I don't know about that buddy, Hot people often retain their hotness long term and nothing wrong with choosing beauty for beauty's sake. Extolling the virtues of function makes you sound like the fox who claimed the grapes were sour without tasting them because they were out of his reach.

I also wonder why. Clearly, her message was of the uttermost importance and is even more so today. But it is very silent around her. She is still active as activist, but we rarely hear about it. It's a big contrast with some years ago. And it's also a pity, because she of course remains very intelligent, is always on the right side of history and has very important things to say.

1. NEP is a policy, not a law, so Union has no precedence. At best it has advisory value.

2. BJP has done much greater damage with it's fake narrative of "Hindus are in danger"

3. There is no threat of secession. TN Govt and CM has not made any such statement.

4. One person one vote remains unchanged whether delimitation happens or not.

5. As per Art 1 of the Constitution India is a union of states. Without states there is no union.

After ages, NUALS has finally released the application for the VC position. Glad that the students won't have to suffer under the interim VC anymore. Requesting everyone to share the info with anyone who might be interested. Every university deserves a reliable admin, let's all please try our best to spread the word!! Thanks!!

Where did you get this misinformation from ? In the recently conducted PhD interviews for Delhi University, 650 students appeared for the interview from all across India. Our of which, around 100-150 were from NLUs. I myself met grad from tier 1 NLUs. Majority want to pursue PhDs, unfortunately NLUs only intake not more than 10-15. So they opt for central universities where there are larger vacancies

Unfortunately all too common. Years ago when I was an associate I was spending crazy amounts of money on acne and dermatitis treatments so when it was Holi I politely declined any colours. My Partner at the time called me a spoilsport and in front of the EP rubbed gulal on my face while I stood there mute and unable to do anything. I felt violated and the very next day I had a bad flare up. In a meeting that week, my partner asked me to stop eating junk food if I wanted my skin to clear up.

Indian law firms are a cesspool of horrible, toxic behaviour.

the pros and cons of any city reduced to such pointers are not the complete picture.

yes some solid and uniform issues are pollution, lack of safety, and people being rude because everyone only looks out for them in this city.

and some solid pros are the food, greenery/parks, legal world being gigantic here, etc.

BUT these things dont affect your day-to-day that much, that will still depend on whether u like ur job, if u are financially stable in the city to enjoy its perks, and whether you have friends/family in the city. a person's actual reality is affected a lot more by their job, colleagues, boss, and their social life (friends, partner, flatmates), etc.

for eg- how bad is the traffic? depends on your commute. how unsafe is the city at night? varies depending on the area and where you are (a house party or the road). people being rude? sure you might encounter rude strangers, esp if u drive, but most people you meet in law/social circles, super friendly and welcoming. delhi is a rare city where people from different states and of different languages are welcomed.

If you have a solid reference from the very top of the legal field, is it possible to enter laterally into a Tier 1/2 law firm litigation team, even if there are no vacancies at the present moment? Also, will they take your few years of Lit experience (4-5) into account? OR Will they start you off at A0?

The firm has a very high attrition rate. Two/Three A0s from the batch of 2024 have already exited the firm. They have chosen to not stay even beyond probation. The lack of guidance, unreasonable expectations and timelines are a perfect recipe for disaster. Please try to avoid this firm as much as possible.
Aditionally, the compensation scheme flaunted by the firm is misleading. They pay "Band 1" Associates 12+4, however they pay meagre bonuses to A0s because the probation period does not count when calculating bonuses. Moreover, as an A1 also you fall within the same Band 1, therefore you will be paid the same 12lacs as the A0 with more bonus from the 4 lacs variable.
This place is neither for growth nor for learning

as this is a community with many lawyers and law students I want to know

1. how to get your vocabulary to the 'lawyers level'?

2. are r y'all expected to have immaculate vocabulary and speaking skills generally? (this question comes because recently I was having a conversation with my father and he told me I don't give off lawyer vibes because maybe I don't have the passion to be one he said first thing go improve your vocabulary but didn't tell me how to do it so I would love your two cents on this)

It is irrelevant that it is going to be in the Olympics. It is a dumber/simpler version of more ‘athletic’ and technical racquet sports. A lot of washed out/low ranking tennis professionals have taken up pro pickleball and they are finding great success which means it is simpler and quite ‘unathletic’, of course relatively speaking. Can’t deny the truth like this you know.

I am 21 graduate working with a tier 3 law firm having multiple offices in India. Have been working here more than 2 years now and I am fed up of the management. I am working from the Delhi office of the firm and they have made me some "office incharge".

The pay I am getting is in the range of 9-10LPA. The management is constantly harassing me to procure clients and to do only liasioning work.

There is no growth and there is constant harassment by my partners seated in Mumbai and Hyd.
- The salary is delayed every month with the reason that the Delhi office is not doing billing.
- No partner has visited the office in last 6 months to help generate revenues. - Partners are not aware of basic laws
- Holding up expenses without any reason

Have been giving interviews left, right and centre but not getting any good offers even matching my pay. Tier 1 are rejecting my cv just because I am from lower tiered law firm. Have certain responsibilities so getting a pay cut will be very difficult. Kindly advise what should I do, I am stuck in this loop.

