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Some courts have landed on some living document constitutional interpretation- that does not have to be the case. Judges are persuadable and can change their mind. Its about time they exercised some restraint and followed the law instead of making it up.
Few things to consider, I am myself considering moving out of law due to WLB issues. From my brief interaction with folks these are the things that I found
1. Lawyers are at a disadvantage due to non quant background when it comes to granting jobs
2. Consulting is most preferred area and that is as bad as law firm when it comes to WLB
3. Be very sure whether you want to do MBA or not unless money is not an issue. No point spending lakhs again to do similar kind of job
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For disputes, just do your work well, build a good rapport with the team and keep following up after you’re done with your internship. For transactions you’ll be expected to intern with 3 different partners (2 if you’re offered a PPO during your second internship) and all 3/2 partners should recommend you for the position.
This is my notice period.
OP, does your law school have the option of doing an undergraduate dissertation? A 10000 to 15000-word piece of writing for which you receive supervision. If so, are you planning to take it up? That of course depends on factors like your current university's capacity to supervise the project of your interest. If you do a really good UG dissertation, maybe you can start working on getting that published. But in a peer review system like that of most typical (read: reputable) UK law journals, that will take a lot of time. I know OP has asked about Cambridge, but if you are thinking about Oxford BCL, doing a UG dissertation may be useful, as you can send an extract of it as writing sample as part of your application.
If you really want to achieve some realistic writing goals for your LLM application, concentrate on blogs like UK Human Rights Blog, UK Constitutional Law Association (UKCLA) etc. If you are a public law person, maybe read Mark Elliott's blog publiclawforeveryone.com (Elliott BTW teaches at Cambridge), write something substantive if you haven't already and check with him if maybe you can contribute it as a guest piece to publiclawforeveryone.com. Of course, it would in your situation likely have to be a comparative piece, dealing with an aspect of constitutional law or theory of interest to both Indian and British lawyers. Which is why you might just do better to work with Indian law blogs itself.
Re: The other aspects of your advice, no dispute at all. OP, follow that completely.
Compared to the hiring processes for firms abroad, Indian law firm HR seems to be far below the standard for an industry like corporate law. While it's hard to measure the impact, I am sure many firms have suffered in the long run in terms of talent because of their HR. Not sure if anything can even change in this though, maybe a conversation here is a start?
The only interest we all have is “who is it!?”
Lol and sad at the same time
TRUST US - this is place is a special kind of hell. Years of therapy needed to undo the damage.
Where are they now?? Can you imagine the reaction if a pro-BJP VC had done this??
Can other people also comment their bonuses at other levels
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/sahara-group-seeks-supreme-court-nod-to-sell-key-properties-to-adani-group/article70110204.ece
Now if he says 135%, he got 135% of 15l which is 20,25,000
I am a disputes lawyer with 1.5+ PQE, who is planning to move abroad. I want to know if pursuing an LLM is the best option to find a job in a new jurisdiction, or if prospects of lateral hiring are better.
- In public sector since graduating from law school
- 1.75 cr in MF, 1.8 cr in NPS, 0.15 cr in PPF, 0.45 cr in bank (including FD)
- No house, no car, happy go lucky
However, most important will be your statement of purpose (your why!).
As you are in 4th year of law school, try publishing at least two articles in some reputed law reviews (at least 1 in UK based law review) in the next two years.
75% marks is very decent and so don’t worry about that aspect.
Thirdly, talk was organised by Justice Michael Wilson in collaboration with the ED- DJ, who was asked to do so by the VC.
I am an alumni of Jindal and let me tell you that this ammunition for "relentless targeting" is being given by Jindal itself. These sort of straight up anti India agendas need to stop. There is absolutely no reason or justification to have a talk on the Indus Water Treaty. There is no reason to hear the "other side" when all that the other side has done is to abuse and misuse the treaty and spread terror in the region.
Intezaar Main Hoon Na
Dekh Lo Idhar To
Ek Baar Main Hoon Na...
but it was rejected
CJI came and inaugarated the project, the construction has already started, piling would continue until first quarter of 2027
FM would have come out as a hero if he did everything except slap the errant student, he could have shouted, scolded, even physically restraint as the registrar was trying to do to FM after the slap
FM saw that the student hit the police, he wanted to immediately intervene, he knew that the police were on their way out, he just lost it when at the last moment there was this juncture of potential full reversal and the possibility of police coming back
would other people have done it differently, perhaps, some would have not come out of VC lodge, some would have come the next day, FM tried, almost succeeded but faltered on the last step
i am trying to psychoanalyse the situation on a lazy sunday, is it a good leadership on part of FM? yes and No. is the slap justifiable? Not really. Do we want action against FM? No as long as he does the same thing what he did in Nalsar.
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Article 21 says this and only this " No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to a procedure established by law".
The idea that "right to self determination of gender identity" is anywhere to be found in ANY plain text or purposive reading of the constitution is just absurd. The words self determination or gender or identity or gender identity are nowhere in the constitution. they werent contemplated by framers and they certainly cannot unequivocally be said to be a part of any transformative reading of it either.
That is it. reading a concept as nebulous as dignity into life itself is a stretch but even if you did that- that right would still be something that governments can deprive someone of according to procedure established by law. That second phrase doesnt vanish simply because judges irresponsibly read into the first.
We have the death penalty in this state- we routinely deprive people of their right to life simpliciter because the procedure is properly established by law.
NALSA specifically gave directions to the union government to make rules on this. This is within the purview of a duly elected legislature. NALSA I would argue was an unconstitutional judgment that is ripe to be overruled.Two judges of the supreme court deciding something so fanciful and artificial should be a right without analysing downstream policy consequences fundamentally violates the separation of powers.
Note also that the current law doesnt actually prevent anyone from identifying as trans or as the opposite sex. People are free to do that still because of A 19. What the law says is that benefits accruing to "transgender persons" under the act will only accrue to enumerated categories- socio cultural groups, people with DSDs, and those forcibly transitioned against their will. There is no reason to argue that not only should a person be free to identify as they please- but that the government is obligated to not only recognise such self claimed identity but also reward it with benefits given to marginalised groups. Surely even if there is a right to identify as you please- there are limitations to such a right as there are limitations to all rights. Those limitations should be properly prescribed by law.
OVN is likely waiting out for things to settle after May 4. Depending on results, he will makes his bets. In any case NUJS is a pit stop.
Also let's not make a saint out of FM. He supported his pal PJ while the latter hollowed out Patiala. Good that students and alumni called out FM when he kept crowning his broken record.