Wow that's a little sad. It's too bad Kalpana Kannabiran left. She was prolific. Chauhan's output will pick up. You can't write while also doing as much work with students as he does. Constitutional Law and Legal Philosophy is a very wide range. Once he gets a break, he will publish quality thinking.

Nope. Not out of mind. Thinking men are women if they say they are, and that therefore they should be allowed in womens prisons and bathrooms and sports is about as religious as it gets. The entire doctrine of trans ideology is based on the idea that we all have souls or an "inner essence" that is "gendered". That is religious and dogmatic. Where is the proof for souls? And how do we know these souls are gendered? Do souls also have races? Is there a white soul and a black soul? Do souls have ages? Can one have a soul of an adult in the body of a child? If one can transition from one sex to another- why cannot one transition from one race to another? Or one age to another? Or one species to another? Do animals not have souls? do disabled people have disabled souls? Why is sex the one immutable characteristic that we have an inner identity of and no other immutable characteristic is treated the same?

Explain to me what "knowing youre born in the wrong body" means? Whose body do trans identified people wish they were born in? Explain to me what it means to "feel like a woman" or "live as a woman"? what do women feel like? how is the entire thing not built on regressive sex stereotypes? If I as a woman decided to become a part time scientist part time crime fighter tomorrow- lets say I become spider man/ iron man/ whatever- does that mean I am playing the social role of a man and therefore my inner gender identity (soul) is a man? How do souls know what sexes conform to what socially specific stereotypes anyway? do babies know what a barbie or a GI Joe are and know what these stereotypes are when they are born? What part of the brain or the body does your gender identity reside in?

How does one tell which man in a dress is a real "trans woman" and a perv who wants to harass girls in the bathroom? Where is any scientific proof at all for gender identities? Why should women pay the price and let their spaces and quotas and safety be ruined to accommodate these special priests of the woke church?

How is putting young children- sometimes very young- on "puberty blockers "- or drugs used to castrate sex offenders and treat cancer despite knowing the risks to health- from osteoporosis to sexual dysfunction- not something a religious cult would do? How is all this changing bodies through surgery not similar to religious dogma from circumcision to FGM ?

This trans ideology where you have to repeat the mantra of "trans women are women" is a religious movement. It seeks your submission by having you first assert something you know deep down is untrue . And it tells you that people who do not believe ( who are apostates or non believers) are evil bigots out to hurt the good people. It tells you that playing along with the nonsense- pronoun rituals and such- is what makes you a good and kind person. It even has extremists who will call for punching and killing all terfs. And the people in the movement have the same evangelical zeal and cognitive dissonance that people in cults do. Look up what "cracking an egg" is and what " internalised transphobia" is. The movement has its extremists. Go ahead- look up the phrase "Kill Terfs" "Rape Terfs" on twitter. There are mass shootings committed by trans identified individuals- did you even know that? Tell me these are harmless people who just want to pee. A movement which tells you there is to be " no debate", that tells you" the science is settled" while it discourages rudimentary data collection (allice sullivan) is not a social justice movement- its a religious movement.

An ideology that tells you there is such a thing as a " girl cock" and that a raped woman should not expect her crisis shelter to be male free because thats bigoted, that women do not have the right to demand same sex care in the hospital and must consent to being touched by a male bodied person or they should not be treated, and that lesbians must accept dating male bodied people to remain on the good side is about as religious as it can get. A movement that tells you that gay male misogyny in drag shows are something we should introduce to children in libraries is religious. A movement that repeatedly creates content aimed at children- tik toks and books and videos and even cartoons- that tells kids they should cut contact with their parents if they do not agree with the tenets of its ideology- is a religious movement. Its a cult.

This movement does not behave at all like a civil rights movement. there is high control and coordination and funding from billionaire- look up jennifer bileks work and who penny pritzker is. This movement runs away from media coverage instead of seeking it. This movement is top down and not ground up at all.

Before you tell me " that doesnt happen". Look it up. It happens all the time. Look up reduxx, look up what happened to kathleen stock, read some julie bindel, read some germaine greer, look up what happened to graham linehan and hear the witch trials podcast. Read what happened to Jesse Singal after he wrote fairly mild articles for the New York Times. These are all people with extremely credible leftist backgrounds and views who have been silenced and shamed by this movement. I bet you think somethings about them that are not true. If you run away from arguments because someone else told you its "transphobic"- you've outsourced your thinking. That's very religious. Look up vancouver rape relief. Look up Wii Spa. Look up what fallon fox did and what lia thomas did. Look up Hannah Barnes' book "Time to think". And read some helen joyce while youre at it.