Steps-

1. Choose a name

2. Find a partner lawyer

3. Sign a partnership deed

4. Lease an address

5. Open a bank account

6. Get business cards and letterheads printed

7. Get clients

8. Delivery the work to clients

9. Raise invoices

10. Receive the money

11. You are set

What is the remuneration for someone with PQE 15 (including bonus). Asking as I wanted to compare it with what I was making in litigation. Some of the cons are that I am responsible for getting clients and doing most of the work + have to pay office rent, utilities, salaries, stationary, etc. and there is no bonus, whereas, the partners in law firms get a hefty bonus.

I have an average CV from a T2 NLU, in my 4th year, have done one T1 internship. I found law school quite boring and really enjoy interning, and thats where I shine. My area of interest is commercial disputes.

Are there any firms where my application will be accepted and there may be a chance at a PPO?

If not, how do I spruce up my CV in the very short period I am left with before hiring stops for my batch?

What are instructions of different firms (T-1/2/3) regarding interaction of A-0/1/2/3s with interns?

Like, are they allowed to freely give out work or are there specific instructions/SoPs/regulations in some firms regarding this?

Obviously any firm will hesitate in giving confidential work to interns.

What I am really looking to understand is–to what extent junior level associates can use interns as a resource?

No. Supervisors have to do internal assessments and moots are a part of that internal assessments in some courses for LLB/LLM/BALLB. So because your supervisor is busy there, you won't have a chance to do things.

Also, if you're taking a course and such extra curriculars are a part of the course, you'll have to do those extra curriculars.

I am in one of the state judicial services(not delhi).

I dont have much things on my CV fee internship, one or two moot and no publication as i was clear i wanted to do Judiciary. I am from Tier 2 NLU.

Problem is i dont want to anymore!! Can i switch to some Tier-1/Tier-2/Tier-3 firms in delhi in litigation department!! Can i make a switch !? Will they take me!? Thats the doubt!! How would the transition fold!?

I am fine with mediocre practice as long as i am litigating!

If this doesnt happen then i am also looking to switch to public policy!! Maybe experience as judge may count to something.

Page 9, Section 3.1 (Box B)
5 years(minimum) of integrated LLB degree after 10+2 examination OR 3 years LLB degree after 10+2+3 examination

They are already accepting those with LLBs directly, why argue about 1-year or 2-year LLMs? It is irrelevant. Apply with your LLB transcript. Even JRF/NET is not mandatory.

https://www.thenewsminute.com/telangana/telangana-cabinet-approves-bills-on-42-bc-reservation-sc-sub-classification

This takes the total reservation to 70% in the state. Add the domicile quota for state universities as well - only ~15% of seats are available for general AIQ in NALSAR. Love this.

hey, I have an internship w Khaitan, but I can only schedule it for either September or December. I’m worried that they might not hire around that time (especially since I’ve heard that GC teams don’t recruit so late in the cycle)

Does anyone know about KCO’s hiring patterns? Would an internship in September or December be too late to be useful? Also, does their disputes team hire this late?

very scared please help

hello, I’m currently in my 4th year at a Tier 2 NLU (BO’26) and want to ensure I have a solid backup plan if I’m unable to secure a job by October 2025. After that, I plan to shift my focus toward alternative career paths.

I’m considering pursuing a master’s—LLM, MBA, or MA—and would appreciate insights on which might be a better option.

Specifically,

1. Do LLMs from the top 3 nlus (NLS, NALSAR, NUJS) significantly improve job prospects at law firms? I’ve rarely seen LLM students intern, so I’m unsure about their hiring trajectory.

2. Does an LLM from India primarily lead to academia, or are there meaningful firm opportunities?

point being, is doing an llm and giving clat ph worth it from a firm job perspective? Would love to hear your thoughts

I doubt if faculty come to know if they have any real impact today. Feedbacks are just numbers..Students fake niceties many times. But are very quick to complain etc. Being cool, funny or simply dressing up better garners more attention than knowledge.

I joined teaching two years back at an nlu and my mental health has taken a backseat. As a female, more admin work is dumped on me. Students dont care if I ve taught well. I have attended fdps to hone skills . I have excellent degrees..I write blogs, opinion pieces and i also get invited to teach in different forums. But I am disheartened to feel aloof as students only give respect to very strict or very cool teachers. I have decided to quit academia. It fulfils at no level.

Hey LI users,

Hope you are doing well. As most of you all would either be seniors in college or graduates from it, I wanted to ask a question I fear has grappled me and been a source of stress and downfall for me in past. I have seen rumours being spread about people and friend groups being broken and formed in the blink of an eye in law schools. I come from a small town in North india with no one in family or friends circle in law, I alone took this decision of doing law and cleared clat and ailet both.

