The most important work of a lawyer is to read between the lines. Go and attend your classes on the Interpretation of Statutes and read about spirit-based and contextual interpretation, and you will get your answer. Obviously there is no intention to malign you in this comments, if you know what i mean!

Since quality of work in MNC's are also very pretty good, I personally did not find any such glittery thing about working in law firm. I handled merger and acquisition while I was in the company, so can't say much ki law firm vale kch out the world kr rahe hai. Baki sabka apna2 hisab hai..some people like glorifying long working hours and etc. I have different priorities in 'life'.

Absolutely worthless correspondence course hawked to people who want a clickbait NLSIU tag on LinkedIn. In reality, an MBL is a niche specialised course meant for business-oriented lawyers and non-lawyers. It should be taught in the classroom and supplemented by industry internships. If you would like to genuinely pursue an MBL, consider Bucerius Law School in Hamburg. You can try for a DAAD Scholarship, or Bucerius itself offers 1 or 2 scholarships that cover 100% tuition and 100% living costs.

Else just do an MBA: IIM, ISB, SP Jain in India, or abroad.

https://www.law-school.de/international/education/master-of-law-and-business

https://www.law-school.de/international/education/master-of-law-and-business/finances/bucerius-global-scholarship

LOL. Your goddess Indira changed it and inserted Socialist and Secular. The word Socialist definitely has no place in the Constitution. Neither Secular, because what the Constitution envisages is Pluralism not Secularism. The technically correct word is Plurinationalist, which a few countries have mentioned in their constitutions.

The next step would be to ensure a bigger version of the Innocence Project to start in collaboration with this centre. People like Anup who are already working on projects like 39A may be consulted in this relation. Good things are happening. More Indian institutions should keep doing stuff like this. NLUD did start with Anup's project, but this would be on a much larger scale.

I am a partner at a T1 law firm and I use iphone 13 pro. The logical thumb rule I use is that unless an electronic item has issues performing, please continue using it. However, depending on your financial capability and other aspirations (such as your holiday) you can considering changing the phone every 4 years just to remain in vogue / updated.

Dont fall for peer pressure or care about remarks of these 'new money' fools who splurge on depreciating assets every year just to be cool.

There are certain managing partners who use/d nokia communicator / blackberry, android phones and basic iphones for the longest time so long as they did the job. They are beyond these 'style statements' and are busy making real wealth.

My advice take the holiday. Also no major upgrades in performance of iphone 15 compared to iphone 13 despite all the cool lingos used to sell the new features.

Wish people from NLUJ also raise their voice. College full of predatory creeps. College always turning a blind eye towards it. Sometimes they even go to the extent of trying everything they can do protect the predator, re: deleting evidence, delaying proceedings, or the best, blame the victim.

She's at it again, in today's Print.

https://theprint.in/ground-reports/my-story-was-good-enough-but-not-me-yashica-dutts-five-weeks-of-hell/1769532/

Ok , so here it goes ,

GPA - 8.22/10

Currently Associate at a boutique law firm in General corporate and Banking and Projects Finance.

Internships - Luthra and Luthra, Burgeon Law , Desai and Dewanji , Singhana and Partners (Disputes), HSA Advocates, Juris Corp,Dua Associates,

Publciations - IBC Laws, TaxGuru, Manupatra, ICLRAP Blog, SSRN, IJLHM, IJPIEL, Legal Aid Blog, DNLU, etc.

I can't disclose everything here i'm sorry, its just an overview of my profile.

The remarks against Arghya/Vidhi are baseless and comical. When J Sai Deepak makes the same argument you people praise him. Then why target Arghya? No doubt borne out of resentment for NLSIU. Some points to rebut all of you:

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:Arghya is from NLSIU with a DPhil from Oxford (in Constitutional Law). Arghya is also a Rhodes scholar and NLSIU gold medalist. The person criticising him is from NUJS with an LLM from King's College London (in Tax Law). Even if I assume parity between NLSIU (NIRF rank 1) and NUJS (NIRF rank 4), or Oxford (QS rank 2) and KCL (QS rank 15), a person with a DPhil/PhD in Constitutional Law is unquestionably superior to an LLM in Tax Law when it comes to matters of constitutional law.

ENDORSEMENTS:

Fali Nariman has praised Arghya's book. You will see his quote on the cover. Need I say more?

IDEOLOGY:

Everyone is free to have an ideology. We are not a communist country like China and North Korea. Also, is Fali Nariman pro-BJP as per your logic? Finally, show me ONE place where Arghya/Vidhi has endorsed the BJP. Yes, Vidhi drafted a version of the UCC and has supported it in newspapers. So what? Since when is UCC = BJP? The Constitution mandates it (in the DPSP) and the Supreme Court has also said we should have it. A Muslim judge like AS Ahmadi has supported UCC.

