the truth is most indians support israel is because historically we have good diplomatic relations with eachother and Israel support India in all sensitive issues like Kashmir, which palestinian do not support.
And people saying about killings and all the truth is any country do no give a fuck about human rights untill it somehow benefits them eg- Afganistan and many african countries.

Hello sir ,

I am sorry I am unable to give you any sort of advice . But if time permits and if you are willing to help someone then please kindly help me on my path to become what you are now. I am non-nlu graduate from a t-3 city and I have never lived outside here. I am looking for guidance. Please comment below your throwaway email if you are willing to take this forward.

My ex, a strong left wing feminist nut, used to very proudly say that she liked me because I was very fair (and obv Brahmin) and when she showed me to her folks one of the first things she said is - he's so fair no?

The other three Cs were non negotiables as well, for this left liberal whackjob, and many of her manhating friends too.

But the obsession with skin colour, my god. Amuses me to this day.

Have worked on multiple transactions and the least I have seen is 12k for associates. For offshore clients, the minimum was 18000 for associates.

The rates posted by you may have been offered to some long-standing Indian client. Indian clients tend to pay much less anyway.

Naice! Tagging the comments from this thread as well!

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/275542-indian-law-firm-hourly-billing-rates-2023#comment-275759

T1 cities are the cultural colonies of American Empire in this hyperglobalized era. There is no cultural elite there only financial elites. You will find extremely hard to insulate yourself from these people. Even if you manage if escape this infection somehow your children will mostly get affected even if there is a single lapse committed. Better take a Govt psu and live in suburbs

Thank you so much for this advice, bhaiya. It really means a lot to me that you took your time to respond to me.

It feels really great to hear that someone, somewhere out there feels the same way and did not give in to the pressure like the majority did. I was always told that you’ll end up as a failure and that you’re wasting a precious seat since your coming here is of no use whatsoever if you don’t indulge in any of the above mentioned stuff. It takes guts to be like you and your re-assurance is really appreciated.

I never wanted to be in a rat-race of any kind, or the sort of sigma male activities that are being followed mindlessly over here. I can’t even tell you the things publically that I’ve witnessed over here during my close to 2 year long journey. It’s definitely true that some people have their lives on easier mode that they grew up in this culture, got the same thing here and will continue to have it during their job life, as opposed to us who learnt everything the hard way. However, we cannot change that and that’s what life actually is so yeah Imma just wait and try to enjoy the remaining time here by pursuing the activities that you did or something that genuinely makes me fulfilled or content with my life.

Once again, thank you very much for this, bhaiya :))

I also have found no Israel worshipper chanting "Free Gaza from khAmAs"... rationally counter ANY argument against the zionist entity.

PS: Douglas Murray hates immigrants & people of color so not sure how you bringing him up as a credible source makes you look like.

Hey bhaiya, OP here. Thank you so much for this valuable advice that you’ve given as opposed to the majority of the seniors and other people over here. I was always told that you have to compulsorily engage in these things and without that your purpose of coming here is nothing and you’ll be of no use.

I honestly never liked the moots/adr thingy and would love to have decent no. of good publications only (not for the reason for landing a job but to have a feeling of accomplishment you know) and yeah looking forward to more such things that genuinely make me fulfilled rather than doing them out of FOMO.

Your reassurance really means a lot to me. Thank you very much.

Paper was of a far lower standard as compared to the CLAT 2022 and 2023 papers and the Consortium released incorrect answer keys initially. GK also was quite substandard with questions bearing no contemporary relevance to the past year's current affairs being asked and the answers being stated within the passage not unlike English and Logical. Reasoning.

As an alumnus myself, I had always had reservations about him as the VC, though I admire his scholarship. Sadly, my fears had not been misplaced at all, as evidenced in the last five years. I also acknowledge his recruiting efforts, but overall, don't like the place my alma has become nowadays.

you need to dissociate. smoking cigarettes will do you no good, hooking-up with strangers will leave you feeling empty and hollow, just participate in extra-curriculars, internships and academics if you enjoy it. dont be a part of the rat-race, just figure out life on your own. there are like-minded people out there, im sure theyre even there in your college and even if theyre in a minority once you find your people, you'll be fine. i can relate to the loneliness that comes with refusing to giving in to hedonism. never smoked, never did drugs, never hooked-up with strangers but id choose loneliness over degradation.

