Aisi bakwas pe dhyaan naa de, A0s can never dream of having such a power. It's simply easier to call the system rigged than face one's own flaws, and that's where such ridiculous rumours come from.

In my personal experience, while getting an internship may be based on your college/contacts, none of that plays a role when it comes to your assessments. At KCo, it all gets down to how many people have recommended you on the basis of your work, and how well you do the subsequent interview.

There are no greener pastures in Kolkata my friend. I am sorry to disappoint you. Most of the work in the Kolkata office of SAM and KCO are sourced from the Delhi Office or the Mumbai office depending on the work load.

Regarding F&M, they are willing to match up with KCO bands to attract talent. While most of the work around these places are in the banking and finance space, and litigation heavy, F&M seems to be eyeing to become a force in the corporate space and have since merged with another law firm to have their expertise in board. However, to my understanding, the corporate team is more focused out of Delhi than Kolkata. Aquilaw is another firm that is gunning to get a bigger share of clients within the city as well.

An objective ranking of Kolkata law firms would be:

1. SAM (the Kolkata office has really good pay when you look at it from Kolkata's POV and add really good work life balance to it. Please do consider that the SAM brand is however, not as significant here because its a small satellite team.

2. KCO. Pays well. Some toxic teams, but some great teams as well, leaning heavier on the latter side. Work is Gen Corp and Banking and Finance, coupled with some serious disputes.

3. Argus. Really good corporate practice. Is heavily overworked because the team us scanty but they do some really good work.

4. F&M. Biased here. One of the more heritage firms of Kolkata. But they do have pay disparity based on your college/last salary drawn so please be mindful of that.

5. Aquilaw. Pays north of 8L after they revamped their offices and tried focusing on their brand image in a more aggressive manner. Expect A LOT of real estate work.

6. Ashlar Law. Kolkata based firm that has somehow managed to gain some limelight owing to their aggressive foray into the M&A space. Pay is meagre 4 LPA at the fresher level and people generally use this firm as a stepping stone for greener pastures within the city, if such a pasture exists.

6. Citadel Law. Ex-founder of Argus, a favourite of tea estates. Small firm but a good mentor. Though I doubt that the package would be anything very lucrative.

Expect Fox Mandal to try matching salaries as well. Also I am not sure what your career goals are, but maybe also look into ITC and HUL. They have offices in Kolkata and hire. Also, do look into Rashmi Metalliks. They were looking to hire as well.

Best wishes whoever you are Sire/Ma'am/however you identify yourselves.

7+1 =8

8 have left

1 at the Janmabhoomi office is planning to send the resignation email

111 A0s got job offers

107 joined finally

7 left

100 are still there

50 are frustrated to the length that they will drop out in the next 1-2 years

Best 20 dollars a month I can spend, is on GPT-4. It's insanely useful, helps make mundane drafting so much easier. It can review big chunks of text. Claude AI can read PDFs. It's made my life better.

We recently had a client call where they sent us an insurance agreement five minutes before the call. I had Claude summarise it, and also pick out key reporting requirements under the agreement. Client was thoroughly impressed that we were so familiar with a document that was sent to us mere minutes ago. After the call I manually checked to see if there were any mistakes and there were none. The AI managed to review the contract at an A1-A2 level. It's gamechanging.

I am the creator of this thread. Basically, one family member has usurped all assets belinging to a deceased individual's estate. One problem with seniors is that they "overcommit". They dont show up to hearings time and time again because of multiple hearings on the same day.

KCo and F&M are probably the leading firms in Kolkata right now. I have (reliably) heard from A0s/A1s who joined F&M recently that their pay matches (and in some cases exceeds) KCo. In terms of work quality, I think their top practices are litigation, projects, and real estate, but looking to aggressively grow their corporate practice.

If I were you, I would probably look to set up an informal conversation with someone working there to get a more realistic sense of pay, vacancies etc.

Your apologist spiel suggests you are from this mediator's office. Saying Mediator ethics are grey is like calling a hurricane a light breeze, Missie. I'd go as far as to say they're non-existent.

You're tossing around "amazing" to describe Mediation, but let me break down the bills my client's racked up for these sessions, along with the barrage of texts, emails, and calls to the mediator's juniors – most of which have been met with crickets or frustrating delays. All that, and we've got zilch to show for it, with a mediator who shows up to the party clueless about the case every single time 🤷‍♂️ I'm left wondering, with all the inputs I've handed over (and my opposing counsel too), how can you stroll in so unprepared? And what's the deal with having a whole army of junior attorneys if they can't get you up to speed?

