This is such a ridiculous female bashing thread.. If we work crazy hours, there's a problem. If we don't, we pay the price for that too. Men on the other hand, can have just as unrealistic expectations, but then that's normal. the OP was somewhat gender neutral and on point. The chat however.. quite ridiculous, from our generation

Lol, you think these people are known in the academic circle for their work? You really should go out more and also read. They don't have a single reputed and indexed peer reviewed journal publication to their credit, forget about SCOPUS publications. They publish in Army Institute Law Journal, NLUO Law Review etc. You don't have much idea about the publication records of good faculty from other law schools in India it seems.

Wadia Ghandy is the absolute worst when it comes to this practice. They recruit interns from local Mumbai colleges (no attendance issues), then make interns do long term internships(entirely unpaid) with no intention of giving them a job. A friend of mine interned in the disputes team for 10 months only to then be told they had no vacancy

I'm not sure what advice I can give you except that you should avoid getting into (i) relationships with co-workers, and (ii) relationships with a senior co-worker. These rarely end well, in my experience.

I do have some questions for you to consider:

1. Which "reputed law firm" lets you run off to your home town on weekends and lets you leave at 7 p.m. on a regular basis? Considering the 20,000 posts on LI whingeing about late hours and no WLB, this firm sounds imaginary. If it is real, then hang onto this job, buddy. On the other hand, if it is real, then your honeymoon period might be coming to an end quite soon and errant office romances will be the least of your worries :)

2. Which "reputed firm" is comfortable with its associates locking up the office (at 8.30 p.m. or otherwise)? Or are you trying to pass off a Tis Hazari chamber as a "reputed law firm"?

3. You claim that you are in a "full on" committed relationship with your older female companion, and that she's "all over" your "office life". Ergo, she clearly spends a lot of time with you. Have you considered that maybe she REALLY likes you? In which case, how are you thinking of ending the relationship basis hearsay that she's promiscuous?

4. Hanging around with a ton of guys doesn't mean she's promiscuous. To quote a character from my favourite TV show - "I've had drinks at the Soviet embassy. That doesn't make me a Russian spy."

5. Spending weekends with your partner is a given if you're in a relationship (of your choosing, I might add). Just because she works in the same firm as you doesn't mean she'll conveniently vanish on days the office is shut. That's not how relationships work.

Thank you again (OP here).

Just a few more questions: -

1) Any idea about the Mumbai equivalent of NK/ MS? Basically any Partner who you may be okay with working for considering how they are divided into Corp 1,2,3 etc. and it is just a mess overall?

2) Would you suggest applying to BA/NK etc. directly, or via a headhunter?

(I am an A2 at a super boutique corp firm, looking to hopefully pivot to a bigger place now)

Thank you once again :)

AFAIK Comparative Public Law is being taught to the LLM students during the January-April 2024 semester. The comment was not directed against Prof. Vasanthi. She is one of the few teachers at NALSAR who are teaching above the requirements. There are several others (better not to name them) who are not even doing half of these numbers.

Dude, don't do this to yourself. I know looks matter, because I have suffered due to this social construct for the longest time, and still do. I do not know whether you are a guy or a girl, but trust me, not worth it, and this approach is horrendous to your self esteem.My friends/ peer group have always had girls wayyyy more better looking than me.

Guys AND girls tend to approach them, talk to them, completely ignoring me. I am seen, heard only when we are discussing something related to law or academic/ research pursuits. I am pretty decent at that, and contribute significantly to such discussions. [Note: others in my peer group, including the really good looking ones also participate in such discussions in a healthy manner. Beauty and brains need not be mutually exclusive]

The wilfully-being-ignored thing sucks. Those like us, who are not blessed in the looks department, irrespective of our gender, have to make peace with our reality.

Don't ask the world to take a dump on you.

The world is gonna do that even without your asking.

Grin and bear the tag of 'not-really-sight-for-sore-eyes'.

Strive for excellence in your work, because that's something which helps people like us establish and maintain some degree of relevance.

Students from T3 and T4 NLUs also manage to get placements. Like NUALS has placed a few people in Trilegal. But you'll have to work much harder in law school that T1 people. I'd recommend reading some motivational books about biggest lawyers in India. Or you can read Learning the Law by Glanville Williams, if you want to study something before the law school.

A person who was a radical leftist at NLSIU is today a counsel representing companies accused of multi-crore scams. The famous "NALSAR Joe" works a finance bro in London. More than half the NUJS anti-CAA signatories work in Big 7 firms and advise Adani, Ambani, Tata, Jindal, Birla etc.

Just shows that all this campus activism on social justice is a fake trend.

Your PhD depends on your guide first and institution second. So see if you have someone in ILI whose interest matches with yours and try to find out how they are as a mentor. There are more institutional issues with SAU, lack of funding being the most prominent one. ILI doesn't have those issues.

