Being from the IP space and involved in EFTA-related work (through my firm) I can tell you that IP is not that much of a conflict area now. Indian companies themselves want stronger IP protection, including trade secrets for pharmaceuticals. The contentious days of the 2000s are gradually going away. So legal services are a bigger stumbling block than IP.

I disagree with you. The UK government has lobbied very hard and many delegations have come. But the Indian government has adamantly refused, because of SILF (or rather the family that controls SILF). The UK government cannot force India to change policy. The other thing is that India gives other concessions to the make the UK happy, such as better IPR protection of buying defence equipment.

Another problem is the political toxicity in law schools (from all sides). People are blacklisted and cancelled by those classmates who disagree with their political views. This adds to depression and isolation. I blame social media for this. Social media has radicalised Gen Z politically (both RW and LW) and made them intolerant.

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 job. All top companies hire UI UX designers after 2-3 y of experience.

Hence, you will have to struggle for 2-3y if you don't do undergrad or PG in Design. After that getting that big break is again difficult because there are many designers and sab ek se ek hai.

Also, MidJourney is a threat. It can create those homepages which you think you only can make and make it unbelievably beautiful. And there are A.I. tools available now that can convert this into Figma files. So, it is a threat. That is why I myself did not pursue it because I just did not have the brain to compete with it's design. Search App UI with Midjourney in YouTube.

Now, if you are okay with this, and ready to take a bet that it is just a threat I think you will be happy in a Design school. Ans will have a great career.

2. Law - Dekho paisa jo hai, woh Tier 1 law firm me hai for aam people with no connections. But, to get in you need to be in Top 5 NLUs + have a thick skin to stay there. Aisa nahi hai ki bahar ke log aate nahi hai, par the path is a bit longer in getting in.

Now what should you do?

- See Law is a licensing exam. Without a Law degree, specifically, you cannot practice law. But, without a Design degree you can be a UI UX designer.

Search for Saptarshi Prakash of Swiggy, Abhinav of 10kdesigners, Ansh Mehra. All are Engineers. So, you can do the Google UI UX Design Professional certification, do some 10k-15k ka internships at any point of your career and then at max do an MS of 1y and be a UI UX Designer. That MS is also not needed tbh.

So the best course of action is to do Law. Because later you won't be able to switch and get into all these T1 firms as they won't really take a 3y LLB kid (unless you are from NLS) when they have so many applications from NLU kids.

Do law. Get 3-4y experience. Then if you want to shift join 10k designers ka cohort and you are in. This way you will have some money in the bank too.

Q) How do I know this shit?

I am an Engineer. Designer. I lurk around this forum because I like law. Unexpected people, right? ☺️

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 toxic and uncertain in terms of WLB . I would suggest yo go for Ui / ux instead of continuing legal industry. Believe me you will grow much in ui / ux industry. Legal industry has its own limitations & problems.

I will be going to NLS this year...I have been told that Law School is supposed to be very competitive so much so that all everyone cares about it getting ahead...also that everyone secretly talks shit about the others...and that there is generally a lonely environment...I am nervous about dealing with such a situation....seniors please help!!

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.

Third, unlike last time, things will be very different this time. Last time, the CJI was Gogoi and he nominated Rajendra Mishra. Two terrible judges with zero concern for legal education. This time, Chandrachud will be around till Nov 2024 and Khanna till May 2025. They won't be as apathetic. Also, they will probably delegate the matter to Justice Dipankar Datta, as the senior-most SC judge from the Calcutta HC. Even if Kishore delays matters till after May 2025, when gave takes over, Dipankar Datta will still probably be the CJI's nominee. Now, if the TMC does as badly as opinion polls suggest, the government will be on the backfoot and no SC judge will want to appease them. On the contrary, they will cut down Kishore Datta to size.

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

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 ▮▮▮ was the VC), bad hostels, worse mess food and basically no brand name. You'd legitimately be better off joining something like NMIMS or NIRMA - they are actually decent colleges.

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 degree why spend 15-20 lakh and 5 years of time in city which has nothing except few days or a week of hill station experience. Himachali people may go for it who want to build a practice in Shimla not others. Study in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore for better opportunities

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 be under some central government. We specifically don’t need to be under a bjp government which equates corruption to doing business. Tell me one company in Yogi Raj that builds something with as little evil as early Infosys/ Wipro.

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 had to get your own coffee (and also maybe milk and sugar, don't recall because I have black coffee anyway) if you wanted more than one single cup per day.

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 police discrimination on race? If this is representation for black community- they need to think about what theyre being represented as.

https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/FR-CSM-23-engl-160424.pdf

Spectacular results from NLUs this year, as more and more graduates are cracking the civil service exams. Do add to the results, as and when they're identified.

1. Rank 7- GNLU
2. Rank 55 - NLSIU
3. Rank 100 - GNLU
4. Rank 243 - NLSIU

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Prof K Jayaprasad, Pro Vice-chancellor of the Central University of Kerala, has criticised APU for hosting such a talk and asked if any University would conduct a talk on annihilating Abrahamic religions.

https://twitter.com/kjayaprasad60/status/1780145165837152496

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, college hardly ever matters during PPO, the team submits your feedback basis your work, half of the team won't even know which year/which college you're from.

College and grades help you get your foot in and during day zero. If you already have an internship then the college will play no role in a PPO.

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 quality of work.

For PPOs: be nice (no one wants a douche in the team), you know your practice area and give out good quality work at par with an a0.

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 years of law school. I actually heard some of them argue that to make them read was to oppress them. They sat at home and fostered a very fragile ego that would shatter if you gave them feedback or told them to do their jobs. Anything that is not praise is seen as abusive.

They think they’re activists but they’re really just badly socialised work shy over grown toddlers. They don’t do any activism for poor people or other people.They only do it for themselves. And they demand everyone treat them with kid gloves but they have poor emotional control and regulation so they lash out quite badly if you’re not pleasing them all the time.

University administrations went with it because it was the easy thing to do. So they never learnt consequences and think the workplace will change to suit them as well. They really do think work is just - hanging out in an office - watching videos on their phone , maybe playing on their computer, and then going to a high end bar to spend their salary.

I think you should fire them to be honest. A good kick in the pants would set them straight. And I think you should strongly consider hiring based on tests and on class. You should focus your hiring on people from disadvantaged economical backgrounds because that cohort stayed hungry and worked hard even though covid.

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 end up getting 100% bonus, you end up earning more than most other places and the top performers at the firm do get paid the high numbers which has been mentioned in their compensation scale.

We had good placements even when the college was nascent and operating out of a small school building. Majority of the students used to come from rich elite backgrounds so were fairly polished and connected and smart.

But to be honest, Corporate placements are not the only measure of success of an institution. Also, a lot of Nuals people dont prefer corporate jobs, most have enough financial security to pursue litigation at the trial court levels and then form a captive client base and do pretty well into the higher courts.

The Nuals trial court to Supreme Court case pipeline and referral system is pretty solid and efficient.

Wait. Are you telling me, there's no Westlaw access? What about other journals like Manupatra and Scc? I can understand Westlaw not being there all the time, given its an expensive subscription. But in my time we had full access almost at all times.

What do you mean they haven't refunded mess fees? Its supposed to be a separate account, there can't be, if done properly, a lack of refunds, AFAIK.

What is NIMLAC? Maritime law moot?

Yeah the college hardly ever sponsored moots, its USUALLY the really rich kids who aspired or went for such moots. People used to look at private sponsorships even when they went.

But the NUALS institute itself has amazing career prospects. You can join as a student and probably retire as VC there. But provided you're of high birth.