For that, NLS has to reduce the number of general category seats and increase the number of domicile seats even further. Are you ready for that? Remember, NLS has already traded 10 additional domicile seats for a mere 7 acres of leased land. There is a precedent for this kind of cheap barter practice.

Overcrowded, sub-subsistence-level infrastructure in NLS (and other NLUs) is a good training ground for what's to come later in life. Students shouldn't be whining about them; they should be grateful to the administration for providing real-life experiences so early in their careers. Overcrowding and crumbling infrastructure should be the very reason students should flock to NLS.

What are the future job prospects in this practice, if someone doesn’t want to continue in law firms and eventually move in house? I agree on the salary that it is better than boutique firms but the mandates lately have become extremely high in my team and given the amount of work I am doing I was contemplating an in house position. What would be your thoughts?

I was a part of their Batch 16 programme. I had been allotted a mentor and had also attended weekly sessions for about 1.5 months (part of batch 16 programme). It was a pretty fun experience. They also checked in between the mentorship period to ensure everything was going on smoothly, that was really nice. The mentor also helped me with my CV and career development/ trajectory.

Hope that helps :)

Unfortunately, no. Also, if you're someone who doesn't have prior experience (or know someone within the firms who can vouch for you) it's unlikely that any firm will break away from their policy and make an exception for you. Also, if you're early in your career, you're better off starting at a tier 2/3, you get to learn a lot more and your switch to tier 1 is easier.

Tier 1 M&A partner here. I think it's always better to get a foot in the door and then work your way through opportunities. We routinely get from folks in forensics or any of the Big 4 or in house roles. It's not ideal but can get an interview. When some of these do convert there may be some discount to one's experience (I took a discount earlier in my career when I switched from tier 2/3 law firm to tier 1 because corp/M&A was only a part of what I'd do and hence exposure was less). So my take is:

1. If you can get into a tier 2/3 law firm, it would be an easier way to a tier 1 (if that's the ambition, not suggesting that it should be) than through legal forensics. If that's not a possibility, I'd suggest you take what you can and actively network then to find opportunities at a tier 1/2/3 law firm, if that's something that you'd still be interested in/have your heart set on it. Do try and land tier 2/3 roles than tier 1 - the exposure you'd get would be worth a lot and you perform better when you make a switch to a tier 1 later (generally, compared to someone starting at a tier 1 firms);

2. Not really but there could be some discount to your PQE; doesn't matter in the long run.

3. Take what you get, upskill, network, apply for interviews. You'll have 2-2.5 year window within which you can make a switch to another practice area at a tier 1/2/3 law firm (can't speak for others but I'm more likely to interview someone who's working somewhere (and is adjusting to work life from college life) than someone who chooses not work till something suitable comes by). The ability to work with people, whether you like them or not, is extremely valuable and highly underrated. There's also a chance that you might like what you do. Legal forensics might not sound glamorous but getting really really good at a niche while having a solid understanding of a variety of practice areas, for me, is the holy grail.

Lastly, and I'm not quite sure how to say this without it seeming like I'm discounting your worry but - things generally work out, they may not always go to plan but in retrospect, I wish I'd have worried less about all this stuff. Hang in there, it's generally a fun journey.

BJP Bengal has several advocates among its winning candidates. But no one appointed as law minister. Yet to appoint FM. Maybe the frontrunner Sanjeev Sanyal will be both FM and LM.

Everything waits for Delhi nod. Hence no cabinet expansion yet. Centre will also expand cabinet. WB will follow thereafter.

If proximity to GIFT City is a factor in selecting University, then try GNLU. It’s after all a specialised institution for law, their students also get internships in Tier 1 law firms, Gujarat Maritime University operates from the same campus and it’s just couple of metro stations away from GIFT City.

Also, RRU has that self obsessed BimPa, thereby making GNLU or any other University an obvious choice.