MERITS OF THE ARGUMENT

Finally, and most importantly, the Constitution indeed needs a review. The Vajpayee government set up an excellent committee to review the working of the Constitution. It pointed to legitimate problems like a backlog of judges, lack of police and administrative reforms, etc. The Committee was headed by a very respected judge (Venkatachaliah) had distinguished people from all backgrounds, like BP Jeevan Reddy, RS Sarkaria Soli Sorabjee, PA Sangma, CR Irani, Abid Hussain etc. I quote from the report:

" During the last two decades and more, there was a persistent demand in the civil society – from some NGOs, academics, constitutional scholars and others – that the working of the Constitution be subjected to a comprehensive review. Several books and a large number of articles and research papers devoted to the theme of constitutional review and reforms were published (some of these have been listed in the bibliographies annexed to Consultation Papers and were taken fully into account and used by the Commission in its study and deliberations) and many seminars and conferences organised in different parts of the country."

So why single out Arghya?

Lies. Stop defending the greed of HSC and SS.

Facts:

1. After MS and VS, they wanted to gobble up their share in the lit side.

2. They wanted a bigger share of the entire pie in the rejigged L&L

3. When RKL rebuked their efforts, they rallied other against RKL with false narrations/stories

4. When they had no choice to leave, they threatened leaving and their bluff was caught by RKL

5. They wanted to break L&L Lit completely (to avenge against RKL) so offered high salaries to 'literally' everyone and promised work with a 'guarantee of work and pay for atleast 2 years'. Only 50 in L&L accepted their offer knowing their earlier stands (like cutting salaries in Covid while the firm revenue remained mostly stable and they still made a nice nifty profit at the end of the year)

6. When all of it was backfiring at DSK because they never had a concrete plan, they said we never promised anything to anyone, so anyone who was 'mislead' by us can leave. They refused to even share the burden of 25% salaries as no team was meeting targets. 'Loyalists' shifted from LL DSK to DSK.

7. If they leave, then why are not the 'Loyalists' of 50 people moving with them to their new venture? Maybe ask the 'loyalists' who have already shifted to other firms the truth? Because they now understand that they were beautifully played. HSC and SS can retire today, maybe the 'loyalists' still need money to pay their expenses and EMI's.

A writing sample can be any research work you carried out in your law school. If you have made any good project in any X subject, then attach it. Or if you have any blog publication, then send that.

P.S. - Attaching a writing sample is generally not necessary when applying with tier 2/3/4 firms. But it helps in getting your application shortlisted. A writing sample aligned with firm's practice area, can help the recruiter shortlist you application faster.

Honestly, I'm not a tech bro at all and am happy with my iPhone 13. I would rather spend a lakh going on a holiday abroad. But I get dirty stares from law firm colleagues who are asking me why I don't have an iPhone 15. While I am ok with remarks from junior associates like myself, it feels uncomfortable when senior colleagues make remarks. I'm sure all of you can relate to it!

So I will probably have to buy it because of peer pressure. But I want to know what the main benefits are. Is it just longer battery life, or are the interface and functions better? One thing that annoys me is the emergency off button appearing alongside the power off button. Is that feature still there? Seems like a dumb question, but as I said I am not a big tech guy, so apologies for that.

I don't think you can get through this with such a CV. Publications as well as previous internship experiences matter a lot. You must also justify applying to them and why you want to work in those specific teams in the internship form, which you can only do so by demonstrating publications and internships in your CV. A single NGO internship won't help. You will have to take it easy. Small steps. There are small thinks and NPOs. Like Agami, Civis. Look for other policy internships. Intern with them first. And go for quality publications.

If you work hard, by the end of 3rd year, you can have a CV worthy of being shortlisted with an organisation like VCLP.

I have some idea about it. So, policy review or policy and regulation, as it is normally called, involves work like formulation of draft laws for your client (mostly governments), preparation of reports on variety of issues like regarding implementation of a law through extensive research, documenting development of laws and policies of government on X topic for advising client overall, doing advocacy for stakeholders in any sector (reflecting lacunae in a law to the government for its elimination and meeting interests of stakeholders) etc.

The work then is very much research oriented combined with commincations with various people and writing a lot.

For law firms, I know of PLR Chambers which I believe is at the helm of policy work in the law firm industry. Otherwise there are also think tanks like Vidhi which lead the policy work, especially when it comes to dealing with the government.