TCCLR is not consistent in the quality of its reviews. They rejected a blog which IRCCL simultaneously accepted. Their main remark towards rejecting the blog was its "conversational tone" and apparent grammatical mistakes, which were non-existent. They did not even comment on anything substantive, unlike IRCCL which specifically mentioned substantive suggestions.

The usual + something unique - first, do top to bottom analysis of the competition act.

Next, understand the upstream-downstream stuff and tons of actual cases.

After that, try and find some research gap that you can fill - talk to your comp law prof at this 'top NLU' and try to narrow down something - this can tie into you being a part of some research center for the same. Make this paper as foolproof as possible and as fast as possible because you do not have time.

Next thing would be to apply to NDA with this + an article on a smaller research gap. Ping a few partners across firms on LinkedIn - cold emails are almost always ignored.

Do internships, internships, internships - moot courts mean jack shit for the CV or for actual learning - they are not even relevant for actual litigation. While this is true, still claim in your CV you worked on a certain competition law issue in a moot and how you won it. If you have to do hybrid internships, do hybrid, else do running internships. Online internships are horrible.

And in any case, keep repeating the steps. Do not forget T2s and Boutique firms - firms like BTG Advaya teach you a lot, even if they don't pay you an eye watering amount plus the work culture is amazing.

If these firms do not click in this year, join a litigation chamber of a senior advocate who does competition law cases - do it for 2 years then transfer wherever you want. Unfortunately, do not expect more than a pittance.

Actually, the thing is, I’m unable to find anyone who isn’t into this. Over 80-85% of my batchmates are from t-1 cities (Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and the like) and for them it is actually quite common since most of their parents associate with the same things and have no issues about that. Me, being from a conservative kinda family, was not exposed to any of this stuff growing up and neither were these things common or talked about on a regular basis by my peers where I spent my entire childhood. Moreover, the rest of the batch from smaller cities is also into this kinda stuff and almost no one imagines their day w/o all of the stuff that I had mentioned above.

This is the situation here and I can’t even imagine what it’d be like at Jindal, Symbi or any other pvt. uni such as Ashoka. It’s honestly quite sad that I won’t be able to pursue my corporate career in a lavish t1 law firm if the culture is same over there so Imma just do a low paying in-house job or even a government psu job for that matter. I badly need mental peace rather than whatever these guys are aiming for at this point.

As a student from Mumbai currently pursuing law there (at the university which claims to be the "best" in India and the "Harvard of the East"), personally, the best thing about Bengaluru is the metro (I was tortured by the Mumbai locals throughout 11th and 12th) and the hip culture. You often get experiences in Bengaluru that you would not get in Mumbai. Bengaluru, for example, has innovative cafes like Le Cirque Signature, Rim Naam, etc. The culture here is modern and fresh; you won't get this anywhere else.

Look at this article - https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/25/health/weight-loss-diabetes-drugs-gastroparesis/index.html

I saw some posts and comments asking about Ozempic to manage weight due to the hectic nature of law firm jobs. Not saying you shouldn't take it but be very cautious with this shit AND DO NOT SELF MEDICATE. It's not like the same firm will grant you more leaves to take care of a paralyzed stomach.

Best is to still eat healthy and manage calories, without getting into fad diets. Increase protein

Hi, thanks for the reply. I would love to know more about the other things. It'd be great if you could elaborate. Also, I do understand it's toxic and not worth it but I just feel useless and have no clue what else I want beyond this law firm job. I know it's a "me" problem but I should have gotten something at least and maybe had the chance to experience this and decide for myself.

https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2024/02/14/live-updates-philip-c-jessup-international-law-moot-court-competition-2024-indian-rounds/

This page has everything including the best memo, speaker list etc

You do you.

As a senior who came from a village into a well known private university, I share your sentiments. I didn’t indulge in hookups, alcohol, cigarettes, non-vegetarian food or smoking up and wasn’t constantly chasing accomplishments in college. But I also did not look down on any of the above. I enjoyed hanging out with people so I participated in organising committees. I looked for people who could enjoy sober lunches and dinner and good food in city restaurants - and asked generally in class if people want to join. I hung out with smokers and had chai while they smoked. I hung out with alcohol enthusiasts and had virgin mocktails and offered cocktail making skills. I had a gala time with a category of intellectuals while they smoked up. You don’t have to hookup if you don’t want it - and you may look for a stable relationship. I accepted people are different and come from different walks of life and emptied my notion of life to learn more about them and there lifestyles. Humans - especially lawyers are lonely creatures. Most are always happy to talks about themselves, provided you don’t make them feel like you are judging them.

