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Many people successful in litigation also seem to be people from prestigious universities.
This is probably not the best way to think I guess
Also how did you make for the low grades while applying for LLM
- Go for an LLM later in life and let work ex cover up for poor grades. The other day I met someone who did an MBA abroad at the age of 45. Unlike in India, you won't feel ageism if you study abroad at a late age.
- Go for a short summer school or fellowship for practitioners. You will find quite a few such opportunities.
But I really like your honesty, because you identify the key reason why most LI readers aggressively troll people who go for LLBs or LLMs abroad --- sheer jealousy.
Look at the typical comments here. They say that Cyril Shroff doesn't care about foreign degrees and that even an LLB from GLC has a better chance of becoming a partner. They also say that those going for higher studies are rich and spoilt. And if one receives a scholarship like Rhodes, they mock them by saying that they must have written a woke SOP about fighting for human rights.
Now, let's feed the trolls and at these so-called criticisms properly:
- Yes, GLC has produced more partners and Senior Advocates than all foreign universities combined. But even Kendriya Vidyalaya has produced more IAS officers than Campion or Woodstock school. Does this mean one should decline an opportunity to attend Campion or Woodstock? Foreign universities offer you far superior faculty and infrastructure. In fact, even NLU toppers teach abroad and not in India. Also, these universities offer an excellent social environment where you meet people from all over the world and live in an advanced country.
- As for the woke SOP argument -- so what? You are trying to maximise your chances of obtaining something, so you make the best strategy possible. When you practice law, don't you do exactly that? What's wrong in saying that you were President of the Greta Thunberg Society in college and organised a climate change seminar??? Even if you actually burn a lot of carbon by wasting paper or driving diesel cars? You are applying for an LLM and not to be a priest at the Vatican!
But in general the ROI of a foreign degree kicks in much later in law, as compared to other graduate degrees such as an MS in engineering or an MBA etc.