DOMS brings in the money which is used by the so called entitled lot to participate in moot courts and have useless events. Grow up and stop demanding. If anyone is worth anything, it is the IPM students who pay almost double the fees and get less than half of what they rightfully deserve.

Same story here - worked in a niche for only 6 months, didn’t like the area, so left. Without any offer in hand.

Took a short break to recover mentally.

Have started job hunting again now - definitely difficult but have given a few interview now - lets see how it goes.

Hello good people of LI. I will be graduating law school this year and have recieved competing offers from two different firms, one based in Delhi and the other in Mumbai. Both with their disputes teams. I've done some snooping around and have found both the teams to be pretty competent. Additionally, the pay in Mumbai is slightly higher than the other, however it isn't a big deal for me. Lastly, I am not based in either of these cities.

What I'd like to know, is which offer should I ideally take? I've been told that the litigation scenario in Delhi is what I should prefer. Is that right, other than the obvious presence of the SC and tribunals? How's the arbitration scene in these two cities? Is commercial lit. better in one city over the other? I have a preference towards commercial lit. work and both the teams have decent work in this. I am not wholly sure of what to do?

I was hoping to get some answers here, that might help me take a calculated decision.

Thank you for your answers!

I cleared CLAT and got a tier 1 NLU. I did not study for the various sections, i.e., English, LR, Legal reasoning, GK, Quant. I scored a good enough rank because i think i got lucky this time. But what worries me is will I be able to cope with the curriculum at the NLU? What should I do? What to study?

Hi everyone! Disclosure: I’m a non-lawyer, and don’t possess significant knowledge about the intricacies of the law.

My question is only restricted to the following subject

- The Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Department JSD calls for the dismantling of the HR&CE Ministry. As someone from Tamil Nadu, it’s widely known (and substantiated by facts) that the government, on many instances, has diverted funds from temples and redirected it towards construction of shopping malls and complexes. TN Ruling Party members routinely brag about how many temples they’ve called for the demolition of.

In essence, there is blatant disregard for temples or anything to do with Hinduism, here in TN by the government. All of you would be aware of the Sanatana Dharma row, with the Chief Minister’s son calling for its eradication and comparing it to the likes of malaria and dengue.

Therefore, to me, his arguments regarding why HR & CE should be dismantled make sense. Not only is there massive appropriation and misuse of funds, it’s also exclusionary (not sure if this is the right term) that only temples are monitored by the state government.

I would like to know if his arguments hold water regarding the dismantling of the ministry. Are there any counter-arguments to this, from a general as well as a legal perspective?

On a related note: DMK routinely makes headlines in national newspapers for standing up against the Union government. It’s crazy how much of a publicity stunt their defiance is. The party is completely corrupt and hollow to the core. They have ties to drug mafia (Jaffer Sadiq), illegal river sand (4000+ cr. worth illegally mined in the past 2 years), bribery in infrastructure contracts and SO MUCH MORE. Even their criticism of how unconstitutional EB is completely hollow, considering how much money they received from the Lottery King! It’s such a pity that we don’t have a strong, united opposition to DMK in TN.

What is wrong with Gen Z, man?? You guys are constantly fighting with each other and waging woke wars on campus. College is supposed to be FUN. College means sports, fests, theatre, debating, quizzing, music, dance etc. College is not meant to be a toxic place where you are branded and segregated on the basis of ideology. Is there any wonder we see such high levels of depression and loneliness on campus???

If someone supports Modi, let them. If someone supports Rahul, let them. Stop basing your whole life on politics!!!

This is their own office, not a shared office. These are the amenities they have:

- Gym

- Pool tables and TT tables

- PS gaming consoles

- Cafe with free fresh juices on tap

They also regularly give their employees movie tickets, spa coupons, free entry at nightclubs, gift vouchers etc.

Now tell me which law firm offers these?

