Specialised. Most of the vacancies are now asking for specialisation. Also remember, pick a specialisation that you genuinely are passionate about. Moreover see to it that the specialisation is useful for the next decade or so. Example a maritime specialisation will have less people opting it however less vacancies, whereas a constitutional one would have more vacancies but more competitive as many would opt for it. Think wisely.

Graduate of 2023, a shit private law school. Interning in a Tier 2 TMT law firm. I have 9 internships, with and advocates and 3 with law firms.

My interest lies in TMT but so far I've not been successful to get a job in a corporate law firm.

I got an offer to work for 15k in a litigation based office. Should I take that job or keep interning in Corporate Law firms until I find a job?

As I mentioned, something important in her personal life or otherwise could have come up and she could have missed it. Maybe a family issue which is recurring. If you dont have the decency to put a gentle word "hi, is it not convenient to talk today?" especially when you offered the timeline to talk, then dont pass judgements over here.

Also sir, just writing a small phrase following up on a professional matter is not creepy. Also dont worry, real creeps are also not accounted for. I know a girl at a tier 1 firm who got wierd texts after her internship from the PA who had given her one work I think. She blocked them and reported to HR. Inspite of her good work, the PA (mentor) never filled out the form (which must be filled irrespective of quality of work), which means she didnt even receive her stipend. The HR didnt do anything and she is now troubled.

So dont worry, even if you overtext there are no consequences of being labelled. Hell, it's her who will be labelled a needy bitch.

No, that would work. Because GPT models look for word similarly, while most judgements at lower appeal stages contain very different terms but are used to infer an outcome in a different case scenario. The older version of manupatra was so perfect and efficient, they just ruined it now.

can we seriously have something like this, just chat and find required cases, instead of the boolean, AND, NEAR shenanigans we have to do currently to find a case.

just feed all the case laws in your database to the GPT 3.5 or 4 model (westlaw has already started something like this)

should ideally not be as expensive, considering the orders of magnitude improvement in user experience and time savings we will get.

If organisations don't do smth like this, you risk becoming the new PSUs and getting replaced by foreign databases, don't be shocked

Not OP. But why should OP follow up with her? If something urgent had come up, she could have informed the OP, she chose not to. Had OP chose to follow up with her, OP would have been labelled as a creep who is trying to leverage his position and helping juniors for some other benefits.

Bhagwan se toh daro Gen Z.

This might be a good place to start - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUK4Lf4qq6Q&list=PLljNvPOyFqZSnsOvsHRljbRHFV0dLA3Wu

I had angina (heart pain preceding a heart attack) a couple of years ago. Put it down to many years of bad diet, smoking and alcohol. Made major lifestyle changes post the angioplasty. Here's some (perhaps unsolicted) advice.

1. Keep a check on your cholesterol and BP levels. Particularly cholesterol. That's a killer.

2. We're mostly in high stress jobs. Figure out a way to keep the BP in check.

3. Quitting tobacco and alcohol is easier said than done. Try doing it anyway.

4. Try to get some cardio done from time to time. Even if it's a brisk walk around the block.

I agree. Most times the author would be happy to send you a copy of their paper.

Check SSRN, Academia and Research Gate. Many authors put up 'pre-print' versions of their articles.

You should also check whether your law school/ firm/ company has access to HeinOnline, JSTOR or other journal article aggregators.

3rd year student interning at a small law firm in Delhi, and it seems like a SA and a PA in the firm hates each other, and I am supposed to report to the SA.

Whenever I am assigned some work by the SA, the PA also assigns me some research work claiming it to be urgent, due to which the SAs work gets delayed. As an intern I want to be in the good books of both of them, what shall I do? Is it common in law firms? Any suggestions to tackle this issue would be helpful.

Okay so for starters,I gave CLAT 2024 and having a good enough to get NLS in the 3rd list probably and NALSAR in the 1st list. But I have basically filled NUJS as my 2nd preference above NALSAR,so I will be in the merit list of NUJS only with the option of shifting to NALSAR in the vacancies.

