To all the salty and petulant 5 year LLB brats fulminating over the inception of a three year LLB program in NLS. Don't think we don't see the daily rants by idle idiots ranging from purported inflations in internships to having "bought seats" and what not.

Sample this- https://www.barandbench.com/news/legal-education-reform-dr-abhishek-manu-singhvi-14-point-agenda "Strengthen 3-year LL.B programmeWhile there have been talks about scrapping the 3-year LL.B course, Dr. Singhvi said that the 3-year course should be strengthened.

> “In our starry-eyed view of five year courses, we must not forget to strengthen the LL.B 3- year program. On par with the JD or Juris Doctor program of American and Canadian Law Schools, the Indian LL.B 3-year programme must be made more rigorous and full-time. NLUs must consider starting a 3-year LL.B degree on their campuses and open their doors to the graduates of the best degree colleges in India and abroad to spend 3 years on their campuses”, he said."

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> Also - https://www.barandbench.com/columns/building-windmills

> - "Finally, and perhaps most controversially, we have to recognize that the NLUs are not the solution. The NLUs have shown us what is possible when a few, determined people do their part, but in the best of times, they form a minute portion of the institutes imparting legal education. Far from becoming beacons of light as was hoped, they have instead become islands of elitism in a vast ocean. Similar to the criticism aimed at the Indian services IT industry, our NLUs are often considered to be places from which lawyers come out who would have done well anyway. Whether because of English proficiency or the economic background of their parents leaving the vast hinterland unaffected. If a portion of the funds being allocated to the formation of new NLUs and imparting quality education could be allocated to existing CLEs, then I suspect the returns for us as a nation will be much higher."

Krida Legal focussed on high ticket IP disputes

Peritum Partners has a decent disputes practice

Eshwars is a pretty good firm

Arun C Mohan is also an excellent choice, he takes care of disputes work for SAM in Chennai.

These are some of the boutiques I can think of.

Apart from boutiques, you can try Khaitan, AZB, SAM, JSA, Tatva, Surana, Dua Associates and HSB partners.

I asked a senior to help me get an interview since I want to switch my job. I am a little worried though. What if I get rejected and he never helps me out again?

Do people put their reputation on the line when they recommend someone for an interview? What if that person's interview doesn't go well? Will they stop helping?

If she's the person I suspect, be aware that this isn't her first blunder. She's widely recognised in our circles as a shallow, foolish, and unpleasant character, never hesitating to cut corners. It's just a matter of time; the courts will undoubtedly slap her with a punishment so fitting it'll be the talk of the town. And yes, perjury in IP cases is rampant in India. It's unfortunate that our jurisprudence on it is as wafer-thin as the papadam that I am eating right now!

Context (for those not following the Harvard controversy in detail):

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard-claudine-gay-bill-ackman-diversity-and-inclusion/

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/04/dei-mark-cuban-elon-musk

I wonder what does the executive council do? I mean all these judges and other prominent people on the council just believe the VC - who is creating absolute havoc on the university reputation and course outcomes. The flagship 5 year course is being totally ignored and even actively jeopardized just because the VC wants his brainchild LLB program and expansion plan to not fail.

SC's website is hands down the best. Beats all other courts by a margin which is bigger than huge.

Concept of Office Report, Lower Court Details, Similarities / Tagged Matters, Listing Details etc. is unique and unparalleled. Those who are saying that DHC or some other HC is best, are not familiar with SC's website.

For every unique feature available on some other HC's website and not available on SC's' (but is relevant for SC), I will donate Rs. 10,000/- to a charitable cause of your choosing.

There was no interview round for 2023, unlike 2022 where people from a variety of backgrounds were selected and have taken financial assistance both from the University and through scholarships/loans/part-time employment to attend.

Your theory would mean the college sat and waded through applications of shortlisted candidates to identify their profiles and likely backgrounds (which I don’t know how you’d even identify just from the basic details you put in an application form) and then sent out offers.

What’s more likely is the exam pattern favours people who come from a certain background as it involves subjective, short-answer and essay type questions which most aspiring law students are not proficient at since no other exam asks for this. It’s my theory that NLS just didn’t take people who got below a certain threshold of marks irrespective of the vacancies for whatever reason. Whether this is right or wrong is a different issue but I don’t think it’s a matter of intentional selection of only people from elite backgrounds over similarly positioned students who have done well in the exam also.

