I have grown wary of people on NLU campuses talking about things relating to social justice. What they talk about rarely translates to their actual life. And if one does walk their talk, it comes at a heavy personal price. Better to just befriend everyone and stay shut about politics unless it's on social media to score points or something.

I mean, they move eyes on a page and let their brain consume information. its not that difficult to read a case. Unless its a very complicated supreme court judgment that would take a couple of days to work out- most cases and laws are pretty straight forward if you studied in law school. How do you expect to be a lawyer and not have to read? What do you think the profession is?

Most faculty leave much to desire in the way of academics. You'll find the Constitutional Law faculty paying far more attention to Part I than to Part III. A senior faculty member infamously plagiarising from LegalServicesIndia and iPleaders. The list goes on. This isn't to say that all is bad. You'll also get some stellar faculty members, especially if you opt for the BA stream. Scoring marks is fairly simple, overall, barring three professors who anyway won't mark well.

There's little faculty involvement in the hostels, with the wardens handling their day-to-day functioning. However, for any changes or accommodations, the faculty members incharge are fairly quick to act. This, of course, depends on the reasonability and ease of implementing such change/accommodation. You'll also see them if you ever have the misfortune of being caught with prohibited materials in your room. The mess committee faculty members are by far the most responsive, where you could even see requests being acted upon during the meals themselves. There have been a few mishaps, but I choose to blame that on running an operation this size. Sports see heavy faculty involvement all throughout the year and they're some of the most approachable people on campus. Mostly reasonable people.

I'm a 4th year student at NLS. I'm really interested in policy work. CAM is one of the few law firms to have a separate policy team. Wanted to know about that practice area, team at CAM, culture, working hours etc. Also, in general what does policy work in law firms imply? Is it only advising organisations like sebi or is it similar to work which Vidhi, CPR etc does?

I’ve been seeing that “new girls hostel building” being built since 2018 I think. After the pandemic they completely gave up on it. Rumour is because the interim VC had inaugurated it Sunny refused to continue construction. And now they can’t even construct anymore because of the dilapidated condition. The situation in nuals is honestly pathetic when it comes to getting anything done with the administration. It feels like the VC and registrar do whatever they want irrespective of the college it’s like they want everything to be a PR stunt. Firing teachers for asking what qualifications certain “professors” who don’t even teach and lead a fake center have. So many good professors have left NUALS over the last few years due to the unnecessary drama that happens with the teachers council. The entire college is just a shit hole for all kinds of politics.

Work is more organized in boutique firms, for both Associates and paralegals/sects (office ending around 5ish pm). However, the salary i believe is less in these firms. T1s do have a good pay n bonus for paralegals (1-2 month basic pay), but working hours extend on many days to at least 7/8pm with more often weekend demands. While both type of firms have leave policies, T1s might need you round the clock and even during your personal leave.

Some journals are of very good repute and have some stellar board of advisors and faculty members, and have a pretty rigorous editing process.

The amount of effort you put in also depends on the reputation of the journal. Some really famous journals are incredibly hard to publish in and the effort must match their standards, but in a lot of mid tier journal, the aim should ultimately be to get your foot in the door.

Most journals have a pre screening and a first review process which is usually the hardest to cross, but once you get past this, it becomes a lot easier and even if your research paper requires substantial changes. Post this, the editorial board would also play a large part with the author to ensure that the paper is of a publishable standard.

Ensure that there's a clearly laid out argument, good command of the language, well structured and good use of resources. Do not submit your college projects as is and expect it to get published, it's one of the easiest things to reject.

All the best

This is a serious issue because even the faculty largely speaks Malayalam. Some faculties like ambiliy use malayalam movie references very frequently to teach her subjects. It makes it very difficult for the non-mallu students to learn the subject and even lose interest after a point due to the hardcore language barrier.

Malayalam is prefered over english in all kinds of gatherings like fests, student discussions, faculty interactions with the students, etc. It is very difficult for the non-mallus to have any kind of involvement for inter-college or inter-state fests in the long run.

This was a serious problem I have noticed my seniors have faced too and unfortunately it only seems to be getting worse. There seems to be no possible change/remedy.

