It's something of a propaganda so that the nlus lying immediately below it can squeeze their way through word-of-mouth into tier 1 league. Most of the posts you'll see here would be by ganloos (gnlu fanboys). Almost all the nlus this time around are in a bad shape in terms of admin and placements because of market predicaments (look at nlu delhi placement stats). You'll see news of protests and everything across most nlus so it's useless to weigh on such parameters right now. To answer your question, I've graduated from tier 1 nlu and currently at a t-1 law firm and let me tell you nliu is a very reputed t-1 nlu and holds great influence in the corporate circles (esp t-1). So don't bother with the propaganda posts or admin protests news. It's a common trend (ganloo fanboys must be coming to bite screaming gnlu zindabad lol have a good day)

We all know that the various international law bodies NLU grads work with are bankrolled by the US. They may have done LLM dissertations on Marxist TWAIL principles and have Palestine flags in their Instagram bio, but they owe their careers and bank balances to the US. Simple as that. So what now? Will they be out of a job? And should future generations stick to LLMs in financial law, tech etc? Or hope that the BRICS and EU countries will step in and match US funding? How likely is that?

https://apnews.com/live/us-trump-updates-01-07-2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/trump-interview-power-morality.html

So I finally got a first-hand view of why there is so much opposition to SIR and cases being filed before the court. The officer visits your home and asks for a ton of documents. Lots of harassment and paperwork. Irony is that my parents are BJP supporters LMAO

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We have seen so many reports in the media of genuine voters being harassed, such as Amartya Sen. Most people receiving notices are actually Hindus. Serves BJP supporters right, I guess! My parents included. Ultimate FAFO for Modi bhakts! 🤡

Proves that the Modi-Shah masterstroke is a super-flop. Just a few Bangladeshi Muslims and Rohingya voters got notices. They either arranged everything through jugaad, or they didn't bother to get a voter ID card in the first place. They stopped after getting an Aaadhar, coz that's all you need to make a living.

BJP will get massacred in the election this time! 😊 Yes, there is tremendous anger against Mamata and her misrule, but it doesn't obligate people to vote for BJP. They can vote for Left and Congress --- which they were doing before 2014, in fact.

So bottom-line is get ready for an INDIA govt in 2029 and Rahul Gandhi as PM...

Just because as per you, tier 1 M&A firms pay less to IDT attorneys, that does not justify a tier 1 tax firm paying less to its IDT attorneys. The tier 1 tag, whether for an M&A firm, IP firm or a tax firm, is an indicator of how a firm is expected to treat and compensate its attorneys. If the work is tier 1 and the compensation structure is tier 2 or tier 3, there is a serious disconnect there. And this needs discussion.

for my understanding this happened because of law firm and their obsession with gpa . if we compare CPC, CrPC, Company Law, Banking Law, Tax Law, Contract Law ,Constitutional Law, IPC with human rights or general 'poetic' area of law then it is easy to get good gpa in this compared to others . In the end firm even dont look at elective in the cv. Firms just sees high cpa equates to a pass in jobs or internship . So student are gaming the system by taking easy subject . This take is subjective and I had only seen this in my circle . Because of ai student just chatgpt it or ask to other llm provide the information about the project they're working on . These LLMs are trained on article and wikipedia, biased towards them or use only these sources to understand the context of the prompt the user provided .

Hello, so I have a chance of pursuing LLM from NLS/NALSAR. Now I'm wondering if specialised courses like MNLU NISM are a better fit for my career?

I am preparing for SEBI Grade A anyways (2026), so will a specialised LLM fare better than a general LLM from let's say NALSAR? Will I get enough time to study for ancillary exams at NALSAR?

I also looked at the IBC course offered by NALSAR but it's a 2yr course and costs around 15 lakhs which is something you'll spend in 5yrs while pursuing a LLB from a T1 NLU. The plus looks like that you'll get IP certification with the course which generally takes around 10-15yrs?

I'm wondering if these courses are worth it.

I've noticed people moving from idt teams of tier 1 firms to LKS. From what I could gather, the IDT teams of these tier 1 firms merely function as a backend support for m&a teams, thus, the exposure and pay is very limited. So if your focus is on IDT, either go for LKS or any of the Big 4s. And IDT as such is not a well paying practice area. If the focus is on money, better to opt for a different practice area.

IDT practice is becoming stagnant across many firms. The reason is that the government through the GST Council has been resolving issues and simplifying the GST law. The IDT work on the advisory side has seen steady decline and the market is becoming tougher with many boutiques, CAs and Big 4 commoditising the work. If the Customs 2.0 reforms also simplify customs laws, that will make it very difficult for IDT focused firms to sustain revenues and growth. If you have an option, choose some practice area other than IDT.

