Very very very common at jSA unless you are the boss ka pet. Most salaried partners are given no teams or function with just 1 AO. They are still expected to execute and also get business. But the targets are based on how much they execute themselves and no credit is given to business generated or originated. The reason for not giving them a team is that the targets of a salaried partner is based on

hours logged and recovered by the salaried partner like any other PA SA and A and hence if the salaried partner works with a team he or she will not meet targets since someone else is executing most of it.

You took up IDT because u wanted to be paid handsomely at a T1. After joining you realised that there isn't much long-term growth so you want to switch. But even then, you don't want to switch to a chamber or a boutique, you want to stay in a T1, enjoy the handsome pay while conveniently following a path with greater long-term growth.

It doesnt work that way, friend. T1s will have 500 better candidates than you for their commercial litigation vacancies. You can't have it both ways🤷‍♂️. If you're serious about changing practice areas, you will have to join a chamber and survive on 25k per month.

Please don’t overthink this. It’s a dated, foolish middle-class mindset that tells people not to be showy or act like a jerk in order to get ahead in life. Let me tell you this: you can be as showy—and as much of a piece of shit—as you want, as long as you are smart, your grades are reasonably defensible in the job market and you’re passionate about the kind of law you want to practice.

Hi! I am A1 at a tier-1 law firm, specialised in IDT (lit). Even I considering my options to switch from IDT to commercial litigation and ADR and have the exact fear. Since this is an old thread, I am assuming you must have been successful in transitioning from IDT to other subject. Please share an update on the same, as it would be very helpful for me and other people stuck in similar situation.

Honestly, HNLU has so much potential, but thanks to the administration we are stuck at being where we are. The students are really bright, the college is "tier 2" but not the students. They all have the fire in them. But its the administration that is holding them back! We tried to get the administration collaborate with firms and hold competitions and lectures like NLIU to help improve our placements and open up more opportunities for us, but thanks to administration, nothing ever pans out! There is only so much can you do as students for administrative incompetence. Then the recent moot team rule, what a shame! There are specific people in the administration, i wish i could name them, but they NEED to be removed ASAP. No student likes you, nobody wants you in that position of power, and honestly, you dont deserve it too! Then these individuals proceed to shame us openly during lectures that WE are incompetent that we are not getting placed!?!??!!?? Dude we are literally your students. You should help us instead of being so nutty about it. Some faculties have great connections but would not use it to help out the students. Nice college but few rotten seeds are destroying it. Honestly, bring Vipin sir back!!!

Hi, can someone provide insights regarding the team? The type and quality of work they do, the work hours, etc.? Are they based in the Delhi office or Gurgaon?

The competition practice has largely been under NKU's shadows since she walked in a couple of years ago. Would help to know how this side of the firm is doing.

At a old timer tier 1 firm with office near CP. 2/3 people in a partner's team are solely working because of the connection that the families of these guys had with the firm and its dead founder's family. Funny part is, rich AF kids, just earning 36k a month after tax and lying about it. Comments?

I am happy to confirm that I have immigrated to one of the popular destination countries that Indians want to go to and which you are so harshly critical of. There has been an ugly (and still discomfortingly recent) history of overt racism in the country I am living in. I also have a very visible and apparent disability, so an additional vulnerability, and am well into a career in legal academia in that country. Have been living there for close to a decade now. Pleased to confirm that I have never been treated either like a janitor or anything else that I wouldn't like to be treated as. Not even experienced the real life manifestation of the concept known as "microaggression", though I know others who have. One of the reasons I haven't visited India in the last 19 months and six days (and hope to increase that count to 36 continuous months and a week, circumstances permitting) is because the treatment you describe is more like what I have experienced in India (and did experience on my last visit as well). So a little bit less of the (implicit) chest-thumping, if it's all the same to you mate...

