It sounds like you were good at studying and landing a job but this is only the beginning. Now you need more hard work, patience and hustle. Comparing yourself with the more fortunate will not help you. You need to set goals and figure out how to get there given your circumstances. I would say that if you are able to send money home, pay off a loan, save and still have a daily life comparable to your colleagues, you are being paid very well. With work, patience and hustle, that will increase.

Over time you will figure out whether moving a different part of Bombay or a another city will help you but right now, you are already doing the best you can do. Your only options are minor changes to save money.

The commentator did acknowledge their privilege and then provided the advice that was sought. If your point is that no one except people with OP's exact circumstances or worse should speak then OP will be left with a smaller pool of advice. Resenting and dismissing helpful people who have more will get you nowhere.

Hi everyone! I am a graduate of 2023, currently working in the disputes team at a tier -1. I plan on switching to an advocate's chamber who mainly does civil commercial litigation, and is a good mentor (strict or not doesn't really matter). My preference would be someone who does OG side of the Delhi HC and SC cases.

I request you all to provide some names, or any other suggestion which will be helpful for me.

Advice wether I should continue my BA (already completed 1 year) or get enrolled in JGLS BBA LLB, I am 19 and it will take me the same exact time to complete either, I can go work myself off and get into the 3 year program of NLSIU, CLC, GLC or ILS. What do you recommend, this mentality of 5year LLB >> 3 year LLB for corporate what led me to give LSAT in the first place.

See, it's never too late to start afresh. I know it sounds too tough a task, but hear me out: After the pandemic, I was admitted to a psych ward. Last year, I had job offers from almost every place I'd interned with. (Which is not to discount my privileges of having access to meds, therapy, T1 NLU tag & spectacular friends who helped me every step of the way, but the point is: with the right help, it can still be done; you still CAN get up.) So my simple advice is: start from scratch. For your mental health, go to PsychologyIndia & find a clinical psychologist with experience in handling work-related stress, depression, and anxiety. Also go to a good psychiatrist & stick with the medication.

For the legal part of it, you need to swallow the hard pill that there's nothing called a 'Top50 college' for employers; if you're not in the top 10-15 they consider as decent, they'll be keen to not hire you. Demand & supply of law grads is sadly at that stage in India, and given the pathetic quality of teaching at most colleges, you can only blame employers so much. As such, don't be too harsh on yourself because you never truly had the formal opportunity to learn & get better.

That said, you can still take control of your life by actually reading up on everything related to everything on your CV & preparing 30 second explanations for each of the tasks in writing. Once you're through with that & actually know your shit properly, you'll simply gain more confidence on speaking about it. Do it point by point & see the difference. You can also take help from various people running a business of helping you prep for legal interviews, just google or search on Linkedin. Similarly on starting from the scratch, buy good courses on core subjects like company law, contract law, SEBI law, arbitration, CPC etc - ideally from organisations that pair up with law firms' L&D teams (eg: MyLearn), do their research tasks religiously, and allow yourself to make mistakes. Once you get a good understanding of a subject, try writing pinpointed articles on it & get it reviewed by any lawyers you know — see law firm-run blogs for reference. When you get a good publication, attach that along with a finessed cover letter written under the guidance of said people for assessment applications at consistently better places. Once you get to doing all of that & actually get assessments, remind yourself that a fresher is not expected to have practical knowledge; we all mostly learn that on the go. So, it's perfectly alright to ask for feedback consistently & specifically till you gain enough clarity — also consider sending working drafts to seniors who've assigned you the work to avoid wasting your time on wrong work products. You'll be surprised by how insanely this simple practice turns around your work quality.

If you do all of this for even 3-4 months, I'm sure that you'll develop a sense of 'I'm getting there' in your knowledge, and that will in itself give you a huge confidence boost & make you feel happier. If you consistently incorporate those feedbacks into your work & better your research skills for a whole year while consistently applying to better places, I'm sure that you'll land yourself a fairly well-paying job & put yourself in line for growth & progress all over your career. It can be done. All the best!

I don't think you have any issue other than your lack of self confidence which may be caused or aggravated by depression. You sound like you are perfectly capable and employable, there seems to be nothing wrong there.

For the confidence issues/depression, please see a therapist or counsellor. They have techniques and tools to help you based on the details of your situation. As someone who has been there and recovered, it helps. All the best.

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I am from a T1 NLU but I do not have a job. The truth is that I didn’t study hard. Simple as that, no excuses. Law is an easy subject and I could have done very well if I had studied hard, but I unfortunately didn’t and wasted time on gaming.

In terms of my future, I belong to the reserved category, so I will take a shot at multiple options: UPSC, judicial services, other government jobs, IIM CAT etc. Also considering GMAT and an MBA abroad, or an LLM abroad. The government gives scholarships to people from my community who study abroad, so I will apply for that. If I have to pay by myself, the US is beyond my family’s budget, but the UK, EU, Canada, Australia and Singapore are within our budget, so I will try for these countries.

