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I am entering my 4th year, am studying in a top NLU but my CGPA is really bad. I worked hard for CLAT but dealt with very traumatic personal life problems during my initial college years due to which I was debarred from many exams and my academic credentials could never recover from there. My confidence was also badly hit and ever since I focused on the courtroom more than classrooms and focused on excelling in internships and practical experience.
I have decent extra curriculars including moots, competitions, publications and leadership/organisational roles but I'm unable to bag a decent T1 internship from my college because of being a bottom ranker. I got a T1 internship from a reference and worked really hard there, they even offered me a callback but at some point they would ask for my academic credentials and I don't know how to navigate that. I really want to build a career in dispute resolution and my CV/experience is also catered towards it - could someone please reference/recommend any decent paying law firms which are hiring for disputes and would focus more on assessment rather than CGPA?
Any other advice would also be really appreciated, please refrain from making sarcastic/toxic comments. I am really in need of some honest advice.