Lmao, I'll believe that when your top rankers stop coming here. Even the people who would've been eligible for goddamn ABS at NLIU choose to come to NLUJ to be the last rankers of the batch. Just for a chance to get here. NLIU is not the one we compare to, leave it.

https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/files2024.consortiumofnlus.ac.in/list5/UG-TheNationalLawInstituteUniversityNLIUBhopalBALLBHons.pdf (NLIU 5th list)
https://nlujodhpur.ac.in/public/front/nlu_files/NLUJ_27391721312145.pdf (List of people who applied to NLUJ vacancies)

Choose NLUJ easy. It's doing better than NUJS and GNLU in pretty much everything but placements. GNLU was shit at placements until firms opened up in ahmedebad.

NLUJ is crushing Mooting, ADRs, Scholarships etc since long especially by the 4th and 3rd years.

NLUJ has the best campus life with great sporting and party culture + has a lot of respected Journals

Plus Legacy factor is also better in NLUJ

This year NLUJ is gonna do great in placements too. GNLU has taken ahead recently but NLUJ will take lead again pretty soon

Have you been trolled by your colleagues or is there heavy resistance from your partner for having a healthy lifestyle despite working in a top tier law firm? Why is it not okay for an associate or senior associate to look after his health, if he is managing deadlines well? My partner who has always been big in size, hates that I work out and go to the gym and avoid junk food and she makes sure that calls are scheduled around my workout timings ( pre 10 am). She regularly mocks my healthy home food habits and makes fun of me for not having pizzas and McDonalds like the other associates. I have never missed any deadline or taken a sick leave either. Do I need to quit big law to live a normal healthy life simply because that’s not “normal”? What is your experience guys?

▮▮▮. Reached out to someone who applied for a position at a firm. Somehow for an entire month, I could not a get hold of ▮▮▮ on asking what’s the update my application - said that most of the time ▮▮▮ was sick or on a leave. Told me at last that there is no vacancy. I eventually applied to the partner directly and somehow as soon as ▮▮▮ got to know got involved in the again. Messed up the entire process.

Little one, since you're in the first year, let me help open your eyes to somethings to keep in mind... Law by nature is a left leaning profession..OMG ! HOW ? WHY ?

If you've read your history and political science well, you'd understand what & where left-right come from, if you haven't then I'd request you to do so in the initial years of your 5 year course, since law is and has always been a subject based on the humanities. The trend of b.com, BBA etc have started just in the last decade. Which is only to push you towards a corporate lifestyle, where work is only about money, and not about change in society.

In very simple terms, the right stands for the existing structures of power and tradition, the left stands for change and challenging the existing structures. Law by nature changes with the society, for better or for worse. Therefore it can never stand with the existing structures, since the constant change in society will bring about a constant change in structures. However, people in power rarely welcome the change. The primary reason being if change happens their power will diminish or be taken away from them. Therefore the right will always resist the change. The left will always support it.

Coming back to law. Study legal history both in global north and India. Since majority of law evolves from the Global north. India, since we live here. You will notice a pattern. Majority of people involved in revolutions and struggles have always been directly and indirectly associated with law. Why ? Since they understand the legal loopholes of society and try and change what's missing. Now I understand why you would feel like there is an attack on a particular community, because the truth is when it comes to India, majority of the people are still or have once been heavily affected by caste. So even if you hate looking at your own ideology, you will have to be unbiased and see the struggles and challenges of the caste system. Why ? Since every structure of the society has been built and affected by it. The most prominent example I can tell you is the recent creamy layer judgement on sc & st. Without an understanding of caste you will not be able to understand the nuances of the problem. This is something that a bcom and BBA student will not be able to understand despite studying constitutional law and human rights. Since their historical understanding is nil.

Now, coming to the question of what is the purpose of studying all this ? Unfortunately, this is the mentality of everyone nowadays. People want a degree to get a job to earn money. That's it. However that's not education, that's a piece of paper. That maybe knowledge, but it's not wisdom. The purpose of studying social science is the understanding of society in general, and looking at the drawback and improving the living condition. If not privileged people like you & me, then who ? Honestly, if you wanted money, you should have joined a BBA+MBA or a btech, since these provide more income and less social issues. In the end , law was never about working in law firms and pushing papers. Law has and always will be about being the third pillar of the society that keeps the legislative and executive bodies in check with the progress of society.

If you feel this is too much. I would suggest you pursue an MBA after law or join a law firm later on and pursue electives based on corporate subjects. However if you're really interested in being a social scientist, a game changer, a privilege wise human and a beacon of hope for the downtrodden, use this wonderful opportunity to learn about the sufferings of others and use justice for the oppressed. If not, you are welcome to join the oppressors and watch the society, environment and the world burn while sitting on a stack of billions. Your choice.

