Bhai whoever is leaving from their high paying jobs please refer me and go. Or atleast let us know which firm and what team you are leaving so that we can apply. Bhala karte niklo thoda. It's toxic everywhere, that's the bitter truth, might as well atleast have a good paycheque at the end of the month

India has the demographic dividend advantage since even before 1975 (source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/254469/median-age-of-the-population-in-india/). During that time governments of all parties have come and gone. Kya ukhaad liya kisi ne?

All I could see was your pathetic attempts to create a strawman. Naming a political alliance by its acronym which stands for the country where the alliance operates has got nothing to do with treating the country as a political property. Even I, who is not a Congress supporter, can easily see that, regardless of your narrative. Does this mean that every time you call the ruling alliance NDA and not ND Alliance, you are saying that Nishith Desai has bought our country as his personal property? Rather than producing such distorted and irrational narratives, why don't you do something useful for the country that you claim to love so much?

Ah, the predictable ‘whataboutism’ of our times—when presented with a critique, pivot to something entirely unrelated. Selling an airline to resolve decades of mismanagement is hardly analogous to treating a nation as political property. One was a transaction; the other is an issue of identity and entitlement.

Surely you can see the difference?

I’m an A0 in the M&A team at a Tier-2 firm, and honestly, I really enjoy going to the office and the work I get to do. My team is super supportive and non-toxic, the hours are long but totally manageable because of my fun colleagues, and I’ve been getting to try my hand at different things. I’ve even been given opportunities to take the lead sometimes. If you’re not happy where you are, I’d say give it another shot with a better team. There are so many great teams out there. Don’t give up this soon.

Hello everyone,

I am a final-year law student set to intern with the TMT team at Indus, Mumbai in January’25. Does anyone know if Indus Mumbai has stopped hiring for their TMT team or if there are any available vacancies?

Would appreciate any information as it could help me make an informed choice.

Thanks in advance.

Having navigated all T1 firms for internships and worked with Placecoms and HR correspondence, I can give you some insight

1. RCC + Batch rank- Law firms liase with certain select colleges and shortlist top rankers. These form the majority vacancies available for the month.

2. Reference - HR's permit certain vacancies for contact based internships- from Partners or Clients. Such interns are usually not provided stipends and have different procedures in place like not being tested for presentations. You can obtain references from networking effectively, Linkedin or in person.

3. Assignments - Firms like Trilegal, JSA and Bharucha & Partners have assessment processes for internship selections, before an interview or GD. They are easier to navigate and reduce ambiguity.

4. Vacancies - Months like May - July and October - December are crowded and filled by the above. Applying well in advance and in other months especially in offline interns through HR SPOC mail IDs also helps. You have to follow up too. Do understand that the HR will still prioritise objective things like Batch Rank and college, as they recieve like 100 CVs a day.

As the title said, Ive lived almost my entire life in India and all my schooling has been done in India but am not an Indian citizen and have a passport from a different country. I recently spoke to the CLAT help team and they said that I'm not even eligible for CLAT since I'm a foreign citizen however, according to the government NRI=OCI for education so I wanted to ask here if there was anything I could do. I'm getting some decent NLUs so I'm really hoping there's a way to apply through my general rank

Also as another question I don't understand the laws regarding OCIs very well as some comment I read earlier said that I can't be an advocate but other say I can work in a firm as a partner so I just wanted some more clarification on that. Thank you very much.

Hi, I have a lot of sympathy with you, and I’m sorry you feel this way.

In my 6th month as corporate lawyer, as fully grown 23 year old male child, I cried to my PA saying that this job is not meant for me. I also did that with a friend, she comforted me (bless her) saying that she had also gone through the exact same (crying in the bathroom, hating the work) thing but came out of the other side in flying colours (which is true, given the jobs she has been at and trajectory).

I’m now in the 5-6 bracket and I couldn’t have been more wrong.

There are many things I don’t like - hours, politics, bad faith, externalities - but at the core, I really like the work that I do. Around the 6-8th month, I also thought that LLM was the logical explanation, and I applied but chose not to go to as I was able to find some method to the madness of the work I was doing, and then on doors opened on a regular basis to work on more interesting things or take more responsibility.

