Hi, I am joining a white collar team in a firm. I am extremely interested in it, but dont know what the long term career path looks like.

Like with M&A or Gen Corp, you can easily get into any in house role, pharma law for pharma companies. What career path do I build with a WCC investigations road map.

despite the hate, canada is still the best, you will be stuck doing immigration and conveyancing, if you go it alone, however, its far better than in the homeland

next, would be UAE, but the only problem is getting the sponsor, if you can sort that out, its the easiest place to work, again small time contract and conveyancing are the top, no tax

then there is the perennial favourite the UK, however, you would need to pass SQE, which is becoming harder by the year

dont go to us for another three years, after that there will be a large pent up demand, just like when the covid restirctions relaxed

there are niche markets in brit overseaes territories but you would need deep connections, lifestyle fantastic and no tax

Hi, I am in final year of law and had been doing internship and it has not panned out. The firm is refusing to give me a straight answer.

I need a job urgently, I'm based in Delhi. I don't know where to look as Linkedin jobs are a bust and I am not getting replies to cold emails. Any sort of job, law firm, in-house etc would do as I really need one right now. What should I do?

'will i still be able to have a career later on in corporate law by the time I graduate i.e at 34' depends on how you define a career. will you get a job? You might. Will you ever be the youngest A0/SA/PA/AP/Partner? No. Will you be seen like a guy for whom law wasn't a preference? Yes. Will it matter? Yes. Will you be able to fast-track your growth in corporate? If you bring clients. So you have to ask yourself that whatever you're doing currently, you're leaving that because you love law or because you can't deal with the pressure. If latter, law will double down.

Well, my lifes been a bit of a roller coaster, was an aspiring budding scientist got disillusioned with the way things work here, and have a masters in forensic science to boot, with varied experience in scientific coding, research, tech and crime in general, but dropped out of a well funded PhD here. Needed advice, if I did manage to switch to law via LLB will i still be able to have a career later on in corporate law by the time I graduate i.e at 34........want to at least know my chances even after putting all the work in. Please advise.

Haii reader o( ˶^▾^˶ )o

Working in a law firm with (diagnosed) ADHD isn't easy.( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;) Even with medication, hitting strict deadlines is still a challenge for me.

I just finished a year-long internship where I was promised a full-time role. Unfortunately, HR let me know they are rescinding the offer after finding out about my diagnosis.My actual work has always been rated excellent, but I do occasionally need a little flexibility with deadlines as a medical accommodation (╥﹏╥). I'm hoping to connect with partners who run neuro-inclusive teams and value both mental health and strong work output.

I’d love to share my resume if anyone's hiring!!!. FYI, I’m a Class of 2026 student at a Top 3 NLU with internship experience in B&F and Projects. I'd also love to hear similar experiences, hmu! (＞ω＜)

What's the tea on the new Registrar?

From what I can tell, Nigam stepped up to Chair Professor back in September 2025, and he's been handling Registrar duties in-charge since then. But NLS just dropped that big call for applications for a full-time Registrar spot in December 2025, deadline got pushed to mid-January 2026.

So... has anyone heard whispers? Did they already pick someone fresh and it's not public yet, or are we still rolling with Nigam sir as the interim boss?

Promotions are not a problem till you are a counsel. They have recently introduced SA and PA. SA at A4 and PA ar A7/8. Money is good. Partnership is given basis performance and whatever the management wants. Slightly arbit on who becomes and who doesn't. Culture is toxic. No real mentorship and training. No teams. No accountability. The seniors are very know it all attitude. They don't really care about you. Most don't even know your name. They have had some big exits. Only a couple of good ones left. Not sure for how long. Noone except the favorites are happy. Favorites are not loyal. They constantly crib and bitch about the firm. Maybe they have reasons. Or maybe they are a wasted investment. So don't really know what's happening. But if you are joining at entry level. Then it's a good place to stay for 1-2 years.

