Litigation guy here from Tier 1 firm based in Delhi. Since finances are not an immediate issue, start with 1 year of clerkship with an HC (if not, then SC) judge. The extensive kinds of matter that you’ll get to deal with will really broaden your perspective and you’ll understand the psyche of a judge. After that, work with a senior for 1-2 years. You’ll get minimal drafting work but it will be rewarding to learn how to approach a problem. After that, go for a disputes practice in T1 firm if you discover you aptitude is more towards drafting and briefing or join a chamber if you are more inclined towards arguing.

I do some M&A / PE/ VC stuff at a tier 1 in NCR. The kind of work is broadly regular. DDs, negotiations on Transaction Documents, pre and post closing stuff. However, each deal is unique - from the challenges to particular sectors, different kinds of promoters, executives to deal with etc etc. There’s also ancillary advisory work which keeps it interesting. Also, working with specialised teams from different disciplines like IP, TMT, employment, regulatory, tax etc means there’s something new to learn every day. Takes a few months to get a hang of it and a couple of years to properly run a transaction from start to finish but its not monotonous. Incredibly stressful and sapping but not monotonous. Not to mention one of the best paymasters.

However, you do miss out on some stuff, like the adrenaline high of a new litigation, the ability to be snarky in drafts, all the networking in courts etc. Here, you end up holed up in office with the same set of people (a large majority of who may be pretentious jerks) as well as condescending foreign counsels. Since most stuff is virtual now, there’s limited non-work interaction with people outside your firm.

I mean it’s crazy that people on here are saying “ don’t worry about your weight “. Like if you’re overweight or obese ,as I was once, and it’s not some hormonal issue which you have no control over, then you should eat right and exercise and try and be in the normal range. Being obese has horrible effects on your health and could kill you. It’s a health problem - treat it like that. I assume you already know this because it’s your body.

As for clothing - honestly as long as it’s tasteful and in the right size - most things will look okay. The tricky thing is to buy in the right size and not for some aspiration also size. When you’re at goal weight - you can then buy goal weight clothes.

Due to my oversight, my partners faced backlash from a foreign client. I accidentally mixed up two templates for a due diligence report, leading to a final report that the client criticized for its unexpectedly poor quality. Fortunately, my partners, who are much more understanding than those at some tier 1 firms (which obviously I don't take for granted), didn't reprimand me much since I'm an A0. However, I still feel guilty and responsible for the mistake, especially since the senior associate likely had to take the brunt of the criticism on my behalf. I'm wondering what I should do or could have done in this situation. Is it common for others to make such significant errors?

also, if jokes are made in hindi and you are not comfortable with it, ask them to switch to english.
as to -be lawyers, be straight about what you believe in, instead of choosing an anonymous way.

you might not even have met all your batchmates as of now - a lot of them probably are not aware that there is a NLUJ 29 group that already exists. it just may be, the people you might vibe with are not in the group as of yet. one thing we learnt after coming to college is that 1) you do not neet to "try" to fit in. 2) working on your own self will lead you to find people automatically. 3) open up, you would not get to know people, or would not fit in until and unless you open up.

lastly, yes groups will be made - south indians have their own groups, so do north indian's which sadly, is true in most of the colleges in India.
But you will also see all the people belonging from different states, cultures and backgrounds intermingle with peace. we have made amazing friends - who speak hindi and english both.

do not spread prejudice, in your mind, and the minds of others.

▮▮▮. Your intellectuality, personality, habits, every ounce of you as a person will be tested by this place, people and more importantly, you own self. The more idealist / fakely democratic this batch tries to be, the worse would be the bonds you make as people in this college - with seniors and specially, your own batchmates.

before you decide you fit in on not- step on the campus, groups will be made, broken you will find yourself having shifts in friends and your own self.

I'll be graduating in 2025 from a mid-tier NLU. Due to extremely strict attendance policy at my university, I can only intern for 1-2 months every semester, which leaves me at a disadvantage with regards to my CV. Please help me out by listing out firms that still offer virtual internships and whether such internships could be used to convert to job offers.

