NLIU placements started today, situation is not looking good. Many firms like AZB,Saraf are not participating and many are conducting it online. Won’t reveal PPOs at this stage but they not good either. Everyone is either shit scared or too fed up with this mess. We don’t even have capping at place due to low participation of firms.

This isn’t a left / right issue. This is a people who want to demonstrate their value by attendance v people who want to demonstrate their value by teaching and research. If attendance is what you demand attendance is what you’ll get.

Academics are not like other professionals, anyone who has done PhDs or even masters degrees with a thesis component knows that research requires a lot of time alone and I disturbed. Not colleagues dropping into your office to gossip or shoot the shit. That stuff only breeds petty office politics.

The folks that want biometric in and out timings know they cannot actually research and publish. The capability is just not in them to do good research. So you try and change the criterion you’re evaluated on. Make it about who spends the most time in office in Sonipat.

Honestly any university like Jindal which is placed in the middle of nowhere should be valuing faculty time. And making them waste in when they could be more productive writing at home or collaborating with people in delhi is just inefficient.

Firstly, congratulations for reaching this far. You have crossed all the hurdles and are likely to be absorbed. Considering the value of a Partner's time, if you are the chosen one for this round you will most likely be hired. As regards the interview is considered, it will be an informal chat about your interests and experience so far. The Partner, in all probability, will not even 'ask' questions as part of the process, rather the purpose will be to understand your exposure and personality as a fit in the team. Stay calm and you will sail through this round as well. Best wishes!

Well my young friend, i can tell you in my rather humble capacity as a partner who oversees recruitments for his firm, that we prefer students from the GLCs and PGCLs rather than the NLUs. Availability for assessment internships, long term internships and the like, makes evaluation of their suitability for absorption virtually fool proof. Far better to assess someone over a period of time rather than an interview or two where the candidate will obviously try and put on their best face. I suppose one needs to ask oneself - what do I want from my legal education? Do I want to be conversant in Scalian jurisprudence, or, do I want a job? Mind you, the two are not mutually exclusive by any means. There are pros of the GLC/PGCL system and there are cons. For instance, I doubt they would ever get the exposure that a top NLU can afford in terms of moots, debates and research avenues. No point attempting to defecate on other colleges and their systems (supremely pointless IMO). My viewpoint is fairly and broadly reflective of the majority of firms in Bombay.

Confirmed from faculty sources that a big dispute is taking place, some starting a WhatsApp and email campaign.

TLDR:

- VC instituting a biometric attendance for faculty. Will allow monitoring of how much time professors are spending on campus.

- One faction is protesting this. They say colleges abroad don't have it and most in India don't have it. A university professor is not like a 9-to-5 Jindal Steel employee. All that matters is taking classes regularly, meeting students who want private appointments and publishing papers. Research can also be done from home. Pay cannot be linked to time physically spent on campus. Also, attendance can be checked through non-biometric systems.

- Another faction is pledging loyalty to Naveen Jindal and the VC. They support the introduction of corporate practices in academia. They agree that corporate concepts like efficiency and productivity, pay linked to time on campus etc should be introduced in academia. They agree that WFH is not productive. Biometric attendance is more accurate and reliable than other types of attendance.

- The split in faculty in broadly along ideological lines. Left-wing profs are against it, right-wing profs favour it. Most of the left-wing profs were hired when Naveen Jindal was part of the Congress and the university had a left-wing tilt. Whereas most of the right-wing profs are recent hires, after Naveen Jindal joined the BJP and the VC has taken a full pro-BJP tilt.