So rn I am in a dilemma of where to so, can y'all pls tell me about the pros and cons of all these three colleges and help me choose which way to go,here are my reservations regarding each of them :-

1. 1) NLS - 300 batch size,so kinda quality diluted, Placement weren't good for even 70-80 batch size(year 2023) and also they haven't released their placement stats for quite a long time, also trimester system means more academic rigor and stress and they have also increased their fee a lot which is fine if it justifies the cost but I also got a lot of friends in NLS so maybe that may help.
2. 2) NALSAR :- NALSAR is far away from city and also got no pool access nearby ( would love to continue swimming for my college time and not quit it cuz)
3. 3) NUJS :- NUJS from what I have heard got quite some toxicity and inter politics is also high lvl

So kindly help me out of this dilemma,thanks :)

Dude, as an NLUD alum, I am requesting you to calm the F down. You don't need to disparage other people or institutions to make ours proud. Moreover, as someone with a single-digit AILET rank (not that I give a damn about it), it is quite cringe to see these juvenile attempts to make it seem like sitting for it and clearing it is a huge achievement and lifelong honour. You and I did it, others cleared other exams and studied elsewhere. Big whoop! It's what you do after getting into law school that matters.

I don't understand why you distinguish between "familial" connections from such "personal" connections when you are accepting that everyone has a right to personal life. Both of them are the same. The aim is to supersede merit.

Imo this personal connections path is as bad as familial connections and not because it involves sex but because such people are undermining merit.

Practice Development, or Business Development Teams in law firms are responsible for aiding the fee earners to leverage their positions within the legal market to the fullest in order to gain recognition, and consequently, clients.

The job encompasses a wide variety of tasks like market research, social media, strategy, law firm relationships (if you're in a T1 and have Partners with connections to a lot of international law firms), submissions (a big part of PD/BD), league tables (also a big part of the job), analysis and recommendations for events, for participation, sponsoring, and/or speaking, etc.

While this position isn't necessarily for lawyers, a lot of individuals with law degrees opt to pursue this career path. One may also be eligible to work in PD/BD in law firms if they're well versed in marketing, possibly hold an MBA, and have relevant experience at Big 4 consultancy companies.

Personally, I have a degree in marketing, an LL.B and an LL.M, and I work in this vertical (ironically started out at Bharucha. Barf.). You can follow a bunch of people on LI to get a better idea of this side of legal services.

Firstly, "Practice Development" in B&P is actually shit - no real Practice Development being done to begin with.

PDG is not at all related to core legal work, but related to the business development and strategising for profitability of the Firm. It's an entirely different vertical and runs parallelly with the practice carried out by the fee earners of the Firm.

Stop dissing on jobs you have not taken time to understand before opening your foodhole and having a case of verbal diarrhoea, love.

I understand how you feel. However, you have to develop a thick skin and work hard to be in this field atleast. That is how you get paid well aswell. However, easier route is management or sales line...good pay and stable working hours. atleast compared to law. there you go.

you can also apply for legal analyst positions. they are remote and they hire alot these days. good luck.

You should calm down. In the real world, fellow NLU grads are fairly nice to one another. It’s the shadow of anonymity that brings out the nasty egotistical side, which is sometimes funny and necessary for objective criticism. This stuff never carries over into the real world. Even non-NLU grads aren’t looked down upon if they are good at their work.

Not sure about PA salary but since ultimate aim of every associate is to make partner, partner 1 salary is 90 (45 fixed and 45 bonus). The bonus component is strictly linked to recovery percentage. So if Partner 1 achieves 80% of the target ie recovers 2.8 crores then he/she will get 36 lacs bonus. So around 81 lacs (before tax) is final yearly take home of a partner 1.

Hi Boss

I have far less experience than you but I started out as a sole practitioner so have some perspective to share.

I was once speaking with another sole practitioner with a small team (much elder to me). He said he lost out on companies as a client because his firm size was small. He said that companies find it easier to process appointment when the firm is bigger.

I don't think this is true in all cases. If your rapport is good, maybe size does not matter. But this may be true when you are trying to establish relationship with a company.

There can't be a general principle. As in-house counsel, it is the trust that matters and track record rather than team size. But unless you get hired, how do you establish a track record? It is a round circuit. But that's why being a sole practitioner is hard.

You should read the following:

1. Difference between Lease deed and Leave & license agreement (TPA and Indian Easement Act). Part performance and sale deed (Sec53A TPA- Read Suraj Lamps judgement)

2. Stamp duty requirements on agreement.

3. Basic terms and conditions like indemnity, representation and warranties, limitation of liability clause, dispute resolution clause (Read Perkins judgement; Sec 19, 20 Cpc- Read Harshad Chiman lal Modi judgement on this).

