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How different is it in Noida though?
a. I did internship (1 month) as well as a Call-back Internship (2 month) with this firm.
b. Now when I am in my final year, I was told that the firm has vacancies for that matter my interview was scheduled (for an Assessment Internship). Interview went really well. The partner has taken it, gave all positive signs, even insisted on joining a specific team because it has vacancies. HR conveyed that you'll receive a confirmation email either by EOD or the next day.
c. From the next day onwards, I was reaching out to the HR continuously, but she kept on hanging me saying she'll send the email.
d. I had some really high hopes just because the partner gave all the positive signs as well the HR.
e. To my surprise, all of a sudden the HR ghosted me completely, she neither picked up the call nor responded on email. In between almost 10 days were passed.
f. On the 11th day, I got to know (through my connection that I made during my Call-back) that the vacancy got filled.
g. In all of that, I missed all the potential opportunities that could be availed by me in those 10 days (being a final year law student).
f. Not because I am blind, but because they made me hope really high.
g. The HR department used to be really transparent when people like ▮▮▮ Ma'am were there (they use to accept applications on the basis of your worthiness not by mere connections). Now the current HR (▮▮▮ ▮▮▮) only accept applications through connections and nothing else. She'll make false promises and then will ghost you completely without giving any importance to the crucial time of a final semester student.
I'll confirm your internship right away.
Only if I were the HR.
I have interned at Saikrishna and Associates (including Call-back) as well as Hammurabi and Soloman Partners (including Call-back) and without referrals, all by myself (begging HRs).
I am a final year law student, having no legal background and unfortunately an unknown law college.
Now when it comes to hiring, your Connections will speak louder than your CV. Trust me, no matter if you have exceptional outstanding CV, a mediocre brat having partner referrals will eat up your position. Both of these firms will exploit you in return of free labour but when comes to hiring only candidate with mediocre employability skills with partner referrals get hired.
My advice would be, don't just intern, work on your connections.
Also, when it comes to vacancies, reach out to people on LinkedIn. Reach out to HRs initially, only then intern, don't waste your tine providing free labour.
Above all, idk what is so wrong with current HR. She'll make promises and then she'll completely ghost you.
PS - I've done Internship as well as a call-back internship with Hammurabi and Soloman Partners (without any referral), along with some decent Tier-1 Internships.
I want everything, everywhere but perhaps not all at once. I sometimes don't understand the point to the Tier 1 law firm life. If one wants a conventionally large career, to get married, to have kids, to be around to raise them. How does one do that?
I'm also not sure that doing more years at a T1 law firm will be the way to achieve it (currently at ~6 PQE). The lives of my partners at my firm truly truly scare me, I don't want to wrangle with an SPA at 3 am while my 1 year old is at home, what is the point of putting in all this hard all your 20s and 30s if they still get on calls over Sunday because you can't say no to clients and your child keeps crying in the background?
Might as well do a good in house job and live a normal life right from your 20s? While Tier 1 firms pay well, they will never let you build wealth meaningful enough to let you take it easy when you're 45. Why is everyone doing this? Why are in house jobs not more popular
A successful DRT/DRAT advocate might make around ₹50 lakhs in annual profit, and some even make ₹2 to ₹3 crore in profit. However, such profits typically come from running a chamber or firm more like a high-volume shop than a traditional advocate’s practice. They employ a large number of juniors, often freshers, who may be paid around ₹8,000 per month in cities like Bombay. That is essentially how many of these practices are run.
Such childish behaviour from proff side to impose his ideals on a first year student
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/row-erupts-at-jindal-varsity-over-comparing-modi-with-hitler/amp
the environment is too fragmented, too many PhD tests, some are irregular, some completely opaque, some have changing question pattern
future academics need some stability
These are the points to remember, there are people who have done well from both the places, so you would not be badly off no matter which one you choose.
There is not much to choose between NALSAR and NUJS to be honest right now. Faculty are comparable, so are the VCs now that OVN has replaced NKC at NUJS, placement is close enough to be similar, location-wise NUJS will have advantage over NALSAR. NALSAR had kept its batch strength steady though for some time, so things would be stabler there.
We all have gone through this at some point in our life. I am working in a law firm and can have a chat with you. Mail me if interested on hanish.talsania@pandyajuris.com
Also, another thing I have come to realise is that since Bangalore does not have a lot of good institutes asides, NLS of course and Christ, the competition is already low and the city presenting a natural barrier for outsiders vis-a-vis language and cultural environment, the ones who have accustomed to or are locals have an edge when it comes to the home-grown market. Delhi and Mumbai are already saturated with local college and students flocking from outside cities, meanwhile Bangalore's legal market is still largely pristine and is expected to grown in the future. The only issue is, how to transition there from other cities.
The work itself also isn’t monotonous; almost every day brings something new. While that’s great from a learning perspective, it also means there’s constant pressure to learn quickly, retain a lot of information, and perform immediately. On top of that, it feels like the quality of our work alone no longer speaks for itself, which makes the environment even more pressuring, because you are expected to know. I have covered whole semester worth of portions in one night trying to understand the work.
I also want to be clear that I’m not trying to complain, whine, or sound entitled. I genuinely want to do well here, and I’m trying to understand how to make this environment more manageable for myself without overburdening myself any more than I already am.
I guess what I’m really struggling with is whether this is just part of being early in my career, or if this is something I should expect long-term. Will I always feel this overwhelmed and behind, or does it get better with experience?
For SAM, I remember my friends getting the joining email/offer letter somewhere in April.