I am a student at an NLU about to finish my 2nd Year. I may be able to secure an internship with a T1 in the next 5-6 months but I am worried that my CV is not good enough to actually impress anyone there. How should I proceed? I am unsure whether I'll be able to perform impressively, but I also don't want to miss in on the opportunity.

Hey everyone,

I’m a final-year law student from an NLU, about to graduate soon. Even with a decent rank, some publications, and a tier-1 internship under my belt, I haven’t been able to land a job yet. My family is dealing with a lot of debt right now, and I’ve also taken a student loan to finish my studies. A job at this point would really change things for me and help take some pressure off at home.

If any of you know of any openings in law firms, corporate teams, or even litigation chambers where someone like me could actually get a fair chance, I’d be really grateful if you could refer me or just point me in the right direction. I’m open to doing an assessment internship where I can be seriously considered for the job.

If nothing works out, I’ll probably have to shift fully towards preparing for government exams. Honestly, this feels like my last real shot at making things work.

First of all there are no jobs in this profession - and so under an advocate/sr advocate's chamber. Now, should you wish to join someone's chamber- you must appreciate the fact that they don't work as a formal organisation, and hence there won't be any proper recruitment process. (Atleast for a good majority of them). Now, to answer your question - how do you approach? Well, 3 ways:

1. Email with CV and all -only if you have the mail id and don't know them. Follow up after 2/3 weeks once or twice and then leave.

2. Text message/call - ditto as above.

3. Approaching in person - works the best, regardless of whether you know them or not - but please keep in mind never to ask for a juniorship right away - say that you observed their proceedings and all, and would like to be their chamber junior.

Glad that you chose to do litigation than some clerical law firm job. All the best

It really just depends on the chamber in question. If you are already acquainted with the advocate in question just call or message them regarding your desire to join their chamber. They will inform you about their process, if any. However, if you don't know the lawyer, then cold mailing would be best. You can message or call them if you don't get a reply despite following up. Also try to see if you have any common connection who can introduce you to the lawyer in such cases.

Hi All,

I work at a tier 2 firm based out it Mumbai. I have a PQE of 2.5 years wherein I have worked with the M&A and PE team and did several high stake transactions. Additionally, from last 6 months I have been working constantly on advisory matters on employment laws, which I found very interesting.

However, now I am looking for a switch in the employment and benefits teams of a Tier 1 or Tier 2 firm. Is it possible with only 6 months of advisory experience in employment matters. I am also comfortable to discount my experience and start as an A0. Anyone from the employment teams here or someone who has been in a similar situation can you please share some insights, it would be really very helpful. Thanks.

I have a PQE of 2.5 years, wherein I have worked with the GC team of a Tier 1 firm. I have worked on several PE transactions and did advisory work for the employees teams.

I want to make a switch to employment team, can someone please provide some insights if anyone having experience in employment teams or someone who have been on the same page.

Hi. "Richest firm" commentwala here. US firms prefer candidates who have JD degrees from T14 US law schools. Maybe a prestigious Tax LLM may also help breaking into US market. However without it I haven't seen any India born Indian getting into these firms.

On LinkedIn I have seen one person I think, an India born Indian from an NLU , who has worked with a magic Circle law firm and then managed to get into Latham and Watkins. But still not an equity partner. It takes significally longer to make equity partner and much less if you are India qualified

Ashish Gupta , very good mentor with a sound knowledge has a lot of work in arbitration, NCLT, APTEL. Team is great and no one was any Attitude problems, a very welcoming team.

If not Ashish, then Ajoy , great guy but has his quirks. Team is solid, good knowledgable seniors , great mentors and great human beings.

Shashank is a very sweet partner but team is ▮▮▮. Same for Swati, excellent human being but team is cut throat ▮▮▮. The downside to these teams are that no one will guide you, but everyone will throw you under the bus, more like survival of the fittest and also very narrow and repetitive work. If you going there be ready for the worst.

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VP - no idea since have no contacts there.

Shailaja - V good team to learn but again ▮▮▮ cut throat

Anup rawat - great guy and even more great if you’re a cricket lover. Jokes apart, good team and man gets very solid work in IBC, CHECK out latest reported judgments on IBC, you’ll know.

Dave Robinson - good jollly guy but not seen his team much, so can’t comment but one partner muzzamil he’s v good

So my top 3 (not necessarily in order) - Ajoy, Ashish and Anup.

All the best

So if one wants to learn and not earn , which is the best team to join, pls help me. A team which has a lot of good work where one can just keep his head down and work, keeping the toxicity in mind and also which individual partner will guide and groo, amd focus on preparation. Thanks a Ton.

Recently learnt from a friend that they identify as “corporate/ M&A”. From what I have been told, this team does not have any M&A work. Far from it. It’s mostly general advisory which is fine. Apparently, they mostly advise on ancillary laws like BIS, misleading advertisements, etc. in addition to labour law. This self-description cannot get any more misleading than that. If you are looking to do labour work or commercial laws work, this is a good team.

Hello everyone.

I was wondering if anyone has any input regarding the Disputes team at Touchstone Partners Delhi? I’ve tried looking for information online (including LI) but all conversation seems to be regarding the transaction teams.

It’d be great if someone has any insight about the work that they do, pay, culture, etc. Thank you!

Not sure how this can be done, because the SC has stated that CLAT has to be the exam for law entrance. Breaking away by these three will mean a separate exam and they will probably charge higher fees.

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I tend to miss work most days. But I actually don’t. I go to work. Should I be penalised when I go to work because of my tendency to miss it ? The dictionary definition of “tends to “ is to be likely to behave in some way- we don’t punish people in criminal law because they’re likely to do something. We punish them for something that they have actually done that is blameworthy.

This language isn’t used in any other criminal provision. Repeat offenders don’t have their sentence mitigated and some times have repeat offences be punished with a heavier sentence- but this provision doesn’t do that. It doesn’t ask for previous convictions.

We don’t punish people in criminal law for other crimes they’ve committed other than the indictment before the court. This is called the doctrine of full proof.

Tends to cause emotional abuse is what exactly ? Misgendering? Tends to do financial abuse is what ? An employer being late with the check? Borrowing money and being late to give it back?

In any case the original point still stands. Gross misstatement to say the 2019 enactment or the 2026 enactment criminalises rape or that it awards a lesser punishment for it. The section criminalises tendency to do a number of things (this shouldn’t be a crime) and then awards an outsized punishment for that tendency.