Who are you talking about? I was there for a short time and unfortunately not confirmed. Since then I have gone to many jobs and wish I had put my best foot forward during my probation period. I honestly thought probation was a formality like other firms so took it chill but found out quiet late that this is not the case. Seemed like a nice place when I was there and it is my loss. Keep it in mind if any of you get a job there

Big Big News as revealed by Bar & Bench. https://www.barandbench.com/news/corporate/atman-desai-set-to-join-khaitan-co-as-partner-in-energy-infrastructure-resources-practice

Atman Desai is leaving CAM for KCO in a homecoming. It's a big hiring and poaching by KCO because Atman has become one of the most eminent lawyers in Infrastructure and Projects Practice.

He has been recognised by IFLR as highly regarded lawyer for 2021-23. Now it seems firms are focusing on Ahmedabad due to govt's initiatives to develop it as a mega business hub. Would be interesting times ahead.

Can we all keep our gunpowder dry until Jai Dehadrai's letter to the CJI is magically leaked and published by the media? 😉 Trust me, you guys will be writing essays instead or short comments once you see the letter (a journalist friend has told me what the letter supposedly says, according to Delhi Press Club chatter).

Keep your head down for a while and keep working, this initial learning will go a long way. If you perform well, the firm will surely pay you better and if the firm does not pay you well, then there are always bigger firms who will take you in happily. I started with 20k and within 2 years, my compensation is around 12-14ctc. There were jumps, there were good interviews and a blend of luck as well. But if you feel that your senior is very supportive and helps you a lot, then please don't bother about less pay for a few years. Honestly, good and honest guidance can change the course of your life as it did with mine. I hope this decision will change your life for good, all the best buddy. Keep this thread alive with your constant updates regarding your journey for others to take inspiration. And lastly, there will be your colleague/juniors/interns/seniors who will directly taunt you that you are being underpaid so that you feel under confident and betrayed and ultimately leave the firm. These are office politics, steer away from all such persons, no talk instead of less talk is way better with such people. Mere sath ho chuka hai aisa, experience se bta raha hu. There will always be one or two person who will be getting more salary but still crib about it. Sara environment khrab kar dete hai aise log. All the best.

I'm currently seeking paid Research Assistantship (RAship) opportunities to support myself financially. While I've come across a few posts on platforms like LinkedIn and LawOctopus, most of them either offer minimal compensation or none at all. Additionally, I've tried reaching out to individuals through cold emails, but it feels awkward to inquire about stipends in such initial communication.

I would really appreciate some guidance on how to navigate this.

Hence the caution. OP may be wrong in her assessment. A lot of schools are lazy and can't be bothered what they see as snowflakes, but will move very fast if it is a suicide risk. And if they are notified in writing, they know that there is a record and they can be sued if anything happens later which means that if they have any sense, they will act. Even doctors are allowed to violate privacy if anyone's life is under threat. I'm shocked at the number of people suggesting that this is OP's burden to carry. There is no way she is equipped to deal with this.

Because CEOs are too busy to go to clubs. Only retired people have the time. There are bigwigs who go to Chambers, but for business meetings or private engagements (like Mahua Moitra's party, as we saw). They don't mingle with people outside the room.

It's much better to go to conferences: starting with CII and FICCI and ending with Davos.

Hello,

I am seeking job prospects in the legal field in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, as I plan to relocate there in about a year. Currently, I have 1.5 years of PQE, having worked for a boutique production house and now with a top private insurance company as in-house counsel.

After conducting research, I am considering the following options:

1. Transition to maritime law and explore opportunities with organizations like HPCL.

2. Take a career break to pursue an LLM/MBA.

3. Explore remote work, either independently or with a company that allows for WFH.

4. Pursue an LLM now and appear for UGC NET to teach in NLU Vizag or GITAM.

5. Follow my passion and start a business.

6. Explore opportunities with Visakhapatnam-based law firms, acknowledging potential language barriers.

Ideally, I aim to continue earning and plan to return to Mumbai in about 5 years. During that time, I aspire to be considered for impactful roles, emphasizing my commitment to not compromise my current work despite the inevitable relocation.

