We will be blogging about the first-ever Global Virtual Conference by Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, on the theme ‘Reimagining & Transforming the Future of Law Schools and Legal Education: Confluence of Ideas During & Beyond COVID-19’ on 25th, 26th and 27th Novemb...
Legal career and other advice
As I near the fag end of my law school journey, I wrote down a couple of things I wish I had done during college (basically things I wish some senior in college had told me while I got into law school). This is my good deed in order to save a couple of kids from the guilt and regret. Intern : To gai...
As a law student, either in the infancy of the journery or on the cusp of graduation, internships assume a vital role these days - in not only providing oneself with a semblance of experience before being thrown literally in the deep after graduation or more often than not, just useful as a cv build...
Once a law student went up to a lawyer and started pouring out his difficulties in understanding a few topics on Intestate Succession in Family Law, one of the branches of Civil Law. The lawyer looked at the boy in his eyes and completely out of the boy’s query, instead, asked him, “What is Law?” Th...
Law School Admissions are coming up! Cheers to the prospoective law school students! We all very well know the importance of the knowledge of the credibility and standing of a law school we would like to join in our future. This blog contains a report of the same where, on the analysis of Outlook an...
As there is lack of proper ranking for NLUs so I was trying to formulate a way to rank NLUs. Also, I tried to rank NLUD with other NLUs. I ranked colleges on five criteria: 1. Placements - I based my ranking on data available on different websites and number of job offers + LLM + People opting for c...
* There are two reasons for writing this despite the hectic schedule and the tremendous workload this semester. First being – the storm clouds. The ones that you see in the month of June - just beyond the spires of the Calcutta High Court and realize the beauty of the old lady. As I wake up in Raipu...
You must be surprised to see the word National in inverted commas, after reading this article; you’ll get to know why it is so. About 30000 students prepare and appear for CLAT and other law entrance exam every year, just to get admission in a National Law University. Some of them even take drop(s) ...
Law school applicants and LSAT takers are both down by double-digit percentages every fall. Law students are taking on higher and higher levels of debt and are met with a job market that is the worst in decades. Commentators at Above the Law, Inside the Law School Scam, and the New York Times lay ou...
Opportunity for students studying law has arisen almost 5 fold with the emergence of LPO. On a daily basis I am asked by students eager to know more about this opportunity and I have tried my best to show them a glimpse of the new world so as to enable them to take an informed decision. Traditionall...
Legal Aid The concept of legal aid encompasses a broad range of activities that aim at social advancement by creatively utilizing the instrument of law. Legal profession, the way it is currently practiced and organized, is primarily concerned with the improvement of the quality of legal services rat...
Derek Bok, a noted American lawyer and educator once said, “Law is the oldest of the arts and youngest of the professions.” His words definitely fit into the current scenario of legal education India. India, opening doors to the neo-liberal economic polities in the early 1990s, also opened doors to ...
Are you too a law graduate or an aspiring law student, who wishes to take up marine or maritime law as a career with respect to profession and money. This field of law demands conviction, focused studies, dedication and years of academic education. Students with a degree in marine law can pursue a c...
Money mouth “Corporate law! Money mouth ” “Wow! Sounds super cool!” “Litigation lawyer! Laughing ” “Urmm! Are you like…sure?” “Entrepreneur I am! Cool ” “Oh my God! What about the money! Frown ” The list can go on and on. Let me put it on hold right here. I am in the 3rd year of studying law. And I ...
India being a multilingual country, Cricket is yet another language, largely spoken by the Indian mass, unlike other dialects, this language is beyond territorial divide or sect differences, it speaks to us in ways no words ever can. A mere connection between Bat and Ball showed on the broadcast can...
So… I was sent an email more than two months ago containing nothing but this attachment and a request to publish it. I apologise to the anonymous author for the delay. The post is a nice rant, pretty well-written and raises interesting points, although it’s a bit short in supporting evidence. So, he...
How can the life of such a man Be in the palm of some fool’s hand? To see him obviously framed Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed To live in a land where justice is a game, sang Bob Dylan in his song “Hurricane” not knowing that the same will hold good for the new generation DNA experts deposing...
After giving me gyaan about the struggles involved in litigation my SIR takes me to the Co-operative tribunal. Reminiscing my sir says law has become a coveted option for your generation, we saw the real fight. I smile trying to weigh my words but it’s true, the 5year courses have made it a viable o...
So, CLAT is over. Rank list is out. The celebrations or brooding (depending on how good or bad it went), is done with. It’s a time of choice. Time to choose a college from amidst the options you have. Now one can never make a well informed decision until one has possibly visited the campuses of all ...
Now when CLAT 2011 is finally over and so does exam of other prestigious law school. It is high times one should make his/her mind clear on which law school to go for. Apparently CLAT this year has introduced centralized counseling system i.e., students them self have a say in choosing their Alma ma...