Hi,

I have had opportunity to sit on the other side of the table finally. Why are law students so incompetent these days? Half of them aren't able to write a paragraph without a hint of ChatGPT. Yar I will be happy if you are able to atleast hide the basic AI plagiarism checks, it's literally so apparant. Most of them don't know the meaning of a director in a company. They don't know basic English while explaining a concept? Mostly all of them begin to use complicated corporate terminology to explain simple terms like share capital to appear knowledgeable but fail to answer a scenario based question on the subject. Is something rotting from within? In my time I remember everyone atleast reading their own CV before an interview. Have people taken interviews as guarantees for jobs? please atleast read your CV even if you've faked it, which is very easy to discern tbh. Nobody is getting you to "advise the shareholders on the QIP". Par agar likhe ho, toh is it unreasonable to expect ki QIP ke regulations kahan hai, and its difference from IPO or PP. I didn't ask you Linklaters questions like FPI doing QIP in NBFC gone IPO types.

Is there a reason McKinsey stopped coming to NLS? Is there a reason for the dwindling number of VCs offered? and the general decline in PPOs and placements as well, even in a good market as now? Can partners attest to this, or is it just me being too cynical and critical? With more complex mandates coming in everyday, how can I train these students who are not willing to glance through ICDR chapters or a DRHP once or Companies Act?

Its honestly really hard to hire good candidates who I can trust with 10% of the work by delegating it.

1. Are my exp too high?

2. Have law students always been like that?

3. Did AI ruin all creativity and academic writing skills?

4. Is it wrong to test reasoning skills? Are their exams like that? No issue spotting?

5. Why dont they have commercial awareness? I can excuse this though. But I remember me and my friends scouring through papers reading up all recent events and scams before an Interview.

6. While I understand many people are not proficient in English, but basic sentence formation? How will they draft internal mails or call clients?

7. How are top law firms becoming so lax in offering internships these days? Or is usage of contacts on the rise? I read tier 1 M&A internships on a guy who couldn't answer differences between a private and public company? In my time firms would have very rigorous standards and we would rant endlessly.

8. Attitude, okay hear me out, I understand the 20s to 25 guy/ gal and their general persona and what they think of themselves, full of youth and energy. Not jealous, no hard feelings, nothing of this sort. But what's with the "I couldn't care less for law firms" attitude in a law firm interview? Also you applied to be at this table; read your own CV? I know law firm culture is bad and wlb is bad and all, but prepare HR questions? okay say the truth, I admire the honesty, but formulate proper English sentences?

I work at a T2 which pays 12LPA in bombay so not much. If you are in your 3rd year prepare for MBA. I THINK EVERYDAY THAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE ENGINEERING. I slog 12 hours minimum at that godforsaken office. And when I have time on some sundays I dont have anyone to hnagout with. I dont make plans because you never know when a client will cancel your plans. SO PLEZ start thinking about other routes - LAW FIRMS ARE black holes they suck life out of you.

no you're teachers don't actually need to do anything at all. Its pretty great that they have all that knowledge in their head, just sitting there. I mean its not like they actually have to put efforts into their job or anythig, those standards only apply when you selectively choose it to apply on certain folks but not others

That's kind of the take off that have you when it comes to mandatory attendance, ultimately students are stakeholders in the system and they have to make the decisions that are best for them, even if it means deviating from what it means for you, a random stranger on the internet who would never have to interact with them.

If students find a better trade off in falling asleep in a class than listening to a prof, then that shouldn't have to be justified to anyone else.

If your worry is that it is disrespectful to the prof, then that very concept is eroded when the value you attach to the class is dependent only on your attendance, which happens to be pretty common when you impose mandatory attendance.

in all fairness, that is in a way also ... a way of dealing with the consequences.

So as long as they manage their stuff, in whatever they way they chose to , and as long as it isn't affecting you in any manner, Why bother?

live and let live, they're literally at the end of the day 20 somethings who are only now dealing with life, and in whatever choices they make, the good and the bad, they learn from it.

P.s students threating to harm themselves is a miniscule portion which agreed is bs, students trying to butter profs is a phenomenon common since time immemorial and I've seen students struggle with their mental health and then perform pretty well once they start getting better. I might sometimes just be beneficial to take mental health claims seriously.

