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Prepare while in that college, it being in NCR has it's own perks which you'll realise in coming years, most NLUs are not in metro cities with multiple forums, you'll get good internship exposure in Delhi and that will eventually be the deciding factor for start of your career.
And if in case you do wish to clear that idiotic exam, focus on and 2 things. Your reading comprehension and your GK. As a UG student, you may not be aware of it but since after 2019 pattern change, that exam is not but a simple ticket for those privileged with good English exposure to get direct entrance to NLUs. Every section required your utmost comprehension, even the legal section, which will have more than 80% of answers in the passage itself.
Rest is the GK part, with which you should be good. Be a champ and be thankful to whatever you're getting, you'll be more privileged by the end of your law clg due to your proximity to NCR. Otherwise clear CLAT but try to avoid any tier 2 city NLU, unless it's genuinely having good faculty.
Article highlights the principles here : https://vishallegalghy.blogspot.com/2025/11/attendance-in-law-colleges-for-students.html
Whether the judgment is correct and augurs well for legal education in India ?
I have to say, I liked his interview to the Times of India, because he acknowledges the risk that NUJS may be deteriorating into a third-rate college.
From a purely pragmatic perspective, I am hoping that the BJP wins Bengal, so that central government funds can come to NUJS.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/nujs-at-a-crossroads-will-restore-intellectual-infra-says-new-vc/amp_articleshow/125038907.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/nujs-at-a-crossroads-will-restore-intellectual-infra-says-new-vc/articleshow/125038907.cms
and spill the beans on transfer, dont take names of the persons transferred and the mods would let it pass
Slow demise of antitrust enforcement
2. As for writing in English:
(a) You began the conversation by writing in English. Write in Hindi, why don't you? And for good measure, write in Hindi using a Hindi keyboard, not an English keyboard (on windows go to language settings and change accordingly). You know why you should write in Hindi using a Hindi keyboard in your LI conversations? because the LI moderators/admin want the site to be accessible to the blind. Hindi words, written using English letters, totally messes up the interaction that assistive technology software packages used by blind people have with digital material. However, this doesn't happen if you write in Hindi using a Hindi keyboard. Therefore, write in Hindi using a Hindi keyboard for that reason, if nothing else.
(b) English is no more uniquely a language identifiable with the British. Top Indian legal academics - Upendra Bakshi, B.S. Chimne - all write in English. India has uniquely adapted English to its circumstances and needs. So go figure!
https://eastmojo.com/news/2025/11/03/sc-says-audio-tapes-alleging-biren-singhs-role-in-manipur-violence-were-tampered/
Bro, honestly, I’m not as into litigation as I once thought I’d be. It’s definitely not about the salary, once you factor in the associated perks, the overall compensation in the initial years more or less balances out.
For me, the main reason is the lifestyle I want and the environment I miss. My ideals might be unpopular, at least in this forum, but Delhi is not where I see myself spending the coming years of my life. And it’s not just Delhi, I genuinely enjoy village surroundings and less crowded places. Those are usually the areas people want to avoid, but having lived in Delhi my entire life and only visiting villages or towns (across India) for a couple of months a year since childhood, I’ve realized I no longer want to sustain life in metro cities. I’m willing to trade future “success” and a higher salary for the chance to work for society while staying as far away from metros as possible.
Honestly, I just want a job that allows frequent transfers and keeps me close to actual natural life. UPSC, at least, offers that. Most cadres have only one or two big cities, and the rest are small towns and that’s exactly what I’m looking for. (Once & if, selected) Any transfer to any major city within the cadre won't survive more than 2-3 years, the rest of my life I can avoid all the chaos and actually live peacefully and enjoy being alive.
Some would even argue that the ideal path for people who want to pursue higher education law teaching basically isn't in India. Shifting abroad is difficult, costly, makes you loose touch with family, filled with vast uncertainty - given the backlash in western countries towards immigration.
In your situation - Tier 1 NLUs might have the advantage of better international recognition - which might help you later (in India or abroad)- which most private universities will certainly lack. That said - make sure you are taking a well considered decision
Teaching at Jindal is of course more rewarding and better than NLUs unless you get a permanent appointment in NLUs/ Govt Univ.
Hope this helps.
Less goo!!
