When I said gave up tax, never meant it to be 100%. However, the focus shifted to white collar and SEBI and other lit. Vikrambhai or Nareshbhai also never gave up tax completely. However, didn't see Jitu in much tax matters for a while. For porting, possible but a lot of his book came from legacy ELP clients, where Rohit and Nishant had pretty good stronghold. So it would remain to be seen how many new matters port. Though he would be helped by fact that ELP currently doesn't have someone decent to appear. Gopal is doing it but would need some more time.

1. Never take drugs. The path towards addiction is far too easy to go down. Very difficult to then go back.

2. Practice in front of a mirror first. Then practice around maybe a trusted friend, family member etc. Alternatively, if that's not available to you, practice recording yourself - both on audio and video.

3. Adding on from 2 above, repeatedly practice. Religiously. Every day. Make sure your tongue is accustomed to moving in the way it should to get out the specific words and phrases, combinations of words, and/or combinations of words and phrases you need to be saying. The tongue is very much like the fingers. I perform classical music on the piano regularly and give speeches regularly. Both fingers and tongue, from my experience, need no end of practice to make sure they are correctly doing what they are supposed to do on the big day.

4. Your fear is not unique by any means. It isn't that somehow others are magically not afraid. You have to do this despite your fear - that's what everybody is doing as well.

There are a couple of 'modest' or by JGLS standards 'poor' people in JGLS. These guys are LLM students who probably have an annual family income of 20 to 35 lakhs. These guys are poor by Jindal standards.

BA. LLB crowd in JGLS is really rich, when I tell rich they are actually rich. You are better of at another college. You would never be able mingle or make friends - it would be really hard.

Not only Jindal - Ashoka, Flame University, Fancy British Universities in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar are also full of really rich folks.

While I was interning at Bangalore High Court - we had a JGLS Co intern. He would get picked up in a chauffeur driven Toyota Vellfire while we used to go to cheap pubs in BMTC buses. He had his own friends group, social circle and hobbies. Like him I have met many JGLS folks - nice people, but really rich and lives in another universe.

Cultural differences are huge. You would never be able to adjust or make genuine friendships. You would self pity yourself throughout college. Try joining maybe Symbi/Christ.

most T1s do informally stop "hiring" after a certain point, although there might be some last minute variants, for example, SAM had approached major T1 NLUs for a certain practice area towards the end, or JSA sometimes unexpectedly does multiple rounds. But I wouldn'

Jitendra gave up tax? Get your facts straight buddy. He is and always has been core tax. He was asked to take on responsibilities in SEBI and white collar which he did by building good teams. But he never gave up tax. More than 75% of his revenue came from tax which he has ported to Trilegal.

I'm sure your partner is a wonderful person, but this is something I've noticed too across most people at my NLU and workplace. For a huge chunk of them, law school and the corp law job that followed is the end-all-be-all of their lives. A lot of people peak in this way when they get their job offer, because they're completely satisfied with this being their life (not that I am in any position to judge what is right or wrong, just pointing out what I've noticed).

I do think the sensationalist discussion on sites such as LI and the mentorship (or lack thereof) seniors provide to their juniors in law school about paths other than corporate law contributes heavily to this culture. Nobody cares about this field except the few thousand that participate in it, but you'd think it is the most prestigious, competitive and handsomely paying career in the world based on how these conversations describe it.

Totally agree. In addition to the centre wanting this, the respective state governments would also have to agree to this. This would mean the state 'giving up' on the state NLU. There are examples where the centre proposed to make a particular state engineering college into an IIT, but the state government did not agree, hence it did not go through. E.g Jadavpur University.

I cannot see any state government wanting to give up its NLUs for nationalization. So completely agree - this is flogging a dead horse.

