Anyone from NLUD who's pursuing a master's or PhD !? I tried really hard to contact the professors or people studying there and got no response, they probably didn't want to get caught in any controversy.

I simple wanted a review of their PhD program ?

I am a non-jrf student, and I am currently working in litigation. I wish to join academia. Is the PhD process fair ? I am not worried about the written, as I feel I'll clear that easily. I am more worried about the biasness in the interview. Can anyone from a non-nlu or non-nluD candidate help out ?!

I am also a final year student and I am unable to sit for the AIBE exam as we need to submit all the results till 9th sem which is practically impossible if the exam is conducted in November. Even the declaration draft provided in the AIBE website contains the same in writing. SC order had told to allow the final year students for the examination, not the final year ones.

Giving you a female perspective, pursuing litigation as a first gen is 2X harder than a male of the same standing. Apart from the usual harassment at this "unorganised sector", you won't be given too many responsibilities thanks to whitehead old uncles and their misogynistic thoughts, and this for a prolonged period. Clients won't trust you with such delegation as well easily. You will find very creepy men on the senior levels who are all powerful as well. Ofcourse not to forget the "risk" of marriage and child birth, they won't help you progress in the profession even in 5 years, and you wouldn't be able to easily make a book without connections. Your best bet is corporate in the disputes teams and then making senior contacts, then making the shift.

Hi, I am a 2024 graduate, and interested in Real Estate. If anyone could provide suggestions regarding law firms, preferably in Mumbai/Pune, which specialize in Real Estate that would be great!

Along with this, details regarding compensation as well what is the best way to approach to apply would be really helpful!

hey, good to know that you have worked with ND & SS. i would like to connect with you for future refernce in their team or can you suggest how to apply. i am currently doing my internship under a solicitor and insolvency professional, since 06/24 and will be doing till 04/25 and later on i want to join ibc team of law firms. so, if possible can you help me out to connect?

Thanks in advance.

senior of yours placed at a T1 here. Your PPO depends on marks in the sense that OCS only gives you decent internships if you're in that 95th percentile or higher of your batch. College recruitments are entirely a matter of your rank ofc. That said, if you are able to get an internship with a decent firm, make sure your cv doesn't state the rank next to your gpa before the ppo interviews. A 6.5/8 might not sound bad as is but your rank ofcourse is relative and would ruin any chances you might have had otherwise

Take 1st and run. You have to do it same or next working day. No need to even consider if the 1st offer is a proper tier 1 (any big 6).

If 1st is a tier 2 (argus, indus, etc) and the 2nd expected offer is a proper tier 1 (excluding saraf), you might have to consider and take a call on your circumstances (reasonable possibility of offer, rank etc). But if the retainer is upwards of 14L, just take it.

I wonder why no one is mentioning DBRANLU, Sonipat in this list. They inaugurated their campus post-lockdown, which is truly one of the prettiest. The only thing they lack is an auditorium, lest the campus is lush green with ample tree coverage, has a huge ground, ALL ROOMS IN THE BOTH THE HOSTELS have separate air condition (I know this isn't a beauty aspect but it's a rare thing to find). Just google the university and see the images yourself if you don't believe me. It is truly an underdog university, would've rankec

Hi everyone,

I've been actively applying for jobs on every platform I can think of—Naukri, law firm websites, LinkedIn, and more. Although I come from a Tier 2 law school, I have a strong resume. Still, despite my efforts over the past 1-2 months, I’m struggling to land a job in a corporate law firm.

The offers I’ve received so far are either for in-house positions or companies with limited growth opportunities and demanding massive shifts.

I am genuinely passionate about working in a corporate law firm, but nothing seems to be working out. Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice on breaking into the corporate law sector?

Do you have any documentation - especially primary source(s) from Cambridge - substantiating the part of the statement where you talk about his doctoral thesis? Any respected secondary source(s) would also be helpful. Thank you very much indeed in advance for anything you may be able to direct us to.

