Shame them back. You're a lawyer. Figure out what makes them tick. The next time they fat shame you. Shame the back. Do it well. Make it sound like you're concerned for their mental health cause no one really likes them etc. If you do it right you can have them crying in their cabin. If you do it really well you can have them have a violent or teary outburst right there. Everyone will think you are the villain while this person is having a breakdown of a life time. But one thing let me promise you, they will never fat shame you again.

I don’t really care what happens to corrupt politicians in any party - do you?

I think corruption in the tmc and congress is wrong and I think the fact that the bjp is corrupt is also wrong. I want all these guys to stop selling my country off to the highest bidder.

Politicians aren’t kings and queens that we need their approval- they’re still elected. I think this will have to come to a point where there is at least one election where people become single issue voters on this issue. Because until we solve this issue- nothing else gets solved.

Most in-house roles for an intern involve contractual work. Reviewing, vetting and drafting clauses can be expected. While one may not get hardcore legal work as compared to a law firm or a practitioner and at times, working on contracts may sound dull and boring, take it as an opportunity to learn whatever maximum is possible.

In the long run, every internship experience rewards you with a more skilled yourself.

I think WG does have some good hardcore real estate mandates. No two thoughts about that. Money is an issue.

Khaitan has great money and a select few good partners.

AZB has decent money + mix of core real estate matters and corporate side of real estate + mentorship under fantastic partners

CAM SAM and 3L can be skipped altogether

at the end of it all, you pick your poison and choose what matters most to you (money/matters/mentorship) and run with it

Powers of IPAB replaced with High Court. All IP offices are tribunals as they have administrative and judicial functions. More than 400 cases are filed in delhi high court alone. Even recently the delhi high court awarded 240 crore damages in a patent infringement matter post trial

Enough about infra of colleges (which was shit at NUJS), lets talk about infras of law firms, where we wish to spend way more time than 5 years.

Is it 3L with their offices in Mumbai and Gurugram? Their offices look stunning in the videos posted by their architects/designers.

What about other firms?

How the tuck they will fund the waiver of all loan more free money credited to poor people. Simple it will come back as increase in income tax rate, costly electricity, petrol, and other normal amenities. Inshorts middle class or lower middle class. Freebies im short will become burden for govt and this burden will pushed on people.

I meant top IITs. You can't compare top NLUs with newer IITs. Let me reiterate in simpler terms, the average package in top NLUs is similar to that in top IITs (top 3-5), the highest package would be higher in top IITs than top NLUs but only about 1% of the students secure such packages. So, in the current market scenario, you have a better shot at a good job from top NLUs than that in top IITs as no top NLU has 36% of the students from the batch of 2024 unemployed right now. (by top NLUs, I mean NLS, NALSAR and NUJS) The placements in NLUD might be lower. I am someone who is currently studying in one of the top NLUs and have multiple friends in other top NLUs, if you ask for official stats, I can't provide that but try getting in touch with folks from the top 3 colleges. Hope that helps!

Do your LLM from this https://www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-course/nlud-soas-joint-llm/ma-environmental-justice-south-asia

and then do PhD from NLUD, you will get recruited in any of the NLUs

or do LLM from any foreign uni with scholarship and then do PhD from there

https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2024/04/04/khaitan-co-unveils-kai-a-revolutionary-leap-in-legal-innovation/amp/

Kco peeps what is this? Is it useful

You need to stand up for yourself. Unless you immediately agree to your boss's demand of cancelling the trip (because of fear), I think you can negotiate your way out of it. The only reason your boss thought they would be able to make you cancel your trip, was because you would have conveyed it to them that its possible. I mean you would have not made it clear that it is an IMPORTANT trip and hence not cancellable. I think this is why you should not share your personal life so much with your bosses - why tell them its a friends bachelors/birthday trip? Tell them its a family wedding.

I don’t know what Kian censored but this fellow is a ▮▮▮ ▮▮▮. Google for Tejasvi Surya metoo and see. His ex gf accused him of abusing and beating her. See links below.

We need an ED enquiry into how this fellow who no lawyer has heard about of and who declared only a few lakh assets in 2019 suddenly became a hotshot multi crorepati law firm owner.

https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bjps-candidate-from-bangalore-south-tejasvi-surya-accused-of-abuse-post-allegations-woman-deactivates-twitter-account/amp_articleshow/68612734.cms

https://www.ndtv.com/bangalore-news/lok-sabha-elections-2019-congress-accuses-bjps-bengaluru-candidate-tejasvi-surya-of-sexual-assault-2013946

Just thought I’d create this thread for people looking for reviews/observations of LLM courses offered by various Indian colleges. So do provide your reviews if you’ve pursued an LLM in India, or do ask people who have done so to provide their reviews. (Preferably, those who’ve pursued an offline course in the last 5 years or so, to maintain relevance.) In the interests of avoiding controversy, please do note that this is a review of the LLM program and not a review of the BA.LLB program.

