Tamil Nadu National Law University

The top recruiters of Tamil Nadu National Law University (TNNLU) include Trilegal, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Commercial Law Advisors, and ALG India Law Offices LLP. Other companies that have recruited from TNNLU include LKS Chennai, ICUL, TLGS Consulting Group, M2K Advisors, and Anant Merathia and Associates. The university also provides internship opportunities, and students are mandated to complete five internships, including at least one each with an NGO, a trial court advocate or any practicing advocate, a subordinate judiciary, and a judge of the appellate court

The application forms for TNNLU admission 2025 are out. The application process is conducted through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025. 

• The CLAT 2026 application process for admission to the 5-year Integrated LLB (UG) and one-year LLM courses will commence on Aug 1, 2025. Furthermore, the CLAT 2026 exam will be held on Dec 7, 2025.
• The XAT registration process 2026 is now open for MBA/PGDM courses. The last date to register is Dec 5, 2025. Furthermore, the XAT 2026 exam will be held on Jan 4, 2026.

The comparative analysis of TNNLU placements with other NLUs are depicted below:

*The salary mentioned is the median package for the 2021 drive.

NOTE: The MNLU Nagpur and DSNLU Visakhapatnam data is gathered from NIRF report 2022 and NIRF report 2023, respectively. For TNNLU and MNLU Mumbai, the data is fetched from Shiksha students' reviews. 

TNNLU placement is a four-step process, which are as follows:

1. The placement cell arranges pre-placement discussions between candidates and recruiters.
2. The recruiters conduct a pre-interview screening round. If any recruiter does not conduct pre-interview screening then placement cell will forward the CVs of interested candidates.
3. After the pre-interview screening, the list of shortlisted candidates will be announced by the recruiters
4. Recruiters will declare a final list of selected candidates. Candidates need to inform the placement cell regarding their choice (acceptance/ decline).

The following table mentions the TNNLU placement package details recorded during recent drives:

NOTE: The above salary data is fetched from the Shiksha students' reviews.

Some of the renowned Legal sector companies that participated in Tamil Nadu National Law University placements in the recent recruitment drives are mentioned below:

The official placement report is not released as of now. As per the data fetched from external sources, the average package offered during the recent placement sessions was INR 4.20 LPA. The complete insights of TNNLU placements are tabulated below:

NOTE: The above statistics are gathered from the Shiksha students' reviews.

According to unofficial sources, the majority of Tamil Nadu National Law University alumni are placed in the Legal sector with a 52% share. The other top sectors that involve the majority of alumni are Education and Operations. The detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni is depicted in the below table:

NOTE: The sectors involved in the 'Others' category are Business Development, Community and Social Services, Customer Success and Support, Administrative, and Finance.