In house salaries vary a lot so the ranges below are broad. There are companies who don’t pay in the following bands, just ignore them unless you don’t have a choice.

PQE 0-4 - 10-20L

PQE 4-7 - 15-35L

PQE 7-10 - 35-60L

PQE 10-15 - 60-120L

PQE 15+ - 80-350L

All salaries subject to 35% tax above 15L.

Happy and satisfied. Graduated around 10 years ago from a top college. Worked in T1 law firms for many years then moved in house. Work has been stressful at times but not how it’s made out to be on this website. Most of my peers have earned a few crores by now. Some have spent a lot of it, most of us have saved atleast 50% of it. That means life is very comfortable overall, driver, good house and car, plenty of help, virtually no restaurant / travel destination is off the charts. In house never worked more than 4-5 hours of productive work a day. And probably worked 5-6 weekends in the whole year.

I switched from another profession to law. I can honestly say it was the best decision of my life. What I was doing earlier was extremely monotonus and boring; in law, there's something new to learn everyday, every case is different and has its own challenges. The work load and pay both are really bad, I agree but the grass is always greened on the other side - except IT I don't think there is any industry that offers good pay without a horrible work load. In law, unless you get a high paying tier 1 job, you struggle financially, and I'm not denying that but when it comes to content and quality of work, nothing beats law.

I'm a first gen lawyer (2023 graduate) from Calcutta. Studied in a government college and looking to get into practice.

Now Idk about the scene in other place, but the scene in Calcutta is the worst. There's no pay, no opportunities and no briefs for juniors. Mind you, I'm talking strictly about litigating chambers of SA or promising junior counsels.

I'm assuming that's the norm pretty much everywhere. But I've heard postive things about the Delhi scene. Recently came across the Rajshekhar Rao's interview and thought why don't I give Delhi a try.

Any advice/leads/suggestions on the same?

Thanks!

Bro/sis you are lucky not to have entered the so called top law schools. These universities just produce lawyers who can sit and do repetitive desk jobs in some shitty law offices. The only exception in these law schools is better academic environment compared with normal Universities. But everyone has an opportunity to discard such unequal scenario and Excel with what they have.

If you really want to do wonders and earn decently in this field, then try getting an opportunity with a reputed Advocate. Much better to go into litigation than these shitty law firms.

Just look into your social media platforms. Twitter, Insta and LinkedIn. Most of the people in the profession (including you and me) are so worried about missing out on something related to legal profession that we have not spared any day to separate ourselves with work.

If this ain't toxic, then what is. A profession, which with/without our knowledge engage us to continuously think about only clients, deliverables, projects, assignments, law school and other things, such that we have not spared occassions/festivals to not talk about it and spend time with our loved ones without distraction, is a testimony of the cruel future which we have become.

Why is this sudden influx of TNNLU celebration on LI? Their junior students have recently been told that this forum exists? It's funny how they keep harping about their corporate placements without any official data or report to back it up. And as for faculty, the less said the better. Not a single faculty there has got any credible publication or research record from what one can see on their website. If there are people who are not named on the website, that's different.

Yes, let's put those up. NLUD faculty publication scores will be very low, even NIRF acknowledged that in last year. As for alumni, yet to hear anyone who did anything achievement worthy. About alum, there are already IAS and other senior people who have studied or are studying at IIT KGP. They are way more influential and have achieved more than your 'UPSC toppers' have as on date. You are basically an NLUD troll whose lifetime achievement is to prove their stupidity by commenting on things that they have never had any clue about.

Hello everyone! I am interning at a law firm that is known to have a bad work culture. Thankfully, my team seems pretty nice and my work is appreciated. There is one particular person in the team who is super passive aggressive with me. That person would not give clear instructions on what to do/ by when to do and would laugh if I ask for clarifications. I am staying in a PG near the office (Mumbai) and I usually leave by 9:30 or 10 p.m. This person would make me wait in the office to do the work post 10 even though they are not in the office themselves and the work could easily be done from home. I do not mind staying late sometimes but i do not understand why I have to do so in this situation. That person has also called me on holidays/ after working hours to talk about unrelated topics and shares personal details. The person in question is an associate. Should I talk to HR/ partners about this or am I overreacting and this is how life is.

