Its not necessary to be in costal states to get a maritime internship. There are many Supreme Court Cases associated with Maritime Law. Would recommend looking into counsels who deal with maritime law in the Supreme Court Cases.

If you are looking for In-House experience then I am sorry to say but you have no choice but to relocated to cities like Mumbai/Calcutta as majority of these companies have their headquarters or Indian Offices in these states.

TBH the scope of maritime law in India is quite limited. Its a very niche area and majority of the people who i have worked with in the field who have done LLM have either joined in-house as a legal claim adjuster or something on that path with very shitty payment.

Couldn’t agree more, they micro manage interns a lot. You have to stay back till 7PM even when you don’t have work. The work given is also below average mostly clerical, no brainer work. I would rather work at Boutique Firms where the work is good instead of these LA LA Firms.

In order to get people to use their connections to help you, you need to prove to them that you are putting in enough effort on your part. So far, the BSc LLB cohort has failed to show that. They don't pay attention in classes, hardly follow instructions, expect to be spoon-fed, and display colossal entitlement (although in this, they are similar to their BA LLB counterparts). Most of their writing is blatantly AI generated without any effort at editing, they rarely ask any intelligent question in class or external sessions, they have failed to impress in their efforts at mooting, or other competitions. Exceptions exist, of course. Yet the overall future of this cohort seems bleak unless they really get their act together and work hard and smart like the first few BA LLB batches used to.

Hello everyone,

I am a student of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and I am actively seeking an internship for the period January to March 2026 (or any month in between).

I have been applying relentlessly, sending emails, filling application forms, and following up—but unfortunately, I have received no responses so far. As a first-generation law student with no professional contacts, the process has been exhausting and disheartening. It becomes even harder when I see students from much earlier years securing internships at top law firms, while I continue applying without any feedback despite genuine effort and commitment.

If anyone here can guide, refer, or help in any way, I would be extremely grateful. I am keen to learn, work hard, and prove my capability.

Kindly reach out to me at ranjanchoudhary@outlook.com if you can help or point me in the right direction.

Thank you for reading and for any support.

How is it an objective fact? The Indian side did not lose the debate because they never participated in it in the first place as they were misled by the pakistani consulate supported oxford union team.

No debate = No loss - seems like you dont have basic reasoning skills, go and improve your iq.

Been through this phase. You are young, have a long road ahead of you.

With a rank of that sort, you would unfortunately not land any NLU if you belong to the general category, which is a good thing if you ask me. It is better to stay out of the picture completely than to end up in a T-3 NLU, because the struggle there is just as bad.

You are right about the private law school scenario. There are a few who manage to get into t-1s even from a uni like Christ, but they are rare, and usually have some backing to themselves. And you shouldn't tread upon a journey based on exceptions. Stick to the norms.

What you should do next? Well, what's happened has happened so definitely don't go to any random unheard of law school right now. First, sit down with yourself and figure out if law is truly what you want to do. Even if you do graduate from a T-1 NLU, law will suck the life out of you. If you don't have a godfather, you will live under the pressure to land a corp job to recoup the amount you've invested in your education. And corp jobs, well, are mundane and exhausting to say the least. They are nothing like the day to day to court practice you see and aspire. Not saying that you can't go ahead practising in courts, but the probability of that happening, at least at the start of your career, is quite low. Oh, and it's a lot more tiring too lol.

Tbf, most corp jobs too, which I believe would be your only alternative since you don't sound like someone who wishes to go ahead with science, will drain you just as much. When you would have thought all of this out, come out with a firm decision. And then, if you still choose to go ahead with law, take another shot at CLAT. Put in the hours, working on your comprehension, reading speed, countless mocks and all of it. It's okay if you fail again. But give it a good shot. Ultimately, sooner or later, you'll find what is meant for you.

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graduating batch, want to get into TMT with more focus on Privacy & data laws. Thoughts and firms to intern with, my CV is not exemplary so might be tougher working with tier 1's, let me know any suggestions.

I have gotten an internship with MCM law and Denton Links legal, any idea on the work culture, growth, pay etc?

