Best bet among the T2 Nlus. Try to have a mentor in the 4-5th year or even a recent passout who can trust, someone who can guide you with structuring your internships, moots and publications. These people aren’t going to be the loudest people on campus, and don’t just follow any advice blindly.

While there are unhelpful people, plenty of seniors are easily approachable and happy to help anyone. The moot system does suck, but there’s alot of demand on the student end to change it, hopefully the admin relents. All the best!

Honestly all I'd say is, as your senior,

1. do NOT get into alcohol and drugs. It has become a very pathetic culture here and a lot of people Indulge to 'fit in'. But trust me, fitting in with the wrong crowd is worse than sitting alone.

2. Protect yourself. This college takes a lot from you. Don't give it your sanity or peace.

3. Engage with your seniors. You'll have moments when their support is all you'd need to survive. And sometimes we find that they are better friends than your batchmates.

4. Speaking of batchmates, do not trust anybody until your 2nd semester ends. It doesn't matter how close you get, or how similar you guys are. Dynamics change really fast here and social boycott is common.

He taught the 'Comparative Public Law and Governance' course for our batch in the November 2024-January 2025 Trimester. Since we were a large class of 116 students, he largely lectured through the sessions. However, he did explain the seemingly complex readings in a manner that was easy to follow. He also respected the wide diversity that exists in the LL.M. batch and did not make condescending remarks about any student. He was easily accessible for discussions outside the class hours and was very patient in answering our questions. Easily one of the best classroom teachers I have had. I can see why students at NALSAR were upset about his departure.

Certainly not. JU's English and Comparative Literature Departments are globally renowned. Their Maths department has a decent reputation too, as do their International Relations and Linguistics departments. Please stop passing off your uninformed opinion as facts. As for your comment about the CPM, this was a case under the TMC government when JU was shortlisted for IoE status and it was not about state control, it was about the Central Government changing rules midway between the process, with a deliberate attempt to sabotage it.

Hi.

I am a batch of 2025 graduate from a low tier NLU. I have done one long term internship in a T1 firm and one assessment internship in a T1 firm. Both of which didnot land in job. The response of partners (in both firms) was, that they are not looking for fresher hiring. This frustrates me, and made me helpless. Could anyone suggest how should I land a job from this point.

My parents have recently faced salary deduction for this year, and since they are approaching 60's they are suffering from lot of health issues.

Can confirm dreadful senior bulling culture back in 2022, particularly lousy bullying and physical intimidation - everything from being harassed when trying to go to the gym, to being called and given threats for calling the harasser out when he stood for presidentship, being ragged in small groups after being called to seniors' rooms through humiliating acts and forcefully asked to crush marijuana, forced (through verbal and physical intimidation) to not attend classes when protests were called unilaterally by seniors. There was a LOT of this! A persistent attempt was made by senior batches to subjugate juniors and make them a part of their druggie circles, which I am sad to say, a LOT of batchmates fell easily into. These were all considerations for reattempting CLAT 2023 in Dec 2022.

Nevertheless, I could not do justice if I did not make fair mention of the handful of gems we had in seniors, whether through the nurturing guidance they provided, their sheer academic brilliance, or their help in addressing other seniors' ragging. Also, some very fair-minded professors who took action when such behavior was brought to their notice, and a few genuinely wholesome batchmates who felt a lot like comrades and some exceptional batchmates who were remarkably brilliant and intelligent. I have no doubt that for those who remained there, HNLU has at least a few good people, and can get you a job if you are serious about it.

Unfortunately, it also had a lot of traps - at the time at least, a very serious drug problem that put many, many batchmates in very bad places - some of whom are still in bad places, and a general feeling of hopelessness due to the very low quality of professors who end up teaching most of the time. Only a small minority of batchmates felt like they were actually there to study or learn anything. All in all, a truly concerningly high number of first years rewrote the CLAT 5 months (just 1 sem) into it, and everyone who could go to a better place (whether through vacancy in upper NLUs or CLAT 2023) took it and ran.

The point I am attempting to make is that the senior culture in 2022 left a lot to be desired, and I hope it has gotten better in recent times, but I do not know. Culture really is what makes a university, and the senior culture is astronomically better at NLS which creates an environment that is miles better in ways that are hard to describe in text but can be felt every second. If you get HNLU - take it, and be serious there about your future and you should be fine. But do not think twice about reattempting the CLAT and getting out while you can.

