Literally saying this as a Associate at S&R - Trust me doston this is absolutely untrue😂. Like nothing of this sort is happening at ALL. This thread is clearly an attempt to push an agenda, but you can approach ANY S&R lawyer and I mean ANY and they will tell you exactly this - the firm is THRIVING to the extent it’s a pain for Lala firms to see the tremendous salaries and work culture in S&R.

Every city has its problems. Identifying those and working on those have got nothing to do with displaying arrogance, bad-mouthing and superciliousness, especially when it comes from outsiders who have got zero interest in doing anything for the city. You wish to improve things, then stay here and work on those. Keyboard activism and wars have never contributed anything positive to the society.

NUJS people keep mentioning Sports Authority of India, Bengal Tennis Academy etc. You people need to clarify:

- The costs involved

- The quality of the facilities

- Whether there is heavy demand and it's hard to get a slot (as it's not exclusively for NUJS)

Please be transparent and give us proper info.

yes, there is a particular facet of tax law called "M&A-Tax" which is predominantly an M&A support team that deals with the restructuring and taxation aspects of both domestic and cross border M&A transactions. Simply avoid hardcore DT or IDT teams. Best of luck!

Hello everyone, I'm a lesbian girl (21) from a tier-1 NLU looking for a twin-sharing PG in proximity to CAM Mumbai office for the month of January. Preferably around my age but not older than mid 20s. Contact me anonymously at sabine-ren@proton.me

Another advantage that NUJS has over NLUJ at present is much greater student involvement in decision-making and university policies. If students are united against any policy or admin decision, it rarely ever sees implementation. Because of the erstwhile NLUJ VC, the student body there could not even form for long and even once it did, the admin never used to give it any importance. That may change with the new VC, but such changes take time. Other admin people have not been changed after all, and their perspective will not change very easily.

A huge issue with NLUJ is that because of their contractual positions, they can never retain any good faculty. All of their faculty members keep applying at various NLUs and would leave the moment they get an opportunity there. In fact, several NLUJ faculty keep applying for even contractual positions elsewhere, which bodes ill for their involvement and loyalty for the institution. NUJS also sees faculty leaving regularly, but usually for better opportunities, higher positions etc., and they have a core group of people who are from Kolkata and hence would obviously prefer to stay there. I am not from either place, but have known plenty of people studying and teaching at both.

No campus worth speaking is a hyperbole. It has got a small campus, but in the middle of the city with all its amenities. Many other NLUs have much larger campuses, but far away from the city. The facilities of multiple sports training centres are available nearby in Salt Lake area, apart from SAI, that's true.

Not a big blow at all, unfortunately. TMC will take this matter to HC and then SC and keep it dragging for another decade. Meanwhile, people in Bengal will keep suffering because of their inefficiency in governance and corruption. BJP is equally corrupt, especially because almost everyone in Bengal BJP will switch to TMC overnight and vice versa if the right deal is cut, but it at least has got some policies in place for governance, as well as a vision. Its problematic divisive methodology, caste and religion based politics, anti-minority and patriarchal stance are what's preventing it from gaining a bigger foothold in Bengal at present. Left is paralysed and can't take advantage of this either.

Biasness is quite evident , every other fellow professor has achieved job on shifareesh they all are running the university like a private law firm . Infact new positions have been created just to accommodate someone's wife or husband lol. God bless our santra law university .And hello my dear absent campus-cum-Examination committee manager.

Big blow to Mamata and her destructive, anti-development policies.

Buddhadeb Bhattacaharjee and all law-abiding, pro-development people of Bengal and India stand vindicated

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/automobile/tata-motors-wins-arbitral-award-of-rs-766-crore-plus-interest-in-singur-plant-case-11626651.html/amp

Sensible comment finally. Personally, I would suggest NUJS over NLUJ because while NLUJ’s VC might be better, NLUJ also has a state quota from 2024 and the location sucks, so it won’t be easy for it to attract great faculty even in future. Kolkata isn’t the biggest city in India but many intellectual Bongs hail from WB. And as far as legacy achievements for co-currciculars go, NUJS is still ahead of NLUJ. And I’m not from either of these NLUs.

There were also some questionable financial decisions that she had been asked to sign off on, which she straight forward refused. That's the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Venky on the other hand can make most things happen and willing to work out a compromise with almost anyone.

Maybe tone down your emails a little bit. Your 'lot of exp' and 'top rank' are honestly not as impressive as you seem to believe in the bigger scheme of things. This is just a friendly advice, do feel free to ignore it. You may of course try connecting with him over LinkedIn too, but to the best of my knowledge, he still does read all the emails that he receives.