I agree yes, but the point is that I don't feel interested enough to pursue corporate, I mean the money, yes fs but my interest lies in criminal litigation. Are there no shortcuts (I know the wrong word) but some sort of a detailed path/ advocates to intern under/ steps to follow that may make litigation easier for a first gen female lawyer

I spoke with an experienced stockbroker with connections to top corporates. He said that they will be a bull run if Trump wins, because Trump will lower taxes and cut regulation, which will help the global economy. Oil and energy companies will get a boost, which will lower oil prices worldwide and help India. He says that articles in the media saying that there will be a crash are just scare stories by the liberal media.

Let's wait and see...

I am in first year, and one of our professors in being asked about career paths, stated that in terms of law, we should not specialise in UG, or have a general specialisation; later on, if we find our passion or our niche, then we should specialise in PG, and our PhD should be focused on one topic that will help kickstart our post-phd career if we want to pursue academia or research.

How many of your agree ? Since I have no interest in any particular area, how do I choose a specialisation ? How did you choose yours ? Did you have generalization in UG or l even in your masters ? What's your perspective on this ?

Strangely enough, despite such shortcomings, it is quite clear that the government of India has completely failed to better things by setting up central law universities that would address all these concerns and prove to be better places to study law at compared to the NLUs. But then, this government doesn't really care much about quality education anyway.

Not sure who contested it. It is a matter of record that he had returned from Cambridge without his doctorate degree because he had been asked by his supervisor twice to revise his thesis as the latter was found not being satisfactory. He himself had referred to it in more than one interview, calling his own actions back then juvenile.

While I do agree that we should not belittle those who are at foreign universities, I think your stereotype is even worse: what you imply that those in the brain drain category have brains and then there are, as you say, 'those who don't [have brains]' who are those in India. This logic does not follow. Everyone teaching abroad needs to have brilliance, but not everyone with brilliance will teach abroad: those fighting for social justice here may be just as brilliant or even more - it is just that we romanticise those abroad more, which is a pity.

I have finally gotten an internship in my dream firm in the dream position for December month

after trying a lot. But there will be a vacation towards the end of December for new years. I’m in final year and I really want to try the best to convert it from my end. But I fear that with vacations it’s not the best month for a firm to get to assess me. Should I be concerned about this ?

Toxicity will increase further with increasing work load. Minions are habitual of taking work from home whenever they felt like, this was helpful when they had a lot of work. But here, they are not able to take WFHs and they are frustrated, which in turn reduces productivity. Heard a bunch of 2-3 PQE discussing when to put in papers. A good chunk of original team of Manan won't be here for too long, including someone at a senior level too. Let's see how things pan out after the year end bonus is credited. Exciting times ahead! ;)

Sorry, that's just not true. His doctoral thesis got turned down twice for not being up to the mark, and most of his academic work have been heavily criticized for flawed models and assumptions. His work on Sanskrit texts was enthusiastic, but full of holes and oversimplifications as discussed by more than one knowledgeable critics in the field.

I am a final year student at a top-3 NLU and a first generation law student/lawyer like yourself. Given your liking for criminal law, you being a first generation female law student/lawyer, and salary being an important factor for your future job, I can suggest you this:

Directly pursuing litigation would be a difficult choice financially. You can try interning with a corporate team as well as a disputes team (especially one that deals with white collar crimes) in smaller firms. This will maybe give you some perspective and help you make a more informed choice.

Since you're still in your second year, talking to seniors who have interned with such teams or have secured jobs in such teams will be immensely helpful. If you are in a good college, have good grades (as you said), and try your best, you can secure internships in corp and disputes team of smaller firms in your third year.

Afterwards you can try to get an assessment internship in the practice area of your liking in a tier 2 or tier 1 firm and work your way to an offer maybe. I know it is not as easy at sounds, but talking to good seniors (preferebly those who are similarly placed) can be very helpful.

Making it to a job opportunity in a team working in general corporate or related areas is considered slightly easier so you can keep that in consideration too. Though I am not aware about how easily can you switch your practice area later.

I hope you make it to the job of your liking. All the best.

You are just wasting space here with your comment and doing nothing helpful at all atleast not even an emotional support. And are continuing to do so. May god give you some peace first in order to spread it.

