Corporate 1 and 8 are good in terms of mentoring, with the lean structure of the new Corporate 8 allowing a lot of exposure, but the WLB part is really questionable. On the other end, the mid-level heavy Corporate 7 is the best if you're joining at a junior level and want WLB and don't care about mentoring. Somehow on the other end again, Corporate 2 is great if you deem micromanagement mentoring - it does teach how to handle a lot, to be fair. Corporate 5 is largely the most balanced in terms of mentoring and a decent WLB (as long as you stay away from the obvious partner). Corporate 3 is also largely a balanced team, but a stickler for tiny things like office timing. ▮▮▮

As for the partners, there are some brilliant and understanding senior partners in almost every team, which is how the craziness is controlled generally.

No response to emails.

Not seen on campus. Always on foreign tours. Earlier they used to result in partnerships but now pathways shut, exchange reduced to 5 colleges, then what does he do abroad?

No open house. No accountability. Only interested in fees.

No wonder college is burning.

I don't think an openly homosexual woman would find a lot of mass appeal in an Indian context. The real India is very different from the elitist linkedin bubble and the LI crowd. Wait till the BJP picks up on this and starts exploiting. I know this is going to be down voted or marked as trollish, but the reality is not the utopia we imagine.

Write it down: if President’s rule is imposed, the BJP will win hands down. Millions of Muslims have been deleted: doesn’t matter if they are legal or illegal, they are the core votebank of the TMC. An election where the Hindu vote significantly outnumbers the Muslim vote, coupled with the BJP’s control of the state administration, will hand the BJP an emphatic victory.

Fantastic! Mamata has really recognised a great talent — someone from a super-elite family and educational background, yet someone who can connect with the poor through such speeches. Shades of Indira Gandhi.

The Congress and BJP have never given NLSIU grads their due recognition, but the TMC finally has. 🙏

We are definitely going to see her in action soon, given that president’s rule is looming in Bengal. Modi-Shah abruptly replaced the governor yesterday and the clock is ticking fast. Expecting 60 lakh cases to be adjudicated in the next 60 days is like expecting a team to score 50 runs in over. Totally engineered by the BJP.

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Not surprised at all. Civil services are a much bigger craze in North India (UP, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Haryana), with Delhi being the pivot. People here yearn for social prestige and authority, with a deep 'lal-batti' culture ingrained in their DNA.

Barring rare exceptions, for a young person in Bangalore or Kolkata, civil services is NOT the default career choice.

NLUD— killing it as usual. 😎 Second-best overall after NLSIU and possibly first if your counting year is from 2015 onwards.

There was a post asking if any other NLU alumni in match famous NLSIU alumni. Watch out for the NLUD alumni in the UPSC. They are your future ambassadors, secretaries, and possibly future ministers after retirement.

1. Excellent news! Huge congratulations to the mentioned persons.

2. Adding to the list... Akshat Baldwa (AIR 173) of NLSIU is also to be added to the list of law students successful at this. His achievement is of particular significance, because of his complete blindness and his having navigated, despite that, a system which is structurally ableist and hostile to the disabled.

NB: Not from NLSIU at all - indeed, I didn't even attend an NLU. Just a blind law student highlighting the journey of a fellow blind person whom I hugely admire.

3. Is it known if any of these persons is likely to join the foreign service? Akshat would sure as hell get in with 173 - or am I being too sure of all this? NB: Don't jump on me, my knowledge of UPSC is very limited.

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Currently working in a chamber of established lawyer in MPHC having almost 4 Years PQE. The work here is majorly Civil, Criminal Litigation, Service disputes. I have a good exposure of Litigation. Regular appearances in Courts, Drafting High stakes pleadings, Replies, Written Submissions. Assisted Senior advocates in Court, Been praised for my drafting's by Judges, Senior Advocates. I also have limited independent practise primarily Service disputes, Small arbitration matters under the NHAI Act, Assisting educational institutes in matters relating to disaffiliation etc, Bail matters. I have worked closely with prosecution in P.C Act. Family disputes. TBH the work here I do is giving me decent recognition compared to my fellow collegues who are equally excellent. Its just the money which is coming slow because of which my other plans are getting delayed. Therefore I was thinking to switch to Law firm practice. Preferrably in disputes team. However I don't know from where to start, whom to reach out. Is it possible to get into TIER1/2 Law firm with past litigation experience?

