Almost marked this as facts contested for "good weather 8 months of the year". Kidding. The summers are intolerable, the winters make breathing impossible, there's a total of 3 weeks in the entire year when the weather is actually enjoyable. Public spaces are fast receding too. Sad.

Reads like one to me. They asked "is the salary for fresher 60 thousand" followed by "one of the person i know is joining here for 60 thousand". Why ask the question if you already know? Also the slip of "here" (not there).

Personally, I rarely see them in Del HC/SC. In all fairness, they've started out very recently. But by the same logic, it may be too early to call them a Tier 2 firm.

I had applied for an internship. Got the same without any reference and then went on to get a job offer. Had no strings, so none pulled. This was several years ago though.

I think if you are the right fit for them, they will surely reply. Then again, you should follow up with another mail or call their office.

And then the last lawyers standing will be either nepo kids or those who do jobs that robots cannot do, such as:

- Arguing in courts and tribunals

- Legal strategy and negotiations

- Handling complex Indian regulation like tax laws, which even those who make the laws can't understand.

- Attracting clients and doing networking

- Fixing and lobbying

- Going on strike and pelting stones to prevent legal reforms

????????????

Honestly, even when law firms publish about winning a case or acting as an advisor for a transaction, the same is also a solicitation for work, albeit indirect (in most cases).

These DSK videos disturb us because it's right on the nose but if there's a problem with non-compliance with BCI rules, then all material including these celebratory LinkedIn posts and instagram reels of practicing lawyers "educating" people equally qualify as ads/solicitation for work and should also be banned with a sweet SCN to each. I say so because you are not required to educate people, if someone does not hear you speak/read those very words you have to put, it's not like the sun won't rise again. It's basically unnecessary, conceited because the purpose to get your name out there and you tooting your own horn.

I am interested to see how it pans out for the DSK folks, I like some mirch-masala as the next guy but the issue has to be dealt with properly and holistically because the abuse, in my humble opinion, is rampant across the bar.

someone in the link you provided commented, which aged rather well considering their latest advertisement/solicitation for work which features a celeb or two(?):
"I cannot wait for other law firms to hire actors and make commercials, we so need this"

On a side note, I posted about this when the second ad dropped and mods initially published it but then unpublished it, so I'm glad there is some discourse on this apart from on LinkedIn

Yes, those with 5-year LLB degrees are eligible for direct admission. LLM is not mandatory.

JRF/NET is an option, but not mandatory. Candidates without these can be taken with the Institute Scholarship. The scholarship or fellowship amounts are the same in both cases (i.e. those with institute scholarship and those with JRF/NET fellowship).

PhD admission brochure...https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/assets/pdf/phd_brochure.pdf
PhD Law research areas...https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/IP

There are no such judgments to say so, but yes, because of the recent amendments to advocates act, BCI is trying to project the same. In fact judgments have clearly said anyone advising on law is practicing law. Advocates is just a category for bringing under some governance, as they are not controlled by their clients.

South Indian states benefited from many Nehruvian policies that favoured industrialization of southern regions - for e.g., freigh equalization schemes as per which raw material costs were the same for transportation to southern regions even though that was costly because of distance. After benefiting at the cost of North India, now they are imagining things only to immunize their votebanks against pan-national politics.

When you have to resort to making such "reels", clearly you are desperate for work. Makes that video with that guy asking his MP for assistance on a "million dollar deal" look like a trailer. What is next? a KJo production set to K3G/ DDLJ type of music and dance sequences?

As far as this particular girl is concerned, I wonder if Columbia can still award her a degree online, as in COVID times? Or does student enrolment status depend on the holding of a valid visa?

But the bigger question is what this means for Indian law students in the US. Quite a few Indian humanities and also law students have participated in such protests and posted online in favour of Palestine. What happens to them?

Also, what about NLU, Jindal etc students who posted in favour of Palestine on social media and are now applying for US visas?

https://www.news18.com/world/who-is-ranjani-srinivasan-indian-doctoral-student-self-deports-after-visa-revoked-by-us-over-advocating-terrorism-9261989.html

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/indian-student-from-columbia-university-ranjani-srinivasan-self-deports-after-us-revokes-visa-over-palestine-protests-7926709#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

Honestly - with the academic culture the way it is now- and the terrible way students behave. Almost everyone who can leave academia to go do something else will. The job simply isn’t what it used to be ten years ago. Ten years ago students competed to do well in class, tried to work with and

impress professors so they could get LORs. They were ambitious and motivated and keen to grasp at the opportunity to attend a good university. Now students sit back in class look at their phones, don’t read and it seems are only there to judge you should you commit a wrong think or a faux pas. They behave like judges before they’ve learnt a line of law. And they might never learn it given how ubiquitous gptfraud is. The breakdown of the teacher student relationship turns teaching into a chore. And if I had to do a chore of a job why on earth would I or anyone else do it for so little pay as teaching affords ?

