1. I agree that Indian legal academia is nothing to write home to mother about. But I totally disagree with the reasons for it that you have given.

2. How limited can your outlook on the world be? Do you know that in other countries, people have moved to law from science backgrounds - and after doing well in those? Best example off the top of my head that I can think of is Lord Diplock in England, who read Chemistry at Oxford, and is perhaps best known (among public law people at least) for formulating the illegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety test in CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service. Ah yes. And Lord Denning, who studied Maths at Oxford. Please revise your impressions of how things work.

I'll tell you (as a non-Jewish ally) what makes this antisemitic and in other ways, meaningless? This language "The threat by Trump and Israel". Why not "Trump and Netanyahu" or "the United States and Israel" or "the U.S. and Israeli governments"? And how about the assumption that we all agree Israel is a "rogue state"? Why isn't Iran a "rogue state"? And why not Pakistan?

"People in nlud are chilling too"

Nice Whataboutery.

You know that growth requires discomfort, not "chilling" right?

It's sad to see mediocrity spread like rot in Nalsar,Nlud,Nujs and more. Get out of your comfort zones please.

Nls would be the same if not for the admin who at least don't compromise academically.

Placements is one thing, studying from professors who change the way you think is another.

It is unfortunate that you are targeting a senior woman partner without any substantial evidence. This is what women have to face. If someone is competent and doing their job, it is still the woman who is being blamed and no less an insinuating allegation of sex for work. This reflects poorly on you and your competence. Further, there are known mechanisms in every top firm which actually work if there is an issue. Here it seems that you are overstating out of jealousy. If she is promoting him by writing articles, it will be because this person would be writing good drafts. A partner will not have the time to do first drafts. Also, if you want to write, please write and don’t crib. His availability reflects his dedication to work and not an affair as you are suggesting. Your mind is trash, which is adequately reflected in your comment. Your competence and character don’t seem better either. Please work and let your work talk. If you were so good, you will alternative job offers but since you are a crying little canine, grow a pair and stop giving a bad name to men who work.

Hello LI Family,

I have received the Trilegal Assessment - 1 link. Can anyone shed some light as to how should I prepare for it? And since my practice area is GC, what kind of questions can they ask in the Assessment?

Please help your own friend out. It would mean a lot.

So the countdown has begun. Just a few days left for the picture to come out. It does look like the TMC are in for a tough fight this time, because of the deletion of Muslim voters and fake voters in SIR.

The NUJS powers are sitting tight. Most will turn saffron if the regime changes, but some crucial and influential people will definitely be booted out: those who are too deeply entrenched with the TMC. Then the action starts (hopefully for the better).

I think that's the case with literally all the firms. The work done is very mechanical at entry level (can be taught to literally anyone within 2-4 months, and i mean literally anyone), so it in that case, all the matters is vibe. If you vibe with the team and they like you, you're most likely to be recommended. This is not to say that your work does not matter, but it's not the sole criteria as well.

If "a new bar has [really] been set", then those who want to get to it will do so. The rest of us will carry on with our lives. Whether somebody does or doesn't achieve it doesn't matter to the rest of the grads, or at least, doesn't matter to the extent that their lives are not directly impacted. One extra person competing or not competing ain't gonna get you that highly desired law firm job, place in a litigation chamber, training contract offer, LLM or PhD offer of a place/funding, or anything else for that matter. If it comes to that, your life as a citizen being governed by an NLU grad may not necessarily be better than it previously was. It might, but not necessarily. Brutal reality check: everyone in your NLU cohort could have huge political connections/clout and you could be on tennis-playing-buddy/drinking buddy terms with all of those people, have good grades, good moots, good internships and all the rest of it, but yet end up being in the lines of unemployed throughout the world. You may not, but you still may. That's how bad the world is. So take your exams, achieve good grades, wish everyone else the best (or tell them to go fuck themselves, depending on your outlook on the world) and focus on yourself.

They are a chambers band 2 firm from what I see. Your research should be there. Random law students giving you unknown trivia isn’t the best way to verify facts.

Plus, I am personally interned there. People literally don’t leave them because of their culture! ON top of that they have the cutest dog in office!

Most of the responses here are of such awful quality that I sometimes wonder if this website's majority demographic is really people who are actually lawyers, or people who would have liked to be lawyers, failed, are stuck in some non-law career they don't like and are coming to this website to live their wet dreams. I can totally believe that the OP is a lawyer, but the rest of you guys... are just... I don't even want to say.

as a personal trainer, this is wrong on so many levels.

