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I have seen many A0s not knowing this and I feel having mastered these skilla while starting would have given them some edge to smoothly settle in with the team.

Please also get familiar with compliances relating to share capital under CA 2013 and investment compliances under FEMA NDI Rules, the rest you can take up as and when they come.

Keep exploring you will start identifying what to learn.

ATB!

Sorry in advance for the possibly stupid doubt. I am a current fourth-year BA LLB student. I will be graduating in August 2025. I am keen on appearing for the Delhi Judicial Service exam, which is conducted in December but the registrations open in November. However, one of the prerequisites is that you have to be eligible to practise under the Advocates Act. Does this mean I have to appear for the AIBE first before sitting for the DJS, or will a law degree be sufficient? If the former, when should I sit for the AIBE? Wouldn't November be too late and May be even before my degree and hence not possible?

For first I have given extensive breakdown in another comment and hope that will help.

Salary growth is slower than private sector but regulators are really good pay masters. In 5 years assuming you will be Manager your pay will be around 28-30 lakhs as CTC as value of perks increases a lot.

Law firms hire people from certain experiences which are directly relevant. Not every department is of relevance for law firms and unlike in the past when you could fool firms with your connection it is not true today. Many seniors after retirement act as consultants which serves purpose of law firms but if you get experience with EFD and Investigation Department firms would be more than happy to factor your experience.

very sad but not one bit shocked to hear this. almost every T2/T3 law school is in the same shape. i can assure you that nothing will change till the students take out a HUGE protest and get some national and local attention on it. your detractors will tell you that this will bring a bad name and it will affect placements etc. - the truth is that it wont. There is no recruiter who will decide not to come simply because there was a protest at the place. recruiters care about a different set of things and as long as you can develop those skills, it wont be a problem. If anything you might even get some points for being people who are enterprising and are willing to do things.

So get together, identify your key asks, engage with the alumni and the wider public and shower the hell fire on those idiots in the admin and the faculty. I see from the web-page that your acting vc was a former judge and typically these guys are very concerned about their public image - so dont waste time and strike when the iron is hot.

Complaining here wont change anything. this is at best a forum for people to signal each other that there are people who think alike.

Pay: The pay scale of officers in Grade A is ₹ 44500-2500(4)-54500-2850(7)-74450-EB-2850(4)-858503300(1)-89150 (17 years). Presently, the gross emolument including SEBI’s Contribution towards National Pension Scheme (NPS), Grade Allowance, Special Allowance, Dearness Allowance, Family Allowance, Local Allowance, Learning Allowance, Special Grade Allowance, Special Compensatory Allowance, etc. at Mumbai at the minimum of this scale is approx. ₹1,49,500/- p.m. without accommodation and ₹1,11,000/- p.m. with accommodation.

Benefits: Other benefits viz.,

Leave Fare Concession - 1.2 lakh for two years or 60k per annum

Medical Expenses - family insurance plus 25k for dental annually

Eye Refraction -10k for glasses annually

Education Allowance - Depends from 2-6k monthly

Financial Dailies - 2k monthly

Book Grant - 5k annually

Briefcase - 2k annually

Conveyance Expenses - cost of 200 litres of petrol monthly

House Cleaning Allowance - 5k monthly

Scheme for Purchasing Computers - 40k for 4 years of 10k annually

Furnishing - 4 lakh every 4 years or 1 lakh annually and 80k annually for maintenance

Hope you can calculate CTC now and again the point of refund of perquisite tax and then on refund tax is imposed. So, only 9 percent tax on these perquisites

An addendum : (From what i ascertained from two alumni and a NUALS faculty ) Sunny wanted a Professor post and wanted to be the Vice Chancellor again . It was thwarted by the then Chancellor (owing to serious allegations and complaints against him. Rumoured that even few teachers wrote to the Chancellor about his misdeeds) .

X wanted to be perpetual Registrar and manipulated creation of a Special Officer’s post .Was appointed to this post after ‘stepping down’ from his intended -perpetuity . Now it’s a cover up with another post he has taken up in some public corporation in Calicut . But he has been given a lien on his post at NUALS (ironically lien was denied to two former full time teachers ) . Mr X is omnipresent and is scheduled to return any time . These people have amassed disproportionate wealth during their tenures . There should be an independent judicial /vigilance enquiry into all appointments made and other financial misdeeds during the term of X and Sunny.

And fortunately there are few who have detailed information regarding these . Will try to get info.

Bottom line : students here are victims paying huge sums upfront for below-par services . Students are cash cows for them . They don’t give a damn about student welfare ; with the welfare officer being the biggest jerk.

