As much as UPSC is not a metric to measure how good a medical school or an architecture school is it is not a metric to measure how good a law school is. It is a degree neutral exam that anyone can give. Law school much like med school has to be benchmarked against professional outcomes and the quality of professionals it generates.

NUSRL Ranchi is better than any random private university and all NLUs below DSNLU. However, don't expect much. The placements at the university are dismal (a myth, lol), campus life is relatively chill, faculties are decent (though majority of them are highly incompetent in their subject areas) and the administration is very problematic.

Recently there was a protest regarding some issues with the administration and so called "anti-student" attitude of a few faculties. The new VC is holding the VCship for the first time and his lack of experience is well demonstrated in the decisions he takes and the overall problems that the students are facing.

The placements are more or less left to the students themselves. The NLU tag kind of helps you score decent internships, but to convert them to PPOs it is you who needs to work. Hence, its safe to assume that you should not join the university if placements are your first priority.

There are a handful of very good faculties who teach their subjects extremely well. However, the administration has this weird idea of assigning different subjects to these faculties in which they have little to no experience. So, faculties are decent but you shall need to slog hard if you want to do well inside and outside the university.

Extra curricular activities are more or less dead. However, occasionally the centres organise a few competitions here and there.

If you don't have any other possible options above DSNLU, feel free to opt for the university.

It could be coaching institutes. In our Tier 69 NLU, suddenly there were about 10-12 people from Rajasthan. This was pretty odd because normally very few people north of Tropic of Cancer chose this place to come.

It was because some coaching institute had told them that this college is good among low tier NLUs. So, many times, these coaching institutes have recommendations of their own. Similar is the case with some of the engineering colleges in TN.

As if BJP's poor selection of candidates, organizational deficiencies and resultant terrible results wasn't enough, now we have two useless folks as MoS from WB. Exactly what has Shantanu Thakur done in the S&P Ministry? Zilch. His standard remains poor.

And then Sukanta Majumdar. First, his enfant terrible cousin was airlifted from her constituency (due to patent unpopularity) and inexplicably still given the ticket from prestige seat of Kolkata South. Expectedly she lost. Now SM who is the State BJP Prez who has been giving poor results since he took over from controversial but doer Dilip Ghosh, is being rewarded with MoS?

Okay it can be interpreted as a shunt from WB so that organisational changes can happen. DG out. SM in Delhi. So SA rules? Or will it be rookie ABG? Why were everyone chatting up on his chances of getting a ministerial position that too Law.

Wasn't the hint from Chandu and worthies enough that ABG is pariah because he dared to upset the apple cart, which would have unravelled so many convergent interests of supposed rival parties and individuals.

Wait and watch. In the coming days, this former judge will go mental.

Hi LI community, I would like to seek some info regarding internship experience at Christopher & Lee Ong, Kualalumpur. I have received an offer for summer internship with them. Please do share any insights if anyone from India has interned there before, specifically info regarding visa and stipend. Thank you so much

Hello everyone,

I graduated from law school in 2023 and immediately joined a disputes team based in Delhi. I have been working straight for the past year without any leaves, except for some public holidays. Most weekends are working, with days often ending at midnight. Although my boss and team are non-toxic, this doesn't seem to balance out the lack of a life apart from work.

I can't remember the last time I had a comfortable dinner with my family, who also live in Delhi, or the last time I went out with my family/friends.

I feel burned out and terrified of what my life has become. While I come from a financially stable family, it's not enough for me to quit and sit idle while looking for another job.

Is this how life at a firm is for everyone? Is there something particularly wrong with the way I think?

I am out of answers.

As a law aspirant, you have to give 4k to appear for CLAT and for AILET as well. The fees is easily 2-2.5 LPA on an average (NLU/non-NLU).

For internships, you have to easily burn 5k-10k on accommodation, food, travel on a daily basis. (Note: Burnished Law Journal gives you internships if you pay for it. Interns giving money for internship? GENIUS!) Same goes for moots (forget international ones if your university has no reimbursement policy).