From my personal experience, it took me 3 months after graduating to get a job in Privacy. I have some work experience as of now. But it's very hard to get into the field. Once you do, the talk is mostly about getting certifications, and you need to know more than just GDPR and DPDPA if you want to stay afloat. Work also gets really boring. So, if you can try to utilise the free time given to you to know other fields of law or go deep into TMT, it might open you up for better opportunities in a firm (especially with better pay, freshers are paid enough to survive in the cybersecurity field).

Kids at NLUs and JGLS literally want an A+ for writing of the level of a 6 year old. It seems NLSIU is the in only one not inflating grades, because of Sudhir's orders?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/harvard-grade-inflation.html

If you need to decline, decline. It is your right and unless you breached some term, it would be unfair of anyone to hold a grudge. Going along for fear offending someone may lead to regrets. Calling the partner if you have a line with them makes sense. You need to be confident you don't want to join them in the near future though.

Saw the news that the new West Bengal government has appointed an additional advocate general, government pleader and senior standing counsel but not the advocate general. What is happening? Any ideas on why the delay and who is in contention?

The new government Kerala and Tamil Nadu and Assam have all appointed AGs.

The words "good, healthy" and "boundaries" are words in a foreign tongue to commercial law firms in India. Please understand that and start life on that basis. Working in an Indian law firm means your health and your personal life go to die. Getting married? Be ready to be asked if it can be avoided/postponed to later in life. Mother's funeral? Carry the laptop, maybe you don't have to work, or wait... perhaps you actually do... sorry for your loss and all that mate, but business is business. Brother's wedding? Type an email related to a deliverable surreptitiously while the priest is chanting the mantras. Child's school is conducting a parents' evening where the French teacher wants to complain that little Johny's been ragging in class and the Maths teacher wants to complain that if his marks don't pick up, he'll fail the board exam? Let the kid's other parent deal with it unless you want the golden prison doors unlocked and to join the lines of unemployed up and down the country. Oh and don't forget - don't give a flying fuck about Johny's behaviour in French or marks in Maths except to the extent required to administer the obligatory tongue lashing and moderately hard slap on the arm (neither of which will ever happen, be honest with yourself, because no child, however badly behaved, should be tortured into staying up as late as you return home).

Whether or not you make that sacrifice or should do so are not questions on which I should give a judgment. That's just how the status quo is, nothing indicates that there'll be a change and therefore, you need to decide for yourself. You know that the foreign law firms ain't coming - they aren't stupid - so the Lalajis gonna rule us for a while longer. Simples.

Best of luck and have fun, either way.

Shows the sincerity and seriousness of the students that this case reached all the way to the SC.

https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/here-is-why-supreme-court-carved-out-an-exception-for-stray-dogs-in-nalsar-campus

Different partners service differences bodies of Meta! Varun Sir mostly does IG and FB related Litigation. Swati and Shashank cater to Whatsapp and some other intermediary platforms. While Swati does some litigation, Shashank does advisory work. Mostly opinions. Compliance work is limited to solving clients complaints on WhatsApp, removal of content etc is mostly inhouse. No contractual work. Swati also does Dara protection work but too clerical no litigation related things. Hope this helps...

https://x.com/gautambhatia88/status/2056876490248331441

This was almost 20 years ago. Times have changed. Today’s youth are a lot more sensitive. You will be ostracised if you make a comment at a black football player or cricketer, be it at a stadium or while watching with friends on TV. In fact, NLUs are highly progressive and inclusive spaces today, where neither explicit comments not microaggressions based on race, caste, colour, ethnicity, nationality, religion, creed, gender, sexuality or medical and mental conditions will be tolerated. But the comment shows it was not always like this. You have to wonder if some Gen Y people from NLUs who are today partners, leaders and whatnot still harbour certain prejudices.

Thank you for making this point. It is this Hyderabadi (and by extension, Telangana and Andhra) mindset, which prioritises caste and community over merit, that holds back Hyderabad from becoming a major legal hub, on the lines of Delhi and Mumbai. Sure, casteism and community favouritism is a problem all over India, but it hits a different level altogether in the Telugu states.

I joined a Tier 1 firm with almost 3 years PQE this January and I negotiated very badly and have ended up with less than a lakh gross salary per month which is a very low figure I know.

