Yes, that's workable. I don't suggest a one-size-fits-all type of measure. Doing something related to the Law for a few months is always more beneficial than not doing anything at all but I don't want that to be a reason to not enjoy your 6 months at all. You Work Hard and you Play Hard!

The Mods require an apology for two unfinished comments that I submitted by clicking the "Submit" button prematurely ( I am pretty goofy that way). Sorry for it and do delete them before it confuses an aspirant or upcoming law student.

Now, to the question at hand

I'm currently an FY student at a pretty good T-2 NLU who had the opportunity to enjoy the 6-month break bestowed upon me by the Consortium with the exam being held in December.

Firstly, the 6 month break is something you'll surely reminisce about once you enter Law school. The period is a time for R&R because once you get into law school, you'll realize it's not something you can sail through without grinding. You would have countless project submissions, publications, inter/intra moots, and your end-term/mid-term examinations to worry about at the same time!

Secondly, I suggest you take up something you wished to pursue but couldn't due to time constraints imposed by CLAT/ Board Preparations. Learn a new language, or a new instrument, binge-watch movies, or catch up with old friends. You have 5 years to intern but only 6 months to do the stuff that aren't purely academic related.

Thirdly, an internship now isn't beneficial in the short or long run. A legal internship requires you to know how to read and interpret the law, this is a skill you acquire over 5 years of college life and hone throughout your professional life. Thus the stuff you do learn from the internship would more likely go over your head, never to be utilized in the near future.

If you do wish to know about the Law ( emphasis supplied on "Law") You could rather read blogs or basic articles on the same. These can shine a light on various branches or niche areas of law that you might work on once you join law school. I do not expect someone who hasn't entered law school to know fully about the defects of the Postal Rule of Communication, you know it only when you have a sufficient understanding of Contract Law and the fundamental essentials of making a contract.

Take a chill pill and relax. You have all the time to intern once you join law school. Use the break for introspection and self-reflection. You as an individual, rarely get the time to focus on your intrinsic needs and wants. If the 6 months break allows you to do the same, exploit it. You won't be at a disadvantage if you don't intern nor will you lose anything by not interning.

See the 6 months break as a reward for cracking CLAT!

Hello! I'm just getting into law school this year! .

International Law and specifically Public/Private International Law were one of the reasons that influenced me to take up Law.

I'm well aware that one must not make the mistake of choosing specializations this early and rather intern at various locations to decide what field suits you the best, but I was just curious to know, is International Law a viable field in India? or is it more oriented towards academia?

Another thing that raised this question was the recent move of the Bar Council of India which recently allowed Foreign Law Firms to operate in India, but only for non litigious matters not concerning Indian laws and regulations.

Chapter 4, Para 8(2)(ii) and (iii) states

(ii) providing legal expertise/advise and appearing as a lawyer for a person, firm, company, corporation, trust, society etc. who/which is having an address or principal office or head office in a foreign country in any international arbitration case which is conducted in India and in such arbitration case “foreign law may or may not be involved;

(iii) providing legal expertise/advise and appearing as a lawyer for a person, firm, company, corporation, trust, society etc. who/which is having an address or principal office or head office in the foreign country of the primary qualification in proceedings before bodies other than Courts, Tribunals, Boards, statutory authorities who are not legally entitled to take evidence on oath, in which knowledge of foreign law of the country of the primary qualification is essential;

The BCI also released a Press Release 4 days ago clarifying that

1) Foreign lawyers and law firms should be allowed to advise their clients only on foreign law and international law.

2)They will only provide advisory work on such laws to their foreign clients.

Now I had quite a few questions regarding this

1)Would this mean Alternate Dispute Resolution would be one of the primary areas where such law firms would primarily deal with?

2) Would an LLM degree in International Law have value in the coming few years?

3) Keeping in the mind the fact that foreign law firms can only operate in India provided that the parent country of such law firms have provisions to enable Indian Lawyers to start their practice in the concerned country, would it be practical if one could specialize in something like Comparative and European Private International Law?

4) How are opportunities in International Law in general? SILF recently formed a drafting committee to be sent as representation to the BCI and flag certain " concerns" regarding the move to allow foreign law firms. So if I were to think very pessimistically, the tangible effects of foreign law firms in India would be seen in 8-10 years or so ( which is quite a long time after I pass out)

This seems to be a loaded question for a person just getting into law but a clarification on this would be very grateful. Though I've tried be as factual as possible, please do let me know if I've misinterpreted it wrongly or have thought the whole thing in a very convoluted manner.