Only if you had understanding that the salary slip you are referring to is prior to revision. Plus you get allowances like 200 liters of petrol which is almost 22k, newspaper allowance and telephone allowance, NPS payment which is almost 30k to you NPS account, Sodexo payment of around 5k, annual furniture maintenance of around 80k and for furniture 4 lakh every 4 years, almost 40k for laptop every 4 years, for tours almost 1.2 lakhs every alternate year. There are so many allowances which are not provided on purpose to avoid public scrutiny. Anyways I have nothing to gain from convincing you but guys do your research ask people who are working and you will get to know.

This one is just before the 2022 revision. Kindly check the latest notification.

Its 1,10,000 with acc. Amd 1,49,500 with acc.

Plus their are lots of monthly , quarterly and yearly perks that you have to claim. And the taxes on perks ONLY are refunded ag year end.

1. Sebi pay is around 22 LPA in the 1st year without accommodation (check latest notification for revision). This includes all perks (monthly , quarterly and yearly).

2. Job is in Mumbai only. ( Low chances of other postings )

3. 9-5 work hrs. 5 day week.

4. Lunch , breakfast and snacks at office.

5. Decent workload.

6. Low pressure.

7. Decent exposure. Yes, law firms do give you offers to join. And good deputations available.

8. In some dept. their is under table earning (Rumours but confirmed)

Cons - Mumbai life (many people don't like), As such no power. Work gets boring after a point of time. Sycophancy and office politics, Can't invest in shares (only mutual funds)

Judiciary cons - High work load , Rural posting , Bad infra , HUGE HUGE Sycophancy, Political interference , Surrounded by incompetent people, Slow promotion , Negligible chances of going to HC

Judiciary pro- Respect , Good networking , Decent pay, If your are corrupt you can earn decent amount, Home state posting.

Actuatlly the placements are improving. They rarely help with internships but the 2024 batch had opportunities come in from ICUL (around 16lpa apparently), Panag and Babu (around 11 lpa), Wadhwa law, Barucha, EY (around 10 students got placed at EY with 9 lpa). Others included Saraf and Partners, Link Legal, AAA legal, G&W, bajaj alliance, prime legal. Companies are coming this year surprisingly so don't lose hope. You'll get a lot of time to intern because you get excused attendance and being in Noida helps a lot when you're interning. Obviously this is only pointing out the positive, there are a lot of things negative as well but if you work hard, there are opportunities.

Lien doesn't mean that he's doing NLUD work still. So long as he's on lien, NLUD people shouldn't make false claims about him still running their centres. Have some shame. NLUD helped make him? He was already making his name long before coming to NLUD. What is NLUD that it will make him earn his name? He's known for his publications, scholarship and opinions, and NLUD has benefited from his presence, just like it's hurting from his absence. None of the people who have left NLUD like Arul, Mrinal, Aparna or Chinmayi have been replaced with equals yet.

1. You are taking advantage of the same anonymity while proclaiming your superiority. Pot kettle syndrome much?

2. If the opinion of others and mine is irrelevant to you, then why keep engaging with it? The reason is that your opinion is the minority opinion and nobody outside NLUD agrees with you, hence your desperate need for validation on anon platforms.

3. Now that you have been marked trollish too, it must hurt.

Campus placement won't be difficult because of IIM corp connections, but just about everything else is bad, including infra. They don't have any decent full time faculty, get by with lectures from guest faculty only. The students are decent overall, like most NLUs. It should become better over years, but not there yet. Not worth the atrocious fees for sure.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cloud-over-his-degree-iim-rohtak-director-faces-probe-on-money-transfer-9107348/

Latest news on its director dhiraj sharma..all scam.

This is damn real thing. Many are buying LLB at around similar sum. It comes along with bar registration. I filed RTI to verify someone's LLB with a particular 'deemed' university & everything came out perfect. & people are getting degrees dated in 2006 years so no subsequent formalities.

He's on lien at NLS. That means he has to come back if NLUD refuses to extend the lien or he'll lose his permanent faculty position. And I reckon he'll come back. Even if he doesn't, NLS is a good place and let's be serious, NLUD helped make him, not the other way around. The institution will still go on getting better provided the leadership stays proactive.

Facts, only correction to the above comment is that, it's the former registrar, let's call him X, who made a post for himself prior to his retirement, which he was forced to take because of this age and as per the eligibility criteria. X, with his influence made a special post prior to his retirement and got appointed to the same post. Even though the post of registrar was vacant for almost 6 months, there was no appointment made and the University was still under X's control. Rumours are, the current registrar is also a puppet of X. When the issue came to light that X is pulling this, he took up another post at some other law college in Kerala. But the people that X appointed still remain in the administration and they're the most creepiest bunch of people you can find anywhere.

