Hi Boss.

Non CA lawyer here. But envy the ability of CAs to read financial statements of companies.

In the long run, to be rich, one has to own equity. And CAs have an edge since they can read financial statements better than lawyers. For long term wealth creation, LLB + CA is a good combo. Ofcourse they will have to work hard and work in good encouraging environments to grow, but CAs have an edge, IMO, when it comes to managing their money.

That's a misconception. In every NLU including NLSIU, there are multiple people including recently joined ones, who have TLC undergrad degrees but LLM and/or PhD from NLUs, currently working as permanent faculty. No need to take my word for it, check out the faculty profiles yourself.

Abbey these kids, bc. No one gives a flying fuck about your political views unless you unnecessarily and incessantly try to rub it on someone's face.

Chup chap date kar and don't make it complicated by doing stupid irrelevant stuff which won't matter a few years down the line - never actually did - and you will regret later on.

All the best.

The fact that none of the comments actually answers OP's question shows what an illiterate and useless crowd is there on LI. Last week also I saw a similar thread wherein someone had asked helped abt NRI quota in NLUD and till now none of the people on LI could answer anything constructive. Truly the crowd here is so v useless, feel bad for the mods that they have to look after such an useless crowd.

A simple question will sort this. Do the NLUJ students submit their assignments on Turnitin or such platform? Or do they email it to an ID? Moreover, which provision of the NLUJ academic regulations prescribes sanctions for plagiarism and does that refer to any Turnitin percentage as threshold or benchmark?

It does become a "source" of IL. Just like a masters level thesis can also become a "source" when published. When was IL bound by any law when all of it is just recommendation and suggestions. 1st make it binding then talk about persuasive attributes, you moron !

I took humanities particularly because I hated maths and science in school and could barely pass those subjects in boards. So, eco is out.

But, when I did arts, I got 92+% in 12th from WB State board. So, I am quite happy with my performance.

Btw, thank you for showing some positivity regarding my plan of studying law.

I am a first year. The thing is, I like a girl and she likes me as well. Her friend told me that she finds me good looking and cute. She said I must ask her out. I too would like to date her because I too find her very pretty, but I have not made a move yet. My worry is that we have different political views (I am right, she is left). She has a hint of this, because I once criticised a certain left-wing policy in front of her. She didn't say anything at that time, but I am worried it could ultimately cause friction if we start dating. To tell you the truth, I am actually quite right wing (pro-Modi, pro-Israel) but I am socially liberal (support gay marriage, beef eating, free speech, oppose moral policing etc). I think I might be classified as "fiscally conservative" or a "right libertarian".

I'd appreciate advice on how any of you navigated political differences while dating, if any.

I am a current fourth year student a top NLU (one of NLS/ NALSAR/ NLUD/ NLUJ) and seek to do a 1-month internship under a Supreme Court judge in the summer of 2024 ie. after my fourth year, or online post-class if those are available during the coming semester.

I know that the routes to getting those are either through the calls sent out by judges/their LRs or by approaching the LRs directly.

However, I haven't done any litigation/judge internship so far as I was focussing on research and corporate internships. Will this pose a huge problem in getting an SC judge internship? What are some workarounds? I have a very good batch rank (top 10), good CV and publications.

The southern region of India comprising Telangana, AP, TN, Karnataka, Puducherry, and Lakshadweep has 19% of India's population but contributes to 36% of India's GDP. The southern region of India already has a per capita GDP equal to upper-middle income levels (per UN definition). There is no reason for Mumbai and Delhi entitlement. Chill.

Stop blaming North Indians for every differing opinion or minor inconvenience in your life. Even if people actually are focusing on Bombay (for good or bad), how TF does that affect you? Can't you just be happy living your own life? Think about it.

P.S.- I am not a North Indian.

