I am from a so called T1 NLU, my rank was within the top 10% of the batch, in my penultimate year, about 7 years ago, I had approached all the big consultancies in India, I managed to get into a conversation with the HR in 3 of them, the common gist is the need for MBA, except for Mckinsey but they would only slot you in law related dept. So, unfortunately, at least 6 years ago you would have needed MBA, you can try and contact the HR and check out what the requirements are.

Bro "most" of the top NLU grads are not interested in UPSC. Same with IITs. The percentage of people sitting for these exams from IITs/NLUs/IIMs (the top ones/Tier 1s, meaning they have easy access to well paying private jobs) would be may be 2 percent of the batch. The other people from traditional colleges of UP and Bihar have no other professional or career dreams apart from "sarkaari naukri" so naturally these people are willing to study for upsc from day 1 of their college life and also willing to drop for two to four years till their dream becomes true. There is your answer. UPSC is no more the ultimate well paying job.

Previously, I've only ever interned with corporate teams. However, now I have been assigned to the Litigation team of decent law firm. As someone who has never interned with a litigation team before, nor having any knowledge about what to expect from the same, I seek your advice to help me prepare and make the most of the stint.

Any resources you can share?

What to expect from the team?

How to submit research findings?

What is the format of research to follow?

Would there be any drafting involved?

Kindly help a fellow student out!

TIA

https://www.barandbench.com/columns/book-review-unsealed-covers-by-gautam-bhatia-the-colonial-constitution-by-arghya-sengupta

Came across this on my TL. The reviewer sounds like an unnecessarily caustic boomer discouraging younger talent and being resentful of their NLSIU-Oxford credentials. In GB's case, he uses the standard RW argument and attacks "judicial wokeness". In AS's case, he uses the standard LW criticisms being made of the book.

Now, I searched for the reviewer's bio. The reviewer did his PhD from Queens University Belfast (ranked 100-150 in QS Law). He teaches at a university in Norther Ireland, UK, called Ulster University (not ranked in QS Law). His bio does not mention where he obtained his LLB from. Most shockingly, he has conducted a number of podcasts with Subramanian Swamy, who his known for being a RW hate monger, for a RW organisation called Virat Hindustan Sangam.

I am just sharing all this in public interest, so people can judge the bona fides of the reviewer themselves.

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/staff/v-iyer

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=125245022805933

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=357808589006232

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OWUSQugzM0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzXFFBGkqDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm2jaZYNt4I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO9md2Dl-PU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=-wj9et_t_LI

Not sure about Kolkata but definitely worth looking into Chennai. Chennai firms have been getting some good clients and Venture Intelligence counts show that. There was this thread on LI as well which stated that South Indian entrepreneurs would generally favour their people because its easier to do so, both lingual and community reasons.

For Kolkata, its a chill city to stay in, living costs are pretty low and over all promises the most sought after wlb.

One achievement does not negate or belittle another. I am sure that the students who won this competition have worked hard and got rewarded for that justly. Let's be happy for them here. One can congratulate the Rhodes winners too later, whoever they are and whichever NLU they may be from.

HRs in Law Firms are useless AF.

You might not like me saying this, but it is actually difficult to built rapport among colleagues or get discipline when involved in WFH.

During my WFH days, to counter this problem, the HR created a system where there was one common room on meets where the entire team had to be present with their cameras on, and then you can move to other apps if you had to talk to a client or a team member in private. This was nerve wrecking, under being constant surveillance.

I genuinely hate to admit it, but most A0-A1s that I have come across are grossly incompetent and most of them have no motivation or the penchant to work hard, I try to push them non violently to try to get them to work and some dont do, they are just not cut out for the fast paced grunt work that corp law is associated with, then you find 2-3 people from every batch, who make mistakes but are willing to work hard. It is almost impossible to spot the good ones while working from home as physically you can see how focused an associate is, how frequently do they go out for smoke breaks etc., that is not possible with a WFH setup. I absolutely loathe how much "survival of the fittest" this practice area is, but there is no other choice for the most part. I would love to sit and have sessions with A0s, but who has the time? Either you learn on the job or leave. Client ke pass kami nahi hai teams ki, wo koi aur pakad lega.

Sorry for the long side rant. I had to fire an A0 last week and she was crying and begging.

