There are many sources for this:

Profiles of few students who did internship at Wilmerhale, London through BR:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vismaya-hari/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prachi-kaushik-6b32b2184/

For more such success stories, website link is https://betteringresults.in

Source for the highly qualified instructors engaged by BR: https://betteringresults.in/all-courses/

Chances of a cold email working may be less unfortunately. Also, one of the previous comments are correct - in house lawyers generally prefer a higher PQE. Something that might help you is networking and upskilling. Networking - reach out to friends, seniors, mentors, alumni networks. This is honestly the fastest way to get a job. Upskilling - if you have already left your old job, this will help ensure that you have something to fill the gap in your CV. Do online courses, go teach small sessions somewhere, just keep active. Wishing you best of luck!

Barsat mein boat bnakr float krwa de. Kidding. If you carry experience then you please try connecting with law firm recruiters. There primary work is to fill vacancy of law firms. Or you can DM the partners/HR regarding your candidature. If you don't carry experience then you please up your connecting game and try connect as much partner as you can and start sending your application. 100 bhjega toh 5-6 se ayga reply. Also, you can also do the same with PA/SA. This is the best route.

"How does that help peace? If anything she has created more conflict in the system."

yep absolutely right, Iranians under the current regime should just accept their situation honestly. Any struggle is nonsensical because well...immediate peace isn't granted and anything that doesn't weed out results instantly is fruitless. You get it man, a fight against oppression is TOTALLY not cool cause like what are they even doing? just making some noise... all hurr Durr violence bad me good.

Infact yk what, Gandhi was an absolute loser too the oldie persisted against muh lord Britishers for two decades! lmao what an absolute joke, same with bhagat singh...lmao the guy basically killed himself just for freedom and now we praise him?? UNFORGIVABLE. The only thing he did was create and perpetuate a cycle of violence! which is like...just not cool man, could've just accepted his life of being a slave, yeah? but those bastards just had to do it.

same goes for this woman, why even try fighting against the inequality ? like c'mon now, your older generation did a mistake rooting out the dynasty and now the young girls who have nothing to do with that generation are paying for it...rightfully so.

Why even try raising your voice against the unreasonable immediate death penalties? like just accept it man, keep your head down follow whatever your government wants and boom! PEACE??! it's really that simple. You get the formula to peace man. You really do. We should just not be a sheep (haha) and accept whatever the government implements however unfair or tyrannical may it be, cause at the end muh being silent (peace)>muh freedom ✍️🔥 preach brother preach

I am once again begging college students to stop watching Suits. If I asked my EP for a 5 day conference leave all I will get is the chance to be staffed on a labour law diligence for an Indian client.

Most corporate lawyers are struggling to get decent savings in place. No one's jet setting to multiple countries unless they come from family money

Crawford is great if you do not judge them solely by the IPO mandates; they are regularly advising on offer of sales and pre-IPO structuring which is way different from Rajani (which is a hardcore IPO boutique). Also, the entire AZB (Mumbai CM) team is a CrawfordB breakaway so on what basis can it be frowned upon is something I dont understand. Lastly, I think Rajani followed by Crawford, SNG, Bharucha and Kanga is the correct order in the small size mandate segments unlike S/CAM, Indus, Khaitan and S&R deals. Therefore:

Tier 1 - CAM, SAM, IndusLaw, Khaitan, S&R

Tier 2 - Trilegal, JSA, AZB, L&L, Saraf

Tier 3 - Rajani, CrawfordB, SNG, Bharucha, Kanga

I think publications in reputed journals or blogs (e.g. NLS - IJLT) would definitely help you stand out - also check out writing competitions as many of them have internships as the prizes.

Try writing intelligent responses/thoughts in comments sections of partners' posts in LinkedIn to catch their eye [ONLY if you know what you are talking about].

See I’m not going to dismiss the existence of pro-NLU bias. But I’m gonna share my story.

I’m from a non-NLU, private institute with almost no alumni in the tier-1s and tier-2s. Regardless, I have done internships at 4 tier-1 law firms and have been accepted at numerous others. I think the mantra here is to have a solid CV which compensated for you not being from a NLU (things like high CGPA, moot achievements help). The next thing you can do is apply well in advance, take follow-ups, reach out to HRs.