There are no comparisons. NUJS produces most number of jobs both in absolute numbers and in percentage. In the same manner, NUJS has a way better academic environment, so even if you want to pursue academics, I would rather be in NUJS. NLUJ doesn't even have a Rhodes Scholar, who are you going to look up to? Better Job Opportunities, Rhodes Scholars, way better mooting record an older alumni base. I don't even understand, how the comparison is even fair? Choose NUJS, NLUJ has an abysmal placement record this year. I would infact put GNLU over NLUJ and NUJS is still miles ahead than GNLU.

Since almost all the T1s are on a hiring freeze. I sincerely want to know which are the T2/T3 firms in delhi are looking to hire A0s specifically in their Projects, Energy and Infrastructure team. I graduate next year (2024). My experience comprises mostly of working in this field. All suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.

BW or anyone else can come up with any ranking that they want. If a student wishes to put credence to those rankings without having the slightest idea about their methodology, then they are welcome to do so. I won't rise to your obvious bait and try to shout about the supremacy of any university over another. I would rather advise students to learn more about the current faculty profile, research output and publications, student achievements including placement, scholarships etc., admin flexibility and student body strength, all these relevant factors and then decide for themselves where they would like to go.

Indeed, Rachita has also departed for Trilegal. The turnover of partners, counsels, and associates at this place is alarmingly high for those in the know, largely attributable to the frigid and overly transactional atmosphere within specific teams. It would be in the best interest of some of the more experienced lawyers here to foster a sense of camaraderie among their junior colleagues. Interpersonal connections suffer from a pervasive sense of insecurity. The compensation offered is notably generous, and a few of the founding partners are truly commendable individuals. However, the overall work culture, which is determined by how junior attorneys are treated and utilized by their more senior counterparts, is lamentably subpar.

Hi,

I'm a Class of 2023 Law grad from a reputed trad law school.

Was pursuing my CA along with 3 year LLB.

Now I've decided to quit CA and get into law full time.

How do I go about things now?

Is it possible to get a legal job since I have no legal experience. I've worked with a CA firm for About a year.

Thanks in advance.

Not the original commenter here, but last few years - post Covid essentially - we have seen a lot of change and I must agree that it is driven largely by the younger lot that will make their displeasure known at having to make sacrifices to meet expectations... next generation is not without its issues but there is a lot to learn also. Maybe people are not realising that Gen Z is not 15 year olds.. they are now a sizeable portion of workforce. Gen Z must drive change

I don’t think anyone really hates them. It’s just that most people do LLM for the tag of a foreign university without any real plan of what to do after and what value a LLM holds professionally in India atleast (not that you need to have it all figured out). Also, there’s the whole colonial mentality of going abroad to the West for education/work since it contributes a perceived higher social status back in India.

> as we saw recently, corporate law firm job offers for some Harvard and NYU Law School students were rescinded

They didn't lose their jobs merely over supporting a two-state solution, advocating for humanitarian aid or heck, even wanting a ceasefire. They went as far as openly supporting an Islamic terrorist organization like Hamas and justifying the October 7 attacks. Free speech is all good but a line must be drawn when it comes to supporting LITERAL TERRORISTS. Be as pro Palestine as you want to be, as long you don't stoop low enough to support mass murder of civilians.

Also, the email mentioned that Gaza has been blockaded since 2007 but did not care to explain why. Wonder why.

I find it ironic how Israel gets so much flak for violating human rights while every single other Middle Eastern nation has a norm of gender apartheid (treating women as second class citizens) and de facto death for queer people. Doesn't mean Israel is perfect, but they're miles better than any of their barbaric neighbors.

heard from a friend of a friend of the person concerned (so please take with a bit of apprehension), she was told that her working style did not match with the vision of the university founders. Specifically, it was about recruitment standards, she did not want to dilute it while the founders wanted to get whatever is available and start. There were also differences on the workload and publishing standards, along with start of the session. The founders wanted more appreciation of their hard work in the setting up of the institution.

1. Female senior partner at a very large firm, after interviewing a female candidate for the team: "Hell, no. Have you seen her face? I can't put her in front of a client!"

2. Another senior partner (has kids): "He wants paternity leave? Why the f** do these people need to have so m*any kids?"

