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BCI: No SC access until 4 years trial & HC exp • Make CLE compulsory • Ban on electing ‘errant arrogant criminals’ to BCs

How SC turned back the clock & CJI discovered yet another worst possible way of dealing with sex harass complaint against him

Supreme Court designates huge bunch of (also younger) lawyers to senior counsel (incl. at least 5 NLS grads)

Lawrence Liang files Delhi HC writ vs Ambedkar U sex harass panel, while hidden battles rage online

Greatest hits of MK Mishra vs his press release ramble to ‘safeguard blind faith in holiest institution’ from Indira Jaising inconvenient truth

UPDATE: Did you know 3rd party lit funding is actually permitted in India? • SC very quietly opened door to 3rd-party lit funding in foreign law firms judgment

Unprecedented crisis sparks luminary press for lawyers to take judicial appointments mandate away from judiciary

India cuts down on death sentences by 27% since 2016 • Maha most aggressive judicial death dealer • Only Tripura against death penalty

What timing! BCI’s MK Mishra: ‘3 to 4 advocate’ intervenors ‘make mockery' of legal profession, will hold press conference, tackle menace

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NUJS VC Search Committee

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7 hours 11 mins ago

First of all, nothing will move till the election ends. Second, after the election results, Kishore Datta will try to exert undue influence, like last time....

7 hours 52 mins ago

NUJS is going down !!!

NLIU vs NALSAR for LLM

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NALSAR of course considering it is all about brand in India

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Going for academia is the only correct reason to do LLM from India. It should be NALSAR without any doubt.

6 hours 30 mins ago

Which between the above two is a good university for LLM course considering career in academia?

Can you please convince me to not join HPNLU?

3 hours 43 mins ago

in a 32 page prospectus https://www.hpnlu.ac.in/PDF/b6e7c943-c37f-408f-854b-7a2f9deef80b.pdf VC's photo is there for 26 times

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some tier III NLUs have managed to move to Tier II. HPNLU seeks to create its own Tier IV. Alleged continuous financial irregularities (especially when the fem...

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not good for bba go for christ, symbi and other DU colleges.

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Yes. NLU Shimla is ▮▮▮ and below average college. No ▮▮▮ ▮▮▮. No campus of its own. No jobs or even good internships. For just an average LLB ...

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Bhai usko law krni hi nahi hai

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Law or UI-UX ?

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UI UX is not software engineering. Software engineering is SDE roles. Designer ko Figma aata hai. 0 coding gyan.

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I have info on this. Dekho. 1. UI UX - unless you do the full design specialisation from Srishti school or MIT Design it is difficult to get a good entry level...

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You're asking most lawyers here to compare their field which they know intimately to something they've barely heard about. Law is not friendly for gen 1 peo...

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Most of the people here won't have enough information about both to give you a meaningful answer. If you're good at either field you can make good money and liv...

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Dear, I would suggest you to for Ui/ Ux it's more creative and interesting. It's has huge scope & demand in the market. Law firms & Litigation are more...

Part time job while in an NLU?

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1st year at NLUD currently and yes, your plan is sustainable.

Trilegal PPO- Jan/Feb callbacks

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bump, Gurgaon office feb callback? no communication

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Take on Trilegal's Employment Teams in BLR?

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JSW offers huge grant to NLS

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NLSIU is the new diploma mill 1000+ kids in a batch. No jobs for anyone.

13 out of 800 districts in India contribute 50% of India's GDP.

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Delhi is already a union territory

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Lol. You’re insane. Bangalore and Hyderabad are developed because of the regional governments that worked on bringing tech companies there. We don’t need to...

Being charged for morning coffee(?)

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I once interned at a 10 lawyer corp firm at Nariman Point. They used to make coffee with Rs. 2 Nescafe packets. But this firm was so chindi that they you ha...

Rich but no billionaire: Harish Salve vs Nikhil Kamath (Zerodha)

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Dr shamsher vayalil dr azad moopen dr devi shetty dr naresh trehan dr pratap singh reddy nd many more are billionaire..

I earn well and have a comfortable work schedule, but I am still unhappy…anyone else feel like this?

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Pl check your b12 and d3 levels

Collective toxicity in law schools and law circles

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Most of my batchmates are like this. But i have been lucky to meet 2 friends on the very first day of classes who are one of the most empathetic and compassiona...

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Grow a pair. Dont be such a snowflake!Life is NOT a bed of roses. This generation needs to understand that life is tough. There are all sorts and if you...

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Another problem is the political toxicity in law schools (from all sides). People are blacklisted and cancelled by those classmates who disagree with their poli...

Ridiculous to see liberal media's coverage of OJ Simpson

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theres a sort of mania about race in america. Everything is race. This was a wealthy wealthy man who beat and murdered his wife. What does that have to do with ...

Who will Modi appoint as the next Law Minister of India?

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Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay will be the next Law Minister of India and BJP's face for Bengal CM in 2026. Save this prediction, because I will revisit this pred...

After controversies at Ashoka at Jindal, now controversy over "Annihilate Hinduism" lecture at Azim Premji University

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Trending right now..... Prof K Jayaprasad, Pro Vice-chancellor of the Central University of Kerala, has criticised APU for hosting such a talk and asked if ...

Watching TV Serials in Firm

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The most I've seen in a T1 is an intern and another associate coming to the office early and watching Gintama (anime). Both women were pretty chill. I think a l...

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LMAO what, nope didn't observe this anywhere

Day zero 2025 v 2024

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State of the market recently. COVID has really brought doom 2021- no hiring2022- over hiring 2023- over hiring 2024- less hiring 2025-???

6 hours 22 mins ago

Depends on your work

MEGA THREAD- Updated 2024 Salaries

6 hours 43 mins ago

There is a Google sheet in one of the other threads, it would be better if everyone just updated that

Al Jazeera Report on India’s Press Freedom by Sreenivasan Jain

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If you actually studied the law then you would know that truth is the ultimate defence against defamation.

6 hours 52 mins ago

It is the propoganda arm of the Qatar government. Where they have an agenda it is very pointed and obvious.

PPO Interview from Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

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which office? and was it HR round? what type of questions were asked? what was the difficulty level?

How is Goa for litigation practice?

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Dharwad to Goa HC is a 4 hour drive, to Karnataka HC is an 8 hour drive and to Bombay Principal Bench is a 10 hour drive. Genuinely do not understand how this w...

PPO for 2026 batch

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Till 26 day zero. Which will mostly be july-sep 2025 so there's still alot of time and no firm will even think of hiring for 26 now.

Shining as an Intern

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This is highly skewed and the "reference" point is overstated. If a kid from christ or sls gets a PPO it is because they are better than the rest of the interns...

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You can't expect to stand out when it's your first internship. Towards your 3rd 4th internship when you already know the work, you can stand out purely on the q...

SAM PPO

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I have an upcoming internship w SAM ( MnA), I'm a 3rd yr NLU student (not tier 1, but decent). Any tips on how to get an internship extension and call back. Is...

Should law students print visiting cards?

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Litigation in Mumbai

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Pranita Mehta Essay Competition

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COVID Kids - Entitlement

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Yeah. They pretty much claimed victim hood and did not do one bit of work through at least two years of law school- for some of them it was the most important y...

Off topic - How soon before World War 3 breaks out?

7 hours 51 mins ago

The sooner the better., atleast frontlines would be better than this cubicle!

Spice Route Legal announces salary scales for 2024-25

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They do pay the salary scale which has been mentioned to most associates and are open to discussion on salary, unlike a lot of other firms. Even if you don't en...

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