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Anyhow, the intellectuals are Arun Shourie and Sitaram Goel
We should stop doing a trial by media and the media should stop all coverage on this topic until the CBI enquiry is over.
In my Tier-One NLU, we had so many useless BA subjects in first and second year. How would rote-learning Locke's theories help me in my career, in any manner? The Pol Sci teacher used to come to class, give out long dictations (like school days) and then expect us to mug up for exams. Ridiculous. Would have been much better if that time was spent learning company law, which I'd say is easier than contract law. It's not just BA subjects, there's more redundant mandatory subjects like Human Rights, "Science, Technology and Law" etc (we had the worst teachers for it) that needs to go.
M&J Book House is also next to the High Court, but a little further away than Aarti. Go past Bombay House and ask anyone for Manoj Pen Part. Its' a few shops before that. It should have your pocket editions of EBC Bare Acts. I dont know if anyone makes leather bound editions of any bare acts.
The requirements for each profession are different I believe. Being aware is a thing and delving too much into its technicalities is another. All the other subjects are such that it is exclusively for the Legal domain and lawyers are the ones supposed to be doing that not expecting a CA/CS to know Evidence/Consti or even outdo us.
You can call me a bigot for standing up for women, but the reality is that in this country girl babies arent allowed to be born, when they are born they are malnourished, have anemia, die more than boy babies, when they survive they have no opportunity to go to school or have a career, if they do manage to do those things they have to be sexually harassed by males who now want to be inside our bathrooms. If you do all of this you still might end up raped or murdered because your husband doesnt like being "emasculated" or your family did not pay enough dowry or whatever, if by some crazy chance your dont face intimate partner violence- you still might die during child birth or during medical malpractice because women do receive a lesser standard of care. We live in a society where male violence against females is endemic. And you want us to not have language to express that. Because "inclusivity" or because "gender feels" or "gender identity" - which is all saying you feel like a woman because of some idea in your head. You want our movement to include you because what you feel is more important. A gendered soul- there is no proof at all that there are souls let alone that souls have a gender but do not have a race or a disability or a nationality.
Trans rights activists tell us that gender and sex are different - then why do they want to break into our sex segregated spaces? why do they say that lesbians should be attracted to trans women because of gender identity and not sex? why do they change their names and official identification in government records to be female sex?
If all trans activists wanted to do was ensure that trans people could get an education and a job and live their lives without facing harassment- no one would have a problem with that. Its that they want us to swallow this other stuff. But no- they want to play pronoun games and they want to destroy female only bathrooms. You know what happens when there are no female only bathrooms? Women stop going to work or going outside, and girls stop being sent to school. All because of a gendered soul. None of this is a straw man- you can look it all up, But you wont cause received wisdom.
In any case that loud and foul mouthed crass screecher needs to be locked up.
1. that crowdsourced thread on law firm salary
2. MPL (with a mod keeping score on google doc)
3. LLM uk/us/row + scho
4. Grad school us/us/row + scho
5. Accommodation for internships in mumbai and delhi
6. perhaps internship + job postings (with SA from each firm branch given anon credentials by mods)
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/216092-christ-university-the-bad-shepherd
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/176173-sexual-mental-harrasment-you-faced-at-christ-university-share-your-experiences
guaranteed jobs afterwards
US Law firm revenues, headcount are available in the public. Same with European and Japanese. Even the most opaque chinese law firms data is available on the internet. Why is Indian law firm numbers not there on public forum? Where could I access this for a research.
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That said, work culture is not the best.
But laying down such a system, with negligible expectations of financial gains, how do you pull it off? Are you already sufficiently rich? Or you like playing hero in a shattered legal system of this nation and are content with that?
Haha. Kidding.. You are more than a Hero.
1. Listen to lectures on YouTube by senior counsel and retired judges. You can learn so much. Download the judgments they cite and study them.
2. Attend HC hearings and make notes of what you learn in each court. You can learn corporate law, taxes, criminal law.. a really diverse set of laws by just observing different court rooms.
3. Attens trial court hearings and learn cross examination techniques.
4. Make time to exercise, play sports, pursue simple hobbies, socialize with friends and extend your friends circle.
5. Knowledge is power and there is no better advertisement than yourself. Improve intellectually and show yourself to be stable and well groomed outwardly.
6. Don't be afraid of failure. Discipline your inner voice to be self supportive.
40% of what they are making is a great sucess in 7 years. 10 years down the line you will be doing better, hopefully.
1. Put away your phone or electric devices when you sleep, and don't check LI / social media first thing in morning / when you go to bed.
2. Read a book or watch a good movie or TV show?
3. Figure out what itch LI scratches. Is it boredom, or anxiety about career, etc? See if you can tackle those another way.
Google for online or social media addiction or watch some videos, some might have some useful other tips or advice.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/legal/president-droupadi-murmu-advocates-all-india-judicial-service-exam-for-judges-selection-11812831.html
Maybe there should be separate tabs. Some of the issues I want to discuss (neighbourhood suggestions, client hospitality, shopping etc) will not be relevant for the latter two types.
I guess the reverse may be the case with people in litigation, disputes, IPR etc. as Delhi has comparatively robust market for such practices.
As for me, I have been in-house since the start (it has been 16 years now) in Mumbai with not much net worth as I didn't give much importance to investments in my early days. But really happy to note that youngsters are taking their financial planning seriously and I pray that you all achieve financial independence soon.
the sheet already contains around 40 submissions by associates and partners of all ages. Please add to this so everyone can benefit.
https://forms.gle/yXcnBu7x7iQEbYGU8
xoxo
thank you
p.s - students can put (student) as answers
So worse than unpaid labor. Temporary unpaid labour= internships
About 13L in investments + cash and about 1.5L in liabilities.
Hoping to wipe off liabilities once the bonus hits. Will then think of financing a home.