NLUJ LLM (Corporate Law)

I’ll provide my experience at NLUJ, where I pursued an LLM in Corporate Law. It’s not a definitive review per se, just some of my observations. This review might be outdated a little due to the appointment of Harpreet Kaur as the new VC and the changes she might have brought in, but I don’t expect any significant changes.

Academics:

You are taught a cumulative of 9 subjects ( + the dissertation). The subjects are Tax, Comparative Public Law, Research Methodology, Corporate Governance, Investment Law, Project Finance, Corporate Restructuring, Competition Law & Law & Justice. I was taught by a total of 8 faculty members. (Not 9, because one of the faculty taught two subjects).

The teaching isn’t great and you’re not coming out of the class inspired. If you’re joining looking for that more in-depth analysis/discussion of topics, then you will be disappointed. There is some blame on my batch as well, as most of us did not have a proper grasp of the basics and were not exactly the smartest bunch. But I don’t believe the quality of teaching will vary much across batches. While engaged in a candid conversation with a faculty that teaches UG students, he himself noted that the university did not take the LLM course seriously.

I had two more specific issues with the faculty, which might not be an issue for everyone. First, out of the 8 faculty, 6 of them did their LLM at NLUJ. (Some did go and engage as lecturers in other colleges or jobs before joining NLUJ) The issue is that I know the standard of the course that you pursued and also, more importantly, I believe that this negatively affects the diversity of the material taught and the teaching methodology.

The second issue was in relation to teaching posts being on a contract basis and not permanent basis. (Which I believe they have started to remedy, due to the adverse judgements) But the underlying impact has been that, at least in the case of the faculty that taught the LLM batch, they were young both in terms of age and experience, primarily due to faculty leaving to places offering them permanent tenure. While I was there, an experienced faculty left for a newer NLU that offered her a permanent post. But I guess the faculty should start improving gradually, once they change the process. But again, I don't expect any immediate changes.

If you do end up here, two faculty to look out for are Dr. Manoj Kumar Singh, who will teach you tax (he loves DTAAs) and Dr. Anand Kumar Singh, who will teach you corporate restructuring.

Academically, there’s not a lot of stress, the faculty does not fail you unless you leave a blank sheet. You get Wednesdays and Saturdays off. So if you're someone looking to prepare for some competitive exam, judiciary etc, you could do so. You should be able to get through the course with minimal effort.

You get your usual online resources and the library is decent enough. Attendance wise, the faculty is lenient, if you’re in their good books. There are three Internal Assessments(best of two), the project+viva and the external. For the dissertation you have the usual deadlines, the presentation + the viva etc. (Personally, faculty allotment as guides looked random. Six of us from the corporate side were allotted a UG faculty who taught consti and labour laws.)

Misc:

Placements: None whatsoever. You could start a student run one in theory, but not sure if it works practically, in a one year course. By the time you get to know everyone and what their goals are it might be too late.

Hostels: The infrastructure is a bit on the older side. You are allotted single bed rooms. Hygiene wise, it’s definitely not great. They have a LAN network in the hostel and not wifi, though most people seem to have gotten private wifi connections. You have washing machines on all floors, a barber and ironing service on campus.

Mess: Does not have a mess in a strict sense. It's more like restaurants/vendors, three of them, to be precise. You buy what you want from there. Cumulatively, it is more expensive than what you would have had to spend as mess fees. Other than that, there are two smaller shops that sell fast food and whatnot, open till late in the night, to satisfy your late night cravings.

Also, if you love to play sports and you’re good at it, they’ll be happy to have you in the university teams.

I tried to provide a genuine and honest insight into the team's work culture and the mod marked my comment as trollish so here we go again:

The pay for freshers is 50k. The culture is horrific. Working till 2-4 AM is the norm for the associates. There's no appreciation for your efforts. One associate is leaving without a job in hand because she can't take the stress. The learning and growth will be limited because they have few clients. Apply and join at your own risk.

You have to be an absolute bozo to believe that the disclosures in that affidavit are a true depiction of his financial net worth. Not to single him out, I say this even for his counterparts in other political parties as well. These affidavits have been reduced to a joke on us, the electorate.

How real is the leave system at law firms? Like, I know you are permitted to take leaves but are people who take leaves looked down upon? Also, are leave requests denied as well? Realistically speaking, how many leaves does one actually end up taking in a year without them feeling guilty about it?

Asking for corp/transactions teams at T1 firms

Agree with this - Delhi is the only city where no one feels like an "outsider". It is easier to rent in Delhi as well. In general, it is a lot easier to settle-in in Delhi. This is coming from a person who's new to Delhi and relocated from one of the big 3 cities in India.

