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PS: Mods, I hope you publish this. While some of what I said sounds trollish I admit, it is the truth, and reflects (if you do your research) both how the admissions process works and how we (as students in Britain who want a quality immigration system that can stop potential scroungers coming in) think and why we think, therefore, that (most of) our universities' admissions processes work reasonably well in doing that. While harsh, it is, as you will see if you read up on the BCL, a closer reflection of the reality than this rediculous nonsense about working for a government minister.
TLDR:
- He says it's easier to achieve this if you live in cities like Delhi, Pune or Kolkata than Mumbai.
- He says FDs are useless
- He says need 2X passive income in addition to your salary.
The third point is interesting. Suppose you work at a decent firm from 25 to 40. Suppose you are earning 15 lpa average from 25 to 30, then 30 lpa average from 30 to 35, then 50 lpa average from 35 to 40. Then you need a passive income of 30 lpa average from 25 to 30, then 60 lpa average from 30 to 35, then 96 lpa average from 35 to 40. If you invest wisely, you're probably saving around 15-20 crores in all from age 25 to 40. Combined with family inheritance, one can raise it to 18 to 30 cr, depending on your family wealth. Am I calculating correctly?
P.S. Ignore the fake interviewer who says she is financially struggling and can't afford to retire at 40. Her husband is a super-rich TV and film producer. 🙄
Most work, in this area, will be done by private universities. BML Munjal, Jindal and Sai University being prominent among them.
Partner salary is highly secretive probably coz its no where close to the competition
1. Ignore the recommendations of therapy etc. Therapy is not some magical cure all. It is totally useless without internal self analysis. Analyse and introspect and find out why you got paralysed at work. It is most likely a fear of failure which becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Accept that you will make mistakes and will fail and you should make it to the other side. There is nothing to fear, certainly not failure. Throw yourself into another internship and into whatever you do, with full force and energy and confidence.
2. If step 1 does not work, you must consider whether you are cut out for the profession at all. I love the double bass as an instrument but I cannot play it for a lick. So I listen to it and don’t play it.
These are your two options. Do not waste a moment in self pity or in paralysis. Move forward.
What the BJP is trying to do now is consolidate Hindu votes across the board. This strategy will work in some seats, but not all.
the academic requirement is min 65%+ for NLUs and being at least in the top 20% of the batch
your referees will be asked to select from a drop down list as to where they will put you intellectually etc. even if they put you in top 5% if your scores are not within top 20% gradewise then there is a disconnect and oxford will not take the application forward
the other way is to get reco from someone very influential either politically or a famous oxford alum etc. you have to spin a story that you are assistant of this person etc., your social work is the mitigating factor for your poor grade etc. and you want to change the world. My suggestion is to either get to union cabinet minister or a chief minister and get a reco.
2. Yes but depends on the firm really.
3. Only from the firm.
4. No, in case your prospective employer asks for the certificate or reaches out to the firm for reference (they don't but still), you are fucked!
Need guidance as to when I should switch firms, how much I should save and is llm worth considering?
saloni.pasi@pblawoffices.com (I do not know if this person is still working there)
I called them and asked for the above mail IDs about two years back. If a firm does not respond to your application, there is no harm calling them over the phone and asking them for details.
I did not followed up with HR or anyone's but got my email asking for CV after 5 months. Interviews took another 2 months. Got my PPO.
P.S. I got my PPO in 4th year and I have also been told that the process is faster for final year students.
Any insights on appraisals will also be appreciated. Thanks!
just take a look at the profile book and who got in from India - if you are not in the top 5, then no chance
The most damning allegation is that the complainant attempted to present her case before the EC in December 2023, but NKC was present and refused to recuse despite being asked to. Apparently neither DD nor other judges present there noticed the clear conflict of interest. Obviously the complainant felt unsafe there and decided against presenting her case.
Kids, the risk to reward ratio isn’t worth it.
To ‘source’ - Please let me know if your net worth comes in top 20 in India, or even top 50. Maybe I’m wrong and the risk reward is great.
So much happening with this case. Of course there is the political meat. But what explains the police (over)zealousness? Where does this promptness disappear whenever it involves anyone remotely connected with the regime (past, present and likely in the future as well)??
What's the update on the other WP by this associate professor?
By the way what is the big UGC scam the concerned Associate Prof is alleging the VC hushed up? PIB buried the Justice PN Sinha Inquiry Report. NKC used his saffron connections to get the UGC to accept dodgy utilisation certificates. Is this a new scam or is the Associate Prof inconveniently (for VC) raking up the Justice Sinha Inquiry Report?
