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    NLU Placements (UG & LLM): Avg Salary, Top Companies, Past Year Placement Report

    Sumeet SudarshanUpdated on 05 Sep 2025, 03:54 PM IST

    The National Law Universities are often the go-to choices for law aspirants in India. One of the contributing factors towards a high preference for NLUs is the NLU placements season, which sees top legal firms in India recruiting young lawyers from the universities with attractive salary packages. The NLU placement reports are eagerly awaited every year. Like the trend seen in NLUs placement process earlier, this year too there has been a beeline of top companies for NLUs placements 2025. The law firms participating in NLUs 2025 placements include names such as Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Trilegal, Khaitan & Co. among others. In all, there are a total of 26 NLUs in India and majority of them make it to the NIRF law rankings 2025 which lists the top law college in India as per government data.

    This Story also Contains

    1. NLUs Placement Process
    2. NLUs Placement Report UG
    3. Previous Year NLU Placement Records
    4. NLUs Placement Report PG
    NLU Placements (UG & LLM): Avg Salary, Top Companies, Past Year Placement Report
    NLU Placement

    A total of 13 NLUs have been ranked in the NIRF law rankings 2025 which solidifies the universities' unique position in the field of legal education. However, this showcases a slight decline from the previous year count of 16. NLSIU Bengaluru and NLU Delhi are ranked in the top two and attract the highest NLU placement salary. Read on to get all the details about NLUs placement package including the placement process, median salary and more.

    NLUs Placement Process

    The NLUs have a placement cell that will manage the campus recruitment process. The placement cells are usually managed by the students themselves and carry out different activities such as preparation of the placement brochure, contacting companies and marking other arrangements.

    The NLUs placement process consists of the following steps:

    Step 1: The companies are requested to conduct pre placement talks with the students where the recruiters showcase crucial information such as the organisation's profile, career opportunities at the firm, and salary package

    Step 2: The recruiters then conduct a pre-interview screening process to shortlist candidates for the final interview process.

    Step 3: Recruiters will then conduct a final interview after communicating about the same well in advance. The recruiters are also required to disclose the list of selected students and the salary package offered.

    The NLUs placement process typically take place in two forms:

    • Zero Day Placement: This placement happens when students are in the fourth year of their 5 year programme. Since students are yet to complete their studies, the placement offers made during this time are also referred to as pre placement offers

    • Final Year Placement: This placement happens when students are in their final year. Students who couldn't participate in the Zero Day Placement are part of this placement process

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    NLUs Placement Report UG

    The official NIRF rankings for law colleges 2025 have been released, and 13 NLUs find a place among the top 40 law colleges in the country. Among those, top-ranked NLUs have placements ranging from 16 LPA to 20 LPA.

    Given below is the placement report of NLUs as per the latest available data for each NLU. The report contains details of the average package of NLU placement and number of students placed.

    NLUs Placements for 5-year LLB programmes with Salary

    The data below for 5-year LLB programme, provides the details about the number of students passing out, number of students placed, their NLU placement salary, and the students who opted for higher education.

    nlu-ug-salary-2024

    NLU Placement 2025: UG

    Sl. NoNLU NameTotal no. of graduating studentsNo. of students placedMedian salaryStudents selected for higher studies

    1

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    8570Rs. 16 lakh p.a.2

    2

    NLU Delhi

    7965Rs. 18 lakh p.a.10

    3

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    115108Rs. 17.50 lakh p.a.7

    4

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    127122Rs. 20 lakh p.a.5

    5

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    181175Rs. 18.00 lakh p.a.6

    6

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    171158Rs. 7.00 lakh p.a.0

    7

    NLIU Bhopal

    11348Rs. 16 lakh p.a.60

    8

    NUSRL Ranchi

    10139Rs. 9.30 lakh p.a.12

    10

    NLUO Cuttack

    15877Rs. 14 lakh p.a.10

    11

    NLUJA Assam

    5818Rs. 8.90 lakh p.a.16

    12

    CNLU Patna

    136110Rs. 10.80 lakh p.a.26

    13

    MNLU Nagpur

    11085Rs. 7.64 lakh p.a.25

    NLU Placement 2025: PG

    Sl. NoNLU NameTotal no. of graduating studentsNo. of students placedMedian salaryStudents selected for higher studies

    1

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    9077Rs. 7 lakh p.a.1

    2

    NLU Delhi

    7248Rs. 10.68 lakh p.a.9

    3

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    6759Rs. 7.80 lakh p.a.8

    4

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    10075Rs. 10 lakh p.a.12

    5

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    6743Rs. 6.20 lakh p.a.24

    6

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    27000

    7

    NLIU Bhopal

    5519Rs. 7 lakh p.a.4

    8

    NUSRL Ranchi

    4012Rs. 6.50 lakh p.a.2

    10

    NLUO Cuttack

    4332Rs. 6 lakh p.a.7

    11

    NLUJA Assam

    386Rs. 1.8 lakh p.a.12

    12

    CNLU Patna

    6651Rs. 7.20 lakh p.a.15

    13

    MNLU Nagpur

    3021Rs. 6 lakh p.a.9

    Previous Year NLU Placement Records

    NLU Placement UG: 2024

    Sl. NoNLU NameTotal no. of graduating studentsNo. of students placedMedian salaryStudents selected for higher studies

    1

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    74

    56

    Rs 16 lakhs p.a.

