This girl did LLM from harvard and then joined lawsikho, and she managed to start her own law firm after that, that too in LA https://youtu.be/Fk0cvlxsjM0?si=tRfl0zqQb13Dd392

Lawsikho is astoundingly good, do your research before shitting on them with your usualy prejudice and contempt for everything that is not called NLS

I saw this thread because it was circulated in some internal groups of lawsikho alumni

I am working in a malaysian law firm these days, and I got this job with the help of lawsikho

Lawsikho has been instrumental in my career, do not hesitate just jump in

Pros:

- you will learn a lot of new skills that are not taught in college, nobody will teach you in internship either

- wide variety of options and subjects to learn

- you can get feedback on your assignments

- theyhelp you to write and publish articles

- they share hundreds of opportunities every month that are exclusive for lawsikho learners

- the faculty is mostly from top law firms, people who quit and now teaching, there are some judges who took voluntary reiterement and now teaching at LS

Cons-

- it can be very hectic and overwhelming at times

- their pedagogy is very different compared to what you are used to

- if you do not attend classes or do assignments on time you will get calls from coaches and it can get unpleasant

- if you do not take action and keep posponing the work you will miss a lot, and catching up in the middle of the batch may not be possible

- half of my batchmates gave up after a few months. they said they will rejoin in a future batch but I am not so sure they actually did that (LS allows you to migrate to future batches without any charges)

This is true but if you do not understand something then you can schedule a one on one call with the teacher or your performance coach, which I think is absolutely awesome

I specially want to thank Minha my performance coach, having her by my side has made a huge difference to me - I call her every time I have a breakdown

Swatilekha ma'aam is another very good course anchor

It will be cringe, creepy and depressing at my NLU. Cringe because the PDA couples will be on extra-PDA mode everywhere you go. Creepy because some of the senior boys will be making their move on junior girls. Depressing because me and my outcaste “rebel” homies will just be smoking pot and listening to Radiohead.

Hey Guys! Thanks for you suggestions and insights. I have given the above mentioned interview and to say that it was tough, I would not say so. It was very short and simple, the SA was very chill and it was almost like having a conversation rather than an interview. I gave my best. Seemed that the SA was pretty impressed by my perspective on non-technical questions. I hope things will go well and I'll get confirmed for the internship. I'll try to update when I hear back from the HR. Peace!!✌🏻

Guess what, you order food from your favourite food joint and posted 5 star review in zomato. And you see 10+ reviews are positive. But another customer said that he found hair strands on the food and bashed your favourite food joint and rated -1 and probably hand few have posted negative comments. Now you decide that whether you want to go ahead with the multiple 5 star review or the hand few negative comments, not knowing the exact reason for the negative comments but you have several success stories and customers to go and ask and check on your own why they have posted positive reviews. Decide on your own without getting influenced by such negativity.

I see lot of trolls saying negative things about LawSikho here coz in reality they don’t have the guts to give them a feedback directly to them. If they are so dissatisfied with a course they took at LawSikho, why didn’t they file a consumer case?

Anyway, keeping the negative feedback aside, all the want to say is that if you do not belong to top tier college (top 5 NLUs or private college), there are high chances that you are not getting taught anything (be it theory or the actual practical law) and there are higher chances that you won’t get placed unless you top your university and/or have exceptional CV to impress recruiters. I would suggest you to take LS courses as not only they teach you decent practical skills that will be useful in your professional career but also give you opportunities like internships, freelance work, article publication etc which will help you in making your CV better. Not only this, you’ll also get to sit for placements/internships and will also get a roadmap for your career (in case you were a confused soul like me, it’ll be of great use).

Just go for it once atleast? Take a less-expensive course of theirs if need be, to see what they actually offer! I believe no knowledge is ever a bad knowledge so even if you take a different course, there’ll be something that you’ll learn! And based on your experience, you can then decide to take the “expensive” course

I come from a family which does some agriculture on the side, so I have some knowledge about the practical aspects (at least the finance side) of farming. We mainly produce paddy three times a year, after the costs, the MSP barely allows a maximum of 5-8% return. Once I did a calculation, unless someone has at least 8-10 acres, it is impossible to make more than 90k pm. It requires lot of planning and we are fully dependent on MSP. Personally I had supported the farm laws, however, most farmers were wary about the situation. Finally, most landed farmers in India have less than 0.5 acre of land with one to two crop cycles per year, so their average monthly income is usually 10-15k, you decide if they should pay tax on it. Unfortunately, the debate gets skewed by a few well off farmers like Amitabh Bacchan and a few in Punjab and Southern states where land ceiling is lax and who have some political clout. I would request the OP to travel 50km from wherever he or she is to a nearby farmland and speak to the landed farmer there and understand firsthand what the problems are. Then if possible speak to the landless labourers who work there. You would have a clear picture of why the loan waivers are granted.

