I would honestly advise preparing for GMAT. An MBA will give you a broader set of options and also more respect in the corporate world. Here is a link ranking the top 50 B-schools in India, which I think is quite a good compilation.

https://www.iquanta.in/blog/top-b-schools-in-india/

If you are a general category candidate, the competition will be tough, but you can still hope to get into at least 1 of these 50 colleges. If you fail to, then you can think about niche management courses in fashion or hotel management colleges, or even an MBA at Jindal (you will at least have a shot at working for Jindal Steel).

If you want to start working immediately and stick to law, you can always join a lawyer's chamber. Another option is a politician-cum-lawyer. You can make good contacts. Depending on your ideology, you can work with BJP, Congress or AAP lawyers

I would've said that even generally, a competition law internship at a good T2 would be more impactful than a trade internship at a T1. And since you aren't interested in trade, I'd say comp at Sarvada is the obvious choice.
Anyway, the only T1 with a trade practice is Luthra, and haven't heard great things about them of late.

This is not true. It takes a lot of time to understand the nuances if you include securities law, competition law, fema, stamp, etc on top of the companies act. Someone has to do the transaction documents. And it takes persistence to do it on a day to day basis. Yes, many people can do it. Even doctors do the same couple of things on a day to day basis. It becomes mundane. There are sometimes complications. It would only make things easier if opposite lawyers don't insist on standard clauses defence to start off, one sided document. Then things would be easier.

Hi, i’m in my final year and am looking for places which are likely to offer a PPO if my performance is satisfactory. I was recently with a firm which throughout my assessment assured me for one, however, they are now asking me to come through placement. Please put forth genuine firm names who have a PPO policy and do offer one in practice

So The Leaflet refused to publish something by him - how does that constitute censorship?

By this logic, are all first-year law students who ambitiously send their articles to SCOPUS journals are "censored" on an everyday basis.

And if someone is crying censorship over THIS, I wonder what credibility they have even otherwise...

I'm using a OnePlus monitor. It is too bright even at the lowest setting. Plus, the text does not appear as smooth as it does on my Mac. So when I switch screens while drafting, the difference is noticeable and annoying.

But keep in mind that I have no experience with any other monitor either, so it is quite possible that other monitors have the same issue as well.

This monitor looks good on the table though.

Yes i see a guy wearing only balenciaga, dior, LV, Chrome hearts, Gallery Department, and dior Air jordan 1s etc, and pulling up in a rolls royce cullinan, bentayga, aston dbx, a new super car every day, i asked him what does he do he casually showed his bank account which had a literal billion dollars as pocket money from dad.

Judge ban jao. Mast khao piyo aish kro. Some of my friends are in judicial service, they enjoy their monotonous lifes a lot. Jokes aside, in house roles offers a good work life balance or you can become legal content creator. Now you also have HR management roles like avisa consulting, legalleague etc wherein you will act as HR to law firms. They give a very good work life balance since HR k itna kaam hota ni hai.

As a partner, all I care from an A0 is that they do their work, and they're able to pay rent to come back to work on time. :)

They can buy homes, raise their families, have affairs and raise second families - whatever they wanna do. I was talking about the expectation from the firm perspective.

Hi, I had switched from in house to boutique law firm in the general corporate advisory. I don't think that tier-1 will take you up simply because they have a prejudice against in house of being 9-5 employee and they (law firm lawyers) operate 12-14 hours a day. So my suggestion for you is to first join a boutique or tier-2/3 firm and then after 1-2 years start applying through recruiters for lateral hiring. But I must caution you, timings in law firms are grilling and there are no security as such. I hope you must have strong reason for making such a switch. I made a switch and could not handle law firms timing for more than 6 months and had to again revert back to in house. My reason for switch was simple- I wanted to explore and experience all types of opportunities that law has to offer. I worked in litigation, companies, qualified NET( academics), firms etc. And finally found that in house is something that suits my personality and goals. Best of luck. All the best.