You don’t seem to understand why people are making fun of it. It’s because the thesis is ridiculous.

You don’t need to read a thesis to know what jihadist groups want just like you don’t need a thesis to know what the abortion clinic bombers or westboro Baptist church or the ku klux klan want. Those are the moral equivalents of jihadists. Can you imagine someone writing a queer theory crip theory radical empathy paper about the ku klux klan ? No. Because academia has no trouble with moral relativism when it comes to white terrorists but somehow things brown terrorists are all poor little woobies.

I’m sure terrorists have friends they joke around with and share secrets with and women who find them desirable- unfortunately that doesn’t redeem them in the slightest. and I do not care about their lives because they do not care about the lives of people they harm.

You do understand ? These are not everyday Muslims. She’s specifically writing about people who describe themselves as belonging to jihadist groups.

I’m not sure I agree with you actually. IIT delhi - it’s too misleading to summarise by looking at paper titles. I’m not saying you’re wrong I’m also not saying you’re right. NLSIU- the thesis is clearly talking about electoral representations. Would you rather electoral representations be based on this model of group competition for limited resources ? Or on the model of recognition? He’s trying to bring some order to a runaway train. Of course the idea that quotas for specific groups is the way to provide representation - that people really go through the world as groups and not individuals is worth querying - maybe he does that in this thesis. Or maybe he doesn’t. In either case I think the demand for electoral caste quotas has been around for a hundred years now- it’s not going to go away in how we run the republic. We might as well figure out some principle for it so we can apply it fairly.

This isn’t to say nls folks don’t write crazy stuff. Two articles in the last month about non binary. One that was titled “ the president is female you are female everyone is female” it’s all utter nonsense. There’s a course being taught right now by someone has continuously terrible takes like the existence of sea horses proves human men can get pregnant. And they’ve invited that buffalo fellow in the past because he rose to fame bullying Savarna women who dumped his whiny incel ass.

NLS needs to seriously reconsider the kinds of electives it’s offering. And if they are rigorous enough. It seems like there’s an informal quota system with At least 1-2 courses every term on gender, at least 1-2 courses on caste, 1 course or maybe two if you’re lucky on private law. To be fair there are always a couple of what seems like rigorous courses on constitutional law. But identity is not the only prism through which we can see the world. There are very few elective courses that deal with class , labour, technology, medicine, regulation etc and even few that would take an interdisciplinary / philosophical approach to studying categories like crime, evidence, corporation etc.

Do your students need courses every single term on queer theory ? Is that because your students don’t study or are stupid or because your teachers don’t know anything else or because ideological indoctrination requires repetition ?

And I don’t think it would be indoctrination if these courses were rigorous and seriously dealt with opposing view points. But just looking at how the courses are constructed - and who they are taught by- it’s clear that there are no big debates or questions expected. Only conformity. I would be surprised if these teachers could even articulate the opposing points of view with any fairness let alone actually counter them.

The law school once had a vibrant atmosphere where people disagreed with each other about everything and still were friends, where you expected verbal fisticuffs and drama in the classroom. That’s the environment that raised a Sudhir and an Arun and a Mrinal and a Chauhan. It would be a shame for that to go away because young faculty with ideological blindspots are being entrusted with too much responsibility.

https://www.nls.ac.in/news-events/28%E1%B5%97%CA%B0-annual-h-m-seervai-essay-competition-in-constitutional-law/

Check this out. Participation in essay competitions like this always good for a student.

In that case, please write to NLUD asking them to amend his profile which says otherwise << https://nludelhi.ac.in/faculty/dr-daniel-mathew/ >>.

Thanks but every one of those posts is so generalised that it ends up creating more confusion than before on just what exactly is it that is being done wrong at NLSIU to its research scholars. I hoped you could elaborate but since you are concerned for your privacy (I fully respect that), I understand and appreciate your decision to share whatever you could.

By the way, and please respond only if you are comfortable, why does NLSIU select so few in its PhD programme while leaving more than half of its advertised vacancies unfilled? Last year alone, they only took 1 our of 4 vacancies in law and 2 out of 3 vacancies in the interdisciplinary stream? Is this normal? Or is there a crisis somewhere?

The same way that high-achieving students from wealthy backgrounds can successfully apply for scholarships like Rhodes without their relative affluence becoming a liability in the application process. And though they can also afford to go abroad on their own, the networking advantages of belonging to a scholarship/fellowship clique are substantial on their own.

The state of Tamil Nadu also has no inherent legal claim to exist in perpetuity. If Tamil Nadu wishes to go the way of Kashmir and obstruct the functioning of the constitution, then it is safe to say that the rest of the country will show the same united resolve that it did during the abrogation of article 370. Personally, I think Tamil Nadu will probably be better governed as a union territory.

