https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/clat-can-be-conducted-in-regional-languages-nta-to-delhi-hc/articleshow/103836320.cms

The only reason it did not happen this year was the lack of adequate time. For Dec 2024 (CLAT 2025) it is a given. Now I am LOLing.

Why should subjects like International law and human rights be core subjects? Why can't they be electives ? Not everyone want to go into Judiciary or academia. Leave it for those folks. Why can't we have options between public International law, international investigation law etc.

I just like the topic. That's all. If you have to work on something that should be an elective in the first place, at least it should be something that's interesting. State surveillance is definitely a major issue, so is privacy rights. If you know so much about IL and it's fundamentals then suggest me some topics. But I know you won't... you'll say just two things..

one. do your own research. Or two. Suggest me some tried and tested old topics of IL that has been done by majority.

Shouldn't we do things that are innovative or current in trend then the same old jurisdiction and icc and icj and how unsc is failing us. Same crap over and over.

Also there's something called comparative international law. Google it. Byeeeeee

My firm routinely faces D&D in many transactions and my experience sitting across JD from D&D's Gurugram office was a nightmare. That being said, the Mumbai partners like NT and MW were nimble in their approach and wonderful with their work. So my cursory overview would be to stick with the Mumbai office. Thanks.

Clearly you do not have clarity about the fundamentals of IL, otherwise you would have understood on your own the difference between that and comparing the domestic legal systems of multiple countries on any topic. Your professor is right to point out that the latter cannot be the subject of an IL paper, and doesn't really "sux". What you can do instead is to approach it from the angle of international treaties or conventions about acceptable degrees of surveillance and data if any, how the signatories have sought to implement their obligations under such treaty, reservations placed by them if any and so on. Then it is theoretically possible to connect it with principles of IL. However, I am not sure about why you wish to force this topic into the IL framework. If you want to work/write on it, do that separately and get it published. Public International Law does not cover all the aspects of law and comparative jurisprudence, really.

Yes. Some students did get placed in Trilegal and SAM in 2023. However, you need to work hard and do well in academics, extra curriculars and also do decent internships.

A key factor is the expense, Slsp is more expensive than TNNLU. So many people who find it difficult to afford slsp have chosen TNNLU. Please make a decision based on your financial situation and location. Factors like food, climate, language etc might seem trivial in the beginning but it may affect your overall college experience. Hope this helps.

The VC of a state university was arrested for misappropriation of funds. How common are such things in state NLUs? After all, all NLUs are state universities as well.

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/periyar-university-v-c-arrested-on-charges-of-misappropriation-of-funds-2825869

The VC of a state university in TN was arrested yesterday for financial misappropriation. Hope this gives you some ideas.

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/tamil-nadu/periyar-university-v-c-arrested-on-charges-of-misappropriation-of-funds-2825869

In the old days there were only single occupancy and double occupancy rooms. This was during the Left front government. Now the rooms are unfit for human habitation, as the TMC government gives the place zero funding and no money has been spent on hostel upgradation. I know many people who have rightly rejected NUJS for NLUJ and GNLU, after seeing the state of the hostels.

If you must go to NUJS, my advice is to rent a PG with a good family. Saltlake is a residential neighbourhood with some nice homes and apartments. The owners are often retired IAS officers, judges, corporate executives etc, whose houses have spare rooms as their children have moved out of the state for lack of economic opportunities.

It’s high time the admin and SJA start a system where students can stay with such families.

Really top notch names this time: who’s who of the startup world. But one of the disappointing things about the show has been the absence of NLU grads as contestants, even as many IIT and IIM grads (and even NID and NIFT grads) have taken part. Can we expect the trend to change this year, as many Gen Z NLU grads are moving towards entrepreneurship and rejecting law firm careers?

https://inc42.com/buzz/shark-tank-season-3-upgrads-ronnie-screwvala-edelweiss-radhika-gupta-join-as-sharks/amp/

It helps with little things. People will go the extra mile for you. They will come and talk to you even if you make no effort. But for women at least, it is also a pain. Maybe you don't want to talk to some pushy loud guy who is talking to you for his own ego. You would prefer the sweet quiet guy who will never approach you and you will assume he finds you boring. You won't get the chance to talk to him if you are surrounded by loud pushy guys all the time.

For women especially, people will just assume you must be dumb. I say this because when I get fat, people smile at me less and don't do things for me so much but they don't treat me like I must be stupid.

