Jindal Global Law School - Yay or Nay?

The course curriculum is well prepared to make you aware and thorough with all fields and aspects of law so that you gain clarity and decide in which field to master and gain expertise in. The course curriculum is based on the general BCI mandate of law, similar to what is followed in National Law Universities as well. The law subjects are same for BA.LLB and BBA.LLB courses while the BA and BBA subjects differ. Teaching methods are subjective and are usually good and appreciated by all students. Most professors teach with the aid of presentations, videos, media and so on and encourage plenty of class discussions and participations. The internal exams are on discretion of the Professors for marks as well as timing while the external exams are of 3 hour duration and comparitively more difficult than internals.

The placements of the college are only for creamy layer of students who are exceptionally well. Out of a batch of around 1200, only around 30-40 get placed in the campus placements. The placements provide job opportunities only for corporate side of law and none for litigation side of law. The Zero Day placements take place in the first month of the final year. The highest package goes up to around 19LPA while average is around 7LPA. Companies who come almost every year for law placements are - Trilegal, Khaitan & Co, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Saraf and Partners, ICICI, Aquilaw, Wipro, EY etc. My plans after graduation are to work in a litigation office under an advocate in the Supreme Court.

The yearwise fee structure is subject to 10% increase every year. The overall fees payable for a semester for Jindal Global Law School is - 4,13,500 as of 2024-25. This includes: Tution Fees of : 287500 Residential Fees of : 126000 This amount is paid every semester (two semesters a year). Residential Fees is compulsory since staying outside the campus is not allowed. While enrolling into the college, you only have to pay the fees for the first semester along with Rs 50,000 security deposit which will be returned back to you upon graduation with cuts if any (property damage, library fines etc) Scholarships: Merit cum need scholarship (granted upon discretion) Shallu Jindal Women Scholarship

This is the best part about this college. Campus and social life is exemplary. Infrastructure, minus the seasonal problems which occur sometimes, is exemplary. We have 2 major fests in a year - Magnus the sports fest and Biswamil the cultural fest. Various colleges from over the country come to participate. We even host exceptional artists like Nucleya, Amit Trivedi, Anuv Jain, Javed Ali, Bhoomi Trivedi etc. There is a wide range of books and journals available in the multi-faceted expansive library. There are physical books as well as e-books. All classrooms are equipped with whiteboards as well as smartboards and also cameras and microphones for hybrid or online sessions. A wide range of sports and extracurriculur activities are provided. Trained sports - basketball, football, volleyboll, track and field, kabaddi, hockey, badminton. Extracurriculur - dance and music societies. Variety of student-run social groups are also present which speak up about contemporary issues.

There are different types of rooms, given batchwise. The standard room has 3 students with 3 beds, 3 side tables, 3 study tables, 3 cupboards over study tables, 3 clothes wardrobe. The washroom is divided into 3 stalls, one with commode, one with bathing area and one with sink and cabinets. Other room settings for boys include apartment type setting, with 4 rooms in one apartment, and 2 boys in one room. One more room setting for boys include 2 boys in one room. One more setting for Post Graduate girls include 4 girls in one room. Meal Quality and Menu is exceptional- offering over 20+ different items every meal with different cuisines - Indian, South Indian, Desserts, Italian, Chinese, Salads etc. Registration process for hostel comes along with admission process, nothing to be done separately. Living in hostel is mandatory and living outside campus is not permitted.

I wrote CLAT exam and upon selection, was getting Mumbai National Law University. I was also getting reputed colleges in Delhi University. I also got a 90% scholarship from Bennett University. I chose OP Jindal over DU since I wanted to do law. I chose it over Bennett since Jindal had a much higher ranking. I chose Jindal over Mumbai NLU since it was rated at 16 that respective year. While it made sense to chose a national government college for law, but I wanted to choose an NLU only which ranked higher than Jindal, which were only the top 3 NLUs - NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS. Since I couldn't get into the top 3 NLUs, I decided Jindal would be the next best choice. I did not get a rejection from anywhere I applied. The admission process of Jindal Law School is through LSAT , a central examination. The cut-off for college acceptance differs every year. I scored a percentile of 94%. The cut-off for that year was around 75% while now it has dropped to around 60%.

The faculty was initially top-notch and highly qualified, coming from reputed backgrounds and universities. But recently, due to the ever-rapidly increasing student population, the quality of faculty admissions has degraded. Now, mostly all professors hired are Jindal graduates themselves. Course structure revolves around 4 months of a semester, with 3 months of studying and 1 month of examinations. The course is divided into 50 marks for internals while 50 for externals. The internal scheme runs throughout the semester at discretion of the professor - in class exams, presentations, quizes, viva, research paper etc while the external scheme is an in-class 3 hour examination towards the end of the semester. The internal examination is not anonymous while external examinations are anonymous, eliminating bias.