From what I know, based on contacts with both students and the admin, they're doing well and are on the right trajectory. And also the only other NLU apart from NLSIU, that follows a TRIMESTER SYSTEM. From what I know, NLU Meg was the brainchild of the HC's former chief, Justice Banerjee and other bureaucrats in the state's law department, one of whom is an NLS grad. NLU Meg is also conceptualized as the State's Judicial Academy, possibly the third NLU in the country to house the Judicial Academy for law officers/magistrates/judges of the state after Delhi and Assam. Basically, NLU Meg Act and all, was also drafted by Research Fellows from NLSIU, working in the state, an outcome of an MoU b/w NLSIU and the Law Department. They're just 9 months in, and they're doing really innovative work, just jointly organized a National Moot with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and the batch size is relatively small, just about 60 students inclusive of BA, BBA and BSc, so the prospects of placing the first batch in 2028 also seems okay, but only time will tell, as to how it will be performing in the next 5 years or so, given there is no alumni base. But as a matter of fact, the present campus is housed in the old IIM Campus, and the new campus is a greenfield development spanning 65 acres, a few professors and research fellows have foreign LLMs and exposure as well. In comparison with other NLUs in up and coming, stifled as just "state" universities or even having their admissions cancelled by the SC (NLU Tripura), NLU "Meg" seems to be approaching things differently. Overall, the Pros would be - New / Innovative Course (Policy Science Honours, Data Science, Public Policy), Environment, Small Batch Size, Proactive Government Support, Determined Admin & Staff (Can be gauged through all reports, articles, YouTube videos) and the Cons would be that it is new and relatively unknown, hence unpredictable. It may only be an on and upward trend or a massive downfall. https://www.nlumeg.ac.in/

NALSAR had the highest NAAC rating when FM was the VC. Not sure if that score is still valid or the expiry date. NLSIU under VR had appealed against the low NAAC ratings (lower than NALSAR, NLUD) but not sure what happened to that. So yes, it will be interesting to know how these are courses are being run without UGC approval. However, please note that UGC had lowered the NAAC score for distance education (about the time COVID struck).

You need a separate approval from UGC to run distance education courses. It doesn't matter whether they are run directly by the univ or in a partnership. NUJS never had these approvals. Nor did it ever make the necessary applications before UGC.

But NKC will do all that now. Starting with higest NAAC scores for stating BscLLB and Msc Forensic Sciences. Then distance education approvals.

#VCwithMidasTouch

The clients probably have no idea what has happened, this error won't affect the case. Berating is berating, be it in front of clients (much worse because you're literally throwing away junior associates under the bus and stepping away from accountability as the lead partner and head of practice; OR be it in front of other associates and partners in the team (look what happened with the leak). Accept the mistake, move on but stop hate mongering against the juniors. In fact, why are we even assuming that the contents of the email are a FACT as is, they are contested at best.

I think JGU was awarded the IoE tag. All IoEs are exempt from a huge lot of UGC regulations. For distance edu this translates into the IoEs being deemed to have achieved the higest NAAC ratings and therefore they only need to inform UGC with details of the distance edu courses. Unless UGC makes a specific objection, approval is deemed to have been given.

Similar rules apply for institutions that have achieved the highest NAAC ratings.

Guy I'm dead serious here please. I wanted to take things easy at law school and prepare for judiciary but my father had a steel business (marketing) was shot by goons in Jhansi recently. My mom is a homemaker and I need this internship to work out for me. With me left with a week to prepare please let me know on how I can prepare better. Please.

So I was reading some things about Savarkar and was astonished to see that he was against caste system and wanted to abolish it and also wanted Indians to eat non veg to increase muscle power to fight British. Also people saying he wrote mercy petitions saying that he wrote that he was servant of British just does not make sense because Gandhi also wrote in many letters the same way Savarkar wrote to British.

So I tried to correct people who are against Savarkar's ideology but go back slurs which are usually used against RW in India.

Why so much hate against him considering he is not as same as portrayed by left nowadays?
People who act as open to all ideology suddently act dumb when confronted with facts.

the post i was replying to was talking shit about the kid who killed himself. While legally might have been an adult- but there is a time and space to call someone out. How can you be so woke you forget to just be decent? I think theres little you can do to hold someone accountable after theyre dead anyway. His parents might read this crap. Have an inch of compassion.

This is virtue signalling to what end exactly? Having different opinions- however offensive to you- is not in itself a moral failing one needs to be accountable for anyway. And most of us realise that young people often have strongly held views that they might change over their lifetimes. Thats partly why we go to university- to learn from and challenge each other. This kid never will have the opportunity to learn. But one day soon you will lookback on this post and be filled with shame.

It's a small firm so one should not have high hopes about salaries. One of the co-founders I met when I was in the process of giving interviews, I found him genuine, honest and business oriented but at the same time he was full of himself and snooty. He started narrating his own story where he was the hero of the story, obviously. I would say his female counterpart female partner was calm, composed and patient listener.

criticism isnt automatically abuse because you dont like it. Everyone messes up at work and everyone gets called out for it. Be an adult and take it on the chin.