I'm a 3rd year student and in need of guidance from seniors over here regarding general law school tips, internship application, CV, Cover letter etc.

If anyone's willing to help, please mail to confusedLawkid@gmail.com

Pleaseeeeeee do, you might change someone's life.

Thank you!

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/pay-hike-unlikely-as-karnataka-govt-may-put-7th-pay-commission-on-hold/articleshow/106800759.cms

What will be the impact on NLS?

What hint do I take? Are slots full? Application not good enough? They took the effort to revert to me once saying they will take some time, so I am under the assumption they will send me a decision. Even if they don't... What do I do, wait for some time and send them a fresh application? Send an application with my updated Cv given that I had sent my CV 2 months ago? Or do I request dor future months?

I am an incoming A0 at a T1 firm. This is my last semester of college, and I have a lot of spare time at my disposal. I was hoping if the wise folks of LI could guide me on how to effectively utilize this time to prepare myself for my upcoming role as an A0. I will most likely be joining a GC/M&A team.

Any guidance on what to read, or anything I can do to utilize this time better and prepare myself for my job?

NUALS admin is one of the most corrupt admins amongst any NLU. The fact that the cleaning staff had to protest for not having been paid their salaries (a very pitiful amount) since months is proof of that. The EX VC also created a new post prior to the completion of his tenure, only for him to appoint 'himself' for that post. The interim VC uses the emergency vehicle for personal purposes. Moot and mess reimbursements have not been paid to students, some even more than four 'years'. The admin also makes sure to reduce the attendance percentage of students so that they can rake in on condonation fees. The new hostel building construction has been pending since 2018. The only reason why the batch size of the 2028 batch was increased substantially was because now the admin needs more 'funds' from fees after literally looting students' money. The 2028 batch was also promised that they would be provided accommodation in college, which was never the case as there isn't enough accommodation on campus. Funds allocated for NIMLAC (more than 11 lakhs per year) have suddenly 'disappeared'. A professor who conducted a recent seminar managed to take away around 9 lakhs. Funds allocated to Centres also mysteriously disappear somehow. Other facilities such as the gym are not being maintained and equipments are never repaired. Super sick of this. Talented students in NUALS suffer on a daily basis because of this. My only hope is that this LI thread will somehow change things for the better, but as always, the admin doesn't give a damn.

Tuition fees ₹30 lacs

Hostel and mess ₹5 lacs (1 lac per year)

Ancilliary and personal expenses ₹10 lacs (2 lacs per year)
Location Rohtak (possibly Gurgaon in future)

Total ₹45 lacs in five years for 2024-29 batch in a government institute.

Yay or nay?

You must be too naive to even make this comment. Any headhunter will tell you and I mean ANY, that Funds practice is the most remunerative and is most in demand for ages now. Very wide as a practice area and challenging too. Thats why the shortage of lawyers there despite high demand

From financial independence perspective, MBA.

I have no corp experience. Whatever is stated below is on the basis of lit experience alone. The answer is slightly long- read or ignore, totally your call.

This reply isn't with an intent to discourage you, but only for you to have a fair idea before you come to any decision.

1. It is not just about having legal contacts. It is just as much about having really strong social contacts and robust networks, even more so, as a first generation Advocate. It is at times depressingly uphill. You need a fat, fat degree of patience. You need a thick skin.

2. Sorry to say this, but with utmost respect to the seats of justice, you do observe the degree of difference, how so ever slight, when you appear with or for your relative who is your senior at the Bar, as against when you appear as a first gen. The Bar treats you as an outsider. Naturally, so - none of them have known you growing up. You enter as an outsider, after almost two decades of your lifetime. You have to watch their face fall slightly when they ask you if you are related to someone who has the same last name as your own, and you respond saying that you are not really related to that individual.

3. Your own family often cannot fathom the nature of your work. They are unable to understand why is the earning so, so low. This applies whether you are from economically comfortable circumstances, or even otherwise. At times, it is not even because they want to kick you when you're already down low; it is truly not easy for them to understand the entire system.

4. Money is low in the initial years, no real guarantee of better fortunes later. Social life in the early day at least, isn't very charming. Seeing your peers in other careers doing well really doesn't help with the creeping self doubt.

5. If money even for your own enjoyment, not considering family responsibilities, is important to you, litigation may not be the smartest choice. MBA, any day.

What tf are you saying. Firstly, law firms don't do public policy, it doesn't suit their business model. In India it's mostly a lie when they tell you law firms are doing public policy. Secondly, what on earth makes you say SAM'S team has best mandates on policy ? Do you even know what policy is ? Simply calling a team public policy team doesn't mean they're doing policy work.