The US has always been a supporter of Israel. Also, there were never such protests when the US bombed Iran and Afghanistan, or protests against China, North Kore and Iran for human rights abuses committed by them. Why this suddenly? Is it because the present generation is more left-wing?

If you can get the internship, you will realise that he is a very humble and hardworking lawyer. An internship is something that matters only if you make it work in your favor, be it at the higher chambers or lower.

That said, the work is immense and you will usually find yourself in the backoffice doing research like you would do at any other internship.

I’m a 4th year law student from Bangalore studying in a private college, I’ve studied science in 11th & 12th grade and switched to law.

I was very passionate about law after interning and learning and wanted to get into corporate and do well however I’ve discover about GEM (graduate entry medicine) a medical course for students who have completed their grad in UK & Australia.

Idk I want to do it remembering how much parents wanted me to get into medicine back in 12th grade but this time I want to be a doctor I’m scared as shit idk what to do I was planning to apply for LLM in the next few months.

I can only speak from my experience as a student at an NLU that could be considered between a tier 1 and tier 2. We had some great professors with brilliant subject knowledge, but many are there who blatantly plagiarize off books and blogs without even citing them as references even in their course outline. One senior professor even plagiarized from iPleaders for her slides. Another was recently called out by immediate junior batch for making up cases. They even produced evidence for use of ChatGPT in her study material.

I believe the ratio of great, mediocre, and bad professors at my university is 10:50:40. After paying lakhs in coaching and now three years of law school, I am coming to regret my decision. Is the scene similar in other NLUs too?

Hello to all the law firm associates (all levels), partners (all kinds) and those who joined litigation in a chamber, hope you are all having a wonderful day!

At some point or the other, you must've dealt with interns and them 'bugging you' for work and the like. What I'm looking for is stories about some interns you all have worked with that made you go "what is this kid on?", whether it be weird behaviour, erratic work product (sometimes good, sometimes not), the sheer audacity and the like. Whatever set them apart, either in a good or bad fashion - you'll know better due to first hand experience. Did you end up hiring that kid?

Let this be a place to share weird stories anonymously to take a break from the animosity each group shows the other on this platform. Who knows? You may end up getting better interns if they read this thread!

To those in law school still, feel free to talk about your co-interns in the same fashion.

What is the scope of a litigation/arbitration (dispute resolution) lawyer overseas? Could you find a job after the LLM?

I have heard about the international arbitration thing, but it is majorly for Paris/Belgium/Singapore.
I would love to hear some insights on these. Are there any lawyers who have done this and can share a bit themselves? Thank you.

I'm a student in a decent NLU, almost done with my second semester and so far I have a good reputation in my batch. I've got good grades as well and my academic life is doing fine.

Been trying for some competitions here and there but tough luck so far however, there's one major problem that I've been facing since joining university.

I've become a person with no personality. I've left my obsession with watching anime, web series, and video games, something that was my life before I decided to prepare for class. I read some books here and there but that's like 5-6 books (outside of curriculum) a semester. The tight schedule in our uni prevents me from working out a lot or playing any sport for a lot of time. 8-10k steps a day at most.

I look at the ceiling fan or my Instagram feed for the whole day and wonder if there's anything to my personality other than being a clown and an academic validation seeker. I'm friends with almost everyone but I dislike almost all of them from the bottom of my heart (people here hate you and act like you're buddies since childhood). I tried making meaningful friendships but I'm unable to attach or bond with anyone I've met so far. I've a girlfriend back in my hometown but I don't want to impose myself on her 24/7.

Is there anyone who had a similar situation and healthily tackled such issues? So far all I believe is that it's a part of growing up and I should just man up and face it. I'm considering visiting the university counsellor but do I even have a problem to begin with?

Nope, absolutely.

