No, because there is a fixed and sure promotion path for IAS/IPS officers but in lower judiciary, even it is possible that magistrates may never become even a district judge (district level post equivalent or subordinate to DM or SP) but IAS/IPS within 5 years of service will become DM/SP and in 14 years DIG/Special Secy, 18 years IG/Addl. Secy, 26 years ADGP/Prin. Secy and so on. Moreover, UPSC people have vast kinds of jobs. They can be deputed to any department as principal officers. Also, there is much much higher facility in civil services compared to judiciary (except salary.. salary is higher in judiciary but salary growth is higher in civil services). You are the main person not the side doer like judges and magistrates.

Also, UPSC is far far more harder than Judiciary. Judiciary is full of dumb people from top to bottom. Most judges are undeserving and inefficient people and most of them have tried UPSC and couldn't even succeed in cracking prelims when they were young.

That's the main reasons.

These messages are quite surprising. Pratyush has a strong practice and Iis regularly briefed by the Big4 and Khaitan Co. Has his own set of clients which are some of the largest listed entities from Kolkata. Will jeering by anonymous guests on legally India discredit him? Don’t think so

I'm currently pursuing my Masters in family law. I've cleared UGC NET-JRF with 99.95 percentile in the December 2025 session. I do have some research publications in reputed journals. However, my biggest concern is my LLM specialization (family law). Will it anyway affect my chances of getting a job in Indian Academia, despite having a good profile?

Hey. This is someone who is going to join HNLU with the BO'31.

All I can find about this college on Legally India so far, is like 3-4 years old, and I love to hear about it now, taking into account:
1. Academic Curriculum
2. Extracurricular Support (Moots, Conferences, Publishing)
3. Peer Groups (How academically inclined they are to push you for better heights)
4. Societies (Strength of Societies is also important)
5. Admin

If any seniors from BO'30, BO'29, BO'28, BO'27, BO'26 could help out, ideally in the 2-3 latter batches, as they can actually tell the growth, virtue of them being in the college, for a longer time. I would love anybody's advice regardless, even from other NLUs, who've heard about HNLU. Thanks!

Their practice areas are quite different. Saurabh does IDT more and Pratyush DT. Today Pratyush’s practice is bigger than Saurabh’s though Saurabh is much senior. Plus they are good friends. Doubt they are bothered about what people comment here. Both are going to be designated seniors in a few years.

One person officially speaks in favour of the politician dispensation, the other does it subtly and is more of a sympathiser than an official spokesman. He also uses polite language and does not defend the indefensible. In that sense, the latter is more acceptable. But he uses a distance course from an NLU as a flex on social media. This surely cannot make one an NLU alum? The question remains whether better qualified people do not exist in Kolkata? Shouldn’t NUJS or other NLU alumni be tapped? So many alumni were very passionate about mooting in college. Why weren’t these people approached?

I dont care about salaries, but what was landmark about it?

In short, Kerala HC said no interference. Supreme Court affirmed it during an admission hearing. This is regular 26(1) stage shenanigans before a writ court that I have seen since 2012. Even if you bring the sectoral jurisdictional issues, that is as old as the PGNRB cases.

It is the CCI who is the main party defending a jurisdictional turf war, undoing the damage of constant misinterpretions of the Bharti judgement. The same thing has been pointed out repeatedly before in other cases and before other courts. The luck with the roster helps.

Even with a commercial lens, it got pushed to Kerala from Bombay after years. I am sure the investigation has been kept in abeyance. Was interim relief granted? So till now this has been a run around for Asianet. Now with settlements, if the parties smell a bad order, they can settle down the road. So this may not evolve into something precedent setting.

Ultimately, these are writ jurisdiction matters and not appeals. They are administrative in nature and barely involve competition law. A landmark case is one decided by the SC in India when you have statutory appeals. Most appeals are just parking matters in the SC pleading a legal issue already admitted for tagging.

Either ways its not like the SC registry remains a blackhole for competition cases. In abuse of dominance cases we still have not heard about NSE or DLF and its fast approaching two decades of distinguished and deliberate fumbling by all concerned. There are even judgements reserved never pronounced.

