I often come across threads on LI saying that there is a hiring freeze across most firms for BO'25. I have very average grades and internship, (with 1-2 moots), how can I improve myself to land a job. I really need a job, and seeing that people have started getting PPO's really scares the shit out of me. However, I am not really able to work as well , due to the anxiety. Any tips will be really appreciated

The comment about AI is right. I earn 70 lakhs a year, but the work that I do is super easy and can easily be done by a machine. I worry where I will be after 10 years. But at least I will have enough saved for an MBA if I am replaced by a machine. I can then branch into some other field.

Gen Z kids are really entitled. You don't need to travel by plane when you are in college. Any AC sleeper train is more than adequate. Ask the current CAM and SAM partners how they travelled when they were in college. 90% will say by train. Parents of Gen Z students (who are obviously footing the bill for their travel) are spoiling them by making them fly.

I am also annoyed to see college students use the T3 airport lounge with credit cards. They crowd the place and make a lot of noise inside the lounge, which ruins the experience for others. I flew out of Delhi the other day and one college girl was playing K-pop songs loudly on her phone, without any consideration for others. T3 was such a great airport, now it's a fish market.

CAM has a real estate team in Hyderabad. And a bit of corporate work may be. Indus has nothing of note. Fox and Mandal (if it can be called Tier 1) has a small team as well - the partner at the Hyderabad office running the real estate practice has a reputation for being quite rude and to ruthlessly fire people. Not sure about other places like Juris Prime etc. Given that Khaitan has recently set up shop at Ahmedabad and Pune, next, they may look at Hyderabad next, given the Real Estate and Pharmaceutical scene. Irrespective of the above, Tatva is not tier 1 and should be avoided at all costs.

I cannot speak for 4 years back but I was in PlaceCom for the 2023 day zero and there was no pressure for emails, only certificates.

No KT clause always there but implied ?? Then tell me how people got offers with active KTs ?

Did I say the firm has to necessarily look at 80-100 CVs ? No.

Ask for ranklist and sort by % weed out KTs - To my knowledge as a then PlaceCom member the only firms that enforce this are the Cyril brothers.

Weed out KTs - again how did people with active KTs end up getting offers then ? Let's shed light on that,,, because then a few rotten truths will come to light. Asking firms to background verify every potential candidate is an impossible ask but hiding KTs becomes a whole lot easier when you're running the placement ship so to speak (and the verification process happens on that end).

Hi , I am curious about what goes inside dispute resolution teams .

1. Who does what ?

2. Who gets the client ?

3. What function does Partner perform ?

4. Who briefs Partner ? Partner briefs whom?

5. What happens after the Firm gets a case ?

6. Does the partner gives a readin and send it to Senior Counsel's office ?

7. Who drafts the reply ?

8. What role does SA , PA and associates play in a case ?

9. Whose responsibility it is to research and read case laws - firm or the Senior counsel Team ?

10. Most importantly - does T-1 firm like CAM appear before city civil court? or only HC and above ?
11. What is mosty nature of cases ? is it purely commercial litigation ?

It is hard to shift across firms because there are very less firms have a good funds practice. Shifting across cities is impossible.

Better to take m&a or gc if you want to end up in Delhi later.

Even if you live in Mumbai for 5-10 years and want to shift to Delhi later, it's not feasible for funds. Ek baar ke liye associate waha se kaam kr skta hai lekin if a partner wants to sustain his revenue in tier ones, Mumbai is where the business is.

It is not for this year. I was in placecom 4yrs back and we still verified certificates and emails. No kt clause was always there but implied. Out of 80-100 cvs you seriously think the firm has the time to look at everyones cv?. They ask for a ranklist, sort it by % and weed out the KTs.

If my parents don't have a problem with paying for my tickets, why are you having a problem? Didn't your parents paid for your everything till you started earning? Is it my fault that your parents were not able to do well when they were young, and hence, could not give you the privilege?

If we go by your logic no one should comment about anything they are able to afford regardless how expensive is it getting. Your parents must be buying onions and must be commenting that they have become expensive these days, is it like they can't afford onions at ₹60/kg? Or is it like once they have bought it at ₹60/kg they should not complain about the prices because they don't want give hardships to their taste buds by eating food without onion?

Buddy, have some sense before you comment, don't just keep poking your nose in random threads.

"GLC has faired very well" aah yes what twenty odd offers from tier ones for the 23 batch (google batch size) given by a mix of nepotism, faking internship certificates and faking grades that the PlaceCom conveniently overlooked?

Granted there are people who genuinely deserved those offers for working their ass off but let's be real here.

Also from the cumulative placed numbers let's bifurcate between people who got offers through cold emails/ direct applications which the PlaceCom loves to tout as their own effort.

Before anyone contests the "fake" allegations made here - for this year the PlaceCom requests not only certificates but emails from verified handles for internships and firms have also added a "no KT clause".

used to take flights everytime when i had to travel to and fro from college in 2019-20. can't even think of flights at this point, prefer taking Rajdhani/Duronto instead. I remember those days when Indigo/Go First/Spicejet/Air Asia/Air India(w student discount) all of them used to be so affordable. will be good if vande bharat is started on more routes, and we really need better tracks for them to run at 160 atleast.

