I am from Gurgaon and want to build a career in IP. I know IP pays less than corporate but WLB is better. I want to understand if this is true or not.

Also, what kind of salaries can I expect?

I know K&S, Remfry has office in Gurgaon. Any other big IP firm in Gurgaon?

I am in my 2nd year of law school and want to start early, please guide me as no one else in my family is a lawyer and I have to figure this out on my own.

Christ is decent enough, don't take a loan for NLIU. In your vacations, make it a point to have as much exposure through various kinds of internshhip that you can. You may have limited chances to get college placements to a T-1 but if you intern well enough you should be able to get a decent PPO in your 4th or 5th year. Worst case scenario, you can move to a T-1 after 2-3 year work ex if you're on top of your game. That's not something NLIU can guarantee you anyway.

1. The Clapham omnibus has many passengers. The most venerable is the reasonable man, who was born during the reign of Victoria but remains in vigorous health. Amongst the other passengers are the right-thinking member of society, familiar from the law of defamation, the officious bystander, the reasonable parent, the reasonable landlord, and the fair-minded and informed observer, all of whom have had season tickets for many years.
2. The horse-drawn bus between Knightsbridge and Clapham, which Lord Bowen is thought to have had in mind, was real enough. But its most famous passenger, and the others I have mentioned, are legal fictions. They belong to an intellectual tradition of defining a legal standard by reference to a hypothetical person, which stretches back to the creation by Roman jurists of the figure of the bonus paterfamilias.

Healthcare at Home v The Common Services Agency [2014] UKSC 49, per Lord Reed, with whom Lords Mance, Kerr, Sumption and Hughes JJSC agreed.

Continuing in Lord Reed's admirable style (but definitely not as classy as him), the "nontoxic Tier 1 partner" is, unfortunately, a character in your imagination, not one who inhabits either the legal village of Indian jurisprudence, or the legal village of Indian commercial lawyers. We do not know him, therefore, for our purposes, he does not exist. Until he can be introduced, a season ticket for him cannot be created.

Know a few folks who work there as SAs / PAs / Partners. What I can say is - fantastic experience working against them. the PAs and Partners are all super sharp, and knowledgeable. Great fun negotiating with them, and generally their DD quality, transaction docs quality is pretty good.

From what I hear, the Pay is not bad at all - think close to top tier 2 bands.

For god's sake - please get the terminologies right. They had Day Zero in July 2024 - and now celebrating offer received in May 2025 as Pre-placement offer (PPO). Seriously? That's called a placement offer not PPO. PPO is an offer before the day zero at the campus. . Grow up man

I understand that being in a pretty unknown or a random college for law mostly doesn't do you good.

I'm talking about decent private universities like Symbiosis Pune or Jindal or Christ here.

I've gotten through Christ Law School's entrance examination now, but I also have a shot with NLIU Bhopal.

Now, any sane person would go for the NLU over Christ, I get that. But being from Bangalore, Christ is so much more affordable for us + saves us the travelling expenses when compared to NLIU.

Is an education loan worth it for NLIU? Should I go for it? Please help

Hi! Looking for disputes roles (PQE ~ 4 years) (mix of tier 1 and chambers)

Trying to look for openings in tier 1 law firms (SAM, KCO, TRI, AZB or any other firm that may pay at par) in Delhi. Well paying chambers (70-80k and above) would also work. I know my workex would be discounted in tier 1s- so looking for a3 roles.

Would really appreciate if any leads can be shared here. bit of urgency on this and recruiters and cold emails are not seeming to work due to the cluttered vacancies.

Thanks in advance

At the time when things were bad, NLUJ had just one exam left. The Jodhpur Collector had already issued an order suspending all educational institutions and examinations. Despite this, the university initially planned to proceed with the exam. However, the night before, IIT Jodhpur issued evacuation orders for its hostels, and the situation was visibly escalating. Following multiple student requests, NLUJ responded by offering students the option to take a re-examination at a later date, although the exam was not formally cancelled.