Thank you for clarifying my doubts AND I'm grateful for you having to take the time and patiently answer them. I believe you've helped me give a rough idea on where I wish to go and how I wish to make use of my time there! Hope to tell everyone here how I end up 5 years later xD

yes I am thinking about getting through JGLS only through a scholarship but something that confuses me is the criteria. Is getting a good percentile in lsat sufficient enough or are there any other parameters involved? Also what percentile should I aim for to get a percentile?

Its mainly because of JGLS's rep of being "rich kid land". My parents think its unwise spending 40 lakhs for an LLB and rather want to spend that much if I ever plan to do my post-grad abroad. JGLS has the infrastructure but with such a huge batch intake, im hesistant on how much I'd be able to tap into the opportunities. When I mean fees is no issue, I dont imply that my parents are ready to shell out the money. They just feel the ROI doesnt add up to how much they're actually paying. Living in Mumbai, I've experienced the snobbishness and egoistic attitude by some "rich kids" and I'm unsure whether I'd have to bear that for 5 more years if i go to jgls. This might seem pretty subjective but it is one reason why I'm not so keen on getting into jindal

Hello, I will be joining law school this year and have a few questions! I've been currently alloted rmlnlu( froze my seat cause I would get mnlu mumbai in the coming lists) I messed up my preference list and am planning to shift to either hnlu or nluo through vacancies. Now I've heard some good things and not very pleasant things about both colleges but something that did interest me is NLUO placements for 2023. According to their RCC LinkedIn Page, they currently have like 15-20 T1 placements( idk how to specifically categorize firms in T1 but the firms include Trilegal, S&P, L&L, CAM etc. The placements for 2022 seemed good for a T2 imo but I wanted people here to differentiate HNLU and NLUO in terms of:

1) Faculty

2) Academics

3) Opportunities( Internships)

4) Exposure

5) Future Growth

6) Administrative conditions

7) Extra-Curriculars

8) College Support

9) Infrastructure

10) Placements

Point 3, 5 and 8 are somewhat of a concern for me. I'm going to be a first generation lawyer but I'm willing to work hard and slog it through but some form of college support would always be helpful. Another thing I was concerned about is the library situation in NLUO, I mean how long does it take to make one?

Before people recommend JGLS, I'd like to state that though we can afford it, my parents find it pointless spending so much for an LLB. They do want the best for me but they have reservations over the crowd and "culture" in jgls which comes off to be somewhat elitist. I know quite a few seniors in JGLS and the most common problem I've heard is the crowd and their batch intake. So is it really wise spending 40 Lpa just for the infrastructure and faculty?

These seem to be quite a lot of questions at first glance but I'd be glad if someone could help me out here because I don't want to regret my decision for the next 5 years.

I'm really sorry but how exactly is Symbi and Bennet comparatively better? I can understand JGLS to a certain extent but I've heard terrible things from students currently studying in Symbi and Bennet and advise me to only choose it when all other options are out of hand. Kindly do reply with some factual backing as I might be wrong

Thank you so much, I was kind of stressed with the location part but I think I can manage with it. Just hoping for the administration to continue with the progress. Is the hostel vacancy every year going to pose a problem to me? I live in Mumbai and felt that having to move your things every now and then might prove to be a logistics problem

Hello, just gave CLAT this year and with my rank I'm getting into rmlnlu( I messed up my preference list ) and I'm planning to get into HNLU through vacancies. I had doubts regarding the overall campus and environment.

1) After the removal of Sukhpal Singh how are things progressing?

2)Should I stick with RML or would it be wise to switch to HNLU?

3)Is the overall environment improving under VCV or is it still the same?

4) How are placements? Saw the latest placement brochure and see several T1 law firm placements, so is the trend going to improve consistently?

5) How is the "crowd" and the overall academic scene( I'm well aware about the mooting scene :D)

6) Would being in Raipur have a locational disadvantage?

7) Lastly, could I expect the campus to get better over the years? I've heard reports and comments of it making into the "Tier 1" colleges, though I do not endorse them, I would just like to know its growth trajectory for the next coming years.

This is my first question here so please don't mind if I have done any mistake or so in typing as I'm not sure how one would have to ask a question here :))