We know you’ll enjoy some of these fantastic reads and a heartfelt apology for the long delay!
Team LI picked through the best of reader-submitted content and whittled it down to one top blog in most months, two in some, none in others, including a few honourable mentions.
All winners (not honourable mentions, sorry) are entitled to Rs 3,500 in cash, to be paid directly into their bank account (confidentially) or, if preferred, by cheque or cash sent to secret addresses.
We will be getting in touch with winners directly – but if you won, please do send us a quick message at with your bank details (including your bank branch and IFSC digits) and we’ll do, as they say, the needful.
Going forward, we’ll try to keep up with the blogs in real time and announce a winner (blogging quality permitting) on the 1st of every month. Cash prizes of Rs 3,500 again, plus accolades and adulation of course. Check this post for further rules.
November 2011
Honourable mention goes to legaloldie, who wrote a lovely and insightful blog on the joys and toils of being a ‘mature’ student: Dilemmas of a middle-aged, non ranked law school student
December 2011
An honourable mention, which proves that flattery goes a long way, for pranushak’s creative remix of the only song of late 2011: Why this LI-giri di! - Dedicated to our beloved Legally India!
January 2012
notsolegal posted a light-hearted and much overdue ribbing of Indian law firm names: BREAKING NEWS: Nanhe Farishtey to merge with Vivaah!!!
February 2012
pig.on.wings posted an obituary for an academic file sharing website of dubious legality while making a strong case for why knowledge should be free: You Big Bullies!!! RIP library.nu
March 2012
Old-school student blogger sss, since graduated, provided one of the best examples of news-worthy reportage on LI blogs, shortly after the Bangalore lawyer/police riots: The ‘Advocate’ account of the darkest day at the Bangalore Bar- Take the advocate sticker off your vehicle or else…
June 2012
The bêtes noire of Indian and expat corporate law struck in June (after several months without stand-out blog entries).
Anagrammatically brilliant Indian lawyer abroad nandiireywal made a comeback (after cleaning up in LI’s first blogging competition in 2010), with: A Battle of Attrition (or why we quit our dream law firm jobs)
A new (dirty) star on the legal blogging horizon also caused controversy, with unabashed disrespect and below-the-belt commentary. dudediligence’s oeuvre is not quite safe-for-work and often veers into a parody of sexism, but it’s been thoroughly enjoyed by many: The 5 Stereotypes you meet at every law firm. If dudeD is your cup of tea, check out his other posts.
July 2012
napster was back to finger the strings of lawyers’ social conscience and asked/ranted: Why does no one want to teach?
August 2012
October 2012
After a blogging drought of a few months, an awesome post by Naman Mohnot on describing the joys of legal aid. Please, we want more stories like this! Legal Aid – My Liberating Experiences
November 2012
December 2012
lawschoolleaks investigated deeply and unearthed a shadowy organisation, which explains so many things all law students have wondered about: Secret Body Finally Justifies Law School Rules
January 2013
pranushak wrote an insightful blog on an internship at her hometown trial court: An Encounter at the Family Court
Honourable mention also goes to newbie blogger urmikaagarwal with LSD: Law School Diaries - Part I: Survival. Look forward to part 2!
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