It’s not just US and UK law students facing a tougher job market. According to this report by Livemint, a Wall Street Journal affiliate, India’s top law firms are also drastically scaling back their on-campus recruiting.
Over the past five years, Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A Shroff & Co, India’s leading corporate law firm, hired some 200 graduates from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Science, lecturer and placement adviser Anirban Chakraborty told Livemint. But this year, Amarchand has only hired three. Luthra & Luthra, another major firm that used to heavily recruit at the school has hired none this year. So far, only 36 of 64 students applying for jobs have found them.