So yeah I don't know. Is it worth getting free drinks and tables in crowded restaurants if you attract the wrong kind of people and everyone assumes you are dumb?

Hi,

I’m a 2nd year student from a t-1 NLU and I’ll be starting my corp. law internship somewhere around may next year. I have recently finished my SC internship under the ASG of India and the work I got there was included mere copy-pasting LODs and 1-2 lines opinions, from which I learned absolutely nothing that would add up to my knowledge. Plus, while I was observing the court proceedings and the general court environment, I’ve come to a conclusion (after having done internships at HC and District Court as well) that Litigation is not for me as it’s a complete hassle and I want something that is more steam lined and straightforward as a career path and I believe a job in corporate law would suit my needs.

It doesn't matter. The parameters are simply irrelevant and doesn't cater to the priorities of a law aspirant. You may refer to this thread: https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/262093-hightime-we-disregard-nirf-rankings-it-is-useless#comment-262189

So I got NLU Jodhpur in the first list, the college that I had aimed to be at ever since I decided to write CLAT (And since there inevitably will be some comments about NLUD and GNLU, I would like to specify that I respect both of those colleges, but let this not be a discussion about them, please).

1. Seniors, what are some good places to hang out near NLUJ? Like where do you guys usually go out to chill? (I heard something about an SDL park). And how is the city of Jodhpur in general? Are there enough walkable places to explore?

2. Is managing the exam schedule as difficult as it is made out to be? And with the new VC are there any changes expected?

3. Should I prefer BBALLB over BALLB? Or is the faculty/situation different from before?

4. Do you guys have any group of sorts to help juniors? (Like some seniors at NLIU/NUJS seem to have created one for their juniors)

From what has been a trend in the past few months, the most number of fanboys on LI belong to GNLU and NLUD. The smallest of their events are reported with great enthusiasm. NALSAR does not have active people here. NLS and NUJS have students who report just negatives of their colleges, while omitting mention of good things happening there.

Context: Dunki Nicaragua flight sent back from France + Parliament security breach gang of jobless dumbos.

Very obviously a large chunk of the population is not getting jobs. What's the solution? Population control? Universal basic income? China-like policies to encourage manufacturing?

I’m a PA at KCO Bangalore. For work purposes, I usually visit London, Singapore and New York at least 5-6 times a year. For personal vacations, I award myself with 2 foreign vacations a year to lay off some stress from work. I think vacations are a must for every T1 lawyer, starting from A0s to Partners. You need to reward yourselves for the work you do and since you are getting compensated well, why not enjoy the money and spend on yourselves.

Bro I think NLS monopoly was over long back. Before NIRF and all started NALSAR had displaced them in many reputed rankings. As of now I would say we have entered an age where we have Tiers. Like Tier 1 A, Tier 1B and Tier 2 and so on. NLS, NALSAR and NLUD roughly make Tier 1A.

Correction, NUJS paid iPleaders 80 lakhs under settlement agreement

iPleaders got 20 lakhs more awarded in arbitration post settlement agreement, which was breached by NUJS after paying a part of the 1.3 cr dues under the settlement agreement

This is also recorded in arbitration award

But thats not HC order, HC never asked to pay anything to iPleaders

HC order is to finish courses and give certificates. When is NUJS doing that? And if its case is that because of iPleaders it is unable to give certificates where is that case being made?

1. There's no dramatic twist there, every year some toppers choose to be closer to their home cities over more reputed NLUs. Now if this AIR 8 is from down south or east and still choosing GNLU, that would have been an anomaly.

2. Domicile 988 is unusual, but the choice has got more to do with all the bad press that NUJS gets than any real change in things. The grads are still doing the same as the last few years.

3. How? There are only 1/3 AIR gen seats at NLS now despite the increased batch strength of 300? I am assuming you meant only AIR gen seats. What's the last seat NLS domicile category got?

4. More to do with brainwashing of students by coaching centres, which is why these choices alone don't make much of a difference unless the university bucks up and uses the better students that it is getting to become better and deliver better performance.

5. Okay.

If you are content with getting <1000 views or so then ofcourse you need not invest your time and effort. One or two viral reels a month won't generate any income whatsoever. Idek how a law student or an alum can be this weak in interpreting and analysing the question asked.

So let's say if I want to do a topic on "state surveillance vs data privacy" in terms of IL and not consti law. How do I spin it ?? I really love this topic. I was thinking about comparing how different legal systems are or are not protecting privacy vis-a-vis surveillance. But how do I write it as an IL paper. My IL prof sux.