Hi everyone, 4th year law student at a t1 nlu here - wanted to get to know how the process works if i want to steer away from the practice area i have chosen as of the moment. no offers yet, i have done two internships in GC teams, did nto really like it I worked a little with the IDT team and really liked it. dont have much on my cv except some editorial work and a publication on it, so wanted to know how the process is to actually go about "switching" practice areas, even if i have not started working there.

You are completely wrong about this! The hunt for good mid levels / SAs is always on. Even more so with this AI generation. The associates that are getting added to the industry are absolute blank heads. Can't think even with a gun to their head. No firm wants these ChatGPT or Gemini hugging morons. Tbh in the coming years with Harvey, Legora, and what not, prospective associates will have to differentiate themselves and skills for recruitment, otherwise no need to hire.

For those who appeared for the SEBI Grade A (Law) Phase II examination, or those who prepared seriously for it, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.

How did you find the overall difficulty level of the paper? How was the descriptive section? Any early expectations regarding the likely cut-off?

There seems to be limited discussion on YouTube around the Law stream specifically, as most conversations focus on the General stream papers. It would be helpful to have a more focused exchange here.

On a personal note, I was unable to complete the Reading Comprehension section, and I also could not attempt the last descriptive question in the Law paper due to time constraints. The paper felt quite lengthy. The highly sensitive keyboard did not help either, as frequent typing errors slowed me down.

Looking forward to hearing others’ experiences and perspectives.

This is cent percent true. They certainly don't help their juniors or students from NLS. In fact, I have seen the brand work against me. Whenever I have gone for internships, associates had withheld work just because of insecurity and they also give vague directions so that someone from NLS does not outperform them and they get a chance to say 'look this person is from NLS, they can't even perform well'. Sad part is NLS alums also don't help their juniors because of optics situation. They want to appear fair. I think the most aggressive support is granted to NUJS alums and Symbiosis alums. Luthra Delhi and Mumbai has been entirely captured by symbiosis people because they promote their own folks. Their entire cap marks team is symbiosis folks. I have also noticed people having a conplex about someone being from NLS and projecting their insecurities. I have had people throw shade on me and make assumptions about me being snooty just because I am from NLS, even though I have been nothing but nice to them. The lack of support from my own alums and petty cliquey behaviour from people from other universities (who generally promote their own people) has been extremely damaging to me and plenty of students at NLS who are just trying to make a living and learn/grow in this profession. Also, if you are from NLS be prepared to be subjected to th following:-

1. Comments about how you don't know stuff and are privileged

2. Tumhe toh naukri mil hi jaayegi because brand ( as if that discounts the hardwork I put at NLS (gruelling, tough academic situation)

3. Comments about how xyz college (NLU is better)

4. Be prepared to be bullied by the entire office and everyone in the chain: From associate to partner (god forbid, if they are from another NLU-they will make your life hell and berate you.

5. Comments about attitude issues just because you are from NLS. (without evidence to support the same)

6. Be prepared to be made to do work that is associate/senior associate level with minimal directions and then be berated for doing not a good job.

7. God forbid if you seek mentorship from them, they would shun you away and tell you to go 'speak to your alum, they promote you anyway' (which is not true, they don't)

You end up in a rock and hard place because your alums don't support you and people from other universities hold things against you always even when you are friendly/don't have airs about being from NLS. Mods, please don't withhold/censor this message- I want to put this across the community for both NLS alums and people from other unis to see, but more importantly I want my juniors to see this and be prepared for what is to come. NLS is an insulated space so we don't encounter this a lot there but this is a reality I have faced. I don't know why people hold things against us but they do. If you are a junior from NLS who has faced this/are facing this know that we will always have to optimize for other people's insecurities and be the best we can be: Do every task with 100 percent dedication because people are waiting to rip you apart for things that are minor mistakes for other interns. Other people can make mistakes, you making a mistake, however insignificant or minor would be a sin.

This is so true. There are hardly any associates from NLS at the mid levels. NLS alums are either Partners or A0/A1 so the ability to help is actually low. On top of that, most NLS alums are reluctant to help their juniors. On the other hand, you will find teams filled with NUJS/NLUJ/GNLU grads actively helping interns get work from SA/PA and partners.