To loose fat, you need to maintain muscle. Start weightlifting (nothing too crazy), and calculate your TDEE calories(This is your maintainence - eating this will maintain your weight because your body burns exactly what is consumes. Now subtract 500 and track a -0.5 kg weight loss a week. If you are skinny fat ( You arent too obese on the outside but have a belly), try a 250 - 350 deficit only and weightlift harder. Do all this until you are at YOUR DESIRED level of leanness. But stop when you can see all your abs clearly, dont go below this. Eat at maintenance TDEE after.

Consume about 0.6g-1g of your weight in lbs (kg*2.2) in protein every single day. This can either be from protein powders or meat sources (or veg sources like paneer, soybean etc). Within your target calories of the day, you can eat ANYTHING else, your body doesnt care or know if youre eating a fruit or added sugar, the mechanism of digestion is the same (carb- simple sugar - glycogen). Further, dietary fat is NOT the same or translates to body fat, body fat is simply your body storage of excess calories ( over your TDEE of the day).

However, to feel satiated, try eating high fat whole foods, so you dont feel hungry all day long on a deficit or feel tired (for example if you munch on just candy and protein and eat within the TDEE-500 range you will loose weight at the rate of 0.5 kg/ week but you will feel like shit.) Most importantly you have to be disciplined in your deficit. You can keep cheat days (where you eat what you want), maybe once a month or 2 weeks depending on how close you are to your goal weight. Remember, its a marathon, not a race.

"1700 calories" is NOT the recommended TDEE for everyone. Please use this https://www.calculator.net/tdee-calculator.html to calculate it for you.

Cardio/ treadmlll/ running are BURN calories and must be subtracted from your TDEE for the day. So if you want to eat 2k calories but want to maintain a deficit of 300 cals, you can exercise enough to burn 300. If you are eating just 1.7k cals for your deficit requirements, dont overdo or even do cardio, it does not directly burn fat, your body has mechanisms to keep you lethargic through the day because you burned through too much activity (thermic effects).

Yashwant Varma's 13 page letter withdrawing from the inquiry under the Judges Inquiry Act is revealing. Questions arise.

1. Why did senior Policemen decide in the middle of the night not to seize the cash and to issue a seizure memo. On whose instructions?

2. Why did senior fire service officers decide in the middle of the night not to mention the cash?. On whose instructions?

3. Who tampered with the CCTV pointing at the entrance to the store room? On whose instructions?

4. Who physically placed the cash in the store-room and when?

5. Why did the three PSOs of Yashwant Varma lie about their location on the night and why did they tamper with the attendance register? On whose instruction?

6. Who all visited Yashwant Varma's residence that night and the next day and the next night? Where is the CCTV for this?

Hope we get some answers. The Police also has some answering to do.

What are you supposed to feel? My batchmates are partying hard, but it feels like a sham given I know so many people hate each other? I am sure you all have your college's respective lores. How do you even get yourself to mingle with people [in OLT context] when you know they're inherently not good in general (or not good for you)? I do not feel like getting pictures clicked or get drunk and then I regret that I haven't made 'good' memories?

Am I the only one feeling this?

P.S. I am at good terms with my batchmates, so its not about being introvert.

Sign of the times. Humanities degrees being devalued more and more. Wake up call to shift to BBA LLB and BSc LLB from BA LLB?

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/job-applicant-left-broken-after-interviewers-mock-qualifications-lost-all-confidence-11340017

I have a question with regard to the Linklaters Indian Internship 2026.

Did they overhaul the whole system of evaluating candidates this year and just make it a simple application without the Watson Glaser test and other activities that they typically had?

It seems this year's application are being redirected or proceesed through a portal called "Vantage".

I distinctly remember some of my seniors applied via a different portal last year and it looked nothing like what it presently is shown now.

Would like some insights on this issue.

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bjp-promises-ucc-cash-for-women-jobless-farmers/amp_articleshow/130179248.cms

Here are key elements of PoSH training regarding dating a supervisor:

- Conflict of Interest & Disclosure: Organisations often require employees to formally disclose relationships with supervisors to manage potential conflicts of interest, such as favouritism in promotions, appraisals, or project allocation.
- The Power Dynamic: A relationship between a manager and a subordinate is risky because the power imbalance makes it difficult to ascertain if the relationship is truly voluntary. If the relationship sours, it could lead to accusations of harassment if one party feels pressured to engage in the relationship to secure their job or career progression.
- Consent and Workplace Boundaries: PoSH training emphasises that consent can be withdrawn at any time. If one party tries to end the relationship, any continued advances by the boss can constitute sexual harassment.
- Professional Conduct: Employees in a relationship should not engage in intimate behaviour on office premises, nor use office resources for personal communication.
- Consequences of a Breakup: The end of a relationship, if handled unprofessionally, can lead to a hostile work environment, a major focus of PoSH investigations.
- Managerial Responsibility: Managers are responsible for maintaining a professional environment and may be held to a higher standard of conduct by the Internal Complaints Committee (IC) if the relationship results in accusations of harassment.

