Cal HC and SC judge could care less. They will sign off on whatever the state has to say. Such stalwarts didn't care/matter when PIB was appointed, given a full second term and was allowed to resign when things got hot. They initiated inquiries but remained indifferent when Lord Taluk and later NKC had all those inconvenient inquiries killed off. Ofc we cannot forget the sterling contribution of KD. Also note that we got Lord Taluk and NKC thanks to the stalwarts.

Me (SA3/T1, Mumbai): Omega Speedmaster moonwatch

Litigation batchmate (nepokid/NLU, Delhi): Rolex Daytona steel for his wedding

M&A Partner (T1, Mumbai): Deep-sea that he took scupa diving in the Maldives (his GF's insta had all the pics)

Feel free to add on, the watch enthusiast community is really growing :)

She was very much part of Effulgent when it inked the deal with NUJS. The other directors were an ex-Noojie and his wife. For some reason the distance edu courses didn't take off immediately.

Both SJA and certain faculty members came across this but independently. The papers were reviewed by the EC and an inquiry was initiated. NKC killed off that inquiry (ironically at the request of the Associate Prof who now claims that NKC sexually harassed her) because no money changed hands apparently and the courses never took off.

I agree. NKC and the particular Associate Pro were buddies. NKC actually went out of the way to help her secure the Associate Prof promotion. But now she has complained to the EC that NKC tried to scuttle her chances. Some other complains she made to the EC (and to Chancellor DYC) were:

a) University not being GST, FCRA compliant (SJA had exposed this in 2018-20)

b) VC declining CSR sponsorship from HPCL

c) NUJS again messing up with UGC grant accounts

d) Improper recruitment of admin personnel

e) Massive expenditure for boarding and lodging of BScLLB (Hons) students and alleged corruption in creating the lab infrastructure, recruitment of faculty etc

It's all there in the EC records but NKC will not allow uploads and SJA could care less.

However, I disagree that one of the inquiries against the Associate Prof is non-serious. Ofc, the VC is being petty with its timing. As per EC records, the National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG) had approved a Rs 4 lac research project in 2012-13. There is some confusion whether the entire amount was released or an initial tranche of Rs 1 lac.

NFCG repeatedly sent reminders to NUJS (when SAK was appointed as Registrar by PIB) for the research report. This went on for years till NFCG wanted NUJS to refund the money sent unless the report was submitted. NKC refunded Rs 1 lac and removed the Associate Prof (was Assistant Prof when she was assigned the research grant) from her centre. Later in a retaliatory move, NKC persuaded the EC to authorize an inquiry against the Associate Prof who ironically wants SAK ensnared as well.

1. One month is not a long time! So keep hope!

2. Is your Dad running a CA office? If that’s the case, he would have mostly compliance and assessment related IDT matters. These are matters that lawyers generally don’t do. So it all depends upon the nature of work your father is catering to.

3. The effort of the government is to reduce tax litigations. Therefore, you see the amnesty schemes, waiver, etc. Now it does not mean that there are no tax litigation left or will be left. Also, tax litigations are highly technical and if you don’t have a background you may not be able to contribute much.

4. Since you are a CS, it can be assumed that you have taken a conscious decision to perform secretarial work or corporate compliance work. Perhaps you tend to find compliance work less mundane if not interesting. That’s a choice one has. The point is to each his own. Just have fun in your chosen field.

5. When and where did you do your law from? What are your internships experience? A lot will depend upon your CV while applying to firms.

Enrolled in 2019 in the rolls of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa and now I have decided to relocate to my home city Chennai to practice before the Madras High Court. Will prolly join a Tier 1/local law firm in their disputes team. Looking to transfer my bar membership to the TN Bar Council. But will it change my year of enrollment from 2019 to whichever year my transfer has been approved and complete???? TIA for any leads. Jai Hind

NUJS has a newly introduced Forensic Science course with no backing or information in its favour as the first batch has been inducted only in 2023,Further a Bsc is a different tangent to law completely

Learning the BA subjects still has contemporary relevance (Political Science,Legal History etc),Even BBA subjects

help with corp

If you're interested in the particular subject field (Forensics/Cyber Law) then go ahead but have a defined trajectory you can map out

I'd recommend taking NALSAR due to massive difference between it and GNLU/NLIU and the travel convenience.Other advantages include familiarity with the language and the people, issues you will face elsewhere

I'd recommend taking NALSAR for B.A, followed by NUJS/NLUJ and then GNLU. Unless you are keen on the particular subject matter

Still poor numbers where only 1/9th of the batch gets placed with all the supposed contacts jindal kids have, The Jindal Money milking scheme will just lead to more seats and a "first pay first serve basis" jindal follows

NLU's and other Universities have a better placement ratio and percentage,So marketing 100 placements ain't something to be proud of

The poor person is asking for genuine feedback and people are trying to do that.

I don't know who is biased.