Been at t1 firms for 4-5 years now, I've seen people from NLS don't really go out of their way to help their juniors or new interns like how people from nalsar or nujs or nluj do, odd because nls has lesser people in these firms already (they leave for other passions and other reasons) - on top of that a lack of support is more damaging. An argument could be made that they are from nlsiu so a support per se is not needed and the name speaks for itself, but visibility is good for everyone in my opinion. Maybe I am not qualified enough to assess and this is an incorrect observation.

What matters right now are upcoming but behind the scenes opportunities that come with new building construction and other development activities in the name of student welfare, academic improvement and such hoary and hollow (but also hallowed) banners.

#Andthebandplayedon

AG is well known for ensuring that certain things get verbally mentioned but never recorded in the minutes. He was among the EC stalwarts during the reign of Lord Taluk who strongly opposed SJA access to EC et al minutes and agenda notes. Ofc he and his ilk were subsequently trounced and royally schooled in RTI by SJA. But SJA lost its spine and ball. So back to square one.

Since NKC did abuse his position and then lost it, his backers in the EC including AG switched positions too. The NKC appointees got blindsided; and having read the room they quietly complied with the verbal advice of the AG.

What matters now are the current faculty members in the EC and how they swing.

Very much. I don't have to take care of proof-reading documents. I give all my grunt work like preparing list of dates and events, culling out specific details from specific documents, drafting long emails to AI. so saves time there. Tried to use it for drafting but it wasn't that good and I had to spent more time than I could have saved.

Has the adoption of Legal AI tools like Harvey, Legora etc actually had an impact on the quality and intensity of work at big law firms? Estimates were that these tools would save approx. 2-3 hours of an average lawyers' time daily. Want to understand if we see these tools as actually and meaningfully improving work life balance at law firms in the coming times.

Bands are still same as they were in 2024. IF any, the revision will happen in August/September and THAT TOO when some other T-1 firm increases it and they see people leaving. CAM is not that good among the tier-1s when it comes to associates' compensation. Right now as well, CAM at A0 level pays the least.

I've spent the last couple of years in-house handling government tenders and public procurement. By drafting and challenging tender conditions, filing writ petitions against discriminatory procurement policies, navigating GeM compliance, contract negotiations with PSUs and central government bodies. I've appeared and argued before the in court on some of these matters myself.

None of it is “landmark” at this stage, but the work is substantive and grounded in core constitutional principles, General Financial Rules violations, Indian standard certifications in the IT sphere and MSME policies. Given the rapid expansion of government digitalisation and defence spending, these procurement disputes carry clear potential to evolve into matters of wider legal significance.

The problem is that I'm paid like a junior paralegal, and I genuinely can't tell whether I'm building something valuable or slowly boxing myself into irrelevance. Law firm peers who do vanilla due diligence are earning 5-7x what I make.

So here's what I want to ask:

Does public procurement have real long-term value as a legal niche in India, or is it just glorified vendor management in the eyes of the market? Infra firms, defence contractors, and IT vendors all need this expertise but does the legal industry actually recognise it?

Can someone pivot from this background into a litigation or regulatory practice at a firm? I have courtroom exposure and draft extensively, but I don't carry a "firm pedigree." Is that an automatic disqualifier, or does relevant domain expertise still open doors?

Would you advise specialising deeper say arbitration, regulatory, or government contracts or is an LLM/course reset more practical?

Genuinely looking for practical opinions, and not reassurance. If this profile is a dead-end, I'd rather hear it now.

I have been in litigation since I graduated in 2023. Over the past three years, I’ve gained valuable experience working with an AOR and have been deeply involved in court practice.

I am now considering transitioning to a Disputes team at a law firm.

I’m unsure how to navigate this shift. I’ve heard that prior litigation experience is often “discounted” when moving to a firm, and while I’m prepared for that, I struggle to understand the logic behind it.

Why is chamber experience viewed differently from firm experience in disputes practice?

Also, practically speaking — how does one make this transition? It often feels like resumes from chambers don’t receive the same consideration from firms as they do within litigation circles.

Would really appreciate insights from those who’ve made this move.