    15

    2

    NLU Delhi

    83

    69

    Rs 14 lakhs p.a.

    10

    3

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    112

    98

    Rs 16 lakhs p.a.

    12

    4

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    127

    108

    Rs 20 lakhs p.a.

    19

    5

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    175

    163

    Rs 16 lakhs p.a.

    12

    6

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    174

    148

    Rs 7 lakhs p.a.

    26

    7

    NLIU Bhopal

    120

    45

    Rs 16 lakhs p.a.

    65

    8

    NUSRL Ranchi

    116

    26

    Rs 10 lakhs p.a.

    23

    9

    RGNUL Patiala

    163

    31

    Rs 9 lakhs p.a.

    8

    10

    NLUO Cuttack

    177

    87

    Rs 14.50 lakhs p.a.

    11

    11

    NLUJA Assam

    70

    16

    Rs 6.80 lakhs p.a.

    20

    12

    MNLU Mumbai

    54

    30

    Rs 14 lakhs p.a.

    6

    13

    CNLU Patna

    137

    105

    Rs 10.40 lakhs p.a

    16

    14

    MNLU Nagpur

    105

    81

    Rs 7 lakhs p.a.

    24

    15

    NUALS Kochi

    67

    30

    Rs 15 lakhs p.a.

    28

    16

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    120

    30

    Rs 6 lakhs p.a.

    20

    NLUs Placement Report PG

    The median salary, a figure representing the average NLU placement packages, ranges between Rs. 5 lakhs pa to 12 lakhs pa in NLUs that have placed students in different organisations. Given below is the NLU placement data for PG students as per latest available data.

    NLU-pg-salary-2025

    NLU Placements for LLM

    The table given below gives NLU PG placements NIRF data. The data consists of LLM placements in NLUs and students who opted for higher studies.

    NLU Placement 2024 PG

    Sl. no

    NLU Name

    Total no of graduating students

    No. of students placed

    Median Salary

    Students selected for higher studies

    1

    NLSIU Bengaluru

    68

    37

    Rs 8.40 lakhs p.a.

    12

    2

    NLU Delhi

    75

    50

    Rs 12 lakhs p.a.

    8

    3

    NALSAR Hyderabad

    64

    53

    Rs 7 lakhs p.a.

    7

    4

    WBNUJS Kolkata

    100

    72

    Rs 10 lakhs p.a.

    12

    5

    GNLU Gandhinagar

    63

    52

    Rs 6 lakhs p.a.

    11

    6

    RMLNLU Lucknow

    27

    25

    Rs 7 lakhs p.a.

    2

    7

    NLIU Bhopal

    57

    18

    Rs 6 lakhs p.a.

    35

    8

    NUSRL Ranchi

    38

    6

    Rs 6 lakhs p.a.

    1

    9

    RGNUL Patiala

    55

    50

    Rs 5.50 lakhs p.a.

    4

    10

    NLUO Cuttack

    42

    27

    Rs 7 lakhs p.a.

    6

    11

    NLUJA Assam

    35

    0

    0

    0

    12

    MNLU Mumbai

    45

    1

    Rs 7 lakhs p.a.

    1

    13

    CNLU Patna

    61

    43

    Rs 4.80 lakhs p.a.

    14

    14

    MNLU Nagpur

    24

    15

    Rs 5 lakhs

    9

    15

    NUALS Kochi

    55

    0

    0

    0

    16

    DSNLU Visakhapatnam

    54

    0

    0

    0

    Top Companies For NLUs Placements

    The NLUs are the top law schools in India and the recruitment process has seen some very big names coming to campus to recruit students. The top companies for all NLU placements include a mix of top law firms, banks and insurance companies. Given below is a list of top recruiters that regularly hire students from the NLUs

    NLU Placements 2025: Top Recruiters

    Top Recruiters

    Khaitan & Co

    Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

    Luthra & Luthra

    Trilegal

    Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

    Induslaw

    Axis Bank

    Saraf & Partners

    ICICI Bank

    S&R Associates

    National Stock Exchange

    Tata AIG

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the highest NLU placement salary?
    A:

    As per the latest available data, the highest median salary is offered by WBNUJS Kolkata at Rs 20 lakhs p.a.

    Q: Does NLU provide placement
    A:

    Yes, NLUs have a placement process. Though some students opt out of the process and go for higher studies.

    Q: Which NLU has highest placement?
    A:

    The number of students placed depends on the number of students who are participating in the placement process. Going by the latest data the top NLUs such as Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru are able to place almost 80% of the students.

    Q: Is there 100% placement in NLU?
    A:

    No. Many students opt to go for higher studies and some choose to not be part of the NLU placement process.

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