How much do M&A lawyers contribute to deal structuring or decision making in general, in a transaction, compared to an investment banker? Do they merely find solutions to non-compliances to any of the several applicable laws, or do they participate in figuring out what is the best method to do a deal from a business perspective as well?

It would be great if someone could give an elaborate answer. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I believe I can answer this since I have worked in litigation, companies and law firms. In my opinion, in house role provides you gradual progress in work along with better work life balance whereas in a firm culture there is no fixed timings so you will learn faster as compared to in house person simply because you will put more hours comparatively but that comes at a cost of your mental and physical well being. Even after having first hand knowledge of general corporate and labour advisory, I could not handle the grilling hours of law firm. Litigation has its own perk, court jaogey to kabhi depress nhi hgey (personal belief) since you will engage with people but there again you need to have that kind of personality. This goes without saying that remuneration initially is not that great in litigation and you will have to wait for 3-4 years for stable income. In house role provides you all types of security and benefits, initially it may not pay you the level of tier-1 but after 2-3 years of experience, you will be able to negotiate a good amount of money. In firms, the pay is surely better, but then the barter is of heath, peace and your life. Sabkuch try krlo, dekho ky suit krta hai tumhe and fir lag jao uske piche.

T1 Uni, rank in the middle, have around 8/10 good internships, very good publications, quarterfinalist in moot, no significant volunteer work or position of responsibility, no contacts.

Applied to all firms, got very few responses - all said will let you know. What should I do....Looking for internship in Nov/Dec. Help me out please

This question highlights the significant pay gap between legal professionals in the United States and India, with U.S. law firms offering substantially higher salaries. The author suggests that even when accounting for differences in the cost of living and the expense of law school, U.S. legal salaries remain significantly higher. The question also touches upon the issue of salary stagnation in Indian law firms since 2015 and questions when they will address this growing disparity.

Hi, looking for some clarity on the PPO policy at KCO, Noida. I have heard that there is not a callback option, but rather a one internship policy. Also heard that they hardly ever offer PPOs (clarity on this would be much appreciated).

As a fourth year non-NLU student, should I even expect the possibility of a PPO or are they a simp for only t1 nlu folks?

I really worked hard this time on my crim research project and although i got great marks i feel it wasn't worth it, given the time i devoted and the range marking, barely scored 2 marks more than the average given. I feel like i should get it published but don't have much knowledge regarding how to go about. Would highly appreciate it if someone could guide me on how i can.

No. The alumni faculty leaving. Has SKD actually recruited anyone of note? The drying up of significant achievements in co-curriculars and scholarships despite an increase in batch size numbers. This year’s placements were also not as good, not even as good as NUJS. I don’t want to turn this into d*ck-measuring contest, but these are graver institutional problems than individual achievements.

Now RW website OpIndia has waded into the row...

https://www.opindia.com/2023/10/young-thinkers-forum-director-interview-nliu-controversy-exclusive/

https://www.opindia.com/2023/10/nliu-bhopal-young-thinkers-conclave-controversy-leftists-outrage/

K&E elevates "NSPs" (i.e., non-share partners) at end of 6th year -- this is a well-known fact in the US/UK -- other firms cannot even consider making partner this early. The newly elevated partners are essentially sr. associates and are paid as such as well -- they do NOT get equity credit and they made 200 partners this year -- so, you understand what this is...

That said, K&E is a tough firm to work at and has an intense focus on billables -- so good achievement to even survive there this long. that's all.

Join if you have an interest in political cases, because that's his USP. But remember that his ideology is right-wing. Mahua Moitra called him a "liberal Sanghi" on Twitter.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhIcVDaUUAA8qJS.jpg

because of the incorrect interpretation of the Kerala HC decision, all PSUs have decided informally sice June of last year that they will not take in law officers from CLAT PG ranks. There was a high level discussion amongst the law officers on what next to do in November last year, many things were discussed like having a common exam, asking csc to conduct it etc. but nothing was decided. So, it is in a limbo.