If you dont want to listen to any of these people- please please listen to trans people, go to r/mtf and r/detrans. Do that everyday for ten days and tell me what you read does not cause any discomfort. Read Andrea Long Chu's females and tell me you agree with him on what female-ness is. Read gender queer and tell me this person ever manages to actually explain herself at all. Read that post by Alok Vaid Menon where he calls little girls "kinky". Look up jeffrey marsh and rachel mckinnon. Read what happened to keira bell. Watch that jazz jennings stuff - really watch it.

I was a trans rights activist until I actually educated myself and paid attention to what was going on. Changed my mind over night.

Young people have been indoctrinated into believing this trans ideology stuff the same way theyre indoctrinated into believing Hamas is made of freedom fighters who are resisting by raping dismembering and killing women and children. And there is a real human cost to both of these religious movements- its the biggest medical scandal of our time how this transitioning children stuff.

Its easy to dismiss people who disagree with you as being " out of their mind". When you dont bother to find out why they think what they do.

What is up with the new NUALS VC? Constant watch on kids through cameras, strict uniform measures, telling kids with terminal illnesses that it's their fate and not the college's problem and forcing attendance requirements, normalised sexual harassment culture, no help for placements from the admin, 7+ hour classes, professors that can't cater to a pan India crowd (madam/sir idk Malayalam, but I still pay 2 lakhs same as my neighbour), how is this an NLU? Do other NLUs relate or is it just us?

I have seen this myself. Students who genuinely need funds to pursue higher education and have requisite interest are sidelined to support well off counterparts who can fund their own education but belong to minority communities.

Looking for a proper discussion instead of throwing shade at any individual or scholarship. Just curious.

Very much in a similar boat, but it helps that my team is supportive and encourages me to get a life. It's just a job at the end of the day. If you have a terrible team I suggest you switch, because you should be able to tell them you have boundaries. The best time to switch is before you complete 1y PQE. Also, it may not always be like this - cap marks is very much cyclical and depends a lot on market sentiments. It's election year too. I hope we can weather this storm lol. Also it sucks to be BRLM counsel.

I mean, no one can answer this really. Youre going about it all wrong. Figure out which professor does work that interests you- email them and ask them if they have research projects you can assist with. People on a random anonymous blog will not know which professors currently need RAs, or which ones you would have a good time working with, or whether they would write you a good letter. They can at best tell you about their experiences which may not be the same as yours. Research collaboration is a difficult thing where you work intimately together and a lot needs to go right for it to be a good experience all around. Why do an LLM if you dont even know what research area interests you?

FWIW- almost all the faculty at nls have some history of engaging with junior scholars and students and have written letters and guided people. maybe not folks who are very very early career- but most of them.

well, I fucked up as well but after a month of crying about it like a little dog, I have now realized that if I genuinely tried my best, I would never lose
and at the end of the day, if I did not give it my best I don't deserve anything
having said this, you are in my direct competition now for clat25, best of luck ;)

See you can rant whatever, but for a top ranker they will no longer prefer NLS over NALSAR/NUJS/NLUD.

You have to compete with 400 people batch then also compete with 400 people LLB batch.

If you are in the position to choose today, I mean actually have a good rank, which NLU would you pick.

I was fortunate to secure a T1 where I was previously employed, after leaving a PSU. I was interviewed and honestly asked if I'll be able to work long hours. Trust me, there's a general understanding in the job market that govt employees don't work (this is true!). Securing a pvt job post PSU would be a challenge. Moreover, you would not want to switch if stayed more than 4-5y.

Is it advisable to do Credit/Certificate courses from NLUs? What if they are slightly on the expensive side but are supposed to cover my preferred practice area comprehensively?

Are doing these courses (and then reading up on some of the more technical parts) more efficient than studying the same topics in bits and pieces, from the basics, from books and blogs?

Once Kian and Prachi ran LI and they were far ahead of B&B, doing cutting edge stories and exposes. I hope Prachi also does such stories for B&B, exposing corruption in the BCI and in NLUs.

https://www.barandbench.com/law-firms/view-point/workforce-continuity-legal-considerations-for-employee-transfers

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/dlf-surpasses-fy24-sales-guidance-with-gurugram-project-launch-11704705125975.html

Obviously Senior Advocates can buy such flats easily, as can senior partners. But what about junior partners and SAs, or people in smaller firms? Is it common for them to buy such flats? Is there a kind of status symbol attached, similar to the craving for luxury watches?