Better not to track all because you'll eventually get frustrated.

Instead focus on couple of practice areas and then do.

Eg. If you target GC,PE,M&A you should visit MCA,SEBI,RBI Circulars as the same will do the most.

If Cap. Markets then MCA, SEBI,Stock Exchanges,RBI,SAT(redirect link on SEBI website available).

If Real Estate then Rera of respective State, Housing ministry (MoUD) central and state housing ministry.

P.S. - Websites of all above mentioned.

My parents are CA's and they are part of a large no of CA's who struggle to find a good attorney to represent their clients in the HC's. I'm just a first year law student, my parents advice me to practice under a well known tac attorney and gain experience. After that they and their circle will divert their clients to me. Is this plan viable

I know that the Congress, AAP and some other political parties have recruited NLU and Jindal students as part-time unpaid volunteers, and even some grads as full-time paid recruits. It's done either directly or through PR agencies like IPAC.

Curious to know if anyone here is doing that? How's the work?

Teams- M&A & CAP MARKS-

Some of the questions I remember from past 3 interviews-

Basic

-About past internship exp. ( specially research works done in past internships)

- Publications

- Why law? Why Corp law?

Technical

- Essentials of contract

-What are sweat equity shares?

-Industries in which Foreign investment is prohibited u/FEMA

-Difference between IPO and Rights Issue

-Difference between Contract of Indemnity and contingent contract

-If I own 1lakh equity shares of a company and I have an insider information, would selling a single equity share lead to violation of SEBI(PIT) Reg.

-Difference between fraud and misrep.

- Types of Liq u/IBC

- Types of Creditors u/IBC

- Whether a SHA can override AOA

- Remedies available to parties if SHA overrides AOA.

Everyone knows how the syllabus is. Who asked you to spend the money on a particular law school. If you want a certification program on corporate law, go spend on that. This is like going to a fine dining restaurant and complaining because you want to eat there but you want dhaba food. You can you paid so much and you want the taste of the dhaba but the answer in that case is to go to the dhaba. Education is even more complicated and obviously beyond your understanding.

There seems to be common thread for all. In the first 5 years it's a hand in mouth kind of situation. But then things start to change. I have personally experienced this that though in litigation you start at very low base income but then it multiples into 2x or 3x. Whereas in a job say in a firm or inhouse you get % increments.

In my opinion one doesn't need to be an exceptional lawyer to earn decent in litigation being above average than the crowd also pulls the client.

https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/watch-man-crushes-a-puppy-to-death-under-his-leg-horrific-visuals-surface

What about this? Today's news

What about this?

https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/noida/story/noida-man-rapes-stray-dog-throws-from-3rd-floor-after-neighbour-sees-animal-cruelty-2454291-2023-10-27

Another instance.

https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/delhi/story/delhi-man-charged-after-video-of-him-raping-stray-dog-went-viral-2436244-2023-09-15

These dog lovers are present in every college. In my uni, college somehow managed to get municipality agreed to pick these dogs, after their multiple attacks on people and take them to shelter home, and they did not let municipality take those dogs. Eventually, university had to get an order from HC to get those dogs removed from University.

And these dog lovers are not only inside the university, a certain MP also aided these dog lovers and chided the VC, when she asked these dog lovers to take responsibility of these dogs or the dogs would be removed.

I usually don't wish evil to others, but I wish some mild canine attack to these dog lovers so that they can understand the gravity of situation.

Correct Abbott NUJS. I was once having lunch very late at NUJS (leftovers from the kitchen). I saw a dog enter the kitchen and eat/lick from a big container of veggies that were being readied for dinner.

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The dogs behave like this as they are mollycoddled by the dog lovers, who are usually rich, privileged elites from big cities. Most of these students don’t even eat at the mess and order expensive food from restaurants. What I can’t understand is why these dog lovers can’t adopt them and keep them in their houses? Is it because their parents will object? Are their parents then also “fascists”, like they accuse us of being?

1. You have a BA English degree and 21 year old. Why are you thinking about CLAT/ AILET etc or 5 year law degree? You must focus on the best LLB 3 year degree programme.

You can graduate in law at 24/25 years of age and not 27/28.

2. Three good institutes you can target. Two of them have annual tuition fee less than Rs 10k

1. Delhi University - Campus Law Centre (Admission through CUET - PG)

2. GLC Mumbai/ ILS Pune ( Admission through MHCET)

3. BHU Law School (Admission through CUET)

4. NLS Bangalore (Admission through NLSAT - best among all 4 but if you can get selected, you may get scholarship or education loan)

I'm not suggesting Jindal Global Law School though it has one of the best LLB 3 year programme because that may not be affordable for you.

Best wishes.

Because the question was choosing between trade law and competition. Trade law pe business nahi chal skta it is a side practice alongside some other area.

Standalone, i won't choose competition as well. Too small of a practice in India and boring. India doesn't see exciting competition matters.

The correct answer is that both are very important subjects with scope for growth, but you will have to wait for India to develop more, in terms of both economic size and sophistication. For example, if you start now at age 23, then by age 40, in 2040, you could expect to be a competition or trade partner at the Delhi office of Clifford Chance (which by then will be allowed into India) and earn big bucks. Until then, however, be prepared to struggle.