None of you seem to be aware that but Wadia Ghandy has a robust real estate practise and the biggest real estate team having over 75 lawyers. While AZB, SAM, CAM, KCO etc all seem to be doing good work, their teams are mostly playing a supporting role in transactions. For the real and hardcore real state development, scheme developments, real estaye resolution plans, slum and society redevelopment matters, WG is the first choice.

Hello, I am a 2nd year student (3 year course) from a premiere law school, I am an incoming intern at K Raheja Corp.
What do In house internship roles look like and what shoould I be looking forward to? This would be my second Internship, I am currently interning under a counsel at the Bombay HC.

Did you get the 8 figure from the website? AB and SM do disputes generally. There are barely 25 people in total doing IP at Khaitan. Pay is 50-60k which is the same as Anand and the other tier 3s. India is the worst IP hub due to bad enforcement and slow IP tribunal functions (which dont even exist anymore). We are a socialist country , the government cannot really be as great an enforcer of IP as say the US or any EU based economy which full fledged IP practices

Bhai/ Behen please please please stay put and DO NOT SWITCH or consider switching. Your situation and scenario sounds too good to be true and I would give an arm, leg and everything else to get even one of the things you have mentioned above. ( I am an A2 at a "Tier 1" Firm and minus the money, it is an absolute hell-hole over here)

Once again, please please please do not switch and forego the confusion you may have in your mind.

Also, any hint as to which Firm you are at/ which Partner heads your team?

Would love to work in your team/ Firm, thanks!

That's a very serious accusation. Having worked alongside some of their partners (one of whom is the OG) and getting to know them, I can say with confidence that the OG is temperamentally a good man, surely a virtuous man too. Not the kind who will tolerate an injustice of a me too kind within the folds of his firm.

Why so many downvotes huh?

Do you think political parties are even gonna approve?

Whos gonna donate TMC btw?
In electoral bonds tmc got 1000 crores with only in 1 state that too through companies but if we implement individual donation and ban companies to donate tmc will be left with no money except if owners of those companies donate individually

further to that, you can read this too, which gives a slight deviation, and suggests how you should tailor make your investment profile.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/personal-finance/beware-of-using-the-100-minus-age-thumb-rule-for-equity-allocation-6237581.html

May consider the "100 minus age" rule. So if you'e 25yo, debt:equity would be 25:75. If you are 35yo, debt 35% and equity 65%. The idea is, the younger you are, the more risk taking ability you have because you have solid years ahead of you. You can google the principal.

TISS’ academic culture is more policy oriented, while IIT’s can help provide greater theoretical grounding.

Also, as long as your work is situated within anthropology or sociology, do consider if you can crack D School. However, more that they do not usually take in PhD candidates who haven’t done at least a Masters with them.

You should also look at JNU and some of the younger private institutions like Shiv Nadar, Ashoka, and KREA. The financial institutional support at these places is stronger and they have very competent faculty in your area.

Do try to clear the JRF in any case.

The best way of getting a clearer insight into any institution is to do a quick run through the faculty at each place. Try to figure out who are the people that would be best situated from a subject specialization to guide your project. Once you do this, then move to LinkedIn and try to create a list of five doctorates (not current ones, but ones who are finished) at each institution you are considering. Write to each introducing yourself and see if one or two would speak to you. If you get a positive response, then meet with them, or e-meet, to get a sense of the place, the program, the people (perspective supervisors) who you have marked out as best for your project.

Hope this helps. Best of luck.

For writing about IP and studying its nuances, what is the best place to acquaint yourself with the subject? Tried reading blogs like Spicyip and all, but I believe that it is a bit early to consume it without a sufficient understanding of IP Law.

Suggest things that helped you gain the requisite knowledge, and good reading materials so that I can get on while I still have a zeal for this thing. Thanks guys!

Anything other than a "what team you want" email can be a rejection. U really think they keep CVs of all 50,000 kids "on their database to revert in case an opportunity is available" who they rejected without any review. Anything other than a clear yes is a fancy way of saying no. This is not to demotivate you but to tell you the reality so that you can tailor your actions accordingly.

▮▮▮? Any lawyers here in Bengaluru who can explain how this guy (known more as an ▮▮▮ ▮▮▮ than a lawyer) becomes a managing partner of a firm and earns so much money?

https://www.livemint.com/politics/lok-sabha-mp-bjp-mp-tejasvi-suryas-total-assets-increases-30-times-in-last-5-years-report-11712296869467.html

https://theprint.in/politics/nearly-3000-increase-in-bjp-mp-tejasvi-suryas-assets-in-5-years-but-no-car-property-or-loan/2029608/

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bjp-mp-tejasvi-surya-net-worth-9252485/