Bhai, this is the correct answer to your question:

1. She is in-house lawyer who does contract vetting. I.e. she is not "problematic" kind, the law firm ones (like me) who turn out to be ego maniacs / living in their own bubble/ones that are discussed frequently on this website.

2. With #1 out of the way, meet her and see if she is a good person, go for 6-12 months of courtship period (pre/post engagement, whatever you are comfy with).

3. The part that seemed problematic was her parents pestering yours about her. Seemed like there is an issue there. Could be anything - she being in a relationship elsewhere, she not being able to find a match due to looks/ background.

Note to all: Have made some statements which may seem vague/ generalized. Dont bitch about it (no offence intended). Didnt had the time to add niceties/ disclaimers on everything, like I did in the preceding sentence.

Bruh your post reads as if you and your family are already decided on this point. It won’t be a healthy environment for the lawyer girl anyways if she’s facing such apprehensions already. What if you were a lawyer being married off to a woman. Why are you so worried about the legal consequences if your home is a healthy place to live in with a healthy and progressive mindset.

Hi, i am looking to apply to small t2 t3 firms in delhi and mumbai.

I dont have any publications/blogs so far, top15 rank in academics at a t2 nlu. I honestly dont know how to frame my cover letter. what do i even write? do these firms care about it? how do they shortlist?

Please help me with some guidance.

Guys it's just not cool to make such allegations about an individual on a public forum unless you have got the evidence to back it up, in which case go public or inform the authorities concerned about it. I don't know this fellow from Adam, but imagine some random person making such allegations about you anonymously on social media, like you have bought your way through CLAT, or you have bribed teachers to leak papers etc.

This post is the start of a trend in some ways. High fees in state NLUs will increasingly influence the decision of university selection. This shows that fees have reached a point of concern even in state universities. Fee inflation has reached beyond a point of comfort. The most recent example is TNNLU raising the fees by 10% for the incoming batch of 2024.

The hypocrisy of NLU students knows no bounds. When it comes to dogs, they will go all out to defend them, even if they are vicious and but people. When it comes to monkeys, they will do every thing to vilify them.

Monkeys and not as harmful as dogs, because they just want food. They don’t want to attack you. But dogs randomly attack people.

These kids are protesting against Israel just because it’s become trendy to do so. They are copying Instagram influencers and Harvard, that’s all. Where were they a few months ago, when Turkey and Azerbaijan committed genocide against Armenian Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh?? Or ISIS against the Yazidis?

NALSAR is also engaging in this practice, writing emails and dissociating itself from Israeli universities. In my opinion, this is a regrettable course of action. Matters of international relations should be managed at the state level and should involve the state government and the chancellor. It seems that they do not fully grasp the complexities of foreign relations.

Bump. Can any A1 at SAM please confirm if they got laptops last year, and whether these laptops were good? My laptop is on the verge of dying, and need to decide whether or not to purchase a new expensive one right away, or if I can wait for a while.

Money is a but tight, but if its is very important, I will have to make the purchase

The key is to demonstrate (and not merely 'mention') your familiarity with the core corporate laws in the practice area — generally including companies act, contracts act, sebi act etc. You could substantiate this primarily by discussing the work you've done on the lit side under these acts, articles you've written, and moots that you've aced. As a bonus, you could then go on to bring up stellar grades in the relevant subjects and further demonstrate your understanding by relating any of the above with the expected tasks of the practice area you're applying for. For instance, if you've worked in litigators working in RE, you might've been asked to trace the title of a deed as due diligence, which could well be highlighted to demonstrate your ability to do basic compliance-related DD — which is at least half of the work interns do. If you've worked on IBC, you might be able to connect your work with some concepts relevant for B&F or Infrastructure teams, etc. Similarly highlight any references from the connected work areas from your past internships.

Lastly, note that all of the above when conveyed in a concise and effective cover letter will automatically demonstrate your interest, sincerity and better communication skills as an implication because of the generally terrible cover letters that interns tend to send. I made a cover letter like this in my third year — and it never got a rejection throughout law school (though that may have something to do with my college tag, too).

All the best!

Try to publish blogs on corporate law and do some credit course if possible, just to show your interest. Then try applying to a boutique (small boutique, not something like Anagram) firm which mainly does corporate.

I wish I could tell you a sure shot method, but the practice area in the first firm internship is decided a lot by luck. You can merely showcase your interest and knowledge while someone looks at your CV.