Please help. I am confused.

Not perfect = Killing hundreds of innocents every day. Kudos to you for such amazing choice of words. So the only difference between Israel and Hamas at this stage is who shot first. Based on that, the heinous nature of the crimes can be overlooked. If it's retaliation, where does it stop? Because already over 10000 Palestinians have been killed. What if the families of those people now and later start killing Israelis in retaliation? And vice versa?

I'm an A2 (bi woman) who shifted from a T3 to T1 firm and am truly surprised to see how queer-friendly this firm happens to be. Asked my colleagues, apparently it's the norm in most T1 firms. In comparison, my T3 firm truly sucked and was full of bigots. No wonder why these firms never progress.

Right to retaliate? Which part of international law is that from? As for the degree of retaliation, that has already led to the death of people several times that. Israel is deliberately and shamefully attacking hospitals, refugee camps, schools, killing children and non combatants. The most degrading thing about you RWs is that you look at the identity of the criminal and not the crime. Hamas is bad and so is Israel because of its actions. However, there are some LW idiots who will keep crucifying Israel and call Hamas actions justified in the name of freedom. And there are some RW morons who will call Hamas terrorists and then justify all the terror and death being caused by Israel. Both these sets of people have lost the right to call themselves educated.

If Israel wishes to kill Palestinians indiscriminately as it is doing now, it should formally wage war against Palestine. Let's see how the international community supports it then. As of now, it is doing so in the name of attacking terrorists, but killing thousands of civilians and innocents every day in the process.

There's an article in The Print today which cites the paper by the NLSIU grads However, IMO the article also ends up debunking it. The article shows how interest in cricket is now driven by small towns rather than metros. The cricketers are from non-graduate, non-metro working class backgrounds and sponsors are rural brands. IMO this shows that economic globalisation, rather than statist affirmative action, leads to diversity.

P.S. Kian: Why is the OP marked trollish?

https://theprint.in/ground-reports/india-funding-world-cricket-and-its-riding-on-paan-masala-tractor-rebar-deo-market/1841139/

Some US firms revoked offers not because the students posted pro-Palestinian content but because they were peddling literal pro-terror narratives. Were they blacklisted for supporting a two state solution, humanitarian aid or heck, even a ceasefire? No, lmao. It's one thing to be pro Palestinian and something else altogether for being pro intentional mass murder of civilians and calling it "liberation"

Its evident that the place is increasingly becoming Saraf and Family from Saraf and Partners…one just needs to look at their management committee composition and their recent linked in posts. All the talk of professionalism which was peddled during the fight with Rajiv Luthra was just that…talk. I feel bad for the people who bought into that talk.

Love how people make all kinds of assumptions. By no means Israel is perfect, but every country has the right to retaliate, to the fullest extent, when 1200+ civilians are killed by a terror attack. The de facto government in Gaza did so, which is why Israel waged war on them.

Wow, things are heating up!! The Governor has sought a meeting with Mookherjee to know why he resigned. Obviously an effort to checkmate the TMC. I feel NUJS students should also meet with the Governor and make a representation.

https://www.thehansindia.com/news/national/bengal-guv-wants-to-personally-meet-ag-who-resigned-on-friday-837055

Sudhir has pros and cons.

Pros: Financially non-corrupt; Hiring alumni and other faculty with good credentials; Improving the website; Seeking funding from alumni.

Cons: Arrogant and stubborn; anti-law firm attitude and resistance to skills-based education; expanding intake and destroying the historical character of NLSIU as a small, close-knit community.

A probationer can be terminated during probation period, without assigning any reason, as long as the termination is not 'stigmatic'.

In the event the termination is on account of your non-satisfactory performance, organisation may terminate you on that ground, as performance related ground/s are not treated as stigmatic.

However, if the reason for such termination is on account of some disciplinary reason, they would not be able to terminate you on that ground, without first undertaking a disciplinary proceeding and allowing you to defend.

They may still terminate you, without specifying anything in your termination letter, and can claim the termination to not be 'stigmatic', on account of actual disciplinary reason having not been mentioned. However, you could establish that 'motive' was the disciplinary reason.

All said and done, and considering you are in your probation period, it may make sense to opt for resignation, unless you think the reason is disciplinary and you want to fight the long battle.