You want to be free but do you have the courage to fight and bleed for the same? Because that is the only way you will get what you want. It will not be pretty, you don't have the cards (to borrow from Donald), and in the end, it is more likely that not only will you not win the fight but that your state will cease to exist.

Feel free to fantasize. You couldn’t fight the British then but you think you can fight the Union now? Laughable nonsense. India is an indestructible union of destructible states. Even if we allowed you to pursue your little experiment, an “independent” Tamil Nadu, with no navy of its own, and surrounded by rest of India, will finally have the reality check if just how much the rest of this country has contributed to its economic development. Maybe then you will get over your xenophobia. For far too long, the peninsular India has survived the historical invasions of mediaeval Indian history because there was a northern and central India that could absorb them. If anything, Tamil Nadu has actually failed to take advantage of having a coast and instead wasted so much of its time and energy over the hateful Dravidian ideology that was less about ending care discrimination and more about concentrating power among the already dominant land-owning castes.

As a fellow South Indian, I and everybody else around me do not want or support any kind of secession.

Even if we successfully secede, what would be the language of the new union? Tamil? Telugu? Kannada? If at all, we manage to secede, all south Indian states would form separate countries (proper balkanization), because we have nothing else in common than "race," which nobody cares about.

Kannadigas, Malyalis, and Telugu would worry more about Tamil imposition and superiority in this hypothetical new Dravidian state than we worry about Hindi imposition.

Also, if separate countries are formed, we all will fight each other to death for water and disputed border territories.

A separate southern states union is not desirable nor ever possible.

I want to know if these writing competitions have any utility. I do think so because such a competition entails deeper research and articulation of legal thought, and maybe even better writing skills. Still, I'm looking for reassurance, I guess, from more qualified professionals and law students.

Hi, as the subject line reads, I have an interview scheduled with Clergy and Wisemen in the coming days.

What are the few things that I need to keep in mind in order to present myself seriously? I am really looking forward to this.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Having worked in-house (MNC and PSU), I would recommend that you opt for a law firm in the beginning and then move in-house around 3-4PQE. Most no of opportunities are open at a given time for this experience bracket and fetch you comparable CTC (ofcourse you will be subject to tax structure and hence expect a dip in your in-hand salary). Consider moving to FMCG or IT sector. A big no for Pharma/Chemical sector, they wont even pay you the industry average.

I moved to a T2 firm in January and am on probation for 6 months. I know for a fact that my immediate manager is not happy with my performance, since he has brought it up a few times. I am hardly being staffed on projects, even when other team members are quite overloaded with work. I am about a year into the profession, and feel like they are setting unreasonably high standards which are not feasible to achieve.

So, I cannot help but wonder - how common is it for firms to fire an associate during the probation period? Should I be looking elsewhere? Should I get ahead and quit?

So there's a MCQ exam that I have to appear for. I forgot I had filled up the form. Is it possible to clear it in 40 days ? The subjects are the basics constitution, jurisprudence, human rights, IPR, international law etc. How should I approach this ? Do I start with questions directly or books or notes ? So confused.

Bms college of law is one of the worst. They mint for ur monetary worth and there's not a single good thing about that college. If u are from middle class family God help u. Only a handful of Faculty will actually teach you stuff rest all of them read the bare act and ask u self study urself. I know many of you will say self study is good for students. But yeah I agree to some extent not to a 1st gen budding lawyer he literally doesn't what and what not to do. There's a fine line between teaching stuff and letting students fend for themselves. Your classmates too will judge u on the basis of ur money and monetary benefits. Else u are a speck of dust to them. My advice instead paying lacs to them go to some semi private colleges in and around banglore. You will face the same thing over there too but hey atleast you can save some money

Nothing for you as a 4th year.

Also it's very difficult for non nlu student to get through it.

They mostly prefer nlu or Jindal. That's very unfair I know.

They have 100s of interns every month. HRs don't even bother to evaluate every single feedback.

It is mostly done by reference.

My suggestion to you because I also faced a similar situation.

Please stick to some good boutique firms for long time.

Gain experience and then go into these top tiers.

You seriously must be kidding if you say Real Estate has no scope. Especially in cities like Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, Pune, and Mumbai, real estate is booming. So many real estate deals happening. Lot of work for real estate lawyers. Plus, it is pertinent to note that real estate lawyers are usually way more polite and helpful compared to the shot tempered and arrogant seniors with loads of attitude that one usually encounters in corporate / transactional work.

Blame self [students] for non functioning of committees. Other committees are working efficiently and actively due to hard work, dedication, devotion and time students are spending. Students of committes are doing hard_work and they are not like you who are coming for name and degree. You can join the committee and make it active.. show your guts ....

if we move out of the north indian belt which has eaten its own languages like maithili, pahari etc. to stick to kashi hindi, we would find that most indians use their local lingo to describe rupee, no one in Bengal for instance says rupee, everyone calls it taka. So, please stop agitating over a state budget and read up for exam.