If you want to orient your CV in this field, start doing a lot of internships and publications in this field. You can start interning at places like think tanks, PRS Legislative, Civil Society Organisations, apart from law firms.

Enough with this propaganda. No man, a sizable group of NLSIU students, at least 50% of every batch, regularly interns in the corp law firms. We see them. You don't have to pretend otherwise. The number will increase a lot now with your huge batch size and humongous fees. Deal with it.

I think my FOMO is also stemming from the fact that working in law firms is considered to be the most fruitful utilization of one's law degree. If you're not in a T1- you're good for nothing- which is what we have heard all through out our law school.

And of course the narrative of in-house counsels being equated with lazy retards who leave work at 5 definitely does not help my case. Which, just FYI is completely false.

Thank you for your perspective and I hope you are able to make it through.

SAM, Trilegal, KCO have their tech law/policy teams. Not all TMT teams work on interesting tech matters though. Among smaller firms, NDA, Ikigai do/are doing decent work. Read up on IT Act, Regulations, the recent Digital India Act, intermediary liability, Puttaswamy judgment and privacy law in general. You may also consider reading up on legal analytics and AI-related issues and get trained in algorithmic audit if you want to stay ahead of the curve. Some NLUs and other universities offer related elective courses too, if you have got friends there, then you can get the material from those courses.

It depends role to role. As far as I am aware, IBs would hire for a specific role function, hence having 1-2 years experience over corporate finance/general corporate should help you land such a role.

IBs also hire for their in-house legal team, for that prior experience in a bank would be great but I have also seen them rope in people from law firms.

Do know that I'm not the most qualified to answer your question and my answer is based on my general observation.

I wish you all the best!

The Attorney General for India R. Venkataramani launched India's first "Centre for Innocence" at NFSU. Needless to mention, forensic science plays a critical role in preventing wrongful convictions and equitable justice systems for overall public welfare.

https://ahmedabadmirror.com/centre-for-innocence-launched-by-nfsu-ncpcr/81864009.html

I won’t be surprised. And for that matter no one will. You must be from the nlus belonging to assam , Ranchi or Jabalpur. Because there people keep on remarking clat and I don’t blame them. You know what? Maintain your grades here and give all the law entrances. If you crack any of them - just go! Don’t look back.

As I have mentioned correctly - if I’m this question was asked to me 4-5 years ago I would’ve said no. But since I have been in this industry for quite a some time. I would say it’s worth a shot because in the long run these mhcet colleges will give u jobs. And tier-3 will make you more frustrated. So take it. Maybe give other exams as well.

Don’t worry. It will be fine. I will also suggest you to retake clat. Why u have been facing anxiety? Is is the paper pattern or the latter? If it’s the second one - then definitely sit for clat and then for mhcet. Backups thik se maintain kar aur chale ja. Drop years are always worth it if you make it (maybe don’t neglect the nlu you are in currently as well)

Aur if it’s tier-3 and glc , then anyday even ils is better lol

Drop years almost never matter. Now why I used the word ‘almost’? It’s because if you make it at the end of the day then everything is worth it. But if you don’t - you lose a lot of your energy. That’s why it’s always good to have a backup and focus on that.

Now coming to the technicalities of your question. Retaking MHCET is absolutely fine if you don’t want to sit for clat. The thing that’s worrying me is that GLC has very less seats. Only 35 unreserved for general. So regardless how easy the mhcet paper is or how many people are competing - your chances will still be as low as other excellent aspirants. You will have more psychological anxiety trust me as the exam approaches.

So what are the solutions? Definitely not staying at a tier-3. I mean yes if you don’t crack any of your desired competitive exams - by all means stay in your requisite T-3 and try to do marvellously well there.

But the solutions for you are - try retaking clat before mhcet or any other competitive exam for that matter. Okay? Just for you to get into the one of it. If you are gonna do it- just do it right. Give ailet - don’t have any expectation , just sit for it. Who knows? Maybe that environment helped you crack mhcet later on.

I cracked it this way. I also changed from a tier-3 nlu (not exactly as bad as a tier-3 but well) to ils Pune. I know the odds and favours of it.

AND YES - a glc or ils tag right now nationally or internationally is much more valuable than a tier-3 nlu tag (claiming this after studying at high places)

All the best and good luck for your exam! Maintain your backup well. Don’t be afraid

Crazy times. I paid much less that that in total for five years in a non-residential campus. Add another 50k commute was also covered. Got a job and recouped all my expenses in first 5-6 months.

To be fair NLU, and amongst them as well, the NLS tag would be worth much more in future. However, the concerns are very valid for the poor meritorious chaps who wish to get out of the socio-economic traps.

