NLU Kolkata (NUJS) - The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Placement

According to the NIRF report 2023, a total of 5026 students were placed during the 2022 placement drive at Calcutta University. The median package offered to BA LLB and LLM students was INR 9.20 LPA. However, there is no placement cell at the Faculty of Law, and most students practice in court or pursue higher studies.On the other hand, NUJS Kolkata placements 2022 concluded with a total of 118 job offers from 24 recruiters. Among them 80 offers were accepted by the 2022 graduating batch. The average package offered by the domestic firms ranges from INR 15 – 18 LPA, and the highest package offered was INR 22 LPA. Some of the prominent recruiters of NUJS Kolkata include Cyril Amarchand Mangaladas, Kaitan & Co., Trilegal, etc.Based on these data, it seems that NUJS Kolkata offers better placements than Faculty of Law, Calcutta University in terms of number of offers, average package, and diversity of recruiters.

Well, this is a very complicated question to be answered. Both these law schools are at par with each other, be it academics, mooting (though GNLU is doing substantially better of late), placements (NLU-J takes this one, but it’s all about the batch size) and other basic criteria. Now, let’s break this question down and try to answer it from an unbiased and rational point of view.As per the NLU placement reports recorded for the past five years, NLSIU Bangalore, NLU Delhi, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, and GNLU are leading the best placements for law students (among NLUs). Therefore, law aspirants prefer NLUs since they rank among the top law schools in India

. Let’s take a look at the below table to know the exact numbers recorded during 2020, 2021 and 2022 placement drives:Course202020212022BA LLB/BSc LLB-   Total students: 125-   Students placed: 95-   Total students: 125-   Students placed: 80-   Total students: 127-   Students placed: 80LLM-   Total students: 42-   Students placed: 11-   Total students: 42-   Students placed: 15-   Total students: 82-   Students placed: 54Note: The above-mentioned data are gathered from the West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences NIRF report 2023.