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2. However, you aren't wrong, all branches of the legal profession are mentally taxing, so "Law is mentally taxing" isn't incorrect. My first response in my head when I just saw the headline was to say, "Law is mentally taxing would be a surprise only to someone who grew up in a country like India, where law is seen as the profession you go for if you fail at getting into engineering and medical".
Wanted to know pay, work quality, value, work-life balance and other aspects as compared to other firms.
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Academic recruitment is practically impossible in the U.S. as well without a U.S. JD. Their unis have law PhD programmes called SJDs (or Doctorates of Juridical Sciences), mainly designed for foreign lawyers who took their legal training abroad. This is because the U.S. way of doing things is that suppose someone wanted to become an academic in law and philosophy, they would get a PhD in philosophy (not law) and a JD, which is a terminal degree there. So even though a U.S. LLM (or participating in the course work/credits equivalent of one) is a requirement to get into an SJD, that was unlikely in the extreme (even before the Trump regime) to lead to a U.S. job; now, nothing short of impossible. Even great scholars like NLSIU's Shyamkrishna Balganesh (now at Columbia), with Oxford BCL + Mphil kind of credentials under their belt, had to do JD to work in the U.S. (in Balganesh's case, for example, his JD (which he got after Oxford BCL + MPhil on the Rhodes Scholarship) is from Yale).
Like I have consumed an considerable amount of propaganda and it honestly feels like a really good law school.
If I want to go there I would need to incur a loan of 30-35 lakhs, more of all would it be a safety net. It is not the most sound financial decision to make but would I be able to salvage it by working my ass off and getting into a decent firm?
Would greatly appreciate your insight
https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/india/there-is-no-evidence-journalist-rajdeep-sardesai-apologises-to-ex-bjp-councillor-ajit-tokas-for-making-false-corruption-allegations-in-2011
2. Coming to the "poorly worded" possibility mentioned above, that might be the case if you are counting the application fees or the tuition fee deposits as "donations". This would be a stupid thing to do, as you'd have to count then the fees for something like CLAT as well as "donations", and it would indicate that your understanding of trusts law needs looking into, which would be the consequence of attending most universities that you would classify as a "non-NLU college" (which itself is a reason to question (a) if you are qualified for an LLM anywhere in the world; and (b) even if you got into one, whether you should really do one). The deposits can potentially be waived off if you've gotten full funding, but you'd have to show your university a sponsorship letter in that event. Frankly, "โฎโฎโฎ
IP practice in third-world countries like India: ๐๐๐
That's the sad truth. Don't let this Vishwaguru talk fool you. We are totally third world, with minimal public and private sector spends on innovation and creativity. And IP practice will be a function of that.
They are on a hiring spree right now..
Hired around 4 people recently. Good luck!!!
the idea that IP is a growing field is not going to help. It might be growing but it is not complex enough for general litigants to do. Unfortunately the actual complex litigations - copyright & patent are hard to come by.
Is it a way for them to bypass the lockstep by having varying salaries for everyone? How exactly does it work? Can anyone provide any insights?
Lots of interesting nuance - worth watching about his views on spineless judges, the first generation lawyers escapist labelling and the importance of character
Also just retrace the road to elevation. Don't single him out because he is SC. While the colour of give and take will vary the game remains the same.
Btw what happened to the RSS invite to Gavai's mother for Vijaydashami? Did she attend.
I wish people come to know about his deeds.
Also, according to Wikipedia Gavaiโs father was a former Governor or Kerala and Bihar, a former Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MP, a former MLA etc. So he was born into power and privilege. He canโt be compared with a poor Dalit born to farmers.
https://www.barandbench.com/news/born-into-a-low-caste-family-constitution-made-me-equal-cji-br-gavai-in-vietnam
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Please post the form, their culture, pay and year on year increment!
Were you able to start your career as in-house counsel?
Iโd appreciate any insights on firms or partners known for:
- 1. Good quality work exposure in PE/VC or M&A deals
- 2. Balanced culture - decent work-life flexibility
- 3. Fair pay and growth opportunities.
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Please share your experiences or suggestions (even mid-size or boutique firms works).
Second. I think the left censors, it introduces social sanctions for wrong think and wrongspeak. If you have a contrary political view you wont let LORs, you wont get those networks, you dont get to be in some rooms. When was the last time a centrist even got the rhodes scholarship? Thats career sanction.The left stops debates where possible. It deals by not engaging with ones arguments but by simply characterising those arguments as some sort of ism.
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2. Trump is an egomaniac and also an idiot, while being an authoritarian, too. See recent reports re: activities of ICE, deployments/threats to deploy the national guard, etc. Whatever he may have done re: Israel and Gaza doesn't outweigh the fact that he causes more conflict than peace.
3. Machado seems a good enough choice. Actual credentialed person for that sort of thing. Right decision.