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I am a final year student from a T1 NLU, I have decided to enter litigation straight after my law school.
As I still have roughly 6 months to graduate, can i get some advice on how I can improve myself to be a better junior, any good book/resource recommendations, also i would like to work on my hindi proficiency any tips and recommendations would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
A first gen law student.
"This is to two types: ABC & XYZ. Let us consider ABC: ... (whole ass discussion about ABC for several pages) ..."sudden end of chapter.
No discussion on XYZ whatsoever.
Arre bhai baat toh puri batao.
Plus I found that the manner in which things were explained were also not good enough. The language did not speak to a law student/beginner lawyer - it was too convoluted at places (given that the author is a former judge, understandable).
Key to Indian Practice by Mulla was much better. I had the edition edited by Surya Kant (prior to his elevation). Explained things much better. For any greater reference, you could go to a commentary. The major issue with Takwani also was that it was intended to be a textbook but seemed like the author half-wanted to write a commentary, and it ended up being neither of those two. This also ties in with the language-issue I pointed out above.
Aaj nahi to kal padhni hi padegi.
As a back-up for PSU recruitment, then sure.
For the majority of people, one year working/litigating is much more professionally and academically enriching than an Indian LLM.
Also the campus life sucks, LLM students are considered third class citizens on campus, some don't even get to live on campus like NLUD.
https://store.lexisnexis.in/key-to-criminal-court-practice-procedures-7th-edition?srsltid=AfmBOoqBdb1-M7DOKnjKn12OTVPhrPtPhiimWFh-86IY9T4_5yFbj4bd
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/185058-recommended-books-for-disputes
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/164466-book-recommendations-for-lawyers
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/390352-good-reference-books-for-college
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/233228-reading-list-for-fy-law-students
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/171612-the-best-books-on-constitutional-law
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/319733-recommended-books-for-general-corporate
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/246895-reading-list-for-freshers-to-law-school
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/409507-book-recommendations-on-evidentiary-law-principles
https://www.legallyindia.com/convos/topic/198510-projects-lawyers-need-advice
PS: This book was recommended to me by a judge;)