National Law University Jodhpur

What is the placement record at National Law University Jodhpur?

National Law University Jodhpur posted its strongest placement season yet for the Batch of 2026, securing 49 total offers at an average package of ₹19.00 LPA. For the 2025 cohort, NLU Jodhpur recorded an average package of ₹19.00 LPA, a median of ₹18.00 LPA and a highest package of ₹60.00 LPA, with 90.00% of eligible students placed across 49 offers from 13 companies. The university remains one of India's premier law schools for corporate and dispute-resolution recruitment, with top-tier firms returning to campus year after year.

The headline story for NLU Jodhpur this cycle is the Batch of 2026 outcome: 49 offers comprising 20 made on Day Zero (held August 4-5, 2025) and 29 pre-placement offers (PPOs). Of these 49 offers, 47 were domestic and 2 were international, with Linklaters and A&O Shearman extending the overseas roles. This page breaks down NLU Jodhpur's year-wise packages, top recruiters, sector mix and the trend driving these numbers.

Year-Wise Placement Statistics

The table below tracks NLU Jodhpur's core placement metrics across the 2026, 2025 and 2024 cohorts, answering the most common question aspirants ask: how have packages and placement rates moved over time? Read each row as one graduating batch, with the highest, average and median packages expressed in LPA and the percentage of eligible students placed in the final column. Note that the Batch of 2026 figure is reported as an average package of ₹19.00 LPA, while detailed median and highest splits for that batch are best confirmed from the official source.

The trajectory is clearly upward: NLU Jodhpur's average package rose from ₹18.00 LPA (2024) to ₹19.00 LPA (2025), the median climbed from ₹16.00 LPA to ₹18.00 LPA, and the placement rate improved from 88.00% to 90.00%. The standout movement is the highest package, which doubled from ₹30.00 LPA in 2024 to ₹60.00 LPA in 2025, reflecting the growing pull of international law firms recruiting from campus.

Top Recruiters at National Law University Jodhpur

NLU Jodhpur's recruiter list is dominated by India's leading corporate law firms. For the Batch of 2026, the top recruiters were Khaitan & Co with 8 offers, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with 7 offers each, Trilegal with 4 offers and Nishith Desai Associates with 3 offers. The two international offers came from Linklaters and A&O Shearman, both extended as pre-placement offers.

Domestic law firms

Beyond the firms above, NLU Jodhpur's Batch of 2026 also drew offers from AZB & Partners (Mumbai and Delhi), Saraf and Partners, CMS IndusLaw, BMR Legal, IC RegFin Legal, Keystone Partners, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan and Touchstone Partners. ICICI Bank recruited from campus on the in-house and banking side, broadening the mix beyond pure law-firm roles.

International firms

The international footprint at NLU Jodhpur came from Linklaters and A&O Shearman, who together accounted for the 2 overseas offers in the Batch of 2026. These global firms are also long-standing recruiters at the university and underpin the ₹60.00 LPA highest package recorded in 2025.

Sector & Role-Wise Breakdown

NLU Jodhpur's placements are heavily concentrated in legal services rather than spread across many industries, which is typical for a top national law university. The table below estimates the share of offers by destination for the Batch of 2026, based on the 49 reported offers and their recruiter profile, and pairs each with the typical package band; treat the shares as indicative groupings of the 47 domestic and 2 international offers rather than audited percentages.

The clear takeaway for an NLU Jodhpur aspirant is that corporate and transactional law dominates the placement profile, with firms recruiting graduates into both corporate advisory and litigation/disputes practices, frequently converting internships into PPOs. The handful of international offers, while small in number, set the ceiling for packages and explain why the highest figure reached ₹60.00 LPA in 2025.

Placement Trend Analysis

NLU Jodhpur's placement trajectory has been consistently rising across the last three cycles. The average package moved from ₹18.00 LPA in 2024 to ₹19.00 LPA in 2025, while the median improved from ₹16.00 LPA to ₹18.00 LPA, signalling that the gains were broad-based rather than driven by a few outliers at the top. The placement rate also strengthened from 88.00% in 2024 to 90.00% in 2025.

The Batch of 2026 continues this momentum, with 49 total offers and a reported average package of ₹19.00 LPA. The structure of these offers is telling: 29 of the 49 were pre-placement offers (PPOs), showing that NLU Jodhpur students are increasingly converting internships into full-time roles before formal recruitment even begins, while Day Zero on August 4-5, 2025 delivered 20 more. The doubling of the highest package from ₹30.00 LPA (2024) to ₹60.00 LPA (2025) and the steady presence of Linklaters and A&O Shearman point to deepening international interest. For an applicant, the trend reads as a stable, top-tier law school where Tier-1 domestic firms such as Khaitan & Co, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Trilegal and Nishith Desai Associates form a reliable recruiting base year after year.