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Top 10 in batch
At least 30 publications
Minimum 5-10 tier 1 internships
2. By creating this initial internships, it will be easier for you to get into tier 2 and eventually make it to tier 1 without contacts. solely on your CV, interpersonal skills, no ass licking, eagerness to work.
3. In your college request your professor to co-author a paper with you. Professor will also want to increase publication and you will do the hardwork. professor will guide you so that even "his/her" paper remains good. and your chances of publication on good portal increase. Don't write on UCC or common matters. Rather write on something you want to pursue your career in. Read these journals which publishes these papers, get idea. Use GPT to help you get topic ideas and research structure. Don't write your paper through GPT, editor may be able to smell it from a mile a far, even after humanizing it.
You got good publication - good internship.
4. Improve your English. Converse with your friends in english and if you are able to make such friends who prefer english to converse, that will be great as well. It will help in closing such interviews.
5. 2-3 inter-colleges moots are sufficient.
6. International moots will be cherry on top.
7. Be in good books with every one in your college. Share your notes and help each other. Don't let competitiveness or jealousy take over. In long run, your friends can at least push your CV if not the HR.
8. Once a senior told me that one should never judge their colleagues for their performances in academics. After college, toppers sometime remains jobless and backbencher takes tier 1 placement.
1. RCC + Batch rank- Law firms liase with certain select colleges and shortlist top rankers. These form the majority vacancies available for the month.
2. Reference - HR's permit certain vacancies for contact based internships- from Partners or Clients. Such interns are usually not provided stipends and have different procedures in place like not being tested for presentations. You can obtain references from networking effectively, Linkedin or in person.
3. Assignments - Firms like Trilegal, JSA and Bharucha & Partners have assessment processes for internship selections, before an interview or GD. They are easier to navigate and reduce ambiguity.
4. Vacancies - Months like May - July and October - December are crowded and filled by the above. Applying well in advance and in other months especially in offline interns through HR SPOC mail IDs also helps. You have to follow up too. Do understand that the HR will still prioritise objective things like Batch Rank and college, as they recieve like 100 CVs a day.