Wow - what a question to ask before starting work :)

However, no judgment here! It's a good question and if that motivates you then go for it.

First year is generally a wash since you will be new to money and unless you are very good with it, you will lose a significant chunk buying up all the things that you wish you could buy by yourself (this doesn't apply if you already come from a fairly well off family in which you wouldn't be asking this question). With that said, you could probably do a decent Thailand type trip on a cost effective budget if you wanted to.

The other problem with first / second year is that you will drowning with work most of the time, won't have visibility on when you will get time off and unless you are very very good to begin with, you won't have the ability to string that much time together off (since you will not have built credibility yet).

For what its worth, I got to on a BD trip right in the beginning of my second year - but that was largely as a reward for doing something spectacular on a deal. I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy it, but truth be told, I would have appreciated getting compensated in cash instead.

I ended up doing a bunch of trips in/around India, Nepal etc. in the first three years. In my fourth year, I did a Europe trip - that was a decent and long. That was great!

After that, I have done on average in a year - one big vacation abroad and 1-2 smaller vacations in India. The real joy starts after you make PA, because then you can (if you have saved right) travel in comfort (once you go business, you never go back), stay in good places (nice hotels / airbnbs) and generally travel when you plan for it (as opposed to when you suddenly find youself free).

Now a days, I plan for the two big vacations in a year and work takes me whenever it does (but that is rarely a perk now).

Feel free to ask follow up questions.

I ain’t talking about those twists where candidates having the same score are getting widely different ranks, no that’s not it. We all know consortium sucks. We are talking about the first provisional list here. The incoming and following twist and turns of clat 2024: -

1. Air 8 choosing GNLU. An amazing improvement in terms of prestige this year, GNLU has shown remarkable improvement in the merit lists and will show its charisma in the alter lists as well.

2. Nujs domicile till 988 already, we all know the college is going downhill (and my post is already downvoted by more than 30 Noojies) but hear me out. This is outrageous! A college of this level. This year the general domicile and nri sponsored cut for nujs off will be relaxing.

3. NLS didn’t surprise. Closed at AIR 97.

4. MNLU Mumbai stays consistent. However, the kind of students it receives every year- it just fails to produce the same outcome. What’s surprising is that they closed well even before 600.

5. More dramatic twists will be seen at NRI-S and further provisional lists. Let’s see what happens.

Tnnlu is no longer a Tier 3 nlu. It is comparable to Nuals and NLU-O and can be safely chosen over SLS Pune. Tnnlu is also an economically better option compared to Pune where you be paying 3-4 lakhs per annum just for tution fees and another 2-3 lakhs per annum for living costs. Save the differential amount and join tnnlu where you will get more opportunities.

Hi

I am interested in criminal litigation in Hyderabad. Just wanted to know if one can establish a decent practice while also remaining ethical. By ethical, I mean not engaging in corruption/ fixing judges. Also, who are some good lawyers for criminal law in Hyderabad? Slightly junior names would also be useful.

Thanks!

You might be only one out of 60k to put NLU Sonipat as 9th preference.

Go at your own risk to

CNLU Patna

NUSRL Ranchi

DBRANLU Sonipat

HPNLU Shimla

NLU Tripura

NLU Prayagraj

NLU Meghalaya

NLU Sikkim and

IIULER Goa

Better go to a degree college in DU or your own city and pursue 3 year LLB.

Yet, I would consider NIRF more credible than some random person saying otherwise. Secondly, IIT KGP can be relied upon not to falsify data. They have a reputation to protect and don't need to indulge in such cheap tactics as private universities. Your allegation (about IIT KGP) has no credibility.

If you get NLSIU, NALSAR, NUJS (not mentioning NLUD here because only talking about CLAT places, but definitely that too if you have cracked AILET), NLUJ, GNLU, NLIU, HNLU, then opt for those with your eyes closed. NLUO, RMLNLU, NUALS, RGNUL, MNLU (Mumbai) you may leave and join SLSP if you want campus placement; though these places will also offer opportunities, SLSP just has a better alum strength comparatively. Definitely before the other NLUs, you should choose SLSP. That includes DSNLU, CNLU, NUSRL, TNNLU, NLU Sonepat, NLU Tripura, NLU Meghalaya, IILUER Goa, NLU Jabalpur etc.