I'm sure your partner is a wonderful person, but this is something I've noticed too across most people at my NLU and workplace. For a huge chunk of them, law school and the corp law job that followed is the end-all-be-all of their lives. A lot of people peak in this way when they get their job offer, because they're completely satisfied with this being their life (not that I am in any position to judge what is right or wrong, just pointing out what I've noticed).

I do think the sensationalist discussion on sites such as LI and the mentorship (or lack thereof) seniors provide to their juniors in law school about paths other than corporate law contributes heavily to this culture. Nobody cares about this field except the few thousand that participate in it, but you'd think it is the most prestigious, competitive and handsomely paying career in the world based on how these conversations describe it.

While we see most posts about how burnt out people are in Tier-1s, I've noticed (my partner especially - who is ex-Tier1) cannot stop talking about his time there and all his stories begin and end from there. And God forbid if he meets someone from that firm, he and they go crazy gossiping about the people they knew ... maybe the firm alumni network is extremely strong or are ex Tier -1 millennials who are on their own all like this?

https://www.barandbench.com/news/breathalyzer-tests-contraband-search-24x7-police-camp-orissa-high-court-directions-for-nlu-odisha

Ice age cometh at other NLUs, esp those where VCs wish to tool this for image building and nip inconvenient student associations?

This is nothing more than judicial overreach. HC passed these directions in a matter for quashing of FIR. This incident happened outside the college, I don't understand how does a police beat house inside the campus will help to prevent such actions. A lot of moral policing is incoming on the kids living in hostel, there were no timings inside the campus but now due to this order there will be. NLUO will become a tightly controlled space. The admin was already enough and now they will pass arbitrary orders under the garb of this HC order.

NLUO’s reputation is sinking further and further with such incidents.

https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/orissa-high-court-nluo-campus-safety-guidelines-police-outpost-10529820/lite/

Totally agree. In addition to the centre wanting this, the respective state governments would also have to agree to this. This would mean the state 'giving up' on the state NLU. There are examples where the centre proposed to make a particular state engineering college into an IIT, but the state government did not agree, hence it did not go through. E.g Jadavpur University.

I cannot see any state government wanting to give up its NLUs for nationalization. So completely agree - this is flogging a dead horse.

The material benefit is making legal education at top universities accessible to the poor. The application fees, examination fees, and university fees are so high that a person below the poverty line cannot afford them. Do you think a family earning ₹10,000 per month can pay ₹4,000 for the exam fee, ₹40,000 for the counselling fee, and ₹3 lakhs for college fees? You might say they can take a loan, but even then, they have to provide collateral for a loan of more than ₹10 lakhs. The root cause of these high fees is the lack of funding from state governments. They are not even bothering. Legal education should be accessible to the poor.

And exactly what material benefit will you get? If INI and central institutions are so good then why do graduates from there land up to do LLMs and PhDs at NLUs and reputed private univs? We all know how many central univs operate barring exceptions. Instead why not pitch NLUs being taken over by foreign univs opening campuses in India

A ▮▮▮ in the new JSA competition team who was a hard worker just left for TTA. Why downgrade from a T1 to a T2? Particularly when you have the JSA bill share? I don't follow these career moves these people are making. I saw him in Trilegal when I interned there. He moved from Trilegal to JSA to TTA all in just three years. Trilegal was the best paymaster at the time (not any more). Then at JSA, they got a sweet deal with the bill share. Is he getting a better deal now in TTA when they poached him? Everyone here says the competition law market is slow, but some people seem to be getting better and better deals. What is going on? Are we being lied to?!?

im in my 1st year of law in 2nd sem , my 1st sem presentations were totally fucked , couldn't even breath and pronounce words there , my legs were shaking and i used to forget things while my peers were doing good in terms of public speaking, what should i do?, thinking about taking drugs that help me performing well, any suggestion ?

This is a huge development and gamechanger. Suppose I choose IITD, I can spend a semester doing research for an IITB professor who may be very good, and also maybe spend a month studying under good professors at IITM or IIT KGP, plus getting a taste of campus life there.