I was watching a show on CNBC yesterday, anchored by the lovely Sonia Shenoy. She was interviewing a guest from the Pharma industry. Both Sonia and the dude were basically saying people should be bullish about the markets in the expectations of a Modi victory, highlighting the Pharma industry. I found this a bit weird tbh. Even in a Congress government, Pharma should do well because the demand for medicines is always high! Also, the same businessmen who are close to Modi have investments in many Congress states: Adani, Ambani, Tata, Jindal, Birla etc. I mean Naveen Jindal was literally a Congress MP!

So my questions are:

1. Is the bullish sentiment going to last even in a Congress govt or will there be a crash if they win?

2. Will the oligarch stocks (Ambani, Adani etc) always do well?

Certainly, the CTC would be 18L. However, the calculation of CTC is made at maximum of bonus component, which you'll never be able to get. There several factors which limit your max drawn bonus to around 50%. The in hand would be peanuts, nowhere closer to the CTC. If money is Considerable factor to decide, you'll be at a substantial loss.

Faculty are supposed to be specialists. Range isn’t as important as depth. Where Sid Chu lacks is production of original work. He has the capability, but not the sedateness needed. Hopefully as he ages he will improve on this. It would be a loss if he fails to be a serious scholar alongside being a serious teacher.

PS: Not a student post. I have been a colleague of his.

'Buying internships' = the quid pro quo allegations OP said would be next lol. Nice to see y'all being as predictable as expected.

This comment also makes no sense. OP has said the program don't do ECs because they aren't undergraduates anymore? Which is...a perfectly expected trend? In the light of the six BALLB bot students who seem to remain logged on this website constantly lobbing insults of 'oho they can't moot', the point was that they don't care about moots in general. Nothing in this post is worse than what some of your cohort have said about these people, which has just been mindless mudslinging. Just about anything would look rosy in comparison. They have included one line about loving their peers which you have caught one to discredit what appears to be an essay-length account of their experiences? Ever thought that...it's possible they don't hate everyone they go to college with?

I am preparing for the UPSC. At the same time I'm at home, doing almost nothing apart from the preparation. I was recommended to do some online course and came across Jindal's MA in IR by Coursera. The problem is that it's not a UGC certified course. However I don't really care about that, and just want something to increase my knowledge & put on my CV. Is the course worth it ? Or should I look into courses by SOAS and Kings, though those are relatively more expensive. Moreover I want a distance learning course not a campus one.

Unfortunately, the firm is dying a slow death, away from the public eye. 7 partners from Delhi and Mumbai have left in the last few months (8th one, in Delhi, also on his way out), all due to payment issues. One AP hired for BD and strategy left within 3 months as she found out there was nothing to salvage here. Only 1 exit of SB (to Kochhar) was reported; rest hushed. Have heard some funny stories about how a few of the partners left. Someone should contact all the ex-partners to check how much the firm owes them.

Legal Methods & Law & Poverty: Amita Dhanda Ma'am (now she stopped teaching legal methods but her course is very well-designed and helpful).

Contracts & CPC: Varun Malik Sir(explains every concept very carefully and thoroughly)

History: Srijan Sir (new addition and extremely well-read and knowledgable

Sociology: Kannan Sir & Manisha Sethi Ma'am(I think the latter left however very experienced at the same)

Torts & Family Law: Aruna Venkat Ma'am (very well read, knows her subjects very thoroughly)

Evidence: Keshav Rao (was VC of NUSRL, now senior faculty at NALSAR, knows every provision every rule by heart and now I think is teaching criminal law as well)

Consumer Law: KVS Sarma (was recently inducted into NALSAR, has a strong background in Consumer law, haven't heard any feedback yet but still).

Tax Law: Neha Pathakji (very famous, recent SC (of Pakistan) judgement even cited her, explains very well)

Administrative Law: Sourabh Bharati (explains every concept so clearly and comprehensively

Constitutional Law: Siddharth Chauhan (the entire thread has already validated this)International Trade Law: Ishita Das Ma'am (knows her subject very well, very well-read)

A few good teachers left NALSAR in the last few years but NALSAR has held recruitment drives for replacements this year. The newbies are now being tested now, but it is slowly and steadily getting back on track.

Currently, I am in my 5th year pursuing B.A. LL.B (Hons.) and now I feel like law is not for me anymore.

So are there any GENUINE SUGGESTIONS for good coaching centres in Delhi? Like any online or offline coaching?
Also, having no relation with math for straight 7 years, need a coaching that makes us understand basic math from scratch.