And I just feel very dejected and sad at the bad deal I got and I want to know if there is even a possibility of getting an increment before the next FY rolls around as I wasn't eligible this time.

I of course work like crazy, do my best but my salary is making me depressed. I also like it here for the most part

Can anyone help me out on this?

Bhai pehli baat
Tu failure nahi hai
Tu bas thak gaya hai

Aur honestly jo tu feel kar raha hai na woh bahut saare final year law students feel karte hain but koi bolta nahi
Especially T2 T3 NLUs mein placement pressure aur comparison insaan ko andar se tod deta hai

Do saal se try kar raha hai matlab tu give up nahi kar raha
Failure woh hota hai jo koshish hi band kar de

Aur competitive exams ka scene bhi brutal hota hai
Har attempt ke baad lagta hai life ruk gayi hai
Par ek exam clear na hona aur life kharab hona dono alag cheezein hain

Ab practical baat sun

Abhi tera dimag survival mode mein chal raha hai
Isliye tujhe future sirf dark dikh raha hai
Stress itna zyada ho gaya hai ki tu khud ko objectively dekh hi nahi paa raha

Toh abhi life solve nahi karni
Bas system stabilize karna hai

Sabse pehle
Room mein bandh rehna band kar
Roz bahar nikal
Chahe 20 minute ke liye hi sahi

Gym join kar
Haan genuinely
Maza aayega isliye nahi
Discipline aur structure ke liye

Body jab completely stagnant hoti hai na toh thoughts aur bhi poisonous ho jaate hain
Workout ke baad brain literally thoda calm hota hai

Dusri baat
LinkedIn aur dusron ki achievements dekhna kam kar
Wahan sab log apni highlights daalte hain
Koi apna breakdown post nahi karta

Teesri baat
Tu abhi permanent conclusions temporary phase mein le raha hai

Final year ke placements miss hona feels like end of the world
But law mein careers weirdly delayed bloom bhi karte hain
Bahut log 25 26 tak settle hi nahi hote
Kisi ko litigation mein time lagta hai
Kisi ko in house role milta hai later
Kisi ka switch hota hai
Kisi ka startup chal padta hai

Tu abhi bas tunnel ke darkest part mein khada hai
Isliye exit dikh nahi raha

Aur ek aur important cheez
Tu burden nahi hai
Tu bas isolated hai

Insaan jab stress mein hota hai na toh usko lagta hai sab usse aage nikal gaye
Par reality mein bahut log quietly struggle kar rahe hote hain

Abhi bas ek kaam kar
Next 30 days ke liye life ko tiny goals mein tod de

Wake up on time
Gym
1 hour applications
1 hour exam prep
Eat properly
Sleep properly

Bas itna

Poora future ek saath solve karne ki zarurat nahi hai

Aur sun
Tu marne ki nahi
Bas iss version of life se bhaagne ki baat kar raha hai

Dono alag cheezein hoti hain

Life shayad abhi achhi nahi hai
Par khatam kar dene layak bhi nahi hai

Hi Community,

I am an associate at a T1 law firm in the capital markets practice and want to switch to general corporate. It is definitely not about long hours of work but is a dry practice and redundant. It lacks the pure essence of law. Its been slightly over an year and i have realised I dont want to pursue this any further.

Can someone help me- if switching to GC is possible. Also, how much pay cut is generally expected as money is a factor for me and I cant steep too low on that. What firms should I target and what should be the strategy.

I would request for some genuine advice, i really require it.

Thanks a lot!

Even I have noticed something similar. When a good-looking guy or girl comes around, plain-looking colleagues get visibly uncomfortable. Whereas, when good-looking people meet other good-looking people, they form a union that makes everyone else at the firm jealous. You cannot debate it. This is objectively true.

I was in this position a month ago. Any form of success or failure to get a job in the legal field in India rn should not be considered as a metric to guage anyone's worth. It's chaotic and unpredictable. A human life is worth much more than having a seat a law firm or anywhere for that matter.