If the goal is to help the economy and not just politics, the delhi-haryana-UP trijunction area would be great.

could also go for karnataka-Telangana-maharashtra too.

the worst would be gujrat, prohibition, lack of non veg cuisines, next to no sports culture, one has to work hard to find a worst destination for a sports tournament.

Hear me out, I dont feel that passionate about law now I'm in 3rd year of law school. I was okayish at academics (90%+ in 10th and 12th). Most of my cousins who got 80% are doing engineering and are getting placed at 6-10lpa which are not bad salaries. I understand we have tier 1 law firms which pay 15-18lpa too but these firms are selective and not everyone gets in. The fall off is so steep after that, most tier 2 firms pay 6-10lpa where most people get in. The pay is so low even though I was academically much smarter than them

Diwali season is here- looking for some positive stories / experiences. Please describe anytime when work pulled you out of sadness and gave life a new dimension, times when you felt thankful for your job, an incident that left you inspired. Any and all stories are welcome.

Shubho Pujo to everyone celebrating!

The data sheet doesn't reflect that. Nor has the methodology been clearly mentioned, including multiple factors that a study of this kind have to take into consideration and include in terms of countering sampling bias and several other matters. This is a very juvenile attempt that lacks research quality and rigour. Which you would have understood had you been a researcher or academic yourself, as has been mentioned someone above.

Well, your comment has been marked as trollish by the admin.

But I have read your comment and it takes me back to my university days. I just realized that I was an annoying person who practiced speeches before the camera and am difficult to work with. Or is it my imposter syndrome?

Anyway, borrowing words from another comment on LI - "the sting" - in your comment may trigger other softies like me.

Maybe you can do without "the sting".

I don't think UPSC and senior designation can be compared. But in my opinion, senior designation is extremely tough even after 15-20 years of practice unless you come from a legal family with contacts! For every non-nepo senior designations, there are a hundred others who are deserving but don't have contacts and a thousand others who are a law graduate with 15-20years of practice!

For those who are wondering, note that none of the listed universities have disputed this list and the report. Only retractions due to plagiarism of the article, plagiarism of text, and duplication of article are included in this analysis. Retractions due to legitimate reasons or honest mistakes have been excluded.

Wow, you are really so smart. Fortunately, only papers retracted for plagiarism have been counted in the data (other reasons are excluded). JU is on the list - you can shout your heart out and that fact will not change. Unfortunately, with me, you have to be smarter. Though, as I said am enjoying seeing you unsettled.

2023 graduate here .I was having a decently fair career graph for 5 months post graduation, A decent job and and good learning.Now there are some very serious issues between my parents lately, because of which I'm not able to concentrate on anything. The most sensible thing to do would be to take some time off and look after them , however I'm scared of losing out on work experience this early in my career.What should I do, please help.

To the person advocating continued reliance on laws offering special protection to women,

It is unlikely that most people here would understand or appreciate what you are saying and have gone through and/or are still going through. It is similar to (though different in more ways than one) the reservation debate. I cannot say that I fully understand the troubles that women in this country and society have to undergo every step of the way (though I do and always will keep trying to learn), but I have gone through several kinds of experience to learn why such protection is still very much the need of the day. Despite many of those protections having been there for quite some time, their effect is barely visible in the larger society. I don't even know where to begin about the efficacy of the existing rape laws, or the lack thereof. There is just no comparison between the two genders in the kind of treatment that they receive in society, daily lives, career. See, I don't know whether anything I write here will be of any help at all. However, I just wanted you to know that you don't have to fight this war all by yourself, there are allies outside your gender who stand firmly beside you. I don't have to approve of your every word, every piece of argument, every precedent cited, because it is not anyone's place including mine to stand in judgement of the way you choose to fight. The cause that you are fighting for is good enough to keep supporting, that's all. Change rarely arrives in a pretty fashion, nor does it have to.

Partners retire just like other professionals. Because unless older partners retire how will new incoming partners get their share of equity (unless the firm keeps diluting everyone's share)? So an equity partner receives part of the firm's net profits until they retire, usually at 60-65.

In an article published today, Business Standard editor TN Ninan suggests that it’s practically guaranteed that India will host the 2036 Olympics. He uses Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016 as precedents and says that India’s economic situation in 2036 will be similarly strong. Plus, logically, the Olympics cannot neglect the world’s most populous country.