And let's get one thing straight – in this game, there's no room for "strong practitioners," just the one who comes out on top. Mediation is the final frontier for settlements, and that means mediators hold some serious sway over the outcome. They should be giving both sides' lawyers a fair shake, not playing favorites based on who's promising more referrals.

And therefore, for all these reasons, I give this mediator an F Grade. The juniors I interacted with were wasting their time. They have no interest in the work they are meant to do or the law.

In what has recently transpired, it is found that even though atleast 10 students in each batch failed to make the minimum attendance requirement to sit for exams, GNLU provides back door entry to some students who have political background or are in important convenor positions.

After a major lapse in the implementation of the 75% attendance policy last semester, BCI has given a warning to GNLU to immediately ensure compliance. As an outcome, many students names were withheld from giving regular examinations. Infact one prominent core SAC member was asked to leave the exam in the middle since he chose to sit for the exam without clearing the attendance.

But what we saw later is that while this norm made it difficult for physically disabled students and students with genuine causes, the backdoor approval continued to allow some final year students such as the Convenor of a major committee to clear their names by speaking to the management. This is a gross abuse of power that needs to be checked.

Seriously, I'm fed up of the culture of working with juniors in law In other industries, juniors and freshers are treated as assets and given due training and conditioning to tackle with high-value clients and work.In the legal industry, I feel that seniors just find a reason to slack juniors and replace them with someone more experienced/knowledgeble.Why is it that?

Nothing, bar actual hard work, can fix a BA LLB from a poorly reputed university. Do not do an LLM for the tag, or to improve career opportunities in corp/lit because you would be better off spending the same time and money in domain related work gaining experience and increasing your value to an employer. Do an LLM if you wish to join academia or if the prospect simply interests or excites you and getting a job isn't a worry. In that case the advice is simple - go for the best institution that will take you and first your budget, and choose one of the offered specialisations that intellectually interest you the most, and if there are some that are equally enticing, perhaps take the path less travelled to end up in a less crowded feild where your work has more visibility.

Re-shared an unanswered Reddit post. Got the same question!
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"LLM in constitutional law or international trade law? I'm a law grad, who isn't all that keen on working in litigation as of now. If one has to choose between constitutional law and international trade law, which would be better for LLM with more/better career prospects? My understanding is that consti will lead to only litigation/academia, while int trade law might lead to academia/corp job, I'm more interested in latter. Also, I feel like consti is exhausted so to speak, while int trade seems like a subject that's only going to expand with time. Tho I'm confused how exactly the reality of both these in terms of career opportunities is. Lawyers of India please help me make a decision. Thank you so much."

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He is a UK-qualified barrister and is attached to 6 Pump Court in London, in addition to his practice in Kolkata.

https://6pumpcourt.co.uk/barrister/sudipto-sarkar/

It was originally a Congress idea, not BJP: https://m.timesofindia.com/india/jairam-ramesh-removes-convocation-gown-calls-it-barbaric-practice/articleshow/5754864.cms

If you're giving CLATPG then there's no real point to the AIBE, what will you do with that qualifications when you're studying? You can always give it after LLM.

On fees, there's a petition challenging the exorbitant amounts being charged by bar councils: https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-enrolment-fees-charged-by-state-bar-councils-bci-transfer-petition-232979 You can try filing an intervention challenging AIBE fees also.

Anyone in the real world also knows that you have done nothing to deserve the status of the best in any field, or being better than several of the places that you claim to be superior to. Yet you keep coming back doing the same. Nobody is stopping you from highlighting the good points of your institution. You trolls are the ones who keep to defend even the bad points and keep displaying a misplaced notion of superiority born out of insecurity.

First official government intervention in the ongoing culture wars at Jindal. But the legal issue will have to be confined to the Bumble incident. Can the Bumble profiles of students, especially girl students, be shown and discussed in class?

https://twitter.com/RenuWBhatia1/status/1721419302770037014

Reading List – Securities Law

Books

1. Securities Regulation: A Primary Market Offerings (1st Ed.) By Anil Chaudhary, Rajnesh Deka.

2. Fraud, Manipulation & Insider Trading in the Indian Securities Market By Sandeep Parekh.

3. Regulatory Mechanism for the Capital Market in India By Abhishek Mishra.

4. Agrawal & Baby on SEBI Act: A Legal Commentary on Securities Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 By Sumit Agrawal and Robin Joseph Baby.