I have two dreams: join IAS/IPS/IFS or do an MBA from a top institute and work for a gaming company in Silicon Valley.

My preference list is:

IAS/IPS/IFS

IIIM A/B/C

Other UPSC service

MBA abroad

LLM abroad

Judicial service

State civil service

Other government job (PSU, academia etc).

I am hopeful my top options will work out, because this time I WILL study hard! 🤞🙇

Are you the same guy who is also part of the internship cell, 2026? If so, please put down your false entitlement and learn humbleness. Just cus you have friends who are associates at T1s, we all see you parading around just acting like some equity partner. Aagayi na ab akal tikhane.

Thanks sir pls guide me further to make a informed decision as you seem knowledgeable and could manage to get great job.

Where you did llb and llm from and which one 5 or 3 llb also was 5 year course available at that time cause idk your age or passing years.

Also a dilemma that should I stick to law or leave it and join MBA from some good B school.

Is a 28/29 MBA fresher no experience old too for market.

Sorry sir ik i have messed up my life a lil too much . Timing is so important.

Still your guidance would be appreciated.

I have passed the AIBE and have done my state bar council registration in West Bengal. I have also registered in the local court in the same year. I have not practiced in the court and want to completely shift to a different field (MBA). Can I pursue any other job through MBA placements other than the legal field as I have already registered and my COP is also issued by the state bar council? Do I need to inform the officials that I want to shift from the legal field?

Thanks buddy. I got to know about the 5 year being batter than 3 thing here also that friend was 5 year too.

And thanks a lot of telling about age and i won't be preferred as old. Thanksa lot for that you saved me by telling age factor thing and the low attendance thing.

Can you tell me if MBA from a decent college be be better option or mba at 26 and complete by 28 is old too. My known people are MBA at 23 or 24 max.

Is 28 late for MBA too considering fresher no experience and is mba Employable at 28 .

Again thanks a lot.

Hi I am an A2 at a T2 firm, my firm has 5 days work from office policy. So it has been quiet difficult to take out time for interviews for switching jobs, what excuses should I give ? Would it be fine if I just ask the prospective employer firms to schedule interviews beyond office hours is that a reasonable ask and do partners at T1 firms oblige to this ???

Not me but know a brilliant alum who did make it to being an equity partner at a legacy law firm (which is essentially counted as a T2.5, maybe?). But when the time came to be made partner in the firm he had spent years in, they offered him a salaried partner position only if he were to agree to working in a very niche & monopolised area, essentially assisting a big shot who needed more people. That didn't seem sensible; so, he shifted to another T1 firm, and while his excellence in the legal aspects of his work was always beyond question even there, a senior partner openly refused to sponsor his seat at the table because he was an outsider and did not have connections within the industry that could've brought him significant clientele.

However, in spite of those evidently crushing disappointments, he had built a name for himself within the firm & the industry enough for a name partner at a legacy law firm to take note and offer him a big position. [I've heard that this primarily happened because he had worked on a big deal with the said name partner being on the other side.] Either way, it's taken some time but he's doing exceedingly well these days & seemed to be a happy person overall. So it eventually works out, I guess?

Lawyers in T2/3 firms (not T1 because I don't believe somebody from humble beginnings will survive beyond PA there) - how did you work out the part of bringing in and roping clients? Very important because I want to end up as a partner. Father was a Sarpanch in a village and I studied from Orissa. Now begun as a Tier 1 associate after working at a boutique for some years. How do we eventually start getting clients given that family does not help? Is it networking on the job? In which case - how do you as an associate network with the clients?

Hi - so I've been reading a lot of posts here and thought of clarifying a few things

1. NLU vs non-NLU - Please don't fret over this too long. Merit is what matters the most. NLU gives you the tag to get into the room at times, but doesn't keep you there. It's only hard work that keeps you there. A corollary - non nlu kids are equally smart and capable bit may be get the opportunity a bit later at times. So don't worry about it too much. I've seen non NLU kids suffer and bl

Wow! Can you believe this is Mohandas Pai? If someone as devoted a BJP supporter as him can say this, it means Modi’s days are probably numbered.

Full podcast here:

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Hy Guys, actually I am confused about to start my litigation practice whether that I should go for Tier 1 city like Delhi or prefer my Hometown which a small town in Bihar; where there are more contacts but lesser exposure and money or start in Delhi where I'll get decent amount with which I can survive to start my career. Please suggest me which approach should I follow? Also, I have never seen much discussion about Litigation on LI but always about corporate and firms, I think this would be a good initiative to talk about this as well.

If you’re going to the Mumbai office,they have no disputes work and only 1 lawyer who handles disputes, Mumbai office has no PPO or assessment internships that they are offering out and unless and until you’re not from an NLU forget that you have a chance of getting a PPO or an interview.

Thats either an NOC (kachcha kaam) or registered Relinquishment Deed (pakka kaam). If the latter was done then no need to worry.

I think youre a non lawyer, so I implore you to tell me in as clear terms as I can as to what has happened thus far. We need to establish the chain of title and go from there.

Ok now gib money (jk)