- The LW faction is apprehensive about whether they will be targeted through this system.

thank you once again! took heed of your comment and shortlisted a few specialized areas of IHRL that im interested in. im thinking of tailoring (not really tailoring, moreso just slightly adjusting and cutting down) my fields of interest to suit one of geneva academy's LLM MAS programs five years down the line. sent a few internship apps and will definitely apply to JNU profs for internships as well. thank you, your advice helped a lot :)

As an MNLU Mumbai alum, I’d suggest choosing Jindal. While I personally rate the opportunities from MNLU quite highly, I wouldn’t recommend passing up the advantage of being surrounded by the children and grandchildren of legal stalwarts, even for the NLU tag. The faculty at Jindal is also excellent. While we had some great professors at MNLU, Jindal attracts top-tier talent with significantly higher compensation and a better academic structure overall. And everyone knows the lap of luxury at Jindal.

The classes at MNLU can often end at 3:30-4 as well, so the "Mumbai advantage" is only a thing if you don't manage to land a PPO in your normal session breaks. People use the internship allowances (a month per semester/year, I believe now), and in the final semester, they intern like crazy to land jobs/explore opportunities.

Both aspects are true, but if you grind enough at Jindal, you would be in a good place to get a good job (both corp and non-corp).

However, the decision is up to you, and the NLU tag does matter during your student life and post-graduation. MNLU would even help if you wish to go for an MBA (IIM's, ISB, SP Jain and so on). There are some top MBA admits from MNLU as well (IIM K, ISB, among others).

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I have been a big admirer of Gopal Subramanium Sirs approach to advocacy - his articulation and grounding on first principles. I have lately observed that he is now physically present at the Supreme Court, and this leads me to ask you all - IS GS Sir BACK? What does GS Sir charge for miscellaneous and final hearings now?

Being sly and mediocre can take you to the same places as hardworking, straightforward and smart folks. Merit and competence are overrated if you want to work in firms for 15-20 years. It's not difficult for an average chap to rise up to be an executing junior partner. But setting up your own practice or getting your own clients, that's the real test.

Please avoid the big AOR firms if you’re looking for a steady, paying job in exchange for professional services. They are paper tigers—underpaying and often months behind on disbursing salaries. The so-called “big daddy” of today has fostered a culture where even senior retainers are reduced to chasing their basic salary or retainer through follow-up emails. It’s frankly embarrassing—and the other heavyweights aren’t any better.

Litigation in India is, by design, an individual-driven profession. You’re not truly a litigator until you have your own clients and an independent practice. Lawyers working in litigation offices—whether chambers or law firms—are, in effect, apprentices. It’s unquestionably wrong that they’re expected to work without fair compensation, but that remains the harsh reality of our time.

Corporate law firms have failed miserably at disrupting this culture—largely because they account for less than 1% of the work flowing into the courts.

To provide some context: NDA came pre-day 0.
All of the BA LLB's top rankers knew they had pretty much confirmed spots at T-1s on Day-0, and that the RCC rules meant that if selected by NDA they would be unable to participate at Day-0. As such, pretty much no one with a decently high rank applied to NDA from the BALLBs while the LLB's had a lot of top rankers apply.
As such, this idea that firm's prefer the 3 Year LLB's is misguided because a large chunk of the BA LLB's just didn't apply to NDA. But regardless, This stupid internal fighting is clearly being brought up by someone who either 1. Not a student here or 2. a junior who hasn't sat for day 0. And if they spent half as much time studying than they did engaging in this, maybe they'd have a career to worry about instead of this.

▮▮▮. An associate kept calling a friend to rename 2000 files for dd after the internship had ended. She went so far as to threaten her that she would fill out a bad feedback form if she didn't finish her work. Overall, the culture is weird; the partners did not even care to meet the interns. They do not have an open-door policy, unlike most tier 1s. I was lucky that I got a good associate as a mentor; for others, it sucked. Not a good learning experience. You might get a good associate if you are lucky, but the chances are slim because there are not a lot of them. My experience was 10 times better at a tier 1, and the difference is stark when it comes to the attitude of people, although it could just be a Delhi problem as well.

Over the past year, several friends who joined Samvad Delhi left within about 6–7 months.

Reasons:

-Perceived favoritism toward certain associates by partners.

