I am a prof at Jindal and here is my advice:

1. Jindal is much better than Munjal and also has the most foreign profs. You will like it better there and you will meet like-minded people. Also, if you are white (as opposed to Indian-American) you get preferential treatment in terms of salary. If you are white AND have a degree from Oxbridge or Harvard, you will get red carpet treatment.

2. Jindal offers a lot of academic freedom (certainly in comparison with government universities). However, there is fatigue setting in, both among students and management, with the large number of left-wing human rights profs recruited and the repetitive, ideologically driven nature of their electives. Adding to this the Modi government has been pressurising Jindal to focus more on STEM and business, after various comments by professors were leaked on social media. Thus, you would do better to teach hard law courses instead of woke courses on human rights, intersectional justice, critical race theory, caste, decolonisation, Kashmir, Palestine, Foucault, Marx etc.

https://www.barandbench.com/news/many-indian-lawyers-working-in-global-law-firms-karan-singh

Thoughts?

Sir/Ma'am, an MBA from a Top 10/20 is very expensive nowadays. It's above 30 lacs as full cost and if I add the interest given that the loan is paid in 7-8 years, it would be another 8-10 lacs. That's huge. Nowadays, the job market is not doing great. All those placement figures of top business schools are not true. Only the top 20-25% of the batches of the top 20 business schools get those 20/25 lpa CTC packages and the bottom 75-80% of people get below 20 lpa packages. Also, all these front office IB, VC, and Consulting like MBB, PE, etc recruit only from the Top 10 business schools which is very hard to get into as most IITians are bullish on them to get into. So a normal MBA grad from a below-top-20 business school would never earn well and at the same time have to pay that 30-40k per month education loan EMI.

During a recent 7-judge hearing on a constitutional matter, GShanks cited an article by Prof Dam to support his argument. The CJ asked for the details of the article and then said yes I know about his scholarship, I cited his book in another case. Looks like people who matter know about his work

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Can anyone who is a part of the recruitment process confirm whether the firms look at your transcripts for each semester or the final transcript that is issued to you? I guess it’s the latter and in case of latter, I don’t think it would matter as it’s not reflected but I can be wrong though. It would be better if anyone could confirm this

In my opinion, don’t take advice in this forum seriously until you get a trusted and reliable source to answer this question, it would only add on to you getting overwhelmed. Take a genuine advice from a working professional in this field who has been through something similar as most of those commenting are law students from your age pool.

2020 CLAT was a scam. With the pattern said to be Offline initially, it went online. The pandemic ruined it. Centres were so bad with Computers switching off, people complaining constantly, screen freezing etc. The invigilators were bad and there were no proper seating facilities. All this in a centre based in Mumbai itself. God knows how bad it would have been there in small cities. Also, there was this thing of wrong answers getting registered. It was a disaster. AILET was better.

I mean, 16! thats an impressive number! It will be difficult to convince employers that you would be a good hire with that. Add to that the lower tier college and the admittedly below average CV- Youre not really giving recruiters any reason to think things will turn around. I suggest you either work towards examinations, or you start in litigation and do the grind for a few years until you are able to pivot. law firms look unlikely to be honest.

Dont do it. The corruption at these places is quite out of control. at least for junior academics (assistant professors) there is somewhat pay parity between NLS and Jindal after Sudhir. Teaching load might vary depending on whether there are other faculty to teach your courses. Jindal asks you to teach one core course to two sections per semester or one core courses to one section and one elective each semester. If you make associate professor that might change , but very little. NLS will as you to teach one course per term. You will get the opportunity to teach an elective every other term or at least once a year.

Initiating conversations- just cold email HR at Jgls/ pritam at bml, sudhir at nls.

Simple concept - spend more time doing things than thinking of doing things. many people are caught up in the technicalities of thinking and perfecting their start to one skill. You gotta fail sometimes to not fail sometimes to winning everytime.

Intellect in law is all about knowledge and application. Knowledge comes from reading - judgments, commentaries, books, bare acts, articles. Application will come from practice - writing that article, that research paper, that opinion on a complex issue.

Trust me, even seasoned lawyers don't get everything right the first time, and they make a lot of changes to the first draft of their legal opinion, as the complex law these days starts to make sense when you have already spent a lot of time thinking about it.

Been thinking a lot about quitting my T1 job (M&A) and switching to litigation. I know there will be tough times for the first 2-3 years but I think 5 years should be an ideal time for the practice to give sufficient money to sustain myself and some of the family needs.

