Students
‘Acquiescence at best, involvement at worst’: Alums speak out for NLUD Workers Students group, which rebuts admin ‘factual report’
The standoff between the NLU Delhi administration and a group of students protesting for the continuing employment of up to 55 campus cleaning staff (indirectly) came to a head over the weekend as on Friday one student and one worker were allegedly briefly detained by the police after student protests outside the main gates.
NLU Delhi admin to delay hard-won gov’t order in students’ epic 6-month battle to get cleaning staff their jobs back in midst of Covid crisis
Despite a Delhi ministry government order to return them to employment, the situation for the workers remains uncertain*
Digging the NIRF: How we will take a stab at trying to rank, understand law schools a little bit better (and how you can help)
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) data and law school rankings are a treasure trove of information and over the next few weeks, we intend to dig deeper into the numbers to help law school aspirants from making more informed choices.
Digging the NIRF 2020 law school rankings: Most LLBs have big gender deficit (except AIL, KIIT, SLS, NLIU), makes good case for more reservations • LLMs dominated by women (except NLS)
Analysis of data submitted by 29 law schools to the government’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), of which 19 were ranked in the top 20 of NIRF, has revealed that nearly all face significant disparities in undergraduate female to male gender ratios, which are considerably below the national average for the age group of law school aspirants.
NIRF’s 2020 best law school rankings out of 97: Top 3 same, NLUJ overtakes NUJS, GNLU climbs, NLIU drops 6 [Compare all metrics]
The full National Institutional Ranking Framework are out and are substantially unchanged from last year - with NLSIU Bangalore, NLU Delhi and Nalsar Hyderabad taking the top three spots; howveer, NLU Jodhpur has overtaken NUJS Kolkata, and GNLU Gandhinagar has jumped ahead of SLS Pune and Jamia Milia Islamia, in this government-sponsored and -approved ranking that saw a total of 97 law colleges participating (see full list and ranking table below). Movers and shakers
Nalsar, NUJS cancel exams, scale prior marks • +50% students may not have ‘effective access’ to online exams • BCI (mostly) agrees
Nalsar Hyderabad and NUJS Kolkata have opted not to hold online exams this semester in light of potential difficulties faced by students, in contrast to NLSIU Bangalore, which has opted for students to sit their final exams entirely online in six- to eight-hour exams spread out over a longer time period.
Nuals scores record 32 (pre-Covid) jobs for RCC of 65, batch of 120 as lockdown begins causing some delays
The Nuals Kochi recruitment coordination committee (RCC) and the 2020-graduating students have secured and accepted 32 job offers, out of a total batch of 120 out of whom 65 participated in RCC activities.
NLS students sit 6-8-hour online end-term exams on schedule as Covid had cost just 4 days of classes
Scoop: Though much longer than a standard exam, the exams are also open book.
NLU Delhi students challenge 50% state reservation before HC
JGLS starts online LLM, aims for 100+ takers, powered by IoE-UGC exemption • NLS looks to scale e-learning to 100,000 students
Jindal takes full advantage of IoE status but some NLUs might also manage
NLU Delhi pushes AILET admissions exam all the way to 9 August, to ‘explore’ online proctored possibilities
NLU Delhi’s All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) has been postponed for the second time, now to be held on 9 August 2020, according to a notification on NLU Delhi’s website (see above).
After HSF, IDIA inks ties with Linklaters for cash, training support
The Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) initiative has tied up with UK-international law firm giant Linklaters for financial support and some help in preparing training materials to allow students from non-traditional backgrounds - and potentially all others who may need it - to crack entrance exams such as the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT).
Game of entrance test chicken continues: LSAT postpones online test to 19 July, citing boards • [UPDATE: 11,790 applicants so far]
The LSAT-India exam has been postponed from 14 June to 19 July, due to an apparent clashing with students’ preparations for the CBSE board exams, which are scheduled between 1 to 15 July, continuing the long-running Covid-19-triggered experiment of being the first to hold a law university entrance test where the stakes are high and the risks are many.
NLS lawyers, partners, Tata GC, NGOs bring 174 Mumbai migrants home to Jharkhand by charter flight
NLSIU Bangalore alumni have donated money and organised the air travel home of 174 migrants stuck in Mumbai due to the Covid-19 lockdown, reported LiveLaw.
CLAT 2020 convenor on issues an online CLAT would pose: We may be late but want to do justice
CLAT convenor and DNLU Jabalpur VC Prof Balraj Chauhan shares some of his and the committee’s current deliberations surrounding potentially taking the admissions test online this year
RGNUL VC, NLU-D candidate Jaswal at loggerheads with state, as students request forensic audit, fee waivers [UPDATE-1: HT report]
RGNUL Patiala’s finances and its vice-chancellor (VC) Paramjit Jaswal‘s tenure has been under scrutiny from the state’s Higher Education Department, with multiple sources strongly suggesting that Jaswal may have tendered his as-yet unaccepted resignation in response.
112 GNLU students, alums, volunteers call 6,000 stranded workers to help them get home: Appeal for others to start nat’l movement, pool resources
However, the GNLU students have reached the limits of what they alone can achieve and are keen to help other law schools start a wider movement
NLS overhauls PhDs for 5 new scholars: Full funding, stipends, more ‘rigour’, ‘quality’, hopes to compete globally
Scoop: Around 90 existing PhDs at NLS to be examined for current status of studies
Student-led NLIU project assist over 200 migrant labourers with practical advice, help on dealing with lockdown
NLIU Bhopal students studying employment law have started a website, telephone helpline and initiative to assist migrant labourers with some of the difficulties they face during the Covid-19 lockdown.
CLAT postponed for 3rd time to 1-21st July over ‘ecosystem uncertainties’ • Starts Telegram channel to connect to the kids
Again, very few surprises to anyone as the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020 has again announced that it would postpone its exam from 21 June to some indeterminate point after 1 July, in light of the ongoing and extended Covid-19 crisis and lockdowns.