Fun fact: Everyone does litigation internships in the beginning, and everyone who has done a corporate internship/ job has had to make this weird transition. So, a lot of precedent. Keep your hopes up!

Cool how the moderator is allowing fake news to be spread. The guy has already clarified that he never accused Amit Malviya of sexual harassment, it is a lie spread by the Congress and TMC. Rather, he is alleging that the opposition may try to honey trap Amit Malviya. Any post criticising the left is trollish for the moderator, but this nonsense is fine?

Modern Probs req. mordern solutions--

1. There is no point in studying in privtae law schools today, save for a few elite law schools. Rest all charge almost the fees with absloutely no ROI. Better study at gvt unis or less expesnive law colleges and side by side prepare for a professional certification like CS, CA CMA etc. The returns after 5 years would be immense.

2. If u live in tier - 2/3 cities, rather than burning money to work in tier 1 firms, find good remote internships. There are a lot of firms offering remote work and you would save on a lot of money and time.

3. Take up freelancing work to earn side income.

4. build and alternative career asides from law - finance, marketing, web designing, botech etc since being limited to only one spehre would not help in the long run .

5. Preapre for govt exams which do not have much competition - like SEBI/RBI Grade A, Law officers etc. atleast for one -two years if u plan on doing litigation.

6. Last but not the least, stop wasting monry in sensless courses and sham internship programs, would do me and urself a hell lot of favour.

I am a student at a top law school with a trimester system. For my first trimester break, I have secured an internship at an NGO. I seek advice on planning my internships for the remaining 14 breaks.

Here is my tentative plan:

1st break: NGO

2nd and 3rd breaks: HC lawyer

2nd year breaks: With a law firm or another HC lawyer

3rd year breaks: With a law firm

4th and 5th years: With a Tier 1 law firm to secure a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO)

Your suggestions will be invaluable!!!

I am currently ranked within the top 10 for Non-Resident Indian (NRI) seats, which means I qualify for NRI seats in both GNLU and NUJS.

As of now, I've secured a seat at GNLU under the NRI quota, with a payment of 1.38L, and I'm anticipating an email from the university regarding the remaining balance. Classes are set to commence on July 8th.

However, NUJS has postponed the NRI seat allotment process, putting me in a difficult situation if GNLU requires full payment before I'm certain about admission to NUJS.

Considering my preference for NUJS over GNLU, I have the following inquiries:

1. 1. Is it possible to obtain a refund of the NRI fee paid to GNLU after I join GNLU and later a seat is allotted in NUJS?
2. 2. Does the CLAT refund policy apply for NRI fee payments as well?
3. 3. When is the expected class commencement date at NUJS?
4. 4. Any other advice will be appreciated.
5.

Looking forward to your response.

I am currently in a boutique IPR firm, not really in good condition. Exposure is really good for non lit work but when it comes to lit, mostly clerical work, wasting hours in filing in courts and what not. 2023 pass out (tier 1 non-nlu) and working now for 8 months. Office is Monday to Saturday and daily its 8 pm when we leave the office. I don't mind the hours and low pay but environment is getting toxic.

My long term plan is dream is to work in a full-service law firm in tmt. I am giving interviews for IP Law firms and some tmt tier 2 firms as well as my IMMEDIATE PRIORITY is to get in a good environment (non-toxic). I have been offered a position in a in-house consultancy firm with decent pay and good culture but I am confused as the JD for this role is more of commercial contracts, general law etc.

I am desperately looking to leave my current workplace but confused if I should pass this in-house opportunity or shall I continue working here till I get a decent job in IPR/TMT.

P.s. the in-house position comes with 3 months notice period.

P.s.s. My cv and work ex are good and being selected in decent firms (T1 in IP & T2 in TMT) but efforts are somewhere less from my side as I am not hearing back after interviews.

I am law student from St.Xavier`s University Kolkata, I have spent a good amount of time working in law firms in Delhi. For a long period of time I was interning with a small law firm in Delhi, they were paying me a good stipend and they had flexible work hours. But slowly their workload kept increasing and they hired another associate to help them out because I was not available 24/7. I think they will not require an intern to help them out in near future so I think my tenure with them will be over soon. Most probably I will get a 3 month internship break in December and I am having a hard time getting my resume accepted by law firms. I have decent experience in handling civil litigation and arbitration cases. Any leads related to firms offering internships in Delhi will be appreciated.

TBH I want to shed some light on how th college administration treats it's outstaion students -

1. The faculty is extremly rude and unprofessional. They speak in marathi, even knowing that most crowd does not know the language, and at times even swear in the class when they are angry. yikes!