However, on Ahmedabad being the host city, he says:

“Most host cities have been a country’s capital or one of its biggest cities. The exception was St Louis in the US, the host in 1904. If Ahmedabad is India’s preferred candidate city, as seems likely, it too would be an exception since it does not figure in the top five in India’s city rankings by population, area, gross domestic product, cleanliness, or safety for women. While it is a business and educational centre, it is not an airline hub, is less familiar with English, is mostly vegetarian, and has prohibition.”

So, should Ahmedabad be the host city? Why not Delhi NCR? It will soon have 4 airports (including Jewar), has hosted the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games before, and includes parts of UP and Haryana, which send the most athletes to the Olympics. If not Delhi NCR, then why not a joint bid by Mumbai/Pune or Bengaluru/Hyderabad or even Mumbai/Goa?

https://theprint.in/opinion/olympics-are-a-coming-out-party-for-countries-on-a-per-capita-high-indias-a-strong-bet-for-2036/1812955/?amp

So is Ramanuj then one of the richest NLU grads? Certainly the richest NUJS grad and possibly the richest Gen Y grad from all NLUs? What a success story! Comes from a pretty humble background in terms and wealth and schooling, yet took a high-risk career path instead of the typical middle class job mentality.

You only read phrases and full sentences. There you go, your shortcomings are getting revealed with every passing comment. You would read a phrase and then twist it to fit your narrative even though it's a poor fit. Or did your eagle eyes miss the part where he mentioned that 498A is still necessary? I would have thought that you lack comprehension, but the truth is that you are just doing this because you don't have a single logical argument in your support. Pithy phrases like our wounds etc mean nothing. You and your rant are both so off the mark that neither is nor will ever be effective and it's clear to everyone that your legal knowledge is deficient though you have read all the pamphlets that sustains your pseudo-cause. You don't represent any marginalised group, merely pretend to do so, and you don't really want any progress or positive change to be made. Keep hating and keep fuming.

No. UGC said that all assistant professors should have NET, permanent or contractual. I don't care about that rule at all. Only mentioned it because you were being anal about following rules. If the admin can flout theirs, why can't I? Let the admin test me on my knowledge and fail me if they can.

Attendance is no measure of learning. You want to use alternate methods other than grades, feel free. I bet I won't have to attend classes to clear those either. Most of these classes and the teachers are sham. One doesn't miss anything whatsoever that one can't learn at a fraction of the time on their own.

Jai Anant has tweeted just now that he is "waiting for Henry" and mentions Henry's Insta account @rottweilerhenry. But this account's bio says "I'm MM's baby", though it has photos of Henry with both Mahua and Jai. So is Jai then conceding that Henry is actually Mahua's and not his?

https://twitter.com/jai_a_dehadrai/status/1715417301263200419

https://www.instagram.com/rottweillerhenry/?hl=en

MM stans are sharing these two videos to claim that Henry belongs to her.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/49EjYrOAgdQ

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Vb2VMq6Edo4

IMO the videos actually show the reverse. Please note:

- Re video 1, the video clearly looks staged. She is looking into the camera and looks very conscious of the camera. It looks very artificial.

- Re video 2, it similarly looks staged. She says: "Nobody can love anyone the way I love my baccha (Henry)." How curious that she says this when a custody battle is on? Is it just a "coincidence" she said this and the camera "just happened" to be on? No way.

- Re video 1 and video 2, Henry doesn't doesn't lick her even once. That's uncharacteristic for a dog which supposedly loves someone.

I was in Court when this happened. It hasn't been fully reported. When Sachin Datta said he was appalled, Gopal said "Are you going to judge me before I tell you what happened?" Justice Datta kept quiet and then Gopal said "Jai has briefed me in the past and so I know him. I asked my client if I could reach out to him to see if there was a way of settling this and she said ok and so I did. He said he would get back to me and then did not respond till now. There was no mediation."

I think we should ask why Jai had to record this conversation? How can anybody trust him after this if he just randomly records all one off calls?

LawSikho, an edtech company headquartered in Gurugram claims to have achieved a double revenue in FY 22-23 to Rs 37 crore, up from Rs 18.57 crore the previous year. With this significant growth, the company is eyeing a revenue of Rs 100 crore by 2023-24.

Link: https://www.financialexpress.com/jobs-career/education-lawsikho-achieves-double-revenue-in-fy-23-targets-rs-100-crore-by-2024-opens-new-vertical-3116297/lite/

They are becoming bigger than many firms? Just a few years ago Khaitan was making around 300 cr.