I think the necessity of keeping humanities courses is illustrated by the ambiguity in your sentence: are you giving orders to someone called Tim, who is to shut down the humanities courses in the universities and the "B-grade law schools", or did you mean to say that it was "time" for somebody to put an end to both of these? I hope you know the difference between the two alternatives. Perhaps you do not, and you need to be taught. Personally though, I thought a middle school English class would have been sufficient for that purpose...?

Beyond the things already mentioned:

HNLU Admin has mastered the skill of public relations to some extent. The only thing that they managed to pull off in the last few years is signalling to the outside world that the University is functioning at its best. However, it is as dismantled internally as it could be.

The students work tirelessly to get everything for themselves, be it moot court achievements, conferences, publications, and internships. It's not a hidden fact that when it comes to a PPO, a lot depends on the relationship between the concerned law firm and the University. The students have faced this for a long time that despite doing extremely well, we don't get a fruitful response.

The Admin has its stance clear - we won't invite any firm to collaborate; the firm should pitch us their ideas. I don't know, but are we Harvard or something? The placements are in shambles; be it Batch 2025, 2026, or 2027, every batch has taken the heat. But but the Admin believes that the firm should come to us. All they do is act disrespectful to anyone and everyone!

And it is not just the mooting culture. The environment in HNLU from faculties to the students will treat you like you're worthless just because you don't do moots. We don't have basic facilities in this college. To give an example we have a "night canteen" that closest at 10pm❤️. Post that, you have no place to go or get food from. Simple requests form students to make our lives here a little bit better are ignored on the basis of "not having enough funds"...but they apparently had funds to redo the teacher's cabins and open a cafe solely for teachers. Hnlu needs a protest. But there's not point to this really, everybody is scared. There's no batch unity. It's each for their own despite every single one of us facing the same issues. Vo dialogue hai na...reed ki haddi hai, khareedne se nhi milti...we need to have some spine. PLEASE. Because we'll never get our college lives back. Do we really want to live like this? Let's stand up.

Didn't HNLU throw out a ▮▮▮ earlier and it's back to square one. I guess so called successful protests etc by students (self serving faculty and admin folks simply work the levers to extract personal advantages) usually caused the Frontman to be changed. Everything else remains the same. Also student bodies have historically lacked the tenacity to root out entrenched rot and muck from the Univ system. Therefore a "changed" Frontman or Woman soon organises external and internal acolytes and hollowed out student bodies to run the same scams again.

Hit and keep hitting where it hurts. Follow your and their monies. And the answers will emerge. Also it's not a sprint. Aquire and nurture the stamina for a marathon.

That's half the story. HMJVM was an upright and no nonsense judge - which, let's face it, isn't everyone's cup of tea. Lumpen elements which thrive in this lousy status quo staged protests against him. Tanmaya has picked up the best from his dad and is an outstanding litigator. He'll go far.

The irony of all of this is that after signing this circular on the three member rule, the registrar left for judging some moot😭😭

I need tips on how to deal with stupid people who have no clue about certain things. Am I supposed to explain these unaware people how moots work now??? 😭😭😭

PM will address the nation. Goodness knows if his true mann ki baat will pop out or act out through agency raids later. Be that as it may, the opposition camp cohesively thwarted the alleged backdoor attempt. I still don't understand why the govt tried to push it rt now. The census will take place in 2027. Maybe the saffron campus will do very well with 2026 elections. Then what was the rush for and no one except the camp followers believe that all this hoopla was for Nari samman. Remember Bilkis Bano and the grand welcome the perpetrators got? Even bfr that Bhanwari Devi and Ruchika Girhotra cases? Closer home RG Kar etc. Yes other parties played dirty politics ( as if there is any other kind). But what did saffron do? What happened to "party with (in)difference" or its current mumkin slogan?

It has always been a scam and will continue in future as well. The sheep always get slaughtered.

I personally have had multiple experiences from admin through societies here, where something we propose gets rolled back because our admin doesn't want to fund it.