I have a very people pleasing personality and I have been used or betrayed in past many times from friends which has lead me to form abandonment and fomo issues. These traits I fear would make my life much harder in law school as there would be people from all walks and opinions of life and i would just be left trying to mingle with everyone while not having a voice of own and a nobody, or, if I try to socialise too much with everyone I would be seen as annoying, or getting ignored if I try to say my points or while making friends. See, my fears might sound irrelevant but please give tips on how to not care about these things and just focus on academics and protecting my mental health in college. It would be a lot of help.

Thank you :)

For those unaware, Camac Street is the office of Abhishek Banerjee and the Vanuatu comment refers to this:

https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/ex-tmc-youth-leader-flees-vanuatu-escape-indian-law

Many years ago, a a group of spoilt brat NUJS students from South Delhi got super drunk. They threw a barrage of glass bottles from the hostel onto the NIFT campus. It was late night so there were no students, but a guard at NIFT got injured and hit by he glass. The next day the NIFT admin complained. But in the end nothing happened because these were influential kids (one was the son of a judge) while the security guard was a poor person from a village.

And even if it is illegal somewhere. So freaking what ? It’s illegal for women to speak loudly or sing in Afghanistan - should women in India shut up then ? It’s illegal in Iran to be gay - so they’ll transition you to the opposite gender if you want to marry the love of your life. Shall we start following that practice in India ? It’s illegal in north Korea to say mean things about dear leader - why should the rest of us play along?

Yes. Remember the girls in the Bishop Cotton video some years ago? Same thing happens in law school. Tearing hair, breaking glasses, kicking, vulgar MC-BC abuses … law skool gurls can get pretty wild. And they fight over boys as well, just as guys fight over girls. Even the Bishop Cotton fight was over a boy.

Don’t talk like an idiot. Pickle ball is not “unathletic”. There is a real chance of it entering the Olympics in 2032. The sport gives you a good workout. Maybe not as much as tennis, but comparable to badminton and certainly more than table tennis.

The reason it is popular is because it is not a very technical game, like tennis, and the basics are easy to learn. Also games are quite short.

Go with what you like, dear fellow. Your money, your choice, your taste, and your satisfaction. A bit of unsolicited advice though: in watches, as in all of one's life, function always supersedes form for it is through function that we make our lives purposeful. It is through function that the aesthetic realises its permanence. And while it is certainly worthwhile to appreciate the beauty of a thing or a person, yet to make a fetish of their form is to give up one's own self to the fleeting attraction of one transient, already departing moment with the satisfaction dervied from which rarely outlasting the moment itself.

Let's say, hypothetically, that a 4-6 year (anonymity purposes) tier 1 general corporate/M&A/PE.VC guy wants to switch in-house for some sanity, and don't mind a minor paycut, what are the options/alternatives that you guys have done/seen done.

Are in-house at funds a bad idea - is it same as the law firm, or slightly better.

Guessing companies don't really have dedicated paying M&A teams or need one, when anyway we do all the work.

Is the firm gen corp experience too niche, for in-house legal team work, where I'll look like a doofus for the kind of work that comes in the way of in-house counsels who get paid at my level.

Am I stuck, or is it not too early to bounce?

(1) Not an overstatement, just the literal truth. Can't reveal more, or facts about my life and situation that would serve as really helpful hints in understanding who I am would come out.

(2) No, the world doesn't deserve anything of the sort, especially if said teachers would be embarrassed at having their names revealed on a public forum to which they don't have access or which they don't visit/know of. This is because they have no chance to see what is said about them, or respond in any way. What those fabulous teachers specifically in my case, and extraordinary teachers generally, deserve is to have tributes paid to them non-anonymously (as I have done, by means of email correspondence in my case) and anonymously (as I and several others have done on here). I hope you are not so jaded as to believe that students don't respect teachers' wishes and feelings anymore; if you are, please modify this attitude of mind. This is why I don't understand the level of disbelief communicated. The cynicism demonstrated here is disappointing and disheartening. It's not your fault, working conditions in academia the world over are problematic, but you have allowed the problems to get to you - and that's something you may have to consider working on.

PS: As a sign of consistency and good faith, to show that I wasn't just bullshitting about the life-changing teachers. John Tasioulas, the Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy in Oxford, recently tweeted about how in the academia contexts he is familiar with, research is valued far too much at the expense of teaching. As an attempt to cure this wrong thought-process, he asked his followers (which includes me) to tell him about inspiring undergraduate teachers they had had in law and/or philosophy; he kicked off the conversation by listing a couple of Australian academics, including some big names in Australian legal academia. Though I follow Tasioulas on Twitter and engage with his content whenever I can, and though I loved his thought and his prompt to talk about undergraduate teachers, I didn't respond to his prompt, not because I am scared of things being revealed about me (my life-story is emblazened like a banner on my Twitter profile), but because the specific individuals who came to mind upon seeing his prompt (the very same ones who came to mind when seeing this thread) no longer use Twitter, and therefore would have no opportunity to respond; as far as Legally India goes, I doubt they have heard of it (or would want to remember it, if they had).