Read this, might help: https://jurysoutblog.wordpress.com/2025/05/05/decoding-day-zero-a-step-by-step-unofficial-guide-to-somewhat-surviving-the-worst-day-of-law-school/

There is also an excellent interview with Prof. Tarunabh Khaitan (D.Phil. from Oxford, now a Chair Professor at LSE) where he talks about the writing process with two NALSAR students from the 2016-2021 batch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZohEwXdU74I&t=1735s

Don’t drop from NLUO. Let me tell you a story , a few years ago, a known of mine gave CLAT and he was getting Tier 2 NLUs , but he thought he can get Tier 1 NLUs and didn’t take admission that year. Next year his CLAT Rank got doubled. He again took a drop. 3rd time he got the worst rank of the 3 attempts. So , don’t drop out. I have seen many people taking partial drop and coming to Tier 1 NLUs. Competitive exams depends on that 1 day , and sometimes it might not go with you . So take admission in NLUO .

Yes. I was in the same batch. He has made the course plan publicly available on academia.edu. I am copying the link below for the benefit of students at other law schools:

https://www.academia.edu/126119436/Comparative_Public_Law_And_Governance_November_2024_January_2025_NLSIU_Bengaluru

Hey OP.

I empathize with you. The things you have mentioned are so freaking true. Like you and many others out there, I am a victim of false propaganda which was perpetrated in the name of premier law schools. I am a practicing lawyer with almost 2 years of experience now. My experience with work has been as bad as yours. Neither have I justified the huge investments that my parents made during law school, nor I can explain to people that my work has larger meaning or purpose, because in reality it isn't even close to it. Quite contrary to that, I frequently encountered instances where I had to compromise on my ethical and moral compass. I saw my seniors enjoying the luxuries of attending conferences and planning trips & visiting foreign countries, while I was stuck in the office doing their clerical work and receiving the 'to-do' list on regular basis. You encounter how the practitioners, the established ones, are finesse in handling the court clerks or staff in registry departments of courts/tribunal. They are bribed. To pass necessary information, to get some essential work done, to refer cases and so on. You witness how advocates play a double game with litigants, trying to enrich themselves from both ends of the parties involved. And then the corruption happens in silent mode.

While you may decide at one point of your career to go independent and bring in ethical and merit oriented work ethic yourselves, but in essence you may not be able to do so, even after leaving the law firm/chamber that you were working in. Because the scent of immorality and depravity is all-over. It is ubiquitous. And then it is guaranteed: You cannot survive the ordeal, let alone sail through the professional hurdles, without adopting to their mechanisms and 'code of success.'

Be it corporate workspace or litigation, if you are one with futuristic outlook with reasonable moral standards and believe in hard work & integrity, then you will certainly not survive this profession. You may survive for some days/months/years, but eventually you will be compelled by your inner being to dump all of this, and start over in a different space.

Mostly student fees (which is why it is high for a state government university). Other sources can include - funding from respective state governments (this is neither consistent nor regular, some states fund better and some don't), research and project grants (not regular), and industry grants (again depends on reputation, connections, and is generally unpredictable).

It is not without reason that all NLUs are struggling financially (barring a few exceptions). They can hardly do anything other than run their flagship 5-year law programmes just to keep the lights on.

Hi,

Started an internship this week but got kicked out by my parents who are not refusing to pay the PG rents and any expenses. How do I possibly get an income. This firm pays 6k as stipend and maybe a month late. What do I even do now? Ive asked the owner for a weeks long extension and my parents have blocked my number and everything. Please help me this is so urgent and bad I cant live

Completely right - echoing 100% what this comment says, which is why I am replying to add to this instead, rather than to your original write-up, OP.

University really transforms you. A couple of years there and you won't know yourself, especially if you end up at an (even relatively good) uni.

Plus, as people are becoming more open about such stuff, let's be clear on this: people who find people skills hard are getting into, and being successful in, the law - including people with autism spectrum conditions and other neurodivergent/specific learning difficulty issues. Some of these types work in some of the world's globally finest and most prestigious commercial law firms, raking in not hundreds of thousands of Indian Rupees in as salaries, but hundreds of thousands of British Pounds and U.S. Dollars. Therefore, contrary to what some nepo types may indicate to you, the most fancy careers within the legal field are 1000% open to you. Is it likely to be more difficult? Yes, obviously. Will there be loads of bumps on the road? No-brainer, there will. Will you maybe get disappointed due to being refused access to some professional opportunities your more socially mobile/neurotypical friends seem to be getting with ease? Again, sure to happen sometimes. Is there a chance law may not work out for you? Again, of course. You may be forced to go to a tenth-rate uni (many of those around). Or you may have toxic partners managing you, perhaps toxic professors marking your work/having power over you, who don't recognise your talents, nepo kids who seem to have all the answers, all the privileges, all the get-out-of-prison free cards for being arrogant pieces of muck while still being rewarded for such behaviour. Trouble is, all these (and many more issues) are equally applicable to other fields, too. But if you can pull through, you may just find that being a lawyer is an amazing thing to have done with your life.