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And please, please don’t send direct internship applications. There is a process (unless you come through a contact). I get 10-15 a day and even if I wanted to be polite, I can’t reply to all of them. And so you’ll be disappointed and I’ll feel mildly guilty, but not enough to do anything about it.

Especially in non team sports the ability to form friendships is limited. If he wasn't playing I wouldn't be surprised if Lakshya turned out to be an incel. Do you ever see any reports about our Olympic athletes having a life outside the sport? Friends, GF/BF, partying, leisure? Only cricketers make it to Page 3. Occasionally people like Mary Kom but they are exceptions.

Hey!

1. Ask any of your batchmates for notes and try to complete one subject/weekend. Since classes are going online, I don't think it'll be much of an issue.

2. Mail professors and ask them how you should cover the backlog (honestly, this is just to let them indirectly know that you joined late and might require some extension for completing upcoming assignments).

Folks who made the switch from a large (or a large-ish) firm to a smaller setup or started on their own, would love to read about your journey - what made you switch, what has changed (for better and for worse)? Also, any recommendations for a small/ boutique firm, with genuinely good folks/ culture?

14 is too young. 9 is ridiculous. International law- even if it were law- is not going to limit sovereign countriess from making their own law. and protecting womens and childrens rights is very controversial at the UN considering that for many member states misogyny is a tradition to be respected and preserved.

The fact that you consider securing a job to be more worthy of idolising someone as compared to writing and award winning essay goes to show that you really need the education. "Feels like JNU?" When did you ever study at JNU or been allowed inside its classroom? As a first year student who doesn't know anything about law, you are the one who seemed to be judgmental from every sentence of your post. If you wish to be respected for your opinions, then have opinions that are informed and respect others in turn.

Bad choice of lawyer. They should have chosen a sports law specialist. The #1 sports lawyer in India is Nandan Kamath, an NLSIU alum and Rhodes scholar. If they wanted a Senior Advocate as well, then fellow NLSIU-Rhodes alum Menaka Guruswamy or simply Gopal Sankarnarayan. Harish Salve is past his prime and politically biased.

There is.

https://www.barandbench.com/apprentice-lawyer/khaitan-co-releases-rewards-proposition-for-campus-hires-from-batch-of-2025-26

NLUJ on a downward spiral? Spoken like a true troll. I'm from one of the other places that you mentioned and even I know that NLUJ has been doing a lot better ever since the new VC has taken charge, as compared to GNLU where students have achievements despite the leadership and not because of the institutional support.

By the way, you shouldn't be asking this stuff on Legally India. Please do your research, the sections of the Immigration Rules that the decisionmaker uses to evaluate your visa application (along with guidance) is literally available online. Considering you are asking on Legally India, you clearly need to be spoonfed, so here goes:

Immigration Rules, Appendix Student (see ST 12.3.): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/appendix-student#content

Financial Requirements guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-evidence-for-student-and-child-student-route-applicants#content

What is effectively (in this context) a statutory 'explanatory notes' guide for UKVI caseworkers/decisionmakers for Appendix Student (covers Child Student as well, ignore those parts): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/points-based-system-student-route/student-and-child-student-accessible#content

You are much better off looking at these verified sources of information than exposing yourself to the chance of potentially being mislead by trolls. The fact that you didn't/couldn't find/figure this out yourself should concern you far more, however. Spoonfeeding won't work forever.

Hi, why don’t you consider MBA? It opens a lot an options and there are several fields you can consider finance/marketing/HR/strategy/operations.

Also think about public policy.

I genuinely feel wlb takes a toss with a law firm life and there are several careers which pay more than law firms and have better wlb.

This is a worldwide phenomenon, as you saw with the Palestine protests at Ivy Leagues. The humanities has been captured by the left globally. Recently, Vivek Ramaswamy said "My message to Gen Z is this: You wanna be a rebel? Try showing up on your campus and calling yourself a conservative!"

When he can define what women are and what rights they ought to have- when he actually involves women and people working for womens welfare in deciding PILs that seek to erase them as a category by judicial diktat then he can posture by making other judges see bollywood movies.

NALSAR is just as ideological. Heres what I dont get- some of this stuff does sound like indoctrination and some of it sounds laughably biased. Why rant about it here? Ask questions in the classroom. Make the classroom better by challenging what youre reading and what professors are saying rather than whinging about having to read or learn with people you disagree with.

Have you ever heard of the 'block' function on email platforms? Has it ever been suggested to you, at some time or another in your life, by someone, that being entietled is a bad thing? Because if you didn't know about the first thing I mentioned, and the second has never been suggested to you, your biggest concern in life needs to be something much less significant than getting a job.

Why assume im rich or hindu? India is not the modern day equivalent of apartheid south africa. India is a progressive socialist secular country and has been since its birth in 1947. You need to get out of your internet bubble whether other people are always evil and the state of the world is always bad.