4. Try to explain concept on indemnity from both the perspective of service provider and service recipient. For eg: As a service provider you should not include indemnity clause since there will always be possibility of loss(es) etc caused from your end. And as a service recipient you should always fight for indemnity to protect yourself from any such event of loss/damage.

5. Also, read about the company (Must);

6. Try to explain your reasons of interning with a company. For eg: In my interview, I explained that as a law student corporate and commercial law used to interest me a lot, however, I want to work with a company to understand how laws play out in real world scenario and what all types of protection a company needs to undertake to comply with all such laws.

I hope zada nhi puchngey, kindly update regarding your interview. Thoda zada bataya hai taki agey k liye bhi concept clear hojye.

(P.S.- 5+ In house experince, Presently DM_legal (Contracts & Dispute resolution) Mentioning to provide weight to my comment.

It’s bad. Currently a final year student there. The admin has recently nearly ruined the student life there, no joy to be in college everyone I know is trying to squeeze in as many holidays home as possible. Placements this year were abysmal. Abt 30 students got placed from a batch of 600. DONT go by officially released numbers for placements the batch size is huge. Faculty is nice when the college allows them to speak abt something in the first place. College too obsessed with its reputation to allow anyone -student or professor- to be happy

As an NLU alumnus who has been a part of industry and academia, it is just sad to witness this meaningless bickering between students from various NLUs. What they should have done was to learn from each other, as well as from other institutes' best practices, try to implement the same in their own, help other TLCs and private universities and students therefrom in their respective learning and experiences, use the combined strength and camaraderie to address institutional problems. That's what Menon had dreamt of. Instead, we have these inane threads that see hundreds of comments, students bickering like animals, bad blood and waste of time and resources. This anonymous forum has so much potential to do change the legal education scene in the country. Instead, we have hit the doldrums like this. Please work together instead of against each other, the industry is too small and these people are going to be your future colleagues and maybe even friends.

LinkedIn is a very big hit or miss imo. I have been on both sides.

As a young lawyer or law student, you would think that a carefully drafted LinkedIn mail or message may land you your job, but that can/can not be true. Depends partner to partner.

Further, Now I get messages from law students to help them. I had one girl from my alma matter reach out to me for internship/assessment guidance, I told her that i didn't have slots in my firm, but explained how she can do it; giving her lists of friends who are hiring, how to draft cover letters etc. She asked when she could speak to me, and I gave her Sunday evening. She never called.

So now I will look at LinkedIn messages with a lot of suspicion now.

and brother culture would be bad if there would have been a culture. A single female associate is running the firm who is totally sadistic and condescending and would make your life hell for no good reason. BEST OF LUCK if you still end up interning here. Be ready to face bullshit everyday.

Hey all, I have working as a partner in corporate practice of tier2/tier 3 firm. Have around 16 years of PQE. I have finally realised that I better work alone and don't really work well with 2-4 juniors working around/with me. I am more efficient working alone. I am now considering going independent and setting up my solo practitioner law firm. Do such kind of set ups work? Is having a team mandatory from market and positioning perspective? Any thoughts / suggestions would be much welcome.

not sure if these options will cover what you've been trying to access. stating the obvious waise toh, yoou'd know already -

- scihub

- libgen

- 12ft.io

- spaywall extension

- cache mode

last option is if deadline paas na ho of the reason you're wanting to read the article, drop a mail to the author lol. they'll mostly share it with you for free. i did this for some economics paper written by a bangladeshi prof. worked.

The polarised reaction to The Archies can be seen from the voting pattern on LI and also on IMBD (either 1/10 or 10/10, nothing in between). It's obvious that the movie has become collateral damage in the culture wars. Those on the left are loving the movie because of its liberal values, excellent acting by a young cast, pro-environment message and analogy with Aarey forest, and liberal credentials of Zoya Akhtar and SRK. The movie spreads the universal message of love, harmony and friendship, which are dear to the left. Those on the right are trashing it because of so-called nepotism, the support to the Aarey forest protest by Aditya Thackeray and liberals, and also because of Zoya Akhtar is the daughter of LW intellectual and Modi critic Javed Akhtar and SRK is close to the Gandhis and Mamata.

There would'nt have been any swearing if the person who replied to the comment had been a little more polite and empathetic with his/her reply. The reply sounded more like as if he/she is trying to tell the O.P. that they are incompetent / dumb / lazy. That is the last thing a person already in the dumps needs to hear. Encourage if you can, else, do not comment.