Regards,

A blind lawyer living with total sight loss (a condition resulting from premature birth called Retinopathy of Prematurity) who had zero friends at school and built so-called 'people skills' entirely at university.

CNLU is older and superior than NUALS.

Compare the law schools and not cities of Patna and Kochi or Kerala & Bihar.

CNLU has produced more judges, academics and law firm associates and partners than NUALS.

It has far superior VC in Faizan Mustafa and faculty better too.

So clearly, arranging pools which are meant to be totally intra, gets funded and collaborated by a tier-1 tax law firm? You saying there is no impact? Let’s say, you ain’t some anonymous troll and ARE actually a partner in this anonymous website, you legit think there will be no impact?

there are a lot of coaching centres that have online classes and test series also. You might want to check those out too (Especially those run by nlu students eg- clatpult run by nujs students). i wish i had been brave enough to take a bomb. i'm from the bo26 and i regret not taking a drop to give it my all EVERY SINGLE DAY of my life. One year is nothing. It is worth it, if you're able to get into the top6. I too thought of giving clat again while i joined the college i got. BAD DECISION. I got too comfortable. You're on the right path. Just make sure you're focused and you'll do well dw all the best bud!

I've heard a lot of good things about these partners. I don't think they will leave their teams behind like this. Once they figure out their joining, I'm sure team members will get an offer too.

What is to be seen is whether they will join any tier 1 firm or will they start their own firm.

Maa Kamakhya Insult: Assam Police Blocked by Bengal Cops in Hunt for Wazahat Qadri
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Tensions have intensified between Assam and West Bengal after the Assam Police launched a raid in West Bengal to arrest Wazahat Khan Qadri Rashidi, who is accused of making obscene, offensive, and derogatory remarks about Maa Kamakhya, one of the most sacred Hindu deities in Northeast India.

The raid, conducted at Qadri’s residence, was met with strong resistance from West Bengal Police, who allegedly protected the accused and refused to cooperate with Assam police. Sources claim that the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government pressured local law enforcement to prevent Qadri's arrest and transferto Assam.

The move came after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the state police to take strict legal action against Qadri in response to massive public outrage. An Assam Police team had camped in West Bengal for two days but reportedly failed to apprehend the accused due to non-cooperation and obstructionby Bengal Police.

https://www.pratidintime.com/national/maa-kamakhya-insult-assam-police-blocked-by-bengal-cops-in-hunt-for-wazahat-qadri-9338853

Thanks a lot for the support guys. Really means a lot.

The thing is that I feel like I'm not getting any meaningful work and instead my junior (been here for 3 months) is getting the work, so makes me wonder if they have formed any opinion that I am not capable of that. All of these things have really shook my confidence.

Anyone could share some insights about Areness (Delhi)- particularly regarding the salary structure for an A0, the kind of work typically assigned at the junior level, and what the growth trajectory looks like at the firm. Any information on the work culture would also be really helpful

Don't be scared! You will do just fine.

If you want to get a start on readings, I suggest Avtar Singh on Contract and V.N. Shukla for Constitutional Law (M.P. Jain is better, but this book is a little easier). Anna's archive will be your best friend for finding more niche books and commentaries, but your college will probably give you access to Lexisnexis, EBC reader, where you will find most textbooks for Indian Law.

You don't need a nlu tag to get a placement at a t1 firm. Further if you already have your foot in the door through this internship the best you can do is leverage it by holding out a little longer. Try to convert this into a paralegalship once you graduate and in a few months you could be taken on full time. Moreover, there are many instances where firms have recommended folks after 1 internship for a PPO, so don't lose faith you've got this

I'm a flaming homo myself and I do not want my law firm to get involved in my life in any manner whatsoever. My identity is not tied to my work and I don't want validation from Khaitan/Indus HR on who I am attracted to or who I'm sleeping with. It's crass and unnecessary to be exposing your private and personal choices at the workplace. I don't like it when the straights do it, I don't condone it when we do it. If they want to support me, they can very well add 3 lakhs to my bonus so I can go be gay in Ibiza for a week.

