He's attained a position of legitimacy and image of sensitivity with the offices he held but he's always been the kind to do something like this. Completely unsurprised esp having witnessed his rash conduct during events he's headed. People aren't who they seem to be. There's a near zero chance a first year girl would get to see that side of him like inside the BH.

Any insights anyone, what’s happening in CAM? Shaneen also quit…such a senior practitioner. WTF !

https://www.barandbench.com/news/corporate/cam-disputes-partner-shaneen-parikh-resigns

Whereas I think I’m a decent legal researcher as a second-year law student, how can I strengthen my skills further? I’ve already worked on most of the generic things familiarity with SCC and Manupatra, reading judgments, etc. Most of the time, I do end up finding something useful, but it takes me considerably longer to find it. How can I improve and become more efficient at legal research?

NLIU student here,

bro the ragging culture is pretty much dead now, the new first years lived in a new hostel, the second years lived outside the campus, no one since our batch has partaken in much ragging per-se, its pretty chill nowadays and honestly, its fine that way, the sir and ma'am culture is honestly taken a little too seriously by third party viewers, just substitute it with bhaiya didi, its not that deep honestly, a lot of us just ask our juniors to call us by our names, its pretty subjective.

NLIU otherwise is pretty chill, good batches coming up, our 2nd years, the 27' batch is pretty good, our batch is polarising but pretty decent, our juniors are a little circumspect though, the face value of NLIU's "culture" has caused a major downturn in the crowd coming here, which seems like a problem to me.

Otherwise, NLIU, with our alumni base is all you need tbh, I interned in King Stubb and a couple of other firms which should've been out of my reach, but due to our alumni, it was seamless.

Nashe hain, but thats symmetric across law colleges in general.

Why stop at "A bhaiya" even on an anonymous public forum? Call him A uncle, A sir also no.

I don't believe this message is a genuine first year student (F) for a second. More likely to be our A bhaiya himself than anything else.

In case it is a first year, you've subscribed to the wrong parts of NUJS, man. Didi/bhaiya culture, justifying violence because someone felt bad they got turned down, this really isn't what this college is about – although I can't blame you for having felt that way.

Sweet and welcoming seniors were always the ones to look out for during our early years too, because a lot of the times these people were nicer and sweeter to juniors because nobody in their batch liked them.

Honestly no one knows. The best of the cal bar - AKM, B. Chatterjee, JKM, and SNM (who were far senior to KD) were made AGs and resigned for obvious reasons. It is to be seen if the new regime makes any of them the AG (the first 3 are very old, so unlikely). Personally i'd love to see SNM as AG again. Brilliant lawyer. Other than that, at that level of seniority, there aren't any names that would come to mind.

What is actually gonna be messed up is how the new set of lawyers for the state will handle the matters. Given the earlier tmc regime's practice of not giving proper instructions and not caring about matters pending in HC, the new set of lawyers will face a huge challenge.

Regardless, no dearth (there is, but not as bad as no one can be named) of talent in Cal HC Bar. If the BJP does its magic like it did in UP and Assam with the development of infra and economic development, Bengal would rise, and so would the work in Cal HC and the work culture, fee schedules etc would become better. The future looks postive.

But that is my point na, he did not hide. I am not saying he did not make a mistake, but he is not such a bad person as people here are making him out to be. And this is not my experience alone, a lot of my friends (both genders) will also voucher for this. If he was not good at heart why would he have owned up when there was no proof?

In law following places could be most intellectually challenging and fulfilling purely because of the faculty they have. However everything depends on the learner whether s/he is ready to take up the challenge and commit to the academic rigour:

NLSIU / JGLS/ IIT KGP

NALSAR/ NLUD/ NUJS

DU/ BHU/ SAU/ JNU

GNLU/NLIU/NLUJ/HNLU/ RML/ RGNUL/ NUALS/CNLU

Jamia/ AMU/ SLS Pune

Listed 20 institutions in no order or ranking but any of them can develop you academically if you are committed.

