I write this as someone who is disenchanted with law as well.
Whether you continue at NLS or move to DU, you will graduate in 2025, so both paths will take the same amount of time before you get your first attempt at UPSC.
Normally, I encourage people to leave law school if they don't find it to be to their liking, because that is what I wish I had been bold enough to do. But in most of these cases, a BA.LLB has no value addition to offer to their true goal/interest. I always had doubts about joining law school and I think it would have been better if I had quit after first year and joined DU, I had the scores to get the course and college I wanted. But that is because I wanted to do something I couldn't with a law degree and could only do with DU. That is not the case for you.
NLS as an institution, IMO, FAR outranks most colleges and degrees from DU in terms of prestige and marketability. And the crowd is also likely to be better at NLS. As someone from Delhi who almost went to DU I can tell you a VERY significant chunk of DU students consists of vapid airheads. That is not to say the entire University is necessarily worthless, no, far from it, but NLS, esp at the undergrad level, is more likely to provide an intellectually stimulating environment.
Coming to your goal of UPSC, a law degree is a VERY good bundle of subjects for UPSC. You will have a very solid grounding in polity and the Constitution, more so than a Pol Science honours student. And studying these from a legal angle gives you the analytical skills needed for Mains. Also, this may be a slightly controversial opinion, but as an optional paper, law is a great choice. The syllabus is VERY easily doable, even if you don't particularly like law and tbh kinda interesting. Even after selection, there are several postings that are reserved for people with a background in law. So a BA degree, unless in economics or something, is unlikely to open any additional doors for you in terms of what roles you can get, but a law degree will. Even if you apply for other government services like Class B officers with the MEA etc, a background in law can help you get placed in the Treaties Division or related offices.
Delhi offers a lot of advantages, sure, but you are in your second year. You have three years to go before you take a stab at the exam. So you won't (and shouldn't) be joining physical coaching right now anyway. If you earnestly start you preparation now, you probably won't even need classroom coaching, just a test series. Besides this, Delhi doesn't offer any other advantage.
TLDR, I am all for shifting, but when the course you're shifting to gives you some specific advantage, something you cannot do from your current path. You have invested significant time and money into NLS. Also, your goal may change eventually, and the opportunity cost of leaving NLS is very significant. So consider all this before you make a decision. Good luck.
Whether you continue at NLS or move to DU, you will graduate in 2025, so both paths will take the same amount of time before you get your first attempt at UPSC.
Normally, I encourage people to leave law school if they don't find it to be to their liking, because that is what I wish I had been bold enough to do. But in most of these cases, a BA.LLB has no value addition to offer to their true goal/interest. I always had doubts about joining law school and I think it would have been better if I had quit after first year and joined DU, I had the scores to get the course and college I wanted. But that is because I wanted to do something I couldn't with a law degree and could only do with DU. That is not the case for you.
NLS as an institution, IMO, FAR outranks most colleges and degrees from DU in terms of prestige and marketability. And the crowd is also likely to be better at NLS. As someone from Delhi who almost went to DU I can tell you a VERY significant chunk of DU students consists of vapid airheads. That is not to say the entire University is necessarily worthless, no, far from it, but NLS, esp at the undergrad level, is more likely to provide an intellectually stimulating environment.
Coming to your goal of UPSC, a law degree is a VERY good bundle of subjects for UPSC. You will have a very solid grounding in polity and the Constitution, more so than a Pol Science honours student. And studying these from a legal angle gives you the analytical skills needed for Mains.
Also, this may be a slightly controversial opinion, but as an optional paper, law is a great choice. The syllabus is VERY easily doable, even if you don't particularly like law and tbh kinda interesting.
Even after selection, there are several postings that are reserved for people with a background in law. So a BA degree, unless in economics or something, is unlikely to open any additional doors for you in terms of what roles you can get, but a law degree will. Even if you apply for other government services like Class B officers with the MEA etc, a background in law can help you get placed in the Treaties Division or related offices.
Delhi offers a lot of advantages, sure, but you are in your second year. You have three years to go before you take a stab at the exam. So you won't (and shouldn't) be joining physical coaching right now anyway. If you earnestly start you preparation now, you probably won't even need classroom coaching, just a test series. Besides this, Delhi doesn't offer any other advantage.
TLDR, I am all for shifting, but when the course you're shifting to gives you some specific advantage, something you cannot do from your current path. You have invested significant time and money into NLS. Also, your goal may change eventually, and the opportunity cost of leaving NLS is very significant. So consider all this before you make a decision. Good luck.