Labelling anyone who speaks the truth as a grudge holder or competitor. Funny. Tatva is no competition to any major Tier 1 firm (nationally). Sure, in Hyderabad they can have their way by bribing and bullying, but that tactic will not work outside Hyderabad. Anyone having doubts about this place read up other threads on Legally India and ask around in the legal circles in Hyderabad. There is someone in the higher levels of management who is infamous, not just in Tatva, but in the legal circles in Hyderabad, for treating others in the organisation in an almost slave like and humiliating manner. This culture flows down to other levels in the organisation.

I'm a first year student in a law school located in southern mumbai. I have spent months trying to understand how things work in here but still I'm not able to get hold of them. I have participated in a few debate competition and trial moots which have turned out to be good. My batch is not very placement oriented and it is a bit concerning for me. I'm planning to write CLAT again in 2025 and make a shift towards a T1 NLU.

Now, the problem is I'm already 19 and will start college at 20 years of age if I go the clat 2025 route. Should I try my luck and skill in CLAT again or should continue here. This fear of possibly being unemployed is eating me up from days. No body is serious about a job in the first year and the fact that I can't discuss about it has worsened the whole thing.

Non-NLU student here. Does a masters and PhD from an NLU give atleast some sort of clout in academic interviews ? Especially in non-nlu colgs or pvt colg ??

I'm preparing for judiciary. Want to do masters as a backup. Will the NLU tag atleast give me a temporary teaching position, having once cleared NET??

Litigation and Judiciary. But even then that's more an individual's effort than the institutions. You will still have to join coaching and mentoring outside the university. If you want to do that, DU is the best as it doesn't restrict you with academic timings and it's in Delhi. But if you're expecting institutional support, it's tough.

Litigation still has an upward curve, especially in terms of wealth and power. Post a decade, you could start earning in lakhs. Won't happen as an academic, especially since they're bound by ugc and pay commission rules. The only places you'll get lakhs is rich pvt colleges like Jindal or Ashoka, but such institutions require high calibre CVs with university abroad & other work experiences,etc.

If you're in arts & are fine in maths, try economics instead. Loads of demand for an eco honours graduate, esp if you can involve some data analyst course as well. Moreover you'll save two years. If, however you still feel like doing law, 3 years is there.

However, if you join law today, you will at any cost have to finish the five years to gain something. I don't want to discourage you, just trying to tell you that at the end of the rainbow you may not find gold.

If you still want to pursue law desperately, go only to the top 5-6 law schools and geniunely work you derriere off; build connections, do great internships, focus on studies. It's tough. But all the best 👍🏽

I think this would be interesting, to see the actual career paths of people. Here's a list to start with...

1. Naiya Saggi: NLSIU + Harvard MBA: Founded startup, met Mark Zuckerberg.

2. Akansha Midha: NLSIU + Harvard MBA+ MIT MPA: Founded startup.

3. Mishaal Nathani: Jindal + Harvard MBA: Working with startups in the US.

SA (1, 2, 3, 4) bands at AZB would range anywhere between 25 - 45 lakhs fixed. All I know is that the junior partners at AZB start with 65 lakhs fixed; with higher bonuses in B&F and M&A teams. Since Mumbai does not have the Counsel bands, I think the pay of a junior partner (around age 32 to 36) would be considered as Counsel equivalents like that of Trilegal and KCO. However, Trilegal Counsels make a lot (I mean a LOT, somewhere between 70 - 85 lakhs, their public announcement claims 1 cr).

Hope that gives you guys a better idea.

Mumbai is not North India. Cities (Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai) in the southern part of India are doing all well in their fields, they have been able to create a cluster effect. It is the Golden Economic Triangle of India. No other part/region of India has this cluster effect. Delhi is the only big (and successful) city in the North, and Mumbai is the only one in the West. In the northern and western regions, other state capitals lag far behind and will continue to do so. South is very important - economically, hence legally as well.

There's no PA or even a SA structure in AZB (Bombay at least). You get to know you have become a SA when you see billing rates charging you as one - which is why AZB never does any SA promotion announcements.

For PA designation - no equivalent since there is a direct partner track once you reach the SA classification. There is a designation of Counsel but that is used for laterals who were PA/Junior Partners in other firms but do not meet the MP's partner requirements so they're hired as counsels and then later on become partners as and when they hit the relevant targets. Don't know what the current salary structure is like.