K Prashant (NLUD 2018) is contesting from Madurai South as an Independent Candidate. I know you're looking for folks contesting from tickets given by prominent parties, but KP is a wonderful guy and I hope down the road this translates into a meaningful career in electoral politics.

What is up with the new Bombay High Court website (https://bombayhighcourt.gov.in/bhc)? You literally cannot look up information regarding cases before the Goa or Nagpur Benches. So bad

What delusion? By definition, a delusion is a reality you can't accept, leading you to create your own through imagination. Where is my imagination in this? I lived through the experience.

The experience where I had to resist my favorite food while my stomach growled with hunger. The experience of pushing through grueling pain in my legs while trying to reach my 12km target. The experience of constant looks from girls my age, giggling because I looked "funny" as a 6'2", 100kg fat boy with man boobs.

This advice doesn't come from delusion; it comes from constant struggle and genuine care for other humans who seem to struggle with the same issues I used to: health, low self-confidence, and bad eating habits.

Why should YOU accept a RANDOM INTERNET STRANGER'S advice?

Because I lost the damn weight. I know the ins and outs of weight loss and what a human being goes through psychologically during that journey.

Lastly, how the fuck is it "life advice"? The term "life advice" is too broad because any advice will affect a person's life in some way. My advice is a mix of tips, tricks, and methods for creating a deficit that will in no way have a negative effect on a person's life or health. If followed, it will vastly improve their health and confidence. My own blood pressure went from 135/100 to 110/70 and stayed there to this day.

FINAL WORDS

It is upon you to understand and accept it, or deny it. My responsibility is to reach out, attract people who want to improve themselves, and answer their questions

Thoughts on the new Registrar appointment? Ruhi Paul has been abruptly shafted from office, while also being well below the age of retirement. Will she continue at the University? or is there too much ill will and bad faith between her and the current administration. Will Prof Garg - with his great corporate contacts and connections - improve the placement stats of the university to even greater heights?

My suggestion might not suit your taste of you don't like teaching, but hear me out. Since you have an LLM from a foreign University, apply at Jindal. They immediately will take you in board. Whilst there for atleast a year or two, focus on building connections, researching and applying in data protection firms. The harsh truth is that India is way behind data protection as compare to the EU. There are definitely firms that work in this field but they will take another 5 years to mature. Also the Jindal job makes it easy for you to get time to research the job market here while not losing out on years. Nothing damages a CV in corporate like a gap year. So the best is to immediately get a job in Jindal based on your foreign degree and then apply based on market research. Atleast you would be earning enough and the teaching part will help you stay employed.

By reports are you referring to law reports published by courts such as the Indian Law Reports or the Supreme Court Reports? Well, they are published in-house by courts so you would need to apply to the relevant department of the court to see whether you can get in. If you are referring to private law reports such as SCC and other smaller reporters, then you would really need to apply for a job as an editor I believe. I could be wrong but I don't think they will allow you to work part time on something which is their bread and butter.

Regarding 'magazines', if you want to publish on forums such as The Leaflet, Bar and Bench, Live Law, bar association/council publications etc then you can just send whatever you have written to them and then they will take a call on whether to publish it or not. The same is true for law journals published by universities though the calibre of writing expected from writers by law journals is much higher as compared to other forums.

If I got an 8.5 studying the night before, why would I start studying beforehand? The papers don't test you on anything besides how well you have memorised a few buzzwords. If the papers were actually difficult, and I know they can be because I've seen some papers from other NLU's it would've been worthwhile to study more.

Thank you, this helps!

Vis a vis the crowd, it's not about ambition: they're just people with no life outside of law school. Even if you go on a trip with them, all they will talk about is the next exam coming up in college, how crazy xyz professor is, how xyz senior won abc moot, etc. They have no interests or personalities of their own. This is something that I've found to be specific to my NLU: this was not the case whatsoever at some of the other T1 NLUs I've seen. This is reflective in the societies, where the Moot Court and ADR societies are the only active ones. I have noticed that this is not the case in other NLU's with other places having a vibrant campus with events, theatre, musicals, etc.