But the person above has given some genuine suggestions. Anyone can go and check posts on LinkedIn. People are real or not and they actually got what they claim or not can also be verified.

Not sure why someone will call it praises posted by the organisation unless the person himself/ herself is intentionally trying to manipulate and misguide due to some ulterior motives.

Oh definitely chalega. Known means people should have heard it, the HR should not be like "yeh kaunsa university hai?"...central Universities, IITs, IIMs & NLUs for the legal circle are all well known. But more than that your work ex will definitely be more looked at.

Hi,

Has anyone taken the New Zealand Bar Exams (NZLPE) recently? If yes, what was your experience like and how easy / difficult are the exams?

How did you go about preparing for the same (considering for the closed book exams, one even has to memorise the legislation, smh).

Any guidance and advice would be helpful.

Thank you

I've taken the contract drafting course and it's actually good because you have industry experts teaching you stuff. They are very upfront about the fact that you need to do their assignments to learn 100% of the skills. Also, they separate teams helping you with freelance and placements, so that's there. Only con is that they try to cover too many things in 12 months so that can be pretty overwhelming.

I have been in a similar situation buddy and still am regarding some subjects. The only way you are gonna remember things is to develop interest in them and teach the subject to your friends role-playing as a professor (or just have a GD, whichever suits your boats).

For example I love IP law and I know it like the back of my hand. But if you ask me to say something on Class 1 heirs of some religious community in family law context, I may not be able to.

If you are looking for a magic band that you will take lawsikho courses and land up in your dream job without any hard work, that is not the case. The courses and resources are as genuine till you put your hard work to it and genuinely follow the steps. It's intense, can be overwhelming but definitely worth doing. They provide live classes in contract drafting, doubt clearing sessions, CV making sessions, assignment checks and feedbacks, freelance opportunities, hand holding whenever you need throughout the tenure. All you have to do is with dedication do the course without any shortcuts. You will learn 100+ industrial contracts which will definitely help you in a long way. Since you a student you will face difficulties, hardships to understand the details of contract drafting, but if you do it with full dedication nothing will be impossible.

Hello Legally India folks. I am a 3rd year student studying in a lesser known college in South India. I have written CLAT previously two times and got somewhere around 2400 - 3000. I will turn 21 this year. Should I retake CLAT ?

I have one Tier 1, one Tier 2 and one Tier 3 internship under my belt. Or will me getting NLUD, NALSAR, NLSUI or NUJS negate help me more than these internships?

Another major concern is that in the past I have had problem with their changed exam pattern of giving paragraphs to read instead of just single liner MCQs. This meant that I couldn't complete the question paper on time when combined with the fact that my exam centre always distributes question paper a solid 20-30 minutes late.

So again working proffesionals (not law students) here please answer. Is the drop worth it? Or will I be a budhao inside law school?

Please do not. I am sure you are brave enough to face hardship for a bit. Work hard and only compete with your own work. You will soon become a good lawyer and sought after by people - it won’t happen overnight. But it will happen in a few years (give it 7-9 years). You live in a country with a lot of opportunities and vibrant economy. If you apply your time productively, positively and to better yourself - nothing can stop you. So chin up and face hardships with a smile. Lots of precedents for this approach. good luck.

Facts don't care about your feelings and it's a fact that research is just that a glorified Google search. But that doesn't make it a cakewalk. When it comes to writing research papers you do more than just search, you take different pieces, put your own thought process etc. But at the end of the day it's just that.

I am studying in the final year of a T1 NLU. Batch of 2024. I have an above-average batch rank. I will be joining a T1 firm in next few months. What makes me worried is that I don't know anything.

It feels like I have a cache memory. I study the last two weeks before the exam and ace them but after a few weeks or even days, I forget everything. I thought earlier that pandemic prep and online classes might be the reason but even after pandemic, the same situation persisted. RN it feels like I have wasted my 5 years. I am scared to interact with lawyers or law students from local law colleges during my internship who have all the concepts and sections at the back of their minds. I am also scared if some lay men ask me some questions of family law regarding partition, succession, or tax. How can I say I don't know all this? The only comfort that I have is the fact that at least my friend circle (with same above average gpa and who are all placed like me in Ts1) are in the same boat when it comes to past knowledge.

So my question to all especially the A0s, A1s etc is this. Is this normal for everyone?

Should I start prep again just to escape the embarrassment while working? Also, I feel like even if I study once again I will forget after few months (I am not even talking about sections and articles, but just the concepts). So all those peeps who know all sections and concepts inside out .....how do you do this? Thanks. PLEASE DON'T TROLL, I AM GENUINELY CONCERNED.

Consumerism Law can never be big in India or even Europe/China. It is a big deal in America because -

(1) Class Action Law Suits - even if it's a Rs. 10'000 phone malfunctioning. In America they don't sue for one person. They sue for a million times people. Law firms take a cut in the settlements.