5. Securities Laws & Capital Markets, ICSI Module, CS Executive Programme By Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

6. Handbook on Securities Laws, By Gaurav N Pingle

Newspapers

1. Financial Express

2. Business Standard

3. Economic Times

4. Moneycontrol Pro

5. TheCapTable

Journals & Blogs

1. The Indian Review of Corporate & Commercial Laws

2. Centre for Business & Financial Laws, NLU-D.

3. Centre for Business & Commercial Laws, NLIU Bhopal

4. India Corp Law

5. Indian Journal of Research in Capital Markets

6. Journal on Corporate Law & Commercial Regulations

Magazines

1. SEBI & Corporate Laws: An Insolvency & Company Law Fortnightly: Taxmann

2. Corporate Professionals Today

Certifications

1. NISM Series I: Currency Derivatives Certification Examination

2. NISM Series II A: Registrars and Transfer Agents (Corporate) Certification Examination

3. NISM Series II B: Registrars and Transfer Agents (Mutual Fund) Certification Examination

4. NISM Series-III-A: Securities Intermediaries Compliance (Non-Fund) Certification Examination

5. NISM Series IV: Interest Rates Derivatives Certification Examination

6. NISM Series V A: Mutual Fund Distributors Certification Examination

7. NISM-Series V-B: Mutual Fund Foundation Certification Examination

8. NISM Series VI: Depository Operations Certification Examination

9. NISM Series VII: Securities Operations and Risk Management Certification Examination

10. NISM-Series-VIII: Equity Derivatives Certification Examination

11. NISM Series-IX: Merchant Banking Certification Examination

12. NISM-Series-X-A: Investment Adviser (Level 1) Certification Examination

13. NISM-Series-X-B: Investment Adviser (Level 2) Certification Examination

14. NISM Series-XII: Securities Markets Foundation Certification Examination

15. NISM Series-XIII: Common Derivatives Certification Examination

16. NISM Series-XV: Research Analyst Certification Examination

17. NISM-Series-XVI: Commodity Derivatives Certification Examination

18. NISM-Series-XVII: Retirement Adviser Certification Examination

19. NISM-Series-XVIII: Financial Education Certification Examination

20. NISM Series XIX-A: Alternative Investment Funds (Category I and II) Distributors

21. NISM-Series-XIX-B: Alternative Investment Funds (Category III) Distributors

22. NISM-Series-XX-Taxation in Securities Markets

23. NISM Series XXI-A: Portfolio Management Services (PMS) Distributors

24. NISM Series XXI-B: Portfolio Managers

25. NISM Series XXII: Fixed Income Securities

26. NISM-Series-XXIII: Social Auditors

Law Firm Publications

1. Amit Desai & Co.: Knowledge -> Newsletter

2. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas: India Corporate Law

3. Vinod Kothari Consultants

a. Resources- Financial Services

b. Resources- Capital Markets

c. Resources- Corporate Laws

4. Trilegal: Knowledge Repository -> Advanced Search: Capital Markets, Financial Regulatory

5. NDA Hotline

a. Capital Markets Hotline

b. Regulatory Hotline

c. Regulatory Digest

d. Companies Act Series

e. Corpsec Hotline

I think it's quite the contrary. For one, the number of students from Tier 1 NLUs every year is no more than a total of 400-500. Much smaller than this number is the number of students who choose to take up UPSC. If you look at that sample size, I think the success rate is quite high. Around 4-5 year has been the norm in the past decade. For example, NLSIU batch of 2018, had 4-5 selections in the top 3 services, which is quite extraordinary given that the batch size was 75 (excluding the 5 foreign nationals since they’re ineligible to take the exam). One must also remember that barring NLSIU, no NLU has produced more than 20 batches and therefore general visibility is significantly lower. NLU-D has had as few as 10 batches.

So overall I think if you place the numbers in context and look at selection ratio instead of overall numbers, you’ll see a different picture.

"NLSIU-Oxford credentials" is not an excuse for not so good writing. I've studied at the nagarbhavi laa kallej - the very basis of why we grow intellectually is to critique, improve and learn.

