Thank you so much for that elaborate review!!! Genuinely appreciate it :)

So basically there is no specific team you'll be allotted and you will get a range of tasks to work on?
I understand it must be frustrating. The office is at the far end of Nariman and you don't get any cabs after a certain timing..Man itna Kanjoosi with Food and travel??! Damn. That too its unpaid.

Also, Can you please elaborate more on the Contacts aspect? Required to Enter the firm or Required even after entering?

its a top heavy team both in terms of transactional work as well as high stake commercial disputes. I think having both reading and writing proficiency in Marathi will be key given the nature of Mumbai documents and title deeds by local dealers. I personally know people from T1s and T2s who have left their real estate teams to join Wadia. From what I observed during my internship was that B&F and RE teams were way more overworked than the GC verticals. Nevertheless, give it a shot, if it works out then well and good, if not firms like Federal, Kanga and Dhaval Vussonji also have great RE work.

GC requires a broader bend of mind and is more research oriented parleying several laws as against M&A (where one solely engages in DD, review and vetting). This is why people quit GC (hence all the T1s desperately hire in GC right from campus to the SA levels) within months because they thought GC is M&A. Also, the nature of the team and partner(s) involved matters a lot since "getting the deal done" or every advisory marked "urgent" trickles down on the juniors without much context and with unrealistic expectations. Be mindful before you are really sure of what this practice entails. Best of luck!

It depends on your aim. If it's litigation, judiciary or UPSC. DU all the way. If you have classes in the morning, you can intern in the evening and vive versa. Lot of flexibility in working in courts. Plus imagine 5 years of experience in DC, HC and even SC. Moreover if you're aiming for judiciary or UPSC you can join a coaching. The time spent on classes is not more than 3-4 hours. Plus majority of students always study at the end of the semester, right before exams.

NLUs are good for a corporate career. However NUALS is not an NLS, NALSAR or NUJS. There will be no guarantee of a absolute PPO or placement. Sure the tag will help, but it's going to be all your hardworking and networking more than the universities brand name. If it would have been the top 5-6 NLUs I would have told you to reconsider. But it's NUALS. Unless you want to experience college/hostel life outside Delhi.

I would still give the edge to DU. Especially since you're from Delhi, the hostel and accompanying expenses will not be a burden, due to non existent.

My suggestion is get a job first, any would do, just to pay the bills and keep the mouths shut. Then start preparing for UPSC. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT tell anyone that you're preparing for it. When asked, just tell them about the job you have. Give the exam till 30. If you still can't crack it, then it's not for you. Move to something different. Simultaneously, in your free time, indulge in your creative endeavours. Both a creative field and upsc have one thing in common and that's it's an uncertain career path. All the best.

Yes. People don't understand that we are currently in a job crisis. Unemployment is at an all time high. This will continue for the next half a decade. I urge everyone passing out from 2023 to 2028/2029/2030, if you do not get a law firm job within a year, please start litigation at local courts simultaneously preparing for govt jobs or switch to MBA. It's not a joke, people with far more experience and better CVs are struggling to get decent jobs. Grab what you can.

no. not worth it. Wont lead to jobs. The best way to get a job is to do a job. Apply to be an intern at the place where you want to work right now. Ask specifically for an assessment internship. Instead of spending a year wasting money at jindal spend 2-6 months earning a stipend and establishing your value at the firms you want to work in.

SJDS are unlikely to help you land a career in American academia, to be honest. They're perceived as lesser degrees given to international students. They are also many of them unfunded or partially funded. There are exceptions to this- if you get any doctoral degree from harvard, yale, stanford, maybe columbia- things might change. but T14 is expanding the net too far. most new faculty in law schools have JDs and PhDs from the top 3-4 universities.

under federal law non citizens cannot be clerks. Most state courts will also not entertain an application from a non-citizen.

I’m speaking as a brand conscious person. I suggest you increase your budget to 20 lakhs. You can spend 5 lakhs on an entry-level Rolex and 15 lakhs on a tier 3 or tier 4 brand car. But your long term goal must be to have at least a tier 2 car (BMW/Mercedes/Audi/Jaguar/Mini Cooper) and eventually a tier 1 car brand (Aston Martin/Maybach/Ferrari/Lamborghini).

Buy a second hand car if you like cars. Drive it for a couple of years, and then change again. That is what I plan to do. This will not only save you paying a huge upfront cost (also resulting you in not taking a loan), but it will also offer you the flexibility of changing cars every few years untill you earn enough th buy the Car of your choice in Cash.

Hey man I'll be honest with you, it's completely normal to feel clueless but you're being a little delusional here. It's okay if you don't want to do corp, litigation and judiciary as well but at the same time you cannot cancel out academia, civil services too and still want a job that will pay you "decent/good". You'll have to sacrifice something.