The non-mallu alumni can only recommend against joining such a university which does not function on the lines of an NLU nor does it deserve an NLU tag considering the inefficiency of the NUALS Admin.

I graduated in 2023 and started working in a chamber as junior associate. However, I did not enjoy the work and took some time off to appear for government exams. But that did not go well and I couldn't clear those. Now I have 3 months gap on my CV. How do I recover from here and get back to working again? Is it a very big issue if I have gap of some months now?

I have no clue of the newer International law experts. The only one I can think of is lavanya rajamani. But she's not teaching or researching in India. I feel it's sad that earlier JNU would provide so many International law scholars, however even their current department is lacking. The other NLUs have focused primarily on corporate related areas, therefore soft laws like Int Law and Human Rights take a back seat. I wish the top NLUs foster a better culture for PhD and Post Doc, so we can get homegrown talent that works in the country.

Hey,

I am a recent graduate and was thinking of assessment at Bridge Policy Think Tank, New Delhi. Can someone give reviews about the work culture, kind of work, salary for freshers, and any other important information about it? I want to enter the field of legal policy. Can this be a right place to start and what are the career prospects?

Thanks.

Teachers really do hold attendance over everyone's heads, they dont help with placements nor do they help with attendance requirements for internships, very rarely do they ever understand and since our classes only end by 4, there's no way anyone can intern post class hours.

There was a NIMLAC thread in LI a while back and the prop is ready (has been for 2 years) and the students are ready to work but the admin never gives a green light. They always say that there's no funds everytime but the budget always shows allocation for the moot. God knows where our fees are going!

Drawing on my experience as a member of the Editorial Board for an NLU Journal, I can attest that the ease of publication varies across journals. Esteemed publications like the NUJS Law Review Journal have a strong presence. The competition is fierce, and only high-caliber submissions are accepted. Their editorial process is extremely thorough (a result of an extremely thorough and rigorous selection process).

On the other hand, smaller and less established NLU-affiliated journals are more accessible. While the editorial process is rigorous on paper for most of these journals, it's seldom followed. So, landing a spot in their pages is comparatively more achievable, as long as the submission is not absolutely trash.

I have done some fund formation work (4/5 funds) and I have also worked on PE & M&A deals starting from when you were still in school. Currently, I am the general counsel of a PE fund.

I will be surprised if you are able to draft the waterfall, even the simple 2/20 one.

I will be surprised if you will know what you can or cannot sell to LPs.

I will be surprised if you will understand the tax implications in this structure.

I will be surprised if you will know what your managing partner will be able to sell during fund raising.

Trilegal is one hell of a hypocritical and sick firm.Their entire story of we promote meritocracy culture is absolute bullshit.The only ones to be promoted are bootlickers.They are more lala than the lala firms.When it comes to woman employees its the worst.A complaint of sexual harassment will be trivialiazed by their own ICC just so that rainmaker partner and chamchas will be free to keep doing this.

Any Trilegal team not worth working for.

And dont be fooled by their "guaranteed bonus" and "highest salaries"promises.

this was in 2006, on a certain floor of boys hostel one student used to visit the toilet at around 2pm every night, one day he finds that a pink chador is slowly moving across the corridor, from then on the legend of the pink lady was born

i reckon it was a mixture of ganja and the pink paint on the corridor

Like you said, every oligarch (including both Adani and Ambani) has very good relations with the Congress, and even provides funding for them in specific states where the Congress is in power.

If the BJP loses, there will be a crash. There always is, when they suffer an electoral setback. Use that time to buy. Stocks will bounce back.

1st Gen Lawyer here. No family wealth. In house for 15 years. Just bought my 3rd house. Parents didn't contribute a cent.

I've done rent vs. buy calculations. There is a point in time when renting makes sense, and there is a point in time when buying makes sense. Ceteris paribus, if you can afford it, buy it.

It is definitely possible without family wealth, especially if you put in the effort, plan diligently, and don't spend time giving foolish motherhood statements on LI.

First, I did. That's the truth. Hardly any reputed peer reviewed publications, even fewer SCOPUS and other reputed indexed publications.

