CFA is not valued in India (unless you get strong reference) . Most hype around CFA is created by coaching centres . Its good business. Also, 'only' CFA is being pursued by those whose end goal is to leave India. In India , CA + CFA is a good option to get into IB / Finance roles - even then you wont get into core finance / IB as quickly as MBA Fin guys from IIMs. You will have to struggle good 5-8 years to be at par .

I am a final year law student with amazing internship experience in diverse domains of law ranging from Dispute Resolution to Transaction, IP & Tech. I interned in T1 as well as with Senior Advocates.

PS: Not even a single one i got from contacts.

Then why am I not getting placed or even an Assessment Internship?

It is because a lot of the criminal practice at the High Court is about getting your guy out, i.e., bail. The law on bail is extremely subjective. This is where Uncle Judges in P&H and good old nepotism more generally comes in handy. I’m guessing this is why the previous guy told people to stay clear of the field.

That said, I wouldn’t personally ask people to stay away myself.

Thank you for such honest answer. How much of the issues have you been able to address now, wholly or partly? And what all things you made peace with? What was easy / difficult?

And this is for everyone, not only for the above. Please also mention what you did about it, how much you succeeded and what are the things you accepted. Let's share this as well.

Please remove this comment. Ot is in poor taste. It provides no evidence at all but makes a suggestion (though formulated as a question). If to be kept up, which case, what proceeding should be mentioned.

The same goes for post about Tanmaya Mehta. Especially saying "he learnt something from his FIL". What did he learn that people cannot learn from relatives? Is such a post to be allowed?

Neither Anirudh nor Tanmaya will care two hoots about this, but is this what LI should become?

LegallyIndia is just a trolling website otherwise.

This is moving goalposts. You claimed there were massacres. Where are the massacres ? I’ve done google searches. I’ve seen that a small proportion of Jewish people settled in the West Bank many years ago and those settlements have now stopped. That they left Gaza with their dead. When Palestinians are accused of murdering and stabbing Israelis they are detained by Israeli security. And the IDF has detained people in Hamas. I can from all my googling not find this massacre that was happening before October 6/7. Displacement is not a massacre. Individuals in Hamas or who have been accused of killing Israelis being detained and convicted is not murder. Warfare that israel did not provoke is not a massacre simply because israel wins. Would your sympathies completely shift if israel had lost every war it fought ? Are you simply about defending who you perceive as the underdog ? Or do you have a morality that isn’t that simplistic ? Is the only Jewish state in the world not allowed to win wars it gets dragged into ? Show me the massacre happening on October 6th. There was a ceasefire on October 6th. That ceasefire - like nearly all of them - was broken by a religious fundamentalist terror group who have robbed and starved and killed members of their own community because of their corruption. Prove me wrong. I’m persuadable- but not by moral indignation - that’s cheap. Show me facts that back up your claim.

A Team from SCSDF, NFSU grabbed the winning prize in Smart India Hackathon -2023 Software Edition (a nationwide initiative, offering students a platform to address pressing issues faced by various Government Ministries and Departments, industries, and other organizations – aligned with the Prime Minister’s vision) organized by Ministry of Education.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nfsu_nfsu-mha-sih2023-activity-7143624255564427264-gJM5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Yes of course Palestinians were massacred before October 6th (the date you're looking for is 7th). They have been getting displaced, murdered and have literal war crimes being committed against them for the last 75 years. A single google search is all it takes to know this. Cmon man this isnt that hard

I cannot believe you can sit behind the comfort of your home and type out something as vile as "ends justify the means" about the killing of innocent children, women and men. On how many occasions has Israel been caught trying to fake information about Hamas sightings. If you cannot spot a shoddily justified ethnic cleansing how can you practice law? Consider other career options. Being blinded by hate does not justify twisting objective facts.

Chennai is a great choice for IP disputes along with Delhi, since most of the prominent MNC's manufacturers have their India base in Chennai. So Madras HC has been a battleground for all sorts of IP infringement matters. And not to forget that one of the main Film industry - Kollywood is headquartered here.

For IP disputes these are the big shots -

1) Kria Law

2) Anand & Anand

3) LR Swami & Co

4) ANM Global

5) Remfry & Sagar

6) Depening & Depening

7) Counsel Arun C Mohan

8) Surana & Surana

9) Daniel & Gladys

This list is merely indicative and does not mean any ranking

Hi I am someone who graduated in 2019 and been practising here and there in district court in my T3 town.

I really want to expand my practice area and want to practise in the best courts and Tribunals where intricate and beautiful questions of law are interpreted and argued from both sides. I feel very restricted here in my native place and suffocated. I want to learn and practise in diverse areas of law and argue.

