With respect to mba, age won't be an issue given that most people who do an MBA have substantial workex or even gaps sometimes. With NLS LLB getting in is also not easy because there are very few seats for the general male category candidate. Even if you make it I would still recommend you opt for an MBA.

Will MBA at my age be acceptable.

Next year cat so mba by 29 . Still Employable?

As this year slim chance of T1 MBA .

Or You don't recommend any gap year now as already old.

If recommend gap year what to do next year as in give govt exam like ssc cgl and switch if get it or just single focus on cat.

Thanks for such detailed answer .

I be 29 in MBA too though as giving MBA this year in nov and getting T1 B school chance is slim. Is it ok to be 29 in MBA with no work ex.

Btw what to do in this remaining year give govt exams like ssc cgl, bank etc or just prep for MBA and no other exam in between. What if I crack some govt in this one year exam take that job??

Or you suggesting MBA from T1 this year only anf don't suggest one more gap year at this age.

Hi,

1. Provisional Degree Certificate

2. Address Proof (Both current and permanent)

3. Any document as identity proof (Aadhar card, EPIC card, Passport etc.)

4. PAN Card

5. AIBE Result (varies from firm to firm)

6. Bar Council Enrolment Certificate (within 6 months of joining the firm)

6. Stock & MF holdings disclosure for Insider Trading Form (also your parents and siblings if they are financially dependent on you or they take your advice for trading)

"I’m asking because I always wanted to pursue Law through the NLUs, but I couldn’t clear those entrance exams and ended up pursuing CA instead—which, honestly, I’m quite grateful for today."

Yeah, so grateful that even after a decade of doing not-law, you're at an anonymous legal discussion forum, asking how much your law equivalent-peers make, even after spending a decade in a not-law industry. Life may have given you 'uninflated' and 'higher' numbers, but it still never gave you contentment and that is why you're here. You're not even asking a question here, you're just talking to yourself, trying to understand why, despite the higher numbers, you aren't happy.

So to answer a question you didn't actually ask: Lawyers make enough to make your skin crawl and your hands scroll LI even after all this time.

All the numbers I see here are either heavily inflated or too low.

I’m currently working at EY in the Strategy and Transactions division (Deal Advisory) as an AVP, and compensation up to the Director level is fairly well known. Directors typically make around ₹60–70 lakh in base salary, with a 40–50% year-end bonus, bringing total compensation (TC) to roughly ₹1–1.2 crore.

A person typically makes Director at around 10–11 YOE here, given the up-or-out policy. However, things change significantly at the Partner level.

Partner fixed compensation is broadly equal across service lines, with a minimum of around ₹1.5 crore fixed. Keep in mind that it generally takes around 14–15 YOE to make Partner here, compared with roughly 10–12 YOE at Tier 1 law firms.

However, Partner compensation is not really about the fixed salary. Profit sharing and bonuses are exponentially higher than the base.

For context, my Partner currently makes around ₹7.5 crore annually, and he isn’t even a rainmaker. He has around 23 YOE, including 10 years as a Partner. The rainmakers, particularly National Heads, are reportedly clearing ₹15–20 crore annually.

My Partner also closes approximately ₹40 crore in annual books.

So, what do rainmaking Partners at Tier 1 law firms actually make? I am guessing between 10-30cr (it's a broad range I know)

I’m asking because I always wanted to pursue Law through the NLUs, but I couldn’t clear those entrance exams and ended up pursuing CA instead—which, honestly, I’m quite grateful for today.

Hi everyone. Recently I have been seeing a lot of push from career gurus and course sellers , towards DPDP and broader Data Protection related courses saying that they are not veterans here, you can be the leader in this sector in future , etc. Ofcourse there might be exaggerated but it got me curious. What do you think is the future for Data Protection lawyers in India. Especially ones in law firms. Will they ever reach the level of major practice areas like M&A, GenCorp, Capmarks, B&F, RealEstate, etc or will they be underpaid like IPR?