Call an expert for an in person session?

"We have to buy bouquet and fund their travels and you know put in money "

Let's do a workshop?

"Make it zero budget"

This uni boasts of about 25 (or more😭) research centres. I havent seem them actually do research. When we request them to invite people, the immediate response is who will fund. This is a public uni and yoy have money allotted for research centres, WHERE IS IT??? The only research they do is have some "One Day International Conference" where you barely get three decent speakers.

Your life will be ruined. What you see about hnlu students are things we do on our own merit. The admin has always been an obstacle we have jump through in the series of things. Every instance where we have won/participated in a competition, we have had to face some battle w the admin. The admin is there, for taking the credit and posting something on their official handle. I. have never seen them do anything supporting the students.

Tim to shut down all B-grade law schools and humanities courses. Teach STEM, business management or vocational skills.

https://x.com/TFTC21/status/2045250949216895058

The people who call you slurs are not a random redneck you never meet. It may very well be your colleagues. There are a lot of tales in IT field, and even in Big 4 where such whites were caught and exposed.

Indians as max will only make a subtle comment and leave it there, whites may take physical actions and even record it to humiliate you

Also begs the question about the future of the country. In another 10 to 15 years 50 degrees will probably be the standard summer temperature. India will then become uninhabitable for humans and eventually a desert in 50 years. Only hill stations will be able to host people. 🥲

https://www.businesstoday.in/amp/india/story/heatwave-to-sweep-across-india-in-48-hours-2026-summers-set-to-beat-the-heat-record-of-2024-525792-2026-04-15

C'mon if the ruling party was so concerned with women's reservation why not just individually put up a bill for the same? Why was jt supposed to be blended with Delimitation proposal? Also fyi they knew that the bill is going to fail and still went ahead. Just wait and see how they turn this strikedown of bill as a narrative to push other parties as 'backwards'. Also no wonder WB elections are around the corner with this, one of the most female progressive states in India.

I don’t know why the thread is so negative. There have been other older threats where the posts have been much more encouraging.

If you put your head down and work, keep your ego aside and have the genuine desire to grow and learn, I don’t understand how age could be a problem. The battle will majorly be internal- taking orders from ppl much younger than you but that’s totally up to you. Once you’re in the system, your work and attitude will decide your future. Getting in might be a little hard considering the ageism that exists and recruiter’s perception about your fragile ego, but that’s going to be everywhere unless you start something of your own.

If law is something you really want to do- go for it and try getting into NLU Bangalore if you can. I’m sure you’ll meet at least 1 person around your age.

Hi, i am just curious and shooting my shot at it

have you considered policy jobs? like those policy teams in SAM/CAM or boutique law firms like Ikigai

or think tanks like The Dialogue?

How much overlap would it be in such teams between policy and legal work?

Would really love anybody's inputs.

Thank you so much for your reply!

Will the same be true for In-house, etc. roles?If I did very good in all the semesters & learn a lot during internships, is it possible to land in a fairly paid in-house role, may be in an NBFC,AIF, etc, if not big banks, for same reason you highlighted above?

Thanks again, for your suggestions!

Thanks!

But moving abroad requires atleast a handsome capital.I've a few friends who were admitted to a M.Research at good univ. in UK, but life there is not good at all, mostly working everyday, all evening in restaurants, uber, etc., & for living, & getting into PhD is far tougher there, than India..life is tough EVERYWHERE!!!!

Thanks for the reply!

I find no problem in working under younglings but superior in experience!

But, if one puts equal effort & dedication into the job, why wouldn't they become partners due to age?it takes 9-12 years to become a partner na, generally ofc, I understand there may be so many other factors.

Shows the rich depth of work and expertise of the firm.

https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/tcs-brings-in-deloitte-trilegal-to-probe-misconduct-allegations-says-no-complaints-filed-nashik-office-still-open-ws-l-19888862.htm/amp