I love law, drafting, negotiation and sometimes the long work hours; but loathe all this.

Sorry for the long tangential rant, but yeah, WFH for 10-15 days impacts deliverables. Other friends who are engaged in other professions have seen growth in productivity, I personally have observed the opposite when it comes to law.

I once interned at boutique firm where the managing partners threw a diwali party the previous month and invited the entire office including the staff, clerks, new pantry boys and everyone else under the sun but did not invite the 2-4 assessment interns who had been interning for the past few months. Did not even invite for formality. Nada. I can’t believe how firms can be so chindi with this stuff. If you’re not paying any stipend/travel expenses but exploiting them like associates and not even giving some sweets then it’s the least you can do. 3/4 interns ended the internship over this because of how embarrassing it was. And cherry on top was when one of the PAs asked the interns to sit in office till 8:30 and complete the work while everyone else went home at 7 to get ready for the party.

Three Criminal Law Bills Will Establish Permanent Extra-Constitutional Emergency Powers

https://thewire.in/law/criminal-law-bills-explained-g-mohan-gopal

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel apparently advised the Mahadev gambling app owner to flee for Dubai! 😂🤣

This is beyond pathetic!!!

Here's the news report -

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/chhattisgarh-cm-bhupesh-baghel-mahadev-betting-app-ed-officials-rs-508-crore-allegations-counter-allegations-13351972.html

Source: Firstpost

Date: 06.11.23

Er..no. Because Indian passports just have male, female and trans as options, i.e. narrow biological determinants based on reproductive organs. You can still choose male in your passport and "I use another term" or "Prefer not to say" in your UK application form. In other words, the difference between sex (biological identifier) and gender (socio-psychological identifier)

FYI Wikipedia lists various genders, including Xenogender, which affects 0.35% of the population, (categories like Catgender, Robogender etc).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gender_identities

https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Xenogender

Don't even think about going to RML

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/278055-RML-Placements-2023-Bad-as-ever

https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/294156-RML-2024-Placements-Just-1-Student-Placed-till-now

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LOL. JSA Gurgaon had free coffee for Associates when I joined during Covid. Then some EPs realised they can't afford to buy a new Merc if they spent money on coffee. So it was withdrawn. First time in my life I have seen a law firm withdraw free coffee for Associates. Demented behaviour.

I am a 2023 graduate. I am working in a company. I feel stuck here. The work is mundane and so boring. I want to switch to a general corporate or projects team of a law firm ASAP. I need advice on essentially the following:

1. After how many months of being in this company can I switch?

2. Do you all know of any approachable people that I can reach out to on linkedin? Please give names

3. Non toxic teams that I should aim on joining?

Hi I am new to law school. I have been watching videos on youtube about CTC. Some videos do mention that 50LPA CTC may actually mean roughly 1-2 Lac Per Month in hard cash in hand . Rest in stocks.

So, my questions:-

(1) Do Law Firms also stylize their salary as CTC ?

(2) Pls mention your PQE and your salary in hand!

Article in today's MidDay. Is this the future of burnt-out corporate lawyers as well?

https://www.mid-day.com/sunday-mid-day/article/yaar-parivaar-23318250

No one, literally no one is saying Trilegal is better than the Lala firms.Not even good enough after stealing partners.Only Trilrgal is saying its better....Hows it better? Tri busy stealing partners and clients from lala firms.I mean you steal partners,thensteal the clients and then throw out those partners.Meritocracy, my foot.

See, even in your responses, you come across as arrogant without any ground to be. Why don't you let others call you one of the best instead of always blowing your own trumpet? And if you can't highlight your good things without measuring your d**k against other law schools, then you need to revisit your approach.

Bro why are NLU D people so insecure. NLS and NALSAR people know they are tier 1 and that they are not dependent on some sham ranking like NIRF to validate that. Why do NLU D people need the world's validation? If you are better than Harvard and Yale and NLS and NALSAR, then just chill.

Hi I'm an A0 in a Mumbai firm and am looking to shift back to my hometown in Kolkata for personal reasons.

So, how would people in the knowhow rate Fox and Mandal's Kolkata office?(not Fox Mandal, although if you have any insight for them too please share)

What's the work quality and pay like compared to other firms in Kolkata.

Also, as a sidenote what would an objective ranking of Kolkata firms look like.