The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences was established under the WBNUJS Act, 1999 (West Bengal Act IX of 1999) adopted by the West Bengal Legislature in July, 1999.The University was notified under Clause (f) of Section 2 of the UGC Act, 1956 in August 2004 and has been granted permanent affiliation by the Bar Council of India in July 2005.
The Chief Justice of India is the Chancellor of NUJS and is also the Chairman of the General Council, the supreme policy-making body of the University. Professor Mahendra Pal Singh is the Vice Chancellor of the University. The objectives of the University inter alia are to:
# advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal processes and their role in national development
# promote legal knowledge and to make law and the legal process efficient instruments of social development
# develop in the student and research scholar a sense of responsibility to serve society in the field of law by developing skills with regard to advocacy, legal service, legislation, law reforms and the like
# promote inter-disciplinary study of law in relation to management, technology, international cooperation and development. These details are retrieved from www.nujs.edu
Placement
NUJS Campus Recruitment / Placement
NUJS is proud of its excellent placement record. Till 2008, NUJS had a 100 percent placement record. The placement record of the batch that passed out in 2009 has also been remarkable in spite of the economic downturn.
Recruitment, ever since the very first batch graduated, has seen participation from some of the finest international and national firms as well as the biggest corporate houses. NUJS graduates have done an exceptional job and this has resulted in the university earning an enviable reputation in the job market.
The Campus Recruitment Committee (CRC), which is a student run body, overlooks and co-ordinates the recruitment of the graduating batch of students of the NUJS and is solely authorized and responsible for communicating and coordinating between students sitting for Recruitment and Prospective Recruiters/ Recruiters. Organizations throughout the years, have expressed high levels of satisfaction with the recruitment programme organized by the CRC and students of NUJS continue to make a mark in the legal and commercial arenas.
NUJS graduates have always exceeded expectations and manage to combine a wide array of skills enabling them to satisfy employers as well as compete with the best talent in the world.
Past Recruiters
INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRMS
1. ALLEN & OVERY
2. ASHURST
3. BAKER AND MCKENZIE
4. CLIFFORD CHANCE
5. FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER
6. HERBERT SMITH
7. SIMMONS AND SIMMONS
8. SJ BERWIN
9. CRAVATH, SWAINE AND MOORE
NATIONAL LAW FIRMS
1. ALMT LEGAL
2. AMARCHAND MANGALDAS & SURESH A. SHROFF & CO.
3. AZB & PARTNERS
4. ECONOMIC LAWS PRACTICE
5. J. SAGAR ASSOCIATES
6. JURIS CORP
7. KOCHHAR & CO.
8. LUTHRA & LUTHRA LAW OFFICES
9. MAJMUDAR & CO.
10. NEW DELHI LAW OFFICES
11. O. P. KHAITAN & CO.
12. PARAS KUHAD & ASSOCIATES
13. SAHA & RAY
14. THAKKER & CO.
15. THAKKER & THAKKER
16. TITUS & CO.
17. TOTTENHAM INDIA LAW ASSOCIATES
18. TRILEGAL
19. UDWADIA UDESHI & CO.
20. WADIA & GHANDY ASSOCIATES and many other...