I am a 2018 graduate after 5 year law and had no clue about what's gona happen after college. Tried practicing law at lower courts and understood the hard reality of advocacy. In my town, they dont even pay the juniors. So, making money was the only aim. Found a LPO job and that's when covid hit and gladly could work from home and make money rather than staying in jobless. But it was basically a clerical/ mechanical job and there was no much joy doing it. then deep inside, i realised the need to change the course of profession and for that idk for what reason but I took LLM in IP. Had an amazing fun year and after that back to reality. Understood the reality of difficulty to get into good firms. got into a firm in chennai and they took me for granted and even almost considered me like a legal clerk and no IP work was coming in so in another 9 months, i left the office and went back home with again very little litigation experience and knowledge. stayed home for 5 months facing all the rejections and with the grace of almighty god, landed a job in the 5th month and it is a dream office to me but again, people here are too smart and i feel like they look down on me and having all the troubles. dream work is just giving me anxiety. learning things from much younger people and facing all their sarcasms and bossy attitude on us and feeling a zero somewhere but vehemently denying that and hoping for the best. Gf treats me like shit and so arrogant and i am not just blaming her solely. i am an ass also most of the time. let us live the rest now. life is for one generation. and its just blank! RELAX WE ALL WILL DIE

Quite true. Dhanda has always been by far the best researcher/teacher at NALSAR. Chauhan is good but stagnating. A reason for this is that he had a good young group around him over the last decade that has been lost. From the top of my head I can think of Anshuman (Constitution and Admin, not at Jindal), Manav (Law & Lit and International, pursuing PhD in the US), Ajey (Property and Jurisprudence, pursuing PhD in Canada), Jagteshwar (International and Environmental, pursuing PhD in Canada), Sudhanshu (Corporate and Competition, now at NLS), Chinmayi (IP and Jurisprudence, pursuing PhD in Germany) as people who were all good young teachers that should have been kept hold of or replaced. None were.

Lol, this on the day the university released the Fin Sec Confirmations =)) Wait for the modern Cassandras to come and bemoan that the admin is deliberately ensuring that the LLBH guys get more internships.

For more context- Fin Sec offered 3 internships out of 6 odd applicants(Batch of 45) for the LLB batch while only 2 out of idk of their 80+ batch.

Pretty easy to engage in such language when you’re not in the college. I hope you never have to face institutional discrimination in your job prospects. I do not want to comment on your idea of “falut tesion”. I’m guessing that you meant “faltu tension”. Regardless, for some people, their job prospects are important. It is fine if you do not share the same view. But to be condescending to garner a few Internet points is not going to get you anywhere.

Check legal reasoning sections of previous year CLAT and other law entrance exams and tweak the questions in a way as if it’s a subjective question instead of objective and try to answer it based on facts and reasoning without using any legal principle. Strengthen your argument and weaken the opposite argument. This is how I’m doing.

Take inspiration from these objective questions and frame your own subjective questions. This is how I’ve been doing. Try to come up with a workable format which you can replicate in the exam. I’m also in the same boat as you. I wish the best for you. Hopefully see you soon. Take care.

Also started my career in that practice (of course I left as soon as I could reasonably afford to). One pattern I find particularly sad is how CM seems to beat every ounce of creativity and light out of otherwise very bright minds with its requirement of endless mindless labour.

Please think about setting up a more enjoyable career and indeed life in a different practice. As a bright A0 you are eminently employable (regardless of what fears you, like any of us at that age, might have).

So, I working in a t1 manufacturing company and was heavily underpaid. AIF offered me 30% increment and got only 6lpa. Benefits are great. IK im waay below market as confirmed by my colleague. Going to be heading into performance reviews (joined only 2 months back and company has quarterly reviews) and would like to negotiate to atleast bring my salary to market standards. I live in Chennai if that helps.

So to summarise:

1. What would be the average salary for this position.

2. Any tips on how to negotiate my salary.

3. I have been doing my work very dilligently and have received praise from others as well.

Any tips and pointers would help. Thanks :)

Hi,

Sad to hear this. I wish I could say I can relate, but I don’t think I can.

Suggestions:

1. Try to find avenues where you can blow off steam.

If you own a bike/ car, take a long drive. Or go for a run. If you need to feel at peace, go for a yoga type retreat. Talk to a therapist if you have to.

2. Change the environment you’re in

Since you’re in a firm, it is filled with lawyers, and because of your schedule I’m guessing you have not been able to make many friends in the city who don’t do law. Talking to such people only reinforces the hustle culture you’re in.

Find groups online which do weekend trips or some outings. Travel with them. It will take you more than a 2-3 days to come out of that stressful mental zone. Talking to people outside law will help you regain mental sanity.