The root if this was from the industrial revolution during which Europe was seized with a heady mix of conflicting influences from the church, the governments and the capitalists during which the labor was cheap because of the general population was largely poor, less educated and looking for opportunities to getting the economic benefits of industrial revolution. Capitalists colluded with the governments and maximized their profits at the cost of cheap but hard labor. In the backdrop of lack of interest either from the government or from the church the labor was taken for granted that led to birth of socialism orchestrated by Carl Marx.

It definitely helped overcome the exploitation of the labor class through socialist/ communist movements that spread and found roots across the world. Now the situation is pretty changed for good with the level of improved knowledge of the social systems among the workers and exploitation is hardly a means achieve any tangible objectives.

So forget about redistribution of resources/ wealth or whatever muck you call it, even your street vendor would pounce at you if you ever talk about govt confiscating someone's wealth for redistribution.

Not NGO,
1. SC criminal lawyer, (IBC, Bail, prepared SLP Drafting + more, and legal research)

2. Sr. Adv. Pradeep Rai (in office Internship)- Case briefing/ Drafting
3. Online Research Paper 1 (law blog)

4. 4th internship- May'24- Law firm {(boutique/tier 3) with active GC and good clientele} in South Del

After this, Are there any good tier 2/3 firms picking up students like me?

2 year PQE, 20+lpa, top 6 NLU?

Join if you do not have a better alternative. In-house salary progression depends on your initial joining payscale as the yearly increment in percentage terms are nowhere near law firms. That being said, in-house pay varies across industries and size of the organisation. Service sector will pay more than manufacturing. Advisory role will pay more than managing litigations. Make sure that you learn as much as you can in the initial months and make yourself useful in every situation. When asking for a hike, the organisation will only look at how replaceable you are. So it helps to be irreplaceable.Also be clear about CTC and pay progression roadmap for at least two years. Many companies mess around with CTC, non-CTC components and in the end there might not even be an increase in your in-hand pay.

Keep upskilling yourself in areas of interest if the current job is not in an area of your interest. One thing to keep in mind is switching jobs will always result in a higher salary than sticking to one organisation. Ideally move quickly (within 2-3 years) initially and then slow down once you reach middle management levels. Aim for 10+ lpa within the next 2 years either by negotiating a hike or switching to a better paymaster.Wish you all the best.

Meanwhile, the BJP has circulated a newspaper clip from 1985, which seems to support Modi's claim. All info below. If all this is true, it's incredible is that we never knew this and law schools never teach it!

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/rajiv-gandhi-abolished-inheritance-law-to-evade-tax-after-indiras-death-same-congress-now-wants-to-tax-your-kids-pm-narendra-modi/articleshow/109586515.cms?from=mdr

https://twitter.com/Shehzad_Ind/status/1783387916997177479

Don’t do LLM in Canada it is same useless as doing LLM in India

Only more expensive

If you want to migrate to canada or get a remote job there, just clear NCA exam, that makes you officially equivalent to a Canadian graduate at half the time and one tenth the cost!

Also once you clear NCA it is super easy to get either a PR or a work permit and land a job as a paralegal or legal assistant

Then you go to canada, appear in the next edition of state bar exams (best is ontario)

All the best 🙌

For the same PQE, the best in-house salaries will be at most 75-80% of top law firm compensations. That said, some Sr. VP (legal) and General Counsels do mint more than some partners. But the time take to make partner (10y PQE) is considerably less than making SVP or GC (15y+ PQE). In house ESOPs can make up for the difference. Some tier 2 firms are better paymasters than tier 1, so can not really have an objective comparison.

"Young people, in particular, are following the Israel-Hamas war on social media and many are horrified by what they see. They’ve also grown up with protest movements — Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, the Parkland, Fla., students’ gun control campaign — as the backdrop of their lives."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opinion/chicago-dnc-antiwar-protests.html

100% relevant for India. College students in India have grown up under Modi's rule and seeing the CAA protests and farm protests, plus following international events on social media like BLM, Gaza and racism under Trump. Just a matter of time before college campus here become full-on protest zones.