India is still figuring out the contours of competition law enforcement after 25 years. In less time than that the US made the Sherman Act, built schools of thought and decided to break up Standard Oil - that is 21 years from 1890 to 1911. Even the EU took just 16 years to get to the Conti Can. Competition law here is not serious. With this supposed landmark case we are still figuring out the basics of a rebate case.

What aboutary in its worst (did I say worst? in a morebid and sarcastic way, I meant "best") form. Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump couldn't have done better if they had tried. Indeed, I ask myself, after having watched Starmer's most recent disgraceful performance in the British parliamentary system's weekly ritual of Prime Minister's Questions (where he engaged in a lot of what aboutary), if you may not have been on the team of Special Advisors ('SPADS') which helped with his preparation for this week's PMQs.

Symbi MBA. As long as it's one of their top 3 specifically SIBM or a relevant program. Not some random thing with no market demand. Check placement stats obv and verify too. Symbi has extreme focus on MBA placements since inception, even their deans were hired with that one objective in mind. Very placement oriented. Mind you, the high paying roles will require specific skills such as quant, finance, sales, etc.

Also, slightly arrogant of you to assume that you can crack SNAP easily. After XLRI and CAT, it's one of the toughest exams in India, also partly due to demand.

90% unemployed seems like an obvious exaggeration, but I wonder, how bad is the law scene actually? Im speaking only about NLUs and good private colleges like symbi pune jindal - I understand the ones below have it way tougher. Surely it cannot be that bad atleast for the above ones? Does anyone have any real figures on their college placements and not fudged ones?

Do T1s actually stop hiring 5th years after a point (like 2 months prior to their year ending)? Are there any good Mumbai law firms that continue hiring till the end or even after graduation - T1/T1.5 or T2? I am worried I will be jobless as the year is now ending - NLUJ failing to get called back.

buddy NLS journals don't publish articles written by NLS students - they're all solicited from top academics/practitioners (and that is the standard practise for all other top journals including IJAL at NLU Jodhpur. In my opinion, if you land up at any college till NLIU, it gives you great exposure and access in terms of networks and opportunities.

If I were you, I would definitely take NLUJ (over NUJS anyday) and work there to be at the top of the batch. Also keep in mind that dropping means losing one year that you could instead spend on gaining work experience post college - at the end of the days, our time here is finite.

Apart from Jindal and Symbiosis which are genuinely good private university in India. I am getting a tier 3 NLU and I don't think I should opt for it, especially since it's Ranchi. Is there any private university which is somewhat decent. I am ready to do my own study, but I need a somewhat recognisable brand.

I am presently working as a ‘Team Lead’ in EY GDS specialising in immigration law. Joined as a fresher and have been here for 4-5 years. Wanted to make shift to a law firm. Please advise which practice area can I join and at what designation.

This is primarily on account of pay disparity and job profile- as my job is a back end job not focus on core law

I’ll be interning at SAM in March this year, please give me tips for the internship, how to secure a call-back, what factors are involved. Further I will be interning in the transactions team too. Please any info that comes to mind will be helpful, feels like this internship is make or break for me. I feel stressed

I am working on an AI-powered CLM tool with dedicated agents who use your data to draft, answer question, research and analyze risks. We are live and looking for beta testers. Would you be open to testing and using the product? Happy to get on a call!

React out to me at - nikhil@auctapace.in

Lol - I like this echo chamber. Modi is the reason we are functioning as both a market and as a society. Since 2002, there has not been a single riot in Ahmedabad - an annual feature there for decades, and no, it's not because of minority suppression. He has indeed created a rational society based as much as possible on the marketplace - though all govts in India are left leaning.

Privacy is never going to be a big money spinner in India... It is nearly impossible... no chance Indians will ever bother about what happens to their data... And that's going to be the situation globally also with how carelessly people are feeding in their data on AI systems. Rather do diplomas to get into the cybersecurity side of privacy or aim Big 4 privacy compliance teams

You can't have it both ways. You pay to be taught, and you are paid to work, not ask for more learning. People who impress generous professors also get mentorship and recommendations, but that can't be an expectation. If you want to do this, start with a more professional mentality.

The OP mentioned Cyberpunk, which has a Mac native port which is playable even on the newer base machines. Since OP seems to be getting the latest Macbook (M5 MB Pro), it's more than playable.

Wish you guys would inform yourselves and read up on tech before presenting your misinformed opinions in such an assertive manner.