Anand A0- 40-50k
Sai Krishna A0- 40-50k
United and United A0- 45k

Mason A0- 30-35k
Lalji- 30-35k

Sai Krishna has a good working environment. Clientele is fine. Work environment is peaceful.
Anand is top tier but pay doesn't match the name. Work culture is fine.
United is a Lala firm, pay and clients are good but work culture is ridiculous.
Mason mostly does intermediary work. Work culture is okay, the partner is a bit weird and whimsical but you can still work there. Not as heavy litigation as Anand, Sai or United.

Lalji also has a big team. They have a good prosecution practice. Pay is not that great but it is a decent place to start at.

Harshita is leaving soon, rumours are that there will be a major team movement with her. Nish and new S&R Partner are staying with corporate team with a young bunch of lawyers. I heard total corporate team is now in single digit. But have worked against few people from the current corporate team of Nish and they seem to be doing good (plus they have a good enough legacy corp client base for sustaining for another few years before work dries up- credit where credit is due)

I’m an A0 (almost A1) in the transactional practice of a T2.

Through my treatment by my seniors and sometimes the way they talk to me, I have totally lost all confidence in myself and constantly feel I’m sub-par and not made for this.

Anyone else going through this?

so im confused what to take for UG nmims mumbai or symbiosis pune.

Since i stay in mumabi nmims iswhat my parents want me to choose but i want to get out of my comfort zone, try something harder so i want to take symbiosis, if there are any nmims or symbi ppl here which college is better and why?

Pls dont consider PSU as an option. While it will offer you a stable job with pretty decent pay and perks, there's hardly any learning there. Unless you want to review template agreements on a daily basis, I would not recommend entering the shitty setup surrounded by mindless uncles/aunties who have been with the company for 30+ years and developed the skills of passing the task to someone else coz "they dont handle this BU". I was (un)fortunate to have experienced this shit for 2 years, before i decided to part ways and join back a T1. On the other hand, if you dont mind a lifeless 8-8.5h job on a 5day basis and weekends strictly to yourself, PSU is the place to go. The only thing you will be good at will be advising people on the applicable clauses of the manual, which you are supposed to live by day in and day out. Personally, PSUs are a big NO for freshers or mid-level legal professionals. All the best!

1. What is the procedure of getting hired at a tier-1 or tier-2 law firm within insolvency law domain and within corporate law domain? What topics we should prepare for interview for both domains if applying for junior associate role with 0 previous year experience and only 1 internship done in the insolvency domain? Most importantly, when the candidate is non-NLU graduate.

2. Process for being inhouse counsel at any good firm and what subjects should be prepared for the same? How the interview process goes on?

Hi all,
Has anyone interned at Dhir & Dhir Associates, specifically in their ESG department?

I’m curious about:

- 1. The kind of work and exposure they offer (research vs. real client work)
- 2. Whether interns get to assist with ESG compliance, BRSR, sustainability due diligence, etc.
- 3. How approachable and helpful the seniors are
- 4. Overall experience & learning value
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Any insights on their reputation as a firm or recent intern experiences would be super helpful. TIA!

I am an A1 in a T2 Tax firm. I absolutely hate tax and need to switch to another vertical. Please suggest verticals were I have more changes of getting in and not being dismissed with the reason that I will be starting from scratch and hence will be considered a fresher. Please Please help, I am from an Indian middle class family and need money so I cannot afford not having a job but this is getting suffocating.

Someone, anyone, please advise.

It is worth highlighting that the BO'27 has demonstrated commendable dedication, securing 15 internships at Trilegal, 7 at AZB & Partners, 2 at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, 7 at Khaitan & Co., 2 at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, 1 at Saraf & Partners, along with additional slots from JSA Chennai and Wadia Ghandy. Moreover, people of the batch have published articles on reputed platforms such as NLS Business Law Review and IndiaCorpLaw.

exactly! most of bo27 could not do their intra moot as in the middle of it they made us sit in the protest and rescheduled the orals during diwali. to add salt to our wounds, during moot challengers in our second year bo’27 students were often discriminated against by faculties who did not allow them hit benchmarks for arbitrary reasons or senior teams were allowed to proceed because “they are in a crucial phase.”

all of them claims of bo’28 moot teams, most of these teams had students of all 3 batches 26, 27 and 28. idk why we are acting like they have done it all alone lol

Here’s something I’ve been thinking about lately: technology—especially AI—has transformed nearly every major industry. From finance and logistics to healthcare and education, tech is driving faster, smarter, and more efficient systems.

But the legal field? It’s still largely stuck in the past.

Most of our systems are archaic, and honestly, there’s a general resistance among lawyers when it comes to adopting new technology. That hesitation might have made sense ten years ago—but not anymore. Because if tech is integrated thoughtfully into the legal ecosystem, the benefits could be massive. Think faster legal research, streamlined contract drafting, automated compliance tools, smarter dispute resolution, better client service, and even improved access to justice.

