why tf is this marked trollish and contested? He literally is in argus!!

https://www.argus-p.com/our-people/our-partners/anindya-ghosh/

TTA is hiring but doesn't take below 20 rankers

Veritas is hiring. They don't care about ranks but care about the law school.

ICUL is hiring.

Indus is hiring.

Saraf disputes is hiring.

LKS is hiring.

Anagram is hiring.

NDA is hiring.

Is it coz they are attracted by the independence offered by the city itself, rather than the quality of the accommodation? Or that saying you work in Mumbai gives you some kind of status? Because IMO it's better to work in, say, Chandigarh or Ahmedabad or Goa or Kochi with better accommodation and lower rents.

Really sick and disgusting. But is it also a sign of things to come when Gen Alpha enters college in a few years?

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mihir-ahammed-kerala-teen-suicide-musthafa-pc-id-foods-ceo-instagram-post-7631316#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories

Please, for your own sake, stop trying to overcome your own misery by being cruel to others. It does not help them and it does not improve you. But they will move on and you will still be here. When someone asks for advice, it becomes an act of responsibility to offer them one. Please do not abuse that responsibility. You know you can be better than that.

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-delhi

NLSIU administration has failed. DU Law has been ranked by Times Higher Education in 301+ onwards category. NLSIU rests upon Ventaka Rao’s era laurels of NIRF rankings.

Hi. A bird in hand is better than two in bush. Never sacrifice your definite present, dear fellow, for a probable but not inevitable future. In my view, there are two choices here, (1) and (2), depending on what you consider most important. Given your query and on balance of everything else, my own recommendation to you is to choose (1). But the decision is yours and I wish you all the best.

(1) If you are absolutely confident of your choice to pursue the legal profession then I will suggest that you take admission in an NLU that you consider the best in relation with what your rank allows you to and then prepare for next year’s CLAT. There is something very unfortunate, in my view, about young, bright students like you staying at home only to prepare for a particular examination. As I said, if you have the absolute confidence in pursuing law, then you will be able to juggle both a first-year in an NLU and also prepare for the next CLAT without compromising either. Now after all that, even if you do not achieve what you want next year, you will have still improved your discipline and versatility while starting a promising second-year at your NLU with the company of new friends and teachers.

(2) If you are excited by law but also open to other avenues then you should think of your undergraduate education as a foundation where you will achieve the knowledge and skills to develop new professional interests. In that sense, the B.A. (Hons.) programme at NLSIU does look promising. At the end of the programme, you can still pursue law if you are willing but it is also possible that you will have discovered a broader set of opportunities that are just as exciting, if not more, than law. NLSIU, being its own authority, has, in theory at least, greater autonomy in creating an intellectual environment where you can do B.A. and develop actual research capacity. In that sense, at the end of your three years, you will eligible for both further postgraduate education in India (law or otherwise) and abroad (if that suits your mood, of course). At the same time, the B.A. (Hons.) is new and thus it is also reasonable to have doubts over how it may turn out. But on the whole, I personally do find it a promising programme. NLSIU is organising a campus visit in this regard on 08.02.2025 though I do not know if you applied for it. As for the admission process, my own purely personal experience is that it is relatively easier to secure admission in a newly-begun programme simply because not everyone may know about it or may not be sure of its eventual prospects.

Hi, I'm a first year student who got into an internship through the place com in a litigation firm. Now out of excitement (and since until now my college had little to no attendance issue), i believed I could devote my time here and work. However, sem 2 has started, I'm not able to attend my lecs because my internship believes that i should be in office/court all day even at expense of my college. In fact, I'm being told I'm "allowed" to attend lecs which itself is some sort of privilege. Unfortunately, I did not know the conditions would be this bad. I am a girl and I reach home around 10 after leaving early morning. I feel stuck, scared my place com will not take my concern seriously, college might f me over attendance and I'm not even sure how much I'm learning in the internship itself because so far I've been visiting courts with files and writing a few articles. Is this normal litigation intern experience and I'm over reacting? I feel I'm losing my mind.

NDA, work & clientele, but yeah, culture - let's not go there; they've just had big exits for a while now - ever since 2020, with a few here and there new incomers. They are very picky about their freshers. They expect a lot, and probably will make your paralegal take good work out of you and then give you a job, at least have done that in the past. Typically they did not have a day zero policy but yeah they might be changing with the times. As a fresher, well if you can make the cut and stick around for 2 + years good for you, stick around and have Nishith bhai's blessing, you'll shoot up the ranks quickly.

Hi! Thanks for your question. There is a common notion in the market that KARM only does licensing applications, which mostly lawyers don’t do or is a very small part of their work experience. This may be bad for your career. Beyond this there is no work anymore. That said, reach out to people who are there and see?

Some tier 1 firms hire associates from boutique firms if you are able to show you know your basics and can put in hard work. If you join a tier 1 from a boutique firm, don’t expect equal pay upfront. If you are able to demonstrate quality of work then eventually you’ll get the same pay as your peers but this depends on your own efforts. Also expect very long hours and you may need to put in more work than your colleagues at tier 1. There are many examples of people from boutique firms joining tier 1 and thriving there but that’s also because these individuals have been very hardworking and resilient.

1. Working hard / not working for the money is a personal choice. I think there's a few 100 A1s at the T1/T2 that would kill for your job, and the grass is always greener on the other side, so decide about what you prioritize. Remember the work life imbalance is extreme, something that takes some getting used to.

2. No time like the present.

3. Most definitely, unless you have the best interview in the history of interviews. They just pay you as per your year.

Just one last thing its jumping ship, not jumping ships.

