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- XYZ issue happens (CAA, Palestine, Dharmendra Pradhan etc)
- NLSIU students/alumni issue a statement
- Other NLUs follow
I guess we will see the same trend soon re the current protests, but is it time to change strategy? The fact is that the NLSIU alumni involved are deeply embedded with the opposition, while the student body is pathologically left wing. Why not carve out a different path, such as:
- A different solution
- Highlighting other issues
- And perhaps even dissenting and critiquing the opposition. Is there concrete proof Gyanesh rush elections? Do the Congress, TMC etc have a spotless record re electoral malpractices? Is AISA, with its support of Mao and Stalin, above reproach? Are Dipke, Dhruv Rathee and Saurav Das talking sense?
https://x.com/ANI/status/2109721070819500326
My only saving grace is that I am relatively decent with the law, and can move my way around case laws and grounds. Heck, my senior once said that was my biggest strength. However, I lack in the other departments. Any advice?
I am a blind person myself, and have had a similar thing happen to me in a slightly different context, and was also eventually cleared because of being able to show that administrative wire-crossing within the examination authorities' system was the problem (I had written the start and end-time of my exam on my answer sheet based on extra time I had taken based on what the exam regulations allowed me, and somehow that got flagged), not me.
Considering this, my only response to you is: please do not, without a strong basis, make generalised observations like this on things you might understand little to nothing about. You cannot imagine how badly wrong you have gotten this. Please educate yourself before making these kinds of observations. Thanks.
https://x.com/LiveLawIndia/status/2109600309773480115
Also a foreign trip once a year can be normal if well budgeted (Obviously makes no financial sense for the London example you have given)
To be serious, no such party will have a mass appeal. Unless you can create that appeal in a different way
The problem I'm facing is that I seem to have been pigeonholed into my current niche area of litigation. The feedback I've received from a few firms is that since I've already spent four years in a specialised practice, I should ideally continue in that area.
What I find a little frustrating is that while a substantial part of my practice is niche litigation, around 30–40% of my work also involves civil and criminal litigation. So it's not as though I've exclusively worked in one area for the last four years.
I understand that firms have their own requirements, but I find it a little strange that having specialised in an area so early in my career is now working against me when I'm trying to diversify. Surely four years isn't too late to branch out? Especially when a lot of the skills involved in litigation are transferable.
I'm also open to moving down a designation if that means getting an opportunity to broaden my practice.
Has anyone here faced something similar? Also, would anyone know of any law firms or disputes teams that might be willing to consider someone from a niche litigation background looking to transition into a broader disputes practice?
1. Vrinda Grover
2. Menaka Guruswamy
3. Karuna Nundy
4. Gautam Bhatia
5 Rohin Bhatt
Why? Can you please explain? Is it applicable even if we do MBA from a Top Tier institute (easier said than done I know)
Bro said "plus plus"
Atp reality and satire are one and the same
https://x.com/SpeakNaimisha/status/2109179217309319288
He has disabled his SM accounts
https://www.instagram.com/sbanlsiu/
https://x.com/thewire_in/status/2108921098914181542
https://www.thenewsminute.com/amp/story/news/nlsiu-alumni-condemn-police-action-against-protesters-shadan-farasats-detention
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nlsius-student-forums-condemn-manhandling-of-anti-sir-protesters-and-denial-of-access-to-legal-aid/article71571623.ece
https://x.com/barandbench/status/2109180496538427592
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/nlsius-student-forums-condemn-manhandling-of-anti-sir-protesters-and-denial-of-access-to-legal-aid/article71571623.ece
https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/nlsiu-alumni-association-condemns-police-action-against-protestors-detention-of-lawyers-during-cec-protest-554123
https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/delhi-riots-court-denies-natasha-narwal-permission-to-travel-to-uk-for-academic-conference-554147
https://www.ndtv.com/business-news/indian-economy-income-inequality-living-standard-rich-countries-world-bank-12171665
Im your senior at nujs, lowk bro idts your age matters, I do know a quite a few people from batch of 2025 who were 26-27 and received great placements. Maybe if you were that old in CU law your opportunities would be limited, however thats not the case here. Just study hard and focus and you'll excel.