Some of the institutions don’t offer 5 year law like IIT or a law degree itself like JNU but provide good research environment and ecosystem where you can utilise your full potential.

Hope this helps.

I only found one case, covering Aquilaw's relationship with Pincon, a chit fund company whose founders were convicted and jailed. Is the ED sleeping on the case? Will they revive it now? Or has the case been dropped?

Sanjay Basu vs Union Of India And Ors on 28 April, 2023
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By its order dated 11th April, 2023 the Supreme Court after setting aside that part of the impugned order by which this court declared that the petitioner would not be required to attend the office of the Enforcement Directorate was set aside and the entire application sent back to this court "to decide the main writ petition in accordance with law".

...

It appears that during the search and seizure operation carried out by the Enforcement Directorate in the residence of the writ petitioner certain articles like laptop, mobile phones etc. were seized by it from his custody.

In respect of this seizure on 29th March, 2023, the said authority issued a show cause to the writ petitioner under Section 8 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. With the notice was enclosed reasons in support of it under Section 8(1) of the said Act. He was asked to file a written reply to it on or before 18th May, 2023, as to why the said articles should not be permitted to be retained by the Enforcement Directorate. In paragraph 4 of the said statement of reasons attached to the notice it was mentioned that the writ petitioner received Rs. 83.25 lakhs from Pincon Group of Companies and the firm which he runs Aquilaw received Rs. 23 lakhs. In the 4th last line of paragraph 4, it was specifically stated that the said sum received was "for providing legal assistance". However, the statement added that no official engagement letter issued by Pincon in favour of the firm or the writ petitioner could be produced or is available.

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> In the meantime the petitioner shall file a reply to the show cause notice without prejudice to his rights and contentions. The adjudicating authority under the P.M.L. Act may proceed to adjudicate whether to retain the articles or not but keep the adjudication in a sealed cover and not communicate the same pending a decision in this writ application. This is so because the validity of the whole action of the Enforcement Directorate is under challenge in the writ and prima facie only a receipt of Rs. 83 lacs by the petitioner and Rs. 23 lacs by his firm from Pincon is on record. The petitioner claims it as professional receipt.

https://indiankanoon.org/docfragment/57816064

Hi everyone. There might be many amongst you who might have impressed T1 recruiters and secured a law firm job on basis of your CV (and later interviews ofcourse). Could such people please help me by providing your CV/Resume sans(without) Name and Personal Details. I just wanted to see how such a CV looks. If possible could you mail it or the following email ID: corplawfocussed@protonmail.com .

Will be grateful to you always :) Thankss

Be sure of the work you have out in CV. have clarity on the basics. Like if M&A rattofy the companies act the provisions. CCI. FEMA. even if lets say you do not have practical experience in the FEMA atleast know the law and say you have not worked on it but i know what the law says. if you worked on any transactions and you only did like backend work - try to read the rest of the docs and what went down on the transaction to have a better idea. Mostly this has helped me to clear the interview. Also always say if you dont know something that i will get back to you i dont know this.

Hi All, i am a disputes lawyer at A2 level, having had no luck in job market for almost 8 months now. Looking for titled role openings, if you know anything helpful, please do tell. Or if you are willing to give referral somewhere please let me know. Really appreciate any insight!

Maybe Asol Poriborton will change things now? Several folks avoided it because the system was already gamed to favour certain apparatchiks. Don't just blame the politicians since tere are other venerable"apolitical" players. Some meritorious or otherwise candidates couldn't game an already rigged process in their favour and left midway or didn't try again due to losses suffered in earlier attempts. NKC got lucky with repeated attempts (since the days of MPS). A big section got rattled by successive exposures by a combative SJA during 2014-2019. These potentials needed surety that IOUs can be encashed and trafficked without inconvenient inquiries etc. And once that was secured again by Lord Taluk, we were blessed with NKC.