You are comparing apples with oranges. The figures quoted of so called tier 1 firms are of their tier 1 practice areas such as M&A which are high paying. The payscale of IDT teams in these tier 1 firms are peanuts compared to their counterparts in other practise areas. Also the bonus in LKS ranges from 2-4.

Not perfect or close to it but the closest i have experienced, had the best wlb for few months i interned with them, they would be a great starting place just if not for the very evident gujju bias or connections culture prevalent in the firm even more prevalent with arrival of Shree. But yea fun place

Have given written assessment plus 2 rounds for lateral switch to trilegal. Response has been positive from what I could gauge. However no response from the firm as of yet. If anyone could shed some light on what the process is usually like (timeline, further rounds etc) it would be of great help!!! (Mods pls bump this)

This is an apt explanation of the “factor” system. I remember a few years back, the variable component in my monthly compensation was 40k. Out of this, every month I would get 15k, 20k, 25k, but never the full component. By the end of the year, I had lost about 200k in that year. Guess what my bonus that year was? It was 200k.

So, what was deducted from my monthly compensation in the entire year, was paid back as bonus. As a result, I just got my full salary for that year, but effectively, no bonus. This starts to hurt more as people progress to AP and Partner as the variable component increases. This is one of the main reasons, many people leave at PA and AP level. No doubt LKS folks are one of the nicest bunch to work with. But the compensation and incentive structure needs a serious rethink.

I see quite a bit of MBA vs Law in here. Well, I'm a guy who did neither. I got into a top 5 law school in my second CLAT attempt but didn't end up loving it. Left in a week or so and continued with my undergrad ( I was already a year into it). But I'm still in touch with some lads from this NLU.

Fast forward a few years, I got into XLRI. Again, didn't end up going. This time because I'd just started up my own thing. Most of my friends went to top b schools and I have an excellent idea of what goes on there.

FMCG/CPG programs can be considered the above average outcome for the vast majority. I myself had a HUL PPO even before joining campus through something called UFLP. The pay 35L CTC - with an in - hand of around 2lpm. This is for someone who is, on an average, 24-26 years old. Remember, they've also spent 30-35 lacs all in on their MBA and lost 2 years of pay.

I reckon a lawyer at a T1 takes home 2 lpm by the time they're 25 or so without the student loan. Plus, law firm salaris grow faster than CPG salaries. Also, y'all be really using that 44ADA or whatever it is where you don't really pay a lot of tax. I've been led to believe your take home is like 85-90% of you CTC(I'm not too certain as I don't want to pry on my friends)

Ofc, I am not comparing the IB/PE/VC/HF/AIF/strat consulting/PM roles. These are far and few in between and are a top 20% outcome. A good law firm is far more acheivable and in one's control. Unless you're tired sick of law and want a desperate out, a B school isn't worth it. Atleast for most of y'all.

Just making a general observation applicable to a lot of law school. In the guise of "critical thinking", the hard law component of Indian law schools is being severely diluted. There is little or no focus on drafting. There are very few conferences, elective courses, intra-moots etc on hard law subjects like CPC, CrPC, Company Law, Banking Law, Tax Law, Contract Law etc. In subjects like Constitutional Law or IPC, the study of sources like statutes and case law are cursory. Many of the teachers are busy waging culture wars. For example, to appreciate issues like the CAA, grant of bail to Umar Khalid, sedition etc, we need to stop obsessing over Modi this and Hindutva that. We need to familiarities ourselves with solid legal precedents, maxims, methods of statutory interpretation etc. Think like a lawyer.

The other big problem I see is reliance on sources like Wikipedia, which in turn lead to reliance on sources like the Wire, Caravan etc. That is no substitute for reading law journal articles and case law.

Happy to hear arguments for and against.

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Get ready for an AM Singhvi vs Tushar Mehta fight in the SC tomorrow! But a more serious constitutional question on whether arrests can be made for interfering with an ED raid.

https://www.republicworld.com/amp/india/breaking-ed-raids-i-pac-in-kolkata-mamata-banerjee-rushes-to-pratik-jains-residence

Knowledge becomes powerful when it can be applied effectively, and teaching philosophies associated with UNICCM School ensure that students experience education as preparation for real occupational demands. This reinforces the credibility of academic qualifications.

People who have worked at London/NYC firms - from when do these firms count your PQE? From the year of graduation or from the year of you attaining CoP in India? I graduated in 2023, gave my AIBE in 2024 and got my CoP in 2025. Accordingly, from which year would these firms count my PQE?