This would be great if introduced in NLUs, but one problem is that the scene has changed a lot since Sudhir came in. He has taken NLSIU to another level by aggressively recruiting and poaching top NLU alumni, while other NLUs are mostly stuck with terrible local college hires (of at best second-tier NLU talent). All good profs from NALSAR and NLUD have left. Then the likes of Amita Dhanda at NALSAR have retired. Plus a steep decline for NUJS post the exit of MP Singh and under the TMC government.

So maybe only a tie-up between NALSAR-NLUD make sense?

https://www.jagranjosh.com/news/iits-to-allow-students-to-study-across-campuses-from-this-year-check-details-here-182821

Your Postdoc, PhD, master or bachelor do not need to be in sync with each other, especially in Law. When teaching vacancies are released they are simply called as "assistant professor" jobs. Only a few universities would have specific vacancies like IPR, Taxation or Corporate. The rest allow any stream of law. We had a professor who did his LLM in family law, his PhD in constitutional law and he was teaching environment law in law school. Indian legal education is not as specialised as it should be especially from a teachers perspective. My own mentor was a NLS graduate throughout, with HR as his specialisation. Yet he taught CPC in his first year.

The main point you need to consider is your research topic. Since you would be working on it for the next 3-5 years. So make sure it's a passion project that will not only help in future publications but also make you a somewhat expert in it.

Congratulations. That's impressive. I've only managed to get 94 percentile and am doubtful of getting admission anywhere. You have a brilliant opportunity, do not squander it. You will be immediately accepted no matter where you apply, so you have what I don't, that's freedom of choice ! Make sure you choose smartly.

Coming to your PhD and masters. It's not necessary to do a PhD in the same specialisation that you did your masters in. One of my friends has a corporate law LLM and did his PhD in tribal relations, another had a LLM in Human Rights and did their PhD in environment law. What matters I where do you see your acadmic career in ? As in which area do you want to be a specialist in, decide your topic accordingly.

Having said that, majority of top NLUs, Jindal, JNU etc accomodate any topic in law. As long as you justify your proposal. My suggestion is to go through the faculty pages and find out which universities have a family law specialist. You need to check their publications first, then their PhD and LLM background. Especially their recent publications.

My suggestion is to apply at JNU centre for Law and Governance. It only accepts JRF candidates. The fees is negligible. JRF stipend immediately starts once enrolled. It has prestige. Public laws or Family law is definitely accepted there.

All the best.

Even though it might be competitive, this college is the best shot I have at making it to a good firm and I have tried my best to convince my parents but they don't seem to budge. The loan will not be a significant sum. Would I be able to get placed it I just work myself to the bone in the next 5 years?

Majority are rich or upper middle class, but there are people from modest strata on scholarship. I know one such girl who went on to study in the US on a scholarship and is going very well.

Remember that it’s now very hard to get into a top NLU for GC students who are ineligible for EWS or domicile quota, and rely solely on the merit list seats. So they look towards Jindal as their primary option (preferring it to a lower tier NLU or Symbi/Amity).

Ex-jindalite here. While you will get a good exposure, it's not worth taking a loan to join Jindal. The batch size is very huge and placements are also quite competitive. You are better off in another NLU or similarly placed college even if you have to take a gap year. I won't advise you to take a loan..

I see people jinke baap ka already law firm or some big buisness with big connection getting into law firms because of they daddy saying shit like this. Lol so much for merit it's all generational privilege go ask your daddy for internship lil bro and then talk about your idea of meritocracy and shitting on locals

You don't need fellow humans to counter you; you need ChatGPT, who will tell you you're a genius and that all of us are idiots for underestimating you. This hubris will cost you a lot. You're not going to like me for saying this, but you're not special. Hundreds go into an NLU with the exact same mindset. Looking at the current landscape of AI, be happy even if you get a job by the time you graduate.

I am in my fourth year and have internship confirmation from RK Dewan and Khurana and Khurana for the same month ? being from a non nlu in which firm will i have more chances for assessment internship ? and which one is better in terms of learning experience (context: my interests are more tilted towards trademarks and copyright law)