Sparing you the shit show of the comment section-

I'm an enrolled student of DU, graduated from a tier-1 Uni,

3years of horseshit is what you can expect from here. Yes, our mode of studying is a bit better because of our intense focus on case-mat (original judgements of cases) litigation and govt job-centric approach of the faculty( obsessed with judiciary exams)

when it comes to our examination it's like playing a roulette( no one fucking knows what will happen) YOU CAN SHOVE YOUR PROFOUND WISDOM OF LAW UP YOUR ASS!

NO INTERNALS

NO BARE ACTS ALLOWED

NO HOLIDAY

NO FOLLOWING SOME BOOK

YOU CAN'T ASK FOR REVAL HERE!

If you are hell-bent on taking up litigation after 3 years, go for DU, eyes closed, if you study diligently you will do okay at court.

Also, Marks is the primary reason why DU ppl are sort of ******** when it comes to Corporate jobs.

I feel every first year law student (excluding students of nls, nalsar, nlud, nujs, nluj and gnlu) should take a partial drop and give another attempt at clat. It's quite a simple and straightforward decision to make. The only catch is, you need to maintain a perfect balance between what's being taught in class and your clat prep. And no it's nowhere close to a 1:1 ratio. You will have to focus more on your first semester, assuming you aren't in NLU shillong or something (no offence, brilliant minds can shine wherever the want). Focusing more on CLAT would make sense in such scenarios only.

Buddy people are genuinely scared and anxious about their future. They use everything in their power to even land a slight chance for a good job in this industry. This process is time and resource consuming, while also causing severe mental health impacts like anxiety, depression, etc.

If you can’t help such people out then the least you can do it refrain from doing shit like this and posting AZB everywhere. You are not cool buddy, no one even laughs on this anymore. It’s just sad that you have time and mind to do all this.

I have 2 years of experience in an very niche practice area that didn't work out for me. There are only 5 firms that practice it and all the teams have some issues of their own plus the practice area has limited in house scope (ARCs only- which makes it easier to guess the practice area I'm speaking of).

I loved the work and the exposure. I didn't like the people. I had a beyond traumatic experience with the partners and it got me thinking that if this is the situation I face today, few years down the line it'll be even more difficult to take a stand for myself or switch to a practice area.

So I'm looking to do some transactions or M&A, PE-VC.

Can someone please give me tips on how to make the transition and firms that might be open to accepting me and offering me a role?

Secured a rank which I feel is enough to fetch me a seat in decent NLUs. Oh and I am a dropper too. Gave boards in 2023 which is the main reason why I am writing this in the first place.

See I don't have anything planned as such for the next 6 months and would love if you all can suggest me a few things to do. That being said, I do have a rough idea of things which I wanna invest my time in-

1. Going through and maybe covering a good chunk of the first sem syllabus.

2. Reading moot memorials from quality sources and learning from them.

3. Mhcet prep (A short prep of around 20 days or so. No offence to GLC and ILS)

4. Improving my spoken english and communication skills (idk how but will figure that out)

Yeah that's all!

Ofc I will be working on non-academic stuff too but I don't wanna share that on LI.

Hi everyone!

I’m joining a T1 in Mumbai later this year as an A0. The office would be in Lower Parel.

Where do people usually live, any suggestions for areas which aren’t far off/have direct connectivity and which don’t have insane rent? I’m not really willing to exceed beyond 35k, for more than that it’s a bit jarring when I think that half of what I’ll be working for every month would just be to have a roof over my head. I’ve been doing some online research and my North Indian brain cannot comprehend the places I’m seeing and the prices they go for.

Any other suggestions or tips for a newbie or something which I should avoid? Feel free to rank.

For the universities and colleges in the state where you would give SET, there is no difference between NET and SET in terms of preference, although a JRF candidate would usually be preferred for PhD. If you have got a state in mind, then it can't harm to sit for both. The syllabi are not that different from each other.

I don't consider my 'status' a factor in choosing my partner. There are real human qualities that I choose to focus on instead. Difficult for trolls to get that concept, I know.

As for the comment below, I am considered fair skinned by Indian demographic standards, not that I give a damn about it or ever will. People who do that are uncultured, uneducated and displaying bad upbringing, no matter their pedigree or identity.

1. The BCI thing wasn't a statement, OP mentioned it as a suspicion. But it surely did trigger you. One wonders why.

2. That still means no admission test. Admission test is when the university conducts or participates in one. This way, even a CLAT rank 50000 may make it.

got rml in first list, probably going to get updated to mnlu in second... got a mediocre rank in 550s... should i take mnlu and focus only on college/take mnlu and simultaneously prep for clat for A THIRD TIME! might make it to nls but it's an insanely random exam. i'll be 20 by the time i join college and 25 by the time i finish.

assuming i make it to nls, is it even worth it? i know mnlu is a very unpopular choice here but when i graduate i'll be the tenth batch so will placement situation get better by then (obviously not predictable) but how much will mnlu help me in my growth?

NUJS provides accommodation for outstation PhD scholars at present in the new hostel along with BSc LLB and LLM students. There are also fellowships available which are JRF equivalent. Not sure what else you meant by the second part. If you aren't teaching the students nor interacting with them, then why would anyone else take interest in what you do? As in, are you there to win a popularity contest or do your research?

Ask the boss (partner/associates ) to recommend you in a t-1. If not, find contacts through friends or seniors who will get your CV seen in a t-1.