Feel free to inquire if you need more details and provide suggestions based on the additional information.

Any suggestions, insights or leads would be greatly appreciated.

Why has the letter comment been removed? It was not trollish, did not abuse or disparage anyone and was not even politically incorrect. Nor was it marked trollish or contested. The only answer now is that mods are deleting comments which they don't like personally. This is what comes of making random and unknown people as mods.

@Kian: I demand justice, transparency or at least a mod position so that I can abuse power too!

So this place I applied to had replied stating that my CV is being circulated among their partners and that if I’m shortlisted ill be informed about it within 8 weeks. Is this just a soft rejection or should I hold out hope til the end of the stipulated period?

It’s already been 2 weeks. I would really like to intern here and I think my application has a fair shot of getting accepted fwiw

JAD's latest tweet gives and indication that something explosive may come out in the next few days:

"Save this tweet:

Don’t know about shoes or foreign trips being investigated,

But when everything else comes out, Rolex-Kumari will have to find another planet to shift to."

https://twitter.com/jai_a_dehadrai/status/1727741582378430883

This is confirmed news. He sent a mail formally announcing this. It is not known why he is leaving, and if there is any connection with recent events, but we all know that he is Naveen Jindal's right hand man and even more powerful than the VC. IMO one of the following could happen now:

1. A new "Dr Sahni" is appointed by Naveen Jindal. Possibly someone close to the government, in light of recent events.

2. All power is now concentrated in Raj's hands and he takes over Dr Sahni's powers.

1. Being "friends" means Nepo circle?

2. He did an LLM, he joined KKV and then took a two year break. What does that have to do with Nepo?

3. When Gsanks was in Law School, YouTube had not been invented!!! He did that interview ten years later, when he was in practise, in fact in her own chamber!

This is called research?!!

My junior partners regularly appraise applicants from various top law schools and they know exactly what I and my fellow senior partners want and what our firm needs (young dynamic individuals with fire and iron in their blood, not the whiny wastrels who populate this forum).. I also get many applicants from my known social circles (politicians, civil servants, fellow advocates, judges etc.) who also need to demonstrate their drive and personality to be considered.

Needless to add, a cold email from a random person will not receive a response.

The practice is slightly stagnated a bit right now. In the sense that since GSTAT is yet to come. So far as the sales tax tribunal is concerned, the matters we have filed are not getting listed, these days the corruption there is so high that I've heard members taking bribes for remanding back matters, so we are avoiding getting matters listed at the moment. High court matters are still yet to come even though it's been like 2 years since he started them. Plus given the income from the compliance silo, he didn't really press on building a heavy appellate/litigation practice. We have a few AAR's at the moment but that's about it. I've tried taking initiative and change things a bit but my dad doesn't really appreciate that too well. And for whatever reason we have no CESTAT matters coming in.

So all things considered I feel if I leave and join somewhere else my dad can retire peacefully.

even the backbenchers lateralled (after a year or two) and work for the same T1 firms which toppers got straight out of law school. Atleast in the law firm segment, few have done their LLMs and work abroad but net-net its not a huge difference. Some sigh over firms and work as in-house counsels, think tank scholars and litigate with high flying seniors. So, to be very honest, bad grades are not the end of the world and good grades does not guarantee success.

India's support for Israel in this conflict stems from the October 7 Hamas Attack. The Palestinians are consistent and resolute in their demand – "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," underscoring their fundamental opposition to a two-state resolution.

Now, all well-meaning liberals would say, "Hey, why not? Can't the Jews and Arabs peacefully coexist?" The answer, my friends, lies in present-day Palestine and the prevailing temperament there towards the Jews. They have literally zero tolerance for them. And Gaza is absolutely out of the question! Crucially, the Hamas Charter unabashedly advocates for the eradication of Jews. It is imperative to discern this conflict not merely as a territorial dispute but, rather, as an antisemitic imbroglio, draped in the guise of a territorial altercation.