I can unapologetically say that Delhi's roads, along with the subpar cars that these rogue manufacturers sell at inflated prices nowadays, aren't worth my attention. I miss the joy of driving. Perhaps, when I can afford it, I'll consider purchasing a quality German or Tesla vehicle. Until then I'll invest my MG HECTOR/ HYUNDAI CRETA/ HONDA CITY/ JEEP COMPASS TYPE money intelligently.

Delhi HC used to be excellent.

They revamped it about a year ago (or less?) and it's considerably worse now. For e.g., now you can't open two orders at once: say, if you click on the link for order for 05.01.2023, it will open in a new tab. Then if you click for the order for 10.02.2023, it will open that order in the same tab as the previous one. So you can't just click on all the orders of a case so that they open in separate tabs and you can see/print them easily. You have to click on a link, see the order, come back, click on the next link, see the order...

Also, interestingly, under the "orders" tab if you search "case wise", there's no option for 2024 yet. The latest year is 2023. Such niggles didn't exist in the previous version of the website. Don't know why they revamped something that wasn't broken.

1. Drug Culture- which jindal is trying to reduce heavily. So now - if you are caught with drugs - direct expulsion.

2. Wannabe kids - I think this is reasonable.
3. Hookup culture

4. Not toooo good faculties. Some would be amazing, but some would be horrible.
5. Good faculties are leaving.
6. No enjoyment. It can come out like a jail. Like for instance, Amit Trivedi recently asked in the fest - how is the party culture in Jindal - all the students said - what party? There's no party culture in Jindal. Jindal can act extremely strict in these regards.
7. There are guard dogs on the gate - which sniff you. And security will frisk you. Now despite this, there's a lot of drug and alcohol culture in Jindal.

But all this said - Jindal is a beautiful experience. Like I'll miss being in Jindal. I'll miss everything about Jindal. It's like a strict, but beautiful second home.

See - Talking about the graduating 2024 batch - 25 people got placed (out of 400 people who sat for the placements). There is a recession in the market for the current batch.
Last year - around 78 got placed.

So Jindal's placements have been fine, but remember that you will be competing against 400 - 500 students.

Anything, else, I'll answer.

The usual advice people give is to play sports, or do some activity like painting or photography or playing an instrument. Unlike in the West, sports clubs are few in India and not easily accessible. Also, adult learning is not a big thing in India. So, as an alternative, you could simply go jogging or do yoga, or learn new skills from YouTube or an online tutor.

Honestly, law firms should be paying attention to employee well-being and do fun activities for them.

So I am from 5th Year Jindal. Now there is a lot of drug culture in Jindal. I think every second room would smoke up. Not sure, but by your 3rd year, maybe you'll also try it. That said, batch sizes are humongous. All good faculty from Jindal are slowly leaving Jindal and jindal has kept a lot of new faculties, who do not have much teaching experience.

Despite all this - Jindal does provide good oppurtunities, for instance, semester exchange - (be ready to spend around 10-12 lakhs); llm pathways (where the universities offered are not good anymore - but be ready to spend around 40-50 lakh rupees); harvard/oxford 3-4 week (it seems a sheer waste of money - but be ready to spend another 10-12 lakhs). All these spending are apart from the fees you'll be paying at Jindal.

In regards of fees - 5 years back - we were paying 40lakh for everything (5 years). You don't have to worry about the actual fee (because what they tell is correct and they do offer you appropriate services). Like you will miss Jindal's food forever (even after you graduate), you have easy access to laundry, nice hostels.

But apart from this - Jindal is cracking down on all the drug culture now. And anyone even found with 1gm of drug will be directly expelled from campus.

Anything else, I'll answer.

Don't shoot the messenger but focus on the news. Jai Dehadrai's letter alleges that Mahua illegally obtained CDR details of Suhaan Mukerji and his then partner who headed TiktTok's policy department. He has annexed printouts of WhatsApp chats as annexures. If a forensic lab can examine Dehadrai's phone and confirm that the WhatsApps chats are genuine, Mahua Moitra must be charged.

If a non-BALLB alum VC had done all the exact things Messiah has done to NLS, then there would probably have been a large scale in-person protest by alumni. But atleast because of Messiah, all the advantages NLS previously had due to its early establishment date have been negated.

There have been quite a lot of changes. For instance, the number of Continuous Assessments (CAs) has been reduced from 4 to 2. The distribution for internal assessment now stands at 15 (CAs) + 10 (Presentation) + 25 (Projects). Even the course curriculum is being updated from what we have heard until now. Also, the best part has to be that all Saturdays are now off. The administration under Harpreet Kaur seems to be really student-friendly, at least until now.

