An additional bonus of 2.5 months’ over and above March’s already paid performance bonus has been confirmed to be paid along-with July salary. Everyone in the firm knows that. This additional bonus which is a result of firm’s 10% equity profit pool reserved for employees has been yearly paid for ages and is a permanent feature resulting in high annual bonuses. Surprising to see how someone is trying to make a story out of it when none exists. Its a good thing being done and should be followed by all law firms.

They might be looking to hire, but not from reputed places since they'd have to match pay. The shortlisted candidates that I could see so far are all from smaller firms or not even proper law firms, and tier 2-3 law schools. Even for fresher hirings, they are in talks with tier 3 NLUs this year, unlike the top 3 colleges from earlier years. Major cost cutting it seems.

How exactly does the total number of reserved category candidates shrink? That remains the same. If anything, only super rich can afford NRI quota seats. So every NRI seat that gets taken by a reserved category rich student will mean that a poorer reserved category candidate couldn't get in. That's opposite to what the reservation norms want to achieve.

I think I do my best work when I'm largely working on one matter on a given day. Hate switching between 6 matters in one day - feels like I'm barely making progress on any of them. How do you juggle multiple matters without losing time answering people's questions and doing stupid work?

You do understand when you use the word academia you're referring to being a professor. A job in think-tanks would make you a legal researcher not an academician. Please be clear what you want to do.

If you want to be a legal academician, then LLM+NET+PhD.

If you want to be a legal researcher, you can do that even after a LLB. Intern and join think-tanks. Work experience is more important there. Later on if you want, you can do a LLM in a specialised area or PhD as well, but it's not mandatory.

So, decide. Academia or Research.

Also being an academician includes three main duties.. teaching, research and admin. While being a researcher doesn't include teaching or admin duties.

Yes. I would suggest working hard at improving your writing skills in the first year of college. I would highly recommend 'Academic Legal Writing' by Eugene Volokh as that has a lot of good advice. You can easily get it for free from any shadow library online such as Anna's Archive. Also read a lot of different things regarding the law, both doctrinal and interdisciplinary, to improve your writing abilities. In other words, read a lot of cases, books, blog articles, and journal articles.

Doing an LLM from an NLU is not a terrible idea, but it is not a very good one either. Try to build a stellar CV by the end of your 4th year (top 5 in batch, great publications, research assistantships, one or two competitions etc) in order to increase your chances of getting a scholarship to do an LLM abroad. One particular scholarship that you could try to aim for is the Alex Chernov Scholarship of the University of Melbourne. A foreign LLM just increases the chances of you becoming a professor at a good law school in India.

Though the path be broken and uncertain, never give up hope!

I am right now in 1st year of my BA LLB from lpu, a private university, but I have come to love law and I wish to pursue legal academia. I have heard abt possible job roles in LPO's and thinktanks and legal research in courts. I plan to diligently prepare for CLAT-PG to get NLU for my LLM or something equivalent at least. I have started writing and developing skills needed but I am still improving and I nowhere near even at a level of a novice still I plan to get better before the end of my bachelors. Is the path worth it and even possible for me?

This is not a snide remark. Look at the team structures closely. The two male partners in question, GC and that ex Luthra appendage, the next in command in both their teams are men. There may have been women Lawyers at junior levels (from erstwhile NKU era) but none of those have made it to the counsel levels under these two partners. Speak to ppl who have worked in these two teams, it IS a boys club. Let’s just call a spade a spade.

Because colleges abroad do this: you can opt for single rooms, single rooms with private bath, or shared rooms, depending on your budget. This improves students experience and also adds revenue to colleges. Also incentivises affluent students to study at tier 2 NLUs instead of opting for Jindal or going abroad (in the latter case, saving the country foreign exchange),

Not elitist, but pragmatic: instead of forced socialism and povertarianism.

Payment should not be done by senior. It should be done by the solicitor or the client coming. Seperately to the senior and the junior. Watch the bombay bar association and calcutta bar library reflection videos on YT. The delhi system of paying juniors kills their growth. Useless and horrible system. Should be done away with law and should be punished. There is a reason why bombay calcutta madras counsels were and still are so much better than delhi ones and their drafting is so much better. They grow much faster. Delhi just because financial centre and politics they grow. Otherwise nothing.

Can someone verify this?

Here's a copy of the NLS Act : https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/7620?view_type=browse

18(3) states "The 1 [Vice Chancellor] 1 who shall be an academic person and a Professor of Law at the School, shall hold office for a term of five years, which shall be renewable by a resolution to that effect by the Executive Council or upto the age of retirement of the members of the teaching staff, whichever is earlier. Upon the expiry of this term, he shall continue in office until his successor is appointed and enters upon his office."

Where is the 10 years cap mentioned? Couldn't find it in the act at least.

This may be the biggest leap in reasoning ever. Can AI be punished for professional misconduct? Does AI have access to the lived experiences, accumulated over years and decades of practice, that actual lawyers in a law firm have?