Irony. It was Justice Dipankar Dutta who had initiated that inquiry by a former Cal HC judge and that Report was damning. Has this SJA even read it? Does it even know about it and how the report was a consequence of SJA action? How SJA kept fighting for follow-up action but PIB and Justice (Retd) Amit Talukdar (as Acting VC) stonewalled.
Now Justice Dutta will be giving VC a second term despite the latter's pronounced role in the burial of that Inquiry Report. Such is life!
And what is the SJA doing?
The issue of Justice Chanda being a former BJP "lawyer" has been discussed and addressed threadbare in a litigation that was launched by the Kind Lady herself. But she is a politically savvy person and knows her voters very well. So she keeps spinning old records selectively.
Then again despite all the fire and brimstone Dhankar became Veep. Remember the photo-op with Assam CM and Dhankar? Remember Hamlet but don't become one.
At any rate, the backdoor via BSc LLB, MSc courses; fattening the admin layer and recruitment spree; galloping construction and rental tenders et al have ensured the RoI that PIB had failed to deliver. It was never just SJA action that made PIB a liability for the powers that be at TMC (esp the KB-KD faction).
And let's go slow with BJP vs TMC. The "setting" is for real despite all the hoopla. Such things have always existed among political parties and will be a constant in future as well. Sheeps like us wouldn't understand but must remain aware lest we become lunch.
Prof Menon was stiffly opposed by so many in the Left because of his long standing saffron sympathies. MPS got the job because Cong-Left were in UPA and so the discordant Left voices were hushed. PIB was a known saffron sympathiser when he got the job. You may say that he squeaked in during Left-TMC transition. But why did TMC continue with him, handing him a second term despite the damning Justice (Retd) PN Sinha Inquiry Report and SJA protests? Why did SJA fail then (2016) but succeed in 2018?
I realized only in the fourth year truly that I'm not really cut out for this field. I have a heart condition and cannot work those long hours in litigation and corporate law firms. I have done only a grand total of 3 offilne internships (1 at T1 Disputes, 2 at general IP boutique firms). I bombed at all of them due to my lethargy. Rest all were online internships which I found on law bhoomi or lawoctopus since I never had contacts to secure otherwise. Now my confusion is shall I look for jobs in the legal sector or just take a mindless BPO job for 30k? If I'm being honest I only want a job that pays somewhat decent and working hours are not that stringent so that I can get enough time to play video games later. I have heard that law officers at PSU's may fit that bill. Shall I attempt CLAT pg later this year along with BPO? Or is too late to start prep? any other viable career option? Any advise or suggestions would be welcomed. No trolls please.
Recently a senior told me about litigation in law firms, i am genuinely interested but don’t know how can one reach upto that position (he said only top lawyers get selected for it) and how different should my CV be for that?
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why is there so much of difference? Is there any reason behind it (just curious)
Do they offer that kind of ROI considering for someone coming from a middle class family who might take a loan for that, all i know is college is good academically and has top class alumni base
1. Can they take legal action ?
2. Will I get a negative reference?
3. Am I blacklisted just from just that firm/practice area or everywhere?
4. Is it worth mentioning in the CV since I won't be getting the cert?
Coming to your situation, I am facing a similar hell for some years now, and this has worked for me to an extent (albeit, I am still psychologically dead, and have very much trouble making meaningful friendships and relationships in law school (just dated 4 girls in the past few years and ended on very bad terms, possibly ruining their outlook on relationships as well)
1. Maintain less contact- Dont visit home, go on internships in vacations
2. Ace your academics, and spend a lot of time focussing on studies. The comfortable backing of loving parents that your batchmates have, isn't going to work out for you. After a certain age in life, people are averse to changing their outlook and emotional stance over time, do NOT expect them to change ever. Get top grades and aim for a job placement ASAP in your fourth year itself.
3. Speak to your bank manager and try getting the terms lightened, like giving you a gap
4. Try getting sources of earning income. Anything, YouTube, long term internships, just open linkedin and keep applying everywhere regardless of JD. Lie on your CV. Anything. This will help you slowly grow less dependent on your parents. Until this, keep your expenses low when it is derived from them.
5. Please please make friends. Such situations drain you emotionally and you do need stuff apart from acads as well to help you survive law school.
