Looking to applying for internships as a fifth year with decent grades and internships. Would like to gauge vacancies/hiring scene at the following firms to make the decisions. Looking at B&F/GC or M&A. Please help. TIA!

1. Touchstone Partners (Delhi and Mumbai)
2. TT&A
3. Khaitan & Co (Mumbai and Chennai)
4. S&R (Delhi)
5. Saraf (Delhi)

6. Indus (Mumbai/Bangalore)

7. Veritas (Mumbai)
8. CAM (any location)
9. Luthra (Delhi and Mumbai)

Current fifth year- trying to land internships at firms actively hiring from the 2025 batch over the next year. Please drop vacancies/suggestions/things heard through the grape vine. Looking for GC/B&F/Commercial & M&A.

I have decent grades and have done a handful of internships in decent tier II firms. Also have some moot exp and publications. I am applying for internships, but unfortunately find out the lack of vacancies or hiring freeze after interning already. I'd like to know which firms currently have vacancies or are likely to hire so I can apply accordingly. Please help a student out! TIA!

Look at PGCL or GLC, If you dont have either of them are any decent NLU, take it. If not Avoid.

We have recently gotten a tad bit better after a slump but it is still bad.

Get a few t1 internships through placement cell and Deutsche and Stratage hire well due to tie ups.

Did well at an international moot for the first time came back with an award of any sorts.

It is not horrible but try for PGCL, GLC , SYMBI ETC.

Also just got a new campus for the following year onwards which is a lot better.

Just thought I’d share a subjective list from my end, as I saw queries by some kids on LI. Feel free to add, because this list is not exhaustive.

Also, one piece of advice: the people you will learn from at internships are associates and perhaps senior associates, not partners. So look out for firms with well-qualified, associates and senior associates: NLU grads, grads from decent universities who have done LLMs abroad etc. These people are also likely to be well-networked and with college batchmates in good firms across India, so they may also be able to recommend you to other firms across India. I factored this in while compiling the list.

Tier 1: KCO, Argus, SAM

Tier 1.5: Aquilaw (yes yes, I know the firm is controversial because of the TMC connection and looked down upon, but they get ALL the state government work and you will get to work on headline-grabbing cases — so don’t be swayed by critics!)

Tier 2: Fox Mandal (all the incarnations, LOL)

Tier 3: Sandersons Morgans, perhaps Victor Moses, maybe niche firms like Vipul Kundalia (NLSIU alum), S Majumdar (IP)

Tier 3.5: More niche firms: Maybe DP Ahuja and Davar for IP, a few tax firms

Tier 4: It gets pretty small and fragmented from here on, with most law firms having low reputations and limited CV value. Instead of interning with such firms, you might be better off interning with a solo advocate instead. If you don’t get a top-notch senior advocate, there are some good young lawyers practising. The other option is a company, like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, ITC, Emami etc.

If you consider NALSAR, which in my opinion is just liberal and centre right to be far left. LMFAO, I want what you are having.

No university in India, except maybe JNU to an extent is left of centre, forget far left.

All universities in India, especially the elite ones are controlled and populated by the elite of India, they can never be far left, they never were. You have to be a special kind of delusional to believe they can ever be far left. For the ideology is antithetical to the existence of the average Indian top 1%.

All of the things you are calling far left, are a just at best centrist, or performative mildly left thinking.

All universities in India have neoliberal thought embedded into them, neoliberalism is right of centre.

What you are indulging is in fear mongering and playing victim as an average RW genius.

i mean. I see what you mean? but its also a fairly short interview. Its pretty possible that sudhir stressed that stuff in the interview but that got cut and editors chose to retain the shiny new AI stuff because thats what editors at places like India today do. I havent seen much from him in terms of action that suggests hes jumping on a bandwagon.

NLS has a couple of projects where theyre using AI but nothing enough to talk up to a national magazine so much.

what hierarchy? If things were reversed and NLU tag had a negative rather than positive connotation would you be equally as upset?

if there is a better more optimal way of doing admissions- sure lets go for it. But I dont really see easy solutions. If anything I think the exam should be tougher.
Besides your law school doesnt determine your career. Many people fo to DU, GLC, ILS and do just fine in their careers.

Where are u getting these stats from my man! I mean why are u being so sour while talking about SLS N, did they reject u or something or are u just brainwashed, get help dude, how are u comparing SLS N to amity or benett, do u lack common sense or just dont want to use ur brain?!

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LI is really full of stupid people. When someone asks about Jindal they say go to nlu or du , when I had asked between nluo and du they said go to du now this guy is asking between Jindal and du they are saying go to Jindal du is not good.

Only few comments are helpful or good others nothing but shit.

A T1 NLU student here. From personal experience and observations, (at least to the extent of batchmates) I have seen the show of superiority complex and the habit of looking down upon students of any law school other than the Top 6-7 NLUs. The way it is done so openly in common spaces without any second thoughts and joked about is pathetic ! It just reeks of immaturity. But it all makes sense because money and social validation is all that these materialistic people aspire to achieve.

