First part: Debatable, but still not too bad a debate. You will need further and stronger arguments.

Second part - the proposition about "conventional legal topics": Very, very disappointing. I thought we were agreed that robust theoretical work is needed in law schools? Doctrinal black-letter law scholarship has its place, but suggesting that any "type" of scholarship's authors are simply, because of doing that kind of work, "better off than others" is very dangerous. The Indian legal academia's research culture is by default cheapened because of this low quality suggestion.

Indian Kanoon link below. Found two JGLS grads and one Amity grad. From what I can see, all three used to work for Aquilaw and left in June, just a few days after the election results. Does this mean anything, given that Aquilaw publicly gave a statement dissociating themselves from Abhishek Banerjee? Are they now working as independent counsels? Did Abhishek engage all three of them because he has a comfort factor with them? Or are they now simply working as juniors to Gopal or the other seniors engaged in the case??

https://indiankanoon.org/doc/168457737/

They will hire la as it’s all about optics, showing growth to the market. The loss of partners, teams & revenue is a structural problem.

Most fresh hires would eventually have to fend for themselves. Ask last years recruits, been running pillar to post to find a partner & team.

Most quit out of frustration. HR is as good as non existent too !

So the end of the pathway for LLM/MBA in the US + job for Indian students, except for wealthy kids who don't mind paying up a crore. However, my hunch is that is he could exempt STEM/MBA grads and use it against humanities grads instead. Or maybe against lower-ranked universities.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u-s-weighs-100-000-fee-for-foreign-students-wanting-to-work-after-graduation-d0bf43d9?mod=e2tw

Hi everyone, it is high time that we A2/A3s have a ready reckoner to help us find out if we are being fleeced. A0/A1 salaries are widely discussed and in the public. The real difference starts coming A2 and onwards due to a variety of factors (rating, politics, team culture practice area)

Please drop your current figures below (in the same format please) so we can all help out each other! i’ll go first

KCO - Mumbai - Corp

25.8 L (fixed) + bonus (not sure)

Hi, I’m 27F, I have a 1 year PQE and my practice area is M&A, Venture Capital, Corporate Advisory and Employment laws, I’ve dabbled a little bit in Private Equity. I work in a boutique firm which by default means that I work across various verticals due to which I feel like I am not gaining any substantial knowledge since it’s a jack of all cards situation where you can’t master a skill because you’re made to do it all, I am desperately looking for a switch, does anyone have any leads for t2/ boutique/ t1 firms that are hiring A1’s in Mumbai? Would be a huge help

Either no one told him about NUALS, or he doesn't think much of it. Or perhaps he wants to set up something in Trivandrum or his constituency.

https://education.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/government-policies/kerala-to-modernise-legal-education-considering-law-university-cm-satheesan/132724677

The thread is accurate in some parts but a bit off in others. Only talking about T1s, yes BO2026 didn't have the best placement season, but BO2027 has actually been doing better than most we expected given how things looked earlier. Around 15 people from my juniors' batch have landed T1 offers so far, and a few more good firms like Tri and Argus incoming. That said, these numbers still aren't amazing once you consider the size of the batch.

I'll say if you're in roughly the top 25%, you have a pretty fair chance. The bottom which has rich kids who dont care about law, also dont care about placements but we have a lot of hardworking and very smart people too. So the crowd is very diverse.

The college can definitely help with internships if you make the effort. I know a dude with around 7.6/10 who managed to get really solid internships through campus. Obviously, most people will still have to rely on connections and personal applications at some point.

Also one last thing, the college has recently expanded batch size. A foul move that may result in dilution in the coming years. Things look better and growing for now but can get worse later.

Undeniably people are misinformed about how a law firm works. I understand from the folks working there that there has been a conscious call to focus more on hiring through PPOs and internship. They hired 20 this year and have already rolled out multiple PPOs for next year. In the age of AI, that’s not slowdown

lowering down fresher intake is not surprising, but why lead students on that they would be coming over for hirings in the first place then. I dont know if you are from an nlu, but at around this time, people have multiple interviews lined up and they do not blindly apply at all places. A lot of students had interned with Saraf and prioritised its application over other firms. There are also law schools that limit the number of a firms you can apply at at one point, so any one who applied to Saraf missed a shot at both it and another firm where they could have otherwise applied. Its fucked in multiple ways for all, easy to comment when you are not in the candidate's place

There are some law schools with such rules, including a few NLUs. There was also an infamous incident at NLSIU some years ago, reported in the media, where Prof V Nagaraj slut-shamed a girl for wearing shorts and the whole student body protested.

https://theprint.in/feature/st-stephens-shorts-ban-dress-code/3000899/

An average 25-year old now probably needs Rs 50-60 crore by age 50 (in 2050) for FAT Fire. Looking impossible, unless family wealth can give you that. Or if you join a government job and take bribes. In contrast with Gen Y, jobs are fewer and harder, competition is more, AI will displace a lot of jobs. Plus the economy is in a terrible state.

Forget Fat FIRE, even Lean FIRE looks dicey (Rs 20 cr or so).

Things are looking grim.

2026 graduate from a Tier 2 NLU. I had good internships, but unfortunately placements didn’t work out. I’m open to starting with any opportunity to gain experience, but my goal is to move into a Tier 1 firm.

For those aware of hiring trends:

- 1. When do T1 firms usually hire 2026 grads outside campus placements?
- 2. Is August a good time to start cold emailing associates/partners/HR, or is there a better window?
- 3. Any specific months when firms are more open to fresh graduates?