Beyond the usual optics, bells and whistles of "development for student and academic welfare" whether it will be business as usual under Nandi and BJP remains to be seen.

honestly that's how its supposed to be, in places like RGNUL AND NUSRL people take this so seriously and have such bad ego issues over this. you literally havent achieved anything at all and even if you have why should other people call you 'sir' or 'ma'am' in the name of professionalism, most of these people have nothing going on in their lives and all they do is sit around with juniors and talk as if they know it all.

There is not a lot of ragging around but some seniors do have a slight attitude which if you ask me personally I find it annoying specifically the immediate seniors most of them have this sense of pride by just being a senior which tbh I personally fail to understand. NUSRL, Ranchi has one of the worst cultures possible personally experienced it for 10-15 days just horrible, male seniors and creepy and degrading females are the same, they recently beat up a first year because he answered back and they are proud of it and call it 'professional

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Hi, I'm a 2025 grad lawyer. I recently moved from a boutique disputes team to a t1 disputes team.

I feel insecure about my knowledge, my drafting, my understanding. I feel that a 2026 grad paralegal of this firm is far better than me. I was hoping to brush up my skills while over court vacations. Please advice, would be eternally grateful.

Thank you!!

Just start your own practice. You have enough qualifications and knowledge to pull this off.

From my knowledge there is not enough tax work in law firms besides Vaish in Delhi and Vaish pays peanuts. All the other big law firms do have a tax practice but they dont have enough work. They basically do Tax Due dilligence, EPF advisory, PMLA and Black money act. Maybe Try Dhruva consultants. They are a 100% tax firm.

Just go with your own thing man. Will be much better off in the long run.

This advice is too black and white. There is a book that is pretty much a guide to doing a PhD in a UK law school that takes you through the steps of applying to getting through to, through applying for funding, planning a methodology... to writing up... through everything. It gives a series of factors about a university, not just a supervisor, to consider - this particularly includes the question of is a PhD student treated as part of a research scholarly community or not. It also caveats the question of supervisors by pointing out that star faculty may not always have the time or inclination for PhD students.

Take the time to read it. Find details below:

Caroline Morris and Cian Murphy, Getting a PhD in Law (Hart 2011). Obviously, this is a slightly old book and discusses a very different context from India, but I feel the nuance it goes into in terms of supervisor vs. university etc is worth looking at.

kyunki usne bhi kuch kiya hoga? Baby girl, the point is that adults are not supposed to get violent in "the heat of the moment". Thoda Bollywood kum dekho. Everyone is a good person at heart. Hittler was very kind to his dog and the Goebbels famously doted on their beautiful children. You can be shocked and disappointed at learning this but your random experiences of someone with the capacity to be nice have no relevance for what they are like in a different context. I know no one here but women rushing up to discredit other women when they were not present is getting old in the 2020s.

As far as I have realised, the potential is seemingly untapped in delhi for Cap Marks, apart from the big names there are barely any cap marks firms in delhi- by big names I dont just mean CAM, SAM etc, I also mean t-2s like Chandhiok etc.

I am looking to intern at a Cap Marks Team this October, but I am not in the fag end of my law school to look for bigger names, and cant go to mumbai for personal reasons, any recommendations on T3 Cap Marks firms?

Honestly some GC team recs are also appreciated :))

Hii joining gnlu at 24 , don't know how will I be treated, people saying I won't get job , some saying I will be made fun of , a bsc physics grad( also one year in med school), interested in law , gave clat cause that was available at the time , really interested in 5 year ballb , I just want to do my best and be judged on my capabilities, please suggest something

Right! it was in the corporate team she passed away in that accident and everybody was only concerned about the laptop she was carrying with her, even the nmanagement and every senior was just concerned about the data! ▮▮▮

And the thing is, every associate was supposed to go on with a regular working day on the morning they heard of her demise while coming to office. every bbody was made to work the entire day, ▮▮▮

Hello People,

I’m a qualified Company Secretary and a Lawyer from a state university. I was fortunate to secure an assessment internship at a law firm, which later converted into a full-time role.