I’ve been educated at good schools and am abroad and I have been working with the technology and disputes teams at one of India’s biggest law firms- suffice to say their work has left a lot to be desired. Poor research, poor drafting, dropped balls - that all I’ve had to pick up after them. This is the sort of stuff that would get you fired at an American or English firm.
It’s one of those things - if you’re a big fish in a small pond - you may think yourself to be bigger than you are simply because of a lack of exposure.
TBH, don't see the shame though - he looks fairly ordinary for a man his age, he's just puffing out his chest in a weird way, but there should not be any shame in it.
Unfortunately, SRL is unlikely to let ▮▮▮
Healthy friend group where promotions and jobs are happening because you're friends? What in the lala firm mentality is this
Should we be so confident about our jobs and earnings in the age of AI? Even if our job AI-proof, isn't it good to save a little? Also, some of the spending is really obscene.
I went though the same experience myself. I had interned in a top tier firm in mumbai for nearly two months while handling mysubmissions for an intl moot. id spent long hours at office, come back home with more work from office and then work on my memo. would barely get to sleep for 2-3 hours a day. and honestly my routine was a horrible mess. despite that i worked really hard and was appreciated by the ppl in the firm. to the fact that some of them even expected to see me come back once more.
I applied for my callback was hearing one common response for 5 months - we'll get back to you. it was finally in late august 2026 when i was told that i won't be getting a callback. the sadness and panic that i went through was immense - since i essentially had no internships for december and jan. but im a much better position now and do have stuff planned out.
all in all, go cheer up buddy, try reaching out to old contacts - ask for a referall, do some cold mailing, send linkedin messages - try as much as you can and don't lose hope. it all gets better soon, hope you find something good lined up for you!
If you were in litigation, my advice would be completely different. I would tell you to resign immediately, change fields, prepare for CAT, and pursue an MBA for a management role placement. Litigation at chambers as a first-generation lawyer is career and financial suicide: tough entry barriers to break into law firms, slow growth even if you make it to some low-tier boutique firm and practically no hope of making it to a tier 1 or tier 2 law firm unless you spend a decade in practice.
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Toward the end of college, I somehow landed an internship at a Tier 1 law firm, courtesy of someone who did me a favour while making sure everyone concerned knew I was merely a “distant relative”. Why wouldn’t they? I went in thinking that if I put in every ounce of time, hard work and effort I could muster, I might earn a callback or a pre-placement offer (PPO).
The partners and associates who supervised my work, at every level, appreciated my effort. But the work itself was subpar, nowhere near the standard required for a job at that firm or, for that matter, any self-respecting Tier 1 firm.
Had I woken up then and taken myself seriously enough to develop my legal knowledge, reasoning and communication skills, perhaps today, I would have a reasonably well-paying job or a busy legal practice. Perhaps I wouldn’t still be sleeping in my parents’ guest room. Perhaps I’d even be married, with a car of my own. You know.. the basics!
I still call myself a lawyer, despite doing little more than taking on sundry legal work from neighbours and family friends, mostly for free or at fees that would make a lawyer with even two years’ PQE chuckle. I live mostly off my parents. My circumstances frighten away even the people I date who genuinely want to like me. For a time, I even found myself hating women, with all that rejection, for what I perceived as hypergamy. It was an ugly rabbit hole, one I eventually managed to climb out of through some honest self-reflection.
When you find yourself in this position in life and realise that you have no one to blame but yourself, you cannot even bring yourself to cry for the relief it might offer. You endure the pain and regret, and learn to live and - somehow - work with both. It's difficult and that level of pain and regret makes you inefficient.
Fortunately, I am neither suicidal nor superstitious. I’ve seen people in circumstances even remotely similar to mine become absolute goners. I keep my mind sharp with podcasts, books and exercise. Livestreaming of court proceedings has helped me too as a lawyer.
My advice to anyone who finds themselves in a situation even remotely resembling mine is simple: if what you are doing isn’t working, have the courage to try something else sooner rather than later. But whatever you do, don’t give up on yourself. Keep trying, and build yourself to make every effort land better than before - that's key.