Aquilaw: Can’t see the firm surviving. Do they even have work outside of the TMC ecosystem? The ED may also resume its investigation into the Basu family.

Fox & Mandal: Loses a huge chunk of their work as well.

KCO: Maybe benefits?

CAM: Maybe benefits and opens a Kolkata office?

There has been a noticeable rise in attrition in recent times. Certain individuals appear to be favoured, with their demanding and often unreasonable working styles being implicitly endorsed. Concerns have also been raised about the conduct of a senior member, which is perceived to have contributed significantly to departures within the team. Instead of addressing these underlying issues, there have been instances where those maintaining a more balanced and sustainable working approach have been criticised.

While the team offers a strong mix of enforcement and merger-related work, the allocation of such work has increasingly become location-centric. At the same time, a minority section of resources has been carrying a disproportionately high workload, leaving little room for personal time. There is a clear need for prompt hiring, along with a broader internal recalibration to address these concerns.

Dhir & Dhir is not the best place to work at. heard from a friend who used to work there - that one of the associates got into an accident while coming to office and didn't make it. nobody even consoled her family.

then they have some weird things going on in the office - apparently, a lot of litigation against the partner. might want to skip.

I really don’t think you realise how small NUJS actually is until you’re forced to live in close quarters with close to 400 people on this small campus. We’ve all, at some point, interacted with him, regardless of how small or insignificant that interaction was. Our campus is 5 acres at best, with 2 hostels and 1 acad block in all of that. Every single one of us had to pass by the hostels with fucking reminders of what had happened, which certainly wasn’t helped by the cordoned off construction tape blocking of half of campus. We lost someone, and yes a lot of us might not’ve known him too well, or at all, but he was still one of us. He was still a kid man. Please stop spewing vitriol and have a little more sympathy for the ones who’ve lost a friend, batchmate and a junior. Not everything needs to be a self-motivated act that needs to be called out by apparent social warriors on the internet.

I’m currently in my third year of law school, about to enter fourth year, and honestly my CV is pretty bad right now. I’m from a tier 2/3 college and my CGPA is quite low. I’ve been trying to improve it, but nothing has really worked out so far.

I’ve only done internships in litigation and policy till now, and I haven’t had any corporate law firm experience. The thing is, I don’t even see myself going into corporate law long-term, but I still want to try it out at least once at a good firm, just to be sure and not regret it later.

I genuinely feel like I’m a hardworking person. If someone gives me work, I take it seriously and try to do it properly. It’s just that my grades don’t reflect that at all, which makes things harder.

Right now I feel a bit lost and behind compared to others, but I also feel like it’s not too late to fix things if I start now. I just don’t know where or how to apply with this kind of profile.

Would really appreciate any advice or guidance.

First year student (F) of NUJS here. When I saw the mail I was surprised, as A bhaiya is one of the most sweet and welcoming seniors. He helped some of my batchmates also during a party when they were blacked out drunk and made sure they were safe. Last month when we were all shook by J's passing, he was the one who made efforts to comfort many of my batchmates and me. It is very difficult for me to believe that he slapped A didi coz they were very close whenever I saw them together. I suspect there is something missing here coz the story does not add up. I have always felt very safe around him more than any other senior. I think he lost control in the heat of the moment but I still think he is not a bad person at heart. What he did was wrong but there has to be a different explanation.

It is illegal. You can make a complaint to SILF cause the issue of whether you can be contractual or not is not defined and there is a maternity policy - as it is also under the shops and establishment act.

People are just going crazy - reasonableness is the least of what is expected.

I suffered through the same but it is awful experience and scars you! Imagine you are loyal to him and doing his work.

In simple term not being engineer of family of engineers who studied at iit delhi and roorkee.

Second These guys achieved great things in few years and because of achievement of there the bar is set for achievement is so high I can't achieve in my life time form this my insecurities arise

Last my father told my mother that i am defective piece in my family after my 10th that I overheard.

Won’t this lead to clashes between the students and the college, given that the students are anti-BJP? Episodes involving Jagdeep Dhankar, J Sai Deepak etc? If the new governing body tries to impose right-wing speakers and right-wing ideology, we could see a serious flashpoint protests by students.

Good that you are at least aware of your situation, work hard now. I was in a similar situation but understood this only at the time of Day Zero though was lucky enough to get an offer from a T-1.
Give most of your time to academics now, put in an extra effort in project making, go through your university PYQs, its never too late.

And the point of this remark is... what exactly? If it is what I think it is, you are confusing quality with quantity, and confusing historical timelines. The non-NLU universities have had a monopoly over it because of time they have existed, not necessarily because of expertise. It is more lucky coincidence than anything else.

1. If you cannot go onto the university's website itself and look up peoples' profiles, I really can't help you. Your law degree should have taught how to use the most basic search engine, Google, if nothing else. I am not possessed of the skills to train the Legally India bitter commentators equivalent of WhatsApp University-trained Uncle and WhatsApp University-trained Aunty. The events, as just one example, are the stuff of dreams for those who have landed in poorer quality universities.