Hello,

I am a 2023 year law graduate and pursued litigation for over a year in Bombay. In 2024, due to personal reasons I went on a sabbatical. During my sabbatical, I decided to make a career switch from litigation to corporate/ in- house roles. However, due to lack of experience in the field, I decided to pursue my masters in corporate and finance law which is soon to be completed.

I am now looking for job opportunity in corporate law firms/ in- house firms in Bombay and willing to start afresh due to my experience. How should I go about it? Where can I possibly apply with such background? Are there any available opportunities?

Thank you!

Working at CAM for close to 9 years now and it is depressing to see the image of the firm getting tarnished because of the way people have commented on this thread. I thought (and did explain to people who were planning to apply to the firm) that this is not the culture of the firm and this must be some antagonized junior associate writing all this. However, this comment from someone senior (I think it is a fair assumption) is not helping. If you can use the word BS on public forum I am not sure if you even know how to deal with a team (let alone be a leader). Please refrain from writing such comments and using such language as it not only impacts your team (and now other comments appear to be fair) but also the reputation of the firm in the market. Firm also has enough leadership initiatives, try and benefit from them. It is unfair if reputation of one team has adverse impact on us as a firm.

Yeah, trust me, I know more than you’d expect a 12th grader to know lol. I was referring to private international law, not public. I’ve read model laws on commercial arbitration, cross border insolvency, read UNIDROIT publications, and tried to do my best to understand this field by scouring nlu journals and reading articles on these topics. I also have quite a solid grasp over concepts of public international law, like customary IL, jus cogens, VCLT, the charter, IHL, and genocide law (icj precedents, icty and other tribunals). I’ve been deeply into munning at a collegiate level so I’ve actually debated on these topics, so I know for a fact that I’m passionate about these subjects and know more than your average ‘law aspirant’.

If you are already in the Capital Markets team of a law firm, I suggest having 2 years PQE and going for foreign LLM (with scholarship). The exposure you get there (by taking up papers relating to Securities Law, Corporate Law, etc. coupled with internship) will be a trillion times better than MNLU LLM.

It is actually a common practice. Specially among junior Indian scholars working abroad- like PhD scholars and postdoc fellows, students are often used for research. There's a dark side to it as well, as sometimes legwork is done by Indians and credit is taken by them, worth payment being abysmal. A few posts on LinkedIn recently pointed it out.

MPs of all political parties criticised the UK-India FTA at a debate in the House of Commons on Monday, with shadow trade secretary Andrew Griffith saying: “Instead of a vindaloo of a deal, the PM came back with a bag of soggy poppadums.”…

But the deal came under fire from all sides of the House for failing to include UK services, especially legal services…

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/uk-india-fta-gets-compared-to-bag-of-soggy-poppadums-in-house-of-commons-debate/amp_articleshow/128172697.cms

I became a lawyer at 27, became a corporate lawyer at 29, and started working in firms at 30. If I can do it at 27, you can too. Just try for a good college that gives internship options and work your ass off in those internships. I would advise against a drop, but it's your choice.

MNC banks like HSBC are tier 1 when it comes to work life balance. Some of the Indian ones are good enough but can get taxing at times. I've heard one of the two Morgans is bar WLB but this is not confirmed news for me. A few are almost as bad as law firms (especially NBFCs, fintech startups and some funds etc.), but none of them will regularly eat your weekends fully. Growth plateaus after a while but when life throws work life balance at you, you can find other ways to fuel personal growth.

First get off social media cold turkey. Best decision you'll ever make. No insta, no Facebook, nothing. At best keep LinkedIn for job and career stuff. Avoid watching reels and shorts like it's the plague.

You like doing human things with humans. Focus on that. Don't let AI slop ruin your vibes.

For the anxiety thing, try a few minutes of meditation in the morning followed by pranayama or breathing exercises and yoga. This really helps. May sound like uncle advise, but it helps slowly and surely. If you still feel it's not helping or if your anxiety is interfering your day to day life, please see a mental health professional. Let the professionals give you solutions. Try Rockethealth or Amaha or other reputed online platforms if you can't visit physically or don't know who's good in your city. Internet can't fix your anxiety or your depression (get this formally diagnosed and treated please. It's a term thrown around recklessly).

