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So, last September, while I was sitting in my cubicle at a boutique law firm, endlessly sending out personalized internship applications for March 2025, I kept getting rejected within a week—either with a polite “we can’t accommodate you” or, worse, no response at all. That’s when an idea hit me.
What if I changed my college name to an NLU? Not NLSIU or NUJS, but something within the top 10.
Mind you, my CV was solid—internships with senior advocates, a top-tier IP firm, and a Tier 1/2 corporate law firm. The only thing I changed was my college name, along with a fake name, phone number, and email. Everything else remained the same. Then, I started spamming the exact same firms I had previously applied to, but this time as a "student" from one of the top-10 NLU.
Oh boy, the results were not surprising at all*.*
Not only did HRs actually respond, but I also landed interviews with firms that usually have a interview and assessment process for interns. Some of these were the same firms that had earlier rejected my application, claiming they didn’t have slots for my preferred month. Suddenly, they did. And not just boutique firms—this included some of the big law firms run by LaLas.
All it took was changing my college name, and suddenly, I was getting internships left, right, and center.
The game is rigged, and honestly, I don’t even blame the players meri hi galti thi ki CLAT main achi rank nhi aayi NLU ke liye.
HRs at law firms, please—learn to vet candidates properly. Do background verification before handing out internship slots or interview calls like candies to students from NLUs. You’re working at a law firm, for god’s sake.