This recruitment season, the 2020 graduating batch of National Law School of India University (NLSIU Bangalore) has secured a total of 44 jobs so far.
A total of 58 students out of a class of 80 took part in the recruitment process this year. 23 students received pre-placement offers, 16 students accepted offers on Day Zero, and 5 students accepted offers on Day One.
As per a release by the Recruitment Coordination Committee (RCC) of the 2020 NLSIU batch, this is a record number of placements as of Day One.
The salaries offered by law firms is in the range of Rs. 15-18 lakh per annum. Those who landed jobs as in-house counsel expect a salary package ranging from Rs. 12-16 lakh per annum.
| Firm/Company | PPOs | Day Zero hires | Day One hires | Total |
| AZB & Partners | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Argus Partners | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 1 | 5 | – | 6 |
| Khaitan & Co | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
| L&L Partners | 9 | 3 | – | 12 |
| S&R Associates | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
| Talwar Thakore Associates | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Trilegal | 5 | 2 | – | 7 |
| ICICI Bank | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Societe Generale | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 23 | 16 | 5 | 44 |
Among the law firms, L&L Partners was the biggest hirer, recruiting 12 NLSIU students. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Trilegal made 7 hires each, while Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas made 6. Khaitan & Co made 3 hires, while AZB & Partners made 2. S&R Associates, Talwar Thakore & Associates, and Argus Partners made 1 hire each.
4 students landed jobs as in-house counsel; ICICI Bank and Societe Generale made 2 hires each.
The 2020 batch RCC consists of Aishwarya Dixit, Akash Jain, Ashim Gupta, Dhanush Dinesh, Neha Lodha, Niharika Sharma, and Samriddhi Shukla.