We must therefore support any endeavour to root Hamas out of existence.

Don't believe me? Watch this -

https://youtu.be/kCspBrAOy-g?si=xY8ply0F6-DdUfIR

https://youtu.be/pjOEJumoABg?si=twN7hAWiZp2GrW6Q

https://youtube.com/shorts/vcGxtTYLmio?si=-rEuBHuC8SuyR8lz

Terrorists absolutely shout allah hu Akbar when they kill innocent people. As long as you feel no one should shout that again just like JSR we are in agreement. I don’t like any religion either.

But if you’re gonna contextualise “ why in this one instance were Muslims

shouting a religious slogan ? Was it to

Intimidate ?” You have to contextualise it for the JSR folks also - which instance is Dalwai speaking of ? How do we know it was to intimidate ?

If all you learnt from law school was to cling to appeals from authority - you’ve been quite poorly served. I think the actions of Hamas on oct 7 were clearly the actions of a terrorist. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck - might be a duck. I disagree with you on facts about israels war - I’m unsure we have all the reporting in on how this war is being fought. There is a lot of propaganda from both sides and I refuse to take my news from Instagram. In any case israel is a recognised state for 70 something years now and if they have committed war crimes they should be held accountable. The facts might show that israel has fought this war as well as they can - that they have avoided civilian casualties and focused on returning hostages and destroying Hamas in which case they shouldn’t get condemnation.

That is called holocaust reversal and it’s rooted in anti semitism. On October 6 there was a cease fire in Gaza and West Bank. Israeli parliament and Supreme Court have Arab Muslims and Christian members, Nazis killed and persecuted gay people and Israel is the only middle eastern state where those people are safe and have rights.

Israel has enough fire power to obliterate Gaza today. But in the last few decades Palestinian population has grown instead of declined.

It sure seems to me that it israel was a bigoted genocidal state like nazi Germany - they should be better at the bigotry or the genocide no ?

How many Jews peacefully live in Gaza ? How many Christians? Can gay people become leaders of Hamas ? Can women ?

The stated goal of israel in its founding documents is a peaceful prosperous state - the stated goal of Hamas is to kill the Jews. Why is Israel nazis again?

These are polarised times. The extremism has left me homeless in the academy also . I think it’s important to remember that when you talk about concrete policy things - more people would agree than not. So that’s what I do instead of talking about ideology. When people do try to indoctrinate you - just listen and ask questions. Sometimes it’s good not

To have a tribe you have to go along with.

Consider that smart decent people may just disagree with you. I’m on the left and support most left wing causes.

1) I don’t think israel is a colonialist project. The britishers actually during the holocaust limited Jewish immigration while not fettering Arab Muslim immigration into that land.

2) not just biblically but historically - the jewish people are indigenous to judea. They have been expelled from that land by Palestinians , British , Romans , ottoman Turks , Arabs - whatever - they have still always returned there because it is their home. If there is a native to that land - it’s Jews.

3) how is Gaza and West Bank an open air prison when hundreds of thousands of Gaza soldiers could go into Israel on work visas on October 6th ? How is it an open air prison when one side of that border for Gaza is adjoining Egypt? Having borders do not make something an open air prison. If Hamas and Palestinians want to have a violent antagonistic relationship with their neighbors- if they decide to send in rockets to kill children in schools - they can’t very well play the victim when their neighbour decides to blockade ?

How is it both an open air prison and Hamas and Palestine have their own rockets that they routinely shoot at Israel ?

4) Bhagat Singh and nelson Mandela did not rape women or kill babies. They attacked the state. There is an undeniable moral difference. If Bhagat Singh and Nelson Mandela had raped British women and murdered babies we would not be celebrating them as freedom fighters. And in case you forgot our history- it is entirely possible - no matter the oppression - to resist nonviolently. Gandhi did that Martin Luther king did that. That is what resistance actually looks like.