The Supreme Court building stood like a silent sentinel under the pale winter sun of late January 2036. Inside Courtroom No. 1, the air was thick with tension, the kind that precedes thunder. Fifteen judges sat in a long arc, their black robes absorbing the dim light from the high windows. At the centre was Acting Chief Justice Thakur, his face carved from granite, eyes fixed on the sheaf of papers before him. To his left and right sat Manohar, Desai, Panicker, and the others—some with folded arms, others scribbling notes, all aware that the next few hours could decide whether the Constitution still meant anything at all.

The Attorney General, a tall, sharp-featured man named Rakesh Malhotra, rose to address the bench. He cleared his throat, the sound echoing unnaturally loud in the hushed hall.

“Your Lordships, the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2035, is not an act of destruction but of restoration. The Parliament, in its sovereign wisdom, has merely exercised the plenary power under Article 368. The so-called ‘basic structure’ doctrine was never part of the original text. It was a judicial invention—a noble one in its time, perhaps—but one that has outlived its utility. The 13-judge bench in 2035 correctly held that Parliament is the ultimate custodian of the Constitution. No court can bind future generations with an eternal straitjacket.”

Thakur interrupted, voice low but cutting. “Mr. Attorney General, are you suggesting that Parliament can tomorrow declare the Preamble to be a mere poem, strip away every fundamental right, and proclaim a monarchy? Where is the limit?”

Malhotra smiled thinly. “Your Lordship, the limit is the people themselves. They elect the Parliament. If the people disapprove, they will vote it out. That is the only true democracy.”

Panicker leaned forward, spectacles glinting. “And if the people are fed propaganda, if the media is muzzled, if dissent is branded sedition? Then what? You ask us to trust the very institution that just removed ‘democratic’ from the Preamble?”

A ripple of murmurs from the bar. Malhotra’s smile vanished. “The learned senior counsel is assuming mala fides. The amendment reflects the will of the majority. It restores Bharat to its civilizational roots—cow protection as a fundamental right, Hindi as the national language, Sanskrit as its soul. These are not impositions; they are corrections.”

Desai spoke next, his voice slow and deliberate. “But the removal of ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’—the deletion of the right to free exercise of religion—how do you justify that? Are we now to have a state religion by default?”

Malhotra’s tone sharpened. “The Constitution never mandated secularism as a rigid principle. It was an addition in 1976. We have merely returned to the original vision. And as for religion, the amendment does not prohibit faith; it removes the right to proselytise and convert, which has caused social discord. Surely Your Lordships cannot deny the chaos caused by unchecked missionary activity?”

Manohar, usually quiet, now spoke with quiet force. “The right to propagate religion is part of Article 25. You cannot delete it and claim it is mere ‘restoration’. This is rewriting the text to suit one ideology. If this amendment stands, tomorrow another Parliament can reinstate ‘secular’ and ‘socialist’—or delete ‘sovereign’ and ‘republic’. Then what? The Constitution becomes a revolving door.”

The Attorney General paused, glancing toward the back of the courtroom where a small group of government officials sat, including the Law Minister’s aide. He took a breath. “Your Lordships, the power to amend is unlimited. The people’s representatives have spoken. To strike this down would be to impose judicial supremacy over parliamentary sovereignty—a dangerous precedent.”

Thakur’s eyes narrowed. “Parliamentary sovereignty is not absolute. It is sovereignty under the Constitution. The people did not give Parliament the power to destroy the Constitution itself. Kesavananda Bharati held that the basic structure is beyond amendment. You overruled it in a bench that was constituted… unusually. We are here to examine whether that overruling was itself constitutional.”

Malhotra opened his mouth, but Thakur raised a hand. “We have heard you. We will hear the petitioners now.”

The senior counsel for the petitioners, an elderly woman with silver hair and a voice like steel, rose. Her name was Meera Iyer, once a law minister herself, now a fierce defender of the old order.

“Your Lordships, this is not about religion or language or cows. This is about power. The amendment removes the word ‘democratic’ from the Preamble. It deletes ‘personal liberty’ from Article 21. It allows Emergency on grounds of ‘internal disturbance’ or ‘threat to public order’—words vague enough to cover any protest, any tweet, any whisper of dissent. If this stands, the Constitution becomes a husk. The basic structure doctrine was not an invention; it was the court’s answer to the question: can a majority tomorrow vote to end democracy itself? The answer must be no. Otherwise, the Constitution is dead.”