AIR 1 - Anuj Agnihotri (General)

AIR 2 - Rajeshwari Suve M (General) AIR 3 - Akansh Dhull (General) AIR 4 - Raghav Jhunjhunwala (General) AIR 5 - Ishan Bhatnagar (General) AIR 6 - Zinnia Aurora (General) AIR 7 - A R Rajah Mohaideen (General) AIR 8 - Pakshal Secretry (General) AIR 9 - Astha Jain (General) AIR 10 - Ujjwal Priyank (General)

Meanwhile, some interesting stats from social

media:

- Top ranks prima facie dominated by general category (upper castes and a few non-OBC Muslims)

- The three most common surnames to crack the exams are apparently Jain, Yadav and Meena. Nos 2 and 3 prima facie means that caste reservation in India is being dominated by just a few castes from the Hindi belt. No 1 means (assuming they all follow Jainism) that a tiny minority religious community in the general category is excelling much more than others (if they are not all Jains, that is still is an impressive stat).

BALLB alumni from NLSIU and NALSAR are very snooty and like to gatekeep who is an alumni or not. The fact is that any certificate with a university crest qualifies you as alumni. It can be long distance also.

Some BALLB alumni from NLSIU and NALSAR are so snooty that they don’t even recognise LLM and PhD graduates as alumni.

He has a PGDL in media law from NALSAR. We should not refer to him as an alum and he should not list NALSAR as his primary university on social media. This is not comparable to Menaka Guruswamy and NLSIU.

If you look at his LinkedIn profile carefully, he did his graduation from St Xavier’s College and then did his LLB from “VU SLC”. I asked ChatGPT what that means. It replied Vishwakarma University, School of Law.

However, we can certainly refer to him as an NUJS guest lecturer, if he visits the college to teach credit courses.

I am from a Non NLU (a well known college in my state, it mostly unknown outside). I have mediocre grades, 2 publications but 4 really good internships at 3 law firms including a callback. Currently I don't have a PPO at hand. What should I do, if I want to work at a law firm?

Can I intern at a T1 after graduation or become a paralegal? How is the job market?

I'd say its easier to just be rude at work since you're going to quit anyway. DGAF about what he thinks, behave like you have nothing to lose, since its really true.

If PA crosses a boundary call PA out and warn PA not to do it again, in front of the entire office. Bullies hate being confronted for bullying and will back off, and the public humiliation will provide you more satisfaction than any thrashing.

If I may be permitted to offer some advice, it would be to learn to be happy with yourself first. Approval of others and comparison with others will never make you truly happy. Your parents care for you and want you to see you do well. Hence, their genuine concern. If you show them you are happy, working hard and the long term future is good, they will trust you. Forget societal taunts. It never stops. Look at Elon Musk. He still gets trolled despite being filthy rich.

However, if your financial needs are truly massive right now (without paying heed to societal taunts) none of the above matters. We live in a world where money is not unimportant. Look to switch to a better law firm by getting referrals through friends. Your current firm is clearly not being fair to you.

And age… its all in the mind. I quit law for 7 years only to rejoin it at the age of 32 with barely a couple of years PQE under my belt. I am now an equity partner at 40. Not to say your life may turn out the same. Just try to find your space and most importantly your happiness. Everything else truly becomes irrelevant as you will come to realize later in life.

