Hello everyone! I have an internship scheduled with Saraf and Partners (Mumbai) in the coming months. Currently, I'm in my 4th year (2026 batch).

I've heard that at S&P, interns are allotted teams on the first day of joining depending upon their choice and available slots.

Can someone please tell me which teams at S&P Mumbai actively offer PPOs? It would be really helpful.

Law schoolite at a T1 law school. I am feeling incredibly low because despite being in top 8 students rank wise I couldn't land an internship via the RCC. Only top 3 students have been selected for the internship. I can't even apply for the October cycle because it's too late now and I was not prudent enough to apply on my own. Sorely relied on the recruitment committee. It sucks really. The top 3 students have nothing of worth to show in their CVs except good GPA while I have a well rounded profile with good publications and moots and yet I couldn't get this internship.

Coming from someone who did vis some years back, if you see vis as a networking opportunity (I am not denying that), however, unless you break or honestly show something that makes you seem like a valuable long-term connection, nobody really cares, around 1-2k students are coming in, you honestly need to make a mark to utilize those networking opportunities and you will not find Indian Law firm partners or advocates, The best person you will probably meet is Ajar Rab, so think about it practically, it seems as a big networking opportunity, but most of the students end up finding other students who are looking for opportunities. A better option is to write papers/essays for competitions sponsored by Indian Law Firms which can give you an opportunity to network with people who can give you opportunities in the Future.

A 78-year-old Christian from Pakistan, who has been living in Goa since 2013, has become the first person from the state to get citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019.

Born in 1946, Joseph Pereira, originally of Goan descent, migrated to Pakistan — before Goa was liberated and was under the Portuguese regime — and took up a job there. On September 11, 2013, Pereira returned to India — thus eligible for Indian citizenship. Originally from Paroda village in Salcete taluka, Pereira now lives in Cansaulim village of South Goa, with his family....

Pereira said he had applied for citizenship 11 years ago, but it was not processed earlier. “I am thankful to the PM and the Union Home Minister for bringing in the CAA. I am grateful to all the government officials for processing my application. I had applied a long time ago… almost 11 years ago. Every two years, I had to apply for a visa from the FRRO and run from pillar to post. I had to take a special visa… and submit certain letters from my wife to show that I am visiting her,” Pereira added.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/78-year-old-christian-man-from-pakistan-citizenship-under-caa-9538689/#

Think of it as an introduction to the profession - as you get older, getting clients depends on building connections and relationships at least as much, if not more, as it does on how good you are purely at lawyering (since most legal work is pretty commoditized and does not require Harish Salve's genius).

If you can't even get through the first, easiest stage (convincing a law firm that has vacancies to hire you), are you really going to be any good at persuading clients to come to you instead of the law firm down the road?

If you simply want to be an employee, churning out legal work and being paid a salary and not have to build client relationships, may I suggest some kind of government service? Or some companies take freshers as inhouse legal I think (although you'll find out that relationships are important even in house)

I am to intern in trilegal b&f team in the upcoming months. This is my first b&f internship. Can someone please acquaint on what the work (research/drafting) look like for interns? Also they've given a virtual slot ( I called up hr but she said they don't have seating capacity so almost all interns are working like that) should I do something about the mode? Would I not be considered for a callback due to the mode? Quite stressed out honestly, plzz help out. What are the topics I should know beforehand for this team?

Great team to learn in. Very patient with the new joinees and the juniors consider him to be a great mentor.

Variety in transactions. He works majorly with big clients. Possibly one of the smartest partners in the firm. Flexible working hours. Associates get to decide timelines and also the liberty to push back on unreasonable deadlines given by clients.

He encourages talent, hardwork, commitment and dedication and usually recommends good bonuses.

Has a hands on approach in all matters.

Overall a great working atmosphere in the team.

Honestly i can relate. I am dating someone who goes to a T1 nlu, and the stakes are JUST DIFFERENT. I guess we just have to stand strong, and give everything our best. Also, what's stopping you from doing vis or jessup? Form a team and at least attempt (despite lack of resources). the vis community is very accommodating, you can reach out to ANYONE nationally or internationally to coach you. Doing Vis is an excellent networking opportunity also, if you have the means for it, i think you should do it

Hi, I have recently joined as a management trainee at one of the Reliance subsidiary. I was wondering if i can switch to law firm after one or two year as A1 or A2. Is it possible? Will they be willing to take me or will they prefer people coming laterally from other firm over me? Kindly clarify and @mod please upload my comment. Really worried about the same (ps- can't do spreadsheet work for long😞)

Kapil Sibal is the smartest guy in the room. Backed by Samjwadi, now close to the TMC, still has good ties with the Congress. More importantly, he knows all the dirty secrets of these parties. My bet is that when the INDIA Alliance comes into power in 2029, he will make a bid to be President of India.

