I respectfully, yet partially, disagree with your perspective Sir/Ma'am, for the following reasons:

1. Outdated Contracts in the Entertainment Industry: Many contracts in the entertainment industry are currently in a poor state. They often rely on outdated templates from the early 2000s, many of which are void or voidable as they conflict with basic copyright law and the 2012 amendment. An experienced litigator can easily obtain interim orders to declare these contracts void on being instructed by an entertainment lawyer. This is true, and I've done this several times before. Therefore, if AI is being trained on such flawed data, it is unlikely to surpass the expertise of human lawyers.

2. Uniqueness of Entertainment Contracts: Contrary to popular belief, not all entertainment contracts are identical. Unlike other industries where contracts typically involve incorporated entities, entertainment contracts frequently involve individuals who can be narcissistic, egotistical, and stubborn. While entrepreneurs may exhibit similar traits, dealing with overconfident celebrities or artists presents a unique challenge. These agreements often include nuanced clauses such as nudity riders, option clauses, and key man clauses, which require detailed human conversation, discussion, and explanation—tasks that AI cannot yet adequately perform.

3. Additional Roles of Entertainment Lawyers: Entertainment lawyers often serve multiple roles beyond legal representation. They act as artist managers, business development advisors, and strategists, helping clients monetize their work, ensuring royalty income streams are active, and facilitating networking between creatives. While you specifically mentioned contract/agreement lawyers, it is important to note that the broader role of entertainment lawyers encompasses activities that AI is not equipped to handle anytime soon.

I agree that AI is becoming more powerful and useful, but it is not poised to replace lawyers anytime soon. I used ChatGPT to create the response above by providing my points as prompts and asking it to redraft or rewrite them in better language and structure. As far as I'm concerned, that's the extent of AI's current capabilities: rewording inputs that only human lawyers can conceive and articulate.

I am someone who was ranked just above the median at a Tier-1 NLU and managed to get a PPO from a tier 1 firm.

Being well aware that academics were not my strong suit, I compensated by participating (and doing really well) in multiple moots and ADR competitions. I also had about 8 publications at platforms of repute.

Doing this helped me build a CV much stronger than my batchmates, eventually leading me to internship shortlists at a few top firms.

I interned with the GC team at a Lower Parel law firm and ended up making a good impression on the team based on my work.

This led me to a callback internship. I toiled day and night and eventually secured an offer in my 7th semester.

Had I not been able to get a PPO then, my chances of survival at Day Zero could have been bleak due to my average-ish batch rank.

tldr; don't lose hope champ. Just keep pushing yourself to your best and you'll get through.

Something similar happened with me too in a high paying boutique law firm. It was 9 and no work was alloted to me so I left while some other intern was packing and leaving office, the Associate asked him why did I leave without his permission. Ab kya 12 baje tak manjira bajau udhar?

Another associate alloted some urgent work to all the interns and when one intern asked her about the office timings, she said the office is open for 24 hrs, don't worry about it closing. :⁠-⁠)

Near Nmims kpmsol, pgcl and jccl, Mumbai there are food stalls such as Anand dosa, dhiraj dosa, and some similar eateries in the same lane. Apart from that there's juhu beach where you can get a variety of chats, and street food at expensive rates. At a higher end there's blabber all day, mauj, udupi, etc.

I dont think we can litigate whether or not the offence is made out on an online forum without knowing the facts. In any case, the charge is what it is, perhaps the prosecution will argue it is unlawful assembly because the people had gathered to resist the law on public protests in bangalore.

The newspaper report does make clear that people were arrested and FIRs have been filed.

What fight? Should it simply forget the smackdown from the EC and not even introspect how it got hijacked and misled by certain factions? SJA should instead get its house in order. Then internally and independently decide whether they actually have solid evidence of wrongdoing by NKC. And finally how far and deep they are willing to commit and whether they have the resilience and bench strength for the long fight.

