OP here.
In the longer run, of course, the sheet will survive, but it will take time for people to stumble upon this thread and update the sheet. I wanted people to have a quick fix for this shuffle season.

Whoever is the admin for the sheet, if you are seeing this, pls add a message somewhere, or a column in the sheet for people to add date and practice area as well.

Funny how even top law firm partners are not aware that it's not only the associates, but themselves whose jobs are at risk. The world is changing, and this time at a pace that the humanity has never seen. There's no "adapting" to this. The duration between newer models is shortening, the graph of LLM intelligence is getting steeper, and the only end to this is when we reach the plateau of language processing models. If all intelligence is confined within language, this plateau might come upon replacing all human intelligence, not before.

Sincerely,

Following AI for 10 years now, early user of GPT beta and pre-launch models, since 2018/2019.

Whats creteria of be productive ? For society . Like helping elder or ? Studying ? Do someone always have to study 24/7 ? To be considered productive ?. If someone tries to be some what helpfull like rasing voice against corrupting then get shut down or killed by offical, police and politician that is choosen by our who society . Next Why i have to be productive to society. They didn't do any positive things and only made my life a little miserable because of there orthodox view and lack of change to something that is scientific proven . Last is it worthy to be productive in a society that love to make there surrounding dirty. can't think critically think or fact check anything and manipulated by both parties .

The only solution is to limit the number of law grads. All TLCs and second-tier NLUs should be shut down: a complete waste of taxpayers money. Better to spend the money on vocational training for students for AI-proof jobs, or teaching them business and entrepreneurial skills.

Further, the top tier NLUs should limit intake to 100 students a year with note more than 10% seats reserved, strictly on economic criteria. The fees should also be hiked, to improve the quality of infrastructure and faculty.

Similarly, all private law schools should be shut down except Jindal, Symbiosis Pune and maybe 3-4 more. They should also limit intake.

We are moving towards a world of ruthless efficiency and meritocracy. No place for entitlement, social justice and wokeness.

Feel free to downvote if the bitter truth hurts you.

No, that's a shit ton of money brought in by the kids, which at the very least at Nujs, helps balance the books really well. 10lakh a year from 30 kids a batch over 5 batches, 15 crores brought in. That money can help subsidize the fees for people with better means. In any case, the argument that they hold no merit is flawed; kids from privileged backgrounds educated in bougie schools with a great command of English generally have strong oral and writing skills, which gives them an edge [ based on my anecdotal experience of friends who studied with me who were from Nri quota]. The skillset u need in CLAT and in law school is different, to dismiss individuals of merit on some 2 hour paper written on a Sunday, which in my opinion, doesn't gauge ur preparedness for law school, is problematic.

I am looking to gain information on how lawyers, especially individual/chamber lawyers and not law firm lawyers, started their practice in Investment Arbitration law in India. I heard someone saying that Adv Mihir Naniwadekar from the Bombay High Court does investment law practice. Any other such lawyers in India?

Being an assessment intern in the firm over a long period, i can say that the work culture in the firm is not soo great, you will treated harshly by the partner and her parents(they are essentially the HR and Finance Dept). You will expected to work late hours and recieve little to no compensation for that. In terms of work, you will exposed to a large and varied portfolio of Cap Marks Work, so your exposure after you work in the firm for around a year would be extraordinary. The Pay for Assessment interns is around 5K, 7K and 15k(depending on how long have you worked) and for the associates its 30K, they dont have a concrete promotion policy as well, which makes them exploit you easily in the name of work and exposure. My honest advice would be if you want to learn work and can tolerate the toxicity day in and day out, please go for it. Else stay away at any cost.

That's unprecedented. On one hand, NLUs are struggling financially (having to raise their fees just to stay above water), and on the other hand, NFSU gets approval for...not one, not two, not three, but 14 campuses. Everything 'khyber' had predicted 2.5 years back is coming to fruition.

Those who drive a Nano despise those who drive a Rolls-Royce. So yeah...

Your view about NFSU Law is spot on. That's exactly what NFSU is doing. It is producing 'technocrat lawyers' who combine/integrate law, technology, and forensic science. This is the reason it does not offer the BA-LLB combination. As far as placements are concerned, as I have already mentioned, the industry is yet to catch up. When they do, see the impact. That said, NFSU is looking long-term, where placements are just one of the many success parameters. Even the NFSU Law is not competing with NLUs. They are playing a different game and defining new rules.

NLUs cannot be the "IITs of law" because of the state university status. That is not going to go away. NLUs do not have the mindshare (except among a small group of CLAT aspirants). This is evident from the fact that during national budgets, NLUs find no mention (unlike IISc, IITs, AIIMS, and now NFSU). Similarly, NLUs cannot represent India in global activities.