2. I will personally admit, on the VC's behalf, that he probably could not do as much as he would have liked either in constitutional law or law and philosophy. But that's because being a full time university administrator, while also teaching, is hard. In the western universities it is possible to continue a research career in his position equivalent, (a) because VCs don't teach in those places (I know this first-hand, having been to one such); and (b) the nonsense of Indian higher-ed (VCs having to deal with politicians who aren't even sixth class pass) isn't there in many societies outside of India. Building the type of Humboldtian-style research culture he aims for takes time and his record may, if looked at objectively from what an Ivy/RG counterpart's CV might look like, is very possibly underwhelming. That's because Indian universities' teaching loads (including those at NLS) are higher compared to counterparts elsewhere in the world. Can you produce the research output of a George Letsas while having the teaching and other loads of a standard Indian academia contract?

3. The PhD supervisor of a person is a very important connection of theirs to "name-drop" (read: simple mention) in connection to them. Why should Paul Craig's supervision of Sudhir be irrelevant compared to the fact Joseph Raz did DPhil (same final degree as Krishnaswamy under craig) under supervision of HLA Hart? Why would all obituaries of Raz (a 1000 times better academic than anybody at any Indian law school), including the London Times one, mention supervision of him under Hart and those defending Sudhir not his being supervised by Paul Craig? Supposedly, Raz's life and CV were now indicating that the fact he studied under Hart was no longer relevant, but evidently, those who actually matter didn't seem to think so. So you are holding Sudhir to a standard - that too, a double standard - that even Raz is not held to. Considering the miserable state of Indian legal education (well below 6/10 on a 10 point scale), we should be dancing for joy at the mere fact that an ex Paul Craig student was attracted back to our country to serve as a legal educator. And you are not doing anything to raise that base standard, may I just note. As he himself has said, during his time, there was a "distinct sense" that NLSIU kind of law schools were not really on the "higher education map" in India, let alone abroad. Sudhir has not only made sure beyond any scope for reasonable doubt that it is very much on the Indian map, but has also put it on the map globally. Just because you are attending some law college that opened its doors yesterday whose position is such that it is attracting NLSIU BALLB top rankers without LLM or PhD or work ex as teachers and you are having wet dreams in which its name overtakes NLS's doesn't mean anything to me, frankly.

Speaking as someone who has been friends with both, the matter did not escalate coz he was actually sorry about what he did and said that he will accept any punishment that she wanted. She asked for a public apology and he gave it. He took accountability and she did not want it to blow up.

MG lost the respect of a lot of people by accepting the seat. Mind you, she could have joined the Congress or Left or AAP and opposed Modi without the comforts of an RS seat. Many lawyers quietly work for such parties without any reward, out of genuine ideological conviction. But MG wanted an RS seat and joined a throughly corrupt party with zero ideology.

Sorry, we don't want anything to do with her.

- Menaka Guruswamy, Kapil Sibal, AM Singhvi, Gopal Shankarnarayan, Debanjan Mandal, Aquilaw Basu family, Suhan Mukherji, Sanjoy Ghose, Kalyan Banerjee and his son: All losing briefs from the WB govt. A new set of firms and counsels will get those briefs.

- MG: Not getting a Rajya Sabha seat for her second term, since seats for the TMC will be scarce and they will probably give it to people from Bengal and mass leaders. Her only realistic option (if she wishes for a second term) is to switch to the Congress.

- NUJS: GC and EC dominated by TMC ministers, MPs, MLAs and various TMC sympathisers. All out. Complete whitewash. Replaced by BJP ecosystem.

Hey,

JGLS 2028 here, specifically targeting competition law and Delhi-based (not looking to move to Mumbai unless absolutely necessary).

Here's my internship lineup so far:

- Trilegal Delhi (disputes team, was sitting next to the competition team; thats why im now interested in competition law and i took an elective on competition law in mergers control)
- CCI — June
- JSA Delhi — July(rn m&a team ill have to change for comp again which one is better nisha’s or vaibhav’s? one associate who left jsa said vaibhav’s for better ppo chances)
- Khaitan Delhi — December

A few things I want to understand better:

1. I've heard JSA has a three-internship policy before they even consider you for a PPO — is this still true for the Delhi competition team specifically, or has that changed?
2. Khaitan Delhi — multiple people have told me they don't really give PPOs in Delhi (especially competition), and that most of the team actually sits in Noida anyway. Is this accurate? Should I even be pushing for a PPO there or just treat it as a learning internship?
3. Is Chandhiok & Mahajan worth seriously targeting for a competition PPO? It seems like the strongest Delhi-native competition boutique but I don't see much discussion about their intern-to-hire conversion rate.
4. SAM Delhi competition team — how contact-dependent is it really to even get in?
5. AZB noida competition team — how contact-dependent is it really to even get in?
6. Is staying in Delhi for competition law a viable long-term call, or is Mumbai just unavoidable if you want to grow in this practice area? (Mumbai cost of living is a genuine concern for me as a fresher.)

