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One cant take SCOPUS as an indicator of quality. No serious academic does that.SCOPUS Is a measure of activity and reach and not a measure of quality per se. One can continue to find predatory journals in it. One can also find people publishing in journals that has nothing to do with the discipline and all of these are SCOPUS indexed journals.
Prof. Chimni has written and spoken on multiple occasions about the politics of knowledge production and his comments on AJIL are only a sub-set of that wider body of work. everything that he has said applies with full force to SCOPUS too.
the issue is something else - that legal academia in India is generally sub-standard. and in that sea of not even mediocrity, SCOPUS is not too bad a bet when we make assessments. The stupid thing to do is to take that as the only possible measure through which we can adjudge someone's work.
At the end of the day, a good academic judging the scholarly contributions of another academic cannot be replaced by a numerical metric alone.
IP practice in third-world countries like India: 👎👎👎
That's the sad truth. Don't let this Vishwaguru talk fool you. We are totally third world, with minimal public and private sector spends on innovation and creativity. And IP practice will be a function of that.
They are on a hiring spree right now..
Hired around 4 people recently. Good luck!!!
the idea that IP is a growing field is not going to help. It might be growing but it is not complex enough for general litigants to do. Unfortunately the actual complex litigations - copyright & patent are hard to come by.
Is it a way for them to bypass the lockstep by having varying salaries for everyone? How exactly does it work? Can anyone provide any insights?
Is it EVER justified or acceptable to throw shoes at judges - or course not. Katju should be glad people didn’t throw shoes at him for every time they disagreed
Lots of interesting nuance - worth watching about his views on spineless judges, the first generation lawyers escapist labelling and the importance of character
Like I have consumed an considerable amount of propaganda and it honestly feels like a really good law school.
If I want to go there I would need to incur a loan of 30-35 lakhs, more of all would it be a safety net. It is not the most sound financial decision to make but would I be able to salvage it by working my ass off and getting into a decent firm?
Would greatly appreciate your insight
Also just retrace the road to elevation. Don't single him out because he is SC. While the colour of give and take will vary the game remains the same.
Btw what happened to the RSS invite to Gavai's mother for Vijaydashami? Did she attend.
I wish people come to know about his deeds.
Also, according to Wikipedia Gavai’s father was a former Governor or Kerala and Bihar, a former Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MP, a former MLA etc. So he was born into power and privilege. He can’t be compared with a poor Dalit born to farmers.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/born-into-a-low-caste-family-constitution-made-me-equal-cji-br-gavai-in-vietnam
Baaki un logo ko koi matlab nahi
Meanwhile, the stupid BJP IT cell is only focusing on the fact that the arrested people are Muslims and the girl is Hindu, instead of treating this as a broader issue of women’s safety and law and order. 😡
The yardstick is electoral wins and thriving politically and economically. Since those haven't got affected in all these years, why change? Also behaviour modification doesn't mean attitudinal change.
And why this surprise after the RG Kar case. Everyone got together for that.
2. However, you aren't wrong, all branches of the legal profession are mentally taxing, so "Law is mentally taxing" isn't incorrect. My first response in my head when I just saw the headline was to say, "Law is mentally taxing would be a surprise only to someone who grew up in a country like India, where law is seen as the profession you go for if you fail at getting into engineering and medical".
Please post the form, their culture, pay and year on year increment!
Recall how she dealt with the SH case against a then serving SC judge (and subsequently Chair of the NGT) that was brought in by a Noojie. Contrast that with the SH complaint brought in earlier by another Noojie (and niece if a TMC honcho) against a retired SC judge.
Op India and cabal are being juvenile. If they seriously wish to expose IJ and Co there is more than enough to dig up. But that requires actual hard work and slandering is easier.
Why is the SJA being soft on him? Exactly what was this man doing at IIM-C? Isn't it strange that someone would leave that and come here.
Were you able to start your career as in-house counsel?
I’d appreciate any insights on firms or partners known for:
- 1. Good quality work exposure in PE/VC or M&A deals
- 2. Balanced culture - decent work-life flexibility
- 3. Fair pay and growth opportunities.
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Please share your experiences or suggestions (even mid-size or boutique firms works).
Second. I think the left censors, it introduces social sanctions for wrong think and wrongspeak. If you have a contrary political view you wont let LORs, you wont get those networks, you dont get to be in some rooms. When was the last time a centrist even got the rhodes scholarship? Thats career sanction.The left stops debates where possible. It deals by not engaging with ones arguments but by simply characterising those arguments as some sort of ism.
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2. Trump is an egomaniac and also an idiot, while being an authoritarian, too. See recent reports re: activities of ICE, deployments/threats to deploy the national guard, etc. Whatever he may have done re: Israel and Gaza doesn't outweigh the fact that he causes more conflict than peace.
3. Machado seems a good enough choice. Actual credentialed person for that sort of thing. Right decision.
Only ▮▮▮ accusing her of insane things all because she chose happiness with a man and bossed up and settled down. Something which she has been craving to do since she was 15. Folks who are upset with her should just admit they like art not because it moves them but because they like the artists politics. The lyricism is there( eldest daughter, Elizabeth Taylor) , the story telling is there( title track, ruin the friendship), the music is there ( Ophelia,wood,opalite) - in the acoustic and the pop versions- there’s no reason to dislike this album if you like Taylor generally. The only reason to dislike it is because there isn’t a song where she’s hating on men which some sad people make their entire personalities. Too bad so sad for them. Taylor swift has always been more than just some mascot for a particular brand of politics. She has always been a sensitive articulate gifted woman who is deeply introspective and who is making art that speaks to your soul. Some people ought to go find theirs.