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INTRODUCTION
Jindal Global Law School (“JGLS”) is subsumed within the larger bracket of O.P. Jindal Global University (“JGU”) which is a non-profit university located in Sonipat, Haryana established as a philanthropic initiative by Mr. Naveen Jindal, the Founding Chancellor. Since its inception, JGU has expanded to 9 schools, thereby reinforcing the commitment to interdisciplinarity.

PROGRAMMES
JGLS began in 2009 and now offers a 3 year LL.B. programme, a 5 year B.A./B.B.A LL.B. (Hons.) programme, 3 year B.A. (Hons.) Legal Studies and an LL.M. programme with specializations in 1) Corporate and Financial Law, 2) International Trade Law, 3) Intellectual Property Rights, 4) Taxation and Environmental Law, Energy and Climate Change. The most recent addition is a B.A. (Hons.) in Legal Studies, which is a 3-year programme to be launched in the 2020-2021 academic year.

FACULTY
As far as the intellectual environment is concerned, JGLS has one of the largest faculty bodies in Asia, with over 330 full time members, of which roughly 20% are non-Indian nationals. Legal stalwarts such as Prof. (Dr.) Upendra Baxi and Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal Singh have recently graced the list of highly qualified faculty body helmed by Prof. (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, a Rhodes Scholar as well as the Vice Chancellor of JGU.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
JGLS has a strong commitment towards encouraging the creation of research in areas such Global Corporate and Financial Law and Policy: Women, Law and Social Change, South Asian Legal Studies, Victimology and over 23 other areas. In addition to this, research grants of over INR 20 crores have been awarded to faculty. Furthermore, Jindal Global Law Review (JGLR) is indexed in the LexisNexis legal database and has been recognized as among the top 200 refereed law journals in the world, according to Washington and Lee Law Review Rankings. JGLR seeks to understand law in a broad sense of theories, politics, doctrines, aesthetics and life practices while maintaining a special focus on the Global South. JGLS also boasts of a student-edited Jindal Law Quarterly (JLQ) which allows to students to take part in crucial contemporary legal research.

MOOTING AND ADVOCACY
JGLS has a strong commitment towards mooting, with the Moot Court Society (“MCS”) being a largely student led initiative. JGLS has taken part in and been extremely successful moot competitions such as the Frankfurt International Investment Moot as well the Jessup Moot. In addition, JGLS hosted the National Rounds of the 23rd Annual Stetson International Environment Moot Court Competition in November, 2018.

FACILITIES
In addition to halls of residence and academic blocks being designed by a French architect, JGU is equipped with 24-hour health centre including counselling services and pharmacy, a state-of-the-art gymnasium, and a swimming pool along with various grounds for sports such as basketball and football. In addition to this, there is also a laundry service which operates on all days of the week as well as 3 ATMs and an ICICI Bank branch. For daily essentials, a convenience store has also been installed, along with an Amul ice cream parlour, chai tapri, and 3 coffee shops in the academic blocks. The JGLS library has been recognized as one of the best in Asia with over 1,00,000 titles in the print section, including reference books which are fed into the fully automated KOHA system. Legal research has been made accessible through subscriptions to Westlaw, LexisNexis, Manupatra, and SCC Online.

RANKINGS
In the 2020 QS World University Rankings, JGLS ranks in the 101-150 bracket amongst all law schools worldwide. This is a remarkable achievement considering that only 2 law schools from India qualified for the rankings, and JGLS was one of them, emerging as the top law school in India. This ranking was conducted on the basis of analysing over 22 million papers, in a subject-wise investigation, comprising 48 subjects in 5 broad categories over 159 locations. Pursuant to this, 165 institutions from India were shortlisted. Therefore, despite severe competition on a national as well as international scale, JGLS managed to obtain extremely high scores in the subject of law, which was one of 7 subjects that it was assessed on. Another interesting point about the ranking is that, over 894 law schools competed, out of which only 300 were ranked, and JGLS emerged in the top 150 worldwide and number 1 in India.

PLACEMENTS
In 2019, final year students secured 29 jobs with Big 7 law firms with an average of 70% students receiving a salary bracket of 10.5 L. Though the batch sizes increase every year, JGLS through its Office of Career Services, has always supported students in terms of securing internships and finding the right fit for them through intensive career counselling.