RMLNLU Lucknow reached a record high in its annual placement graph with 45 out of its 150 graduates this year finding jobs with law firms, companies, banks, think tanks and legal process outsourcing companies (LPO).
15 students secured jobs through campus placements: the largest number (7) got jobs from legal process outsourcer (LPO) Pangea3, and others with HDFC bank (2), LPO OSC Gurgaon (1), publisher Eastern Book Company (3) and companies Torrent Power (1) and Torrent Pharma (1).
The remaining 30 were given pre-placement offers (PPO) or independently secured job offers.
“The Recruitment Process for the current batch started in April, 2013. Out of the batch strength of 150 students, 80 students registered for the process. As of June 2014, almost 70 students have received at least one offer from various organizations,” according to an email from RMLNLU’s Internship and Placement Committee for 2014.
Last year, RMLNLU Lucknow’s graduating class of 140 received 50 job offers - 20 from LPOs and nine independently. In 2012 25 out of 154 secured jobs, while the very first batch of 71 bagged 13 jobs.
Editor’s note: We are reaching out to other 2014 recruitment committees who have now graduated. Please get in touch with us at to arrange sharing the final figures.
Law Firms
16 students bagged law firm jobs, six of whom secured PPOs. Amarchand Mangaldas and Wadia Ghandy were the top recruiters among 14 law firms.
| Firm | Accepted offers |
|---|---|
| Amarchand Mangaldas | 2 (All PPO) |
| Wadia Ghandy | 2 (1 PPO) |
| ALMT Legal | 1 |
| Phoenix Legal | 1 |
| PDS Legal | 1 (PPO) |
| Lexygen | 1 (PPO) |
| Singhania & Singhania | 1 (PPO) |
| Suri & Suri Law Offices | 1 (PPO) |
| Universal Law Offices | 1 |
| KK Sharma Law Offices | 1 |
| Intellect Law Offices | 1 |
| Wadhwa & Co | 1 |
| NextLegal | 1 |
| Kaylegal | 1 |
Companies and banks
7 students, three through PPOs, bagged company and bank roles. ICICI Lombard and five companies recruited students. Lombard and PwC were the top recruiters.
| Organisation | Accepted offers |
|---|---|
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | 2 (1 PPO) |
| ICICI Lombard | 2 (1 PPO) |
| Bajaj Allianz | 1 (PPO) |
| Essel Communications | 1 |
| Star India | 1 |
| Sun LLP | 1 |
Others
LPO Mindcrest was the top LPO recruiter off campus. CLAT coaching centre CLAT possible recruited this third year in a row.
| Recruiter | Accepted offers |
|---|---|
| Mindcrest | 3 |
| Centre For Internet & Society | 1 |
| Mint | 1 |
| CLAT Possible | 1 |
The statistics provided by RMLNLU’s placement committee did not include LLM and other Masters admissions, however the committee stated that students gained admission to Oxford University, McGill, University of Glasgow, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), IIM Ahmedabad and three students started a legal NGO by the name of Care About People (CAP).
The students - Sachin Upadhyay, Rishi Raj Verma and Rishabh Kapoor – who started CAP are working in the areas of women empowerment, right to education, right to information and have also provided free legal aid during the Mahakumbha in Allahabad, last year.
RMLNLU Class of 2014 recruitment statistics
| Recruiter | Accepted offers |
|---|---|
| Pangea3 | 7 (Campus) |
| HDFC | 2 (Campus) |
| Eastern Book Company | 3 (Campus) |
| OSC Gurgaon | 1 (Campus) |
| Torrent Power | 1 (Campus) |
| Torrent Pharma | 1 (Campus) |
| Amarchand Mangaldas | 2 (All PPO) |
| Wadia Ghandy | 2 (1 PPO) |
| ALMT Legal | 1 |
| Phoenix Legal | 1 |
| PDS Legal | 1 (PPO) |
| Lexygen | 1 (PPO) |
| Singhania & Singhania | 1 (PPO) |
| Suri & Suri Law Offices | 1 (PPO) |
| Universal Law Offices | 1 |
| KK Sharma Law Offices | 1 |
| Intellect Law Offices | 1 |
| Wadhwa & Co | 1 |
| NextLegal | 1 |
| Kaylegal | 1 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | 2 (1 PPO) |
| ICICI Lombard | 2 (1 PPO) |
| Bajaj Allianz | 1 (PPO) |
| Essel Communications | 1 |
| Star India | 1 |
| Sun LLP | 1 |
| Mindcrest | 3 |
| Centre For Internet & Society | 1 |
| Mint | 1 |
| CLAT Possible | 1 |
Source: RMLNLU RCC
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