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1. Generalist (Transactions + commercial disputes) [Very few teams would do this]
2. General Corporate (Only transactions)
3. M&A, PE, VC
4. TMT (Corp +Advisory)
5. Banking Finance
6. Financial Reg+ Fintech
7. Cap Marks (Again better if you do both cap transactions +litigation)
8. Disputes
9. Most other
2. Have active involvement with law-related experiences all around - so moots (where and when and if possible), litigation internships, internships with judges, even yes, the law firm internships. Having well-rounded profile is quite helpful.
3. Over time, start narrowing down your interests and try to have good publications in those.
4. Remember, you are going to engage in further study of law of the academic kind, so you need to engage actively with academic life. Getting research experience under your professors, for example, is an excellent start. This, other than your academic marks, will be one of the crucial things to help you when that all-important application comes up.
5. Maintain some sort of sporting/musical/artistic/other non-law interest. For example, if you are good at basketball, join a team! Also, try to achieve well in that too (some recognition, like an award).
6. Finally, build up a network of professors and professionals who will be ready to bat for you when needed (in other words, write references). With professors, the main ways this can be done is by getting the best grades you possibly can and getting research kinds of experiences under them. But also, interact with your professors! Ensure that you answer well in the class, you are that person who visits their office hours with interesting questions etc. In your internships, ensure you are doing the very best work you possibly can, perhaps be the one who is taking initiatives to do more work, who suggests unusual (good) out-of-the-box ideas. Only way to do that? To have a background of sustained thinking on the law, which requires very significant reading and reflection. As somebody once said, in the context of reading law at university, there can never be too much study.
Those are just my suggestions. Maybe others will have different ones, so also gain as many perspectives as you can.
Truly yours,
Trilegal A9
Some of them take freshers as researchers. The pay band goes from 10k up to 50k, depending upon the Chamber.
2. Get a couple of stellar recs - one from a respected college prof (especially if they have studied at Ox), another from a crazy popular office like the CJI, a Minister or something
3. Publish original papers
4. Have a story, have an arc
5. Follow Rhodes scholars and their profiles and imitate
come on dude. don’t do this to these kids.
regards,
NLS grad.
Now, the negatives—reiterating what many have already said: abysmal pay, work that is heavily focused on compliance (primarily licensing applications), and a management team that lacks professionalism and operates with clear favoritism. Senior management (PA level and above) is either technically incompetent or, if technically sound, lacks leadership and management skills. A strong grasp of legal fundamentals should be expected at that level, but this is not always the case at KARM. Career progression is arbitrary—being in the "good books" of seniors matters far more than talent or expertise.
Profiling and favoritism are deeply ingrained. Employees are categorized into "good" or "bad" books early on, and factors like skills, EQ, or IQ hold little weight. There is no structured mentorship—associates are expected to know everything from day one, and senior management often provides little to no meaningful guidance. While responsibilities are shared across levels, pay scales remain rigidly hierarchical.
Finally, always check a firm's attrition rate—especially with smaller firms—to gauge long-term prospects. A quick LinkedIn search will show that KARM has experienced a significant exodus almost every year. The firm is not growing, and the pay and skills gained do not justify staying. It is a sinking ship, and the returns—both financial and professional—are simply not worth it.
Do i have to teach you basic maths now?
It's 10+2, where 10 is fixed and 2 is annual bonus.
So 10-10% of 10 = 9
9/12= 75k per month.
1. MNLUN - cannot pay faculty salaries
2. GNLU - millepede infestation
3. NLUO - lack of academic policies and crumbling infrastructure
4. RGNUL - VC visits girls hostel without notice
5. NLIU - reduction in intake due to lack of infrastructure
6. NLS - pawn domicile seats for 7 acres of leased land
7. WBNUJS - moral policing and dress code
8. Consortium - a private university (IIULER) joins
9. All NLUs - administrative apathy, forgotten by respective state governments, no funding
And now NALSAR canteen food is infested, with expired and unlabelled raw ingredients.
https://www.barandbench.com/apprentice-lawyer/kitchen-nightmares-at-nalsar-canteen-after-inspection-reveals-expired-food-infestation
Nice one. The primary medium of instruction in all the three MNLUs will be Marathi. MHCET will be held in Marathi only.
"He was the son of a lawyer, often born into a family where the practice of law had been a tradition for generations. He was a Hindu and, more likely than not, a brahmin. He was born in an urban area into a wealthy or upper middle-class family. He received both his baccalaureate and law degrees in India. He was a high achiever, often the recipient of prestigious academic awards. He began his professional career at age twenty-four when he commenced the practice law before the high court of his home state. He may have been among the two dozen who was active in politics during these years. Twenty-two years later, after having reached the front rank of the bar of his high court, he was appointed to that court. A dozen years later, by which time he was very senior, usually its chief justice, he was appointed to the SCI. It was his seniority that raised him to the recruitment plateau, but to get to the SCI, he usually needed to be from a particular high court or geographic region. He was no younger than fifty-one and no older than sixty-two. He may have met the usual criteria of merit—integrity, professional competence, incorruptibility, and neutrality towards litigants—but was not selected for that reason. His religion, seniority, state and region of origin, among other considerations, were more weighty than merit as traditionally defined. He was 58.5 years of age when he arrived in Delhi and served for six and a half years until mandatory retirement forced his departure at age sixty-five. He remained active after leaving the bench. Serving on officially appointed commissions or tribunals and chamber practice were the most common post-retirement activities. He died when he was on the threshold of his eightieth year."
Hope the system doesn’t fail you.
4 sites have reported on the pathetic mess at NALSAR:
1) https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/food-safety-violations-found-at-nalsar-university-canteen-during-inspection-1859069
2) https://telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-food-safety-teams-detect-severe-violations-at-nalsar-university-canteen
3) https://www.ndtv.com/food/food-safety-raids-expired-food-infestation-found-at-nalsar-university-canteen-in-hyderabad-7638023
4) https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/hygiene-violations-uncovered-at-nalsar-university-canteen-in-hyderabad/article69181280.ece
The question is, with SidChu no longer being there can SDKR still run the fast-sinking institute?
Please bta do koi toh? :( (:
Absolute Horrendous scenes at NALSAR.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-says-us-will-take-over-gaza-strip-after-talks-with-benjamin-netanyahu-7636527#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll
TL:DR: jumping to academia in my 30s.
Namita is a big avoid majority her team left her as difficult to work with
R sudhinder difficult to get in but if you do can take as good quality matters he does
Hope it helps
I cannot comment on the team since I do not have much idea.
No Orientation, Introduction on First day of Internship, Associates dont respond and more importantly there HR who is almost not there every time you try to speak to her..