Jindal Law School Graduates to Join Leading National and International Law Firms
SONIPAT, India, June 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Over 100 Jindal law graduates to pursue corporate, advocacy and educational careers
Placements 2017 at the Jindal Global Law School of O.P. Jindal Global University registered a remarkable demand for leadership roles from international and domestic law firms, think tanks and corporate houses. The school witnessed a 33% increase in the number of recruiters participating in the current placements season and over 81 organizations, both domestic and international firms, made 108 offers to students of the Class of 2017.
Economic Laws Practice, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Khaitan & Co, Lex Favios, Trilegal, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, Nishith Desai Associates, Wadia Ghandy & Co., S&R Associates, Bharucha & Partners, Kanga & Co, Remfry & Sagar, Inttl Advocare, Advaita Legal, Pricewater House Cooper, HCL, Clutch Group, Thomson Reuters, JSPL, and Wizcraft International are some of the organizations that have made offers to the graduating batch.
A notable number of the graduating students have also chosen to pursue careers in policy research and have secured positions at Lamp Fellowship, Gandhi Fellowship, Teach for India, The Legist Foundation, CUTS International and CSO.
This year's recruitment highlight is the appointment of Mr. Wali Zardan from the LL.M. batch, who was recently appointed as the Legal Director of the Ministry of Mines & Petroleum of the Government of Afghanistan. "The learning opportunities provided at Jindal Global Law School, along with their outstanding faculty members, has led to these fruitful results being experienced today. I am delighted and excited and indeed grateful to my alma mater, JGU," said Mr. Wali Zardan .
In an unprecedented manner, India's premiere corporate law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), has made offers to 11 students of the graduating batch. In addition to being preferred by the leading Indian law firms, JGLS graduates are also being recruited by international law firms. To the credit of this batch is the addition of the 2nd international law firm to JGLS' list of foreign law firms with the London-based Herbert Smith Freehills offering a training contract to one of the students graduating this year. The U.S. law firm, White & Case, is another leading international law firm that has hired JGLS graduates in the past.
JGU Founding Vice-Chancellor and the Dean of Jindal Global Law School, Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, said, "We expect several other domestic and international law firms to hire from our future graduating batches as several law firms have signed MoUs with our university for offering internships to our students. JGLS prides itself for facilitating a diversified range of professional opportunities to its graduates. These opportunities are not limited to corporate law firms, but also include in-house counsel positions at corporations and business enterprises, consultancy firms, investment banks, think tanks, research institutions, non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, government agencies, litigation practices at lawyers' chambers and judicial clerkships with judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. Internships have become the most preferred route for hiring law students by Indian and international law firms, and we will continue to focus on expanding this network."
Several Jindal graduates have also chosen to pursue higher studies and have secured admission to study LL.M and other degree programmes. There are many other students who are also preparing to take administrative services and competitive exams.
Assistant Dean of Careers Office at JGLS Prof. Anuranjan Sethi said,"We are constantly working to improve the quality and quantity of our recruiters across various segments to shape students' imaginations and catering to their constantly evolving career aspirations of our students."
JGLS 2017 Recruiters
Law Firms (52)
Advaita Legal 1 KMA Law Office 1
Lakshmikumaran &
Argus Partners 1 Sridharan 2
Alternate Law Forum 1 Lex Favios 1
Bharucha & Partners 1 Lex Pro 1
Chandhiok & Associates 1 M&M Legal 1
Nishith Desai
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas 11 Associates 2
Pamasis Law
Dave & Girish 1 Chambers 1
Rajdeep Behura &
Desai Law Offices 1 Associates 1
Economic Laws Practice 3 Remfry and Sagar 1
Enviro Legal 1 S&R Associates 1
Satram Das B and
Hammurabi & Solomon 1 Co. 1
Shardul Amarchand
Inttl Advocare 1 Mangaldas 2
Kanga & Co. 1 SMA Legal 1
Khaitan & Co 2 Surge Laws 1
Kotwal Associates 1 Trilegal 2
Wadia Ghandy & Co. 2
Policy Research and
Fellowship Programmes 5 Corporate Houses 15
CUTS International 1 Clutch Group 2
Gandhi Fellowship 1 HCL Technologies 4
Jindal Initiative
on Research in IP
and Competition
LAMP Fellowship 1 (JIRICO) 1
Jindal Steel &
Teach for India 2 Power Limited 2
The Legist 1 PwC 4
International Placements 2 Thomson Reuters 1
Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. 1
Herbert Smith Freehills 1
WTO 1
Litigation 33
Chamber of Adv.
Chamber of Adv. Anoop 1 Rustomkhan 1
Chamber of Adv. S
Chamber of Adv. Anup Dahiya 1 Ramesh Babu 1
Chamber of Adv. Ashish Chamber of Adv.
Shrivastava 1 Salil Kapoor 1
Chamber of Adv. Deepesh Chamber of Adv.
Beniwal 1 Simon Benjamin 2
Chamber of Adv. Geeta Chamber of Adv.
Luthra 1 Smriti Sinha 1
Chamber of Adv. J Chamber of Adv.
Ramchandra Rao 1 Subhash Agrawal 1
Chamber of Adv. Jasbeer Chamber of Adv.
Malik 1 Supriya Juneja 1
Chamber of Adv.
Chamber of Adv. KL Mehta 1 Yashraj Singh Deora 1
Chamber of Adv. Ratnanko Chamber of Adv.
Banerjee 1 Zohev Hossain 1
Chamber of other
Chamber of Adv. Ritin Rai 1 Advocates 12
Judicial Clerkship with
Justice Rohinton Nariman 1
About O.P. Jindal Global University
JGU is a non-profit global university established by the Haryana Private Universities (Second Amendment) Act, 2009. JGU is established in memory of Mr. O.P. Jindal as a philanthropic initiative of Mr. Naveen Jindal, the Founding Chancellor. The University Grants Commission has accorded its recognition to O.P. Jindal Global University. The vision of JGU is to promote global courses, global programmes, global curriculum, global research, global collaborations, and global interaction through a global faculty. JGU is situated on an 80-acre state-of-the art residential campus in the National Capital Region of Delhi.
JGU is one of the few universities in Asia that maintains a 1:15 faculty-student ratio and appoints faculty members from different parts of the world with outstanding academic qualifications and experience. JGU has established six schools: Jindal Global Law School, Jindal Global Business School, Jindal School of International Affairs, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities and Jindal School of Journalism and Communication.
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