Basically the title. The market seems to be bad. Number of PPOs is definitely less for us. What should we focus on doing better in this cluttered market where the next CV is as good as ours? Should we leverage alum connections? (For those of us in T1s) Networking? Improving on basics?

The biggest suggestion would be to intern under the Judge you want to be an LR with. Do a long term internship, get to know how they hire LRs. Possibly talk to the PS or Court Staff about hiring you as u have previously worked under that Judge.

As of now, Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju has a vacancy for an LR. You can try interning there, you can easily convert that into LRship.

You seem to be misinterpreting what a hiring freeze is. Of course, the firm will still hire based on requirements - i.e., if someone leaves or a new partner has been elevated, requisite hiring will take place. However, unlike the BO 2025, they will not hire 100 new people this year as they do in good years and 60-70ish in average years. This year the level of mass hiring will be much smaller, to my understanding, maybe 20-30 people, to be revisited around Day0 based on Q1 performance (which, needless to say, is terrible). If people wish to take a few ppos as evidence of no hiring freeze, that will soothe any anxiety but take the advice of someone who's heard it on the inside, aggressively look for back ups.

Im a commerce stream person with actual business experience with legal experience in capital markets and M&A in T1 Firms.

I'd any day ppprefereumanities people over science people as M&A lawyers. Science stream peeps have a very narrow perspective i feel. They have in my experience consistently lacked foresight and range in terms of approaching a problem legally and in terms of business.

And an overwhelming majority of partners in T1 firms are science stream people.

You should be first be well-versed in Company Act, Contract Act, SAST, AIF Regs, FEMA, IBC, Comp Act, and IT Act, with a working understanding of IP law, basic labour law, and RE laws for due diligence purposes. Strong skills in DD, compliance mapping, and deal structuring (SPA, SHA, TS) are absolutely essential. Stay updated on MCA, SEBI, and RBI circulars, as well as key NCLT/NCLAT and SC judgments impacting transactions. Knowing the basics of AIF structuring, FDI norms, ODI rules, and sector-specific regulations (like pharma, fintech, edtech) is an added advantage.

From Zubair of Alt News:

The first person to target Vikram Misri and his daughter is Chandan Kumar Singh @TheSquind

. Soon after he tweeted this, his troll army started sharing details of his daughter's insta account, linkedin details, contact details. Etc.

This is not the first time he did this. He is a repeat offender. He has doxxed several young women in the past.

https://x.com/zoo_bear/status/1921614534453690396

Incoming A0 @ M&A PE VC team. I've got around a month's time, what shall I read upon? My last internship was more than a year ago, so I feel I have clearly lost a lot of touch with the practical side of work.

Can someone also throw some light on how the first month as an A0 going to be? What kind of tasks would we be allotted? So far I've been told it's being an intern but with way more added responsibilities and expectations.

Serious answers only, preferably from experienced seniors. Constructive replies would surely mean a lot to me <3

I’ve been trying to continuously enquire about the delay from the Registry. Initially, they informed me that the results would be out in the second week of May. I called them up again and surprisingly, they weren’t even aware that the results were delayed and insisted that the results are on time.

Not a single Notice or communication regarding the reason for delay. Complete lack of any accountability. Even the Registry, the first point of contact is clueless

▮▮▮ and their alumni should issue a statement regarding Misri’s daughter. Apart from being misogynistic and offensive, the trolling is based on an absolute lie. She works with ▮▮▮ in London and handles commercial arbitration. She is not a woke NGO lawyer representing Rohingyas in India! How stupid are these people??!! 😩It hurts the BJP’s credibility when brainless morons spread such nonsense.

Yes, she was involved with human rights centres at ▮▮▮ as an ▮▮▮, but literally every student does that and it helps during LLM applications (▮▮▮ in her case). Lots of RW people themselves intern with human rights and legal aid centres!

For people who got their LLMs in 2022-23 batch from Universities abroad, JGLS hired Asst. Lecturers en masse. I completed my LLM in 2024, and I have been waiting for any vacancies but nothing has happened. I have heard the new Asst. Lecturers still did get hired except through personal referrals and I don't know anyone in Jindal who is that high up in the chain. I would appreciate ANY insights or leads

It's not Capital Markets anymore. the real competition now is WCC, these ▮▮▮ consultants type law graduates masquerading as lawyers.

