Tweet by Justin Trudeau today:

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1672661292270731264

Some people have been debating about this online. Many people are saying that 2S means same-sex, but AFAIK it means two-spirit, which refers to a tradition in the Native American community. But should we also use this in India? Does a two-spirit concept exist among adivasis and indigenous tribes in India? Also, why did Trudeau remove the “I” from LGBTQIA? Typo? So should it be 2SLGBTQIA?

First Museum of Law in India

Proof 1 : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/green-mnlu-bldg-to-have-state-of-art-facilities/articleshow/59921851.cms

Envisaged to be the most beautiful campus in the country by CM

Proof 2 :

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/rs200-crore-sanctioned-for-mnlu/articleshow/62686802.cms

See the plan and prospective pictures yourself

Proof 3 :

http://www.abindesignstudio.com/projects/details/98-maharashtra-national-law-university-nagpur

Hostel for LGBT Community

Proof 4:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/mnlus-new-campus-on-wardha-rd-to-have-hostel-for-transgenders/articleshow/59961052.cms

Getting consistent space in the budget of the State Government

Proof 5:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/fadnavis-budget-rains-sops-on-vidarbha-marathwada/articleshow/98525753.cms

Hey, I'm pretty much in the same boat.

Did a bit of reading to understand taxation for professionals. But I still have to chalk out a proper tax to leverage all available deductions.

Would appreciate insights from someone on a retainer who's already filed returns.

Cheers and thanks.

Good attempt at alt narrative building saying that NLUD didn't have fake data earlier. It has always done so and nobody believes any data coming from it anymore. What's worse is that neither faculty nor students ever protested against that despite knowing that it is false. Shows the pathetic culture and lack of education. And these 'most people' are only a figment of your imagination. Nobody in the legal profession believes NLUD to be anywhere near the top.

Yeah, keep saying that, nobody believes you. Those whom you pass off as not wanting Corp jobs include those who don't get placed. Regardless of whatever you claim. And don't you also claim that your grads get higher salary than anyone else in India? Who will believe your lies after that?

To dust and clean those cubicles so that we can do legal work sitting there, bro. There is nothing that you're better at than anyone bro other than faking data. Sorry if that comes as news to you. Not placements, not winning competitions, not LLM scholarships, not entrepreneurship, not policy work and not litigation.

Lol, clearly, you're arguing without any facts and data and basing it on your conjectural opinions of NLUD. You should be marked trollish, but for the sake of engagement, I'll respond. NLUD has WON all those international competitions I cited, and NUJS never has. Even in LI's MPL which used to take place every year till 2017 or so, NLUD ranked ahead of NUJS in most years. So, yeah, our co-curricular achievements are just as good, if not much better.

And honestly, atleast show some integrity when you're arguing rather than falsifying facts in a pathetic attempt at defamation. And you're calling my verifiable arguments rhetoric? NLUD placement committees DO NOT remove people who haven't got placed to bump up percentages. Who is "everyone"? Some jealous Noojie trolls like you who can't accept the decline of your college and keep living in denial about more enterprising NLUs?

And I'm not going to provide you names of people with TCs, check on LinkedIn yourself if you're that desperate. Honestly, your opinion of NLUD matters very little since you've shown that you don't even know what goes on at the place, but your malicious arguments deserve to be called out as BS. But let me reiterate, it would be a big mistake for anyone to choose NUJS over NLUD. NUJS is going nowhere beyond their "fourth" place.

Having a baby and then if you wish to bring it up in every good way imaginable lead to many hard choices. A lot of things need to fall in place for working parents to bring up a child, not the least of which is that the husband needs to be very involved in domestic matters, which many Indian men are simply not ready or willing to be. You can't just throw money at all problems and wish them to go away.

Answer the question than trying to bring in some teaching of your morality. The original comment slammed NLUJ saying GNLU is better and the response was to clarify how GNLU is much better. And there is no belittling of achievements here, people use all kinds of leverage to get scholarships. Nothing wrong with that, but I can't help it if you're hyper-sensitive and take it personally. That shows your insecurity.

No, Prabhash left in 2013 after he realised that he won't be getting the differential treatment under Bhat that he was accustomed to get under Singh. I am not saying that he wasn't good. But these people other than Shamnad have always fleeted from one institution to another everytime they get better opportunities. Nothing wrong with that, they are entitled to look after their career. Shamnad was hardly teaching anyway and Bhat could not figure out his way of operating. More like clash of ideals. That was a bad loss. The rest never had any loyalty towards the institution, be it Sudhir, Pritam, Prabhash or Chinmayi. Shamnad was different.

BJP has been party to plenty of corruption, including karnataka and the entire crony capitalism problem. It has monopolised horse trading after elections, which is a hallmark of corruption. So don't pretend that it is holier than thou. It has also systemically destroyed the credibility of all central institutions ranging from CBI to Election Commission to RBI.