If I wanted to give false hopes, I’d have told you that getting a callback is a major deal and almost surely secured a PPO. But the fact is that a tiny percentage of callbacks at Trilegal get converted to PPOs. I’m just being brutally honest, because I’ve been there, done that.

To the original commenter, yes quality work is important, but just performing quality work for the A0-A3s barely makes a mark. Target the higher ups in the pecking order - SA, PAs, Counsels and your Partner. Make it amply clear that you WANT to get placed in the team. And then there’s the whole ordeal of 2 interviews, which you have to clear.

Depends on which firm you’re interning at. One T1 has the private client team under the gen corp vertical and therefore deals with a lot of work with listed entities and SEBI regs on the gen corp side along with Trusts act and other personal laws on the private client aspect. However, most other T1s usually have a private client + direct tax team wherein knowledge of income tax act becomes important along with personal succession laws and trusts act. It is a very niche practice area but very fun work nevertheless. Most of the work done by these teams are confidential and seldom reaches the front page but you can read the blogs by CAM, Khaitan and AZB in order to get a general idea of the work done by these teams. All the best!

Considering multiple firms have claimed to revise their bands, would be interesting to see how the numbers have changed. Folks, do your thing and please update the table here - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ltk2xnERP1OWklq60BEsJFhl3eSuQX7nQEdo_v37ggs/edit?usp=sharing

You can access the link in incognito mode to remain anonymous.

Yeah, I've often heard that my seniors get less package compared to other NLU peers but then I shot that away by thinking that disputes and IPR teams are already underpaid.

I do hope this is not the case in senior advocates' chambers where I'm willing to get placed. (the good ones that pay you enough)

This is actually something I've been looking forward to. At the end of my second year, I'll try interning with a high court judge and by the end of the third year a supreme court judge. Probably the only good thing about my NLU is the relations they have with judges all over the country so getting those internships will be very easy from my Uni’s end. Thank you for your advice!

Thank you so much for providing the roadmap. I'm quite close to top 5 in my batch and just a little more push can land me in top 5 this year. Luckily I was able to convince my professors to help me out with publications and under their guidance I've been able to write some good pieces that I might be looking forward to get published this year.

I believe at my current level QF of NLU moots and SF/Finals of normal uni moots are achievable and this year I'll go for 2-3 moots. ADR is something I've really excelled in my NLU so I'm also looking forward to it.

But there's only so much I could do it by myself. How do I cover this difference? Every time I get this feeling that someone sitting at NALSAR would be going for Jessup/vis while I'm thinking about Amity (nothing against Amity). I tried to think about publishing in the NUALS journal and someone from NLUD ended up writing an editorial in The Hindu. It's like this constant feeling of lagging behind which bugs me.

The only thing that's going well with me is my internship performance which makes me get paid callbacks from my previous workplaces but these are not the chambers where I wish to work at all. The

If youre gonna make it a numbers game, JGLS will always win. They have more everything, more students, more faculty, more money. Where they might be losing is not having better, better students, better faculty, better reputation, all of that.

How many out of those 300 plus faculty do you think are delivering passable to good courses in teaching and evaluation?

I mean- people getting engineering have to do some social science. Its just how the UGC rules are structured. If NLS is doing something that is not allowed by BCI rules or by UGC then you can make a case. Otherwise- suck it up and study one course and get it over with. There are many people who would rather not learn economics or corporate law, but you dont see them whinging that they have to study that stuff to get their BA and LLB degrees do you?

We have 2 major exam “seasons” per trimester. The midterms and the end terms. We generally also have at least 2 mandatory moots, 1 paper and 1 other activity.

We get 3 internship breaks: October, February (Mandatory Internship), June.

There is no way we can intern in the trimester, we are just too busy.

It's not just that, right? Whenever I have interacted with interns, I have always asked them about their past internships to get a sense of their experience / capability to handle the work I'm delegating to them and since law is such a small field, it has always been the case I'd know someone at one of these places and ask the intern if they met so and so. You will get caught. Don't do it.

Team : very junior folks

Working hours: flexible and occasional weekend work

Bonus: good

Mandates: mixed bag of complex work and regular vanilla work

He’s also a very classy guy. Drives a fancy high end car and wears only high end premium suits and ultra luxury watches.

Five years ago, I was an underconfident kid who had just entered a national law school. The onset of COVID-19 only made things more tough. Feeling lost, I turned to LI for advice and there were so many helpful comments. So many kind strangers offered their support and I found myself returning to the LI post to feel better whenever I felt lost.

Today, I am incredibly grateful. I've landed a job where I’m valued, and I genuinely enjoy the work. I think I’m doing okay in life.

So please, please do not forget: it gets better and you will find your place in the world.

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