A lot of times this approach will result in rejection but I think someday you might find one successful application from the 100 that you have sent. Now I’m set to begin working for one of these tier-1 law firms I interned at (PPO). So, don’t lose hope and keep on working hard because the reality is that we screwed up CLAT so we need to work twice as hard now.

There's this crazy bias I face just for not being from an NLU or a known law college with not many alum in the corporate sector. My interest areas being TMT and IP, I have no options and if I do apply to places like Spice Route, Ikigai, Indus etc. I receive no response and get told some connections would help. What to do? I have applied continuously and repeatedly, a little too frequently. Any way I can catch a break? Give me a chance? I am quite consistent or is the corporate life just not for me?

Sanjay Hedge speaks out in support of Gautam Bhatia in the Telegraph (quoted below). ▮▮▮

“The day that a lawyer can be deterred from taking a brief that he would have normally taken, that is the beginning of a police state,” Hegde told The Telegraph.“This is a testing of the waters by the police. They have not yet named the lawyer as an accused. He has only been named as a ‘key person’ right now."

https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/supreme-court-advocate-sanjay-hegde-sounds-police-state-alarm-over-newsclick-fir/cid/1972032

Or are they mostly confined to their desks working? On average, how many countries do corporate lawyers visit every year? For example, assuming a 5 day conference leave + a 5 year work visit leave + a 14 day leisure leave every year, would that be around 4 to 5 countries visited a year for the average corporate lawyer?

Big 4 is definitely at your disposal but you need to understand preference in given to MBA grads for high level managerial positions in consultancy. Analyst positions do not offer that much salary hikes. If you still have that motivation left, attempt CA final papers as well. You can transition into pure auditing and scale better.

There is Finology legal which seems to be doing good. Also Labor Law Advisors. If that's your calling, then give it a go at least. You can enter research teams of famous journalists or review scripts for youtubers who break down current affairs for laymen. Over the time you might have to venture into other means of side incomes to have bulk savings at crisis situations. Find your niche, build your presence.

hey - I gave the interview in April of this year. It was mostly CV based so do read up on everything you have mentioned. It will also depend on who the person taking the interview is. The one who took it for us focused a lot on contracts (essentials, types of damages, special contracts, types of mortgage etc.). The basics of company law + practice area that you are applying to would also help imo. Also, do prepare a good introduction.

Hi! Firstly, the purpose of a CV is to get you shortlisted for a vacant profile. First thing the recruiter checks is the GPA, as long as its not declining, you're in the clear. The second is relevant work in their practice are, if your internships checks those requirements, you've reached the final mark: Industry relevant skills. Scroll through LinkedIn and Indeed, search for legal vacancies and what skills they require the most currently. Learn it and earn it. Competitions and publications are required to fill the gap when you have below-avg GPA record. Speaking of publications, try for UGC Care listed journals and collaborate with seniors, mentors, professors.

So how does that help peace? If anything she has created more conflict in the system. Those Persians signed up for this system of governance when they overthrow Pahlavi. I have zero sympathy for those indoctrinates. I reiterate - being jailed for over a decade doesn’t give you any qualifications for this prize. Give it to those who have contributed to lasting peace. One can say the Taliban are deserving of it - after 20 years of civil war, Afganistan is finally at peace. It’s a pity you don’t open your mind and think and swallow whatever you are fed. Such is the life of sheep I suppose.

There was no intention for passing snide remark on your difficulties. You misconstrued. I've worked alongside Section Head- Legal at Grasim, so please do not take my words as offensive. Even after pqe 1 year, in-house lateral hiring happens through referrals. They have an internal system and CV gets shortlisted on the basis of preference given to internally referred candidate, there is fiduciary element attached. Dig your contacts working in industries, and circulate your updated CV. Again, all the best. Don't lose hope. (P.S. put necessary key words to raise chances of landing interview)

The founder is a NALSAR alum, and the team curating their syllabus have all cracked CLAT PG. You can explore and compare the prep strategies of other coaching like Clatapult as well, just steer clear of fraudsters like JurisEdge (core faculty did not crack CLAT PG, nor NET UGC, esp the founder who did a PGD instead of full-time LLM you can check on LinkedIn). Do your own research, verify on LI and Twt.