-Limited direct exposure or interaction with partners early on, making it hard for new hires to understand core leadership expectations.

-Coordination gaps across functions—unclear processes and point-of-contact confusion during their initial weeks

-Limited HR bandwidth — New hires frequently encounter confusion over basic administrative matters.

-Lack of formal mentoring or senior guidance—without structured mentorship, new colleagues felt unsupported in navigating internal norms.

-Internal politics within associate pool makes life of few associate very difficult.

Rule of thumb.

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Jurisphere is ▮▮▮. Doesn’t have much of accuracy also its citations aren't verifiable.

Jhana is one which is slightly better in terms of accuracy but privacy issues ☠️

However, there’s one named Lexplor- they’re great on accuracy and privacy front, specifically for litigating lawyers. They have free plans as well.

Perhaps a tad harsh from the SC, but can Rahul keep spreading such misinformation and hope to get away with it?

https://www.news18.com/india/supreme-court-raps-rahul-gandhi-over-chinese-occupation-claim-if-youre-true-indian-wouldnt-say-this-9482685.html

That is not true, he hires mostly on merit and a reference may at best help you get an interview.

The issue is lack of vacancy.

As for OP: Learning curve is steep, much like at any seasoned senior's office. Best to approach such places after 2-3 years of consolidation at Trial/HC.

Must be great for UK. My firms opted for Harvey and I don't get the hype. It just does basic web search, doesn't connect to any regulator data like SEBI, RBI, has zero judgements, only US specific workflows. Failed to upload a scanned 600 page hindi doc. Either harvey is selling a dumber version in India or it's just pure hype

Yeah, it’s true. They don’t care about your position—associate, senior associate, even partner—if your performance drops, you’re out. Forget about work-life balance, and if you ever ask for credit, chances are your senior will just take it and act like they did everything. Even when you’ve been stuck working on it the whole night while they left at 4 PM.

What ▮▮▮ comments! Dallas is not a tier 2 city. It’s the sixth wealthiest city in the US and home to many important global companies and industries. It ranks higher than Mumbai in the Henley list of millionaires. Per capita GDP, infra and cleanliness? Let’s not even go there.

Absolutely valid to ask why Mumbai should not be much cheaper than Dallas. Make sense to everyone except blind bhakts convinced that India is a superpower.

Argus was set up by young lawyers and NLU graduates to combat the legacy Lala firms with better work conditions, more democracy and transparency, greater ethics etc. All noble intentions, but unfortunately you need to be part of the Lala brigade to succeed in India.

So I unfortunately see Lala LLP outlasting Argus and buying them up

The simple answer to gaining lost glory would have been to designate GLC as NLU Mumbai, just as the central government has recently designated NITIE as IIM Mumbai, and previously designated REC Roorkee as IIT Roorkee. This rebranding would have got GLC lots of prestige, better quality of students and faculty, more recruiters, etc. More funds too. GLC would have equalled or even overtaken NLSIU. But no, Maharashtra politicians had to do corruption and cater to vote banks, so they built three crappy NLUs in three crappy places. Crores of rupees siphoned off in dodgy construction contracts.

I think Mumbai and Pune should be designated as union territories and governed by the army. Too important to be left in the hands of uneducated goonda politicians.

Also suggest the routines (eg kettlebells, dumbbells etc) and reps. Also how much caution to exercise, given the epidemic of young male professionals dying of heart attacks while gymming. Sure, we all wanna get buff and impress girls, but not die while doing it!

Thanks.

Enrolment is done by State Bar Council under 1961 Act. Associations are like private clubs which admit members after taking money. Associations do not have statutory powers. But, if you want to use prime property at prime locations at throwaway prices [by allotment of chambers], then your membership will be taken into account.

Enrolment is fine, but AIBE would be needed. But Association membership on payment of chanda is certainly not needed to practice law.