Secondly, so you don't really have any argument in favour of exactly where NLUD is doing better other than your staunch belief that it is. In which direction is it "ferociously growing" exactly?

I've worked outside India a lot, and you tend to walk a lot because of public transport.

Clarks are one of the best brands out there, if you consider availability in India. Much more comfortable than Hush Puppies.

A good pair should cost around 4-7K. I've been using mine for 5 years now, and with basic shoe care, it still looks very professional.

Hey, I just a have different viewpoint to present to you.

If you're really very seriously interested in law then pursue Company Secretaryship. It's like 60% law and 40% accounting, finance and management. Your BBA might help you in the 40%, but for the rest, you have to give your best. Later on, you can do LLB along with CS articleship, which is done by many CSs. All the best.

This is the best route one should take to land a good job in the corporate world if one already has a UG degree, especially in a commerce-related field.

What is wrong with internship places these days. They treat interns as if they are doing a huge favour on us by letting us sit there. I interned at this litigation chamber kinda place in Chirag Delhi and bruh they don't have coffee for interns. The female partner has no sense of talking to interns and expects them to be her slaves and even serve her at times. Then she thinks as if the sole purpose of our internship is to steal her SCC and Manupatra credentials (I have access to every available legal data base from my college but I feel sad for the struggles other interns have to go through). Its freaking awful and I believe we must create an organisation for interns where these basic issues are raised.

ELP has a podcast on funds:
https://elplaw.in/elp-podcast-series-funds-series-investment-funds-fund-regulations/
https://elplaw.in/elp-podcast-series-funds-series-the-term-of-a-fund/
https://elplaw.in/elp-podcast-series-funds-series-investors-consent/
https://elplaw.in/elp-podcast-series-funds-series-borrowing-and-leverage/

Why half and illiterate comparison?? If you want to compare the cabinet secretary then compare him with CJ of SC. CJ of SC is superior to the highest post of an IAS officer. He is at 6th position (along with the speaker of Lok Sabha) in the order of precedence as issued by the GOI.

Then why to get confused again by half answer?? Chief Justice of India comes at 6th position (along with the speaker of the Lok Sabha). Now tell who is superior?? Question was not about the designation (cabinet or chief or any kind of secretary). It was about IAS in general. So no need to compare at all or if we do then it should be properly (don’t compare HC judge with cabinet secretary, compare CJ of SC with the highest post of an IAS officer)

Consider doing from US or UK or Singapore. You can then just do the bridge exam from NLS and clear the bar exam in India. This will give you an upper hand in the Indian law firms and space as there is a reasonable amount of snobbiness among top lawyers in the sense of where they have studied. Firms like AJEEBEE don't even take partners apart from top to mid level colleges. I really think you should avoid 3 year LLB in India. Also, you should know that law isn't what it seems or is shown. Not everyone is minting money or in a power position. Most are absolutely miserable. Please get a realistic insight into a lawyers life. And make an informed decision. Good luck.

Is it feasible for a queer/gay man who is a first generation law graduate to become a judicial officer? If he becomes one, will he have to face the flack of general public and his colleagues. Ideally it shouldn't be w problem post 2018 judgment, but given the position of a judge in the society and society having hardly evolved, will it be a difficult/dangerous job for him? If yes, what other prestigious legal career options he could go for?

I mean if you just want a step counter, use google fit app on your phone.

If you want a watch to not carry around phone all the time, take any random one, they all count steps pretty well. Do not depend on their BP or heartbeat monitor or anything else.

All 'smart'watches are the same China imported and rebranded shit if under 5000, even above those are pretty bad with their UI and functionality. I bought a zebronics one a while back and its okaish, nothing mind blowing. Counts steps well.

There are not enough hostel on campus and a lot of first years have to stay off campus in private hostels and the university does nothing to help them or their situation. An NLU should be a fully residential insitution unlike NUALS where they can't even provide accomodation for its students. The NUALS administration is completely useless and will not do anything to help you during your time here.

Zindagi Hope mein jeeyi jaati hain mere dost.