2. The college was, undoubtely, very good in th elast administration. After the untimely demise of the Principal, the new management took over and it's absolutely patehtic. All godd faculty and left and the ones who are there presently don't even know how to teach from PPTs .

3. The batch size in the college is huge - 450-500 people in a single batch, thanks to the unethical admission practices of the administration.

4. The college has everything in manuality, from semester fees to applying for reval, for which the college charges exorbitatnly high fees. Morever, all the money is routed into a scheduled commercial bank run by the unviserity itself to mask all the illict trasncations. Profeetering at top!

5. Last but not the least, the VC has links with heavyweights in the Government, especially Congress saltwarts in Maharashtra,vide heavy donations to th eparty fund year on year, which allows the college to carry on it's criminal activites smoothly.

Upshot- in order to run such a intricate education mafia, they need students who are not well-informed, dubious and not plain ambitious. They have the money to pay the capitation fees, which goes anywhere from 2-5 lakhs, and pulsate these colleges.

Not to taregt any particual region but people from the aforementioined regions, plus haryana and rajasthan are extremely arrogant here. They don't conisder the local laws and rules and regularly indulge in fights with the localites.In BVP myself, I had seen a few criminals who had murder charges on them studying there just to evade prosecution, so u can judge the quality of crowd there. This is the reason why people in Maharshtra are so anti-north Indians.

Depends. Earlier the people move better their sanity later in life. Generally whenever you get at the stage to be able to negotiate your salary with in houses on back of your T1 experience, that's the time to move. Could be anything from A2 to SA or counsel depending on your situation. (ps- nikal jaaa bas jaldi)

Oh, absolutely, my sympathies are endless for them. I do know a few, and clearly, they deserve far better than the hand life has dealt them. Their self-image anxieties, particularly around weight and appearance, manifest in myriad fascinating ways. Socially, it's most intriguing how they tend to leap into outrage without first understanding the context, much like your own hasty retort to a message solely addressing weight issues stemming from poor lifestyle choices—not medical conditions like PCOS, mind you. Individuals with underlying health problems might benefit from psychological counseling to navigate their social challenges. Meanwhile, those without such issues should perhaps focus on making wiser health choices.

Oh, absolutely, my sympathies are endless for them. I do know a few, and clearly, they deserve far better than the hand life has dealt them. Their self-image anxieties, particularly around weight and appearance, manifest in myriad fascinating ways. Socially, it's most intriguing how they tend to leap into outrage without first understanding the context, much like your own hasty retort to a message solely addressing weight issues stemming from poor lifestyle choices—not medical conditions like PCOS, mind you. Individuals with underlying health problems might benefit from psychological counseling to navigate their social challenges. Meanwhile, those without such issues should perhaps focus on making wiser health choices.

This is so real and hearwarming, good strangerss do exist.

Graduate from Batch of 2024, I come from a shitty college whose first batch passed out in recent years.

I have started feeling this way that to get placed in T1 or for that matter even T2 you need references and that aaint happening first generation lawyer and all that shit.

Have been struggling for the past 6 months to get a decent role in a law firm in the trasactional space but not even able to get a single shortlist. Reaching out to prople on LinkedIN is also not helping.

College was sending 20-30K oppourtunites and was expectiong me to joined.

Exhausted all my Personal connects but arent of any use.

Is this how it is or things will change idk.

Well, Hope is the best thing that I have right noww.

Now having thoughts to change the profession altogether.....

The truth is, humans will never content with they have. But there are degrees of suffering, and we can choose options that give us less suffering compared to the options that give us more. The guy working in a disputes team is probably suffering as well, but not enough to quit his job. So suffering of burnout < suffering of unemployment. And if the guy was doing well off financially, Suffering of burnout > suffering of unemployment. If I get an opportunity similar to his, and I feel burned out, I'm 100% sure there are going to be moments everyday where I'll probably regret ever signing up for it as well. But then I'll imagine the alternative, which will sound worse enough for me to get back to work.

Hi LI ke rishi muniyo,

I recently got a four-month-long internship offer from Saraf Hyderabad.

Now the thing is, I'm confused if I should join or look for firms like Indus, Dentons Link Legal, JSA, and all other biggies.

How do I turn a long-term internship into a PPO? (Like how do i go about with the convo)

What do ya'll think would be my salary as an A0 at Saraf Hyderabad?

PS - I'm from a PLC and disputes is what I'm interested in