This is a great achievement. Also want to bring to this group’s attention, this 2023 round of 205 partner promotions included Malika Abidi (NLS 2012) and Kartik Khanna (NUJS 2013). So maybe cool down the inter-law school comparative chest thumping and celebrate the individuals who are working hard and getting recognized for it.

Hey, you need to join the Aayam. Now you may think what is Aayam? It is but a collection of RSS family organizations. Because of your current profession, the most suited for you would be Akhil Bhartiya Adhivakta Parishad. Once there, work and show your potential so that you can move ahead in the ranks.

Unlike the other political parties, nepotism is not that rapant in BJP. However, there is still some tinch of it present. Once, you have impressed people with your work, you can move ahead in the ranks and hopefully join BJP.

I will not suggest getting in through contacts as the present leadership prefers people who have proven their worth over people who have taken a shortcut. All the best.

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S&R, and by a long margin. Including bonus, they offer 22 LPA. Trilegal, with its recent hike, does come second though.

Note: I can verify this figure having seen the offer letter of someone from a T1 NLU. I can't make any claims as to whether they pay the same for hires from other colleges.

Kaise bhaiya? They pay 16 including bonus, and without it you get 14.4 — making it the lowest w/o bonus salary (which it admittedly shares with the sinking ship that is Luthra and an eager to be seen big Saraf).

Most other T1 & T2 firms (including even Indus, Veritas, ICUL, Touchstone etc) will go at least 15 as base.

Lol. 1st year non-share partner at K&E makes USD 500-650k... As pointed out, K&E gives you a partner designation at 6.5-7 PQE, with the expectation that you get 4 years to build your book and impress the equity partners. Once you hit 11 PQE, you're either given equity if the senior partners/clients like you enough OR you're asked to move out. Pretty brutal and not for the faint hearted.

Congratulations to Sandipan and Kartik though! They're both excellent lawyers and its a great achievement by any stretch of imagination. Hope they do really well!!

The profession of teaching has become administrative. These faculties only work to earn money, the teachers of today do not deserve respect de facto. They lobby among themselves without knowing about the situation. Only when they are willing to work for 30K/month, they would know the real value of their job. One time I witnessed this one professor of ▮▮▮ ranting like a dog at the staff members of ▮▮▮ Hotels. He surely misunderstood that he has some respect but unfortunate as it be. It’s the hospitality rules that stopped the manager from slapping that professor but he entertained us.

Recently, before the DayZ, ITC hired for in-house role from NUJS'24 batch. They took three candidates with excellent records, one with exceptional rank and gpa, the other with international moots in plate, and third one with top-class lit internships and exceptional writing experience. The point being, all of them would have secured a placement on DayZ. Despite that they chose to go ahead with ITC, can someone please explain if an in-house role is worth it, moreover when you have a choice. Is it easy to shift from in-house to law firm? I understand that ITC offered something around 24 Lakhs LPA, but then again we should consider the high increment in law firms.

Sounds more like a hunger for power and political office.

Anyhow, your options for entry in today's BJP are (i) belong to a family entrenched in the party/have enough money that you can buy your way in (generational wealth levels), or (ii) be a hoodlum dangai. This isn't the BJP from the days of Vajpayee or Jaitley or the likes.

Since you're asking the questions you are, (i) is clearly not an option for you. So, try going on social media and say the most hateful shit. Bonus points if you can do it in a slightly urbane manner - you may get their diversity quota.

Volunteer to deliver guest lectures on campus fashions at campuses across the country. Post yourself as the sentry at the auditorium door so you can actively stop underdressed 00s looking people from entering - or perhaps that's exactly whom you want to attend the talk. Convince universities to allow students to set up a Fashion Committee/Society and fund it at par with moot court/ADR and use it to buy clothes for anyone who doesn't meet your standards.