Name some decent universities or even NLUs that are teaching these subjects, especially tech and AI. I still remember forwarding a proposal to one of the top tier NLUs for a course on tech and collab with experts from tech companies. It was shut down with the excuse that we're not an IIT and should focus on traditional legal subjects. Absolutely pathetic state of affairs for tech related coursework.

Sheer stupidity. Do you think that NLS is hiring these people straight after they complete their LLB at Jindal? If they are capable of getting into good LLMs and/or PhDs and are then being hired by NLS, how does it matter that they are from Jindal. I know that NLS lives rent free in your heads and you just need a reason to cry about it but this is new levels of stupidity.

Don't demotivate kids.
A practice like CM always hires. I have witnessed partners hiring associates with no experience in CM, so even if anyone has decent internship/s in CM, you will get hired at the EOD. DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE GIVING YOU THIS SYSTEM BULLSHIT.

Capital Markets ALWAYS hires.

Could you tell us where you live? At the very least, you should aim to study in the capital city of your State as it will lilely give you access to better law offices for your internships and more people to build your network. A non NLU will not matter as much if you can maintain good grades and pursue quality internships.

Building networks involves meeting new people, finding common interests, and recognizing each other's value. You can do that in a library, a conference, a Moot Court, in a restaurant, on the metro, in a plane, on social media.. there are as many avenues of networking as there are people and activities around you.

Not enough traction is given to this lady by law community! She bagged the best finisher (21 KMs) in INHM held recently. I crossed her while she was completing her 21KM loop and boy she was fast! I had recognized her from twitter and courts and it was so heartening to see an accomplished lawyer excelling in running as well. In a profession where being a couch potato is encouraged on account of being "busy", Ma'am is an inspiration.

Is there nothing like Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence, and Practice in India that combines both criminal law and practice? If not, why is that so? Publishers could make a killing if they were to publish something like that. The closest thing to Archbold that I have been able to find is an old book by A.C. Ganguly: https://indianculture.gov.in/ebooks/practical-guide-criminal-court-practice-4th-ed.

As a 4th year law student from a non-nlu. Please do not go below glc/ils/sls pune. However, I personally know that the placement cell of lloyd is really good. They get tier 1-2 firm internships from their college placement cell itself. If placement is what you are after and you do not have a better option, join llyod and be the deans fav

No. Like 95% not. Sorry the way we appoint Supreme Court judges in this country requires one to have great connections and a lot of luck and be exactly the right demographic at the right time. Most lower court judges also never see elevation to high courts. It would be a better tack to become a really really good litigator, get elevated to a high court and then try from there- but even if you became a really good litigator the rest will still take a lot of luck

Possible but improbable. One of the less-talked about consequences of the Collegium System in India is the complete destruction of federalism in the judicial branch. Judges of the Supreme Court look down upon their brothers and sisters in High Courts and who in turn look with nothing but scorn at their fellow judges in the district.

To repeat after what other good folks have already said, DO NOT GIVE UP, dear fellow. Persuade and fight like hell. You must! This is not just about your prospective career. It is also about other challenges and opportunities that a bright individual like you will face in your life. If you let others dictate the path of your life today then will not just stop here and will keep harassing you to do their bidding till the end of time. Do everything you can and ensure that you do not become that person who, later in life, ends up regretting what they could have been if only they had fought harder and longer.

If you need someone from here who has done their studies in law to talk to your parents, please feel free to make that request. This nonsense cannot be allowed to continue any further. All the best. We are with you.

Your concerns are valid. And all one can say, without casting aspersions at the people in NLSIU, is that the paper is meant to test your critical thinking. The ideal way to prepare for this is to not rely solely on facts and theories but to also write in a way that is clear and analytical.

Yet despite all that, there is an element of luck that comes into play. Questions with subjects entirely unfamiliar to you may still come up. And the timespan of the written test does not provide you the luxury to rest for more than a few minutes before you try to change your strategy. You have to simply start from anywhere in the paper and anyhow.

Now add in the cost and duration of NLSIU’s admission process and it can be extremely frustrating for even the most promising candidates. It is also worth reflecting that they ask you to upload a research proposal at the stage of applying itself and then use the written test to short-list which makes very little sense given that only 125 people even applied in 2024 for Ph.D. admission at NLSIU. Having Junior Research Fellowship in Law and other social science disciplines does not exempt you from the written test either.

Can NLSIU improve their admission process? Yes. But that is something beyond our control here. In this respect, even NLSIU is not very different in its bureaucratic inertia than other universities in India. To repeat after Henry, “And there was nothing we could do about it.”

If a journal is the kind to accept money to publish, the journal is not worthy of the title, and is little more than a scam. Similarly, if you're the kind of author to pay to publish, you're nothing more than a con artist who adds zero value to yourself or others.

I mean this kindly: develop your skills, and forget about these baseless avenues. It will only serve you well, I promise.

As someone who has spent considerable time in the industry, based on money, work quality, exit opportunities, i would give the following categorisation:

1. M&A/PE/VC

2. Banking and Finance

3. Capital Markets

4. TMT

5. Projects/Energy/Infrastructure

6. Disputes

7. IPR

Hey guys came across this old thread , can anyone confirm this and shed light on amy other difference that exists for the two different types of interns.

Lastly, if all points in below are factual, is it even possible for someone with a reference (be it personal or professional) to learn and get a PPO at the listed firms?? Thanks

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/314686-sam-virtual-internshipyet-no-work-given-please-help#comment-315410