I sit on the same floor as one of their WCC teams in a Tier 1. Let me be honest—zero legal acumen.
All they do is review emails for red flags, draft template whistleblower policies, and pretend they’re conducting investigations while barely understanding the difference between fraud and non-compliance.

It's just Ctrl+F for "gift" or "cash" and a boilerplate ABAC chapter that could’ve been written by ChatGPT too. They'll never touch a clause. They don’t litigate. They can’t interpret a contract. But they'll flood you with 67-slide decks filled with integrity frameworks, risk matrices, and buzzwords like tone from the top.

My condolences to those stuck in this practice area

Hello, LI Hivemind. I really want to start learning about the world of PE and VC laws in India. Those who have been working in this field, can you please suggest some literature and material that I can start with? I have been studying company law in general and have also come across a lot of material on project finance that I am going through right now. I want to be as prepared as possible for when I manage to secure a position in a law firm in any of these teams. I know that this kind of preparation is not a substitute for hands on experience, but I do not want to give less than 100% from my side and it can only help me later in my internships and job interviews, right? Please provide some guidance if you can. Thank you!

Both sides are wrong.

Waging a full-scale war against a nuclear power is ridiculous.

Also, not doing ANYTHING substantial about the terrorist attacks is dumb as hell.

The correct response should be special operations and targeted strikes against the terrorists. However, rational response to any political predicament is such a rarity nowadays, especially among Gen-Z kids who view the world in a black and white manner.

I look at photos of guys and girls when they were in college and just 2-3 years later, when they are associates. The difference is staggering. Lighter skin, pimples and dark spots removed, glasses gone, contoured nose and smile, baldies with a new crop of hair etc.

Either they have been going to salons and beauty clinics, or it’s photoshop gone wild! So what’s the deal?

WOW. This lady is the VC of JNU and herself holds a PhD from JNU. 😮

https://sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/indian-higher-education-has-a-woke-jihadi-academic-complex#google_vignette

Posting the details about his daughter's educational qualifications and work situation on here was extraordinarily unwise, deeply irresponsible and indiscrete in the extreme. One google search by me of literally ten seconds helped unearth precisely who she is. Do you think Legally India has no trolls? There are plenty of people in the world whose only purpose in life is to put others down, and yet who have other skills as well. Please, mods, ensure that this comment is deleted immediately.

I want to advise my friend for starting litigation in Delhi, he has certain financial issues and so trying to earn money. But he has got a good amount of experience working in Jharkhand high court. Before completing his degree and enrolling in bar he continuously and diligently worked under a Jharkhand hc lawyer chamber and is currently working under him. Although his valid exp count is barely 3 months but considering that his pre enrolment exp is 4 yrs any suggestions?

Couple of my batchmates (A0s) have had the worst experience in law firms (both litigation boutique and GC boutique) so much so that the thought of leaving law as a profession keeps on recurring in their minds.

I do not blame them for feeling this way. However, I do believe generalising experience in one law firm for the entire law firms market is not a holistic approach.

They are juggling between taking a break to decide whether they are suited for law AND pursuing job in a different law firm.

I am sure a lot of people have gone through this. Could someone shed some light on: 1. How they should go about this?; 2. What are other fields they could consider barring litigation, in house counsel, academics & public policy?

Our end sem exams were supposed to start this week, they've been pushed by a few days and will be conducted in online mode. 80% of the Students vacated campus today and yesterday, we still have the option to stay on campus for the remainder of the sem if we find it safer than our homes. Most Army brats and students from Panjab & Kashmir are still on Campus. (JGLS)

Imagine believing in a liberal make believe ideology. I could never.

Your mockery at the lack of faith is disturbing, give it few years more, then you will be stuck with a realisation that so far, the fake gods that you surrounded yourself with - brands, high paying jobs, money was all false and feel utterly hollow inside with the realisation that you have been befooled