One year LLM at the NLUs is a colossal joke played on the students who opt for it. Those who treat it as a mere stamp to start teaching law are probably not wrong in considering it thus. Anybody who thinks that it will do any actual value addition to either CV or know-how is going to be taken for a ride.

Actually, I have got three PhD holders in Economics in my immediate family who represent the industry and academia, and I myself hold an undergrad Economics degree. So more qualified than you to talk about higher education in Economics in this country as compared to you, definitely.

These so called lawyers have a very poor understanding of CTC? Boss, even if you do CS from an unknown college, the pay increments in IT are second to none. There are people who are making a base pay of 50-60 lacs and earning ESOPs worth crore and that too with 2-3 PQE. The lawyers are living in lala land and create an impression as if only they are minting money

Contract Law too. And a little bit of CPC and Property Law if you have any time. If your CV contains references to any concept that you have worked on or published on, then read up related laws. Like if you have done cap marks internship, then you're expected to know the basics of ICDR and LODR.

I am now submitting the form for enrollment in MP state bar council. Heard some lawyer saying that you can download the sanad online. He said that he asks his junior and then his junior does the same. I don't know the reality though. Please let me know, how to obtain sanad once I receive my enrollment number. In other states, you can obtain it only through State Bar Council office, after around 1 month of your enrollment number being provided. How should I obtain if my PoP will be Bhopal and not Jabalpur?

If you are fresher then just say that whatever firm decides as per its pay policies. If 2-3 years experience then honestly tell the present salary and say that firm can decide an increment based on my knowledge and experience! Do not...do not.....ever quote any figure in any circumstances!

Yes. Rightly said. In addition to this, instructors engaged by them are highly qualified and most of them are partners in top law firms or other leading practitioners. Since, all sessions are live it gives us the opportunity to even interact and ask queries from them. Some of their students have already secured offline internship at Wilmerhale, London through instructors apart from other other tier-1 law firms.

I realised there is a lot of negative perception on LI when I met 2 new joinees from 2 of the Big 5 firms for brunch. They were both doing very well, one guy was on his 3rd week where he had travelled back home due to the WFH policy. Im sure there is a lot of demerits as well but honestly the amount of hopelessness 80% of people peddle on here is insane. As a non-NLU and non-Corp person it was a reality check cause Id just started working and already was disillusioned with law.

what horseracing nonsense are these kinds of threads? you know what happens in a horse race no? the horse wins the race. not the guy betting on it. Ive been friends with several rhodes scholars at university and at work- i can tell you- whoever gets the rhodes- itll be 80-90% because of what they do- not because of "networks"- those might help for jobs- but not scholarships as widely known as rhodes, not because of their university but likely inspite of their university holding them back, and not because of modiji ffs. Stop trying to take credit for the success of others- work hard and make something of yourself instead.

Also- nah, we dont need to be giving scholarships to folks who will do corp laws and go and work at white and case anyway. Those guys can make their money back. we need to give scholarship to support new original important research in underfunded areas of the law that helps underserved communities.

answering for in-house team at tata steel and birla aluminum, they offer 4-weeks internships for final year students (which extends on performance) and if you have contacts in these industrial units or corporate teams, use their referrals; i got mine through referrals and for MT also they prefer internal hiring other than campus recruits.

An MBA degree is 10 times better than a law degree. Opens up lots of options, including chances of going abroad. I didn’t appear for the CAT/GMAT as I am weak in maths and would have only made it to a tier 5 or tier 6 MBA institute (in which case an NLU law degree is possibly better).

Gen X NLU students: 80% from elite schools

Gen Y: 50%

Gen Z: 20%

Reasons for the decline:

1. More awareness about law as a career among small towns and among lower middle class. These sections ace the CLAT as they are hard working.