I do condemn the lynching of muslims. Why would you assume I dont? I condemn it because it is religious fundamentalism the same way I condemn little girls being forced to marry much older men at the age of 9.

I'm not speaking for working class people- im listening to them. You will only listen to them if they agree with what you say and dismiss them as fools if they dont agree with you.

On the ad hominem: I'm a secularist and im left wing. Im not far right because I see all religion as harmful. You dont know me and your assumptions say more about what you think about the world than anything about me.

Here is what I found by looking up hindu in google news.
India: Modi Launches his campaign by weaponising Hinduism: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/21/india-modi-launches-his-campaign-by-weaponizing-hinduism_6453910_4.html#
Why Hindu Right attacked Annapoorani and Netflix India Obliged: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/controversy-surrounding-annapoorani-hindu-right-vs-netflix-india/articleshow/106899584.cms
Indias Hindu Fundamentalists: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/people-power/2015/10/8/indias-hindu-fundamentalists

Delhi Riots: How a Delhi Police Investigating Officer framed 9 muslim men for an attack by a hindu mob.: https://article-14.com/post/delhi-riots-how-a-delhi-police-investigating-officer-framed-9-muslim-men-for-an-attack-by-a-hindu-mob-66569d8b05c28
Rising Hindu Nationalism leaves muslims fearful in Indias Holy City: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/30/india/india-elections-varanasi-hindu-muslim-tensions-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
Hindu Supremacists have a track record of deadly riots: https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/rss-parent-organisation-indias-ruling-bjp-and-it-thrives-islamophobia

Do note: My position is not that these authors or news papers have done anything wrong. When Religion and orthodox religious groups do things that are terrible because of their religion- we dont actually do anything good by ignoring the religious motivations.

The "Far Right" as you could call them are harmful because they are orthodox hindus who want to hurt people because of their religious beliefs. That includes within their fold the far right in places like afghanistan and iran and iraq and algeria - in the muslim world. People who roam around the streets with swords in their hands looking for members of another group to attack and do so because their religion teaches them that apostates and non believers are less human are dangerous because of their religious beliefs.

Most indian muslims dont do that - not because islam is some religion of peace- no religion is a religion of peace. But because they are indians and they chose to live in a secular country when they or their ancestors had the choice. Some orthodox Indian muslims behave the way their religion commands. The KKK and westboro baptist church and people who bomb abortion clinics do so because of their christian religion. They are religious fundamentalists.

When you dont apply the same standard to islam because you think the world is divided by racial or by east/west power relations- you stand in the way of islamic reform and you stand in the way of more moderate and rational and progressive muslims from being able to lead their community out of this dark middle age thinking. You encourage the orthodoxy by claiming that religion has nothing to do with the actions motivated by that religion.

Someone did something similar with a PA I know. The kid had set up an automated system where the application email would hit the PA's inbox every morning at the exact same time. The applicant got blacklisted by the firm after the PA took this up with the HR.

For students: Partners rarely miss emails. Once you join a law firm set up, you will also rarely miss one. Therefore, if a partner has not responded to you, it's not because s/he missed your email, but because s/he is not interested. So, send an email once, and then stop. If you are really not satisfied with that - may be do up to two follow ups, with at least 10 days between each follow up. Anything else will likely only annoy the partner.

Another thing, please stop parallelly reaching out to multiple partners or senior resources. I have seen tons of kids do this. If you send me a CV, and when I forward that to the HR, they inform me that the HR already got this forwarded by another partner / resource, this looks bad on me. Frankly, this is the main reason I have stopped responding to emails from kids. I used to forward emails to HR previously to give kids a chance, but I don't want to do charity if that makes me look bad.

If you really want partners to help you, build a connection with them through previous internships / interactions / LinkedIn. However, while trying to build a relationship, do not have the veiled agenda of securing an internship. Such masquerading is easily visible and is disgusting.

In the last year, I have only helped kids who reached out to me genuinely for general career guidance.

I had joined the GC Team of a T3 law firm in Delhi 5-6 months back after a year of working in NCLT litigation. Under it, I have been receiving only corporate advisory work and not being tasked on transactions.

Is it something to worry about in the overall scheme of the more specifically if I plan to switch in a year or so?

Have been told by CAM HR (Mumbai) that hirings mostly finish post Zero-Day. Only in rare circumstances, due to unforeseeable factors such as mass firings, will there be vacancies. At the end of the day, it all depends on whether the Partner in charge wants to hire you or not, as I have heard of Final Year students receiving PPOs at AZB Noida.

You don't need to be a former wrestler to comment on sports or sports rules. You just need to either follow the game or have an idea of rules and governance. As one of India's pre-eminent counsels, GShanks is eminently qualified to speak on the latter. He was also called in the capacity of being a public intellectual.