This is the reason I left chamber litigation. I was the school topper, and by the third year of my litigation practice with a well standing AoR, I was earning 35k. I was 27 by then. I was so sick earning literally the least amount of money out of all my school peers, including the kids who barely even passed school. At that point, I was earning less than a school acquaintance of mine, who bloody dropped out of school and joined a BPO - he earned 75k. And I was dumbfounded. Numb. That day, I decided that this 10 year (and potentially longer) gestation period in individual/ chamber practice was not going to cut it for me. At all. I am not debating that a litigation lawyer will earn more per annum, in the longer run. But I was not ready to waste away my youth and my parents' last few fruitful years, waiting for this gold at the end of my rainbow. I decided to say fuck it. I dropped chamber litigation like a hot potato and joined a tier 3 litigation law firm. Within that firm, I transitioned to corporate law. Then I shifted to a tier 1 law firm. All this took a lot of hard work, but at least I was getting paid decently while doing the same hard work I was putting in at the chamber. I am now sitting at almost a crore in salary per annum at a tier 1 law firm. Ditching individual litigation was the best decision of my life. And I have never looked back. This path opened up so many doors for me, which I had not even contemplated while fully spent and busy in my shitty chamber life. I have the option to move abroad, move at a senior position in-house and what not. I earn more than anyone at my age in my entire extended family and friend circle. I am no longer that kid who people mocked as 'tu court ke bahar table lagakar toh nahi baith jaega na ha ha ha', but that uncle to whom people bring their kids for counselling. I mean, mostly, fuckem for making my life difficult earlier, but the point in case being - chamber litigation is definitely not for middle class kids with no family member working in law or with some other heavy-duty connections.

Chambers are structured only to benefit the lawyer in question and none of his juniors, and no one else. It is a losing proposition from the get go and is inherently structured as an exploitative setup. When I started as a chamber junior, my boss had the gall to pay his driver more than he paid me as my first salary (my first salary was 12k). It felt so derogatory, it broke me. My girlfriend at the time refused to marry me till I increased my salary. Man, what a tough time in life that was. You are not alone brother, keep your head down and your chin up. If you have half a brain and the will to work super hard, screw your chamber, screw your boss, join a law firm. Any law firm. You will thank me later. Screw UPSC, screw MBA screw everything else. Law firms are exploding, in size and number, and there is limitless, and (mostly) meritocratic potential in being a law firm lawyer today. Our profession is getting increasingly corporatized, just like the economy. Have fun while you are at it. You are still young, it is not too late, and you are not the only one feeling these feelings. There are many of us in the same boat. I really do believe, that it is the darkest before dawn. Hang in there.

I’m barely a kid. I’m very old actually. I don’t see the point of continuing this discussion. More persons than you have foreign degrees from elite institutions. I have one too. I earned mine because I was hungry for knowledge. I really like universities as spaces and I want Indian universities to be among the best of them. Expressing concerns about fairness in hiring process and pointing out that all that glitters is not gold is not the same thing as wanting mediocrity. You have some us v them victim stuff you should work through.

Do people who are interning with referrals convert/get a ppo? Or do they only give callbacks to the ones who intern without contacts? I’ve been told by the HR that kids who come in through referrals are not called back, but I know of some who absolutely were! Please enlighten me.

my team was super standoffish for some reason so i need to ask here. what’s the scene for a callback, the hr told me she would send feedback and let me know..? do they mail themselves, (if yes then, after how long) or do i have to request the hr on mail again? and what’s the timeline like?

Can someone working and well accustomed to CAM Corporate Offices (Mumbai) suggest good teams and partners to work with across the corporate practices. Answer in terms of supportive partner in terms of learnings for a fresher and non toxic. (This is with subject to selecting preference as a joinee)

Vipasana . In that if you watch your breathing without any attempt of changing it . Just reflect, it starts pacifying automatically as per its nature . Thereafter you can watch it with your body sensation and mental formation without any attempt of stopping forcefully any thoughts. This gives an insight about your own mind which is actually a process without any permanant 'I '

Gen X and Y got saved, and now Gen Alpha will. Too bad Gen Z had to suffer a mental health crisis from social media overuse. 😔

https://www.barandbench.com/news/law-policy/karnataka-government-to-ban-social-media-use-for-children-under-16