Keeping the limitations of AI aside, I fail to see why this incident is newsworthy. Pedestrian generative AI such as ChatGPT has for a long time had the ability to do the things which Garfield AI has done in this case. The only reason that the news of the victory in this case is being spread far and wide is that Garfield AI is branded as a 'law firm'. Nomenclature cannot change substance. To be astounded by this piece of news is the same as announcing yourself as bereft of any capacity for critical thinking. I don't like being abrasive, but the sheer number of idiots who consider AI to be the greatest thing for law since language was invented (like you for instance) gets on my nerves.

I agree. But not for the reasons you state. If you rely upon The Guardian's take on all this, you, specifically, do need to pack your bags. Because you understand absolutely nothing about how professional discipline works. Please read this instead - the post is just about short enough for an attention span of a person like you - if not, please do not hesitate to ask for biscuits:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7475191352117514240/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADbobP8BYXYimSxP3fuldWAbtZ_1ddV7Saw

The world’s first artificial intelligence-powered law firm has won a trial against human lawyers before an English court in a £7,000 unpaid fees dispute

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/22/artificial-intelligence-law-firm-wins-court-case-in-england-for-first-time

Though this is in UK, I guess its time human law firms pack their bags!?

If you want to do more exciting work, then join a chamber. I should think you have the financial security required to slog it out in litigation since you have been salaried for many years now. The other alternative would be to get into a law firm but I am pretty sure you wouldn't like that unless it is a disputes team that you join.

I am a British citizen with OCI (10+ years). I completed my LLB from an Indian university in June 2026 and have attempted the AIBE.

I have 20+ years of experience in another industry and switched to law mid-career. However, I’ve learned that OCI holders cannot register with State Bar Councils or practise Indian law independently.

Questions for seniors:

- What are the actual practice options for OCI holders with Indian LLB + AIBE?
- Can we only work as in-house counsel / legal consultants in law firms, limited to international/cross-border matters?
- What realistic career paths exist for a 40-year-old looking to build a second career in law?

Would really appreciate any guidance, experiences, or references to rules/notifications.

Thank you!

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I am right now in 1st year of my BA LLB from lpu, a private university, but I have come to love law and I wish to pursue legal academia. I have heard abt possible job roles in LPO's and thinktanks and legal research in courts. I plan to diligently prepare for CLAT-PG to get NLU for my LLM or something equivalent at least. I have started writing and developing skills needed but I am still improving and I nowhere near even at a level of a novice still I plan to get better before the end of my bachelors. Is the path worth it and even possible for me?

Yeah bro which batch out of the last 5 batches have had "good placements" from a T1 metric ? How many times in the past 5 years have we outperfomred NLS, NALSAR, NUJS, NLUD, GNLU, NLUJ ? Not even once. If anything I am one of the guys interning at a T1 firm (can't disclose due to obvious reasons) but when I talk to other interns from T1 NLU(s) here, they are playing a completely different game than us.

Want to know if this is a common or standard practice at law firms: My offer letter mentions a 3 month notice period but does not specify the amount payable in lieu of serving it (i.e. there's no buyout clause or deduction formula mentioned). Does the absence of a buyout clause mean the firm can insist on full service of the notice period?

For context, this is a lesser known law firm paying the bare minimum salary [25k per month] that I'm joining just for the time being as a fresher, with the intention to switch to a better one later (1 year maximum). Please help me figure out how serious firms are (or not) with following notice periods and if there is something I should be worried about later if i need to quit within a shorter time period.

Also wanted to know if there's any chance this can be negotiated to be reduced to 1 month? I know it sounds stupid (because firm's policy can't be altered for just one person right?) and unlikely to be accepted and obviously gives a bad impression but idk if I'm doing the right thing right now

The ability to pull off the move also depends on your college brand if you are still from a decent legacy college it is possible, move to NCLT/ Corp Dispu5tes and leatrn IBC by heart, do 2 or more pure NCLT disputes in a firm, then study corporate law in details , apply to a boutique firm whoich does gen corp and NCLT and preferably hires only one intern for both areas , learn Gen corp work there then in the next internship apply for Gen corp at a firm with corp disputes also in your CV , note pul

Assuming the venue is free (govt auditorium) and FICCI arranged 1 night at a 5 star hotel for maybe 10-15 outstation speakers, that’s still a massive markup. What for exactly? The likes of Ambani and Adani showed up only because Mamata called them, rather than FICCI. What did FICCI do then? Just branding? And is this how they charge governments and other clients for organising events? Is their brand that valuable?

If this is how much they charge I wonder what their salaries are like. Because they have a lot of policy positions that lawyers can try for.

https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/kolkata/suvendu-opens-tmcs-corruption-file-on-bengal-global-business-summit-in-assembly-1503609303.html/amp

https://theprint.in/india/bengal-cm-says-mamata-govt-gave-over-rs-324-cr-to-ficci-for-biz-summit-indicates-breach-of-rules/2967904/?amp