For 1st gen Lawyers who think they have had an above-average trajectory, what is the amount of money that you guys make? We all know that the figures are subject to a lot of factors but I just want to know the number along with the rationale or the factors that helped you get there.

If there is anyone who has switched from a firm to litigation, then their input will be of tremendous help!

I guess you are new to the lit world I have been associated with sir (offcos. when he was physically practising in India ) for a good amount of time and I can affirm this i have seen some most of the most influential people meeting in his chambers and he actually make more than 200+ similar story with AMS , KS and MR

Chandu has been deliberately neglecting NUJS though ever since he took charge. He visited multiple times before, but not after becoming Chancellor. Did not even let their convo happen for the last 3 batches. He's avoiding Bengal in general because he needs BJP support for his ICJ ambition, and NUJS in particular because he is miffed with the admin and the students.

How do you expect conclusive proof to be furnished here about an illegal activity? Are the LI readers CBI officers? Your entire website is based on rumours, hearsay and completely baseless accusations that you actively encourage in order to remain relevant. Are you asking for such proof when people make random comments about law firm individuals, law school admin, faculty, students and other professionals within or outside the legal profession? Individual names cannot be mentioned of course for defamation issues, but what else is LI about other than X has heard something from Y and wishes to talk about it to the rest of the community?

This is true. That team consisted of seniors only. The NLS team dominated so well that I overheard one of our faculty congratulate them at the end saying that their performance was almost making him reconsider Sudhir's offer to join NLS. Our team came sixth behind NLS, Jamia, NLU Assam, CU and NALSAR and even worse, seemed completely unfazed by their sorry performance.

Just started working at a T-1 this year and despite being paid well have not been able to save much (Mumbai expenses). Just wanted to get an idea of how much I need ti save and what figures should I target at different ages. I understand that the figures will vary hugely based in whether you are in corporate or litigation.

Yes . One of the comments marked as trollish is a fact. But nothing can be done at this stage

Let these students pass or suffer as the consequences of their connivance or connivance of parents in this matter

However I feel that consortium should have been or must be more alert by the kind score they got , selection from an unknown coaching centre, same place, poor performance in other coaching centres mocks test, not getting rank even in 2000 in similar kind of test AILET and rank of below 100 in clat exam and that state produced 4 selection below 10 that year which never had 4 - 5 selection in the first 100 before or after . Truth can not be washed away .

I highly doubt that Modi will go after S&P. Modi is on good terms with both factions of the family and S&P advise many PSUs and pro-BJP companies. It will be self-destructive if Modi gets involved in the Shroff family feud. Also, Jai Dehadrai's tweet suggests that the CBI is more likely to question Pinaki Misra than S&P. Modi owes Pinaki nothing.

https://twitter.com/jai_a_dehadrai/status/1728325623268221288

This thread is not just blatantly offensive but it targets particular entities/individuals with no conclusive proof. Kindly learn to differentiate between speculation and concrete facts.

We are not only marking this entire thread trollish but also actively urging each one of you to not indulge in rumours related to apparent ‘scams’.

Since you have the option, I would strongly recommend joining TL, working there for a year or two and then moving to litigation. That is what I did. TL is a fantastic place to work, there are some skills which are easier to pick up in a firm, and it is always mentally comforting to have a solid financial cushion when you are litigating.

If you are the sole earner and need to take care of your mother and pets, I would recommend staying in a firm for a bit longer, building up 15-20 lakhs, and then switching to litigation. In Bombay, you can save up to 5-6 lakhs as an A0 (on the old pay scale) so in 2-3 years you should be able to save 15-20 lakhs imo. Since you live with your mother in Delhi, you might be able to save a little bit more (Bombay rents are insane - not that Delhi rents are cheap).

Thankfully I have parental financial support. Otherwise, it is very hard to survive on a pure litigation salary. More importantly, knowing that I have some savings to fall back upon keeps me relatively stress free.

Whenever you switch to litigation, make sure you join bosses who are good people. That makes all the difference in a long term game like litigation.

Good luck, and hope to see you in court!

Everyone can see what's happening from this chronology:

- Students unhappy with pace of expansion and large intake

- JGLS placements not enough for all

- JGLS faculty unhappy that the law school has to bear financial losses made by other schools

- A number of good profs exit

- Internal controversies

- Jitu exits

- Dissatisfaction with JGLS from govt and RW ecosystem

- Entire Jindal family lands up at university for talks with VC

- Sahni exits