How is life in a law firm in Mumbai? If you are not from Mumbai and don't have a social life already. firstly, do you even get time to make a new one? secondly, how to make one? Is it even possible to date or have a health friend group or hobbies in the first 1-2 years of joining?

I am in my 4th year in a T2 NLU. I have done tier 1 internships and others and in corp and disputes yada yada. I do not seem to like it. I don't think I can sit in an office for 10 hours or more and then give my whole life to it. I am definitely not passionate about law. The thought of doing this for the rest of my life scares the shit out of me. But then, I ask myself, then what do I do?

This is a question for anyone who is or was in the same situation. Is it worth going into law knowing you don't like it for the sake of having an apartment to come home for to sleep 5 hours and never having time for yourself or should one explore and see your peers do better (at least on the outside)?

nothing bhai, the firm is so bad, interned in jan

the people are toxic and filled with overconfidence for some reason, all of the associates have no manners plus don't know how to treat interns plus are not even from good background plus dumb plus ugly

vanya ma'am is very nice lekin

will try my best!

I am also trying to figure out adhd as I believe some part of it i.e- hyperfocus on things I like it good but the constant feeling of hating everything that I end up doing for a long time is not going to be good for me in the long term.

that being said, thank you for your comment

Hi!

I do not have to support my parents and I do not have any responsibilities so as long as I can support myself and I am content with myself, my parents are happy. I will definitely not fall into this for the money.

I will come back to this thread when I graduate and let you all know what happened and what I am planning.

godspeed

I blame myself for not being normal and liking the corp law life for the pay.

4th year T2 NLU here.

everyone around me is dying for a job in corp law. I do not understand why and how they like it

Have two major corp internships from reputable firm under my belt + conversations with almost a dozen associates in different field.

I try to understand their work, what they do and everything. None of them like their job. The law makes me tired and uninspired.

I had my first panic attack in my current law firm. I just cannot take the donkey work and the feeling of worthlessness. I had diagnosed ADHD which makes doing things that I don't like like a death sentence

Still I try to convince myself that maybe I should try more, try to see if there is a team/area that I would like even though I research and ask people working there about the work and it does not interest me but makes me want to run for my life.

I would rather go back home to my T3 town doing freelance or something else which pays less but I like it instead of doing a big law firm job which I hate but pays more.

No amount of money is enough for me to do what I understand this job entails

anyone in the same situation or has been in the same situation? what to do?

Hi! I am currently interning. This internship is one of the only few internships where I was given worked, helped, and mentored. the people are nice and helpful. not that I want to keep up with them to use their "contacts" I genuinely what to keep in touch with them. BUT I am basically non existent on Instagram and also find it weird if I had to follow my associates on Instagram. How would you suggest one can keep in touch with them after internship?

MNLU has no actual college placements. actually its so bad that as far as i heard from someone in mnlu that the admin now has a new rule that only top 30 of the batch will get one month deemed attendance for internship (which they get in 4th and 5th year every sem) and only if its a top tier firm,the admin will prolly reconsider it but who knows after all the internal politics

M/Mum/T2NLU/3YR/T2firm

I have an internship coming up in a law firm. How do I make the best out of it. What do they mean by "good work"? Am I supposed to know everything about the field I am going to work in beforehand? Should I underpromise and overdeliver? Should I ask for help or not? How proactive can I get?

a couple of weeks ago, I had made a discord server filled with features such as

1. an open to all forum without moderation

2. specialized text channels

3. tags

4. voice channels

with link in a previous post's comment and around 30 people joined. I tried to make a separate post to share its invite, but the mods have not approved it. Maybe if enough people comment below that they would like to join it, the mods will allow it.

P.S This server is not related to legallyindia.com in any way possible

This server started after years of frustration that no one made one. One night in one of the forums here people asked for one, I got up pulled my pants up, and made one in a couple of hours. AROUND 30 PEOPLE JOINED!!! People started talking, discussing, and giving advice, and insights!!

The server was raw and not structured. Now after spending half a day on it we have

1. an open to all forum without moderation

2. specialised text channels

3. tags

4. voice channels

I encourage everyone to join this, Only if this server was there years ago all of us would be better off. I request the mods to allow this. (Please for the love of god I am too invested in this lmfao). Im sending this posts again as my last one was not approved, The link to it was already published I just want to bring to light to it again as it better now.

p.s - if anyone wants to be a mod on the server pls dm me. I will need some help.

see yall there - https://discord.gg/FPJabjke

Hi i freelanced as a kid and also as a teen and then in law school for 6-7 months. made hell of a money, as good as associates. the things is, from what I can see from my experience, I was a motion designer, You cannot for the hell of it balance of these to the max. that is you cannot progress really fast in your freelance journey and also do good in law school. You will have to balance, for example if you want to be in the top 10 of your class, forget more than one client a month, also if your delivery time is longer also forget pay. if you want more clients and more money, forget about marks. its all a balance. best of luck!

Hi, I think a lot of law students like me do not have direct exposure to people working in firms, partners, etc in this industry. Whatever we know about the industry comes from hearsay from our seniors and it varies so much from city to city to firm to firm. During your internships, it is hard to get hold of associates and have a talk about how it is work there. Hence, It is really hard to determine if this is a career path for YOU.

How would you recommend someone in the later half of the law school can reach out/ have exposure to people working in law firms and ACTUALLY understand how the work is, what the career trajectory is, what kind of people like this field.

P.S - I have watched a bunch of podcasts and interviews but I feel its gives a very biased view as everyone on there is there because they are doing good in their career and are clearly made for the field (interest and skill align with the field) that takes away from the whole requirement to talk to more "normal" people in this field to understand it.

Please let me know any ideas you have - reaching out on linkedIN, asking for phone calls from placed alums, etc.

Thank you in advance

xoxo

Hi i made this form, which takes a note of what tier you work in, how many hours you work, your happiness level and how much your make, You get the link to a public sheet in the thank you page of the form. It is not tracked, is public and open to everyone.

the sheet already contains around 40 submissions by associates and partners of all ages. Please add to this so everyone can benefit.

https://forms.gle/yXcnBu7x7iQEbYGU8

xoxo

thank you

p.s - students can put (student) as answers

It is rigged in so many ways, its rigged against people who don't read, against people who are not from cities, against people who's first language in not english, when I have my clat in 2020-21 I know a lot of centres where they had 40 more mins to the exam, where some of them were using phone, in comparison to my centre where they gave us 20 less minutes and annoyed us with paperwork during the exam time. It's dumb but that's life /rant

hi

I made a google form to answer this question - it records everyone's position, their work hours and how content they are - you will get the link to the open source sheet link after you fill the form. people reading this wanting to help this individual out can fill this and also see what other 30ish associates think of their career

https://forms.gle/yXcnBu7x7iQEbYGU8