For preparation, go through Graham Vinter's book. There are also a couple of country overviews for India available online on websites like ICLG etc., written by people from KCO and AZB. That will be more than enough prep. Having some knowledge about contract review and bankability may also help.

First Museum of Law in India
Proof 1 : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/green-mnlu-bldg-to-have-state-of-art-facilities/articleshow/59921851.cms

Envisaged to be the most beautiful campus in the country by CM
Proof 2 :
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/rs200-crore-sanctioned-for-mnlu/articleshow/62686802.cms

See the plan and prospective pictures yourself
Proof 3 :
http://www.abindesignstudio.com/projects/details/98-maharashtra-national-law-university-nagpur

You can switch teams/firms, but it is wise not to switch practice areas. Don't do it, it is not worth it. Switching eventually is equivalent to starting from scratch (unless you have another offer lined up right now). Stay with your team, since Trilegal is a great firm. Get cozy with the partner and maintain that rapport. Rise up the ranks and stick to your practice area now.

I always thought that if a husband and wife are both working in a law firm, they should both work and contribute to the family income. They can live a very luxurious life with a double income. But now I see many cases, especially post-Covid, where the wife is choosing to stay at home and raise a child, while her husband works. The wife is giving up the opportunity to be a partner and is happy to to support her husband's career instead, just like tradwives of older generations. I see this even with women in top law firms, including grads of top NLUs, some of whom even have LLMs in corporate law from abroad. They are just sitting at home now and being a full-time tradwife. This seems f***ed up to me. It puts pressure on the man to work and the woman is losing valuable work ex and wasting her degree. It also decreases the family income. But this trend seems to be increasing and people don't mind a dip in the family income.

Isn't this kind of regressive and bad for women's empowerment? ☹️

See also: https://www.insider.com/tiktoks-trad-wives-are-pushing-a-conservative-agenda-for-women-2022-11

https://politicalresearch.org/2021/07/29/why-are-gen-z-girls-attracted-tradwife-lifestyle

"Smokescreen" - nah man, it's concrete. You've evidence scattered everywhere of MNLU Nagpur emerging as the NLU with the best infrastructure. This needs to be agreed upon. Won't talk on placements as it's new but it gets no competition from any other NLU in the country when it comes to infrastructure.

MNLU Nagpur

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/mnlus-new-campus-on-wardha-rd-to-have-hostel-for-transgenders/articleshow/59961052.cms

Hi.

I will be joining a tier 1 law firm as an A0.

Was wondering if there is anything (financially) to keep in mind before joining the firm. Honestly, I don't really know much about all this and was wondering if someone experienced can shed light on this. It would be great if someone can also explain how the taxes work exactly and what all deductions will be made+ if there is any investment scheme i should look into.

Really looking forward to what you brilliant minds have to say.

Yeah. I have been waiting for this discussion to happen. Have seen these organisations come up with fellowships to attract young talent. And I have seen NLU grads also signing up. Recently, saw the post of Mukherjee Fellowship by PPGF at Twitter. PPGF, I guess, unofficially is leaned in favour of BJP. However not sure. Similarily, Congress has its own think tanks launching Fellowship/jobs for young grads.

How do these jobs play out? I mean for a person(especially NLU grad) who might be interested in policy will end up consulting political parties and getting associated with an ideology as a consequence. I have, personally seen one friend of mine, working in political consultancy for a think-tank which is advising a party(right leaning) while this person does not favour the ideology. Says, lack of opportunities & varied pay in such organisations in this sector, leaves no scope to switch as of now.

His dad is a very successful lawyer from Jalandhar. Almost everyone (especially those belonging to the Jat Sikh groups, for instance Shergill) from Punjab can honestly claim to ‘belong to a family of farmers’ or say that their ‘father is a farmer.’

The reason for this is that we have maintained strong connections to land. I am a law school graduate, living and working abroad, and my parents spend a considerable amount of time with me here. However, we lease out our lands every year (‘theke te’ - for those who understand the local vernacular*), usually to the same person/family, who till it. We get paid a pre fixed amount in return which counts as agricultural income. Most city based Jat Sikh families that don’t till themselves have this arrangement. As such, I get to say, if needed, that my ‘father is an agriculturist (a farmer).’

Alternatively, my father’s brothers live in the village and till our lands as well as their own. Therefore, I get to say that I belong to ‘a family of farmers.’ This doesn’t mean I’m lying in either case. However, this also doesn’t mean that my father wasn’t a senior military officer.

It’s the same with Jaiveer who I happen to know well.

https://www.outlookindia.com/business/is-indian-governments-divestment-plan-losing-sheen-news-296378

https://theprint.in/economy/reaping-literal-dividends-why-indian-govt-is-reworking-its-disinvestment-strategy/1640334/

This is depressing and disgusting. Those of us who are economically centrist/right (which is the majority of the educated upper-middle class) voted for Modi because we expected a departure from Congress-style socialism. Modi promised "Minimum Govt Maximum Governance". Instead, he is giving us more of the same! No worthwhile privatisation other than Air India and a few airports in small towns. We overlooked cow belt Hindutva because we felt privatisation is the need of the hour. If Modi does not deliver on privatisation then he is betraying our trust!

