NLU Placements 2025: Salary Packages, Top Recruiters & Campus Recruitment Process of NLUs

NLU Placements 2025: Salary Packages, Top Recruiters & Campus Recruitment Process of NLUs

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Anupama Mehra
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Updated on Dec 29, 2025 15:55 IST
The placements at National Law Universities (NLUs) are held in April-May every year. Various law firms, corporates, PSUs visit NLUs for making job offers to fresh law graduates. Check here NLU placement process, recruiters, salary package, job roles and more.

Placements at NLUs take place throughout the year, with campus recruitment drives systematically organised by the Training and Placement Cells for final-year students. Here, you can find complete details about NLU placements, including the placement process, types of recruiters, average salary packages, top law firms and recruiters, job roles offered, and other key insights.

NLU Placements Report

Placements at National Law Universities of India

NLU Placements 2025: The National Law Universities are first choice for law aspirants. One of the major factors is the NLU Placements, which are much better than any law colleges in the country. From India's best legal firms to corporates higher number of students from NLUs get most attractive salary package.The NLU Placement Reports are eagerly awaited by students.

According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released every year by Ministry of Education, along with teaching-learning resources and research, graduation outcomes including placements and median salary are the key parameters for deciding the rankings of law colleges in India. Here is an overview of placements at NLUs in India highlighting top recruiters, average salary, and more.

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Table of contents
  • NLU Placement Process
  • NLU Placement Reports 2025
  • NLU Placement Report 2024 - 2025 for UG
  • NLU Placement Report 2024 - 2025 for PG Course
  • NLU Recruiters and Job Profiles

NLU Placement Process

Generally, the placements at the National Law Universities begin from April-May every year. The recruiters visit campuses of the law universities and shortlist candidates based on their academic profile and legal aptitude. Each NLU has its own ‘Placement Bureau’ or ‘Recruitment Committee’ that manages the entire campus placement process. The recruitment and placement process at NLUs comprises:

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NLU Placement Reports 2025 

The placement records for all the National Law Universities in India as shared in AQAC/NIRF reports for undergraduate courses are as under:

Name of NLUs Average Domestic CTC (per annum - in lakh) Total Students Placed
National Law School of India University, Bangalore INR 16 LPA 70
National Law University, Delhi INR 18 LPA 65
National Academy of Legal Study & Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad INR 17.50 LPA 108
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata INR 20 LPA 122
National Law Institute University, Bhopal INR 16 LPA 48
National Law University, Jodhpur INR 14.50 LPA 60
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur INR 12 LPA 37
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar INR 18 LPA 175
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow INR 7 LPA 158
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala INR 7 LPA 16

The placement report 2024-2025 for NLUs in India for postgraduate courses is as under:

Q:   How many seats are offered by NLU Delhi through AILET 2026?
A:
The total seats offered in NLU Delhi are-
  • for admission to BA LLB program - 120 seats
  • for LLM ciourse - 81 seats  
The additional seats are also offered for Foreign Nationals and OCI/PIO candidates.
Q:   Does NLU Delhi accept any other entrance exam for admission?
A:

The entrance exam accepted for admission to the BA LLB and LLM courses at the NLU Delhi is AILET. No other entrance exam is accepted for the admission to the institute. Candidates appearing in any other Law entrance exam such as CLAT, MHCET Law, SLAT, will have to appear for the AILET to increase their scope of admission to NLU Delhi.

Name of NLUs Average Domestic CTC (per annum - in lakh) Total Students Placed
NLSIU Bangalore INR 7 LPA 77
NLU Delhi INR 10.68 LPA 48
NALSAR Hyderabad INR 7.80 LPA 59
WBNUJS Kolkata INR 10 LPA 75
NLU Bhopal INR 6 LPA 21
GNLU Gandhinagar INR 6.20 LPA 43
RMNLU Lucknow INR 5 LPA 4
RGNUL Patiala INR 4.8 LPA 1
NLUO Cuttack INR 5 LPA 18

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NLU Placement Report 2024 - 2025 for UG

As per the NIRF data, in NLUs the highest package recorded was INR 16.50 Lakh per annum, and the lowest package recorded was INR 6.5 Lakh per annum. placement report of the NLUs is given below:

Name of NLUs Average Domestic CTC (per annum - in lakh) Total Students Placed
NLSIU Bangalore INR 15 LPA 56
NLU Delhi INR 15 LPA 41
NALSAR Hyderabad INR 16.50 LPA 120
WBNUJS Kolkata INR 16 LPA 95
NLU Bhopal INR 14 LPA 47
NLU Jodhpur INR 14.50 LPA 56
HNLU Raipur INR 10.8 LPZ 27
GNLU Gandhinagar INR 10 LPA 111
RMNLU Lucknow INR 4.5 LPA 18
RGNUL Patiala INR 6.57 LPA 16
CNLU Patna INR 7.9 LPA 24
NLUO Cuttack INR 8.4 LPA 48

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NLU Placement Report 2024 - 2025 for PG Course

The reports shared by all NLUs for placement of postgraduate students is as under:

Name of NLUs Average Domestic CTC (per annum - in lakh) Total Students Placed
NLSIU Bangalore INR 6.75 LPA 16
NLU Delhi INR  LPA NA
NALSAR Hyderabad INR 8.50 LPA 45
WBNUJS Kolkata INR 7.20 LPA 11
NLU Bhopal INR 6 LPA 22
NLU Jodhpur NA NA
HNLU Raipur NA NA
GNLU Gandhinagar INR 3.60 LPA 40
RMNLU Lucknow INR 70 K 4
RGNUL Patiala INR 3.6 LPA 8
CNLU Patna NA NA
NUALS  Kochi NA NA
NLUO Cuttack INR 5 LPA 22
NURSL Ranchi NA NA
NLUJA Assam NA NA
DSNLU Visakhapatnam NA NA
TNNLS Tiruchirapalli NA NA
MNLU Mumbai NA NA
MNLU Nagpur NA NA
MNLU Aurangabad NA NA
HPNLU Shimla NA NA
DNLU Jabalpur NA NA
DRBNLU Haryana NA NA

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NLU Recruiters and Job Profiles

Type of Recruiters visiting at NLU for Campus Placements are:

  • Law Firms
  • Public Sector Undertakings
  • In-house Counsels
  • Corporate Organisations
  • Foreign Law Firms & Companies

The placements are organised course-wise i.e. for undergraduate as well as postgraduate students. Around 75% of students from the total strength of the batch participate in the campus recruitment process at NLUs. The job roles in law offered by the recruiters are:

  • Legal Associates
  • Law Consultants/ Functional Consultants
  • Corporate Lawyer
  • Litigators/ Trial Lawyers

Fresh graduates from NLUs also opt for alternate career paths such as Civil Services, Judicial Services, Teaching, Litigation Lawyers (after qualifying AIBE exam), Legislative Policy Makers, start their own Corporate Law Firms, and Judicial Clerks, etc. Such a group of students do not participate in NLU campus placements or do not accept the placement offers.

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NLU Placements: Top Law Firms

The list of various recruiters participating in campus placements of NLUs includes top tier law firms, corporate houses, Public Sector Undertakings and even academic institutions. Here are some prominent law firms taking part in the NLU placement process:

List of Law Firms
AZB & Partners P & A Law Offices
Argus Partners Fox Mandal & Associates
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Majmudar & Co
Khaitan & Co Linklaters LLP
L & L Partners Skadden
S & R Associates Wadia & Ghandy Associates
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Udwadia Udeshi & Co.
Talwar Thakore &  Associates Juris Corp
Trilegal Dave & Girish
ICICI Bank P H Parekh & Co.
Societe Generale J Sagar and Associates
Seth Dua & Co. Zeus Law Associates
Lexindis Universal Legal
Economic Law Practices Dua Associates

Also Read: What are NLUs (National Law Universities)? How are these different from other Law schools?

NLU Placements: Top Companies, Government Organisations and Public Sector Undertakings

Besides law firms, many public sector undertakings, government organisations, regulatory authorities and corporate giants also offer placements to fresh law graduates from NLUs. Check the list of these organisations below:  

List of Corporate Organisations List of PSUs and Govt. Organisation
OYO Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
Essar Oil & Gas National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDCL)
Wipro Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL)
Bajaj Finance Limited Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
Deutsche Bank Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Ernst & Young Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL)
Tata Croma Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
ICICI Bank National Mineral Development Corporation (NDMC Ltd.)
CL Educated Minerals & Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC)
Star India Indian Oil Corporation (IOC Ltd.)
Edelweiss Asset National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
Birla Global Finance Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC)
Times of India Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCI)
Tata Sons Ltd. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

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Asawary Tayade

5 years ago

What are the Placements offered by MNLU Mumbai after B.A.L.L.B

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