Millenials invented ALL of the stuff youre claiming. Post pandemic Genz hasnt invented anything except pronouns and labels and hundreds of new ways to claim oppression.

She didnt blame the juniors tho. Not in front of clients. In front of clients and her superiors she takes the blame. But its ridiculous to expect others to take responsibility for your work. Shes well within her rights to call you out and shame you for the poor work and behavior afterwards.

idk. folks at top 3/4 nlus arent having difficulty finding jobs. like 80% of jindal grads dont get jobs on the other hand. I think whether or not a kid goes to jindal depends on whether they clear CLAT. children of top law firm partners might not crack the exam. I havent met many people for whom it was a real choice where they got into a good NLU but gave it up to go to JGLS.

I don't like to underline the textbook, instead of that what I do is preparing my own notes based on syllabus and previous year question papers with the help of textbooks and bareacts along with caselaws, moreover you should not wholly depend on Old QPs you should also cover the syllabus part also for better conceptual understanding. In case if you don't understand the concepts refer some online blogs and YouTube videos

OP here. I was able to arrange an interview in the IP team of another tier-2 firm through contacts, the interview went well, and they offered me the position, but I was told the work did not involve trademarks/copyright/TMT work, and would revolve largely around biotechnology. I wasn't willing to work in that space, so I let it go. I took some time off ever since and now am in a better state mentally. Thanks. Hopefully something works out.

In which part of this email has Ram been compared to Hitler? Is your reading comprehension so weak? And Ram is not so weak that he needs your protection. He is supposed to the avatar of Vishnu himself and is perfectly capable of preserving his own dignity without you Viraat Hindu Veers flocking to his rescue.

Firstly, I don't have any hatred "for India and her military." But for sure I want to settle in a developed country. In all honesty, I don't have the slightest feelings of attachment to "motherland." Sorry, but my life, my priorities.

Yes, I won't deny that the French army was used for all sorts of immoral conquests, although the keyword being "past." If we are to judge nations by similar yardsticks, then India too has its fair share of crimes on its plate. Besides, it's not that the current-day French Army is actively colonising other nations.

I don't view China and Pakistan in good regards, and I don't get your triggered 'anti-SJW' comment about the US military, when they're undoubtedly the strongest in the world. Maybe social justice and military might can go together, have you considered that?

I am ambivalent to any form of nationalism or patriotism. I care about the well-being of myself and people whom I value over literally anything else. It doesn't mean I would harm anyone to get what I want, but I am always free not to care. Also, so-called Tier-1 law student, try looking up the definition of treason, instead of throwing it around like a buzzword. You're no one to tell me what I deserve or not deserve. You too will most likely sell your soul to an exploitative law firm to make money. We are all free to take our own life decisions.

OP since you really wanted some action taken, which is why you posted it here, do one thing. Copy paste this whole msg + image, with the subject - Yeh sikhate hai National Law Schools me. Underline the Lord Ram parts.

And DM it to Randomsena on Twitter. Those guy will highlight it till action is taken. But underline the parts which demean Lord Ram.

Nothing in the email even REMOTELY falls under 295A....looks like the OP has zero legal acumen and an inflated sense of ego and gets irked/triggered whenever someone points out the flaws in their ways. Please read up on the ingredients for section 295A. The email doesn't even criticize/insult any religious beliefs but instead your ways/methods of preaching those beliefs.

And where do you come to the conclusion that Hitler has been compared with Shree Ram? Are you really that stupid?

please go back and do your studies. he is entitled to his opinion and isn’t even wrong. you will be the first to be offended if someone says “everyone should worship allah” or “jesus is the only god”.

we have been taught by our religion to be righteous, tolerant and maintain peace.

if this isn’t the path we follow soon we will go backwards, after religion it will come to caste, and then gender.

Oh cool. Becoming corporate shells who have no time for family and other things that matter to them. It's become so normal for people to say this. If your "wAll sTReAT CUltUre" suggests normalising working for 70+ hours per week and and if i don't even work for 40hrs, I'm not t1 material, I'm sorry I don't want in. You can keep your culture. Its not that I hate working. But I don't have time or energy for me anymore. I end up wasting time on social media because what else is there if I've come home to just to eat and sleep to get ready for next day's grind. Everything I do everyday is towards either work, or going to work, or coming back from work. There are only two hours for myself per day (about 17 percent of my day.) . I don't even know if I'm earning enough money right now to retire. I can't even retire.

braindead people, he did not compare ram with Hitler. he gave an precedent of majoritarianism and its perils

his argument is completely valid, educational institutes should not play any religious songs, especially a provocative song like this which goes against the ideas this country is build upon.

