks for pointing out. I'm actually interested - how good is ILS really?

Where would you rank it compared to national law schools?

It's quite hard for us to be objective about ILS and institutes outside the CLAT because their admissions can't be compared with CLAT, where we see everyone's preferences year by year, plus ILS and others are ridiculous opaque / media shy.

For instance, I don't think we've ever published ILS placements. Why is that?
Answer 2 Jul 2015, 09:52
+5 -0
ILS Law College is an old school govt law school. They have annual cutoffs - which have lately been in the region of 90% (and above; for CBSE/ICSE Board). This is followed by an interview. I hope that this lends some credibility, insofar as the quality of student intake is concerned. Fair disclosure: it also has a Maharashtra quota, which also has students with lower percentages. But even those students have atleast 75% overall CBSE/ICSE score. ILS Law College actively participates and hosts moot court competitions. ILS has its fair share of alumini - who are leading litigators and coporate lawyers. Kian, I think that you are obsessed with CLAT affiliated colleges and are just lazy. Or, probably you do not think that researching on ILS is even worth your time - with more PR savvy law schools approaching you with updates..
kianganz 2 Jul 2015, 10:01
+1 -0
As I said, I have no doubt that the students are good and have achieved great things, but the admin and students of ILS seem rather bad at PR and communication.

We've tried reaching out a bunch of times but they simply don't seem interested, so how much are we supposed to bend over backwards to extract information out of them like a dentist extracts teeth?

If you have some sway, please talk to your student council or admin, we'd love to report more about ILS, such as placements, faculty hires, initiatives, etc.
Answer 2 Jul 2015, 12:32
+1 -2
Why don't you remove that tabloid hat of yours for once and get in touch with Ms. Nilima Bhadbhade or Ms. Usha Ganesh? I am sure that they would be more than happy to give you the information you seek. As a matter of fact, you should attempt visiting the campus for once. See the library, interact with the students and get a sense of things yourself. Wouldn't this come within the scope of your role, being a legal journalist?
kianganz 2 Jul 2015, 12:40
+6 -0
Travelling to Pune just to visit a law school may be outside of the remit of a website which has a full-time staff of 2 and something, yes.

We'll reach out to the people you mention though and see if anything interesting is going on at ILS.
Answer 3 Jul 2015, 04:34
+0 -0
There is a lot happening at ILS. It has unfortunately been kept in the same bracket of law schools such as GLC, Mumbai and Law Fac, Delhi - because of sloppy reporting. #whatapity
Trident 5 Jul 2015, 09:01
+1 -0
ILS is rich man's GLC !
Sky is the Limit 2 Jul 2015, 05:15
+2 -0
Kian World is limited to NLUs only, dare him to see beyond..
kianganz 2 Jul 2015, 05:18
+4 -0
Then help me see beyond please - we've tried engaging with non-NLUs in the past, but their student councils, administration and students as a whole seem to have no interest in helping me or others see beyond NLUs either or creating more transparency as to their activities, etc...

My suspicion is that the majority of non-NLUs are rather badly run too and don't want the spotlight of publicity, though many students no doubt are smart and achieve a great many things despite that (as in NLUs).
Sky is the Limit 2 Jul 2015, 05:46
+1 -1
[quote name="kianganz"]Then help me see beyond please - we've tried engaging with non-NLUs in the past, but their student councils, administration and students as a whole seem to have no interest in helping me or others see beyond NLUs either or creating more transparency as to their activities, etc...

My suspicion is that the majority of non-NLUs are rather badly run too and don't want the spotlight of publicity, though many students no doubt are smart and achieve a great many things despite that (as in NLUs).[/quote]


may be they avoid you as you seems only interested reporting the phony success of NlUs student rather than doing fair reporting in terms of high lighting the achievement of non Nlus Students too, this can be proved from your past reporting as if a student of NLU secure 10 rank in Judiciary exam you will high light that rather than sharing your praises with students who secured 1-9 rank... isnt this a classical example of colonial mindset.
Wild Child No.1 2 Jul 2015, 08:52
+2 -0
You use the words "colonial mindset". I don't think they mean what you think they mean.
Enlightened One 2 Jul 2015, 05:33
+0 -3
i wonder the mindset of people who believe that by virtue of addition of "National" makes their colleges best.. i m not undermining the best of talent fostered by NLUs (barring few junkies) but other colleges also gave best of lawyers to the society..

its really funny the way NLU students thinks that being NLU they are undoubtedly the best and thus keep degrading the other colleges. ILS, BVP GLC et al are old traditional institutes and they are maintaining quality since long time and are the alma mater of few of the best of legal brains..!!!

only suggestion to all NLUWalas, don't become an apt example of proverb "The/An empty vessels make the greatest/most/loudest sound"
Wild Child No.1 2 Jul 2015, 08:54
+3 -0
What better advice to take, than your own.
GLC 2 Jul 2015, 19:34
+0 -0
According to the Placement figures GLC is at number 4. Great going
@glc 4 Jul 2015, 16:44
+0 -0
That is quite accurate though. What it loses in infrastructure, it makes up in placements with its locational advantage. I don't understand why it has been rated so badly on selection process. It's a straightforward merit based selection through board examination marks, taking into account the vagaries of marks in different streams and across different boards.
Sab tootak tootiya hai 6 Jul 2015, 18:28
+0 -0
As if law school makes a difference anymore. academic orientation and environments do vary but you find pockets of brilliance everywhere.
Guest 9 Jul 2015, 03:27
+0 -0
Kian, nujs is there in the list