6. If you have ancestral property/ business, try speaking to a lawyer and getting your share asap.
Please need responses 🙏🙏
The VC
Negligible Placements
Faculty is way below avg
Location is not safe
If possible please join NLUO/ HNLU. NLUO preferably but if are a person who can study by yourself and aim for judiciary rgnul can be good for you.
Please take an informed decision.
The best parts are: (i) top 10-15% of your batch will be extremely smart & hardworking and you will have great peers and great connections after you graduate (ii) you can get some prestigious opportunities for mooting, ADR, exchange, etc, to different cities and even countries (iii) for corp, it's unparalleled as long as you have decent grades, and placement record is solid even in these times (iv) very good seniors and alumni (v) brand value is still very good (vi) campus life is decent, admin is not strict and moral policing is non existent (vii) infrastructure (including library and web resources) is decent
The bad parts are: (i) the faculty is terrible and grading is weird as a result (ii) campus is so far away from the city and its impossible to regularly go out without spending a ton (iii) five years is a long time to spend in such a place and with kinda toxic people (iv) with sudden influx of IPMs, MBAs etc the campus is looking a bit shabby
All in all, if you are a studious type, NALSAR will be a great place to make your career, even if the living conditions are not so good
Shame on you.
- someone who was like you
Even the administration, sure it isn't exactly proactive, nor does it particularly stand out as student-friendly. But it's much better than in other universities (especially NLS) and does an average job at everything, nothing above or below average. The only con a new joinee would face right now would be a declining teacher pool. And the only thing one can do is hope the admin improves its offer for fresh hires, and already made hires are good at their job.
This can be helpful, though it is of Advance level
PS: I am all for Indian lawyers thinking about and being engaged in foreign debates to a certain extent, especially U.S. ones. But I think that there is a rich field of knowledge that is being left unexplored by focussing on the U.S. at the expense of the UK.
Notability is a good app for taking notes. You can save them matter wise. Anything equivalent will be helpful too.
For PDF, get any app which lets you open multiple tabs at once. Adobe only lets you open one tab (at least on an iPad). PDFExpert for iPads is great.
- Trust fund babies
- Genetic lottery (musical/acting/physical talents and/or good looks)
- Women who are atleast average looking and are fine bearing their bodies for the enjoyment of chhapri instagram users
- 50 lakhs saved in a fre years via, you guessed it, PAYCHECK
1. taking notes - Notability/Good Notes are exceptional tools if you know how to use them. I have extensive notes for all my matters since day 1 in the profession. For context, I’m now PQE 3.
2. I use cloud (OneDrive/Dropbox) and save all my files there. I have access to my files in real time across my laptop, my iPad and my cell phone. I have never for one day used a physical file nor have I felt that I have been at a deficiency due to the same. To the contrary, I have all my documents just a folder away and I can open any document faster than any other person can if they are using a physical set or relying on their laptop.
3. I carry my iPad to courts. In addition to having ready access to files, I use my iPad to keep a check across multiple court display boards, check emails whilst in court, download judgments from SCC/Manupatra and all and sundry.
4. I have used my iPad as a secondary screen when drafting on my laptop, where from I access all documents, notes, etc. I don’t draft on my iPad. It is not a substitute for my laptop.
5. This is in addition to the countless benefits it offers me - managing my calendar and schedule, taking calls (via WiFi - cellular iPads are a waste of money), using my iPad for my personal use and watching movies, etc.
My iPad has made me a better professional. I bought my iPad 8th Gen a few months before entering the profession as a birthday gift. Along with the pencil, it incurred around INR 50k. I understand that not everyone has the privilege, but there are many of us who can and do buy cell phones, laptops etc. in that range for personal and professional use. And whereas I’d love to see litigation firms and chambers providing iPads to new joinees, just like they provide them with laptops, I am satisfied with having spend 50k if since the past 3 and a half years it has helped me deliver better.
There’s no gloating here. Just a man who is in love with the fact that he is able to enjoy the profession better with technology. Seeking the views of like-minded people. Perhaps stop assuming the worst in people, you cynic?
I don't think you've been to any of the three, my friend.
NLS student body is dumb af, they just want someone to say they are anti-admin and that person basically will have their heart. One girl from 3yr LLB final year stood against a 2nd year BA LLB, the 3 yr LLB girl won just by 20 votes, ▮▮▮
Is multi-lingual CLAT inevitable now?
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/english-no-longer-compulsory-class-11-12-students-new-scf-rules-9350129/