No.

1. On a PPP basis. You are far more rich in a tier 1 shop in India than a Magic Circle firm in London.

2. Work culture and Hours - if you think magic circle or AM100 lawyers have it easy you are wrong. Law firms are horrible to work at even in Germany (country with most WLB)

3. Far more easy to grow in India - UK, US law firms have saturated. Especially in the UK - legal market cannot grow any further.

Indian legal market will be growing super fast in the coming years. In 30 years I won't be surprised if Trilegal/CAM/Khaitan individually has 1000+ partners and 6000+ associates.

If you are somewhat competent you will make partner in an Indian firm.

I actually left London. Not because India is better, but because I belong to the privileged 0.01% elite nepo kids of the country. Wealthy parents, house in GK, servants, maids, Merc with chauffeur, invites to high-society parties, Delhi Golf Club membership etc. Plus an IAS in the family to help me out whenever I need any paperwork done. Also, I spend a month in Europe every year, soaking up the culture which we so lack in India. Plus 2 weeks in winter in Dubai, Phuket, Bali, Sydney etc.

Only leave the UK for India if you have this kind of life. Else, get the f*** out of India and save yourselves.

Terrible comment, which should be downvoted 200 times.

FACT: MBAs head the world's biggest companies, lawyers don't.

FACT: MBAs are paid much higher than law grads.

FACT: MBA degrees are much more useful than law degrees if you want to migrate abroad .

FACT: MBAs give you access to many different types of careers.

FACT: MBAs are far more respected in Indian society than lawyers.

LI: you really need to disable voting on your comments.

I am frustrated with SCC's speed matchign that of a computer from 1990s. I wish a better competitor takes over its whole market share. Its an epitome of mediocrity in terms of speed and delivery. While it provides a folder feature, it doesnt let you mass select cases in one click by a simple feature of 'select all' and then deselect

Don't want to take away anything with regards to success of a 1st gen litigator but his sudden rise, the kind of clientele he has atleast publicly and the cream matters he gets seems ▮▮▮ a lot of times considering generational legal families don't easily provide access as they control the system.

Maybe he has some backing that the general public might not be aware of.

What is your basis for saying the upper castes are in the minority? If 10-20% of the general population comprise 30-40% is that them being in the minority? By this logic, Parsis (an affluent and influential community) in education and the workforce are certainly in the minority. Do we make a hue and about this? The problem is of over-representation and under-representation, and had you read the article this would be clear to you.

It’s very simple, guys. Upper castes are fewer in number in India. They tend to have fewer children, because they have historically had higher levels of education. The more educated people are, the less children they usually have, because of awareness about family planning and access to contraception. Plus late marriage and lower fertility.

In contrast, lower castes have historically had lower levels of education. As a result, they fell behind when it came to family planning and birth control. Hence, we have a large mismatch in our demographics: a small number of upper castes and a large number of lower castes, because the latter have had families with more children. Aside from reservation, the sheer numerical difference explains the data from the IIM study.

This is also one of the reasons we should think about reservation for Muslims descended from lower castes.

No, this information is not accurate.

1. Not just lateral hirings, all hirings require timing and luck. If anything, lateral hirings are the most meritorious, far more than day 0s and PPOs where candidates are selected randomly or based on how attractive they are.

2 & 3. Friends almost never help in this regard. Unless they're college friends who care about you selflessly. Direct applications to partners are also a hit and miss unless the partner is from the same college as you. Even that, increases chances only by a bit.

3. Recruiters remain the best option for lateral hiring, by far.

Because according to most of the Indians he is an anti national and the reason for this perception was that doctored video of him which was completely false , they don't understand the stringent provisions of UAPA and that absurd interpretation by supreme court and the country now started liking savarkar's hindutva ideology which is very much different from actual hinduism

NCDRC is one of the worst tribunals. The bench gets pressured by Senior Advocates, the presiding judges are technical members who do not know the law at all, and mostly adjournments are sought and long dates are given. I always have a feeling of unease whenever I am there. You could probably offer to assist with writing judgments, do research etc.