This thirst for knowledge is also making it tough for me to be here.

However , like many I don't come from an established family of lawyers having no clue where and how to go about things. As far as Delhi , Mumbai, Chennai & Hyderabad is concerned - it is brimming with best talents with best resources and network. I am not sure if I can make it.There is a possibility that I will have to come back even if I shift to a better city wasting time and money.

Pls kindly guide me. Where to go ? How to go ? My goal is to work on diverse areas of law (Civil , criminal , commercial , corporate , tax ) and to appear in best forums amongst the best brains of the country.

My goals are :-
1) to work in diverse areas of law and in depth
2) in best forums
Pls help me by telling a way , a path and if this is feasible or a fantasy ! Pls tell me pay at sr adv chamber !

All the big hitters are part of yesterday’s Karvy order: https://www.barandbench.com/news/sat-slams-nsdl-sebi-for-highway-robbery-of-karvy-lenders

aise kaise hota hai. I dont really understand, I started off from tier 2, there also the senior just included me in a corporate and financial DD. I mean wtf. Bina kuch bole how they except you to go about things, and if you goof up then scream like mujhe 7-8 salo se train kiya tha or fir me nikama nikla/ nikli.

What is wrong with Partners. Were they never A0?????????

How wise is it to take an admission at Delhi University integrated Law Program, being non-Delhi resident, and leaving a top-notch city like Bangalore for DU? Is DU firstly safe for students, or things are overhyped? Does being a DU student feel like a constant wave of Delhi crime? Can non-native Delhi Law students pitch in only.

Felt like I had a lot to prove since I didn't really study much in college. Most of the folks who are in my boat still land comparisions with their batch toppers working in the same/rival firm, that begins from law school itself i.e. getting jealous over who gets to which position, pay, car and the list goes on and on. Regret treating my juniors badly when the deadlines were tight, a lot of who've left while some stayed. Swore to stay true to my craft and take my team out on dinners more often than not, now that I am in a position to do so. In all, Indian biglaw comes with a lot of bullshit where neglecting mental wellbeing and familytime is glorified for the sake of closing the marquee deals which come to us from time to time. Wish I could have done something different but I love the learning curve which my area of practice brings. Money is great (north of 70 lakhs) but you can never compensate for the bridges you have burnt along the way - this sometimes includes your parents, close friends and colleagues. I wish I could openly talk about these things with the fresh batch of interns which exude very high ambititions; without knowing the darker side to what goes through a partner's mind (and heart).

Looking forward to more perspectives on this amazing question!

I do work in court and let me tell you majority of judges are so lenient that even if you've lost your job, get paid less or need to support your parents and kids...you will still pay money. A woman will be given benefit of doubt, but once a man is included as accussed in a domestic violence,

Maan my brother passed out of GNLU six year back. No one cared for that institution much then. Now look at it. Just shining and kicking everyone’s b***. Jokes apart, I am happy that GNLU is doing amazing nowadays. Folks opting it over nujs and NLUJ is a welcome sign. It’s well funded and produces Rhodes choler’s along with terrific placements. The next best institution in Gujarat after IIM Ahmedabad for sure ❤️

Invoking WW2 parallels is common and misguided argument. Nearly all modern international humanitarian law was articulated after WW2 (eg, 1949 Geneva Conventions; 1998 Rome Statute), some specifically to prevent the kind of war waged in WW2. In fact, many criticised the Allies for wanton bombing and civilian casualties during WW2 (eg, the Dresden bombing). I'd say comparing Israel's actions to WW2-like warfare shows how extreme they are.

Lawyers who are now partners (made partnership recently) who prioritised work over everything else (friends, family, hobbies, exercise and sleep). Do you regret anything? Is it worth putting work over everything else for the first 10 years of your career? Does your personal life recover from the 10 years of de-prioritisation, or given your success, does it matter if your personal life doesn't recover? What does life look like at say, 35 when you place work over everything else in your 20s? Looking for views from people on both sides. Sorry about the rambling question. Bad day.

Just got to know that I didn't clear NLUD PhD exam. Moreover, saw that there were already 40 JRF candidates applying. I mean this left me really dejected and disappointed. Thinking am I missing out on something? If I can't crack NLUD, should I even try NALSAR or NLS ? What if all of this is a waste of time. Maybe I really just suck.

Crime rate in India can't be controlled with rising number of unemployed rich people. Then these unemployed rich people have aides, who under the name of some convicted criminal make gangs and shit crime happens. Extortion, Murders, Mafia and Robbery etc are primarily because of this. Things get worse when police to get involved and start taking their cut instead of curbing them down.

Rape too are either done by these people or someone known to woman.

Only better enforcement of law and reduction in corruption can save India, otherwise there is no way out.