PIB eviction in 2018 started in 2014. And even the "success" in 2018 went incomplete because the SJA 2019-20 floundered and the rest is history.

1. The discourse has always been about that in the country. Including in the BJP ruled states. You're being myopic.

2. BJP hasn't really enacted any market friendly reform in the last decade, which is why the inequality, unemployment, inflation and everything else have been on the rise. You are just pretending that the few people making a quick buck at the share market is worth all that. Newsflash, the market was strong even before NDA came into power. By the way, long term mutual fund investors are fine with the market, it's people who are short sighted and go for shortcuts who lost out. If your parents are like that, then you have my condolences.

3. I thought you don't want largesse? So why take parents' money for an LLM? Get a job, save up or get scholarships. Use that merit that you flaunt.

4. People do read all types of works. The key is not to start believing in one blindly. You should try that out sometime.

I disclosed that it’s 1-4 months because I didn’t want the new firm to not give me the opportunity only because of the notice period. I said it was negotiable because some people have been threatened with criminal complaints and they have eventually bought out but for some people whom they deemed to be under-performers/connected persons, they let those people go. I thought they would allow me to go with 1.5 months notice since I’m moving to another state but they are now telling me to buy out. What do I do and how, please I’m genuinely asking for help.

Bhakt Twitter is having a meltdown and demanding she be sacked 😂😂😂 They are calling her “Taxmala” and blaming her for the low middle class turnout 😆😆😆. She also cost them heavily by advising them to invest their wealth in shares after the exit polls, only to see their hard-earned money burnt to ashes overnight.😞🤕

But if she goes who replaces her? Will Modi appoint a well-educated technocrat from his advisory council, like Sanjeev Sanyal or Shamika Ravi? Or some clown?

I've a below par batch rank at a tier-2 NLU, can I compensate it with a well-rounded CV including good publications?

Follow-up question: How much weightage does a good batch rank hold against good corporate experience and publications while applying for T-1 internships?

Thanks in advance!!!

All you woke kids on LI who voted out the BJP and are celebrating: I hope you realise what you have done:

- The political discourse now shifts to reservation and subsidies, instead of privatising inefficient PSUs and enacting market-friendly reforms.

- India’s efforts to compete with China as an economic hub just took a big blow.

- If your parents invest in stocks and shares, or even mutual funds, their funds almost certainly got depleted and will probably be in the red for a long time. If you were expecting that they would fund an LLM abroad for you with their investments, ask them if they can still do so.

Honestly, looking at the comments on LI, it’s really time they replace the Marxist dinosaurs teaching economics at NLUs with people trained in neoclassical economic theory, who can familiarise students with Friedman and Bhagwati. Also, Thomas Sowell should be compulsory reading.

If you're really passionate about dispute resolution in Mumbai, don't join a Tier 1 firm. I know that the difference in pay at the A0 level is not comparable between Tier 1 and lower tier firms, but you will learn much more and have much more substantial work to do. Litigation in a Tier 1 at the associate level is often just postman work and keeping the client happy whilst counsel and seniors do the real work. The reason for this is that such a firm will not trust you to do anything in such high stakes matters. And if you don't do, you won't learn to do.

Generally People who dont get into NLU , take chance to opt other top Non - NLU , So I request any Alumni or former students of SASTRA , to help me know about the University . The only reason to know about the University is the curiosity to join and then learn and enjoy . Because its crucial for every teenager to enjoy their college life and fulfilling their

I want to do a 40 Hour Mediation Training Course, but the options that I have found are very expensive and starts at somewhere around 20,000, and that too without any EMIs, which is very difficult for a student to afford. Can someone suggest a good organization which provides the training at affordable rates or even if expensive, the best courses? I have heard about a training from YCM.

Like government grants? Or help with lobbying with NIRF to give JGLS a good ranking? Or maybe a visit by some senior ministers or Modi himself to get some good PR?

Interestingly, he and his family were Congis for years and JGLS has seen tons of visits by senior Cong leaders.