I'm an intern at NCDRC currently and need advice as to how can I make the most out of it. Currently I'm usually just sitting in the back of the courtrooms and observing how the advocates argue and how the judges respond. I'd appreciate new, creative perspectives to look at courtroom dynamics, and any other thing I can do while interning. I've tried talking to other interns, but they've just formed their groups with the same-year mates and don't really look encouraged enough to interact with others.

As someone who wanted to get into academia from the start, got in and now completely regret it. I wish I aimed for law firms or even litigation. Now I don't have work experience, internships are more than a decade old and have no connection to side step. Trapped can't leave. I advise everyone to not join, even if it's a tier 1 institutions. Central university won't happen without deep connections.

None. Academia is never a better career. You earn less, work more on useless stuff, barely have time to research what you like, teach absolute morons, tackle with administration delays, sometimes are not paid for months, politics will keep you down. In the end, every job suks but atleast the high pay compensates for that. As someone who always wanted to get into academia and got in, I suggest not to get in.

This is not at all true.

Even post increase in salary LKS stands nowhere close to any tier 1 firm.

For instance the remuneration offered to A0 at LKS is 14 LPA + Bonus (at max 1/1.5 lakh) which is nowhere close to SAM (20 lakhs), Khaitan (22.5 lakhs), Trilegal (19.5 lakhs).

Moreover the salary growth trajectory at LKS is much slower than any other firm (leave tier 1 firms).

Yaar ideology and education have no relationship with each other. If you want to know whether it will provide a good education, check who on the website has experience with education and mentoring. Ask yourself how much time and energy someone with a lucrative practice will put into students who can't take their fees back, as opposed to clients who pay per hour. Then do the math with whatever ideology you want. 2+2 will still be 4. Left liberal or not, career professors have different skills and priorities than career lawyers. Your friend can go apprentice with lawyers to learn from them.

The Supreme Court gave the verdict while adjudicating a case pertaining to a recruitment process conducted by the Rajasthan High Court, which had framed a rule stating that reserved category candidates would not be appointed to General category seats even if they scored higher than the General cut-off.

The High Court had argued that allowing SC/ST/OBC/EWS candidates to occupy General seats would amount to giving them “double benefit" — one through reservation and another through selection in the General category. The Supreme Court rejected this argument and a bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine G. Masih dismissed the Rajasthan High Court’s petition, emphasising that merit must be given due weight.

https://www.news18.com/india/sc-st-obc-candidates-eligible-for-general-seats-in-govt-jobs-if-they-clear-cut-off-rules-sc-ws-kl-9809683.html

Same principle is followed in CLAT for decades. If an SC/ST/OBC scores enough to make it to the merit list, he or she is shifted to the merit list and removed from the reserved list. The reserved list then admits another SC/ST/OBC candidate. So basically an extra SC/ST/OBC candidate makes it and the number of people in the general category decreases by 1.

Rajaram aka River Law offers permanent work from home however a colleague of mine who used to work there earlier had mentioned that while its a small firm of approx 10 people as you said the attrition rate is at least 50% per year including junior levels. Pay is average and variable bonus component is high. Atmosphere from what I hear is no different than most toxic T1s and a lot of politics, haras sment and micromanagement involved. A lot of partners have left as well. Better to stick to T1 and get paid well. They mainly do VC not much M&A from what I know. Rebranding doesn't fix the internal issues that people have faced/ facing, nor is it starting over.

Hi - can we use this thread to highlight and discuss the air pollution issue. Authorities are neither taking any active steps to curb it nor are they acknowledging the issue. Delhi NCR pollution gets move coverage (not that has improved anything), but the pollution in Mumbai and so many other cities in India is as bad. What can be done by individuals at the personal level and how we can create buzz for authorities atleast start working on the issues even if it means doing the bare minimum. Right now anything is better than nothing.

hello,

planning on applying for a 1 month internship with Samvad (Mumbai) with their lit team.

can someone shed some light on how their disputes team and practice is? also are there any job prospects with samvad mumbai?

I am also considering hyderabad but haven't heard much about offices other than mumbai and delhi.