I'm a first year law student at a T-1 Law school who has recently started speaking to people in this industry to get a better sense of how stuff works. Anyone I talk to: from associates in chambers, law firm folks, my classmates to my own professors, everyone seems miserable and jaded. Are things that bad? Is a career in law even worth it?

No, they don’t. Their publication scores are cumulatively listed with the science-based publications of IITKGP in all the rankings. List put the top publications of these IITKGP law professors here, if you’re so convinced. Show some proof of superiority on this aspect. I agree the research output at NLUD has declined but we’re hands down a better choice than IIT anyday

As far as notable alumni go, we have enough folks, all the way from SC AORs to foreign scholarship holders and UPSC toppers. Who on earth does IITKGP even have except some failed engineers?

I thimk OP from Trilegal.Last few weeks been noticing how Trilegal announcements resembling CAM pompous PR news.Its kind of expected given they have mindlessly hired partners from CAM.Now this is the kind of post CAM would post,to put SAM down and put CAM on a pedestal.Now Trilegal is doing the same by singing away its own praises.Calling Trilegal as best law firm overall is delusional.

I would advise you not to fully colour yourself with the 2023-24 Placement Records with 2030 (which year you would graduate). Rather, the upgraph from where it started (when it placed 3 students in 2019 roughly [excluding PPOs]) to over 20 here it is a massive surge, given the dominant domicile student base must be noted. Since TN Lawyers Clubbing means Chennai is essentially a litigation-oriented city with its culture still stuck to arguing in a Court or similar Fora (This is why you do not see the Tier-1 firms having broad corporate practice in Chennai and rather some have only back-end offices). Even corporate firms in Chennai, their partners also visit offices, bundle up and move to their respective Courts and Tribunals. Given this scene, TNNLU and its large domicile students show a keen interest in litigating careers, and some have truly emerged successful already in the HC club.

Nevertheless, TNNLU students are consistent in their Tier-1 Corporate Responses, and placements are increasing. IPC is constantly under dynamic improvement and devoid of stagnation after Mr. Nideesh took charge as Dean. The newbie young lineup of faculty (all in the 24-26 age bracket) who joined early this year all have credible backgrounds. In reality, they teach well in the classroom and prepare students mentally to face testing firm culture (when they will be placed one day) along with academic progress like conversion of an original research project into good DPBR Publications. Some of them even constantly remind students of their previous semester to publish the projects written under their guidance.

As many recent threads on LI indicate, TNNLU culture is non-toxic, and humbleness flows in the undercurrent of the students' collective attitude, it is indeed true. I understand that comes with a tinge of subjectivity, but the overall atmosphere is lawyer-friendly and largely sensitises mental health and well-being.

Assuming TNNLU recruits more experienced faculty (There are 0 Professors other than the VC and Registrar who do not teach and only 1 Associate Professor) based on seniority and makes permanent assistant professors (many youngsters are ad hoc), the academic atmosphere will even become more excellent and consistent.

All students have plenty of opportunities to participate in one official program or the other. I will not comment on the specificity of day-to-day problems faced in TNNLU hostels as these are subjective or temporary (although pain is sometimes real). But all NLUs have their own downsides, so it is unfair to call TNNLU's choice based on hostel-life, which is NOT BAD in an extensive opinion pool.

So, given what it has, and what it plans, and what it may end up in 2030, TNNLU IS INDEED A SERIOUS THING TO CONSIDER.

My experience online was horrible. Others may claim a good working culture, but it is forever ingrained in me as the firm that ignored me completely. My mentor didn't even speak to me until after a week and I only got busy work. Your mileage may differ, but choose offline if you can. I didn't get a choice.

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/259047-spn-legal-work-culture#comment-297771

Please do not join this firm. I have worked in this firm and found it to be one of the most toxic firm. Partners are rude, mean and toxic. They don't have much work at all. A family run firm, so please avoid it.

For the smaller NLUs this makes sense, how many people from outside bihar are giving CNLU as first preference? How many people from outside Assam are interested in NLUJA? Similarly NUSRL first preference are likely to be candidates from Jharkhand. Etc etc. So it won't make too much difference as such. Only thing they should remove "national" from their name.