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If ₹8,000 “includes accommodation” but 75% of teams never reach the stage where accommodation is even relevant, then what exactly was that component for? Either the accommodation cost was negligible (so why advertise it as included?), or teams paid for a service they were structurally eliminated from accessing.
So, National Law University of India in Bengaluru (IIT equivalent).
Then comes ILI Hyderabad, ILI Kolkata, ILI Gandhinagar etc (NIT equivalent).
In the case of NLUD, it could be merged with ILI Delhi and the combined entity made into a second NLU, after Bengaluru.
Maharastra NLU Mumbai
Maharastra NLU Nagpur
Maharastra NLU Shambhajinagar
I do condone one NLU per state only. But it's not possible for larger states like MH and UP.
The reason for state name first is because at the end of the day it's a state University. The only way we remove that is if NLUs become central universities, IoI or IoE. Till then State first.
But what about NLSIU, NALSAR and NUJS? Will they change?
More complicated will be certain NLUs that have been named after different people for votebank politics: HNLU, DSNLU (Vizag), DRBNLU (Haryana) etc.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/lawschools/rgnul-initiates-removal-of-rajiv-gandhi-from-name-to-become-national-law-university-punjab
How did you avoid the paycut? What's the strategy?
Why are young professionals taken so much for granted? Why does no one meaningfully speak up?
Is this profession structured in a way that discourages dissent? Or are we conditioned early on to believe that tolerating mistreatment is simply the price of entry?
What troubles me most is that such abusive dynamics seem increasingly archaic in many other professions I encounter, and yet here, they persist. I’m no longer just frustrated; I’m genuinely curious about the structural and cultural roots that allow this to continue.
AMA!
The problem is the recruiters want you to believe that applying through them is the only option, but I've switched 3 times and I've only directly applied to the partner.
▮▮▮ told me that XYZ firm has rejected me and I can't apply for next 6 months. I applied directly to the partner next day, got hired in 3 weeks.
Idk how it internally works for them, but they rarely get stuff done.
I'm very confused about which colleges to consider rn:
For MHCET, I'd have to travel all the way to Maharashtra, get a place to stay, travel to my exam center and then return back to Delhi. All this for roughly 25 seats in the open category.
From CUET, my option would be to opt for the BA hons program and then go for 3 year LLB later. Either that or go for a partial drop for CLAT again this year.
My father suggests that I consider CUET rather than MHCET due to several reasons:
1. Literally everything is stacked against me in MHCET - travelling, accommodation, less seats etc.
2. I already live in Delhi so DU would be a safer option
3. DU is much more prestigious than Maharashtra University, and so is their law program (so he says)
4. He's also concerned about the mob culture and culture war against outsiders in Maha but that's a concern for later
I'm not exactly fond of the idea of pursuing a non professional degree for the first 3 years. I also haven't really heard much good stuff about DU's CLC or it's placements, or even it's litigation legacy.
Besides, the tentative dates for both the exams is somewhat close, so chances are that I might have to prioritise one over the other. Please help me out here.
What about the NCR one ? Is Christ Noida better than Symbi Noida.
1) Dr. Anup Surendranath - BA,LLB 2006
2) Dr. Aymen Mohammed - BA,LLB 2015
3) Anindita Mukherjee - BA,LLB 2015
4) Sunishth Goyal - BA,LLB 2019
At the same time, it is also true that some of our best faculty members have moved out of NALSAR in the last 2-3 years. Most of them have gone to NLSIU. Since I was directly taught by some of them, I will readily admit that people like Sudhanshu Kumar (Company Law), Pranav Verma (Criminal Law, Evidence), Sidharth Chauhan (Constitutional Law, Comparative Public Law) and Varun Malik (Contracts, Civil Remedies) were heads and shoulders above most of the new Assistant Professors hired by Prof SKDR. I have no doubt that people of that calibre will prosper at NLS as well.
However, all is not lost. NALSAR still has some very good teachers like Dr. Neha Pathakji (Taxation), Mr. Sourabh Bharti (Administrative Law, Intellectual Property), Dr. Srijan Sandip Mandal (Legal History), Dr. Balu Sunilraj (Political Science) and Dr. Rohan Cherian Thomas (Intellectual Property Rights). Some of the seniors like Dr. T. Kannan (Sociology), Dr. N. Manohar Reddy (English), Hota Agni Kumar (History) and Dr. Murali Karanam (Political Science) are also very good classroom teachers. They may not have the research output or the external visibility that some of the better known professors at NLSIU have, but they have given us a good education. Prof. Sitharamam Kakarala has also joined last year and has taken charge of the Ph.D. programme and is concentrating on the LL.M. students. In short, there is still a nucleus around which the institution can be rebuilt and improved.
Not everything depends on the personality of the VC. Prof. SKDR will at the most be in charge till 2030. He does not have a very good academic judgment (especially needed for selecting teachers) but he is exceptionally good at networking with Supreme Court Judges, Ministers and Bureaucrats. That also carries certain benefits for the institution at large. In comparison, Prof. Sudhir Krishnaswamy is a much better academic, but when it comes to administration, he has repeatedly made decisions in a hurry without thinking about their practical consequences for the students at NLS. However, I must be objective and accept that on current form, NLSIU has a much stronger faculty pool and the main reason is the regular hiring efforts led by Prof. Sudhir.
Are things likely to improve by next year? Any inputs would be appreciated
An ex placement rep from the outgoing batch here. Like any other law school this year- we had bad numbers in terms of Big name coming in that too coupled with the Big Guns going towards PPO structure. Given our Programme structure, the entire 6-7 months long internship window was designed for people to go under assessments.
Now with the market having the situation it has- whatever non T1s and in houses that we could get for assessments- students either backed-out; or those were not as good for them so they let those go washed out, with zero applications.
Yes there might or might not have been institutional oversights. However the people who were not just chilling or not being a good for nothing for the past five years are currently under assessments in good firms and in house teams, rather than feeling depressed and pathetic on an anonymous site.
Tell me you know nothing without telling me you know nothing 😂😂
You hire them pay them retainer and they get the best senior counsels in discounted rates. That's all that they do!?
Need as much traction as possible.
▮▮▮ A very hierarchy driven place, therefore, the junior folks in the team (including SA-1’s) are treated in a very bad way. One wrong and your MA or SA will complaint about you to the partners (yes, they still behave as if they are in school). A lot of times partners put juniors on hook and remind them that they can loose job in a second.
From money aspect, they are truly generous. Also, worth noting that I have personally not worked in a tier-1 law firm, so may be culture is bad at all places.
If you are happy at your current firm, and really not sure if you want to come here or not. Then please don’t come. You will be disappointed.
anyone who has landed a ppo from tier 1 can let me know how?? who to approach how it starts whom to talk to?? how long it takes if its one internship only at a firm
Leadership which acknowledges the issues and is ready to work with the team to figure it all out is the kind of leadership which our firm needs.
This is a fantastic development as it aims to expand India's push towards the adoption of technology-driven justice, enabling convergence between cyber forensics, digital evidence analysis, and legal adjudication. The IDDRC, the first of its kind in India, established under the aegis of the School of Law, Forensic Justice and Policy Studies, will facilitate dispute resolution relating to e-commerce/digital commerce transactions, fintech operations, cybersecurity breaches, data protection issues, and smart contracts.
Only NFSU could have done something like this.