BO'25. I try to minimise the time I spend here for some obvious reasons so im not sure if this has been answered elsewhere, but I really wanted to know the journeys of individuals who graduated during a bad job market and did well in corporate law. What do you do when you do not graduate with a job in hand? Do you continue interning? Do you apply everywhere? How does your last semester feel in such circumstances and what do you do when those around you seem to have lives a lot more sorted than you? How do you stay motivated?

I have interned continuously for the past two months, both call-backs, but I don't know what is happening. Firms have indicated they'll take time because of the volume of applications. I live in constant anxiety especially because dayz is in August. I cannot rely a lot on dayz since my academic record is very mediocre.

Therefore, I want to prepare myself mentally for the worst case- which is graduating without a job. How bad is it? Especially when I knoe through internships that litigation is not the avenue for me, and I do not have the financial support for an LLM abroad.

So I gave CLAT and didn't get a proud rank I've gotten TNNLU cuz of domicile quota but most people I've questioned say that sastra is better than tnnlu. Im currently not interested in corporate jobs but it could change later so I wanted a college which could get me placed.

So my options now are tnnlu , Christ or sastra.

I've heard a lot about the former 2 but couldn't find anything relevant to the latter only reason I've added sastra to my options is cuz of its proximity and I could be a day scholar. Any alumni of sastra here who could give me the general picture ?

I cleared CLAT and got into a t3 NLU. I prepared for it for 3 days. But when I came across CLAT 2021, I realized that maybe i wouldn't have been able to score well without extensive preparation. If i join an NLU, will i be making a mistake? And to make up for my mistake, what should i study and learn before joining university? Please don't say "enjoy in these months, that's the only time you have". I have talked to a lot of students from NLUs and some stand out due to their sheer brilliance and others are very unremarkable. I would certainly want to be well prepared.

I am from BBA as well and I was in absolute awe of him as a teacher. His lectures were spell binding and his command on the subject was commendable. I could even ask questions (even silly ones) and he would answer happily and take time to actually address whatever doubts I had. And he answered everyone's questions. Yes, he did sometimes go off on a tangent but "by and large" as he says often, his lectures were were informative.

And it's not just me, all sincere and intelligent students agree that he teaches well.

Got this dress code during one of my internships. Might be helpful.

Formal full sleeve shirt and trousers.

• Formal Indian salwar suits. Avoid big prints

• Kurtis

• Saree

• Closed-toe shoes, dressy flats or heels, preferably those that do not make noise

Work can be hectic. Partners can be tough but also polite and friendly in social settings. You can expect few all nighters. Partners do reward good work and loyalty in the long run. Bonus is well rewarded. Things can be unfavorable to you if there is a personal dislike-PA is openly dating an A0 (now A2) in that team which the entire office and partners are aware of. It was apparently due to the pa in question, the pretty lady was favoured and liked by the partners and got in. Journey going great for both- you get the idea. Good luck. I would argue that it's a good team with good deals and experience.

If you have read anything about incels you'll know that they are very bitter about women in general because the specific women they want to do hanky panky with are not interested in them. You are not merely criticizing people. You are attributing behaviour that you don't like in individuals to a larger class of people that you have created based on a characteristic that in unrelated to their behaviour.

THE logic (your use of the singular is both cute and telling) is that you obviously hate single people for reasons unknown to us, which I am speculating is your incelness. So every time A single person behaves in ways you don't like, you decide that it must be because of their singleness. It might be because they have acidity, or insecurity or that they are assholes but that wouldn't serve your hatred of single women.

Ikigai Law, they will exploit you to the core in the name of call-back internship and then lateron tell call-back is just like a normal internship and not an assessment.

ideally, avoid this place, some of the associates are so toxic would have asked you to work late nights regularly and even on weekends!

Man, get some life, live, and let your interns live their lives peacefully after office.

Ideally, you will learn a lot of core tech law works, but would make you work so much that you will burn out

GST isn't really a BJP reform. It was in the pipelines and finally got implemented during that period. That too the regulations and procedural loopholes that got approved by the BJP government were quite bad for small businesses and the union government has got the perfect leverage over states in this way, which provides for further strained centre state relationship.

You are wrong. The validity of a university degree in India depends on whether the university is authorised to issue such a degree under UGC guidelines and if the university is recognised as a S. 12 university by the UGC. NAAC accreditation has other advantages including government funding, project funding, ability to conduct online courses etc.

avoid ADEPT - these mfs asked for my CV and when I asked as where it would be circulated they just said "we can't disclose that" I noped out of that situation, even though I needed a placement being in the final year. I did get placed on my own merits later but I did keep thinking if I made the wrong choice.

If someone cannot disclose how they're using your data, never trust them