I am a legal team and I can tell you that lawskkho is often my go to platform to hire, simply because they provide recruitment services to legal recruiters for free

They simply say we will do what a recruiter does for you, give you suitable CVs, shortlisted as per your customised requirements so you spend time only with promising candidates and you don't have to pay us anything

Now this means I will go to them before I go to a recruiter to whom I have to pay

They do the same thing for internships too, they are always following up on if we need any interns

They have a very large placement team and follow up is superb

So I can understand why they are able to get opportunities for so many people

Lawsikho is playing a smarter game than most people here can understand

Lets talk data.

LawSikho has provided 6600 internships, 2300+ jobs in 2023 calendar year alone. It gave 4 cr worth of freelance work to its learners

LawSikho published this data with specific learners names. Can you dispute or debunk that data? If not, you should not say things in the air.

I did my research, and all the information is available on public domain. Instead of writing fake comments anonymously you should file a case against lawsikho if you think all this data is wrong.

Now coming to my subjective experience of the courses:

LawSikho actually teaches cutting edge skills like how to use AI to draft contracts or petitions, which alone makes the courses worth it

Just go through the syllabus of any course, see the assignments list, the list of skills taught, you will soon realise that doing even a small part of this will set you aside from other law students and even most graduate lawyers

It would take you years to learn a fraction of that much on your own or on the job

It is the only organization in legal edtech space that gives you personalised feedback on one on one basis, not just a bunch of recorded classes or reading material like the rest

For example you are given assignments to draft, and you get personal feedback on what you did well, what you did badly, and what you have improved since last time, this is priceless to be honest

When I took lawsikho courses I got a safe space to make mistakes so that I do not make them in my real job

This kind of programs track record is exactly why a government body like NSDC recognised lawsikho courses

The fact that the certificates are govt recognised matters a lot to me

That said, I do not expect to land jobs or internships just based on that certificate but based on my merit. I have learned skills, and it shows during my internships.

I am a different person today compared to who I was when I signed up for my lawsikho course

Lol. Talk about coping. Buddy, the fact that some 15-odd people got placed does not mean that everyone who wanted top-tier placements got it and that certainly doesn’t put RGNUL over tier-1 NLUs. Majority of folks at RGNUL don’t sit for placements because they know they won’t get it and the college itself can’t help them. People from tier-1 NLUs who don’t sit for placements do so because they have other interests. If everyone at RGNUL’s batch of 180 seriously sat for placements, even then not more than 15-20 kids would get placed. So your record isn’t impressive in any way compared to tier-1 NLUs.

Guys, please don't give any 'real' feedback as part of this exercise. Despite how HR will tell you that the process is confidential, in reality, there is no such thing. Partners can and will get to know who made what comment and you're going to be in some really hot water.

I recommend just saying stuff like "My partner provides me the support I need to achieve my professional goals" or some HR horseshit like that.

hi guys, the girl was in my school. i know her personally. she was extremely intelligent, one of the smartest in my batch. extremely polite, respectful and took initiative for intra events. her growth into law school activism is something i honestly did not anticipate knowing her parents can be a bit iffy.

what we do in law school in terms of organising reading circles and group discussions and events should not have any repercussions on how we take things home. any heavy rw violent student will not face similar consequences, but for someone like these students, their parents can take them out of college and that would be a very big setback for a set of political ideologies which are harmless. think about it.

That's not the point. Though this happens all the time, the point is that people who have been loyal to Luthra have been leaving. Aniket S being the other example. The manner in which this whole thing is happening is whats getting attention.

Wonder whats on the cards for LL. A foreign merger probably?

RGNUL crowd is 70% into pursuing judiciary and competitive exams, 15% into serious litigation practise so even if there are 15 people for corporate and if they're doing well, that's almost all of them. Even if all 15 of them get placed, that's a better placement performance than tier ones. Atleast we would know that we didn't depend on campus placements. For my batch, 2024 overall placement figures are - 2 Trilegal 2 AZB 1 Crawford 1 Saraf 1 SAM 5 EY

This is out of a very few number of students who even want to pursue corporate right out of law school

The comments in this thread are so unidimensional. Yes, a newly made partner 8-10 yrs PQE) can afford a luxury car, based on their salary. But can the person afford to purchase their own house and also purchase a luxury car. Most likely not, unless their family is rich. Not every partner who becomes a partner based on their hard work, comes from a rich background, with a house already in Delhi/ Mumbai. Buying a house in these cities is much more expensive than a luxury car. Personally for me, buying a decent house > a luxury car that starts depreciating in value the moment it is sold.