Yes, that is true, I am quite privileged, even relative to the others in tier 1 NLU's. It is regardless saddening, to come to a university many praised (and warned me against joining) for it's academic rigor and being disappointing. Similarly the professors, at least in my college, are shit, and the centres are all dead.

Thank you so much for the sincere answer, this helped me a lot. Will go for more national/international level moots and ADRs, write papers for conferences, etc.

I am a 2025 law graduate of JGLS of BA LLB course. no networking, yes, despite being in the law school. Pretty grades. I am still not being able to get employed since July 2025. Its being more 10 months of unemployment after spending 40 lakhs for the law school. I have applied for more 500+ job vacancies as per linkedin, other law jobs websites and getting no replies at all since past 10 months.

Where did you get that nukes were proposed to be dropped? And speaking of rogue states, what is to be said of a country with a network of terrorist organizations (hezbollah, hamas, houthis, iraqi isis, etc etc), one which executes women for not wearing burkha/ showing hair, and run by radical islamists literally calling themselves "supreme leaders" and going medieval on their own citizens? There is a reason you or no one you know vouch to visit US, but will never set foot in Iran or any other rogue Islamic paradise. @moderators show some spine and publish this.

The SC’s decision on ADM Jabalpur means that this decision was technically legal. But leave that aside, overpopulation is one of India’s biggest problems and we do have supreme Court observations saying population control is desirable. Also, as I understand it, most of the men who underwent vasectomies during the Emergency already had children. The idea was to stop them breeding excessively and having tons of kids. True that most were Muslims and lower castes, but that wasn’t a conscious decision and linked purely to high birth rates in certain slums and villages. Both Indira and Sanjay Gandhi were secular people.

What nonsense. You need to speak to some social scientists- or just get out of the house more. What do you think trans identity even means? it doesn't automatically mean that you're treated like a street walking hijra. Trans identity for many younger people enhances their status. Demanding that other people refer to you with special language and that you be given special accommodations and treated as more fragile than others in the name of mental health is an advantage in many places. In progressive spaces like universities a trans identity can make you a sacred caste.

I know several law school girls who adopted non-binary pronouns etc and got aadhar cards and TG ID cards - they don't change anything about their presentation that would stigmatise them in real life. And they obviously wouldn't flaunt it when they're in actual trouble. When they're being arrested by police they specifically want female police officers to arrest them for some reason.

I also know several young men who are actual predators but put on nail paint and go by they pronouns. This makes them unquestionable in liberal spaces.

One former professor at big national law university actually advised me to identify as non binary as it would help me when it came to foreign phd applications. She herself also identified as non binary.

Laser body hair removal is not healthcare- women don't get it for free. trans women do through TP Act and SMILE. Elective plastic surgeries are also not covered for most women. but they are free for trans women. What is free when you go to AIIMS is basic labs, OPD, emergency services. Even medicines you likely have to show BPL card. and most of the stuff that is free is not free by magic- its free because the government pays for it using tax money- Ayushman Bharat and other schemes. And just like the government is morally right to know who its spending money on through Ayushman Bharat- it is morally right to know who it is spending money on through SMILE. and it has the prerogative to decide that money should go to groups that cannot afford care as against groups that can afford private care.

Don't think anyone is currently working on better investigation mandates than Sherbir Panag's team at Panag and Babu (now PBS) bar maybe Kunal Gupta. Routinely work with large firms like Davis & Polk, S&M, Skaden etc as Indian counsel and think they did the recent Info Edge WB report, IndusInd bank etc as well. HDFC was a big miss for them though and to think it went to Wadia Ghandy ▮▮▮

Don't join. I interned there a while back. The associates were nice, they weren't treated nicely. 3-4 months after my intership, around 5 ppl left.

Pay is extremely low and the founding partner has a nasty attitude. As a new joinee, you are just supposed to learn the work all on your own.

Also they don't have a lot of work- some disputes work and real estate due diligence. Don't know if that has changed.

No Stipend, They technically have three teams (very small tho) Disputes, Banking and Corporate. When i interned they had adequate work for me, if you have to visit courts/offices they reimburse you.

Some of my colleagues who interned after me did not have much work given to them, so depends on your luck.

Simple. If there is work and deadlines then stay back else go home. The legal profession is demanding. Clients are demanding. There is no room for softies. You whine, youre out. Thats the stark reality. Get used to it. You want the mega bucks, you gotta work.

Let the softies/ slackers start down voting this now.