2. Elite kids heading to Jindal or Ashoka or going abroad.

Last year, three JGLS students including Faizan Ahmed (now Weidenfeld-Hoffman Scholar at Oxford, studying BCL) and Abhijeet Shrivastava (now Wolfson College & Cambridge Trust Scholar at Cambridge, doing the LLM) had both reached the final interview stage for Rhodes, along with another student (non-JGLS) who was into queer theory. Had the institution or its students boasted about the students reaching Rhodes' final interview in advance, people would have made fun and poked fingers at JGLS. Why not treat GNLU the same?

In the early phase of my dragged-out career, I had my own fair share of exposure to the so-called "partner firm." It resembled a spider's web with a cunning matriarch at the center and a dozen seasoned lawyers, like unsuspecting flies, hoping against hope that someday the pie would be cut fairly.

This benevolent matriarch, let’s call her 'the Puppet Mistress,' was an expert at dangling dreams in front of these pros. She led this ragtag team of would-be partners in a dance of hope, always hinting at the tantalizing vision of the promised land: partnership at the firm they started their careers with. A designation to brag about and signal their arrival on the scene. These desperate dreamers were none other than the generously titled Associate Partners and Managing Associates of that hope-dystopia we loved coming to every day.

As the greenest sprout in this forest of disillusionment, I struck up unlikely friendships with a few of these wily old foxes. Our bi-weekly therapy sessions were held at the pride of Lower Parel, 'Ambiance Restaurant Ani Bar'. A place where Blender’s Pride with chakli (murukku) and schezwan chutney flowed freely, where frustrations were voiced loudly, and where promises of greener pastures seemed just a drink away. I sat there, nodding like a bobblehead, absorbing tales of woe and promises never kept.

Shortly after completing my two years at the firm, I started eyeing the exit. Then came the fateful Goa off-site. Between sips of heavily watered-down whiskey and the sound of crashing waves, the Puppet Mistress happily announced a merger with another firm. To say it was a bigger, badder shark in the legal ocean of mid-tier firms would be an understatement. Any illusion of our firm's autonomy was about to be swallowed whole. The only person who seemed to have secured a golden parachute out of this crash landing was our beloved Puppet Mistress.

Three months after this revelation, I had moved out of this firm, but not without pocketing a few friendships. Over time, these connections faded, with only a line on my CV reminiscent of that darkly comic chapter. Word on the street is that the Puppet Mistress took an extended sabbatical and handed her clients (and perhaps her puppet strings) to the new alpha shark. As for my old comrades, they drifted to other firms, which, for all I know, had their own puppet shows and pie-dangling matriarchs/patriarchs. The circle of life, I suppose.

A0 here, genuinely trying to understand how have the salaries which were given 5years back when I was in my first year have not increased at all, not even 3-6% to take into account the inflation. After seeing alot of posts about the same LI, seems like 15-18LPA has been the band since 2013. Genuinely trying to understand this. Shouldn't the base be increasing atleast every 2 to 3 years?

Today's the last date to register for AIBE 18 and I got enrolled on 29th Sept. I don't have an enrollment certificate to upload in the document column and it's mandatory. I only got a WhatsApp intimation from an Advocate. No SMS or email nada. Is the MP state bar council slow??? They really need to update their website and the whole enrollment process. it's a mess.

Hi, I am not aware of the firm culture but I had given an interview in the firm. Also, I know Sachit Mathur who is the co-founder partner in the firm. The firm works basically into real estate and cater to corporate giants with respect to real estate advisory. The firm has been expanding very aggressively and had a big clientele. They are all ex-luthra & saraf and was part of the Mohit saraf rebel team. They have good work provided you like real estate advisory and had a general knack of translating local language real estate documents into legal English. All the best. Do let us know your review.

For Indore, you must get the form from HC advocate chambers 1500/-. Get DD made from the HC SBI branch only. They know the procedure. Outside banks refused to make DD/banker's cheques in my case, which was a lot of other trouble. Fill out the form carefully. Go to the district court notary they will do the undertaking pages and seal and signature of advocates. Come back to HC to get the Bar Association secretary's signature and seal. get stamp on photocopies from there and send the parcel from the HC post office.