I'm an A0 at a T1 firm and would love to hear how all the high functioning lawyers on LI make their lives easier to be able to do this time and focus intensive job.

Ideally, would love tips and trips to function at a higher level than people usually do, but anything to even avoid being inefficient etc would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

DMD is a good place to work at. They now have a corporate law team in Mumbai with the non-lit team from Lumiere Law (read EY) Mumbai having moved to DMD Mumbai. The new partners- Vihang, Ayesha and Monika , have a very good reputation and apparently a ton of work in M&A, corporate law and aviation. Definitely worth considering IMO

Pretty much all the top partners have a Mont Blanc pen with them and it does make a difference, in terms of impressing clients and just maintaining an aura of wealth and success. A Mont Blanc pen costs between 50K to 1 lakhs, depending on the model. The fountain pens are more expensive and impress people more, but it's also a hassle maintaining them and they may become dry if not used much. I think it's fine if you just have a ball point.

Why was there so much constitution? Question 3 only had landmark judgements like jalikattu etc which nobody reads unless they are preparing for judiciary. Is this all what law is about?

Constitution and shit. Barely any questions from commercial laws like IBC etc.

Pathetic

Are any other equity partners denuded with requests from students on LinkedIn? I am as helpful as I can be and direct them to my fellow partners who handle recruitment but some students need their head examined. I had to block a lady who kept texting me every day for a

month and then managed to get my WhatsApp number. This is a message to all students - pls be mindful that something said once, is said enough. Anything more reeks of desperation and not only us, but the world will avoid you like the plague.

The blind don't educate the blind. Fuzzy was a good politician and told you whatever bullshit strokes your egos and made you putty in his hands - its like Americans who come here and say they love India to make Indians happy. CLAT isn't some magic formula to weed out the brilliant and motivated. It is a random quant/ qual/ GK test because there needs to be some process to justify admissions. It doesn't make you special and brilliant. You (we) are all almost randomly chosen from many people with similar aptitudes.

The fact is that every university in the world has good and bad faculty. As long as the proportion leans towards the better, as it has for Nalsar, the education stays decent. You can compare Sudhir to Veer Singh all you like. The fact is that you can learn a hell of a lot from one and not so much from the other. What it does prove is that students will come and complain and whine when they don't feel good, which is often. Yes, some professors don't have great people skills but they don't in Y/H/S either. Despite the complain, students do get educated, whether directly in class or by friends who got educated in class.

Here's the takeaway. The whining tells you nothing - it has existed as long as Nalsar has existed. Find people who have learned to make the most of Nalsar and learn how to do it from them. You still have very decent faculty to work with, great infrastructure, a very good reputation and a good alumni network. Your classmates have this too and you can make the most of this together.

Maybe you can experiment. But it's you who is taking the risk afterall. And I don't think that it's worth a try to experiment it out, especially when it's only a matter of one month. Though one has to admit that the most important thing at T1 is one's performance and not the dress one is wearing, so dress ka sochne se pehle kaam ka sochna will be more beneficial!

Bring everything that BigBasket does not deliver (change address location to Nalsar and check what is available)

Buy a mattress and pillows before you reach campus.

You'll be joining during monsoon so get your umbrella (get something that is sturdy, winds here are strong). Also, evenings are borderline cold in October so get light winter wear if you can't handle 18-14 degrees.

Anyone who thinks that the VC is only the first among equals in an NLU hasn't ever read the statute of that NLU. He's far from being one and enjoys power well beyond faculty.

NLUs aren't democratic spaces, never have been. None of the VCs well regarded for their administration has been a democrat, not even Menon, MPS, RS etc.

That old excuse of SidChau not being able to do his PhD because of his admin workload can only work for so long. If everyone around him including his contemporaries in other institutions could manage it, so should he. He volunteers for many of his duties, out of the goodness of his heart and sense of responsibility. That means that he's made a conscious choice of not being in a leadership role. Hence he should refrain from interfering in leadership matters too. He's not an FM fan? He encouraged students to lobby for him!

Everyone doesn't have the privilege of going abroad for their degrees. It depends on what a person has done in terms of scholarship and publication and how they teach in class, more than which institution's stamp is there on their certificate because they could afford to spend nine months there. If people outside NALSAR know and recognise those alumni, that means it's not a case in inbreeding.

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A guy and girl from NUJS (Pranjal Sinha and Akshetha Ashok) appeared on Shark Tank tonight, to promote their mediation startup Sama.live. Initially all the judges were sceptical and Anupam said it’s rare to see lawyers on Shark Tank. But they were eventually all impressed and made offers.

This is also the first ever Shark Tank pitch by NLU grads (correspondence courses don’t count 😝). Let’s all congratulate them and hope that other NLU grads also pitch legal startups to Shark Tank!! There is life beyond law firms,

people!

I liked it enough. I thought the character work was a little iffy in parts. And I thought that it was laughable that Tyagi was somehow portrayed as a good lawyer when he doesnt seem to know the law at all. I thought the harvard girl story was hilarious. But the tone of the show was a little confused. Its serious in parts and a really stupid comedy in others- what is the show trying to be?

Trust me, the travel eats up a part of you. I should know, I've been in Navi Mumbai my whole life and the day in day out travel of 3 hours or so is the most draining part of the day, not the work. Maybe its my bad sleep cycle and some compounding health issues, who knows.

The point is, get a smaller home near your office, you will thank yourself for it. You'll find open gyms, if not, get yourself that dumbell which has adjustable weight, a yoga mat and a pair of good running shoes.

Let's be a little bit realistic shall we?

