Applications to law colleges up 40%
Applications to law colleges up 40%
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Even as about 3,500 engineering seats in the state go vacant, law colleges in the city claim that they have seen a never-before kind of rush for admissions this season. Most colleges say they have seen between 30 per cent and 40 per cent increase in the number of applications, and the cut-off percentages have been much higher too.
Attracted to law: Students a the ILS Law College. Cut-offs for admission
have gone up as a result of the higher demand this year. File pic
At Bharatiya Vidyapeeth's New Law College, the cut off this year has been 89 per cent compared to last year's closing percentage of 78 per cent.
Dr Mukund Sarda, dean of Bharatiya Vidyapeeth's New Law College, said about 1,500 applications had been received from students for the 120 seats available. "The main reasons for renewed interest of students in law are the career options that have opened up for them. There are a number of professions that students can get into. We are also getting international placements for students which are very lucrative," he said.
At DES Law College, the cut-off has improved but has not changed drastically. "Last year, the cut-off was 86 per cent for open category students, but it has gone up to 90 per cent this year," said Professor Vijay Chavan.
"It is true that the demand is almost double the seats available. We have 160 seats but have received 700 applications. A unique problem we are facing is that though 50 per cent of the seats are reserved for state students, we are getting more applications in open category."
At Symbiosis Law School too, Principal Shashikala Gurpur said that the number of applications from students were 40 per cent more than those compared to last year. "We have 230 seats and received 8,000 applications.
We conducted an entrance test and selected a ratio of 1:6 for seats and students and later conducted group discussions and personal interview to select the final candidates," Gurpur said.
Gurpur said the reason a candidate chooses to take law as a career after HSC over courses like medicine or engineering is either interest or job prospects. "The average salary package of a law student has risen considerably. Last year, the minimum package our students got was Rs 8 lakh per annum and maximum was Rs 16 lakh per annum. These days even top engineering institutes either offer on par or less than these packages.
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Also, career options are vast. If the students do not wish to practice, they can take up consultancy, journalism, legal research, work abroad or even write a short exam to become a judge," said Gurpur.
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