Is he a Hindu? If so, then how is it not his right to criticise his own religion? And how are your religious beliefs so fragile as to get affected by his opinions? Hinduism is probably the only religion that allows for criticism of itself from within. Please let it stay that way. Moreover, if you believe that gaining footage is his only objective, then why give him further footage with your actions?

Interned in blr office, can say that they are all decent professionals, have good work. When i interned, they hired a business development professional to improve their social media presence amongst other things. I worked with litigation team of Mr. Manu kulkarni, which was great. You get lots of research work, but no stipend

Apply to Symbiosis Pune (SLAT), Jindal Global (LSAT), ILS Pune (Maharashtra CET), KIIT Bhubaneswar, Symbiosis Noida (SLAT), Nirma (CLAT or Mgt quota), NMIMS Mumbai.

If fee not an issue go for Jindal. Prefer Symbiosis Pune after that.

That's better than half of NLUs. Never drop a year. All the best.

Do you underline as you read the text and when you reach end of the page jot down points in a separate notebook ? Or,

Do you underline as you read the text and read through whole section and then jot down points in a separate notebook ?

What is your preferred way and what would you suggest ?

Unfortunately, all said and done, they rule the asset management, funds and regulatory practice areas in India like a boss. Their super success has been a heartburn for many, as can be seen here. The team is paid and treated so well that headhunters cannot poach any of their stars and similarly difficult is the entry at lateral level as they prefer to train and treat their freshers well who serve them for seriously long. That is why you will see no attrition at the senior level. Stick together and play the premium game as market leader is the best strategy after all. Every large player in the market is on their clientele, every second large premium industry event being sponsored by them. They are quickly becoming a Bugatti and some ppl are still stuck with Lamborghini and Dharavi so yes joke is on you. Its always a treat to see an underdog emerging as a winner to surprise and displeasure of many.

I agree with you. Women managers somehow just don't cut it.

I work at a T2 boutique in Mumbai which is famous for being a female driven firm (i think we have like 83% women staff or something). We have 4 partners, 3 of them are women. These 3 women have made life hell for everyone, the non-stop shouting and yelling at every little thing, their random whimsical nature, that mean girl attitude, honestly it's very difficult to stick around here, no wonder we have such a great attrition rate. I have worked with male seniors too in my previous firms but comparatively they're way more relaxed and easy to work with.

I am a 2023 graduate who joined the B&F practice of a Tier-2 firm in Mumbai last year and had the best team I could ask for. I was placed through a PPO at the firm, and shared an excellent rapport with the team and partner. However, I was not inclined to work in this area, and wanted to make an early switch to another practice area of my interest (TMT). I approached the partner and spoke to her about it - she tried to reason with me at first, said I'd performed very well in my time there and to rethink my decision to leave - even offered me a break to take some time off and rethink. I did not want to take a break and keep them waiting as it'd be unfair for them to have someone not very interested in that particular practice area, so I decided to leave and look for other jobs. I could have left after having another job in hand - there were multiple reasons I did not do that. One, my mental health was in shambles, I know it's rare but although I absolutely loved the partner and my team, i absolutely disliked the practice area. Secondly, I have multiple TMT internships and a few moot achievements and I was confident to find a decent job after leaving. Due to a lack of direction and I'd say being desperate for a job in my final year, I thought I'd give a shot at this job, and took it up. The partner at my previous firm was so kind, she even offered to speak with her contacts in other firms on my behalf, if I needed her help. She went on to say that if I were to change my mind, I could return to the firm and I'd be welcome back. Now that I've quit, I want suggestions on what to do next...what is the ideal way of applying to firms as someone with 6 months pqe (so a fresher) in a different practice area...the only good thing is I shared an excellent rapport with my previous team, so I've no bad records. My academic credentials are also decent (graduated top 10% of the batch). I took some time off and worked on my mental health, had saved up enough to survive on my own for some time, and now will start the job application process. Any suggestions/insights will be helpful.

Yeah thats why they top all the funds rankings and get first slots. Every big global asset manager probably uses ICUL for their regulatory and funds work in India. Have the biggest and best paid funds team in India. Unanimous view and known facts in the market so better to give a fair review for someone to get info right. cheers