There is no quick fix to this. A lot of what you’re complaining about are factually true, or a product of extreme externalities that you don’t control (for example, you don’t control who your SA, PA and Partners will be nor how pushy your clients will be) and worse still, you also don’t control your training. Unlike University, you don’t know that Tax Law will arrive in Year X, Semester Y. You could be drafting the first cut of the SPA in your first year or your fourth year, depending on circumstances. That’s exciting but also a lot of pressure. The idea is to convert it from pressure to some sort of excitement, and most importantly, it is important for you to be in control of your time, something I enjoyed at my first and second (current) job.

I’m very impatient as a lawyer, and I would trade growth for money at this stage of my career (I’m privileged enough to say that) but I’ve to remind myself that you can’t really trade off time.

I know none of this might sound actionable to you - and I’m sorry I can’t be of more help. If I can help you, please let me know and have a conversation - if that means going through some concepts your seniors did not explain, or some work you don’t know how to approach (which costs a lot of time you’re losing) - I’d like to help. I don’t know how to leave behind a contact without exposing my identity - but if you have a better suggestion, I’m happy to help! :)

I paid for a lounge for Bryan Adams, at nearly 30K. My experience was crap. ZOMATO oversold tickets and their staff also let unauthorised, ticketless people in. As a result, it was very crowded. They also ran out of food. Just too much corruption and inefficiency for anything to work properly in India. Next time I’d rather go to Dubai and watch a concert.

As a rule, if your the partner for whom you're being recruited has made partner in last four and a half years, avoid that team unless you have heard it from people working in the team that the said partner has an ability to generate work. Nahi toh please go for a more established name. Also for Trilegal, ask the HR person or your recruiter what practice area/prospective work did the partner pitch in their partnership pitch meeting with the MC. Otherwise you'll be taken for a ride.

Buddy before starting your Judiciary Prep or LLM, give a try to IN-HOUSE. I don't know what your salary is but I am making 73k/month in one of the Indian IT Company. We mostly do MSAs, Data Privacy Addendums, SaaS agreements, etc. I made a switch here from a law chamber. No questions asked leave approvals, provided you have that number of leaves in your account, which is 20 Paid + 10 Holidays in a year. 15 Sick leaves. Working is hybrid and once you close your laptop on Friday, you directly open on Monday. Have a lot of friends across in-house and the culture is more or less the same with everyone. Best luck, hope this helps.

BO 2026 here - CLAT scores/rank have been coming out before the AILET date over the last 3-4 years. I chose not to write AILET after a good CLAT rank. I am sure many others do the same. Basically, those who are likely to get/already get NLS/NALSAR just eliminate NLUD at this stage. Therefore, there is no overlap in the rankers list. So, no, NLUD isn't really getting a good crop as pointed out by another comment.

I joined a T3 tax firm as a fresher, but I don't feel like I belong here (in tax). I'm waiting for the one-year mark so I can quit. I'm considering moving into a different field of law and would like to know which areas are worthwhile. I need advice. Pure Litigation is a no-no.

Fields that currently interest me as of now - Aviation law, international trade law, ADR, sustainable practices and environment law. Are any of these fields worth pursuing? How can I transition into one of them as a fresher with just one year of experience in a different area? Are there any other fields that I can transition better into? (Please also recommend firms for the respective field)

Background: non -nlu, non-elite private college

QUOTE:

“They are exhorting other men to either stay away from marriage or—fed on a steady diet of American dramas—look for “prenups”. In the same breath where they complain about the supposedly widespread misuse of anti-dowry harassment laws, they are demanding dowry be made legal….

In this echo chamber, the loudest voices are not only suggesting that women’s rights be rolled back, but that their education and free will ought to be actively ignored. They want women to be forced to carry children and beaten to be kept in line. The not-so-loud ones, meanwhile, are filling up the mentions of women’s accounts, freely vending rape, mutilation, and death threats.

….But the conversation following his death could have gone in any direction: Maybe a genuine questioning of mental health among men and what stops them from seeking help.

…Indian men build these elaborate fortresses of stoic masculinity, then act surprised when they find themselves desperately alone in their darkest moments, prepared to vilify the most convenient targets—Indian women.