A ▮▮▮ in the new JSA competition team who was a hard worker just left for TTA. Why downgrade from a T1 to a T2? Particularly when you have the JSA bill share? I don't follow these career moves these people are making. I saw him in Trilegal when I interned there. He moved from Trilegal to JSA to TTA all in just three years. Trilegal was the best paymaster at the time (not any more). Then at JSA, they got a sweet deal with the bill share. Is he getting a better deal now in TTA when they poached him? Everyone here says the competition law market is slow, but some people seem to be getting better and better deals. What is going on? Are we being lied to?!?

im in my 1st year of law in 2nd sem , my 1st sem presentations were totally fucked , couldn't even breath and pronounce words there , my legs were shaking and i used to forget things while my peers were doing good in terms of public speaking, what should i do?, thinking about taking drugs that help me performing well, any suggestion ?

This is a huge development and gamechanger. Suppose I choose IITD, I can spend a semester doing research for an IITB professor who may be very good, and also maybe spend a month studying under good professors at IITM or IIT KGP, plus getting a taste of campus life there.

This would be great if introduced in NLUs, but one problem is that the scene has changed a lot since Sudhir came in. He has taken NLSIU to another level by aggressively recruiting and poaching top NLU alumni, while other NLUs are mostly stuck with terrible local college hires (of at best second-tier NLU talent). All good profs from NALSAR and NLUD have left. Then the likes of Amita Dhanda at NALSAR have retired. Plus a steep decline for NUJS post the exit of MP Singh and under the TMC government.

So maybe only a tie-up between NALSAR-NLUD make sense?

https://www.jagranjosh.com/news/iits-to-allow-students-to-study-across-campuses-from-this-year-check-details-here-182821

Your Postdoc, PhD, master or bachelor do not need to be in sync with each other, especially in Law. When teaching vacancies are released they are simply called as "assistant professor" jobs. Only a few universities would have specific vacancies like IPR, Taxation or Corporate. The rest allow any stream of law. We had a professor who did his LLM in family law, his PhD in constitutional law and he was teaching environment law in law school. Indian legal education is not as specialised as it should be especially from a teachers perspective. My own mentor was a NLS graduate throughout, with HR as his specialisation. Yet he taught CPC in his first year.

The main point you need to consider is your research topic. Since you would be working on it for the next 3-5 years. So make sure it's a passion project that will not only help in future publications but also make you a somewhat expert in it.

Congratulations. That's impressive. I've only managed to get 94 percentile and am doubtful of getting admission anywhere. You have a brilliant opportunity, do not squander it. You will be immediately accepted no matter where you apply, so you have what I don't, that's freedom of choice ! Make sure you choose smartly.

Coming to your PhD and masters. It's not necessary to do a PhD in the same specialisation that you did your masters in. One of my friends has a corporate law LLM and did his PhD in tribal relations, another had a LLM in Human Rights and did their PhD in environment law. What matters I where do you see your acadmic career in ? As in which area do you want to be a specialist in, decide your topic accordingly.

Having said that, majority of top NLUs, Jindal, JNU etc accomodate any topic in law. As long as you justify your proposal. My suggestion is to go through the faculty pages and find out which universities have a family law specialist. You need to check their publications first, then their PhD and LLM background. Especially their recent publications.

My suggestion is to apply at JNU centre for Law and Governance. It only accepts JRF candidates. The fees is negligible. JRF stipend immediately starts once enrolled. It has prestige. Public laws or Family law is definitely accepted there.

All the best.

Even though it might be competitive, this college is the best shot I have at making it to a good firm and I have tried my best to convince my parents but they don't seem to budge. The loan will not be a significant sum. Would I be able to get placed it I just work myself to the bone in the next 5 years?

Majority are rich or upper middle class, but there are people from modest strata on scholarship. I know one such girl who went on to study in the US on a scholarship and is going very well.

Remember that it’s now very hard to get into a top NLU for GC students who are ineligible for EWS or domicile quota, and rely solely on the merit list seats. So they look towards Jindal as their primary option (preferring it to a lower tier NLU or Symbi/Amity).

