15k ka budget hai toh teeno type ke bag lele for different outfits.

On somedays you'll have to carry stuff that won't fit in a crossbag so backpack is preferred.

Laptop bags carry only a laptop. So you'll anyway need an extra bag if you have books/papers to keep.

Cross body for times when you have nothing to carry.

Yes, take a trip/ enjoy your life, go on dinners/smash/Imagica, etc. Do all the things you couldn't because of college or shortage of money without worrying.

I would not recommend investing those 25k. You deserve to spend that money on yourself. Afterall, you're going to earn to live a good lifestyle which won't be possible once you join a T1 firm.

An interesting point to note is that students are now having these issues with the concerned faculty now that the marks have been declared and not throughout the semester when these ought to have been flagged and reported. Goes to show that so long as even incompetent people keep awarding inflated grades, no NUJS student would really care about the quality of teaching.

Despite SAM's explicit promise of increment announcements by the 'end of May', the inbox remains devoid of any such communication. If employees are held accountable to deadlines, why isn't the firm? This tactic of stringing along employees to retain them longer is futile if you can't even keep them satisfied. Flexing power at the expense of employee well-being is unacceptable

Do interns really learn some law which would be useful after them become associates or they would have to begin from level zero ?

Do people who have interned have any benefits over those who haven't ?

Except learning the culture, teamwork is there substantial knowledge of law involved too ?

Can I get a good job and learn on the job without internships ?

This is naturally trending with many BJP supporters outraged etc. But I have a deeper question. If this is what AI can do in the early stages of AI, what's going to happen in the future when AI develops further? For example, will AI engines generate sophisticated, realistic videos that are meant to incite hate? Or perhaps fake videos of politicians taking bribes etc?

What's scary is that there is no real attempt to put curbs on these AI developers, because of the power of the tech lobby.

https://www.news18.com/world/openai-exposes-ai-driven-propaganda-campaigns-by-russia-china-israel-iran-lok-sabha-election-2024-bjp-congress-latest-news-8912338.html

Especially if Modi is elected with a big majority? Or do law firm recruitments have no connection with GDP growth and a pro-capitalist government at the centre?

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/indias-gdp-grows-7-8-per-cent-in-q4-fy24-growth-pegged-at-8-2-per-cent/articleshow/110595616.cms?from=mdr

I am joining a full-service tier 1 firm for their IP team as an A0. I am not happy with the pay so I am planning to make a switch next year to GC or TMT, depending where my interest align.

What would be the best approach to switch team in a different law firm? Anybody with experience who did that?

Since u are in 2nd year, better go for CS. It is aligned with law and will give u a bosst if u clear all levels till professional. Plus is it relatively inexpensive as compared to CFA. CFA is benfifical if u have a few years of eperince and are working in finance domain, so wouldn't be much helpful.

The purpose of this topic is simple. For the next 3 days we will be flooded with analysis from various exit polls. The Congress has announced that it will boycott all such discussions on news channels, because both exit polls and news media are biased in favour of the BJP. Thus, we can use LI as a forum to share unbiased info on how young, liberal Indians like us voted.

On 4th June we will see which exit poll is correct: LI readers or pro-Modi corporate media!!

Partner tried to make me postpone my paternity leave which I had got approved months in advance because of some urgent matter. She told me I should postpone my leave by 2 months although she knew that the reason for the leave was due to childbirth. I told her rge birth cannot be postponed and neither will I postpone my leave. I took my leave and then quit after a couple of months. In a much better job now. Pay is less compared to what I could have been making at a law firm but the pay is still decent enough and the work life balance is great.

Now, it depends. There are advisors in tier 1 who are terrible. It's impossible to get to them. No use having these kind of scholars as guides. On the other hand, some guides are good but institutions are terrible. They are least responsive to PhD scholars.

There is a decent chance of a teaching position at the place you're doing PhD, provided you have a good rapo with your guide and your guide has a good rapo with the university.

I know, the way I'm saying things may sound like a scam where everything is subjective, but that's unfortunately true.

Hi guys,

I have been seeing that a lot of govt jobs for law graduated require them to have some experience after their qualification. My question is how do they verify this experience and how does someone prove it? Do they see the IT returns or cases filed in a persons name or what?

Thanks!

I know everyone has their own personal definition of success. So I'm looking to know what are the most common/'conventional definitions of success after law school, or how most people deem a person (lawyer) successful or unsuccessful especially when they've recently begun their career.

Update: I called everyone I could multiple times and have been told that my CV is probably on hold and they're looking to hire two people and if I make it to top 2 by the end of interviews, they'll let me in. They said if you've not been told "no" you're probably in top 2 as of now, but you never know?

Has this ever happened to you?

Bhai, tum kya promote krrhe ho? thora reasonable bano. I know everything is a learning experience for sure. You dont justify and say ki Sr. ne sikhaane k liye gaali dia. A mature Sr. would brush it off or just appreciate the work outside Court, maybe intimidate in Court but cmon, bahar thodi leke jaate. Ego is one thing for many, accept it. Dont push it off as good intention to teach. Seekhane ka aur bhi tareeka hai.