All the best!

Communists are against capitalism. That doesn't mean that they would stop living altogether until capitalism is overthrown and communism is established. Did serfs/slaves stop living under the system of feudalism/slavery? They played by the rules of the said system while being against it. Hardcore communists are allowed to "foam" at any job prospect. Misery is not a precondition for being a communist. I am not defending or deriding capitalism or communism. Just that you said- "there will be a small group of people you'll be able to trust" and went on to give an example which didn't really justify the point you were making. Like- You can't trust communists because they foam at corporate job prospects? Like whaaaaatt?? Visit Kerala- you'll find a lot of communists working a corporate job. Both are not mutually exclusive like you make it out to be. A caged parrot can be ideologically opposed to being in a cage, while still eating the nuts its master provides.

Secondly, may be the OP has not gone into the aspect of "hypocrites and backstabbers", probably because they may not have had such an experience. Or even if they had, they arguably know how to handle such issues because of their maturity and experience in life. Something which is a serious life issue for 18-23 year olds may be a total non issue for 26-32 year olds. Not saying that all older people are mature and all younger people are immature, but age does play a significant role in tempering down extremities. Something which the kids who spread hate about a whole cohort of students on this platform lack (moderate temperament and empathy).

Thirdly, using of familial and financial privileges to secure some position in life is not a problem that is exclusive to one group of people (LLB-H) alone. You can find such examples everywhere (probably even in the "flagship" program of NLS). Problems like nepotism and favouritism are universal.

About expansion- I'm all in favour of expansion of seats, not just in NLS but in all premier institutes of India of all fields, not just law. We need more number and a diverse range of students graduating from such institutions. That's the need of the hour. All this talk about "oh more number of people will reduce quality/brand value.. blah blah" is such elitist gatekeeping nonsense which honestly I didn't expect from students of NLSIU as an outsider.

Lastly, I really hope I get through NLSAT, because what the OP said in the end about taking a chance on a program that you'll have to actively build, resonated with me. I'll be honoured to be a part of the formative years of the program at NLS. As for me, I'm not eyeing any corporate placements; I just want quality legal education, which I believe NLS can provide, despite its apparent shortcomings. However, the prospective students who do want corporate placements should not be dissuaded by discouraging posts on this platform. There are multiple ways through which we can reach our destination (if not directly as the above comment says).

PS: Everything is moot if I don't crack NLSAT. So Im just gonna leave this here and go study :P

PPS: I will take the above commenter's advice about studying hard and keeping an open mind. Thanks.

“Their undue intervention” you mean speaking to partners, which even the 4th year batch did? Being volunteers and running around to help ensure everyone has the tea and air conditioning they wanted? your phrasing of one group’s efforts as undue displays your bias lol. God forbid we try to introduce our program too. I’m sorry you’re jaded and this place has sapped you of joy but alternative experiences can exist lol you and your program aren’t the default

Use the CRA format that your college provides. Just fill in the details in that template. And for the sake of god, do not use the templates that you find in random websites in Google. Instead, you can make your own template with your educational qualifications, interest areas, work experience, co-curriculars (moots, publications, certificate courses etc.) and extra-curriculars at the end.

Let me give you a more holistic answer. There are a few good teachers left. Sidharth Chauhan is easily the best when it comes to classroom teaching and supporting student-run activities. But his range is limited to Constitutional Law and Legal Philosophy and is now showing signs of stagnation since he has under-performed when it comes to research. Amita Dhanda is easily our best when it comes to research output and publications, but has now largely withdrawn from teaching mandatory courses. Murali Karanam is the most competent when it comes to the Clinical Courses. There are a few others like Neha Pathakji and Sourabh Bharti who deserve honorable mentions for good classroom teaching, but most of the good younger teachers have left in the last two years. For the sake of the current students, I hope that some of the newly recruited teachers will perform well in the coming years.

Would love to get some info on the same.

I am assuming that they would pay mandatory interns as well. From what I have heard from past trilegal interns, the stipend is usually 16k, so it could be that.

In terms of things to keep in mind, I'd say there's going to be significantly less stress than past internships, just be polite to everyone and submit given work in time. No need to go above and beyond to show your worth as an intern, unlike in the past.

With the recession in mind both the 24 & 25 batch are at the receiving end. I'm in the 25 batch and curious to know which all places are hiring (if I were to believe to rumours, places like Khaitan have put the hiring on freeze, essentially due to the recession and last years record hiring). Which places are hiring in the GC sector. Will be glad for your inputs!!