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None of it is “landmark” at this stage, but the work is substantive and grounded in core constitutional principles, General Financial Rules violations, Indian standard certifications in the IT sphere and MSME policies. Given the rapid expansion of government digitalisation and defence spending, these procurement disputes carry clear potential to evolve into matters of wider legal significance.
The problem is that I'm paid like a junior paralegal, and I genuinely can't tell whether I'm building something valuable or slowly boxing myself into irrelevance. Law firm peers who do vanilla due diligence are earning 5-7x what I make.
So here's what I want to ask:
Does public procurement have real long-term value as a legal niche in India, or is it just glorified vendor management in the eyes of the market? Infra firms, defence contractors, and IT vendors all need this expertise but does the legal industry actually recognise it?
Can someone pivot from this background into a litigation or regulatory practice at a firm? I have courtroom exposure and draft extensively, but I don't carry a "firm pedigree." Is that an automatic disqualifier, or does relevant domain expertise still open doors?
Would you advise specialising deeper say arbitration, regulatory, or government contracts or is an LLM/course reset more practical?
Genuinely looking for practical opinions, and not reassurance. If this profile is a dead-end, I'd rather hear it now.