I will never understand when Disputes makes you run the most and needs application of mind the most(debatable) why does it pay less?

I get that corporate work has lager quant of mandates that they can deliver with mandates earning more. But why are Disputes mandates and deliverables not worth more money?

I got my Apple MacBook Air 2017 back in the day for 55k with back to uni discounts. It has not even for a second disappointed me. It ran further than several MacBook Pros, M1s and M2s. The intel MacBook with light logo is the king.

I don't think you'd find em now, but the cheapest of the Macs will also go long long way, you might need to extend your budget a little but it is worth it.

Are judges selected via judicial service having less working hours, more personal time and peace of mind ?

On LI whoever is asked suggestion citing heavy work at law firms, they are pointing to judicial service as easy and comfortable work. what about pressure from senior judges/disposal rate/ bar association pressure/reading a lot of files till midnight for disposal?

The following is an excerpt from some NLU’s insta confession page:-

It's really sad how much alcohol is normalised in our college. Coming from a rural area, party culture and the fact that this poison is so normal to consume (also in shockingly huge amounts) is all a huge culture shock for me. I never even knew that this is an "important" part of college life before coming here.

People should do some exercise and take care of what they eat instead of killing themselves like this...

I just wanted to know as to what you guys think about the same? People like him are less than 10-15% (accd. to me) at almost every law school nowadays. It’s honestly very sad people going this path to cope up with stress/making connections when there are other “healthier” options available.

OP has made a very good point. This is the key difference between NUJS and NLSIU/NALSAR. The alumni of NUJS simply don't care. It's true that the admin does not reach out to the alumni, but that doesn't prevent the alumni from using platforms like Change.org or social media to put pressure on the admin. The alumni who are social media influencers, such as Jaiveer Shergill and Ashish Goel, use their X accounts to only tweet on politics and support Modi or Rahul. Not a word about NUJS.

However, a part of me is hopeful that there will be some activity if there is political change in Bengal. June 4th will give an indication on how likely that will be.

What's this? Celebrating because you think suddenly the U.S. law firms will open their doors to the NLUs because of this, places which they still (mostly with justification) view as third-rate, and that the U.S. government will suddenly open the floodgates to giving out more work visas?

I seriously don't understand this entire thing about alumni supposedly being so invested in their institution. Sure, the brand name and being looked up to as alumni of a good law school is nice, but this whole 'campus was our home' thing is a lot of nonsense, the best response to which is this quotation from a book called 'Mike and PSmith' by that author of authors, Wodehouse (with due apologies to him for any partial misquotation, as I don't have the book to hand): 'Certainly, a boy likes to know that his school is doing well at cricket or the long jump, winning Balliol scholarships or whatnot. If, however, you say to a boy, "Play for the school, Jenkins old boy, the dear old school, the place you loved so", he is likely to feel quite ill!'.

Okay NWs :). I see I owe you an apology, which I sincerely give out. Sorry about the tirade, just that this site allows people to talk about Krishnaswamy in a way that they don't allow for anybody else, clearly showing that some of their people have taken a hatchet to him, so some folks like me tend to become a bit oversuspicious at times :).

India International University of Legal Education and Research (IIULER) Goa is a PRIVATE UNIVERSTIY under Section 2(f) of UGC Act, 1956. It is owned by Bar Council of India Trust - PEARL FIRST and not by "Bar Council of India" - BCI Trust - PEARL FIRST is an independent and autonomous body from BCI.

IIULER was constituted India International University of Legal Education and Research of the Bar Council of India Trust at Goa Act, 2021 (Goa Act 16 of 2021) - It is the only PRIVATE UNIVERSITY in the State of Goa.

Refer UGC Website to know IIULER is a PRIVATE University: https://www.ugc.gov.in/universitydetails/university?type=0wBmFB1Rb4JGVzq9UP/iOg==

They are actually deceiving people and students by stating it as a Public University!

Never ever fall in their trap!

Kindly also mention that a unspecified group of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students have sent an anonymous email to all EC members complaining that SJA is acting on vested interests, sullied the image of NUJS and its VC and doesn't have the support of majority who have been silenced and bullied; and most importantly that this silenced and bullied majority support NKC and are convinced that the complainant has lodged trumped up charges against the VC to scuttle his extension.

In the interest of fairness, why not publish that email alongside the SJA petition to CJI/EC members and the "solidarity statements" from the "concerned students" of GNLU, NLU Lucknow and Jodhpur.

Great! And what good has that done?

Do you see NKC flinching? Have those construction tenders been revoked or scrutinized? What about those in the pipeline? What about the recruitment spree? Any pause and inquiry? What about those inquiry reports that the EC itself initiated in 2018-20? More importantly, what about EC, FC, AC and GC minutes and agenda notes since NKC took over in 2019 to date; have those been uploaded?

