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I'm trying to decide between NUALS Kochi and Nirma University for the 5-year BA LL.B. program. These are my only options this year, and my goal is to build a career in corporate law.
I'd really appreciate hearing from seniors or alumni about placements, internships, exposure, faculty, and overall opportunities at either college.
Please be kind—I'm genuinely looking for honest guidance to make an informed decision.
Thank you!
Litigate - court craft is difficult for AI to pickup or replicate (currently at least), or get into something folks are less attracted to like tax, white collar, employment law or real estate if you have to.
1. Not analyzing clauses in documents - from a broader perspective - for eg a change of control clause cannot be narrowly studied (ie control f control), but related words, such as management, shareholding, directors or the like. One has to strategically read contracts - shortcuts will not work.
2. Making proofreading errors, for eg adding the word ‘not’ when not needed - can change an entire sentence.
3. Missing new documents when uploaded, asking for the same multiple times.
4. Randomly closing requisitions when the client says ‘not available’ - the standard is you should first clarify on a call, insist that it is important to us, if it is still not available - make an issue and do not leave it.
5. Treating DD as an unimportant exercise - the attitude of who reads the DD report - irrespective, the DD is a facilitator to a good SPA - it forms the basis of good warranties, CPs, CSs and in some cases, even purchase price adjustments.
6. Clarify with seniors on the drafting style, template formats, and the rhythm of the DD - for eg when to update requisition lists regularly, when to circle back with updates etc!
I know of a certain individual who would regularly order butter chicken and other expensive food and the restaurant bills would be paid by his equity partner or the client. Now that he has been made EP, he refuses to sponsor even evening snacks for his small team. Aaatte dal ka bhav pata chal gaya hai
Agree that cab expenses should be sponsored by the firm but partners should assess whether associates are wasting whole day and then sitting late. I know of some attorneys, even at partner level who start their day late, socialise like it’s their last day at work and then sit till late, then again come late the next day.. it’s high time we come across as dignified respectable professionals.
Bonus retention does seem unfair.
This is an innovative way of doing haircut to salary of associate level
You can also live in 1.5 lakh a month …
IG fucked up CoE before he left.
Even in terms of growth, Jindal has IOE status and a good QS rank. Professorship here will be recognised as regular work ex when applying for VCship positions at NLUs (if the selection panel is fair and unbiased). Plus they have degrees from overseas institutions and a good publication record. Both of them probably are eyeing NLU VCships at some point, but they could have easily applied while staying at Jindal.
Thus, I am inclined to believe the view that it was faculty and admin politics that drove them away.
Don't join academia if you don't have generational wealth.
I understand the value of litigation and have learnt a lot in just 5-6 months. However, the constant stress and the long working hours have really taken a toll on my health. If I continue here, I really fear for my medium and long term health. My senior, who is an expereinced AoR, likes my work and I will even get an increment soon.
To manage my health condition, I would need decent work-life balance, relatively less stress and plenty of rest. I am a decent enough worker and know that at the start of my career, I will have to hustle more. However, it has just become physically impossible. I am at a complete loss.
I wanted advice on how to move forward.
Should I try moving to a designated senior's office? I have heard that the work hours are slightly more relaxed there with good pay too.
Or should look for clerkships for a more structured work environment to fulfill 3 year's experience requirement for judiciary?
Or should I just look for an in house job?
I had really hated the in house job, where the work felt almost entirely tangential to legal work. I like litigation, but it really is very unstructured and stressful. I love doing research, however, I have never published anything.
I don't know how I will stick it out in hardcore litigation.
What does this mean for NUJS? Will the vacant seats now be transferred to the merit list, or will the OBC B category seats be expanded? Following the imposition of domicile quota and EWS quota, in addition to pre-existing caste quotas, the merit list at NUJS has really shrunk. Will it now be expanded somewhat?
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bengal-passes-bills-to-remove-some-muslims-from-obc-list-as-ordered-by-calcutta-hc-101782744361497-amp.html
Infra and Admin problems are all second considerations.
The new NUJS VC is also on par if not better than Harpreet
Since then I have been trying to actually claim the internship, and it has turned into its own full time job. Putting the timeline here because at this point I just need to know if this is normal.
Here is everything I have done, roughly in order:
1. First I emailed the firm's internship/careers inbox. No reply.
2. Then I found and emailed their HR. Nothing concrete back.
3. I reached out to HR on LinkedIn as well, since email was going nowhere.
4. I emailed partners and associates directly, keeping it polite and short.
5. I called the firm and tried to get put through to the right person.
6. I also went back to the student coordinators at my university who organised the competition, since they were the link between us and the firm.
It has now been three months. I have emailed the internship inbox, HR, partners and associates, messaged HR on LinkedIn, called them and looped in the student coordinators. Still no confirmation, no dates, nothing solid.
I don't want to come across as entitled. I get that firms are busy. But this was an official prize for a competition they themselves collaborated on, and the silence is starting to feel like the internship just doesn't exist anymore. It is also messing with my planning because I am trying to line up other internships around it.
My current interest is in Data privacy, AI and governance (and adjacent research areas) therefore I'm thinking of pursuing an LLM from Europe, as a fourth year law student the earliest run rate to executing my plan is 5 years and I will need this much time to get my language skills up to wherever I go (currently thinking Brussels), as is I am aware that competition between Non EU and EU grads is a whole minefield so wherever I can give myself an advantage I will take it.
I can completely fund this pursuit abroad without incurring any debt of any kind for the whole duration (tuition +living expense) therefore I'm not extensively deterred from this plan based on financial feasibility.
Nonetheless, I am aware of the bloodbath that the european market is right now, I suppose I still want to do this because I find life here abysmal by any meaningful metric (short of the fact that I have my parents here). If I have to come back I will paid more for my foreign qualification so there is some win there.
I suppose I am looking for others who may be pursuing something similar their thoughts ?, others who may know better than me regarding my plans ? or in a general sense any guidance you would give to someone who came up to you with this plan.
A little different from the constant corporate craze but I hope people engage.
Easiest thing is to become David Goggins
What made me really jealous though is hearing about their placement committee. They told me that the committee is working day in and out to ensure the 100% placement track record doesn't flinch, and are in extensive talks with new both regular and new potential recruiters for it. Also, that their alma mater of decades are helping them a lot, both in firms and in-house hirings. The names of the companies he told me (BCG, JP Morgan, Zomato, etc.) are such aspirational places to be at as a fresh law graduate.
Being in a t-3 NLU, I feel so jealous of such colleges. Wish I had worked harder during my CLAT days. Been 4 years, and this feeling only worsens. But congratulations to them ig, hope they have stellar numbers this year like always.