the question was about policy, and not whether there is an actual opportunity to travel. there are numerous instances of associates, senior associates at SAM - flying business class on international travel.
OP is an idiot, but why did you have to go off on associates eking out a living doing what they can? What makes an associate good for nothing, and you somehow the arbiter of this? Get a life
What's with this sense of entitlement and inflated ego? Ratan Tata, a person wealthier and more important than all the indian law firms combined, travel economy. A banal good for nothing contract vetting law associate doesn't need luxury he doesn't deserve.
US firms fly everyone Business class (except very short flights); sometimes senior partners first class
UK / regional firms fly partners Business class on medium and long haul flights; associates / counsels premium economy on long haul flights and economy on all other flights (unless client is specifically paying)
Indian firms fly everyone Economy class except for equity partners who fly Business / premium economy on international flights. Managing partners of Indian firms fly Business everywhere though sometimes they may fly economy on domestic flights
Top litigators ask CEOs, CFOs to charter a private jet / helicopter for them. On a complete spectrum, a litigator could get from point A to point B on a bullock cart, water tanker, tuk tuk, autorickshaw, ola mini, own car, personal chauffeur driven sedan, sleeper class on train, economy class and business class on a flight.
Do (Tier-1) law firms give Partners business class for domestic travel? If not, at what level can you get?
UK / regional firms fly partners Business class on medium and long haul flights; associates / counsels premium economy on long haul flights and economy on all other flights (unless client is specifically paying)
Indian firms fly everyone Economy class except for equity partners who fly Business / premium economy on international flights. Managing partners of Indian firms fly Business everywhere though sometimes they may fly economy on domestic flights
Top litigators ask CEOs, CFOs to charter a private jet / helicopter for them. On a complete spectrum, a litigator could get from point A to point B on a bullock cart, water tanker, tuk tuk, autorickshaw, ola mini, own car, personal chauffeur driven sedan, sleeper class on train, economy class and business class on a flight.