Again - you do you. Tier 1 or local government colleges, all have the same environments - you just have a base of accompalished alumni’s to reach out, competitive and ambitious circle of batchmates and promise of decent orgs showing up on campus. If you want to sleep for 7 hours do that. If you do not want to dedicate all your time to different competitions - don’t. If you do not want to pursue a corporate job - don’t. If you want to just focus on academics and relax - do that. Your activities will impact only you and not anyone else.

Only one thing you need to understand and imbibe. Make efforts in anything you finally decide to pursue and strive for excellence in that. You are in India (law school is irrelevant), and you will do fine if you decide to not put in effort or put in effort. But efforts will set you apart - in personal and professional life.

I had a fun college life - no moots, debates, ADR or papers only events and academics. I am doing as well as anyone in my year from best universities. A lot of factors matter in life - once you identify a problem, look for a solution.

How is General Corporate different from Capital Markets? What is the nature of the work involved in both these and how should a law student choose between these two practice areas? I would highly appreciate it if someone would please help me out with this. Kindly do not troll. I really need this to understand how my Gen Corp internship is going to be like.

Thank you very much in advance!!!

I set aside one solid hour every night before sleep for reading exclusively and consider that as part of my sleeping regime, which means that deliverables won't compromise it. I also carry a Kindle with me, which means that I get to read even when I am stuck in traffic or waiting for a meeting to start. I can also speed read, which helps.

Those +13,000 murdered Palestinian children don't shake your moral stand? They don't hurt your heart? Your heart has selective empathy for the fake story of 40 decapitated murdered babies that got even debunked by Israeli sources themselves but not for the real footage of murdered Palestinian babies in incubators? Your heart doesn't care about the thousands of abducted kidnapped Palestinians children without fair legal trial? Cause they live in the power imbalance of occupation where they can't have any legal right!

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3244398/why-israels-propaganda-war-has-been-just-complete-mess

https://thecradle.co/articles-id/14665

https://www.fairobserver.com/world-news/israel-copies-us-propaganda-to-mask-its-illegal-bombing/

https://www.liberationnews.org/us-israel-manufacture-atrocities-to-justify-war-crimes/

https://time.com/6366734/palestinian-child-detainees/

https://time.com/6548068/palestinian-children-israeli-prison-arrested/

https://www.btselem.org/statistics/minors_in_custody

https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/israel-palestinian-children-still-being-tortured-in-israeli-prisons

https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/israel-palestinian-children-ill-treated-and-tortured-while-in-detention

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE95J0FR/

https://www.savethechildren.net/news/stripped-beaten-and-blindfolded-new-research-reveals-ongoing-violence-and-abuse-palestinian

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/11/03/israel-has-a-history-of-killing-maiming-and-torturing-palestinian-children/

https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/amnesty-report-claims-israel-kills-tortures-palestinian-children-543395

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/torture-and-abuse-children-fleeing-gazas-humanitarian

And THIS ONE YOU MUST SEE: https://heritageposts.tumblr.com/post/732663199530418176/the-new-fabricated-piece-of-israeli-atrocity

NLIU people are deluded enough to claim better placements even though the place never released proper placement reports even during the hey-day of Legally India. Fact: Most NLIU placements are random tier-2 firms to make up numbers. And even that doesn’t allow NLIU to achieve 100% placements. As far as tier-1 goes, NLUD is on par if not much better.

Kya dikkat hai?

Office aa ke muft ki chai aur 1000 sutta breaks are better as per you as compared to a relatively chill life? Transactions me aisa kaunsa cheez hai jske liye physically ghar se baahar jana hai?

I understand meeting and applying maska to clients, uske alawa what does it even achieve?

Unfcomfortable formals, long commutes. Fucking rent in a T1 city, sara salary to isi me chalre jata hai.

Aaplog partner type aate raho office, humein baksh do na.

Hey guys,

So I'm an Associate at a law firm dealing with Gen Corp. All the basics. Gen Corp is great in terms of stability and learning. However, I can't help the feeling that I could be utilizing my legal knowledge for other purposes such as social betterment/probono work (could be profit or non-profit).

I was trying to brainstorm and wanted to know if any of you have suggestions or experiences where you've done other side hustles/hobbies/projects on the other side alongside your work. It should be like a 2-4 hour commitment a day and something fruitful/fulfilling.

Open to ideas :) thanks