In India for technically class actions exist, but I have never seen one in reality.

(2) Tort Law : In India tort law doesn't exist (except on your law textbooks) when was the last time you saw a court give a big award?

Most tort law contents are codified in India. Because of which there is no scope for tort Litigation.

Apart from that tort lawsuits in India - who would go for a lawsuit for Rs. 200? When the lawyer themselves charges more?

(3) Judicial Proceedings - In foreign countries, in 2 years you can get a settlement.

In India a civil lawsuit can minimum take 15 to 20 years.

Any verdict of any court is unlimitedly appealable.

Our civil justice system is a joke. It will take half a decade. Imagine going to court around 30 times just to get a meager compensation.

In essence, it is not feasible for an average student person to sue under consumer laws in India.

Hey guys, I just wanna know if anybody can suggest a few good advocates in Delhi High Court who are into commercial arbitration and/or insolvency in NCLT/NCLAT. I want to know the names of those who are not be big names yet but get a good amount of cases and would provide an ideal base for learning during an internship.
P.S.: Refrain from suggesting Senior Advocates or people soon to be designates as Senior Adv's.

Asim Abbas has also left Luthra.

While everyone thought that bringing in Harry Chawla and his team would bring in stability post RKL’s demise, it has just done the opposite. Both, old and young blood (Asim and Avirup as examples) have left the firm. Is this ship never going to stabilise? I think it’s time other partners take cue and move on. There is some good talent still stuck in that firm.

Not sure who has one between Luthra and Saraf. Both firms are bleeding talent.

1. One month

2. Dad has a IDT practice, but this is a mundane, boring, dying practice area.

3. I have a CS degree (no articleship exp) , gen corp M&A has plenty of opportunities. Have studied corp & securities law during CS.

4. How do I make the switch, who do I reach out to?

Jo hai wo hai.

You’re looking for a magic pill that gets you into firms, makes your contacts and keep you satisfied (read busy and somewhat rich) with life.

That magic pill exists, thats called “not sitting still”. Your mind works best when you’re working.

Take it from us mid level senior guys. You may scoff at us rn but you’ll realise that we had been right all along.

Why is this getting downvoted. If someone has decent savings of previous 10 years and earning around 1 cr a year why the fuck can't he buy a 50 lakh car if he wants to? YOLO and cars are definitely one of the things you live for amd have worked for the past decade. And it's not just about someone's love for cars, at 1 cr per annum (or even 85 lpa), provided you have saved well for the last 10 years, you can easily and by that I mean in a financially prudent way buy a 50 L car. You can further down your risks by combining a decent mix of downpayment and loan. Loans exist so that You don't need to exhaust your bank balance straight up. If you have a decent cibil score you will get good rates too. So it is not a question of whether a Partner can it is a question of should a Partner not (assuming a car of 50 to 60 L)

Nope, brother. It is not economically viable for a salaried law firm partner to buy a 50 lakh car. In a city like Mumbai, 12 years PQE gives you the opportunity to save a corpus of 1.5 crores at max, provided you compromise a lot on luxurious lifestyle and foreign vacations. Spending 50 lakhs from that savings is utterly stupid and beyond recovery in a place like Mumbai where you’ll have family responsibilities and a home to purchase. Most salaried partners start at 80LPA which comes down to around 65-70LPA post taxes which is not enough to cover the EMI payments for such cars. Therefore, based on the general trend in lawfirms, Creta/Seltos/Verna is the most preferred choice among salaried partners with few exceptions going for a higher segment like Harrier, XUV, Thar. It is only the equity partners who can barely manage to afford an entry-level luxury car. It is not a norm in lawfirms for partners to drive around in luxury cars. Sorry to burst your bubble kids.

It’s true. I heard from an authoritative source in Sony that a couple of NLU alumni had applied (for different pitches). The feedback given by the producers was apparently that companies catering to the law/LPO space will not be of interest. It’s very unfortunate and biased. Shows discrimination against lawyers by toxic engineer/MBA guys.

I am a final year student from SLS Pune. Placements are fucked up, a in house company is coming for recruitment, should I sit for the same?

The money is 8 LPA but I am thinking I can work for a year and then make a switch to any firm?

Considering no firms are going to come to SLS as of now. Only 3-4 proper law firms came this year.

Please suggest.

Mumbai based. I am far from being a partner and my budgeting allows me to only spend 25% of my fixed monthly.

I have a rental tie-up with a neighboring retailer who supplies cars and driver as needed. For regular days I use Uber. For travel and meeting heavy days, I have my guy supply cars with drivers.

Say goodbye to grains and added sugar/jaggery etc in all forms. Clock 150 heart points on Google Fit every week- can be achieved by brisk steps (not necessarily walk) of 30-45 min every day. Try to get up from your chair once every 15 min. If you can't do all of these, will be difficult to reset to your healthy past.