She paused, letting the words sink in. “The 2035 judgment was procured by the very man who now sits in Rashtrapati Bhavan. A Chief Justice who became Acting President after two suspicious deaths, who then presided over a bench that erased the only safeguard against majoritarian tyranny. If Your Lordships uphold this, you will not just validate the amendment—you will validate the coup that enabled it.”

The courtroom was silent. Even the fans seemed to stop whirring.

Thakur looked at his brother judges. Some nodded imperceptibly. Others stared ahead, faces unreadable.

“We will reserve judgment,” he said finally. “The court will pronounce its verdict in due course. But let me be clear: we will not flinch from our duty. The Constitution is not a toy to be rewritten at whim. It is the soul of this nation. And we will protect it.”

As the judges rose, the bar erupted in murmurs. Outside the courtroom, television cameras waited like vultures. Reporters surged forward.

In the corridor, Ramalingam’s aide whispered into his phone. “Sir, the bench looks divided. But Thakur is leading hard. We may lose.”

At the other end, in Rashtrapati Bhavan, Ramalingam stubbed out his cigarette. His voice was calm, almost serene.

“Then we do what we must. Prepare the papers for impeachment. And tell Sashikala… it’s time to move to the next phase.”

The sun dipped behind the dome of the Supreme Court. Shadows lengthened across the lawns. Somewhere, a clerk was already typing the first draft of the judgment.

The confrontation had begun. The verdict would decide everything.

clat results are out and my rank is in the 80s, i'd really appreciate if and NLS alumni/students can help me out by answering these questions, because i'm having trouble choosing between nls and Nalsar. tysm!

1. I heard online that the 320 batch strength leads to a bunch of diffrerent professors teaching the same subject to students, and because of subjectivity of grading, it can lead to skewed batch rankings. Do you think tat would be a problem?

2. the campus is only 23 acres and honestly thats feels tiny, when you were on campus did you feel like it was cramped or small?

3. with the addition of the 3 year llb course, with circa 400 students sitting for placements when im in my 4/5th year, how would that change my chances of being placed at a t1 firm

4. They had trimesters back when you were studying there too, but im hearing that nobody has time for anything else on campus and people are literally failing subjects and being held back because of how hard it is, is that something i need to be concered about

Oh my god this is the ▮▮▮ thing I’ve read. No parent is going to have compassion for the dude who killed their daughter you ▮▮▮. That’s suicidal empathy. If he needs help he should have gotten it before he hurt someone. That’s the contract we agree to as adults. People who break the law go to prison- they shouldn’t get away with it just because they’re rich and young and you can relate to them.

And the what aboutism in this thread is nuts. Nls has drunk students nujs has drunk students Oxbridge has drunk students. Are you kidding me ? Do you know how hard those students are made to work ? How little time most of them have to become drunkards ? Most NLS Oxbridge students may have a drink socially but they aren’t spending hours everyday getting drunk. The university pushes rigor enough that they have to study or fail. And those universities aren’t facing the rates of deaths, crime, assault, accident that JGLS faces. Take some damn responsibility for yourselves before you berate grieving parents for that same sin.

I’ve had a very nice upbringing. I didn’t have my first drink until I was 21 and I have never smoked weed.

You can make this argument if parents are made aware about the situation they’re sending their children into. You cannot make it when the university works to actively deceive and hide problems on their campus.

Did I blame the university for liquor vendors outside ? I blamed the university for lying to parents about the kind of environment their children are going into. I have sat in on admissions meetings where they’ve said this is a rigorous program and we make students work hard and our faculty this and that. And look at our rankings. This gives the impression that students here will have to work very hard under the supervision of strict teachers. It’s plainly not true. You can as a student get away with not working much at all and drinking all the time.

Do I think there’s a parenting problem with most of these kids ? Yes I do. I don’t think their parents are being watchful enough and I think their parents try to get them out of trouble rather than teach them consequences of actions too much. But that does not mean parents are working with perfect information here. The day Jgls tells parents the truth about their institution - that’s the day you can blame parents for making bad choices.

