Bhubaneswar, March 17: In a significant achievement, five students of SOA
National Institute of Law (SNIL), faculty of legal studies of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan
Deemed to be University (SOA) here, have come out with flying colours in the
Odisha Judicial Services Examination 2023.
While Payel Atta, a LLM student who passed out from the institute in 2024,
claimed the third place in the state, Swati Samal, a 2023 pass out having studied
the BA LLB (Hons) integrated course, finished in the 15 th place.
Rahul Vikram Pathy, a 2021 BA LLB (Hons) pass out, Debadatta Jena, a 2022
LLM pass out and Smruti Pattnaik, a 2022 BA LLB (Hons) pass out, were placed in
the 16 th , 21 st and 27 th place in the examination respectively.
Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak, Founder President of SOA, has
congratulated the students on their success.
SNIL, which has emerged as a prominent institute for legal education in
eastern India, was ranked 9 th in the country by the National Institutional Ranking
Framework (NIRF) in 2024. SNIL has been ranked in the top ten such institutions
in the country continuously for the last three years.