NFSU and NLUs cannot be directly compared. One is a multi-disciplinary, multi-campus (even IITs are not multi-campus) national university, directly under an influential ministry. The other (NLUs) are single-discipline, standalone state entities with hardly any support. Don't get into this "IITs of law" illusion. It may provide some feel-good to some aspirants, but when the reality hits, it can be disappointing. Among NLUs, there is no differentiation (other than age). They follow the cookie-cutter approach. NFSU holds a niche that is globally recognized.

I came from a T2 NLU and landed atleast 3 internships in T1 firms through cold-emailing. I had decided to practice in a niche area and emailed almost all the Partners of such firms, but I did customise it detailing about an article that they might have written/LinkedIN post or a case they did. Most of them never replied but in the end I did land three internships, which otherwise would have been not possible.

Thus, I would reccomend to take your chances and email them. Caveat - I once emailed two partners in the same team, both forwarded it to the HR and I got to get an earful from one of the partner. I changed my tactic then and decided to only email one partner from one team, and if I got no response within two weeks, I used to follow-up and after one week of following up, if I did not receive any response, then only I emailed the other partners (P.S. - Start emailing with the youngest to oldest partners, since if the youngest doesn't reply, you can always try your luck with the older one but otherwise is rarely possible).

All the best!

Hi, I’m a junior lawyer with around six months of experience and a keen interest in general corporate and transactional work. I’m currently exploring opportunities in Delhi and would be grateful for any leads or conversations in this space. Kindly drop your suggestions down below, help a fellow out!

Tbh Im surprised folks are wasting more money than Jindal (Bits law fee is higher for the same BALLB) and not gettkng the ROI. What r parents thinking?? BCI has a fixed coursework for half the programme so why 55 lakhs. By the time you graduate it will be 60 . There is no comparison with any T1 NLU or Jindal or even Symbi. Bits isn’t worth the distance, fee or culture. Not worth the 4 hour drive from Churchgate station or 3 hour from BOM airport. It’s a sham. Market will declare soon. Stay alert

I'm due to complete the assessment in two days, but I've been too scared to start it. Those of ya'll who have given it/ aced it recently – what did the 1st assessment entail, specifically? Is there anything I can brush up on specifically to ace the test?

And any other advice, general or specific, is much appreciated.

Hi all, I am an A3 at a tier 1 law firm and lately have been questioning my life choices. I want to make big money but based on the time spent here at the firm, I honestly don’t think this is a sustainable lifestyle. Let me just clarify here that i am a high performing associate and I work in one of the non toxic teams. I am sure my team and the partner would be shocked to hear that I am considering quitting/ switching or that I am feeling burnt out because I am rarely able to say no but based on whatever I have seen around me and the threads here on legally india, it seems clear to me that it is not going to get better at the law firm and that no other job in the legal industry pays this well (other than litigation ofc). I consider myself to be an ambitious individual and therefore, am finding it difficult to make a decision regarding quitting the law firm life because I want to be successful (make money) but I would not like to compromise on my personal life either. Is there really a way out? Are there any in house roles that pay as well as tier 1 firms do? I do not shy away from work but would like a lifestyle where other than a few tough days here and there I am able to have control over my time and my life. Very desperately looking for some helpful answers!

Tbh Im surprised folks are wasting more money than Jindal (Bits law fee is higher for the same BALLB) and not gettkng the ROI. What r parents thinking?? BCI has a fixed coursework for half the programme so why 55 lakhs. By the time you graduate it will be 60 . There is no comparison with any T1 NLU or Jindal or even Symbi. Bits isn’t worth the distance, fee or culture. Not worth the 4 hour drive from Churchgate station or 3 hour from BOM airport. It’s a sham. Market will declare soon. Stay alert

Please, please, if there is such a partner, or somebody who knows such a partner, do not ever respond to this post. The partner in question will have to go into hiding, like what happened to that poor Israeli employee of Elon Musk's, Yoel Roth, who put Musk's back up and whom Musk bullied on the internet out of spite. This is not necessarily because there are loads of malicious people out there like Musk, but because there are just way too many law students who will do absolutely anything, no matter how poorly planned, drafted or thought out.

If anyone has information about good litigation offices in Delhi with decent working culture and conditions and good pay for 0-2 yes experience, please do mention.

Preferably chambers working in criminal law

Please mention generally Good to work at litigation offices in Delhi as well, good working conditions, non toxic environment, at least some semblance of work life balance