A partner threatened to fire me because of mistakes someone else was making. Took him time to realise it wasn't me. But after a few weeks I got an offer from elsewhere with significant increment. The partner and managing partner begged me to stay but I told them to fo. In a much better place now.

Is it considered acceptable? No

How much detail? Just say personal reasons/got an opp that better aligns with your professional goals

call recruiting team? Absolutely No. Just send a polite mail to the HR apologizing for the inconvenience.

Does this burn bridges? The firm might blacklist you for future opportunities but if you are declining an offer now then you should not be thinking of joining the firm again in future.

Am glad you’re ok. As someone with quite a few years under the belt in this profession, i can vouch for the fact that it is indeed, as someone above says, a marathon. It’s build slowly, day by day. There are good days and then there are some not so good days. There are days where i still curl up and go to bed at 9 pm because i just want to. Depression is real. Get some professional help. It will help you smile and make the world a much better place.

Once in a premier high court, a rather well doing junior of a famed junior was sent to seek an adjournment. Upon seeking so, the judge asked the junior to argue, and so did he, for 20 minutes, when the famed senior entered. The senior came, and the court addressed him, "Mr. X, your learned junior has argued for 20 minutes". The famed senior replied "My lords would kindly forget what my junior has said"

Thank you!

Can you suggest which other areas can I look at alongside B&F, & IBC? Or area which I can smoothly switch if things went south with B&F?

And, are moots that important? Can it not be compensated with decent publications?

Thanks again!

Great. Two retired judges known for spine will lead the inquiries. The two IPS officers assigned are also much celebrated but are they overrated? Sure both Sen and Jayraman were shunted around but when they got meaty stuff, for example, the HC assigned several serious CAW cases to Sen but they went nowhere despite HC protection. Similarly, Jayraman failed miserably when the judges got ambushed in Malda while doing SIR work assigned by the SCI.

I know for a fact that one of the reasons the HC appointed Bag Committee that was also led by a retired judge could make swift and inconvenient progress was due to the presence of certain senior lawyers in the committee who had both domain expertise and spine thus nullifying the misleading attempts of the govt appointees inside the committee.

I think something similar should have been done here as well. Lawyers or retired investigators who are known for spine and having intimate knowledge of the system should have been brought in.

But why is the new CM holding back on taking action against erring IPS officers for actively sheltering Green apparatchiks and their masters who slandered Justices Mantha, Biswajit Basu and Abhijit Ganguly (separate incidents)?

Speaking of environment etc, why isn't the new CM opening files on forest guards recruitment scam? It was a big issue that was brought up by MB when RB had switched to Saffron camp. RB had countered he too had all details of how instructions were relayed by highest levels to organise the scams. And when Saffron lost in 2021 and RB made a quick return, all was forgiven.

Not just EKW restoration but also rapacity of the erstwhile govt in rural areas across Bengal, esp Darjeeling and North Bengal must be addressed. Pretty soon we will see UTK and HP like man made disasters being passed off as Acts of God

There is and will continue to be an immense amount of work till the time there is innovation and investments into Indian companies (or their foriegn parents). KCO in particular, as well as Trilegal and CAM have healthy IP transaction practices with big matters. Money isn't as great as M&A after bonuses etc but it is still more than decent. Though the only problem that remains is that you'll be generating very little work on your own and will be reliant on M&A/ PE/VC partners on sending you work.

Why isn't the state govt ensuring wide publicity for the inquiry committees so that members of the public etc having info can reach out to the committee. They should publicize mechanisms that assures confidentiality and the reports must be made public instead of nuggets getting shared later via media sources etc.

It looks like the govt is in a tearing hurry to tell and show but not actually do the grunge work reqd to permanently demolish an entrenched ecosystem of corruption that involved every layer and level of the system.

Security cover withdrawn or reduced for quite a few TMC honchos. Rightly so. But Kunal Ghosh is going to court citing an earlier court order which directed police security. It was part of Sarada cases wherein he was prosecuted by the Unkind govt, which later allowed him back into the party and now he won as MLA (previously he was sent to RS by Unkind).