Absolute nonsense. I live in Bengal and can assure you that the poor people voted for TMC only because of doles, plus the TMC has a 30% Muslim vote share locked anyway.

Also, remember that the anti-TMC votes outnumber TMC votes. If you combine the Left, Cong and BJP vote shares, it’s higher.

I can’t say that I hate humans, but I don’t enjoy the company of the usual NLU bros. Their topics of conversation rarely go beyond comparing cars and watches, sleeping with fellow associates and even interns, boring office politics etc. I do a WFH gig and prefer that. I don’t need to socialise with work colleagues. I have a decent social circle of friends with common interests. I am anyway introverted so I don’t crave to go partying at nightclubs. I’m happy going for a jog, or reading a book or watching Netflix.

I recently interned at a firm( Not a t1, it's a young botique law firm in mumbai) and had a really bad experience. No one acknowledged us, didn't even bother to ask our names or even look at us, we were given clerical work and not even asked by the team to join them for lunch.We had lunch at 3 and the most shocking part is I was shouted at when I asked to leave at 8:30pm Bec apparently everyone works till 9 or 9:30. IS THIS NORMAL AND IS THIS HOW ALL LAW FIRMS ARE? I am genuinely worried and considering other career options

Hi friends,

Have received a callback internship with JSA in the B&F team. But I have heard that unlike callbacks in other firms, getting a PPO is impossible after the callback, and you gotta do an assessment for that? Could someone vouch for this, and is there no way the partner could consider hiring with just the callback (very less time to graduation so). From a Tier 1 NLU btw

I'm currently studying law from what I would consider a tier 4 college. (it was supposed to be my plan B but I decided to shift gears). I'm a first year student, and planning to go into corporate law. I need answers to a few questions, please help me.

1. Core Subjects I need to focus on
2.. Do I need to be well versed with criminal and civil law, and drafting and pleading and all of that, or just having a broad idea of things would help (Cuz my college doesn't teach us)

3. Other relevant skills, and platforms l may learn them from (stuff that tier1 college students learn)

4. Does hard work compensate for the NLU tag? :)

Thanks!

How did PIB get appointed despite all the worthies in the EC/GC etc. TMC had not made changes during that time. Incremental changes took place only after TMC was firmly in command. Even in 2016, the EC wasn't exactly packed with TMC acolytes. Even Kishore the Great was not in the EC. A so-called upright AG, a senior advocate whose daughter was then a student at NUJS etc were in the EC. Yet PIB was given a fulls second term unanimously when the media had widely reported on the misdeeds and financial dodginess of PIB and Co. Illegal appointment of SAK as Registrar (Acting) was allowed to continue till the SJA brought the house down in 2018.

Don't use TMC or the state law minister as a punching bag, What is the great saviour doing? Giving false guarantees? What has a certain ASG done despite knowing it all?

Who owns the Pioneer now? Chandan Mitra used to be with BJP. Fought elections in WB and lost. Later switched to TMC like Yashwant but passed away. His family owns a stake but who has the controlling say? Chandan Mitra had bought Pioneer for a song from LM Thapar. Was bleeding badly.

But after that he allegedly did it again at IIT-KGP Law. Apparently some SC judge led the inquiry. Unclear whether he scooted like SAK or the was indicted by the inquiry. Interesting that NKC who is now suffering allegations of SH appointed a Prof ▮▮▮ and all with blessings of the EC.

SEBI and CBI are prosecuting YouTube influencers who give false market advice. Well, what about prosecuting Nirmala Sitharaman? After taxing the middle class no end she told us to invest in the markets as there will be a bull run on 4 June. Instead, people are drowning in losses and some may have become bankrupt.

This horrible woman should reduce income tax rates by 15% across the board or resigns.

Please read the ingredients of unlawful assembly: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/show-data?actid=AC_CEN_5_23_00037_186045_1523266765688&sectionId=45881&sectionno=141&orderno=151 There is no offence made out.