5) Hamas is not a home grown political organisation that has gotten radicalised. Hamas is funded by Iran- where do you think they get the guns and the missiles and the bombs from ? Hamas and the PLO have rejected 5 times a two state solution. 5 times israel has offered them good land - more land than they have now. And they have walked away without a counter offer. That is not an actor who wants the best for Palestinian people. That is a religious fundamentalist who wants a religious war. Have you read the Hamas charter ? They talk more about wanting to kill and eradicate Jews than they do about prosperity for Palestinians. Millions and millions of dollars of aid has routinely gone into West Bank and Gaza - where is the development ? Why are their kids dying without clean water? It’s because Hamas and the PLO are corrupt and feckless and hide behind babies and women.

Think about it for one second - where are the female Palestinian “freedom fighters”? I can name you a number of women freedom fighters in the Indian freedom movement, I can name

you female soldiers for israel, Golda Meir was one of the most important prime ministers of Israel. Where are Palestinian women ? This one thing is not like the other. Our movement was about freedom and self rule for all- their movement is about religious fundamentalism.

5) simply googling will tell you that israel has found Hamas in the West Bank too. Maybe instead of parroting that comedian dude read ground reports and history. Israel has not been in Gaza since 2005. What have the Palestinians done for themselves in those 17 years?

West Bank - israel won the West Bank in the 1948 war where one newly born jewish state fought 6 Arab states. Israel won it back from Jordan in the 6 day work in 1967. Fair is fair right - if you lose a war you provoked - why are you then the victim ? You lost the damn wars! Nevertheless Israel offered in 1997- that’s 26 years ago now - to pull entirely out of the West Bank and go back to pre 1967 borders in the Oslo accords. The Oslo accords failed because the plo walked away without even a counter offer. Because these are not humanitarian freedom fighters - they are religious fundamentalists who want Jews to be driven into the Mediterranean Sea. Any two state solution is unacceptable to them. That is why you won’t have a two state solution in the Middle East.

You’re in such an information bubble it is laughable. I’m sure Israeli governments have done horrible things. I blame Netanyahu for Hamas being so powerful. But you act as if israel is the only one with somewhat questionable internal policies over the years. When Hamas came to power in Gaza - they threw their opposition - the fatah off buildings. They routinely kill and torture their own lgbt citizens . What rights do religious minorities have with Hamas in charge ? What happens to Christians in Gaza ? What rights do women have with Hamas in charge ? You think these “freedom fighters” only rape Israeli women ? You don’t think that man goes back home and beats his wife up ? Israel has constantly had female representatives in the Knesset. They have Arabs and Christians who are in their parliament on their Supreme Court - can Hamas say the same about their rule in Gaza ?

There is a difference between a state having some bad internal policies that were a result of over zealous right wing assholes and then admitting to and correcting their behaviour when it’s proven. And largely having a democratic government with rights for minorities and rights for women. And a religious fundamentalist state which has no place for women in public life and murders anyone who disagrees with their religious mandates as a matter of policy - proudly in broad daylight. There is a difference when a state inadvertently harms civilians because they are being used as human shields, and a mob of thugs who gleefully video themselves raping women and killing babies, taking hostages , and then hiding behind schools and hospitals and using them as human shields.

This history is long and complex and started before you began to pay attention and is more complex than

Instagram will allow. To assume everyone who disagrees with you is either stupid or bigoted doesn’t betray a point of view that is curious and compassionate to human suffering.

Sorry to say this but that first paragraph is utter bullshit. What's to say that OP's roommate isn't already religious or spiritual? Besides, you seem to be implying that people who are irreligious are through only ones who are capable of being depressed or suicidal. Even if she was irreligious, having her suddenly develop belief in the almighty would be far less helpful than making actual mental health and counselling services available to her. I do agree though with the rest of your answer about how if it's possible for her, OP should support her through this tough time in her life.

HAMAS didn't kill babies, it was fake Israeli propaganda that was debunked, a rave party was attacked, more than half of the people that died were members of military (IDF released a list, also stating their positions in military).