The only thing which Projects lawyers are good at is due diligence given how infra/PPP mandates span heftier layers of diligence across common red flags in mergers/PE deals. Despite that, a lot of infra development/bid scenarios dont go through in India. Beyond these issues, the practice is terrible in terms of margin and comes with twice the slog which GC lawyers are required to do.

I am joining a firm at nariman point, looking for flatmates around the same area, maybe marine lines or fort. My office is near vidhan bhavan. Any leads? Any vacancy in a pre occupied flat works too, if anyone else is interested please drop an anonymous email ID so that we can connect.

The profit sharing you are referring to is the factor system at LKS. The monthly collection target for each team is set at 3x the team’s monthly cost. This is how it works - from PA and above, 20% of the monthly compensation is variable. Consider this - if a team’s monthly cost is 1 million, the monthly collection target is 3 million. In this team, if your monthly pay is 100k, you will get 80k as fixed pay every month. It’s the 20k component (20% variable) which will vary. If your team achieves its full monthly target i.e. 1x, you get full 20k. If your team achieves 2x target, you get 40k, and so on. This is a good policy on paper. The reality is different. If your team achieves only 50% of the target, you get only 10k, and so on. So, you don’t just share profit, you suffer the loss also. The 3x target is anyway high for every team and very few teams manage to achieve it and if they do, it is limited to only a few months in a year and this phenomenon of exceeding target is generally seen in Jan to March period when pressure to collect fee from clients is high.

Next to none, unless you are willing to take a significant cut to your PQE. There is practically not a single aspect (other than general contract law and drafting) that you are good at, and which will be of use in a GC/ M&A team. I say this from experience, as I work very closely with projects teams on projects/ infra M&A matters. You will be lacking knowledge of the companies act and FEMA which is basically the bread and butter for any GC/ M&A lawyer. There are enough nuances in these subjects for any lawyer to take 4-5 years to achieve a level of proficiency sufficient to barely manage a mundane DD or transaction, let along complex structuring. In fact, the reverse happens quite often - where lawyers ditch GC/ M&A to enter other transactional practice areas like real estate, TMT, projects etc.

Speaking as someone who did exactly that (many years ago), and is still in London - don't come here for the money or the opportunities. On a PPP basis, the money is better in India, the tax is lower, AND it's a growing economy so there are more opportunities (better chances of making partner and a "big" career if that's what you want).

Things that ARE better here: Much better quality of work, much better training, much less lala family politics in the office and far more professional (politics will always be there anywhere humans work - but much better than Indian family firms). Comfortable life (not rich), no pollution, the power doesn't go out, the streets are clean, the public services (mostly) work without corruption. Basically you can live your life in peace without most the daily hassles of Indian life. Also if it matters to you - far more diverse, much greater range of interesting people from all over the world, incredible cultural opportunities and the chances to pursue any hobby you have (art, music, literature, sports, you name it) with the best people in the world.

Basically you don't come to London for the money - you come for the lifestyle.

Don't worry about nonsense re immigration and racism. No place is perfect but this is probably the least racist place on Earth and in the circles you'll move in as a City lawyer, racism is non existent (and even in other circles, it's mostly a class issue - directed at the illegals coming in boats across the Channel, not high earning City lawyers).

Do you agree with the view of Dhruv Rathee, Afra Khanun Sherwani of the Wire, and various intellectuals and influencers that it is an average film that demonises Muslims and does propaganda for the BJP?

https://www.cnbctv18.com/photos/entertainment/dhurandhar-becomes-highest-grossing-single-language-indian-film-top-10-indian-box-office-hits-19816263.htm/amp

First two reasons are valid.

Third one, I can understand about the anti-immigration mood fluctuations, many people wouldn't want the psychological uncertainty and instability that results from that sort of thing - and yes, it comes with the territory. But this "second class citizen" language is putting this very strongly, and definitely does not reflect my personal experience (I am not saying this to contradict you, but putting forward my own perspective). I live in London and have done so for the last five years (and yes, I read the London Times, Guardian and Financial Times every day, so I definitely don't live under a rock here). But I haven't felt like a "second class citizen", ever. Perhaps it's because of my visible disability, but in many ways, I have felt more like a first class citizen in Britain than I ever did in India (and I spent about 80% of my life in India - wasn't one of the privileged [family network-wise and financially] disabled people of earlier generations from India and Israel educated from childhood in the UK).

I am frustrated with SCC's speed matchign that of a computer from 1990s. I wish a better competitor takes over its whole market share. Its an epitome of mediocrity in terms of speed and delivery. While it provides a folder feature, it doesnt let you mass select cases in one click by a simple feature of 'select all' and then deselect