Lastly, excercise at least 3x a week. Excercise gives you free anti-depressants. Don't discount the importance of this please.

Cheers and all the best.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It’s 12:38am, I am currently sitting in office along with all the other fee earners in the office because our boss wants us in office till he is in office. I have been here since 10am and now am mentally fried for the day. So I thought why not start a thread about my office policies and we can have a laugh together, hopefully. To make it fun- you guys can upvote the policies depending on whether you have similar policies or downvote if you don’t associate with them at all.

Also I don’t need anyone’s advise on moving on from this work place… I am not in a position to, so let’s get that out of the picture. You’re more than welcome to post your own if you’d like.

As per my limited knowledge, judges do refer them to very good chambers. And firms too, as they have very good repo.

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/306997-what-after-law-clerkship

You can refer the above too.

I am currently working as an A0 at a Big4 (joined as a fresher). The pay (at par with Tier 2 and close to Tier 1), work-life balance, culture, and overall perks are quite good, and I have more than enough time for myself (unlike my friends in Tier 1). However, the work feels largely clerical and administrative, with very little application of law. As a fresher, I want to build strong core legal skills and eventually move into a Tier 1 law firm or a substantive in-house legal role. Many of my colleagues have moved to bulge-bracket firms like JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, where the pay is excellent, but from what I see, the work there is also fairly administrative and not really aligned with a traditional in-house counsel role. At this stage, I feel my law degree is not being fully utilized, and growth and hikes are relatively slower compared to Tier 1 firms(A0 to C3). I would really appreciate advice on how to upskill, build the right profile, and plan this transition. When is the right time to switch, and what should I focus on right now? Please advise.

Sorry mate, wish I could help. Just dropping a note here to say that whatever you have heard about foreign profs offering such opportunities to Indian students at Indian unis doesn't reflect my experience. I attend a Russell Group uni in the UK and such opportunities, when they come up, are almost exclusively offered (if not always) to internal candidates within the uni itself. Not saying it doesn't happen - perhaps profs at my institution are an exception in their insularity levels - but your language seems to indicate a belief on your part that this is a relatively common practice. In order to give you something as realistic as possible based on my knowledge, I just felt the need to problematise that understanding of yours (if it exists, on which I may be mistaken), because I don't think it is right.

Depends on how frugal you can be. If you can save 80% of your post tax income, you can retire by 45. Remember, you can’t get everything. Either choose to spend more or the luxury of retiring early or score a foreign law firm job or marry rich. Now don’t say “ek early retirement Toh main bhi deserve karti Hoon”. The entitlement of Gen Z is crazy. Also avoid ok boomer. Think of something new maybe.

I am in my last semester, unfortunately couldn't clear my PI for day zero and now I am stuck. Had some interviews but the firms ghosted. Barely any firms are coming, I keep getting rejection emails from wherever I apply for an assessment internship. If someone could guide where to apply, which firms are still hiring BO 2026, it would be really helpful. Genuinely looking for guidance at this point because graduation is near and everything feels bleak.

Hi everyone,
I’m a final-sem law student graduating in about 2 months. Unfortunately, I didn’t receive any PPOs and was rejected from one assessment due to vacancy constraints. I currently don’t have any corporate law offers.

I’ve been offered a traineeship with a reputed company in a legal forensics role, which I’ve accepted for now. However, my long-term interest is in general corporate / M&A work, and I’m unsure about the crossover.

I wanted to understand:

1. Is there any real scope to move from legal forensics into general corporate/M&A later?
2. Will starting my career in forensics negatively impact future corp law opportunities?
3. Should I continue with this role while applying elsewhere, or would it be better to exit early and focus solely on corp law roles?
4.

Would really appreciate guidance from seniors or anyone who has made a similar transition. Feeling quite confused at this stage.

Thank you.

Hi everyone,

I recently qualified the UGC NET for Assistant Professor and have a few interviews lined up. I wanted some guidance on what would be a reasonable salary expectation to quote.

For context: I hold a B.A. LL.B. from a private university (well-known but not among the top tier) and an LL.M. from a top NLU. I don't have any UGC Care/Scopus Publication.

The current opportunities are with relatively lesser-known private universities.

Would appreciate any insights on the pay range I should negotiate for at the entry level.