At least till when I was there, office timings and leave policies depend on the location of the office and partners.

Growth in fee rate is also very much a factor. Most major clients are billed in dollars and the conversation rate has shot through the roof in the last decade, beating inflation by 2x if not more. Equity holders are making more money now than ever before. If true trickle down economics were at play, every law firm would pay like Trilegal, but partners are a selfish breed.

JEE and NEET will be used as examples. They are in multiple, but not all languages. Over time add more languages. The key point however is that the most obvious non-English language will be Hindi, given that within the legal ecosystem, there is already precedence of AIBE in Hindi besides English. The medium of instruction for both medicine and engineering is still in English. All text and reference books are also in English. So saying that everything in the legal discipline is still in English is a non-issue. Usually, in the first two semesters, there's a course on English (to bring non-English students up to speed); kind of a remedial course. This move is inevitable. It is better that the ecosystem prepares and readies for this voluntarily, instead of being asked by the courts and then doing a shoddy rush job of this.

Where does this leave the consortium given the aforementioned issues?

Projects and Real Estate practice is great in Ahmedabad. Manita Doshi is a high profile partner who heads SAM (she's an ex CAM Ahmedabad Partner). Atman Desai who recently left CAM for KCO built projects practice at CAM Ahmedabad as one of the largest practice areas across offices. Apparently 50-60% of CAM projects matters are done in Ahmedabad office, should be mainly because of Adani though, who's probably Asia's largest projects and infrastructure based Client.

Even LKS does good work through Mr Anand Nainavati as Partner and Senior Advocate.

Depends at what you’re looking for long term. Litigation will give you thrill and possibly more money. But immense risk and lack of work life balance. Prosecution will get mundane but it will always be steady and you’ll have comparatively more work life balance. also, very hard to grow with just prosecution given undercutting at niche firms. You will need to expand slightly e.g. anti-counterfeiting, domain name disputes etc. If you’re looking for thrill of litigation but on the prosecution side, look for contentious actions such as rectifications before IPD of DHC or the up and coming IPDs like Madras HC

Get into either of the Top-3 NLUs, then get into Corp

Paisa milega at least

Don't get into litigation

EVER

AT ALL

Paisa, health, sanity, khushi: sab kuch ek, ek karke khatam ho jayegaIn fact, in most cases, simultaneously khatam hoga

BTW, paisa maa-baap ka, coz you don't earn here

I don't know how severe your condition is, but try Tibetan medicines as they helped someone in a similar situation. If you are in Delhi, their hospital is in Nizamuddin, Men-Tsee-Khang. Also, they won't ask you stop your current medicine, you can take their medicine simultaneously but there will a lot of precautions that you would need to adhere to.

18, freelance artist, incoming fresher at a t1 NLU, have around 5.6L saved. I have almost zero expenses because my parents pay for everything so that obviously helps a lot. Only use it for little indulgences that I don’t feel comfortable spending my parents’ money on. Now worried I won’t have time for my freelance stuff once college starts :(

I interned with him. He is extremely sharp witted and treats everybody at the office as an equal (a rarity these days). At lunch, which he would mostly have in office with his juniors, he'd would share several humorous and informative anecdotes. He is also very warm to his interns. Quite a conducive environment to work in, in my opinion.

Off late have been reading a lot of posts and comments focussing only on Bombay and Delhi. Some comments have even gone to the extent of berating established cities like Chennai by people who have no idea or even travelled to the city. Unfortunately there is a high degree of North Indian entitlement who just can't see beyond these 2 cities. Oh yes they might consider Bangalore cause few people speak Hindi in Bangalore. C'mon guys have some basic GK on the economy plus some awareness of the legal practice in established cities.

If placements are your priority, then either choice will suit you fine. If you want bigger campus, more stable admin, NALSAR would be better. Faculty are comparable, maybe NALSAR has a slight edge. NUJS campus is right in the middle of a metro city, the student body is more involved in admin decision making. You are fortunate to have both the options, really.

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