Even after all this ruckus, has the victim(s) filed a second FIR?

The student who used homophobic slurs still continue to speak such stuff and further more he is well regarded by professors.

What the University administration had done was wrong, and there's no point in condoning it.

However, it should be at least attempted by the victim(s), their friends or family to redress the wrong suffered. Why do you make such a big hue and cry but refuse to reveal the culprit? There is protection for privacy of the victim never for the perpetrators. If you had the guts to post your experiences online and when such incidents are protested against by the student community as well as the Gujarat HC, doesn't that mean that the victim(s) are supported?

That is legally and factually incorrect. The Supreme Court has specifically included advisory (corporate) to be within the scope of “practice of law”. Seems like you are the one undertaking ‘consultancy’ in the field of law, and not us.

I don’t understand why anonymity makes people spout utter nonsense.

While Nirmal Premkumar vs State (TN) CrApp 1098/2024 is a POCSO case, it is important to note the point underlined by the SC - allegation of sexual harassment committed within close confines requires closer scrutiny by the courts while deciding conviction of the accused solely based on victim's statements.

Both the Associate Professor and the PA should take note of this for their respective cases.

this thinking stems from the fact that t-1 law students feel t-1 law firms me jitna log kama rahe hain utna koi nahi kama raha. ye dulusion jab mit jaega, ye sab sawaal aane band hojaenge. the money is great no doubt but don't feel you HAVE to do all these things - macro picture me nobody knows who a t-1 lawyer is, t-1 bhi koi widely recognised acronym nahi hai, and jitni salary partner ki bhi hai, utna e&y me log kama lete hain, chaahe 4-5 saal baad kamae but that's my point, itna kuch special nahi hote t-1 lawyers.

I am currently writing a research paper and was wondering whether it's appropriate to approach partners/PA/SA's for any reviews or suggestions on my write-up. Also would be of major help if anyone could suggest anyone I could connect with regarding the same in the Fintech/TMT space.

T3 NLU UG Student entering 4th year, received offer from AM legal for upcoming summer break , please kindly guide whether it's worth spending buck to stay at Ahmedabad to intern there?

Things to consider Entering 4th Year.

Comes from Middle Class

Non-resident of Gujrat.

Looking to make a career in General Corporate.

Is it worth it to try ?

I was thinking of converting this opportunity to enhance my opportunity to intern with Wadia & Ghandy in 4th year.

Graduated from a decent college with average grades. Struggled in a tier 2/2.5 firm for a couple of years before spending next 6 years chasing the mirage of civil services exam (UPSC). Restarted career with a tier 2 slowly clawing my way back up to a Tier 1.5 for another 4 years. Now in a tier 1 firm, in my mid-30s settled with 2 kids and paycheck that affords a comfortable life in NCR. So yes, success (with its different meanings and standards) does come at different times to different people.
So if you are starting career now, trust me, you will find your success or calling and inner peace / satisfaction at some point of time in future.

What are your predictions for corporate legal market in the Year 2050

Biggest firms, revenues

Number of people working in firms, Hiring Patterns, Humber of Counsels working in house

Which practice areas will grow and fall

Any change in legal profession

Hi! I have an interview for working as an associate with the TMT or data protection team at Spice Route Legal, Bangalore. Does anyone have any information about what they look for, what kind of questions they ask? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance.

Most people would give an arm and a leg for what you have. The grass is always greener on the other side so don't listen to people who criticise tier 1s constantly. The working hours are bad everywhere, the tier 1s will at least pay well. And nothing that is ever said on LI is to be taken seriously. The commenters here are clowns and so are the moderators.

Is there some sort of official clarification regarding this. I searched a lot but this disagreement on whether actual expenses should be there is just raging on. Well reputed CA friend of mine is disagreeing with you on this. Is there a mechanism to get clarification on ITA regarding this ?

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/caa-protest-erupts-in-jamia-acting-vice-chancellor-says-wont-allow-agitation-101710174921886-amp.html

Are we gonna see a repeat of what happened 4 years ago?

I can't speak to anything else, but owning a 'Rolex' in the west is NOT like owning a Titan in India. Rolex is a luxury retailer and prices start around USD 6k. That is a lot of money for any geography. Rolexes may be more expensive in India, but they're certainly not cheap anywhere.

Our college, which is gnarly as af, is charging rs. 4000, not as convocation fees, but as the fees to obtain the original market transcripts. For the convocation, they simply informed us 10 days prior of the event and just one day before the last date for filling application form. Even though it is well known that most people in our college were not localities and making travel arrangements in such short notice, on top of the Holi Vacations, would be ridiculous.How does one even justify these criminal acts of colleges?

Regarding #2:

Yes. You are supposed to claim expenses only to the extent you have actually made such expenses. Thus, if you earned 16L in a year but spent only 3L, you cannot claim that you have spent 8L. Your bank statements and declared incomes would soon start varying drastically otherwise.

That's the understanding I (and several others) have on this. The deeming provision is only to the extent that your expenses will be deemed to be towards your profession - not that you will deemed to have made such expenses. Thus, the only practical aspect is you do not have to keep any invoices, bills etc. of your expenses.

I have seen many CAs disagree on this, however. A lot of people are still filing their returns claiming the full 50%, even though their accounts disagree. Most of the claims have been processed - but that does not mean it's legally correct and cannot become an issue for you.

Previous threads:

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/207569-50-standard-tax-deduction-for-professionals-please-help

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/186351-presumptive-taxation-of-lawyers

Of course there’s no such thing as a deep state and we should believe everything the MSM tells us, right?

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703.amp