Hi, I am a 3rd year student at a decent private college(atleast it was earlier :/) in a metro city (cannot reveal the name of the college and city). My college was previously doing pretty decent work in terms of placement but the past few years have been horrible. I am afraid that the same will continue at the time I graduate and hence only option left is to grab a job offer through internships.

I have decent GPA, decent publications at NLU blogs and a few litigation internship at small firms. I have been applying to mid-tier and boutique corporate law firms but I am either ghosted by them or the slots are always full. I have no idea how to navigate and grab good internships this semester so that big firms atleast consider me for internship interviews next year onwards.

I do not aim at working for a tier 1 firms as of now because it seems like a far fetched dream considering the situation I am in right now. Please help me formulate a plan and help me in grabbing a PPO at mid-tier/ tier 2 firms before In graduate.

Any inputs and guidance would be highly appreciated.

Thank You!

NLU Nagpur has merit-cum-need scholarship named after Late Mr. Ram Jethmalani. Mr. Jethmalani had donated 1 Crore to the University towards the scholarship corpus.

https://www.nlunagpur.ac.in/PDF/Regulations/RJM%20Regulations.pdf

Competition Law is not the MPs practice. Pooja Mahajan is the MP and practices mainly IBC. Her IBC practise is great, she is a demanding boss though. Sujoy in the corp team is also a good man gets decent work. Pay used to suck though, hopefully they’ve realised that and upped the retainers.

In a scenario, where state NLUs are struggling to get funds and therefore raising the fees to get by having scholarships/financial aid is a huge ask. The message from the state NLUs is clear - just pay to study, and don't ask for anything more. It is the state NLUs that need financial aid.

1. The sr adv most definitely not be readings journals cover to cover. It would be silly.

2. He must definitely be underlining cases and paras relevant to case at hand.

3. His associates will also be underlining texts relecant to briefs assigned to them

4. As far as remembering page no. of a case is concerned, he must have done it deliberately to impress the intern. A cheap ploy designed by Sr Advs to showcase how brilliant and magnanimous they are

Genuine question: how many people in your close circle has been falsely accused of rape and lost their life permanently? Compare that to how many women in your close circle was groped or harassed, and you will know the answer.

Unless you have to think for 10 minutes before opening the door as to how to save yourself from that random hand touching your private parts again today, like everyday, for the 27th year in your life, it is easy to do the whataboutism about the false cases.

Men have the option of chilling in daddy's house, joining daddy's business and leaching off their family savings. 'Men have to work' is myth-making. Then after they get married, they get more resources, cars and more, as jamai-raja. So they get to feel important also and freeload also.

i know this thread will probably discuss politics at tier-1 nlus, but even gossip is there even in bottom tier nlus like dsnlu (visakhapatnam). there is a new vc, who came last month, replacing the interim vc.

this interim vc was a decent prof, led a very successful centre, was examinations dean. everybody thought this new vc (from andhra uni) was going to be a puppet vc. but since he's come, the prof's name was removed from the list of past vcs (the sign board that hangs in vc cabins usually). she was removed as dean of exams, and now has been served a termination letter.

new vc has called her 'psychotic' and 'she has become mentally ill herself' (one of her children is mentally challenged. fuck him, fuck people losing their jobs like this, especially after making a shit centre in a shit nlu rise to such ranks. sure, sudha had the fiasco at the end of her tenure where she victim shamed some victims of sexual assault, but much people have gotten away with worse.

atleast she should have been not left jobless. she has challenged it in labor court. i hope the shit nlu loses.

I am someone fromT-3 city. I am strongly hellbent on litigating but I do need names , pay and other info of Delhi Counsels . I willing to forego 5-6 years under a senior because anyway I am not making much in district court and I dont have a family either . I was raised by my grandmother after demise of my father when I was 2 and my mother when I was 10. My grandmother is still alive and not suffering from terminal illness.

I am heavily inspired by the senior mentioned by one of the commenters in this thread-

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/313793-how-much-do-senior-advs-read-do-they-read-those-thick-commentares-by-mulla-and-seervai#comment-313858

I am a gc with a board role. Writing this from the airport on my way to London. It gets tiring. No new places, just the same hq again and again. Of course, acquisitions happen. Then you get to travel.

If you are asking if law firms serenade a gc with off sites. Yes.

Have I taken it? No

Do most people do? Yes. That's one way corruption enters this game

Why run behind marks though? If students were that interested to learn corp, electives like insolvency laws, project finance, corporate taxation etc would have gotten more students than forensics, disaster management law, public health law. Believe it or not, it's only marks that becomes relevant consideration for 95% of students.

The same students then struggle basics of subjects in professional life despite scoring 80+ in college.