However, over the past 5 months, there has been significant attrition in the firm - almost everyone who joined with me has moved on. While I understand that movement is a part of the profession, the current environment has started to feel increasingly challenging (lack of seniors, micro-management, detrimental policies, etc) and I find myself a bit demotivated.

I’ve been actively exploring opportunities and have been cold-emailing HRs and Partners, but haven’t had much success so far. I also feel hesitant about resigning without another offer in hand, given practical constraints.

I understand that these things take time, but I would really appreciate any guidance, suggestions, or leads that anyone could offer.

Thank you in advance!

Hilarious. Yess people wanna leave BLC and it's 1Lpm fixed + 4 to 6L bonus for KLA's 50-60k pay plus peanuts in bonus that too half year late and spread across months. Definitely makes sense sir/ma'am.

On a separate note, do some digging you'll find people shifting from KLA to BLC but not a single case of the opposite happening.

"Whenever you're submitting work, always keep in mind that your ultimate aim is to make the job of the person you're submitting it to easier."

This is the best and simplest piece of advice I received from an Associate, which stuck with me.

Instead of approaching tasks academically, trying to show off unnecessary skills, always keep in mind this ultimate goal and be efficient rather than flamboyant in your work, and your senior will greatly appreciate you for it and keep you in his good books.

Also, be cheerful and interactive with the team at large. At the end of the day, they're not just looking for a topper to join the team and not collaborate; they're essentially deciding whether you're a person they want to sit next to for the next couple of years through long nights and difficult moments who can handle the stress.

All the very best!

I have never felt sorrier for anyone than I now feel for you, the writer of this comment. This "bhaiya" and "didi" culture has converted you from a kid with normal levels of teenage naivety into a total shell of what you might have been. You really will need to learn to be less deferential to people just because they're older than you. And I'm talking about life after NUJS in regards to this advice, so be serious about this please.

BUMP.

Can someone from CAM please describe the nature and extent to which Legora is being used in the transactional practice areas?

Is it really being implemented wholly for documentation and research or is it still just a buzzword for PR?

Also, if yes, what's your review of it, is it helpful and do you think this will affect hiring for upcoming batches?

Thanks!

Only Jindal and NUJS have this problem. Taking all their uni dirty politics and stupid gossip and putting it here. If I were recruiting and had CVs from all unis including these two, I think this fact would indicate rather a lot to me and I would begin to ask if those kids' CVs would need to do extra work to stand out.

Was it the use of the multiple dashes that raised a flag for you? Or clunky syntax like "PPO offers"? Or perhaps both? Or perhaps something else, like the use of vague and maddening generalities like "structuring research efficiently" (what even the fuck does that mean?).

DEAR MA'AM,

YOUR HEALTH, YOUR KID AND YOUR PEACE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY MATTER OR ANY WORK.

REQUEST YOU TO PRIORTISE WHAT MATTERS MORE. PLEASE STOP STRESSING, THAT IS THE LAST THING YOU NEED TO AT THIS CRUCIAL TIME OF YOUR LIFE.

WORK TO LIVE AND NOT LIVE TO WORk.

YOURS TRULY,

GEN-Z FRESHER

Despite the Delhi HC judgment and long-standing demands by students for a relaxation on the attendance policy, NALSAR has yet again given out plenty of yearbooks simply for not meeting the attendance quota. Even final year students who had PPOs were not spared.
Of all the pressures law school already has, its genuinely not reasonable to have such strict attendence policies. I hope the SC passes an order stopping this. There have been many instances where even genuine reasons for lack of attendnece have not been met. A student told the UG chair (▮▮▮) that they were suicidal and her response was "everyone is suicidal lately". I have given up hope

Just because you were never bitten by a dog, doesn’t mean dogs don’t bite. Your experiences with this person may be different from what the victim experienced, since ▮▮▮ often hide their true selves in public.