I'm honestly tired of bangalore bashing. If you don't like us, don't come. Build your own city instead. Choose state governments that prioritize governance and innovation over religion. You ruin your own place, come to ours, and complain about the traffic and our language. Without you- there is no traffic. And without you, there is no fighting about language. Folks from Andhra, TN, and Kerala have been coming to Bangalore for decades and never had a language issue. Entire communities of Marwaris from Rajasthan have stayed here for decades and caused no problems. Anglo-Indians have been living here for decades and have had no trouble. All of them simply aim to conduct their business, maintain a friendly and accommodating demeanor, and proceed forward. Hindi folks want to shout and argue with us , fight with poor people who have only learned Kannada all their lives—your auto drivers, your hotel servers, delivery men, etc.—and then complain about us. Why? Stay home. You all come here and start complaining immediately. Stay in your smog-infested Delhi that you've ruined. Stay in your hyperexpensive Mumbai in a 1 BHK that might as well be a closet. It's odd to think a city should just be there for you, and you don't have to help build it. Build your own city.

It is always Gen Corp & M&A. However, it is not easy to get in as there is a lot of competition. If you want to get it easy then choose areas like cap marks, Labour and Employment. There is a shortfall of quality students interested in these fields. So, you will face less competition.

Don't look for Competition Law teams, they are small and for some reason, everyone wants to do competition law in recent times.

A new large transaction leadership team is coming on board it seems. Strong steps towards strengthening the vc pe deals practice as they recently did by doubling up on B&F and Real Estate one. Hired a big senior team there as well. Trying to catch up with their monopolistic funds practice by beefing up other practice areas.

Do internships, stand apart from your peers.

Your last semester be booked for long-term internship at such place where you have already interned and want to continue as an associate.

~trust me this is from someone who lost the opportunity, where you're in right now.

ALL THE BEST!

This has been called out before. You are not saying anything either original or interesting. Please do not waste peoples' time, unfortunately most people have enough humanity left to still presume others have something interesting to say until and unless it has been proven otherwise. Please do not abuse that presumption.

If you had had even one drop of basic human decency in you, you would never have used your privilege in this way. You'd have either chosen to do something other than law, or done something to help people who were either first generation lawyers or, perhaps even more significantly, those who were the first in their families to attend university.

"What's wrong in it?" I'll tell you. Most nepo kids don't have any level of self awareness or ability to reflect. That's what. Therefore, any possible good they could have done to our society by virtue of being a nepo kid is totally not done.

There is a very high chance that the proposal can be on tax law this year, who knows? And it doesn't have to be their core area, cause it is the UNI POOL. You usually get your worthless college alumni (talking about NLS) to judge your rounds, here you have a Goodman law firm which is of very good repute. Do the math yourself :)

Nliu is better than any tier-1 at this stage

I am someone who got into a T1 law school this year, but let me be very straight and to the point- the only thing I can do is study, crack exams, be smart on paper. I've absolutely 0 people skills . Atp I'm not even eyeing litigation, but even a corporate job for law seems difficult for a person like me, who's generally, well, not liked, per se. Moreover, I came across this post very recent- [https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/368279-legal-industry-is-a-fuckall-profession-a-rant#comment-368279] , and I am not looking at it in an isolated manner, in the past few days I have seen many such examples. I'm doubting whether only meritocracy will lead me anywhere substantial. So, should I quit? And perhaps look for something like tech or finance?

Please don't advise me to put myself out there and socialize, I've tried that for 12 years of my school life, peers made a display of liking because I was the top performer, only teachers were genuinely kind to me. I don't think I can change things substantially within a few months.

I'm at the verge and an honest insight can really save me right now. Seniors please help this soul. And please be nice, I'm only 17, please.

Hey Guys.

Hey there! I’m a third-year student at a Tier 2 National Law University, and I’m keen on doing an in-house internship. I’m wondering if it’s a good idea to do it in the middle of my third year or at the start of my fourth year. I’d love some suggestions for good in-house places and tips on how to apply. I’ve tried reaching out to a few places, but I haven’t received any responses yet. I’ve sent emails to their HR, contact and career@xyz email.

Before this, I had a prior internship at a Tier 2 TMT Firm, a Tier 3 Dispute Resolution (which I did twice), and a basic court internship right at the beginning of law school. I also participated in a prestigious moot, although I didn’t manage to finish in a top position.

Hoping for some positive advice guys !

I am interested in being a professor, and want to teach and research. However, I also want to experience going abroad. Is it possible to go abroad without a masters or PhD from abroad? Is it possible to do a postdoc from abroad and settle there ? Does 10 plus years in academia give the pedigree to move abroad ?

As someone who was in HNLU, all of my batchmates got into MNLU but didn't go. MNLU-M is good only for those kids who want the comfortable city life by the beach.

Raipur has never proved to be disadvantageous for any of the 20+ tier 1 law firm partners, why should it be for anyone? It's well connected, safe, clean and has all the amenities of a capital city.

There is no contact building happening at MNLU-M for sure, at my t-1 office no one even knows what MNLU is but everyone knows what HNLU is

Go back to studying for your end sems, there is no respect for MNLU in the professional market - take it from a veteran