State your opinions with reasons.

Hi everyone, I'm a BO25 law graudate, been working with a Senior Advocate who primarily does Insolvency Litigation in the NCLAT but also lots of Company Law and other matters, I would like to know if there is any way for me to switch to Disputes or IBC teams in any T1/T2 firms?
I have gained a fair bit of understanding and have been a part of many high profile matters, drafted some WSs but not too much drafting otherwise. I'm paid fairly above what can be expected from litigation but ofc it's less than half of what you'd get in a firm, I'm willing to discount my 1PQE. Any guidance as to what my options are and how I could go about this? Preferably Mumbai. Thanks in advance!

Although I hate studycelling, you are unfortunately right. There is no other metric available nowadays especially with advent of AI. Before that atleast I could have said publications. But don't you think Internship experience counts? Especially if the person has one or more callbacks?

But then those with high cgpa might not gamble with themselves by settling for NDA. With the kind of situation NDA is in right now with many seniors leaving in quick succession, there are not too many options other than picking these 'highly talented' people with 'low cgpa.' Weird but high talent comes at the cost of low cgpa :)

This is a embarrassingly insecure take. Imagine publicly admitting that thought-provoking assignments are "too hard" for you, and then trying to blame your whole university for your own personal limit. Speak for yourself buddy. Plenty of NLU as well as Non-NLU students handle high-level rigor just fine without needing to hide behind Stanford's name to justify taking simple shortcuts. Imagine having such a batchmate. I really pity TNNLU 23 folks.

ELP is in crisis. Three senior equity partners, all of them in the Managing Committee, are moving to Dhruva Advisors. Two of these three are Co-Heads of ELP's tax practice, which is ELP's flagship practice. The 3rd partner co-heads ELP's Trade practice, which includes Competition Law. Essentially the Tax, Trade and Competition Law teams are moving to Dhruva. ELP's Managing Partner, let's call him SAN for the sake of sanity, is also a Trade and Competition lawyer, though his bio on ELP's page has a grandiose description - "His work is across M&A, regulatory, securities law, trade and competition laws". Of late, SAN has been pretending to be a litigator and speaking at ADR and Arbitration seminars and piling on with the corporate partners when they negotiate deals. If SAN could also move with the three partners who are moving (mind you, I don't think they want him), the second Co-Founder (let's call him Sword since he is sharp as a sword, though very lazy) will have a fighting chance to hold the rest of ELP and rebuild it. Maybe, T could take the Rest to the law firm that his father founded and has a very good name in the market?

For Fintech, the partner has recently joined the firm and is looking to build a team. So, if you are specifically interested in the Fintech space, it could be a good gamble and an opportunity to work closely with someone who is actively building the practice.

That being said, there is a possibility that you may also end up working with the GC team, which may not necessarily be ideal given the level of attrition currently happening at the firm.

▮▮▮

The upside, though, is that working with them could give you a lot of hands-on exposure. You may find yourself handling matters almost entirely from start to finish, which can significantly build your confidence and technical skills. ▮▮▮

Exactly. I never had a LinkedIn profile or a tier 1 internship, but was the first one to get an offer during Day 0, that too from an NLU considered to be lower tier from the people in this forum. I had interned in multiple chambers and was diligent with my work. I guess that helped.

Causelist here:

https://x.com/HALDERSAN/status/2090523860819140990/photo/1

https://www.barandbench.com/news/calcutta-hc-justice-suvra-ghosh-alleges-tmc-leaders-lawyer-tried-to-access-records-from-her-chamber-in-collusion-with-her-private-secretary

Gaurav Mitra is now designated senior.

Only few aged arguing counsels left in delhi like Abhishek Anand, Sandeep Bajaj and Sumesh Dhawan.

Biswajit Dubey also is good.

If slightly younger lot then can consider someone like Tishampati Sen, Gaurav H Sethi or Chitranshul Sinha.

Other names in the thread are generally filing counsels and not seen them much doing final hearings.