Or Someone working with Senior Advocates in Delhi? Can someone you guide us with a paying counsel? I have talked to lot of people and they say senior advocates only consider people with foreign LLM. Also, contacts need to be there.

I would not be asking these questions if there was "minimum wage" hourly concept in India like western countries. That concept alone establishes a good level of social justice.

Big college Tag matters a lot in law firms. We got to know it very late. Where we are from, we did not even know NLU names. We knew just deputy collector, IAS due to news channels. We had no awareness.Hence me and my friends started prepared for psc and upsc but we all are so tired.

I have also tried comnecting with people on linkedin (now deleted). But hardly ever someone responds. Out of frustration I deleted everything and tore up my resume.

It is Marriage Season in India, recently met an engineer working at FCI. Freshly appointed. He said "India is the only country where struggle is glorified". His point was -"It is heartbreaking that we need to struggle for basic necessites like education, job and everything". Yeah, population. And politics. And corruption.

Coming back, only 2 guys got selected out of whole batch of around 80. Women of our batch got married to IT guys or businessmen and have become housewives. You know the drill. Some men are going to courts and getting nothing.

So, it can be really helpful. Take Care.

As you suggest you are from a semi-rural place, a relevant question to ask is if you are entitled to quota benefits. If yes, then then then I think you still have a chance of cracking other govt exams with a pattern similar to UPSC, such as state civil services or BSF. You can also try for judicial service. Yet another option is academia, since there are reserved teaching posts.

If you are from the general category, it's very hard to get a public sector job, though you could still try academia via LLM CLAT and then PhD. Maybe you can join a lawyer's chamber and do an LLM on the side, to begin with? That way you don't lose out on work ex. JGLS offers online/weekend programmes for professionals and I think NLSIU is planning them too.

Difficult to say without assessing your credentials, but there is no reason why you should not get a break. Again, have a reality check. The prominent law firms that you so often read in these columns have a preference for NLUs and / or those who have interned with them in the past. However, these are just a handful in number. For every such firm there are dozens of smaller firms which are lesser known simply because they do not thump their chests and publicize every deal they close. Also, these smaller firms also do not pay their way through to win awards and hence are now written about so much. The work that they do however can be just as complex as what the bigger names do. Try these smaller law firms for a start. It will take some effort in identifying them. Perhaps you can do some research to see who has broken away from the bigger law firms and started their own boutique law firm. Get in touch with legal head hunters as well. They have better industry awareness of such smaller firms. Several of these smaller law firms actually do not hire from top NLUs because they know that they cannot compete with the bigger law firms, and they are more receptive to hiring from smaller colleges. Take the time and effort to visit them in person. Ensure that your Resume is well drafted and contains no factual or grammatical errors. Be honest of your credentials. The cons here are that you cannot expect the same starting salary which the bigger firms offer. However, most of them will pay a salary enough for a single person's sustenance plus some savings. Start small and climb your way up. Avoid comparison with others because no matter where you are placed in life, there will always be someone who seems better placed. Let that not deter you. You need to win over yourself rather than winning over others.

Dude, I empathize with you. The practical reality is that prominent law firms doing transactional work like (corporate law and M&A, IP) are not located in smaller districts. In fact, it will be difficult to find them in bigger cities of Rajasthan too. However, I'm sure there will be prominent law firms and senior lawyers doing litigation work irrespective of which district or city you are in. Your best bet is to try litigation. The gestation period is long. The formative years of your practice life may not be very rewarding. However, as you get a grip over handling court matters, your ability to handle things independently without our senior's help will improve. That's when you need to think in terms of going independent and building your own client base and being your own boss. On the transactional side, real estate law is also quite rewarding. Ultimately, the extent you succeed is directly proportionate to the level of responsibility you are willing to shoulder. Five years of practice under a good litigation lawyer should stand you in good stead and build a sold foundation to having a successful legal career. All the very best.