Hiring scene there is very bad. They might take you for internships, but they won't hire you. They do not allow you to take up independent work. Yes it is very difficult (not impossible) to get in without contacts. Keep trying to get in these but also look at chambers of individual AORs (not firms) who have a lot of work volume or quality. Also try the chambers of senior advocates. For most top chambers pay is very good, (almost like T1 firms) and exposure is also good.

This isn’t against any person/firm - but how the hell are lawyers well paid? Someone with an average of 10-15 PQE - even at the best law firms - may earn an average of 60/70/80 LPA post taxes. This is after multiple dinners and all-nighters at office, being called at any given time even during weekends, working during festivals etc etc. The per hour rate substantially drops, and not to mention, being on ‘alert’ all the time!

Wasn't there a thread here which stated that both the Sibal brothers actually go for your competence rather than lineage. Also they are one of the best paymasters as per Senior Advocate standards.

Someone on that same thread also commented that you need to have a LLM to be eligible for Amit Sibal's chamber.

Not OP but you should analyse the pattern of your friends behaviour when things like internship, exams, assignments etc come and how she reacts.

If she has a habit of lying and being diplomatic when she has to take a stand you should probably evaluate your decision to be friends with her.

People who are sweet in front of your face and talk behind your back are the most pathetic humans because they don't have a spine of their own.

What a brilliant analysis.

I really regret that I did not know about these things during my period at law school. Would have helped me to be clear about my career choices and expectations in life.

Law as a profession attracts toxicity from the day you start preparing for law entrance exams imho.

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Hey,

I really dont know if its with the entire batch but most of us (non nlu people) havent been placed yet. Seeing the 2026 batch getting placement is certainly very depressing. Would really appreciate leads for a fresher role in GC primarily, but honestly anything works :'(

Surely the best but not the highest earn reasoning being he doesn't take all cases for money many of his cases are pro bono and being a political person he is also involved in political stuff but if start taking cases like mukul Rohatgi then surely he will be the highest earning lawyer in India right now I guess it's mukul Rohatgi

Bacha.. pehle kabil bano kabil !

Bill share jhakk maar ke aayegi.

Just cos a partner or team bills high don’t expect sizeable bill share to you.. it’s also a function of your performance & contribution on each matter.

It’s a wonderful concept to track performance throughout the year on a matter to matter basis rather than do an appraisal exercise at the end of the year.

After seeing all the posts surrounding the ongoing DayZ and PPOs prior, what hope does a bo26 student have if they're yet to be placed. Placements numbers seem great this year, and congrats to everyone who has secured a ppo, but for those who still have callbacks/assessments lined up, is there hope? Do we bother trying or have firms maxed out their hiring for the year?

- a concerned student with prospects in amazon delivery

Worst - Boutique law firm office in a basement of a house in DefCol, with a white tubelight behind my back, therefore it has a shade of me on the laptop, which made it incredibly defiicult to work and in all the meetings, my face would just look like a shadow. Plus seating layout in the main hall just beside the stairs to let us hear all the noise from outside.

I am really interested in pursuing my career in an academia oriented path i’e LLM, PhD and try to work as a social/hr activist (international)

The thing is i feel like im just romanticising this path , I dont have much knowledge regarding how it would work out , more than that i am worried about the finance .

Like until i complete my phd? Or say llm , how do i earn money .

Im sorry i know i sound very dumb and lost and that is the very reason im here , any advice would be much appreciated

VR (Corp), AL (Corp), NKU (Comp), RG (Corp), AM (B&F), ATU (B&F), KM (B&F) - These are some high billing teams where a good bill share would be possible. The cap marks team has a pooled system of bill share where it is distributed within the team equally. Not sure how lucrative that is

It's very useful at drafting first cuts of documents and due diligence. It essentially reduces much of the grunt work we do and I see this as reducing the need for a lot of freshers in any time, specifically because the work required by humans will reduce. This may also further reduce the attrition rate as the work load of existing associates and senior associates will reduce.