What do you think, friends?

no true scotsman is it? if you dont want to say this dude is the best nalsar had to offer then youre not a nalsarite anymore? ive got no problem with pranav at all. but being popular is not the same thing as being the best professor. Sid C has constantly been the best professor. He holds students to high standards, doesnt compromise, and yet supports and teaches you complex ideas and enables you to carry out high quality work. thats just a fact. If you asked pranav- hed agree.

10/54 was for the first batch of 21.

Consider 25 going for litigation.

Then it is 11/25 for first batch.

MNLU Nagpur is humble & blessed with such number for the very placement for very first batch.

The quality of this young institute could also be determined by comparing the very first batch of other young NLUs which were started around the same time period.

No such Young NLU has even infact released stats for their first batch.

Among other NLUs & specifically Young NLUs ,perhaps MNLU Nagpur is the only inst. trying to participate in all statutory rankings & recognition process.

Most other young NLUs infact shy away from revealing place-stats of first batch but we did.

Anyways the doubt & question of Comparing NLU Nagpur itself with old biggies in the circuit itself raises credibility of Nagpur.

Students scoring between 93.5 to 99 percentile to get 25-50 percent scholarships. This year the scholarship has been reduced tremendously. Is it still wise to join Jindal when I can join other NLUs or just retake clat? The fee is not coming down below 6 lakh even for the scholarship holders.

To the admin of the NUJS meme society, please stop posting memes targeting individuals or based on internal secret matters. There are people from other colleges who follow that page and ideally, they shouldn't be knowing all these. The things related to ADR or CRC should ideally stay within the campus only!

The best capital markets lawyers have somehow moved in-house or had to leave the practice. Due to which even the best teams (i.e. The Amarchand’s and never AZB) are languishing ▮▮▮.

Eg: Neha Samant, Navodita Gupta, Nidhi Parekh & Etc

Guess neither could win the popularity contest amongst the so-called “old boys club”

PS - R will get a toffee if he/she publishes this comment. Just remember to look outside SEBI on a weekday for a man handing out toffees.

While the placement cell is very dormant, my peers managed to secure good placements (by themselves) ie Induslaw, JSA, CAM, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan. The college hasn't updated the website because these placements weren't handled by the college itself.

The campus is good, but the T&P cell has to put a lot more effort into bringing campus recruitment. This is my honest opinion.

I need a time management course as I feel I do not use my time effectively. I focus too much on minor things and get distracted easily. Udemy's course costs Rs 449 and is 2 hours long. Dhruv Rathee's course is 5 hours long but costs more than 10 times (Rs 4,800). Which one is better? Any idea? Any other courses that are good?

https://www.udemy.com/course/do-more-stress-less/

https://academy.dhruvrathee.com/

Does the work entail making videos like Dhruv Rathee and is Dhruv Rathee himself employed by the Congress IT cell? If yes, the pay must be awesome. The guy lives king size. These days regularly uploads vids of himself flying first class with his stunning German wife, most recently on Singapore Airlines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2gxJ3nafY

So I'm totally interseted! How can I apply?

There is little doubt that Modi will win and be PM again. What the opposition is really hoping for is that the BJP goes down to 220 seats and then becomes a weak government at the mercy of corrupt regional parties, much like the UPA was. The moment regional parties come to power, you will see scams happening and governance suffering, like during the UPA. If that happens, then the BJP will struggle to win in 2029, mirroring the UPA in 2014. So the focus will be on 40-50 marginal seats that will make the difference between 220 and 270. Thus, these think tank recruits will just be IT cell warriors (as already pointed out) who will try as hard as possible to hurt the BJP electorally in 40-50 marginal seats. So my guess is that the NLU recruits will be from certain key swing states, such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar and West Bengal.

So effectively, you bill and recover, and you will be paid. Like at all other law firms.

Just astonished that the senior partners didnt fight for the team they took with them? I am sure some internal discussion must have happened on this front as well.

Does this affect the Partners only? Or the entire team including associates?

Part of the decision? Was this an internal decision not to take salaries? or did AD make the decision for them?

Okay. First of all we don’t know what intention was behind OP’s usage of the word ‘rock star’. I am pretty sure he meant it in his academic context. I agree with you that the term ‘rockstar’ has given rise to toxic heteronormative stereotypes on multiple occasions. But that’s certainly not the type of education nalsar inculcates. I mean I have seen people calling toppers of the other gender superwoman and that does generate a conducive atmosphere for learning and nurturing other orientations as well. Yet just the term or tag of ‘superwoman’ is really not accommodative of the entire mails dominance that is persisting. Now that I have mentioned this , don’t you think this thread never entered into the area of ‘slightest acknowledgement’ in the first place? Don’t get me wrong but that was never mentioned