Now, couple that with what’s happening on the ground:

- Law schools are churning out thousands of new lawyers every year.
- Litigation remains hard to break into—nepotism, gatekeeping, and limited real mentorship are still very real issues.
- Law firms offer limited roles, and unlike tech companies, they aren’t scalable.
- In-house roles are growing, especially with new compliance and data protection frameworks, but not fast enough to absorb the growing talent pool.

So on one side, we have an oversupply of bright young lawyers looking for meaningful work. On the other, we have a legal industry still running on outdated systems that desperately need innovation.

This is where I think legal tech becomes more than just a buzzword. It could be the bridge.

If legal tech were to take off in India, it could create an entirely new category of roles—roles that are built by lawyers and for lawyers. Product development, knowledge engineering, legal ops, compliance automation, litigation analytics, legal AI training, and more.

Here’s the interesting bit: this is one of the few areas where non-lawyers can’t just waltz in and build disruptive tools without serious domain expertise. The legal profession is closed-off for a reason—it’s layered, technical, and highly contextual (Also because of other not so good reasons which I don't want to get into in this post). That gives us, as lawyers, a unique edge in shaping the future of this space. But unfortunately, not many of us seem to be doing that. At least not yet.

There’s barely any serious conversation happening around legal tech in Indian legal circles, which is surprising. Even Legally India, which has seen threads on everything from pay scales to campus placements, has next to nothing on legal tech.

So I thought I’d start one.

Would love to hear your thoughts:

- Is legal tech just another buzzword, or is it the future we’re ignoring?
- Can it create the scale of opportunities the profession badly needs?
- And what’s stopping more of us from diving into it?

I’m a young lawyer who’s always been interested in tech and is genuinely curious to explore this intersection further. Looking forward to hearing your perspectives.

Bhai....metro waala hai toh MNLU Chale jaa....anyways, get ready to "moot"...You will not learn anything from mooting assessments conducted by the admin. Get ready to depend on....only yourself...you are pretty much alone in this...focus on yourself and your goals. Don't think too much about the faculty, or seniors, or restrictions, or this and that. Be disciplined, not as in sleep at this time and wake up at this time...nope not like that...being disciplined as in, know your rules, your boundaries and be very particular about the things you want to focus on. Understand this: In college, everybody has their own path and learnings, don't try to copy anyone else's achievements or aspirations.

Please read up on common law systems. Most kids from India who study law abroad at the UG level go to the UK, as it is the same system as India (mostly) and it is relatively easier to come back and practice here. However, it is quite expensive and there is no assurance of getting a job there. You will have to hustle a lot for internships and hiring. Recommended only if you are well off/well connected/don't need loans to pay for it. Most top law colleges in the UK require 90-95% in class 12; the ones that will be ok with 83% are probably not worth it. Extracurriculars wont help that much. Strongly suggest you focus on Indian law entrances where the class 12 marks don't matter. Take a partial or full drop and work hard for CLAT/AILET/Symbiosis. Jindal is also a much better option than blowing money on a third-tier foreign college.

Yes, the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2017 (FEMA 20-R) have been repealed and superseded.

This happened as a consequence of the classification of capital instruments into debt and non-debt instruments.

The regulations that superseded FEMA 20-R are primarily:

1. Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, notified by the Central Government. These rules superseded the FEMA (Transfer of Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2017, and the Foreign Exchange Management (Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India) Regulations, 2018.
2. Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019, issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
3. Foreign Exchange Management (Mode of Payment and Reporting of Non-Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019, issued by the RBI.

Therefore, the FEMA regulations concerning the transfer or issue of security by a person resident outside India are now governed by the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019 for non-debt instruments and the Foreign Exchange Management (Debt Instruments) Regulations, 2019 for debt instruments.

You can find these current regulations on the official website of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Enforcement Directorate.

Yes, the FEM (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2017 have been repealed, and replaced by FEM (Non-Debt Instrument) Rules and FEM (Debt Instrument) Regulation. While the these rules/ regulations do not defined or provide for board composition and other criteria related to 'india owned' or 'indian controlled companies', you may want to refer to the definition of 'indian company' under the definitions section of these rules/ regulations, if that helps!

Check UGC scale.

1. Most Governement institutions will pay as per 7th UGC. Some may pay as per 6th UGC, significantly lower.

2. Some private institutions may pay 6th UGC. Very good private institutions may pay 7th UGC or higher. But most private institutions don't pay well.

That's precisely the point. JU wanted to be a national university, without the CPM wanting to give up control and influence (having the cake and eating it too). Also, the key point to remember is that only JU's engineering department is worth talking about. Other departments are average to below average, ▮▮▮