Ex-jindalite here. While you will get a good exposure, it's not worth taking a loan to join Jindal. The batch size is very huge and placements are also quite competitive. You are better off in another NLU or similarly placed college even if you have to take a gap year. I won't advise you to take a loan..

https://www.barandbench.com/news/breathalyzer-tests-contraband-search-24x7-police-camp-orissa-high-court-directions-for-nlu-odisha

Ice age cometh at other NLUs, esp those where VCs wish to tool this for image building and nip inconvenient student associations?

While we see most posts about how burnt out people are in Tier-1s, I've noticed (my partner especially - who is ex-Tier1) cannot stop talking about his time there and all his stories begin and end from there. And God forbid if he meets someone from that firm, he and they go crazy gossiping about the people they knew ... maybe the firm alumni network is extremely strong or are ex Tier -1 millennials who are on their own all like this?

The material benefit is making legal education at top universities accessible to the poor. The application fees, examination fees, and university fees are so high that a person below the poverty line cannot afford them. Do you think a family earning ₹10,000 per month can pay ₹4,000 for the exam fee, ₹40,000 for the counselling fee, and ₹3 lakhs for college fees? You might say they can take a loan, but even then, they have to provide collateral for a loan of more than ₹10 lakhs. The root cause of these high fees is the lack of funding from state governments. They are not even bothering. Legal education should be accessible to the poor.

This is nothing more than judicial overreach. HC passed these directions in a matter for quashing of FIR. This incident happened outside the college, I don't understand how does a police beat house inside the campus will help to prevent such actions. A lot of moral policing is incoming on the kids living in hostel, there were no timings inside the campus but now due to this order there will be. NLUO will become a tightly controlled space. The admin was already enough and now they will pass arbitrary orders under the garb of this HC order.

I see people jinke baap ka already law firm or some big buisness with big connection getting into law firms because of they daddy saying shit like this. Lol so much for merit it's all generational privilege go ask your daddy for internship lil bro and then talk about your idea of meritocracy and shitting on locals

You don't need fellow humans to counter you; you need ChatGPT, who will tell you you're a genius and that all of us are idiots for underestimating you. This hubris will cost you a lot. You're not going to like me for saying this, but you're not special. Hundreds go into an NLU with the exact same mindset. Looking at the current landscape of AI, be happy even if you get a job by the time you graduate.

NLUO’s reputation is sinking further and further with such incidents.

https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/orissa-high-court-nluo-campus-safety-guidelines-police-outpost-10529820/lite/

I am in my fourth year and have internship confirmation from RK Dewan and Khurana and Khurana for the same month ? being from a non nlu in which firm will i have more chances for assessment internship ? and which one is better in terms of learning experience (context: my interests are more tilted towards trademarks and copyright law)

And exactly what material benefit will you get? If INI and central institutions are so good then why do graduates from there land up to do LLMs and PhDs at NLUs and reputed private univs? We all know how many central univs operate barring exceptions. Instead why not pitch NLUs being taken over by foreign univs opening campuses in India

I feel that the central government should give a choice to state governments to upgrade to INI status. BJP-ruled states like Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat will agree to it, which will then put NLSIU, NALSAR and NUJS in a quandary— if they refuse because of pathological Modi-hatred by the Congress and TMC, they will be themselves in the foot, as NLUD, GNLU and NLUJ will attract more funds and better faculty.

Planning to join Jindal law school as no other alternative seemed to be viable. Due to health woes I was unable to give my all in preparing for clat and a drop year is not somethig my parents are particularly keen about. I come from a family with modest means and I will be availing a loan for attending the law school. I won't be caught up in buffoonery. Are there individuals from the "modest" social strata? Would I be an outcast simply off my financial background?

I think the student bar association's of NLU's should look into this matter seriously.

https://www.barandbench.com/columns/columns-law-schools/national-in-name-provincial-in-structure-why-indias-nlus-must-become-inis

Firstly you study LLM as master of law and not master of family law.

It makes no difference which specialisation you do LLM. To become academic, Family law as good area of specialisation as corporate law or IPR.

Your NET/ JRF and PhD in law will help you get a teaching position. Best wishes