This is the conversation we should be having in the wake of Subhash’s death. How men are taught from childhood that their only acceptable emotional outlets are anger and aggression. How the same patriarchal structures that promise men power and privilege also sentence them to emotional illiteracy.”

https://theprint.in/opinion/atul-subhash-death-weapon-mens-rights-activists-dont-care-mens-lives/2406250/

Hello guys

I have an internship at a T1 in Delhi coming up. During the time for application although I selected my preferred area, I haven't recieved any confirmation of a team by HR yet.

I wanted to ask can I call the HR and to request to assign a particular Partner/team i want to work with or is that out of the norm?? I also have met the PA of the said team in the past so might help a bit more during the internship.

Any help is appreciated,thanks!

I totally understand your point. I do understand that I'm inexperienced and ill informed. Maybe I'll curse my past self 15 years later.

But only reflecting upon my current interests, I'd say that I am interested in this field of law. I like reading up about these stuff in my free time.Even during my CLAT prep,business laws principles in the legal Reasoning sections were what had my utmost attention News such as IPOs, Acquisitions, etc excites me and I also read up business case studies in my free time. I thought, I'd like to be on the centre of these business decisions and would like to know how businesses work from inside. Ofcourse,you all are much more experienced and know better than me.

I know this is a much more niched forum and I wouldn't have come here if I didn't require some serious guidance.

I am a Law School alumnus. Even 3-4 years ago, I would have laughed at the choice - it would be clear Law School. Now with some 300+ students per batch, 3-year LLBs, MPPs and whatever new BA circus Sudhir has got going, I'm not sure. Maybe a normal experience at NALSAR will give you more time to explore and enjoy your study of the law. NLS used to provide that space to grow and learn, certainly seems unlikely now.

After a long marriage (not arranged, I hesitate to call it a love marriage in hindsight, though it began as one) and a divorce, I have a new partner but won’t be re-marrying. I’m sorry if that isn’t the answer that you were expecting based on whichever stereotypes you have adopted.

Got under 300 and with ews I think I will be able to secure nlsiu so should I go for it and just to mention I am already doing first year in one of the lower tier nlus as I have took 2 drop earlier and will hit 21 by the time I join nlsiu. So how much of a deal being 21 is at that college.

How are the courses completely different? The law subjects are the same, so are the faculty! Are you claiming that your Sociology, History and Political Science classes help you get placed? As for joint placement process, if you are from the BA cohort, then what are you afraid of? You had ranked way ahead than the BSc kids in CLAT, why didn't you make the most out of law school and develop a better CV than any of them after that?

Been there done that. Please don’t make this change unless you are very very sure. I regretted my decision and went back to in house practice. The hours, micro management, fake deadlines, politics will ruin your mental peace and health. Better to accelerate slowly in life if you have peace in mind. You want to have law firm environment then join some IPO bound company, you will have to work hard there as well. Don’t compare salaries, in house will never offer as much as law firm but law firm can never provide you the security and peace that company can. However, each to its own. Talk to more people in the field, try taking different narrative.

Who authorised you to rank NLUs? if you are from any of those colleges, you college must have taught you to claim something with valid grounds. I don't consider some cheap authority who is misguiding people. We had given grounds that we have better infra and faculty. Don't consider only placements as a benchmark to rank universitues. Education matters in the long run. Many universities don't spoon-feed placements but make their students enough capable to secure job without using any cheap means

It will be fun to see regular arts students (we all know how they are) on campus. The administration will favor and promote the BA and 3-year LLB students as they have to show that their decisions are right. The 310 BA-LLB students will be orphaned, forgotten, sidelined, and merely a source of revenue.

6 months is not too soon. But have something lined up which you are sure about. Don’t have a knee jerk reaction to it. So that there is no looking back.

Speak to people in the industry/ place of future work you are targeting - see what they say about the work culture.

Legal industry - thinking is a bit rigid, so most places have a “work hard for 12 hours” mentality.

Look at the financial doom confronting the NLUs. NLS offers a regular BA degree to shore up revenues, NLIU reduces intake because it does not have the funds to build new infrastructure, MNLUN is unable to pay salaries to its faculty, and the consortium is desperate enough to take in a private university into its fold.......where is this going?