Also, people who are good at heart don’t lose control in anger and assault people. ▮▮▮

I’ve been working in the disputes team of a Tier‑2 firm for about a year now. Before this, I spent nearly four years at smaller firms, where I had considerable hands‑on exposure and responsibility. Despite that experience, I was onboarded here at a discounted level, which I accepted in the hope of better learning and long‑term growth.

What I was not prepared for was the sheer volume of work and the environment. The stress is honestly unimaginable. The workload never seems to end, timelines are constantly unreasonable, and there is zero regard for personal boundaries. What makes it harder is that most of the pressure comes from “seniors” who, in reality, have lesser PQE than me. Work is routinely dumped without context, accountability is pushed downhill, and when something goes wrong, it feels like I’m the first person to be thrown under the bus.

There’s a constant sense that people are waiting for you to slip up. There is no room to pause, reflect, or even breathe. My personal life is practically non‑existent at this point, my health has deteriorated significantly, and I find myself constantly anxious and exhausted. I’ve reached a stage where coping with this level of toxicity feels increasingly difficult.

To the seniors and peers on this forum who have spent much longer in this profession, especially in disputes: how do you manage this? Is this something one simply learns to live with, or does it get better with time? At what point do you decide that the cost is too high?

Would really appreciate any honest perspectives or advice.

TLDR: HOW TO LIVE A LIFE WHILE WORKING IN A LAW FIRM?

This is harsh. Not every place is like this. During my pregnancy I was on bed rest and everyone respected that. No unnecessary calls and pressure. In fact, people called to take work load off my back. After delivery, I was taken care of as if they were my family. In fact after o started travelling for work, my daughter and nanny accompanied me when I was absolutely required and firm was kind enough to pay on its own for their travel and stay. No one suffered - client, firm, me and my precious child! One thing I realise, nothing is worth taking a risk on health and wellbeing. Take maternity leave, sabbatical, unpaid leave, whatever you can negotiate and enjoy this phase. Best wishes.

Hi everyone,

I’m a 2024 LL.B. graduate currently trying to move into data privacy roles. I have around 10 months of experience in US pre-employment compliance (background verification and health screen vetting typa work), but I’ve been trying to pivot into privacy for a while now. I’m currently between roles, so using this time to upskill and figure out the right entry point.

Over the past few months, I’ve tried to build some practical understanding. worked on things like DPIAs, RoPA, basic gap assessments, privacy policies, and have been reading up on GDPR and the DPDP Act and collecting certs. Still very early stage, but trying to make the shift properly now.

I’ve been seeing a lot about Tsaaro Consulting and their career change / apprenticeship-type roles, so wanted to ask people here who’ve been through it or are in similar roles:

- 1. What actually helps in getting shortlisted for these roles?
- 2. How much do certifications vs practical work/portfolio matter at entry level?
- 3. Is the exposure there genuinely useful for moving ahead in privacy, or is it more surface-level?
- 4. Are there any other entry-level options for a privacy fresher?

Would really appreciate honest inputs, especially from people who started from a similar position.

Thanks!

I recently took the NLSAT for 3 year llb of nlsiu, am not scoring high enough in part A as an unreserved male non-domicile candidate, making my chances for admission extremely bleak. I also applied for NLUO & DSNLU 3 year programmes for 3 year llb.

Now i wanted to know whether if i am able to crack the latter 2 should i join either, or wait this year for nlsiu next year?

[N.B. there are only 22 oprn seats for me, & competition is huge, may 2-2.5k].

My understanding is that wasting another year is not optimal since it would go waste, rather it is better to get in an NLU and work as hard as possible from day 1 itself.

My assumptions for corporate law firm/in-house jobs are somewhat stable in the sense i researched a lot, but i concur that i need to know a lot many things for even coming to a conclusion for pursuing one.

I am naturally inclined to academia, otherwise.

Please advise and give genuine advises please , not like there are no scope for 3 year llb, tier 3 colleges are scam, or go to DU, BHU (which i cant since they wont provide hostels, & i'm not from these cities). Please give genuine practical advises.

Thank you!