Oh my god just live your life. Who cares what some random people on LI think of your college?? Both GNLU and NLUJ are good colleges because they can land you a decent JOB. Thats literally all that matters. But if youre so jobless that you keep writing these stupid arbitrary posts, youre not gonna get a job regardless of whether GNLU sUrPaSsEd anyone, and you make your colleges student body look like a joke

So what is the argument ? Isn’t it better for the university to hire regularised staff than to hire contract professors ? If she’s equally qualified - surely she can compete for the permanent position and get hired again?

Or is she claiming that because of her identity claims she should be untouchable and allowed to continue in a contractual position even if that actually hurts the university ? Or that because she’s taught it for four years she has some territorial claim and should get to teach it forever ? Has she been barred from applying to the permanent position?

It’s a yearly renewable contract and that practice actually harms universities. Even if she is “well loved”, it’s still a government university and we should consider what’s good for the institution. I’m also failing to see the illegality here. But hey- maybe nalsar lawyers take the law less seriously than popularity.

In the words of Shri Johnny Liver, “ab aiyega maza beedu.”

Would be interesting to see what hike JSA offers to its existing retainers to match their compensation with what they will be offering to 20 (S)Hamsters who are joining at huge base pay.

8% lollipop 🍭 going to toss.

20 people from SAM joining at all levels in Mumbai. Their salary will ofc be at least more than or same as what they were getting at SAM.

For eg SA/PA band of 40-80LPA or more.

Existing people who work 24x7 in good team at JSA at SA/PA level don’t even make 2/3rd of base salary of SAM

How discouraging wil it be for existing A/SA/PA, and why will they wish to continue with such discrimination?????

This will cause a rebellion amongst the exiting A/SA/PA at JSA especially at OLP office. People who will join from IKs team will be paid huge salary at same level than those in other teams!!

Existing salary including bonus is any day 2x less than base salary which a SA/PA gets at SAM!

Discrimination at salary in the same firm is going to cause a great loss to JSA, especially in Corp and B&F teams!!

Hi, I am from a top 5 nlu and also was in the top 5 rankers of my batch. Had multiple offers on day zero but the firm I accepted recently communicated that I would be paid roughly 12 LPA (this is a tier1 law firm). Can i negotiate my A0 salary? I know it sounds freaky but its one of the lowest across firms. Please help

So? Even taking your words at face value- which one shouldn’t because no rogue band of Israeli soldiers went on a killing and raping rampage and killed civilians- it’s a war that’s been declared, israel warns people in Gaza when they’re gonna strike and where - something Hamas doesn’t do. And israel is fighting a defensive war- as it has nearly always done- after it was provoked by October 7.

But even if one takes your version of events and your equivalency at face value - so what ? All you’ve established is that the IDF is as violent as Hamas. That doesn’t say anything about Hamas’s own moral virtue. If they’re both awful peoples who just kill each other - why should anyone be morally outraged by any of it ?

If your argument is in war the losing side is always more virtuous - well that’s just laughable moral equivocation that again substitutes morality with claimed powerlessness. Germany lost a lot more people in wwII than the United States ? Do you think that war was immoral ? These bite sized retorts from insta reels don’t allow for complex discussions of ethics or war and absolutely prevent any discussion of actual solutions. If you cared about Palestinian life or Israeli life - you’d want a two state solution with some sort of peace. Instead of trying to weigh up life against life and go through all of middle eastern history to litigate every conflict and war and decide who is oppressed and who is oppressor. That’s a useless exercise that has nothing to do with making things better today- much like this so called protest.

not worth it, they keep taking interns since its a smart cost-cutting model for a silly and brain-dead overworked practice like capmarks. End mein they will give an offer to a GLC kid who has stuck with their whims and fancies for 6/8 months or pick up a topper from a T1 NLU. Avoid and go for M&A or B&F where there are always vacancies for smart folks.

IITB: 118

IITD: 150

IISc: 211

IIT Kharagpur: 222

IITM: 227

IIT Kanpur: 263

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Jindal: 1001-1200 (though JGLS as a law schools has ranked well in the QS Law rankings and above NLSIU)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/qs-world-university-ranking-2025-iit-bombay-among-worlds-top-150-check-the-list-of-other-indian-institutes-in-top-500/articleshow/110724472.cms

https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings

This is why we need to teach NLU kids basic financial literacy in first year. You need to understand how markets work, instead of filling your heads with woke sociology theories. As expected, the markets have bounced back today. There was never any scam. Just a panic reaction.