Fallacious, if they are either ways taking 2 classes, they are still taking two classes now when they teach one of the BA batches and the B.Sc. batch. The variables have no different effect on the setup given the 3 bsc batches will shift to mc. You are just a sore wannabe intellectual ba clown

Bsc llb peeps… you are going to be as good as ba llb peeps and may be far better! When ba llb started it was wrought with similar anxiety baba. Do you know how special your course is? You will be the best forensic legal professional India has ever seen. Your juris? Ever strong! Your corp? Unbeatable! Your consti? Unputdownable! Do not worry. I will come back again in the comments. We will come with a plan. Let us not kid ourselves. This is a bsc course, not ba. We can make use of credit courses like our seniors? We can exhaust our teachers by asking them to mentor us. What does it mean they wont talk to us. Speak to us tall towers. Get internships. Faculties have too many connections. Scavenge the LinkedIn. Alumni base is Rich! OVN has showed the path! There are so many ways! Let us plan it out. Talk talk talk. Get OVN in the loop. Things will work out future! Keep hope! Keep hating juris but. All the way!

And what about others? If Chowkidar party is so good (mostly by your logic) then what explains the dismal record of CBI and other alphabet soup agencies' dismal conviction record during their tenure?

Sure GOP and others abused power and made CBI etc toothless etc. What stupendous leaps have these sterling agencies taken since 2014?

Just consider the record in Bengal. Zilch with Ponzi scam cases. RG Kar buried. Sandeshkhali and many other cases saw prime PWs getting offed. All that CBI and Co could was whine as if they have an inherent right to get a free pass.

Get the SJA to produce FC minutes and agenda papers. All EC, FC and AC minutes and agenda notes as also other admin-inconvenient paperwork is with the Registrar and AR (Acad). The latter is also AR (Planning & Dev) so he also has details of all UGC, CLAT funds that come to the univ and other white elephant expenses.

Seriously, just be tenacious (unlike the SJA) in getting those papers, connect the dots and just follow the trail. You will be surprised how far and wide it goes.

Students you are exceptionally bright. Let the semester progress and good work will show. But several arguments raised are already quite thoughtful. Collective action, when rooted in dialogue rather than coercion, is often the most effective way forward. Also, it is worth saying clearly that the B.Sc. LL.B. cohort is in no way less capable or less rigorous than the B.A. LL.B. - An alumni

The lack of compassion in this thread is jaw dropping. Has no one here been to law school? The kids who are most out of control with drinking and substance abuse are the ones with immature parents who they cannot talk to. Everyone else does it in moderation and if they go too far, they get suspended and if they are lucky, their parents help them settle down.
This woman is in pain and I feel for her. Losing a child is the most painful thing imaginable. But instead of coping with that pain and loss in a healthy way, she is attacking her daughter's friend. It sounds like he is irresponsible yes, but he needs counselling not prison. Can you imagine going through your life knowing you killed two of your friends? How many people here have been drunk and how many more have done things they shouldn't have while drunk? Did anyone imagine it would go so far?
I don't know the specifics but ideally they should be grieving the deaths together and helping this young man with his problems together. This anger and lashing out is going to do nothing for a scared, grieving student body that is turning to substance abuse because the adults are failing it. They need counselling and care not accusations. Good luck trying to run a law school like a prison. Oxbridge is full of drunken students. Most turn out just fine and some do not and do have catastrophic tragedies like this one. That is human behaviour and young people in universities. Stop trying to attack them for being human. It has nothing to do with their studies or future.

I am so dumb, I have been calculating stamp duty for a while now, but today I messed up the calculations and the mistake was pointed out by the company CS referring to the matrix of another law firm. I feel so stupid rn and I almost cried, as an A0. Idk what will happen tomorrow and it’s eating me up.

If any seniors have any tips or anything to keep in mind while calculating stamp duty, please help a junior out. I want to learn from here and from my mistakes so that I don’t repeat it.

I almost made my peace with NLUO, but is it worth holding onto a little hope for BSc LLB at NUJS?

I checked last year's merit lists and saw that the rank cutoff for BSc LLB was 2015.

But I really can't rest easy; so please, can anyone in the fraternity let me know about my chances?
I'm sorry if I come off as entitled, I'm trying to cling onto hope whatever I have.