3. (Ok this one was a client but is possibly the cringiest thing I've heard in years) In car with very senior executive of client. Sr. Exec has just noticed young woman on the side of the road brushing her hair and mutters to himself: "Aaja meri jaan, tere baal main sanwaar leta hoon".

4. HR/Admin at my first firm decades ago: "I know you're sleeping with [Ms.] X kyunki tumhaari bahar koi girlfriend nahin hai - hame sab pata hai".

Reviving this thread. During my stint at the law firm, one of the partner who did his law from CCS used to feel jealous whenever the associates or intern talk about Delhi law faculty. In fact, used to brag that he cleared the entrance but did not do for some personal reason which was utter lie. We later came to know that he even failed in CCS law exams, must be very hard working guy if he is failing there.

And while I was working with one of the partner on an opinion, she inquired from me something regarding the client which of course I did not know. She out of nowhere told me "*jao bhagwan se jakr pucho or else I will fix your meeting with queen of hell (*she was referring to herself). Mai bhi chalu, bhagwan jsey hi bola, mai upar dekhne lga as if to actually pray god for answer. She was fuming over this and shut me out. All the associates and interns were laughing their ass off. Few months down the line, switched to corporate. Life is good, I am in control of my hours, log toh ache bure milte rahte hai.

Overall, if you have to compare the people in both cities, Delhiites are pretty chilled out, non-judgemental and are generally inclusive. Mumbai is super judgemental, and god save you if you live in a building filled with Gujaratis. The noise they make, the disturbances, their behaviour and rude way of talking, god, literally hell. They behave as if they own the universe. Add to it the self imposed rowdy (yes rowdy) rules in the local trains, like for example - a) do not board a Virar local if you have to get down at Borivali, or b) why do you get into a Karjat / Kasara / Khopoli local if you want to get off at Ghatkopar, Mulund or Thane ? I mean, is there any written rule as such which forbids people from taking these long distance locals. Fast locals which run till Borivali turn into slow locals post Andheri, and fast locals terminating at Thane / Kalyan are very few in number. What does a person do if they need to get there in a hurry ? They either unfortunately have to take a slow local and suffer delays, or they have to endured kicks, beatings and abuses from these rowdy gangs who totally violate the law. To those who say that Mumbai is so cramped, that is why people are on an edge at all times, nothing justifies taking the law into your own hands and taking out your random frustrations on unrelated people, which is what Mumbai is all about.

Thanks a ton!

The thing is I also play badminton on a competitive level. I would wish to continue with that while getting the chance to excel academically. Therefore, it would be great if I could get that place that gave me space for both.

Can I get LI's view on this?

As a fresher, who gave up an opportunity with a decent pay with 60 hours of work a week, and now dejected (due to unemployment), I am incredibly happy reading this. Was always confused whether I made the right call.

But this thread has reignited me to look for a job with a balanced work environment. I am now more determined to find such places where no hierarchies exist at workplace, where you have colleagues and not bosses, where people are compassionate and who understand having a space for yourself, and where you are also taught to transcend your comfort zone and contribute your own way to a workplace.

NUJS still has got several teachers who can help you with academics and industry prep, especially if you are interested in Corp Law, IP, Sports Law, Contract, Air& Space Law, Law & Tech etc. I don't know much about NLUJ faculty other than that they only have contractual positions because of some weird university policy, so won't comment on them. Jobwise as someone said, you will get plenty of opportunities from both the places and it will depend on you how you choose to make use of it. Best of luck!

Bhai/Behen its pretty stupid to go around this question college-wise. State uni sey hoge toh you get 10k per month. That aside, you have a chance to bargain based on the pedigree of your college. SLSP should be on the higher side. Have no idea about JGLS (idk anyone personally from jgls who would come back to kolkata). That said I still think you will fare better than us state uni bois

Totally agree with you brother and more power to your lot. I recently made a switch from corporate to law firm out of curiosity. Figured in the first 2 months only that the work is not that urgent always and unnecessary work pressure is created to foster a hostile environment. I hope one day when youll be partner, you will remember these days and take actual steps in improving your team and work environment. Work is not life and vice versa. No document will come to life like that of harry potter. We are just part of the machinery, and we are always replaceable. It's health, parents and loved ones that actually matter and we just never jeopardies this for the sake of work. Found the work so mundane that had to revert back to corporate. Jab kaam vahi hai toh time faltu q du. Work life balance is need of the hour not 70 hour thing. No wonder this boomers are not open to technology. Pta nahi computer pr kese agye kuch toh aj bhi type writer ki naseeyat dete hai.