Role purpose The Placement Manager – Law owns internship and placement outcomes for law students. The role builds and manages relationships with law firms, corporate legal departments, legal-tech companies, LPOs and legal consultancies, and converts them into internships, pre-placement offers and final placements.

The incumbent sources recruiters independently and runs drives end to end with support from the CDC Operations team, with peak activity in the placement season (1 May – 31 August).

Key responsibilities

Employer outreach and relationship management

- Identify and approach recruiters: Tier-1/2/3 law firms, corporate legal teams, Big 4 and consulting firms, banks and NBFCs, LPOs, legal-tech start-ups, compliance and IP firms, and litigation chambers.
- Build a pipeline of new recruiters every month through LinkedIn, bar networks, alumni and industry events.
- Maintain long-term relationships with HR heads, hiring partners and General Counsels; plan recruiter visits and campus engagements.
- Negotiate roles, compensation and selection processes; secure PPO-linked internships.

Internships and placements

- Plan and run the mandatory internship cycle for all law batches (NGOs, courts, advocates, firms, corporates) in line with BCI requirements.
- Run placement drives end to end with the Operations team: JD circulation, registrations, shortlisting, tests, interviews, offers and onboarding.
- Track offers, PPOs, joining status and recruiter feedback; prepare placement records for audits.

Student readiness

- Map student profiles, practice-area interests and readiness; maintain an up-to-date student database.
- Organise CV and cover-letter clinics, mock interviews, legal drafting and research tests, and group discussions.
- Arrange guest lectures,



workshops and mentoring by practising lawyers, in-house counsel and judges.
- Counsel students on career paths: litigation, corporate law, judiciary, LPO, policy, academia and higher studies.

Industry engagement and branding

- Plan legal conclaves, recruiter meets, moot-court and ADR events with industry participation.
- Promote the School of Legal Studies to employers through brochures, LinkedIn and recruiter communication.
- Coordinate employer inputs for NIRF, QS and other ranking surveys.

Reporting and coordination

- Submit weekly and monthly reports on outreach, internships, offers and conversion ratios to the Director, CDC.
- Work with the Dean and faculty coordinators of the School of Legal Studies on batch planning and student issues.
- Maintain accurate data on the placement portal/ERP and support accreditation documentation (NAAC, NIRF, BCI).

Qualifications and experience

Essential

- Graduate in Law (LLB / BA LLB / BBA LLB), or MBA (HR/Marketing) with demonstrable legal-sector recruitment experience.
- 2–3 years in placements or corporate relations at a law school or university, legal recruitment/headhunting, or HR at a law firm or legal services company.
- A working network of law-firm and corporate legal recruiters, with a record of closing roles.

Preferred

- LLM or a postgraduate qualification in HR/management.
- Experience with NIRF/NAAC/BCI documentation and placement data.




- Familiarity with Delhi-NCR legal hiring: law firms, corporate legal teams, LPOs and courts.

Skills and competencies
- Understanding of legal career paths and how law firms, in-house teams and LPOs hire (internship-to-PPO cycles, practice areas, assessment formats).
- Strong business development, cold outreach and negotiation skills.
- Excellent spoken and written English; confident presenting to senior partners and GCs.
- Organised and target-driven; able to run several drives at once during peak season.
- Proficient in MS Excel/Google Sheets, LinkedIn Recruiter/Sales Navigator and placement portals or ERPs.
- Mentoring ability and patience in counselling students.
- Willingness to travel for recruiter meetings and events across Delhi-NCR.

Key performance indicators

KPI

Measure

Current recruiters onboarded

Number of current legal employers per month and per season

Placement percentage

Share of eligible final-year law students placed

Internship coverage

Share of students with a confirmed internship each cycle

PPO conversion

Internships converted into pre-placement offers

Salary outcomes

Average and highest CTC offered

Recruiter retention

Share of last year's recruiters returning

Student readiness

Training sessions held and participation rate

Reporting quality

Timely, accurate weekly/monthly reports and portal data

Numerical targets to be set by the Director, CDC at the start of each academic year.

How to apply

Send your CV, with a short note on legal recruiters you have worked with and placements you have closed, to [email address] with the subject line "Application – Placement Manager (Law)".

K.R. Mangalam University is an equal-opportunity employer.

📌 Placement Manager - Law (Gurugram)
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