If you like studying then do consider teaching, if not law then look into clat prep. But rn it just feels like you need to sit down clear up your priorities first and then decide which field to go in.

I am currently a 4th year and find Investment Laws/PE/VC pretty interesting and want to make a career in these areas. However, most of the work (that I am aware of) in these areas is dominated by T1s and some offshoot firms of a Gujju Firm. Are there any opportunities outside these law firms which deal with this sort of transactional work practice?

I make around 24 LPA with bonus. Would buying a car around 14-17 lakhs make sense. I have enough money for a downpayment and can handle the monthly EMI. I know it’s a depreciating asset but I like cars. Also, I work in my hometown so I save money by not paying any rent. Would a honda city be a good choice? I like driving a lot and cab travel anyway costs me similar to the EMI amount.

Hi guys, this might seem like a stupid question but how does one go about actually asking for a call back internship or a PPO interview? Who do we contact and what do we say?

I have a tier 2 internship coming up and I am expecting a good experience and I want to be able to communicate that I want to be considered for a PPO interview, how to go about it??

Question is, where do you want to be an academic? If you want to make it into the US market, it absolutely NECESSARY that you get an SJD from a T14 school and make connections. Clerkships also help, but only if they are at the state supreme court, SCOTUS or circuit courts.

For clerkship, see here: https://community.lawschool.cornell.edu/careers/judicial-clerkships/clerkship-advice/why-should-i-clerk-and-where-can-i-clerk/

For fellowships post-SJD or at the end stage of your SJD, see here: https://www.law.columbia.edu/careers/academic-careers/careers-law-teaching/fellowships-and-vaps

Bro law firm recruiters diss on even LLMs from NLUs and here you are glorifying a correspondence course. No one gives a damn in India about these one year or correspondence degrees, the only thing in legal recruitment brownie points that matters is if you are LLB from NLU and not a master of xyz from NLU.

Hey, this happened to me last year in august. I was also in my final year then. Just keep applying, if you get an internship, just go for it. Don't think of whether it's a tier 1 or not. Work equally hard in all your internships, irrespective of the tier. You only need one good internship to convert it into a job. Make sure you don't give up.

Also, ask your seniors of this firm to refer you to another firm for an internship? Since this was an assessment internship, I am sure there must be someone who liked you enough in the team to get you a callback internship

3rd Year From a non NLU college in Mumbai. I am very late at applying for internships for the month of January. I have Capital Markets and Real Estate Experience. But I am not able to get any replies from Tier 2/3 firms. Can anyone please suggest places that require interns from January in Mumbai for the the above two teams or even corporate team. Even long term is okay.

What should I choose between DU 5 Year Law vs NUALS? The criteria being placements and the overall development as a law student. Plus, I am from delhi.

Will delhi actually play a role and is it that worth it to shift at this point of time as first semester is already over and my internship is going to start soon.

I don't understand what is this fascination to write on everything that you don't even have the basic understanding of. Considering you are in early half of your law school and have not done decent corporate internships before (assuming from your question); I would suggest you to first start reading about the market in business. What is going on , who are the big players across various sectors, biggest M&A deals in recent past plus ongoing along with major concepts of corporate law. Once you have basic idea about business and in-depth understanding of concepts of the same + business law then you will be in a better position to critically assess or analyse any M&A deal. Now, there can be generally two types of articles you may choose to write- first analysis of contemporary issues in M&A (mostly regarding recent deals/transactions or an intersection with other laws such as Tech/ IPR/ Competition etc), another could be choosing to write on the jurisprudential part of the subject (theories, evolution and your suggestions)- this is more academic in nature.

No Dean or Professor can utter such words for their students. If what you have written is true, he/she must be removed not just from deanship but also teaching profession.

You have a duty to email to Registrar and Vice Chancellor as well as to Chancellor & owner if it's a private University.

Hiring prospects?

Hi, I'll be beginning my internship(non-assessment) next week. team hasn't been told yet but I am hoping to get Kunal's team because a) Have interacted with him in the past b) He's an alum c) Have a GC oriented CV

Any info would be appreciated in terms of work culture, dos and donts, PPO prospects, etc.

Not sure how many entrants simply looking to begin their careers were - and I don't use this term laxly - mismanaged (no comments on intention(s)), by mid levels and silently forced to leave as they did not, yet, have the wherewithal or courage to either establish some semblance of boundaries or raise the issue in a "corporate-approved" manner (read: gain enough "work credit" to start seeking basic decency in mundane everyday exchanges).

This stems from the top. As others - nothing against Harsh specifically - but he does tell his new associates that the same mid levels are to be "treated as clients". Sure, give associates (who were likely trained under same toxic conditions) - with no knowledge of management nor leadership nor proper mentorship, nor any consequences for handling said entrant - complete and utter control over clueless A0s, with at best a superficial understanding of the corporate world. What could go wrong! Lord help you if there are at all any personal issues in your life at that time.