BJP has given its share of doles such as in MP where it reaped the benefits. However, Bengal didn't vote in favour of the doles, but against BJP. The message is clear, stop creating hate in the name of religion and treating corruption as usual the moment those people come into your fold. From inflation to rise in gas prices, demonetisation, lockdown randomness, hate speeches, NRC, creating uproar in the name of temples, none of these will work for BJP in that region. Ever.

Aww...it hurt you that your God of Gods didn't get to break and sell the country to Adani and his ilk, we understand. However, the country had existed and attained greatness before he came into power and it will continue doing so long after he's gone. If you're having reservation nightmares, then go and seek therapy in the meanwhile.

Lack of education and family planning among certain segments of the population means that we are saddled with millions of jobless, unemployable youth. What we saw is this section of the population venting its anger, which the opposition parties cleverly channelised using the rhetoric of reservation, welfarism, anti-capitalism and identity politics.

As a believer in free markets and meritocracy, and an opponent of welfarism and identity politics, I worry about the future of the country and my own future. My sister has settled abroad and I will try to do the same now.

I just had two questions regarding the same-

will my credentials (private law school and 1st yr)work against me in my submission?How long does their team take to respond? I do not know whether my articles are worthy of publication in NLS blogs. However, what i do know is that i worked hard to research and write that article so i want to get it published at least somewhere but I have seen many comments on LI itself that their team is very un-responsive to submissions and got scared. What time should i wait for them to consider my blog and if they do not give a reply in suppose a month can i write a mail to them informing them that I am taking back my submission and submit it for consideration elsewhere or will it become useless if they do not respond. This is coming from someone who has gone through the pain of cold mailing for the first time while searching for internships and who got happy on even seeing a rejection mail from some of them.

Let's not miss something very important: the TMC won many seats because the anti-TMC vote was split between the BJP and the Congress/Left coalition. Classic case is Adhir Chowdhury's constituency (with 52% Muslim population) where many Hindus polarised to vote for the BJP and in the end the winner was cricketer Yusuf Pathan, a rank outsider from outside Bengal. Another example is Mahua Moitra's constituency. Many, many more such examples.

Hypothetically, if either the BJP or the Congress/Left had not contested, Mamata would not be CM and NUJS would either return to the control of the Left or be under a BJP dispensation.

Thus, the SJA should not be dispirited and continue the fight.

Hi , so my initial plan was to join a law firm and worked for it but due to the strange freezing this year I don’t see a law firm hiring me. Now I hope to find a chamber to up skill my drafting and advocacy skills. I want suggestions of good seniors, which are accessible for a new bee like me in litigation in Delhi, who practices across courts in Delhi. My main concern is that the senior should really give time to juniors. Thank you !

Hello, I am partially blind (80%) I can't use a computer but I can use a mobile phone without a screen reader if I keep the phone very close to my face. Currently, I'm a student of commerce and I'm facing difficulties in academics ( always have been but especially now )

The thing is, it's difficult for me to write as I have to stick my entire face to the notebook to do so. But I'm technically not "blind" either so I'm stuck in this limbo where I'm basically blind but can't get the special amenities that a blind person has.

I struggle in practical subjects like accounting in which you must solve numerous problems to grasp concepts, which seems impossible for me since I'm unable to write.

I cleared all my subjects but only 2 subjects are backlogs, these subjects being heavily practical and no theory.

I feel like maybe it's my fault, maybe I'm just lazy and can't put in some hard work and am just looking for sympathy, but I truly feel that I'm unable to clear this subject. And if I don't, I won't be able to graduate, which puts enormous tension on me since without graduation I don't think I can land a job.

What should I do? I feel like I'm being forced to compete with normal-sighted people even though I'm 80% blind. The only "benefit" I get is 30 minutes extra time for exams and that's it.

What do I do in this situation?

