Internship and Placement Opportunities at NLU Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu National Law University is located in Trichy. It falls under mid level NLU which is not very old. It offers UG, PG, and Ph.D programs. The most important part about the university is the academics. It supports the students in every way possible extending from mentorship programs, workshops to placement guidance. It has a beautiful campus. The only disadvantage of the campus is its location but other than that TNNLU is one of the best Universities to start your legal journey.

Tamil Nadu National Law University offers two UG courses which are B.A.LL.B (Hons.) and B.Com.LL.B (Hons.). Both of them being 5 year integrated courses there is no 3 years law courses here (Only the non-law subjects would differ). Apart from that it offers LL.M in Corporate and Securities Law, Intellectual Property Laws, Natural Resources Law, and Ph.D courses. The academics part of TNNLU is pretty good; people here are surrounded by brilliant minds motivating them to work harder. Just as most of the other NLU's have, we have 2 semesters per year, Odd and Even semester. For each year there would be Research Project, Mid Semester, End Semester and Internship break. And each year we have 2 internship breaks out of which it is mandatory to do at least 1 internship. They also specify the type of institution where we should be intern for each year, for example it is mandatory for a 1st year student to be an intern in a NGO at least once. Similarity, 3rd year student should have interned under any Advocate / Law firm dealing with Trial Court Cases or Sub- ordinate Judiciary at least once. The University has an Internships and placement committee, so, one can approach the committee to get internship or apply on their own. Obviously TNNLU, being one of the NLU's one has to clear CLAT in order to join this university, and to be honest, it's not that difficult to get into TNNLU, and you do have some perks if you are a Tamil Nadu students, because the cutoff's are pretty less comparatively. The admission process is very simple, once you are done with CLAT you have to apply for counseling in the Consortium website and there would be 5 provisional lists coming up and once your name is in there, you are selected and if you're not getting selected in any of the 5 lists, still your chances are not closed, you can apply through vacancy and get in. Vacancy policy to be in simple terms would mean that after all the 5 lists if the seats are not filled or if the students selected are now withdrawing their admissions then vacancy portal will be opened and applications would be invited. Also it is very important to note that the cutoff changes would be very drastic while comparing the provisional list and the vacancy. Again there is nothing to complaint about the academics in TNNLU it is actually very good, sometimes it becomes quite hectic when you have research paper submission and exams coming up and but it's all worth it, you will soon start enjoying the state of being busy. Coming to examinations part, this year we have 30- 30- 40 system where 30 marks for Research Projects, 30 for Mid seems (Mid semester is nothing but half portion kind of examinations), 40 for End semester. Coming to the difficulty level of exams, as a person whose ultimate goal was to clear CLAT get into a NLU and enjoy life. I forgot to mention about the timings of classes. It’s 9- 4 and sometimes till 6 or 7 pm if there are any tutorial hours and workshops.

As of now, the fee for UG is Rs. 2,80,000 lakh per annum. Some may think that this is quite high but the best part about this is Rs. 2,80,000 is the only amount that you will be paying. Unlike many other colleges, where you have separate tuition fees, mess fees and hostel fees and all. Here this amount would include all of that. You wouldn't have to pay for anything else much. Because most of them are included in this amount. And I personally believe that the amount is quite in range with what they offer. Also the most important part about the fees is, TNNLU provides full scholarship to government school students and their cutoff is also quite low. So if you are from govt. school background, no worries you don't have to pay anything. Similarly there are some scholarships available to minority community students; one can refer to the website for the same. Some the scholarships listed in the website are Br. C. Selvam and Mrs. X. Espirith Selvam Law Endowment, Vidyalakshmi, National Scholarship, Post Matric Scholarship, Free education scholarship for Professional Courses, Post Matric Scholarship to Minority Students, etc.

The amazing facts about the faculties and doubt clarity are that we have a system of tutorial hour; where for each semester we have 2-3 tutorial hours for each subject where we can have a personal discussion with the faculty about doubts and all. Also the teachers here are well qualified and knowledgeable. Mostly this would happen after class hours (4-6pm). Apart from this most of the professors would be ready to help you whenever needed. These tutorial hours are just sort of structured doubt clearing sessions. So again the medium of communication is completely in English in the classes so people from different states would have no issues in the communication part of academics. In Tamil Nadu National Law University we have professors from a variety of backgrounds. We have professors from Tamil Nadu and also other states. The professors are very approachable, we also have a mentorship system where each student would be allotted with a mentor and they can share any relevant doubts and updates to them. Coming to student teacher ratio, we have almost 60 students in each class for UG.

TNNLU was established in the year 2012. As this not a very old NLU, the placements are also not up to the level of tier 1 NLUs. Though, The placement culture has improved a lot in recent years. There are a decent number of students getting placed every year and also students are getting placed in tier 1 firms like Trilegal and more. But yeah it's extremely competitive. The highest package offered as I have heard is 16 LPA; still I am not very sure about this fact. TNNLU has a very specialized Internship and placement committee which is working towards this. For more information about the placement details, visit the social media pages of TNNLU.

TNNLU is a complete residential campus. Even if your house is 10 mins away from the campus. You will have to stay in the campus. The hostel facilities are decent for the fees they charge. There are few drawbacks but it's manageable. As of my personal experience I like staying in hostel. There is a terrace, you can go there in the evening, and the view is amazing. I personally love it. The colors of sky and the view from hostel terrace are just amazing. Though the gym in girl’s hostel is currently not in working condition. There is a common gym for girls and boys in the other block. Coming to the curfew time. Only after hearing many other university students I realized how lucky we are. There are no restrictions in outing. Only thing is you have to be back to hostel by 10 pm and you will have to get out pass if you are going to home. About the mess food, it’s decent. They have a decent menu for each day.

We have various blocks like Administrative block, amenities block, auditorium, Multipurpose hall, boy’s hostel, girl’s hostel, UG block and PG block. All of these are very spacious. If there are any usual gatherings like workshop, celebrations and conferences it would happen in the Multipurpose hall. Recently we had an international conference on UN 80 for which the auditorium was opened. So only in very important circumstances the auditorium will be opened. TNNLU has basketball court, football court, volleyball court, badminton court and indoor playing areas. Also there would be an ambulance in the campus all the time. The campus is small and very beautiful. Also one can spot a lot of peacocks in here. Again I forgot to mention about the library, it’s amazing. They have wide collection of books and also we will have access to certain sources like JSTOR and SCC online. We also have wifi in the campus.

The campus life in general is pretty decent. But the main part is that TNNLU is very much fun. We often have celebrations and again one of the important parts in TNNLU is work life balance or maybe its study life balance. You will have good academics and fun here. Also if there are any festivals we would have celebrations for the same and special lunch. Also TNNLU has a lot of clubs like Moot Court Club, Tac -Trial Advocacy, Legal Aid and more.