Coming to the question, well getting debarred from lack of attendence , the consequences are not bad as getting debarred from malpractices or mis conduct. It's just what you do from now that matters.

Gunjan Shah has fantastic clientele - they are top notch in their industries. Her team is extremely talented and supremely smart.

As for environment, note that they expect you to work hard. Every corporate lawyer worth their salt knows that they do not shit as A0-A3. You are expected to observe, learn and absorb. By time, the assignments will take less time and you'll be able to compartmentalize work and life unless of course, there is some urgent work.

Hi, thanks for your comment. While I am heavily inclined to take the hint, I am hesitating to do so, since as the reply below me also said, no one has heard back from the June/July crop yet (Corp, One World Centre).

Could you please confirm if the NALSAR peeps interned w the Corp Teams in June or July this year? Thanks!

Hey, I’ll get straight to the point. I’m a 3rd year law student from JGLS, my cgpa is average just below 6.5. Is it over for me? I work really hard but for some reason just can’t get good grades, have had many personal issues over the past couple of years but ig those are just excuses. What should I do if I want to excel in corporate law? If I manage to establish a good relationship with a decent firm in the 4th year, will I still not get offered a PPO by them? Does PPO also depend on marks ?

Hi, I am currently in 2nd year in law college in India. I have been doing well academically as well as co-curriculars. I am extremely interested in criminal law, and am actually confused if I should pursue litigation or corporate law in India. I will become a first generation lawyer, no one in my family i in the legal field or has connections, so being a first generation female, how exactly should I plan out my upcoming internships and cv and what exactly is the reality of both the choices in India (salary is an extremely important factor for making a choice).

Hey Riyal, You can try Gpt 01 preview (by getting the gpt premium), or Llama 3.1 405B (one of the strongest models out there but you gotta pay). Get the firm to invest perhaps. You can try Nvidia's Nemotron 70B model (go on hugging face and choose the models, it is easier), Idk what magic sauce Nvidia adds but it runs inane. None of my techie friends are able to figure out able to figure out what they have done different.

I would suggest on a weekend, you just play around and figure out your own automated models and templates. It will go a long way in hasten your research abilities.

We are fifth years in NLUJ, developing our own model where it will use SCC, manu, casemine etc., to give you the output, something similar to Thomson Router's Co-Counsel (as it is not suited for India yet) and give you the notes in the kind of research we do at firms as associates via the open source 70B model.

DM NLUJ Tech Club, if you wanna know more

What is generally asked in the first virtual interaction round with the HR Deptt.? What is it that they look for in the candidates in these rounds so as to put you forward for the next rounds? What all should one prepare for?

PS this is in context of a job application for a law firm (T2-T3)

Lawyers will be a prime target IMO, with so many firms having offices in Noida and many Senior Advocates living there as well. 26 crores is small change for a Senior Advocate and even for law firm partners it is very affordable. Even associates can buy on loan knowing that they can make it up.

https://www.ndtv.com/feature/this-noida-luxury-villa-worth-rs-26-crore-comes-with-a-free-lamborghini-see-tweet-6898093

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/jaypee-is-offering-lamborghini-urus-for-free-if-you-buy-a-villa-in-noida/articleshow/114715818.cms?from=mdr

https://www.news18.com/viral/this-luxury-villa-in-noida-costs-rs-26-crore-and-comes-with-a-free-lamborghini-urus-9102933.html

This is not a revelation. Everyone already knows this. Additionally many of the students at even T1 NLUs are science flunkies who failed to do well in engineering entrance exams or couldn't even muster up the courage to write them.

Fact is, the top engineers (IIT, BITS etc.) have cleared a much more rigorous and difficult entrance exam compared to NLU students. Their aptitude and skills are compensated accordingly.

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How is Gunjan Shah's team at SAM Delhi? Have seen multiple conflicting posts regarding this and just wanted to know whether the team is generally non-toxic, whether the quality of work is good and whether there is good mentorship and support for juniors on a learning curve. I understand that most teams are pretty poor in terms of work-life balance, so I presume this is expected. Also, how are the seniors?