I’ve taken a huge, huge hit. I lost Rs 15 lakhs in profit yesterday because I got fooled by exit polls and also confirmation bias. I gauged the political mood from conversations with people in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. In hindsight, I made a mistake and was trapped in an echo chamber, as the people I spoke with are all rich or upper middle-class, plus living in big cities. This class ALWAYS votes for the BJP. Duh!

I thought I understood the mood of the poor masses by speaking with Uber drivers and Starbucks waiters (who all told me that they support Modi) but now I realise that Uber drivers and Starbucks waiters aren’t the masses. They are actually lower middle class and educated up to class 12 at least, which places them in the top half of the Indian population and not the bottom half.

Coming to my stocks, I bet on two small companies owned a fixer close to the BJP. My best bet is that he gets some government contracts and the stocks rise, plus there is a bull run post the monsoon and some boosters from the government. I will exit the market entirely after that, because I don’t see this government lasting for 5 years.

Till one single Hamas member or supporter is alive, Israel is fully justified in eliminating them. What Hamas did to innocent Israeli citizens is not pardonable. And this needs more fierce action and ensure every Hamas member and supporter is eliminated from this world. Israel is cleaning the world from this barbaric terrorists. They should be supported by India and all other countries.

RaGa as PM in 2029 or even earlier (if Modi 3.0 falls) looks likelier than ever now. While the Congress has traditionally banked on the likes of Singhvi and Sibal for legal expertise, this generation is now ageing. Soon, the next generation of lawyers in their 40s and 50s will fill the void, especially when RaGa himself is of this age group. Will this then mean a rise in prominence of many NLSIU alumni perceived to be close to the Congress? People like Aditya Sondhi, Gopal Shanks, Shashi Kiran Shetty, Suhaan Mukerji, Menaka Guruswamy etc? Or even people just generally left-liberal in orientation, which just about every second NLSIU alum is?

Note that one of RaGa’s closest advisors is former NLSIU VC Mohan Gopal.

I dread to imagine what happens now 😨

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2024/6/4/india-shares-plunge-on-concerns-of-a-narrower-win-for-indias-modi

Students across NLUs are celebrating the results on social media, as they are liberal in their beliefs and do not like the BJP. That’s absolutely fine and congratulations to all NLU students on the results. But also remember this: Rs 40 lakh crore of investor wealth was wiped out from the markets yesterday. If the economy now tanks, law firms may not recruit in high numbers.

It’s absolutely fine that Rahul Gandhi made a sarcastic remark about Adani yesterday and it’s absolutely fine if NLU students retweet it. But also remember this: certain T1 law firms make a lot of their money from advising Adani companies and recruit NLU students for that purpose. The poorer Adani gets, the less likely it is that these law firms will get work.

Of course, there are abundant opportunities to work as juniors to Supreme Court, High Court and trial court lawyers. No worries about finding a job with them. But last I checked, they don’t exactly pay well.

My answer is yes, it will. In the following ways:

1. The TMC leaders and their supporters in the governing bodies become emboldened. As does the VC.

2. The CJI and Justice Dipankar Datta back off and ignore the student letter.

3. Many neutral people back off, knowing that the TMC could come into power.

Reasons:

1. Muslim vote bank consolidation pan India. Because the BJP has treated Muslims badly.

2. Dalits in UP who vote for Mayawati shifting to the Congress and Samajwadi party. Because Dalits were attracted by Rahul Gandhi’s promise of private sector reservations.

3. In West Bengal, where there is high unemployment and lack of industries, poor people voting for Mamata Banerjee because she increased the Lakshmir Bhandar dole amount. Because poor and unemployed people need doles and will take it from whoever gives it.

4. People in Maharashtra rejecting the BJP’s dirty politics of splitting parties and the poor performance of CM Shinde.

5. Well-off Hindu BJP voters not voting in high numbers pan India because of the heatwave, travelling on holiday etc.

6. Because Gen Z is unemployed and frustrated, as evident from the result in Punjab where independent candidates demanding Khalistan won, including one in jail.

7. Because Gen Z follows Dhruv Rathee.