Best place on gods green earth
His promises:
- free public transport
- free childcare
- free housing and freezing of rents
- free/subsidised groceries via government ownership of supermarkets and food retail stores
- free gender-affirming healthcare to non-binary people
-declare NYC as an LGBTQIA++ sanctuary city
- establish an Office of LGBTQIA++ affairs
- free legal aid to immigrants
- removal of tax exemptions for charities with ties to Israel
- more taxes for the rich
- more taxes for corporates
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Induslaw also pays 7.5k (not sure what is the situation now)
Also I would like to add another seventh point.
7th mistake was Introduction of the Tertiary Sector Revolution to the regions of the country which has not even seen Primary and Secondary sector revolutions yet.
Humans need time to evolve and adapt, giving modern tech in hands of tribals without evolving them via introduction of agriculture, and later industry and associated value educations, is a great sin towards them and towards the rest of world.
This also bursts the bubble of certain people who claim "Nani Palkhivala was against Adult Franchise", he rather preferred a transition to adult franchise.
1. stupid people shouldnt get to vote, i decide who is worthy
2. too many babies, we needed birth control at the birth of the nation
3. sarkars are too stupid, didnt think of basic education
4. colonial hangover, bring on the sanatani charm
5. same as above, but with a dose of confused anger
6. no civic sense, pooping on the street
First, our greatest initial mistake was to start with adult franchise. No democracy has ever paid, all things considered, a heavier price for adult franchise than India. I am not aware of any great democracy which started as a republic on the basis of adult franchise; allof them started with a more restricted system and then graduated to adult franchise. Two of our greatest statesmen of the earlier years were C. Rajagopalachari and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. When the Constituent Assembly was in session, both those stalwarts recommended that we should not start with adult franchise but educate our people first to make them worthy of discharging their duties as citizens of a great democracy, but they were outvoted.
The second fatal mistake was to let the population nearly treble, in the absence of any sensible or sound family planning measures and policies. Today the problem has become so acute that whatever gains we achieve on the economic front are negatived by the unbridled population growth.
Thirdly, our most disastrous mistake was not to educate our burgeoning population and make them worthy of their right to vote. Value-based education has no political sex appeal. Our politicians gave the least importance to education, unlike Lee Kuan Yew who vowed to make education the priority of priorities in Singapore. To my mind, it is an unmitigated disgrace that in the Golden Jubilee year of India’s independence more than half of our population is literally illiterate. Official statistics give a more comforting figure, but that is only because according to the official measure of literacy, any person who can write or sign his name, is considered to be literate. Education can only be a long-term programme for the uplift of our nation. Professor Amartya Sen has bluntly said that India will be the only country in the world to enter the twenty-first century with half her population illiterate; and that successive State governments have demonstrated ‘incredible irresponsibility’ with regard to primary education.
This is the one area where the Central and State governments have totally failed the people over the five decades despite the injunction of Article 45 of the Constitution that the state shall endeavour to provide, within a period of ten years from the commencement of the Constitution, for free and compulsory education for all children until they complete the age of fourteen years.
The fourth major mistake of our Central and State governments was to completely insulate the people from our ancient culture and keep them totally ignorant of the priceless heritage which has never been equaled by any other country.
The fifth mistake, of which we have yet to face the consequences, was not to inculcate among our people a sense of national identity. Indians find themselves totally rudderless, with the nagging question which will not go away – Is India a collection of communities or is it a nation; or, is India a state without a nation? The greatest curse of India is casteism – the scourge which has spread across the country more dangerously than any plague ever did.
The sixth, and the most unforgivable omission of the politicians, has been to let the people think that they are entitled to freedom without a sense of duty and responsibility. By definition, Indians lack discipline and a sense of national dedication. The reason why some other countries, despite their huge population, are able to govern themselves admirably, is that they have a sense of order and discipline. Do we need the emergency to make us realize the paramount importance of discipline? Without such values, can we ever hope to transform India into a great nation?
https://www.wisdomlib.org/history/compilation/triveni-journal/d/doc73729.html
https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-six-fatal-mistakes-of-free-india-2892804
should it be like this even when a reference intern works hard, does their assigned work diligently, and forms a good rapport with their team? is this not unfair? not everyone is able to get in just based on merit, but once they do (even if through connections), should the way they perform and intern not be a stronger indicator for stipends or call backs?
the rat race has blown out of proportion, the number of students pursuing llb has increased exponentially, and if some students are able to secure a good internship through whatever means, why does it reflect poorly in terms of how firms plan their recruitment?
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Should I get into work with a litigation advocate in high court/district court for 2-3 years after which I should try to get a job at any firm? I have zero clarity. Need help.