Would really appreciate inputs from people who've actually interned in competition teams in Delhi specifically not just general firm gyaan. Thanks!

I cannot seem to understand the source of your inferiority complex.

Is it due to not being able to work in top places of your field (like Tier 1s or Legal roles in Famous MNCs)

Or is it not being able to go for Post Docs?

Or is it not being able to excel in STEM?

Honestly, only NLUD and perhaps NALSAR. NLUD is definitely not a corporate factory. The rest of the NLUs aren’t ever going to be in the top 3, so market-wise, their reputation isn’t guaranteed and all have heavy domicile and backdoor entry options stuff like NRI sponsored quota and such, diluting quality and merit.

Mods, this label 'trollish' being applied to such posts is not representative of their content. This is clearly a bit of cheap humour - whether good or not is not a normative judgment for you to make, the marketplace of ideas that makes up all who use LI will do that. You should instead introduce a tag called 'Probably humour' or 'joke' or 'satire'.

Not as bad from admin but definitely by students. got asked by AmbedkarGPT what my caste is. First years attributing their clat ranks to their caste. "Rajput kaun hai dikhata hoon," "baniya hoon mein, itni jaldi chhodunga nahi" at FoodBox. Its a very spoken reality.

This is sad. But there is nothing much to do unfortunately. The partner is not doing anything illegal per se.

What you should do is -

Take your maternity leave or go on a sabbatical or maybe go in house.

Law firms are mostly like this. Only exception is during maternity leave or sabbatical. The reason is billing. The partner has heavy targets and they must utilise every resource available to them and bill the max.

You are a PA which means you are a very expensive resource (50 to 70 LPA) They will not show any mercy because of your pregnancy or when you become a new mother. Because you as a resource is expensive.

Go in house. Don't join another law firm or big 4.

Heys guys

I need suggestions to apply for good direct tax litigation firms. I am fine with working in Mumbai, Bangalore or Delhi, however the deciding factors are good working culture and good pay have. Well, to talk about my experience, I have 7 years of experience handling both direct and international tax matters and I posses credentials of CA, CS, LLB and LLM. I would really appreciate your responses.

My family has two IITians

my cousin, who founded a 'crazy' Al startup long before the Al boom, and my own brother, who works at Google DeepMind. This makes me feel deeply insecure so much so that I feel anxious whenever someone asks what I'm doing right after asking about my brother. Because I don't study at a top-tier or even a mid-tier university, I feel small in comparison, and sometimes I just don't want to be here.

Growing up, I was a 'B' or 'C' student. My parents didn't focus much on my studies because their first experience was with my brother, who was a natural topper without even trying. Because of this, I was never taught how to study or how to approach complex problems at an early age-an issue I still struggle with today. It might sound silly, but it's a genuine struggle. Despite this, through my own efforts, I've maintained a 9+ CGPA and secured two Tier-2 internships. Yet, I still find myself crying at night, feeling like I was 'robbed' of the high-IQ genetics my family seems to share; for context, my father has a Post-Doc in Polytechnic Fiber and my mother has a Post-Doc in Mathematical Computation

How does someone deal with the anxiety of being inferior.

The recent emphasis by NLS on law and philosophy research. The fact that their VC is an ex Paul Craig supervisee (you know, supervisee of one of the world's greatest minds in constitutional law). The fact that there are some very bright minds among the faculty. All this is possible for anyone who sits down with the NLS website for 15 minutes during an extended lunch recess to figure out. You don't have to be there to understand this (I am not).

Trilegal is the likeliest to give you a fair chance on day zero through their test. You can also try getting into a good T2 like Argus or NDA and then shift to a T1 as a lateral after a year. Pay-wise, it won't be too bad for a year and you can get the fresher tag off yourself which is what will matter most.

My worst bullying and rumors came from a guy I rejected. But none of these people matter in the long run hon. Just focus on getting ahead. They are classic evidence that hurt people hurt people. They are body shamed at home so they body shame you. It's sad under all that hostility. move forward, forget them.

So I am from a top 3 NLU, but my grades after two years are below average with not much scope of getting better a lot, haven’t done any comps too.

How do I make a comeback from here? I really wanna get a law firm job and do well like my batchmates, and willing to put all efforts towards it, so guide me regarding the same, will appreciate a lot, thanks

BO'24 had decent PPO offers, but the last two years (25,26) haven't been great, BO'27 have gotten some good callbacks however from T1/2/3 firms. The college does facilitate some T1 internships and a good number of firm internships every year starting from your third year, but your indivdual CV, connections and skills is the most important for getting a good offer, there is only a marginal status tag attached to tnnlu. From a lit perspective, lots of Madras HC clerks and advs. are now coming out of the college and some clerkships/LR's in Del HC and SC and pretty good from that perspective, considering the locational disadvantage of the campus.