As someone who was part of this team, please please avoid joining at all costs. Despite the extremely high volume of work, the team only has 1 partner (GB), 1 SA and 2-3 associates at any point of time. The work is decent as GB has a good book so you would be working for clients like hdfc, kotak, Flipkart etc. However, there is no WLB, you will be expected to work or if you are at a junior position, be expected to be available for work 24*7, no consideration for people's bandwidth etc as you would be working on 4-5 matters at a time

Brother there are examples of NLU students graduating at 26 or 27. Some great answers have been written on legallyindia.com by them. I suggest please google those answers by relevant keywords and decide for yourself. Don't listen to people doing age shaming on this thread. There are multiple factors at play here.

Graduating at 26 and making it to a T1 law firm is still much better than someone who bothered about age and graduated pristine young at 23 but from a Tier 3 local law school and still after 4 years not being able to get into a T1 law firm or get any good job for that matter. There are several factors at play, I suggest you research and find what is most applicable in your scenario. Exceptionally talented people with the right internships and right contacts can make it into T1 even if they are from local law schools.

Because those are products that sell and make profits. Law is a service and only the few 10 firms own the market and undercut among themselves, and don't delivery the large profits. I know that LegalPay and some companies have approached the Tank, but the whole plan is not sustainable compared to even sale of Pani puri. The costs are too high, the market isn't too large and it's an advisory service which isn't that work heavy and therefore revenue generating compared to accounting and investment banking. Why do u think even large law firms don't hire so many people? A good revenue generating business expands with more manpower. The navel business when bigger probably employs more people that all the top law firms.

Further, such product and revenue generating businesses like software, have a higher scale and are sold abroad as well, where maximum profits are made considering the PPP. In 10 years any large fashion brand like Aditya Birla or any conglomerate may acquire them at a huge premium, even if they aren't doing that well. If they are, they cud be like a billion dollar startup. If they are loss making, they could go IPO or go debt and then maybe turn profits later.

All of this is not possible in a law based business because it is based on professional expertise specifically in Indian Laws. Expertise needs high costs but doesn't scale all too much. Also none of the shares can contribute with their expertise in sales etc., because the legal market is not very globalized and organised and the dynamics are very very different. Maybe if the Trilegal founder were to be a shark, there cud be a chance.

I am right-wing and consider the punishment to be unnecessary. This kid is just like any other law student you see these days: confused and clueless, mouthing off woke psychobabble he heard in his first year BA classes. Instead of punishing him, let him join the real world after graduating and wake up to reality like Shehla Rashid has. Also, Jindal should initiate a review of the first year BA curriculum. Include centre-right and libertarian writings. Exclude left-wing writings. Sack professors who only preach Marxist dogma and give a one-sided view of everything. Also, teach students about human rights violations against ethnic and religious minorities by China, USSR, US, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Australia and Canada. The will show them how tolerant India actually is.

Don’t listen to all these randos

If your college does not have great placement, which is most law colleges except a few top NLUs, lawsikho is your best bet

There is one problem though, most classes have high number of older lawyers too, who learn fast and young law students can feel overwhelmed to keep pace with class

You can hardly expect a lawyer to know everything. I find it hard to believe that a lawyer practicing criminal law in some court of session is going to remember the intricacies of corporate law from his law school lectures. The main point of studying a subject in law school is that you at least retain a basic understanding of that subject when you start to practice. You can simply read up on a point of law whenever you need to if your memory fails. What matters is that you know how to search for the relevant material and then apply it to the facts in an efficient manner.

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Based on anecdotal evidence, nobody praised their courses to me in person. And please take LinkedIn posts / praises with a grain (rather, dollop) of salt. Remember, its the platform where people thank their employers after being laid off by said employers for the laying off. In that platform, people do / say things for optics.

Save your money. If you want to learn, try courses from resources like Coursera or others which have ties with universities. Better, intern in small set ups where lawyers actually rely on interns to get work done. Your chances of learning will be very high there. Do those internships during ongoing semesters - as such lawyers will be happy even to onboard you virtually.

Most law students here are from NLUs and therefore it is automatically expected for them to stress importance of getting into NLUs as UG.

However working professionals may be able to give clear insights on whether they reject people just by looking at their college or is there anything which can trump the college brand value inside your CV