Yet none of the people commenting on it anonymously over the years has not filed a single formal complaint against it, either at the university or before the UGC. That goes to show that the only people who are bothered about it are internal ones who are afraid to make their identities known.

Sudhir has also made CLAT more opaque and refused to share the full rank list with even other participating NLUs. This person should just be removed from decision making authority once and for all. Or else direct suits should be filed against him personally so that he can't take the shelter of his office and waste student money in litigation.

The cash for admissions statement can be true as most of the students that have come in this year in the 3-year LLB program, come from elite backgrounds. There is hardly anyone from middle or lower-middle-class backgrounds in contrast to the average batch compositions of BALLB.

There are two possibilities: one is that there is a cash-for-admission scam (Highly unlikely) and the 2nd is that NLS is picking students based on their family background as rich and well-connected folks have a better chance of being successful after graduation and will require less help from the University.

Not releasing the data on the number of applicants and the rank list is a very big red flag. No one knows if they have complied with the reservation quotas which in my opinion, they haven't!

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, the 77-year-old defended his stance saying "farmers and factory workers work very hard" and hard work is common in India as most people take on physically demanding professions. "Therefore, those of us who received education at a huge discount, thanks to the subsidy from the government for all these education, owe it to the less fortunate citizens of India to work extremely hard," he said.

Mr Murthy said although he received widespread backlash on social media over his advice, a lot of "good people" and "NRIs" agreed with his statement.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/narayana-murthy-says-western-friends-nris-agree-with-70-hour-work-advice-4803447#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories

- 85 IIT Bombay Students Placed With Job Offers Exceeding ₹ 1 Crore

- Average packages:

- Engineering & Technology: ₹ 21.88 lakh
- IT/Software: ₹ 26.35 lakh
- Finance: ₹ 32.38 lakh
- Consulting: ₹ 18.68 lakh
- Research & Development: ₹ 36.94 lakh

No NLU comes remotely close. Unless liberalisation happens and the legal system is upgraded to the standards of at least an upper-middle income country, NLU grads will continue to be underpaid.

https://www.ndtv.com/jobs/iit-bombay-placement-2023-24-85-students-receive-job-offers-exceeding-rs-1-crore-in-phase-1-4803405#pfrom=home-ndtv_topstories

They intake more than the market's demand. That is, barely anyone gets placed since they take SO MANY people. Moreover, a lot of them are from really rich families with good contacts which has an impact on who the firms hire too. So with no contacts and limited money, it seemed like a bad gamble to me when I was in your place

Yeah true the admin is much more responsive to your requests which is because you all are struggling. Sudhir also wants to impose some kind of reservation system on firms where they will have to necessarily pick 1 LLB student for every 3 BALLB students that the firm picks.

Sure, you all have experience, more mature, and whatnot, can you name one inter-batch competition where LLB students have fared better? Be it, moots, ADRs, or journals (Other than batch reservation)?

It's surprising how mature people with work ex are struggling to compete against Joe from BALLB.

Start small. Before you tackle Tikaramji and Heochst in your consti federalism courses, be comfortable with having read Carbolic Smokeball and Lalman Dutt type cases in contracts.

Read the leading torts and contracts cases (instead of relying on the summary of Bangia). Take the simpler ones - Rylands, Hadley, Victoria Laundries, Re Polemis, Wagon Mound first. Then progress to Donoghue and Hedley Byrne types.

Try reading the old English cases from the hard copy law reports - the report will often set out the arguments of counsel before the text of the judgment. First understand the facts and arguments, try and figure out how you will decide. Then read how they have actually decided.

Read 1 case a day. You will at the end of the year have become a completely different person in terms of your legal skills.

The entire country is basically betting money on a Modi victory. Every family in India has some investment or the other in an Ambani or Adani stock, whether directly or through an investment scheme. But to be safe maybe one can invest some in pro-opposition companies like Hiranandani?

I bought an apartment as an investment for 1 cr during COVID. Price is now 1.3. Will sell when it hits 3. I invested another 1 cr in stocks, MFs etc and that has now become 1.4. My goal is to hit 12 cr in assets and retire early. Then start a small business like a cafe after that, hopefully in partnership with a wife. I am currently halfway there, including my search on finding a wife.😬

Met that guy in the Delhi HC's corridor. Bharti vidyapeeth alumni i guess....don't know how he established such good deep rooted connections to fool people around in these firms. But then maybe he might be tipping off or funneling in some amount inside theae firms. Would blacklist students from my uni subscribing to his service.