Commentaries/bare acts are also quite expensive. Same goes for legal databases such as Manupatra/SCC.

And then you see the disparities between first-gen and nepo kids who get internships and already have the option of working at their papa's firm. (Some even become a partner in one year! Can you imagine?)

As the number of students that appear for CLAT increase every year, aren't lawyers gonna be one of the most unemployed professionals?

Please don't give me an example of some lawyer from the 90s or early 2000's who made it. Tiered firms literally get hundreds of internship applications every month. The competition is cutthroat and yet career coaching centres tell BTech aspirants that corporate law is a good alternate career path. Is everyone going insane?

Curious to know this. Could be an indication of which lawyers/firms will be getting plum govt cases and deals in the coming years, plus wielding clout with courts and judges.

Also, I was wondering if Cyril got an invite but Shardul didn’t, following the Mahua Moitra controversy where Darshan Hiranandani tattled about them?

Congratulations guys!!! 👏👏 Also, hope the law grad’s success inspires NLU grads to consider politics as a career option.

Twenty-five-year-old Priya Saroj won the election from the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha seat under the Samajwadi Party banner. After graduating from Delhi University in 2019, Priya Saroj received a law degree from Amity University, Noida in 2022. Her father Toofani Saroj was an MP from the Saidpur Lok Sabha (reserved) in 1999 and 2004. He contested the Machhlishahr Lok Sabha seat in 2009 on an SP ticket and won, but lost in 2019. Currently, Toofani Saroj is an MLA from Kerakat Reserved Assembly.

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/diu/story/youngest-genz-mps-lok-sabha-shambhavi-choudhary-pushpendra-saroj-2550325-2024-06-07

I don't know why this topic ist brought up on LI frqeuntly but how are immigration law firm able to pay cray money to indian lawyers, hat too wfh. Recently, my friend got a job in a US fim which pays more than 1 L per month, without any exp. Is it really such as good career option for Indian Lawyers?

Im a second year law student, I wanna do litigation but hearing struggles of people here Im kinda scared now. Post law school my parents would provide financial assistance to me for max 5 years will that time be enough to reach a level of income at which ill be able to atleast sustain myself ?

The objective of this post is not to appeal to sympathy, but to be honest, I don't know why I'm here. Maybe I'm hoping for an angelic figure to arrive and help me, or maybe I just want my misery to be known.

I am a graduate of 2023, living in Bangalore, and life has not treated me so well. I have tried everything from 6 months of assessment internships to sending dms, cold emails to partners of corporate law firm. None were of any use whatsoever.

I am a competitive person. In my internships, I made sure I provided the most amount of value. However, the partner decided to cost-cut instead and used me as cheap labour. Fuck it, you give me a SaaS agreement or a Shareholders Agreement right now, I'll make a whole draft from scratch just to show you that I have genuine skills.

But everything feels so gloomy now. I feel like quitting and becoming a delivery guy instead. It'd atleast they'd pay double the amount

Here's the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of Legal Affairs note clarifying the status of all NLUs responding to a query in the Rajya Sabha, dated 3rd August 2023.

"The National Law Universities (NLUs) and State Law Universities in India have been established under the State Acts enacted by the respective State Legislatures and as such they are State Universities and is not a subject matter of the Central Government." [SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL, MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE]

Here's the link: https://legalaffairs.gov.in/sites/default/files/AU1706.pdf

Law -- obvs

Finance --- crucial for economic growth

Commerce --- has a say in FTAs and legal sector liberalisation, plus stance on trade and IPRs affects certain law firms

IT --- work for certain law firms

Home --- CBI probes naturally mean more work for Senior Advocates, but will the CBI follow through with its enquiry into a certain MP, which has entangled a tier 1 firm? That's the million dollar question

Education--- Certain university reforms affect law schools

Infra ministries (Rail, Road, Aviation etc) --- For some law firms, these are the most important ministries. If certain tenders are handed to certain business houses, their law firms get a piece of the pie too. Some of these tenders are worth thousands of crores.