I don't understand. Sudipto Sen, the Sarada boss and his ex-gf and Sarada honcho are out on bail without bells and whistles but Kunal G needs to pack in heavy beyond what is potentially available to MLAs! Pray why?

And why has the new govt not called in Kunal G on the edu scam issue after his explosive disclosure in an ABP Ananda interview? Also what is the Bengal govt now doing about Kunal G and Rajiv Kumar in the Sarada case after gently letting him retire?

Why no action on Rajiv Kumar on Sandeshkhali, Sheikh Shah Jahan and Anubrata Mondol issues? Just because he had retired and is in the RS rt now? Or a much deeper setting?

Lot of good faculties have left or are leaving. Furthermore, they have increased the batch size by 3x for the upcoming batches hence, no one wants to stay back checking so many internals and externals vis-a-vis administration of random SAB Cells and constant pressure of churning SCOPUS publications for payment of mere peanuts.

Not to be curt but if you're this unaware and unfamiliar with the hiring process at this stage, it is highly improbable you'll get directly hired at law firms, especially at T1s.

Of course none of this eill matter of you have a high level connection at one of these firms. But to answer your query, most of these firms usually hire either by giving out a PPO to interns who have usually done atleast two internships with a team in their firm, or by directly recruiting from campuses on Day0. Even if the have a vacancy just before the new crop of associates join, they usually reach out to ex-interns who had good feedbacks from their teams but weren't able to procure a PPO. This is what my experience has been from working in several T1 firms as an intern. Also, directly reaching out to the HR is basically useless for many of the firms, atleast when applying for an internship. Some of them, however, do have the decency to atleast reply and reject your application but that is rare as well. For your practice area, you usually specify the area where you wanna work in when interning.

This is just my personal experience as an almost graduated BO26, maybe someone from previous batch can shed some light on direct hiring process.

By June 2026, I will complete one year of my LRship at the Delhi HC, where I have worked on criminal, arbitration, commercial, and intellectual property matters. Over this period, I have developed strong exposure to dispute resolution and litigation, and I genuinely feel confident about my skills and understanding of litigation practice.

However, I am now struggling with the next step that is switching jobs. Even getting this LRship took immense hard work, and I still do not know how to approach Tier-1 or even Tier-2 firms, whom to reach out to or how to position myself for opportunities. Since I do not have connections in the legal industry, the entire process feels very uncertain and overwhelming, and honestly..it has started affecting me emotionally as well.

Because of attrition. They really need to think about the decisions that they are making. The capping of bonuses is just below the belt honestly, especially for a tier 1 firm.

And culture wise as well, snooty and incredibly snobbish. I have worked with this team for 3 years and I'm trying to make this sound like constructive criticizm the best i can - but think 10 times before heading here. For your own mental peace. Unhappy employees also means better talent goes elsewhere + decline of work quality. Long term -think.

BO2026 here. I was offered a PPO by a Tier 1 firm after my call-back internship and had verbally intended to accept it at the time and also confirmed the same over the standard mail they send out to selected candidates. However, recently another opportunity has come up which aligns much better with the kind of work I ultimately want to do long term.

The issue is that the joining date for the PPO is now quite close, and I am unsure about the most professional way to go about declining it at this stage.Would appreciate guidance from people who may have been in a similar situation or from recruiters.

1. Is it considered acceptable to decline a PPO this close to joining if done respectfully ? How much detail should one give while communicating the decision? Is it better to call the recruiting team/partner first before sending a formal mail? Does this usually end up seriously burning bridges with the firm?

Hi, I wanted to start a thread for list of corporate and litigation firms in Chandigarh which could be a good place for a fresher straight out of a law school to start a law career at, as far as I know there are very limited law firms that operate in Chandigarh one that comes to my mind is Dua Associate's Chandigarh office. Let this thread be everything related to career options in Chandigarh be it NCLT/civil/criminal/corporate, any leads would be helpful. If possible, please also specify the remuneration offered at the place you are giving leads on. Thank you.

For Trilegal its Tanvi and Adnan:

Tanvi.sharma@trilegal.com

Adnan.shamsi@trilegal.com