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

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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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