Thank you!

age really doesnt matter much but from tier 1 to tier 1 is a choice u have to make

nujs vc changed so thats a plus point but if u are a girl hostels will be a problem

nluj seats increased last year and lmty it is getting crowded, but otherwise college is nice but no college life because it is hectic but gnlu on other hand will become boring over time and some peopel do like or prefer the pressure that nluj has , hostels will be a problem here as well because 5th year 100 students will go and 196 will come so think for yourself

baki top 3 ki chul hai toh nujs jao varna nluj , gnlu idts should even be a question

Bang on. Also the fact that the girls chose to actively lie to their parents and stay out all night. University's system may not be full proof (the girls had their own phone no. in parental verification of gate pass), but this whole incident happened because of their own reckless behaviour.

I got rank 111 in clat pg 2026, NLS or Nalsar - what should be preferred? I am a judiciary aspirant, and would be required to gain court exposure too in that academic year, also since I am from Delhi, both locations are almost equally distant. Please help out in choosing a speciality too, what is the recommended llm subject in both of the colleges based on faculty and teaching content, (no personal preference, except that company law/business law is out of question). Any help would be greatly appreciated

Goes to show how bad your math is, despite studying BSc. If there is one junior and one senior faculty teaching a subject, how does your arrangement ensure that all three sections get a senior teacher? Moreover, your suggestion means that you and one BA section will have one paper and the other BA section will have a different question paper. That's legally not possible. This is why you should have actually studied Consti, which you had got the senior faculty for!

I would assume quite a few of them do since they were also associates once lol

Maybe not many of the super senior partners but considering the amount of gossip and conjecture that is shared here on a daily basis, even Partners (especially newer ones) might find it hard to stay away and avoid Legally.

graduating batch, want to get into TMT with more focus on Privacy & data laws. Thoughts and firms to intern with, my CV is not exemplary so might be tougher working with tier 1's, let me know any suggestions.

I have gotten an internship with MCM law and Denton Links legal, any idea on the work culture, growth, pay etc?

Thank you!

I am a 2yr. I am interested in pursuing a career in maritime law, mostly abroad. The problem is that being from Himachal, I have no idea about where to do internships since most would definitely be in coastal areas. Could anyone guide me on which kind of internships would be great for a maritime law career. Where should I aim to apply for the next 2-3 years ?

https://www.linkedin.com/company/thefoxmandal/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/foxmandal/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/foxandmandal/

Which is which?

how much do they pay for White Collar Crime associates in tier 1 firms? And do they even have that team? What kind of work does the team do? I'm in my 3rd year, and I want to start with white collar crime internships now. So any chamber or any Tier 2 firm that would be a good start?

Why forget gems such as Shyamal Sen (invited for some IDG lecture earlier by the sheep here), the current SHRC chief and his immediate predecessor ( both were univ GC members and the current SHRC chief was even made a Chair Prof here) and Lord Taluk.

Dig deep and join the dots.

ya possible, i mean same even saw that the first time i opened the form, however, on the day of submission when i read the list the option wasnt there. i submitted it irrespective, i mean i wrote the article and all but lets see, not expecting a lot since i am still in my final year xd

Name and shame the law firms in Delhi which are forcing employees to work in office an endangering their health!

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/delhi-issues-work-from-home-order-for-all-govt-and-private-employees-warns-violators-will-face-fines-check-full-order-here/ar-AA1SuTqR

Anyone please provide some tips how to convert a callback to PPO/assessment??? being from BO26, I am very uncertain if they will even hire or not. Have these callbacks in January and March. any idea how to prepare oneself beforehand in order to secure a PPO?? HELPPPP PLEASEEEEEE

my creds:- 17 right now, appearing for 12th.

Gave CLAT this year and got a shitty rank (32XX). I won’t blame the consortium at all. It was me who messed it up.

Keeping that aside, I’ve researched myself down to this deep rabbit hole about Indian law education. There are no good private collages apparently? Jindal and Symbiosis are too expensive. GLC and ILS are gatekept by Marathis. NMIMS and Nirma are death sentences, if I go by their students’ accounts. Christ is just a catholic jail.