I remember receiving forwarded messages every now and then as to how some talented individual was unable to make the ends meet and wished to have a crowdsourced fund for paying up the fee to college.

Hey everyone

I got one of the lower Nlu after I gave Clat 2023 after a drop,since I joined college I am getting depressed watching things around

Though I couldn't give Clat again Bcz of psychological anxiety. I am preparing for writing mhtcet again, so that I can get glc

Will it be worth it after 2 drop!!!

They'll probably look at all your degrees and scores although I don't know if there's an automated first round of screening that filters CVs based on LLB scores or some such. If you did better in the LL.M. and got credible glowing recommendations, that'll definitely help you especially if you write excellent essays and say how you are more responsive to a particular kind of system (establishing that the LLM score is more reflective of your work).

If that doesn't work, take 2-3 years to work in a place with good academic mentors where you can write and publish a bit. That way you'll have the publications and glowing recommendations to help you. You are better off going to a high ranked Singapore uni with scholarship than to a mediocre British one paying for yourself.

Fair enough. In that case - consider a smaller firm with lesser people because you may end up getting more work. That way you get some good insights into how the work at these corp law firms are and you get better prepared for when you go to the large firms later for an internship when looking for a job.

top russell - Oxford, cambridge, lse - you would need to have a min of 60% and a top ref or be in the top 5% of the class or have great work experience + top 10% of class

top of mid russell - ucl, kcl - min 60% (preferably in top 20%) + good sop

mid mid russell - Druham, Warwick, QMUL, Bristol, Sheffield, Manchester, Edinburgh, nottingham etc. - min 60% (preferably in top 30%)

low russell - southampton, QUB, soas, exeter, leeds, newcastle - min 60% may go upto 55% depending on Indian uni (have some relaxation for NLUs)

It’s a great team. Period. The amount you learn and grow is unparalleled. However, there are certain issues which I am sure the partners are working on, but if you don’t have financial obligations, this is the place to be!

Having said that, the team requires you to work whenever work comes. So might take a slight hit on the social life. The mass resignations are because of the pay structure which is a JSA level problem and not a problem with Raj per se.

Good job buddy. I am myself a law graduate from Delhi University 2016-19 batch. Have worked in litigation, corporates and finally a law firm..I can tell you that you have taken the right decision. Infact I made a switch from corporate to law firm and it was horrible experience. I realised in the first 2 months that it is not worth it. And to work cross functionally in a company is more thrilling given the fact that I was handling contracts in reliance. I found that people in law firm are generally very negative in attitude and they give you this vibe as if they own your ass. Khair, Mera manna hai ek life hai jo sahi lgey vo Karo. Log law chodkar bhi bht acha krte hai..toh law mein hi agar koi direction change kr rh hai toh ky bura hai. All the best.

"Bhai kya kar Raha hai tu..matlab ky khoon pite vite ho".. jokes aside. I switched from reliance to tier-2 because of this very fact, and I regretted my decision so much that I resigned within 4 months. Deals vgara sab thik hai..2 mahine mein sab samjh agya ky Krna hai. 4 saal k experience phle se tha mjko. But to be honest I don't think that working in a law firm is at all a good bargain considering that you have stable job. Gradually Sikh jaogey, law firm jkr health issues aur insecurities badegi..baki each to its own. All the best buddy.

You can use paid services of naukri and LinkedIn. It worked for me, they are algorithm based apps so try to active on daily basis and keep applying for all types of roles in legal field. This way your profile will be visible to the recruiter and the app will also push you. Other than that, recruiter k mujko koi benefit nhi lga..lagwade toh badiya hai nhi toh naam k recruiter aur coach bht hi hai.

You are simply wrong. I receive 2-3 internship requests every week on LinkedIn. I ask them to mail me which I forward to HR. I put a personal reco line on emails where I find the CV to be actually having some worth and the presentation appears sober. Doesn't matter what the gender of the candidate is.

That's why students take education loans there. The legal studies there v expensive because it attracts highly paying faculty and resources. Plus, theres a cash crunch in these as state govt is rarely giving funds to these unis plus they are not able to attract CSR funding from private players. Hence, the hike.

Sudhir actually has taught at brown and columbia and a number of good universities around the world. He literally is their colleague and peer. Hes on facebooks oversight board because american professors thought he was their peer.

He didnt just get a masters- he got a dphil and wrote a very good book and worked in the non profit sector in india for years and basically held together the policy and governance school at APU and is now dragging NLS into the 2020s. And he might not have a ton of writing in shitty journals- but the writing he does have out there- its top quality stuff. He literally is feldmans peer except that feldman is a much more public and political figure.