Cna you get the media yapping on these? Or even the fact that certain "concerned students' from NLU Lucknow and Jodhpur have keyed in their distant solidarity? By the way what about NLU Allahabad and those NLUs whose VCs are members of NUJS' EC?

Firstly, this is not from the official SBA. Secondly, do the GNLU students know that their Director/VC is quite thick with the VC and will be coming to NUJS campus soon along with a bunch of doctoral students and faculty members for a conference? The GNLU Director also received funding from NUJS to do some collaborative research. Can the "concerned students" of GNLU persuade/convince their Director to boycott these?

Why engage in lazy, convenient, telescopic and facile acts of solidarity that are accomplished with keystrokes?

Chandu has proven to be a completely worthless Chancellor. He didn't bother to visit at least once, did not hold a single convo, did not connect with the students or bother to find out what is happening on ground level, nor start a long overdue second URC or look into the recos of the first that have not been implemented yet.

- GDPR

- DPDP Act

- IT Act and Rules

- Related US laws

- All the landmark judgments

- Everything written on your CV, please do a deeper research and look for things beyond it also.

- All the new updates in the Sector (check Internet Freedom Foundation, Mondaq, Livelaw, PRS for new bills, spicy IP, etc)

- Basic IPR if your team works in it or you have it on your CV

- You can also see law firms (eg Trilegal, NDA, etc) website for updates in their TMT section)

Lol, Sudhir a world class academic? By which metric? As for fireworks, that was all smoke and sound, literally, deliberately created in an empty room. Not at all good, but hardly the life threatening calamity that you are making it out to be. He was not held accountable for his multiple objectionable behaviour at NUJS because of his godfather MP Singh, that's all. While I am all for criticising NKC, you as a Sudhir fanboy does not get to do that because you lack the locus.

Most of us don't care much while we are in aw school. Just want the recruitment done smoothly. We may however feel and even remain connected to a certain circle of individuals but the univ as an institution doesn't trigger feelings of care et al.

Deal with the world as it is.

I have not made the original comment, but to respond to yours, I do. So do many people whom I know. The institutions which have alumni playing such a role grow, while the rest stagnate. Like yours is doing now. Judging from your words, you have not grown up into a mature and well-developed individual either, so not much of a credit to the alumni as it is.

Law and finance DO work together if you want this combo to work and work hard at it.

CFA offered by CFA Institute, USA, comprises three exams: Levels I, II, and III.

The date of CFA level I exam should not be more than 23 months before the month in you graduate, so at this stage you're not eligible to take CFA Level I exam. So, you may take the CFA Level I exam only once you're in 3rd year.

Similarly, the date of CFA level II exam should not be more than 11 months before your graduation. So, you may take CFA Level II exam (after clearing CFA level I) in your 4th year.

You may take CFA Level III exam only after you graduate.

Considering it takes a lot of time to prepare for all three exams including level I, you may buy Schweser Notes (https://www.schweser.com/cfa/level-1/study-materials/schweser-notes) and start studying now rather than wait for another year.

If you are really serious about a career in investment banking, think of 3 alternative plans.

Plan 'A' should kick in once you've cleared CFA Level II - apply for internships at investment banks and convert one of these internships to an offer.

Plan 'B' is to work for a couple of years in a 'law' profile, clear CFA Level III in the meanwhile and then pivot to an investment bank. Very few examples of people who have accomplished this: Udai Bajaj (NLSIU 2006) and a CFA who's working with Deutsche Bank, Singapore, as Director Loan Trading & Syndications, is one.

Plan 'C' is the same as Plan 'B' to the extent of working for a couple of years in a 'law profile'. Once you've done this, with or without clearing CFA Level III, prepare for CAT or GRE or GMAT and pursue MBA from a decent institute with a concentration in finance. Remember, many, if not most MBA 1st years serious about finance typically clear CFA Level I well before their summer internships. Even compared with such individuals, with a CFA Level II, you'd be better 'placed'.

All the best!

The lady who runs it or is the face of the dept is good to work with. But her entire personality is just work and seems to be soaked into it all year around. Join it if you count as a passionate worker and not otherwise. Shell expect you to work same working hours on what's a fancy name given to a dept which adds v less value. They take interns and your chances increase you own a startup or a website or any legal tech related thing. Advise you to build your own product/ service than working in legal innovation dept.

Ofc, you gotta be telling what you want. they know it, yes. But be firm and convey what you want. But please make sure your work also matches the standard. Looks embarrassing if your work trails behind. I have seen a few of them make it with mediocre work through great networking skills especially with their mentor. But IDK how long would that take them. My piece of advice would be, Work hard but play smart. Know when to LEAVE. Do not have hopes on the basis of the tenure of the internship. It is all about your work+ team likes you or not+ vacancy. You will never know if that is required or not tbh because they obviously tell u to work hard, reality is knowing if there is a vacancy.

buy one of those inspirons with ssd, if you take care of your laptop it should last you five years, towards the end of fourt year you may have to replace the battery

dell has good service centres but only during warranty period

it should fine for browsing, wording, and netflix