Then what’s the point even? I don’t even have any law-godfathers. I just wanted to get into the profession because I loved debating and had an argumentative personality. Was it my naivety? I just wanted a stable career which would feed me and won’t eat up my soul. Is that too much to ask for?

I don’t know what to do anymore. Not sure where to go next. If any of you could give me any advice, it would be greatly appreciated. I don’t have anyone to guide me.

https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/delhi/story/delhi-government-mandates-50-work-from-home-amid-toxic-air-crisis-warns-of-fines-for-violation-2837126-2025-12-17

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ever smiling face. he poses with so much grace and elan. his LI page still mentions that he was the first Journo to interview a sitting judge(of course they both were sitting during the interview, pun intended). Not sure of his backstory but the guy is so confident to pose with the biggies. Lest i forget his recent LinkedIn posts which are replete with the Delhi Crowd socializing with each other in all their winter finery( long boots, shawls, designer jackets et al. Delhiites sure dress to impress). In Mumbai i may be called cringe and a wannabe. Also the winter doesn't help here and my sweater is still lying in my attic. Tarun's backstory might me interesting. he sure comes across like someone who was born in generational wealth and had the good contacts. We demand a Tarun Nangia equivalent for the Mumbai crowd. Hear! Hear!

ISB has the same reputation in the MBA world as does Jindal in law. Nobody who clears CAT goes to ISB. It is a refuge for ones who score low in CAT, don't land in IIM BLACKI/FMS/XLRI and such, and are not left with other options. They don't have great placements, make up numbers, and don't publish a detailed placement report, whereas IIMs generally publish third-party audited placements reports.

ISB, however, has a lot of money. So just like Jindal, it manages to maintain its PR, and does serve as the next best option when you don't land at one of the best. It also does manage to attract a few good hirers owing to the institutional ties. Has good faculty and infra because money. But none of that places it above a t-1 B school. However, none of this is a reason to not opt for it- it's still very much a decent option.

If you want so many senior profs, then go to a TLC. Since you seem to not get the simple point that it is not possible to have two separate question papers for two sections of the same programme, but it is possible to have two such papers for two separate programmes, you seem to be more suited to those places.

1- There are very few people that you'd find in your batch who'd be starting at 20. But they still do exist. There's not a lot of fussing over who's how old so don't expect much discrimination. But yeah, since you are starting out late and considering dropping out, the pressure is on you to perform well. Make sure to have good grades and a good profile and no one cares.

2- Of course it is. SLSP has been barely managing 5-10% placements, not even half of which are t-1s. A T-1 will always give you the edge. 1 year of dropping out opposed to an alma you can count on, and a uni that puts you an advantage by simply existing.

3- Not quite. If you have a home bias, then that's a different story. Else, the preference always is and will be NUJS>NLUJ>GNLU.

This recollection takes me back to 2012—not as gossip, but as a case study in how power actually behaves when tested.

A celebrity law firm from Okhla—still very much one—publicly committed to meritocracy and zero tolerance for incompetence, filed two or three affidavits before the Erstwhile Company Law Board that were improperly notarised and bore false signatures. This was not a trivial defect. It went to the basic integrity of representations made to a judicial body.

The response that followed was revealing.

The notaries involved were prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Their names were recorded. Their professional lives ended. The system demonstrated that it could act decisively—provided the targets were suitably peripheral.

Within this firm, accountability became more selective. The Principal Associate responsible—an NLS graduate, insulated by privilege—was quietly removed. His name appeared in the order, but misspelt. A minor clerical error, one might say. Yet a curiously convenient one: sufficient to gesture at responsibility, insufficient to anchor it. Responsibility was present in theory and absent in practice.

The junior associate—a NALSAR graduate—was treated differently. His name was spelled correctly. It was fixed in the record. When blame needed a home, and it found one!

More than a decade later, the outcome speaks for itself. The misspelt Principal Associate has not merely survived; he has prospered—occupying media space, dispensing opinions, and being routinely projected on this very website as senior-advocate material. The past has not followed him. It has been quietly edited out.

The Indian legal system does not lack standards; it lacks equal application of them. It does not deny failure; it reallocates its consequences. Discipline flows downward. Rehabilitation flows upward. And meritocracy survives—not as a fact, but as a comforting story maintained by omission, discretion, and selective memory.