The 'Colonial Constitution' is weird. Yes, the structure of our constitution (and consequently the original framework of government institutions) is based on an English law rendition of a nation - however, that is essentially sweeping out all the work done during the constituent assembly debates and the court cases post independence. Yes - it sounds cool to 'move fast and break stuff' - but there is a reason why this book is the grundnorm (and is permitted to be amended / scope expanded through case law).

I mean - kitaab bechna hai toh sahi hai - but please don't dress this up as some college is better than whatever.

Thanks for letting us know, your post was blocked in error and has now been posted: https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/295875-what-to-do-about-a-big-crush-on-a-young-lawyer-female-law-student-here#comment-296775

Apologies for the delay.

No ghost aint scarier than a ▮▮▮ angry partner shouting and humiliating you based on your college/ looks/ singleness/ illness (personally happened when I told the HR I was diagnosed with an incurable deadly disease and didnt want to reveal the name, she and the partner laughed and insisted I told them the name and cornered me smiling and giggling, pure evil)

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See the problem with this is enforcement. Enforcement comes from courts- then the executive who does 100% of the work. Until procedures and rules of ADR are enforced in a timely manner like say that in the UK or some states of the States, Indian ADR procedures will suffer.

Yaar, as of now they have kept the date same for both CLAT PG and AIBE XVIII examinations. If someone wants to appear for both what will they do.

People would say one of them will get postponed. What are the chances?

Also both examinations have staggering amount as examination fees. Rs. 3500 and 4000. Fees hi dete raho bas. Pehle State bar council ko 15k+. Fir inko itna paisa chahiye. Kya hai yeh.

Dear Admin Team,

So, I noticed my last post got identified as 'Trollish' and got the boot from your forum. Here's the thing...I am just a laid-back scribe, tossing out tales that might echo a bit of real-life zaniness. I believe that this life is a kaleidoscope of the absurd and our journey through this spatiotemporal shindig is a full-blown circus. The only sweetener in our over-steeped tea of existence is the sweet company of our fellow lost souls, a beacon of light in this great void.

Thus, I am bewildered that you choose to muzzle such expressions simply because they ruffle the delicate feathers of your sensibilities. That's a bit much, don't you think? Censorship seems a touch too draconian for our shared experience of absurdity.

Down with the Censorship!!

As this new practice develops, it is critical for users to highlight the gaps. That’s the only way the system can improve. Mediator ethics is still very grey for most in our eco system - most practitioners don’t realise when they are crossing lines. Not an excuse - just a call out on the joint efforts needed to root this practice in ethics. Mediation is an amazing process…we need strong practitioners to ensure positive user experience. Thanks for sharing your experience. Hopefully the mediator community ‘hears’ to reflect and improve.

Speaking from personal experience here.

Finished LLM in IPR after 5 months apprenticeship at a pharma company and then secured PPO at a similar chemicals industry in-house team. So do an LLM in a specialization to boost your existing marketable skills. Otherwise MBA is always a good option.

How would one understand which kind of reservation is available to someone merely by seeing the surnames? If NLSIU is following reservation norms, then it should maintain a roster specifying how many posts are reserved and for which category. That's what the rules require. This is just a substandard response and trying to put the onus on the individual asking questions instead of expecting the institution to be transparent as it is required to be.

One of those firms :)

As stated above, I dont like the culture here either, its hard enough as it is for me to maintain my position in the firm, but the added load to get the A0s-A1s perform; that is not manageable. I have to get harsh even when I dont want to.

My partner is not a good guy. He still ridicules me if I am not able to extract enough output from the team, and whenever the team bungles up, its my ass. I dont let my A0s get exposed to the wrath of my partner, but I have limited time and resources. I would love to hand hold, but not able to.

Its overall terrible, but going by the amount of downvotes, I dont think most people understand the hell us middle management guys go through. Being FORCED to do terrible things that I would never do IRL.

This industry sucks and it needs reforms. Maybe when (if) I become a partner, I will change things, but I am tied and I cant do much.

I'm looking for a Senior advocate who charge 1 to 1.3 lakhs a hearing. The matter is a partition suit for a family members estate before Delhi high court. Can someone recommend an advocate? It is a very complex and detailed matter so it should be someone who is patient and will hear and understand the details of the case properly.