Symbiosis Law School, Symbiosis International, Pune

GD: Generally the trend is to have discussions on current topics, which may be legal, finance related, or social issues. In other words, you may prepare by reading newspapers and competitive magazine to study the trend of topics in news. Again, GD/Essay/GK, there is no defined area of preparation, but general awareness helps.
My experience: This is in May 2009 when I had my GD. We were a group of 7 and an old man as our moderator. The topic of discussion was "Sub-Prime Crisis in USA and how has it affected India" (If you remember this was a hot topic in 2008 onwards for a long time). Anyway, the discussion lasted for 35-40 minds. We were not instructed to draw group conclusion and put our own views in couple of lines to end the discussion.
Tips:
1) Listen to the topic carefully. If in doubt, ask for clarification 10 times until you are clear.
2) Carry a Pen and a paper.
3) Be polite and always address to the group.
Interview:
Conducted on the same day after your GDs are done. I had a panel of 2 (Dean, SLS Pune and a Asst. Professor). The questions were quite general in nature such as:
1) Where are you from?
2) Why do you want to become a lawyer (since had no humanities background)?
3) Some legal questions relating to criminal law:
Is captial punishment good or bad?
4) What is your backup in case you don't get through to the law school?
In nutshell, they are trying to know you and your views in general. Be calm, patient and have confidence to make it through.
Hope this helps.
All the best.

Hi there,
University of Mumbai is a good university but it does not have all affiliated colleges which could be said to be good in terms of Law. For instance GLC is a good law college amongst others. But not every college is a good college in terms of law. However, Symbiosis law school would be a particular choice of college and you can expect a very good career while on campus owing to its good placement opportunities. Also, it has been a known name in terms of law for decades and is much preferred private institute for Law in that region.
So, between the University of Mumbai and Symbiosis Pune the latter would be a good preference provided you look for good education rather government status or private status of a college.
Also, the symbiosis law school follows modern patterns of education and helps in providing good exposure to its students.
Also, it has some notably good alumnis which however university of Mumbai too has.
But as of today's status Symbiosis Law School shall turn out to be a good preference.

The topics that are mostly asked for in the GD and PI at Symbiosis are the contemporary issues i.e. ongoing issues.
For eg., For 2018 interviews topics such as Doklam India China Issue, Rohingya Crisis, India's Foreign Policy, Triple Talaq Judgement, Right To Privacy Judgement, National Anthem Judgement, issues like Gender Equality, LGBT rights and GST are very important.
Basically, during GDs your general awareness is tested.
So, reading newspaper and following burning topics would help you.
Also, the PI is basically opinion based, thus you must have your own conclusions and opinions on topics.
Also, your ideology must be progressive and you must be able to justify what you say and be able to substantiate by citing reasons as well.
So, for PI you must be confident in whatever you say even if it is wrong.
For 2018, the above mentioned topics are important as of now and also do follow the newspaper and recent developments and other incidents that take place and have some relation with law.

Hey there,
Well, both Symbiosis and Amity University are private institutes and are not very old in order of their establishments.
However, Symbiosis had a better reputation in past while Amity University is equally competing with it.
If you get a choice between these two, I would suggest you choose Symbiosis because it is comparatively an older college and also there have been a number of batches who have graduated and thus placements would be better here.
Also, the visiting faculty members include Mr. Ramjethmalani thus the exposure is better there.The infrastructure is more or less similar, but Amity is a newly established institute and it may turn out to be a good one, but let the batches graduate only then the true picture of it could be seen.
While as of now, Symbiosis stands at a better position in terms of placements and other accolades in its name.