Mangal Panday and Bhagat Singh ONLY attacked symbols of state? Does symbol of state include people of that state? Because they were certainly murdered. Go pick a book, check why were they hanged.

Also don't talk selective history, go read what happened when at the time of revolt of 1857, go read what happened when soldiers marched to Delhi, check out what happened at siege of Kanpur.

Our struggle is literally the same, except that British wanted to keep us subjugated in our land, while Israel wants to push them out of their own country.

https://uknowledge.uky.edu/world_yosa_semple/5/#:~:text=Known%20as%20the%20Siege%20of,known%20as%20the%20Bibighar%20Massacre).

They’re doing very well , Oxford dphils, Harvard llms , nice jobs in other countries , even the ones that went corp - partners at magic circle firms , even if they stayed back here - quite happy at their cam/Sam firm - they got promoted pretty quickly and now get tonnes of money and have plenty of work life balance.

Why you want schadenfreude ?

I think the right have finally found some moral courage and harped on wedge issues that will make them seem reasonable in comparison to woke leftists. Trangenderism, tolerating intolerant faith systems, radical policy changes to drugs and prostitution,open borders and unfettered immigration - these are all policy problems on which the woke left is unreasonable and has no cogent argument to make except to shout down the other side as bigoted ( a childish act which only convinces everyone involved that they are right!)

What’s more - feminists and women have traditionally been a voting block for the left. Once you tell women that they don’t exist as a sex class - that womanhood is an idea in a man’s head, that they should be good little girls and share their restrooms and changing rooms and political struggles with males because of one pseudo philosophers garbage theory - those women will stay at home and not vote - or they will vote the other way. When you tell them sex work is just work and they should consider it when they don’t get employed - you will lose their vote.Jews traditionally vote on the left by and large - but when you start telling them that they are colonialists in the only

Homeland Jewish people have ever known- when you tell them the rape and murder of women and children is acceptable resistance - they will not vote for you anymore.

The working class is traditionally left wing - but when you condescend to them and shame them because they won’t play pronoun games or because they object to their daughters being pushed into prostitution, and tell them they should be happy their jobs are now going to an immigrant - you’re gonna lose that vote. When you support boycotts and strikes over the issues of the petty bourgeoisie instead of recognising that the guy who drives cars and does deliveries needs the job to feed himself- you’re gonna lose that vote. The unions are going to turn slowly but surely. The left use to be the home of the working class - but no more.

By getting drawn into woke cultural politics because they are terrified of being cancelled on twitter by gen z woke idiots- the left has abandoned its traditional supporters and has gone from being a party that supported womens rights , supported secularism, supported workers - to a party of college educated elite young people. It’s a bad trade.

This is above your pay grade. Whatever is happening to her is far too complex for you to step in and help her by herself. You’re just a college student.

Whatever you might think about the profs and administration in your university. You can be sure that they are adults who have seen this several times before. So you should notify the authorities. You should tell them everything you know and suspect and let them figure it out. It’s really the only thing to do.

Don’t let idiots on here tell you to offer her counselling yourself ( you’re not a therapist) or to keep mum and say nothing because privacy ( there is no right to privacy when you might harm yourself or others).

A CA who now practice as an advocate here. CA gives you exhaustive and practical exposure to certain areas. While pursuing law internships are for short tenure hence practical exposure is relatively low. Key in both cases remains the manner in which approach an engagement.

Money has nothing to do with degree but how good you are at what you do. So go ahead and work hard. Wishing you luck!

You should try and get her to become spiritually inclined. She should ideally find peace in religion and remembrance of the almighty.

It will be a very difficult path for her to walk alone. If possible, you should support her through it.

Given her history of family abuse, she won’t necessarily open up completely to you or anyone else. Accept that fact and be patient with her.

You will ask why do you have to bear this, just remember that by being placed in her path, you might actually become the reason why she doesn’t mortally harm herself.

Take care and I hope she perseveres through this.