We currently have LawBeat as a right-wing news site, edited by BJP supporter Sanya Talwar. I don't think they've made much headway. Most people read only BB and LL. I can't see how OpIndia expects to gain market share in this area.

But what really fascinates me is how the right-wing is so keen to capture the legal news market. Why is it so? Is it because it gives you access to the corridors of power? Is it because BB and LL get top judges to attend their seminars?

https://x.com/UnSubtleDesi/status/1799099868503585080

1. There's no left-right divide in the SJA. However, two factions, very vocally opposed to each other, used to exist until the VP resigned. As of now, the VP's faction is playing a role of opposition.

2. Almost everyone in the GB regardless of faction politics oppose NKC.

3. It is unlikely that anyone high up in TMC cares about NUJS, or heck, even aware of its existence.

4. We cannot expect a serious reply from the CJI if "Dear Chief Justice of India" is the way how we address him.

One of the clerk at the Chamber of Chief Justice in High Court refused to take complaint on Administrative side on nonsensical objection that it must be made in Public Grievance website even though the complaint is about a Lower Court Judge in Maharastra making false statement, in his order, about a High Court order.

The lawyer of opposite party In Lower Court is a Senior Advocate in High Court and its this influence resulting in the Clerk refusing to take the complaint.Even prior other complaints against this Judge that were made almost three weeks back are not even given an Outward number.This is not just some lazy clerk,its a clerk who's probably taking a 100 rupee note or some favour,obviously without a trace,from the law firm of the Senior Advocate of the opposite party.There's a habit of the clerk insisting that outward number will not be done on same day but after 3-4 days.But the numbering is not done for weeks sometimes and the complaints become redundant.He once asked me for Rs100 when I requested my complaint to be treated as urgent.When I refused, I faced consequences.The Lower Court Judge had come to know about my complaint on next date and passed adverse observations on me in an order.When I challenged the order with adverse observations,the High Court remanded the matter to be redecided by Lower Court who withdrew those observations.Thats when I bought this new complaint and the Clerk in High Court has refused to take it.

What is the legal remedy here-Should I report the matter to ACB as I am facing consequences for not bribing or take up Contempt against the Clerk for interfering administration of justice

Hello, how do you apply for your first corp team internship if there is no previous experience of the same in your CV. Uptil now I have only done internships at Chambers of Counsels focusing on commercial litigation, Sarfaesi, IBC, etc. Additionally, I have done dispute internships. Now how do I apply for corp internships?

Kindly help me out! Thanks

This is factually accurate. Sudhir is the one who put this policy in place while heading the Consortium and he still vociferously argue in favour of that. The privacy excuse is laughable. If people are applying for a nation-wide exam, then what rank they have scored in such an exam should be made public at least to everyone else sitting for the exam.

Pls guys help me. Even, before passing out from law school in 2021, I am with an independent advocate. Our monopoly is gradually developing in arbitration in our small city which is developing, so, arbitration is booming here, he is ready to make an LLP with me, but, i feel like i would be a toad in a pond. So, I wanna make contacts and check other type and diverse practice in arbitration. Is it alright to pursue LLM in ADR with the sole aim to develop contact and placement in good firm with practice in diverse type of arbitration disputes.

While you can destroy her career and gain temporary satisfaction, this negative move will stay with your conscience for the rest of your life and you may not even be able to tell this to the next girl you date, creating trust issues in your successive relationships. The best course of action would be to let her join and work and in case her presence bothers you too much you can confide in one or two colleague about the situation and rant whenever required. If it's unbearable, you can quit next year for a better place and who knows- things might play in your favour and she ll quit.

I'm a 2024 graduate from an average private law college. I was doing an assessment up till now but i got rejected. I'm not having much options right now and the future seems bleak. Everywhere i apply i just get to hear that there's no vacancy right now.

Can anyone drop names of any firms where there might be any possibility for a fresher getting hired.