There's nothing destroyed which can't be build over again.
I guess you are in 2nd or third year. I was disappointed just like you. I improved my grades over the years, Halleluijah. You don't know what's gonna happen in future. Even this year, I heard that a student with a comparatively low GPA got the job surprising everyone. Unfortunately, other students did not get it, but things are improving and few more companies might come till the end of this year is what I have heard. Just keep on studying. Do your best! If not corp jobs something else will turn up. I know my friends with multiple year losses getting jobs (not saying that they are bad or below you), so keep your hope alive. Also, don't give up on placements (if that's what you really want) till Day 1. After that too, keep applying but also start looking for other options. That is, if you really want corp job. There is something out there for all of us. Don't worry, just do your best! Isaiah 40:31;)

Mi6 is awesome. Using the mi band since miband3, each one lasted more than 2years and only upgraded because of new features and it is cheap af.

The screen touch and size is perfect, steps are accurate, fairly accurate for cycling as well. Not accurate at all for swimming. But no other real competitor in the lower budget range. Garmin is good too but insanely expensive compared to mi.

teams from nuals have been doing better at moots for the past few years, we won Nelson Mandela 2023 and qualified to Jessup 2022, FDI 2023, KCL HSF 2023 Worlds. '24 guy received a PPO from INDUSLAW in his 3rd year, and WG took in a whole bunch. the upcoming batches are only going to achieve greater things, but the sad thing's the efforts are all theirs and theirs alone. there are no good coaches for even moots like jessup or price. there is no faculty or admin support for placements. even a small improvement like having classrooms open is a big bureaucratic process. the attendance rules are purposely difficult to understand even for people who intend to make a career out of understanding confusing documents. medical and health problems are considered publicity stunts even if they are very serious. life for non mallus is more difficult in campus than outside, with even important vc meetings happening in malayalam sometimes. the interim vc apparently continues the habit of using the emergency vehicle for personal use. the student community at nuals is to blame as well, but we are also tired. if there is anything good about the university it is what the students have cultivated through their hard work with no support.

True - was in the audience and was truly impressed by the research and presentation of the banking law paper which won

https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/04/08/live-reporting-8th-nliu-trilegal-summit/

@Mods this was meant to be a website about career advice. I honestly could not care less about some stupid spat between this guy, his ex and co-intern. I get that your website gets clicks off of gossip girl law school edition but have some semblance of self-respect and keep this sort of crap off of here.

I was involved with a partner even though I was aware of his marital status. Initially, the idea repulsed me, but he assured me of his genuine interest and desire to assist me. In my desperation for a job, I decided to go along with it.

Surprisingly, he was a kind person who kept his promise, and perhaps because of him, I secured the PPO. After that, I began avoiding him, but he noticed and asked to meet in the cafeteria for 5 minutes. There, he reassured me that I didn't need to avoid him. He knew I pursued the relationship for the PPO, yet he helped me because he believed I deserved at least the chance.

Returning home, I felt like a monster. Now, three years later, we work for different law firms, but I will always be grateful to him for his assistance.

Talking about new posts what is so funny to me is the introduction of the new college system that seems to be a flop already. Admin kept a reservation for “non BALLB” which obviously means LLB because they fraternise a lot with everyone on campus so they can get votes easily, though I don’t understand why we even talk to them, and they get CV value for this fake “position of responsibility”. I don’t think most people on campus even realise that the 4 LLB college heads are really good friends and have pulled stuns like the Israel protest. They seem to be part of one large group of friends that seem to have their foot on everything in college from SC, CoCo, Sports, College system, Journals, ASP, SHARIC and who even knows what connections they have behind closed doors. Sudhir even calls them by name and greets them first when he sees them. Blatant admin favour.

I have my summer internship scheduled with CAM and Trilegal, Delhi, for May-June 2024. This is my first internship with T1 law firms, and I intend to do my best to possibly turn this into a PPO. I am seeking guidance from LI people to support me in my endeavour to secure a PPO from T1 law firms even though I belong to lower NLU. Please suggest me things to do and not to do in order to secure a PPO. Do you think T1 will be giving PPO to the Batch of '25 till December 2024?

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