This is the way, you're not doing anything wrong. Just one feedback - don't get entitled as ~8 months by 3rd year is not alot lot. Followed the same path as you but still had difficulty landing in a t-1 (with close to 1.5yrs of internships in t-2s)

Background info:

1. SKB: B.A. LL.B. from CU, LL.M. from NUJS, PhD from NLSIU

2. ARC: LL.B. from Kings College London, LL.M. from UCL, London, PhD from NUJS (under Umakanth as guide)

3. JG: B.A. LL.B. from Tripura University, LL.M. from Sambalpur University, PhD from IIT KGP (DAAD Fellowship and Indo-Canadian Shastri Fellowship holder)

4. SC: B.A. LL.B. from CU, LL.M. from NUJS, PhD from NUJS (pursuing) (ex-JGLS Academic Tutor and TRIP Fellow)

5. SJA: Don't know about his LL.B. or LL.M. PhD in law from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University. PhD in Sociology from Kota University. Also has an MA in English Literature, and other degrees in Management and Theology.

6. KS: MSc in Criminology, MPhil in Science, Society and Development, PhD. Don't know from where. (ex-Assistant Professor, NFSU Gujarat, ex-RA, NLUD)

Our lives are totally in conflict with biological clock and filled with urgent tasks with short deadlines. We are always on our toes and hardly get time for anything else. I have seen some cases of divorces , cheating and mental health challenges around my colleagues . I am still on the younger side and very scared what the future hold . Seems like Happy-ever-after was a fairytale all along ! So, mention good and the bad Marital lives of yourself or people you know who are working in Law Firm.

PS - Corny guys can skip to copy paste erotica from google in the comments. Go watch football.

should I use nri sponsored and get into nlu jodhpur? yes I can afford it but I will probably get tier 2 nlus for my rank and keeping in mind my plan is to work in corporate for 4-5 years save the money then quit corporate and start litigation as that's what I like and this 5 year money would be helpful for me to stand on my own

I'm preparing for the UGC NET. In between there are a couple of SET exams taking place.

How useful is the SET if I do not have a particular state I am interested to teach in ?

I'm giving the NET primarily for the JRF to fund my PhD. SET does not have any fellowship. NET would obviously be preferred over a SET candidate in colleges. Once NET cleared, it is applicable all over India. Whereas a SET limits one to a particular state.

Should I invest time and money on SET exams ? Or just focus 100% on NET ?

Do NLUs provide hostel accomodations for PhD candidates ? How are they treated in the campus ? I know LLMs are considered bottom of the pile. What about PhDs ? I've heard that NLUD and NUJS does not provide accomodation for PhDs. Moreover they exist like ghosts in the campus. No one knows who they are except their faculty in charge, or if they're TAs.

We have to chose our specialisation in the next sem. I'm really interested in IL. Later on will prepare for UPSC. Not interested in Judiciary or corporate. If I take up IL, I know there are practically no jobs as there's no firm practicing "IL" as such. However what kind of internships should I do ? Especially where IL may help ? Research centres ? Or should I stick to litigation internships for my remaining years ?

Name a single one. Moreover, your academic scene is obsolete and the policies in place prevent even good people to introduce new practices, courses or anything else for that matter. Faculty did not have any say whatsoever during PPS' reign. Maybe things will change now, maybe they won't. Remains to be seen.

Now that the lack of BCI-approval lie is ripped apart, here comes the second one.

"There is no admission test." Well, the selection is through CLAT (50% seats) and IPMAT (50% seats). There you go.

This platform is used to spread lies about non-NLU institutions, obviously for vested interests.

Fees are standard given that it's an IIM. They charge similar fees for their management programmes too. These places do not really get much government funds anymore. Instead, they are encouraged to earn their own money by offering new courses or hiking up the fees of existing ones without government supervision. Capitalism at play here, nothing more.

Not Tier 2 for sure, the infrastructure is quite decent, has a strong alumni base, has a far better placement record than GNLU and NLUD, garners International Firms and the Vice President of the Country dropping by, for random reasons. I will agree that we have failed to retain some great faculty but we do have quite a few good ones remaining.

It's time to have a discussion on whether feminism has ultimately harmed women. Modern society has moved from extreme patriarchy to extreme wokeism. Neither is good. From being brainwashed into thinking that they should marry at 18 and have 4 kids, women have now been brainwashed into hating men and thinking that they don't need a man and kids to make them happy, that their standards for men must be as high as possible. But in their mid-30s it kicks in that they should have compromised and settled down after all -- not at 18 but certainly before 30.

We need a middle ground. Be a feminist but make compromises, as Seema Aunty says.

It's ok to be picky. Our forefathers chose life partners based on religion and caste, but for our generation it's more important for a life partner to have common views on politics and ideology, plus common interests in music and sports. That's more likely to make a marriage tick.

Are there any good law firms who give internships without connections? I believe I have a decent CV, I am in 4th year from a tier-2 NLU, top of my class, have worked in a few tier-1, tier 2 offices which I secured via my college's recruitment cell, have publications at reputed places and have even won acclaimed moots. The firms never seem to reply to me, unless my college's recruitment cell (which seldom works) forwards my CV. I am interested in commercial litigation, and have done some work around TMT also.

Also, seriously contemplating leaving commercial litigation in favour of either policy work or just do an MBA and get into marketting (I know quite a bit about digital marketting, designing etc.).

O learned crowd of LI! Shed thy light.

We're all for thorough discussions, but let's not beat a dead horse here. It seems one enthusiastic individual is taking center stage in the comments, repeatedly justifying faculty appointments, both current and past. Your thoughts are valued, but let's not turn this into a solo performance. Variety is the spice of conversation!