Hi all. MAHCET results are out. Scored like a 98.88 percentile there. ILS in second or round might be good chance, is it possibly to study for CLAT and AILET both after shifting to a new place that is ILS mostly. Also. Both these exams are planned on December, so it's technically 4 months decently if you deduct the leisure hours, sleep and revision and all. Should I even go for the mahcet cap round and pressurise myself to track it until July end. Then shift from Bangalore to Pune. I don't know how good it will work out? Will it end up wasting any significant amount of time?

If you want to get into academia I'd suggest going for 2 year LLM as it will give you more depth in your specialisation. DU and BHU will work well. If you just want a degree and want to quickly get over with it then any NLU will do, obviously the tier 1 will help more. However please do not think that LLM will get you a placement. That's not what the degree is for. It's more inclined towards academia, research and one more year to study for judiciary. However if your final aim is judiciary, litigation or law firms, I'd suggest to skip LLM and practice for one year. The experience will be more valuable than another degree.

80% attendance policy will make you cry. Certain faculties are good rest are direction less. Placements is screwed. Whatever that comes is either inhouse or some form of corp opportunity if any. One good thing is college now acknowledges the problem and allows you to intern with classes and offers exemptions for the same. Allows you to intern and explore. Get a job on your own merits.

No infra. Academically not as screwed as GLC though since there are mid term and end term examinations.

Recent batches are huge af. But people have managed to get placed at good places on their own.

Every HoD specialises in some field or the other, however a department is not know just because of the HoD, it's known for the subsequent placements and overall faculty. RGSOIPL has always been famous for IP more than any other specialisation.

Sources - former student and now in industry thanks to its wonder IP program.

i just graduated from nmims. up until 3rd year the quality of professors was pretty good. Many of them have already left, and the new set of profs are pretty average. Also we barely have a campus. TBH its just 8-10 classrooms that we have. the number of students that they are intaking every year is out of control. My batch had 200 odd students. If I'm not wrong the strength of current batches is approx 300-350 students. College is very strict when it comes to attendance (80%). Placement cell is horrible. they couldn't even get us decent internships, placement to bhool hi jao. However a decent number of students have gotten into good firms such as SAM, ICUL, AZB, Wadia, etc with their hard work.

Non-nlu ppl are simply lawyers who are working, whereas nlu lawyers identify themselves as "NLU lawyers" and its like a calling card for them. This 'othering' behaviour starts by the NLU students, as the very distinction is being made by them on these grounds only.. hence the terms also.

The T2 NLUs know they are nothing great, but kids from NLSIU, NALSAR, NLUJ, NUJS, their entire identity revolves around them being from such college.. move on

Why do we keep getting the same threads again and again. Don't y'all have nothing else to talk about? No point of such dick measuring contests when you're already in a college or passed out. Pre clat kids, pls refer to old threads, do some basic research. C'mon that's the least you can do. If you still have specific doubts then shoot.

No worries, it's just like any other internship. Your contact details will be given to the team, and they will assign you tasks via email or phone call. Make sure you are reachable when they contact you. You will also have an internship email ID with the Trilegal domain, and IT will set it up for you remotely through AnyDesk.

Each morning, check in with the team by sending an attendance email and asking for work. Additionally, you can review archived emails to see who used your email ID before you and learn about ongoing deals or matters. This will help you understand the previous intern's working style, which you can follow or improve upon as needed.

Good luck!

These companies generally don't hire freshers through campus placement or direct recruitment. There are some companies that fall in similar categories like Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. (Lionsgate Play, OML, etc.) that take interns (usually long-term) and may lead to a permanent position (have seen this happen).

But generally, they hire only experienced lawyers in the mid-senior levels. There are times you may come across vacancies for lawyers with 1-3 PQE and all, but it usually ends up being filled by someone with PQE at the higher end of the range provided.

The best bet would be to work in firms or partners that specialize in media & entertainment or TMT in general, build up your PQE and apply to these companies when the chance arrives. You will have skills in the specialized industry domain of media & entertainment, but I also recommend seeking out opportunities to gain experience in general corporate compliance work as well, sprinkled with a few employment contracts, and disputes (notices, replies, etc.) either by the work you get or through your research. The nature of work that makes up the bulk of your in-house work would be mildly routine. Figure out that routine and make sure your basics are strong, and then all your niche knowledge would be a bonus when applying for in-house roles.

Atleast, that's my plan. :) See you there!

I've wondered about this so many times. They're also just so incompetent in terms of replying to emails or even follow-ups (yes, if you shortlist or interview someone, basic decency dictates you reply to them whether it's positive or not), completing the required formalities, and even joining Zoom calls on time. Why are they that bad? Why don't law firms just hire law graduates instead for these positions (they also have an understanding of how law school works and about different law firms etc)?

It's actually in the middle of nowhere, especially for a Law School. Further it is shifting to Goregaon, which is just too far away to have the Mumbai advantage. Especially when compared to the only other decent college in Mumbai i.e. GLC which literally sits on marine drive, is a five minute walk from High Court/Sessions Court/Nariman Point. It is a jump away from Churchgate station. So yes Powai is middle of no where, you have to beg rickshaw wallas to take you to Vikhroli which takes 15 minutes. Only thing it is near to is the clubs and powai lake.