I'm a man, and I have seen this before in a firm setting. This is common in firms but very toxic. I also just spoke to someone who went through the same thing in a chamber a few hours ago. Do NOT accept this. Your kid is more important than your job. ALWAYS!

I had a female boss who vindictively gave work on weekends to a new mother to punish her. She would get a lackey to send the e-mail as well – never directly. I completed the work for the new mother without the boss knowing it because I felt awful. The new mother was treated poorly internally, and no action was taken against the boss at the time – only an investigation for the sake of it, despite senior partners noticing it all. Money talks loudest in law firms.

Women on my team who got married or had kids at the time were always under immediate scrutiny. Most who got married or had kids left. Those who were married were treated more harshly – do not buy into their Lean In worldview. All of that is corporatespeak wrapped in pink. There is no prospect of escalating to the Bar Council – lawyers have no recourse and have never been model employers. Find a new job. Your kid is your priority. Your husband needs to be around, too. Get his buy-in. Full stop.

My family has two IITians

my cousin, who founded a 'crazy' Al startup long before the Al boom, and my own brother, who works at Google DeepMind. This makes me feel deeply insecure so much so that I feel anxious whenever someone asks what I'm doing right after asking about my brother. Because I don't study at a top-tier or even a mid-tier university, I feel small in comparison, and sometimes I just don't want to be here.

Growing up, I was a 'B' or 'C' student. My parents didn't focus much on my studies because their first experience was with my brother, who was a natural topper without even trying. Because of this, I was never taught how to study or how to approach complex problems at an early age-an issue I still struggle with today. It might sound silly, but it's a genuine struggle. Despite this, through my own efforts, I've maintained a 9+ CGPA and secured two Tier-2 internships. Yet, I still find myself crying at night, feeling like I was 'robbed' of the high-IQ genetics my family seems to share; for context, my father has a Post-Doc in Polytechnic Fiber and my mother has a Post-Doc in Mathematical Computation

How does someone deal with the anxiety of being inferior.

The recent emphasis by NLS on law and philosophy research. The fact that their VC is an ex Paul Craig supervisee (you know, supervisee of one of the world's greatest minds in constitutional law). The fact that there are some very bright minds among the faculty. All this is possible for anyone who sits down with the NLS website for 15 minutes during an extended lunch recess to figure out. You don't have to be there to understand this (I am not).

My worst bullying and rumors came from a guy I rejected. But none of these people matter in the long run hon. Just focus on getting ahead. They are classic evidence that hurt people hurt people. They are body shamed at home so they body shame you. It's sad under all that hostility. move forward, forget them.

All this sound quite strange to me. As in not sure whether I was living in some parallel universe while going through law school. Didn't have much time to discuss other people while there. Didn't care much about how other people felt about me either to be honest. Went about my own business, got as much value for my money as I could from the resources and people available, graduated peacefully. Tried to be kind as much as I could, since I didn't know what the person opposite was going through. Still have fairly cordial relation with my batchmates, juniors and seniors alike.

Thank you for pointing this out. Mean Girls gangs of NLUs are the worst: horrible toxic aunties, like in those saas-bahu serials. If you are from a humble background, they will mock you for it. If you are from an elite background, they expect you to be friends with them (and if not, they will spread rumours).The worst is how they try to ship random people.

I am still haunted by an evil girl senior from my NLU, who is now in a law firm. You SUCK lady!

Trilegal is the likeliest to give you a fair chance on day zero through their test. You can also try getting into a good T2 like Argus or NDA and then shift to a T1 as a lateral after a year. Pay-wise, it won't be too bad for a year and you can get the fresher tag off yourself which is what will matter most.

Don't worry, just brush up your Corp law concepts and you're good to go for your Day Zero interviews. Barring some law firms like CAM and SAM who only consider top 20-25 batch rankers you'll be able to sit for others.

You have Day Zero and Day One so just do your best. Inhouse is your safety valve if you fail to crack any of T1 firms at your Day Z.

3 weeks generally means that you won't have to give the presentation to the team and submit the research paper. This significantly reduces you chances for a call-back considering these are material criteria for offering PPOs ultimately.

I'd ask you to get in touch with your partner/HR and ask politely for a 4 week internship, if possible. If you've secured the internship on merit, it ideally shouldn't be impossible. There are some who also get a week extension during the internship, but these cases are few and far between.

What about the victims who will have to endure long term psychological scars? Why not give the raggers proportionate punishment that will follow them around for life as well? Honestly, I didn't know much about MNLU until today and don't have an awful lot of time to find out because of lack of knowledge relevance, but this has increased my respect somewhat for the university.

So I am from a top 3 NLU, but my grades after two years are below average with not much scope of getting better a lot, haven’t done any comps too.

How do I make a comeback from here? I really wanna get a law firm job and do well like my batchmates, and willing to put all efforts towards it, so guide me regarding the same, will appreciate a lot, thanks

Focus on the faculty who can guide you, not the university. Foreign universities like Stanford for example will have some advantage because of their institutional research and culture geared towards your topic, but no Indian law university has got anything real going in that direction from an institutional perspective. On an individual level, some faculty are doing work, focus on where they are working and whether they have vacancy for scholars. AI and Law itself is a huge domain, you also need greater clarity and specificity before you can draft a research proposal.

BO'24 had decent PPO offers, but the last two years (25,26) haven't been great, BO'27 have gotten some good callbacks however from T1/2/3 firms. The college does facilitate some T1 internships and a good number of firm internships every year starting from your third year, but your indivdual CV, connections and skills is the most important for getting a good offer, there is only a marginal status tag attached to tnnlu. From a lit perspective, lots of Madras HC clerks and advs. are now coming out of the college and some clerkships/LR's in Del HC and SC and pretty good from that perspective, considering the locational disadvantage of the campus.

Referral makes no difference at all, the team doesn’t know if you’ve been selected due to a referral or your merit. I’ve personally seen the quality of people who’ve come from referrals to be much lower than the ones who get selected through the university process, which is why they get less PPOs and callbacks. But there’s such a dearth of good interns, if you’re a good intern you’ll get a callback, even if you got the internship through a referral.

A1 from a boutique firm who is actively interviewing with T1s/T2s to move laterally. My practice area is-GC,M&A. Haven’t interviewed at any firm prior to this round of interviews, how do I prep for these interviews, what hypothetical questions should I expect and could anyone give me tips on how to prepare for the same?

Basically, the title. Especially when it comes to legal research, drafting notes, and briefing seniors.

Looking for tips on:

- -Structuring research efficiently
- -Avoiding superficial analysis
- -Making briefs more useful
- -Common mistakes interns should avoid
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Would really appreciate insights from interns who got callbacks/PPO offers on what actually stands out.

P.S. Requesting the moderators to publish this at the earliest—thank you!

Yes, casteism is very rampant at all of our top educational institutions. It's just more closeted in National Law Universities, people here want to keep a facade of being "liberal" and "modern" but most of them are closeted bigots/casteists/misogynists. They'll use derogatory terms in their small cliches where they feel open enough to use such terms.

The BJP's chances of winning are just 10%. So no one cares about these questions and it will be status quo at NUJS.

Yes, if they do score a huge upset and win, there will be total chaos: the whole GC/EC and admin will be disrupted. But just 10% chance, so we aren't losing sleep. Equivalent of Netherlands defeating India in a cricket match (or India defeating Netherlands in a football match 🥲).

Thus, the focus for NUJS has to be to work within the existing setup. Maybe seek a meeting with Menaka Guruswamy and plead for more funds and support from the TMC.

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