He has "identified" anyone who would have sent the email out of the Firm server, sifted that list based on his biases and managing-partner like opinions, and fired the rest.

Townhall on Sunday, just like Luthra days, where this guy will pretend to be RKL like he always does, and announce that he has set an example.He doesn't care who actually leaked it, just needed some names

If this book were ever to crawl its way onto a bestseller list, it would be thanks to the MP’s execrably phrased emails — each a tribute to the decline of grammar and good sense. No international client with even a passing acquaintance with English would tolerate such linguistic butchery. As for the title, I’d suggest Indian Law: Under the Lala’s Thumb — a chronicle of how mediocrity, when dressed in khadi, still passes off as gravitas.

Just putting it out here for all of you. When I joined my T1 law school, I came with dreams of working in a T1 firm, but alas, those dreams have been shattered.....

So I am listing my first-year mistakes:

1) Not networking, I currently have 0 friends, and know only 2 seniors I can seek advice from.

2) Not taking part in anything, and I really mean anything. No moots, ADRs, or even ECAs. I have no achievements to put on my CV.

3) Not being able to secure internships with any Sr. Adv.

4) Not studying hard enough, my GPA is below average.

That’s YV Giri, Senior Advocate: https://girilaw.in/

Also in his list is a former Patna University VC and some scholars and professionals. So looking at this list his party is wooing educated and aspirational middle-class voters, rather than illiterate voters from caste and religious votebanks . So this means he will mostly eat up BJP/JDU votes rather than RJD/Congress votes. So we could see RJD/Congress benefit and win!

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bihar-assembly-elections-2025-prashant-kishors-jan-suraaj-party-releases-1st-list-with-51-candidates-has-16-muslims-9424196

The biggest hurdle that you might face is clearing a reference check. If your firm states to inquiring HR at firms you apply to, that you were let go for performance reasons -- and we don't know if they will expressly say this -- you are almost surely going to be summarily rejected. Given the ongoing supply and demand dynamics and the resultant availability of "untainted" talent (i.e., junior level attorneys without a record of deficient performance), firms simply do not have the incentive to take on someone who they think is likely to fail. You may want to see if you can get anyone you worked with to serve as a positive reference, and/or connect with you people in their network at other firms who can help you land your next position. Unfortunately, if you cannot find even a single person to serve as a positive reference, your battle is likely to be even more uphill.

First, introspect about what caused your performance lapses. Identify the extent to which (i) factors within your control (e.g., lack of initiative, lack of thoroughness and attention to detail, failure to be present and take ownership of your deliverables) and (ii) factors outside your control (e.g., unsupportive supervising attorneys, difficult family or health situations that prevented you from performing at an optimal level) played a role in causing your performance lapses and craft a compelling narrative to demonstrate self-awareness and introspection, as well as a viable path to improve. People (including potential employers) are more forgiving of a less-than-perfect candidate who has learned from his/her mistakes than someone who prefers to bury his/her head in the sand. On that note, generally, don't ever disparage your former employer no matter what, since that tends to skew the scale against you.

Second, try to apply to positions through someone who is an insider. It does make a difference and in some cases, can be outcome determinative. Some people call this "nepotism" but a more accurate description is "validation" which is a proxy that can cleanse a bad record to some extent. But it then falls upon you to demonstrate that you would be a good fit.

Third, diversify your potential pool of employers. Are you applying only to other Tier 1 firms, or exploring roles with smaller but still solid firms (e.g., IndusLaw, Samvad, ELP, etc.). Some of them may be more forgiving of a less than stellar record at Tier 1 firms as long as you can show that you have reasonably demonstrate that your past may not be sufficiently representative of your trajectory at the firm, if hired. And if you are determined to resume at a Tier 1, you can always do this at a later stage.

If you are a litigator, consider clerking at your state High Court or the Supreme Court. Different courts have different procedures for clerkships, and clerkships don't pay a lot (especially in comparison to Tier 1 firms) but they can again serve as a great way to reset the board and cleanse the taint of your firm record. You can also consider applying to policy think-tanks like Vidhi or PRS to see if they are willing to consider you. I happen to know folks who could not succeed at law firms but did extremely well in policy, not because they necessarily lacked the intellectual horsepower to succeed at firms (you do need some, but it also comes down to things like attention to detail, stamina to work long hours, learning on-the-job, etc., that are not necessarily a direct function of raw intelligence, though impacted by it), but because the work environment at policy thinktanks was more conducive to their working habits.

Keep your chin up. And don't be bitter (I am not saying that you are - but preemptively warning you from letting your bitterness (if any) show). Best of luck.

Before reapplying for something similar, ask yourself whether you’re truly cut out for that kind of work. It’s often wiser to walk away from the familiar and move toward something that aligns with your natural aptitude. See that firing as both a blessing and an opportunity to pivot in that direction.

Finding that “something” can be frustrating—especially with financial pressures—but holding out until you discover it, and then acting on it, will pay off in extraordinary ways.

Damn good. The purpose of an education is to learn — not to spark an uprising in a foreign country. This commonsense idea is, unfortunately, lost on many American universities and their professors — including the so-called elites: https://youtu.be/J0kLIH7pEP0

So Trump’s idiotic fight against wokeness now comes to India. 🙄 Y’all have two options:

1. For genuine left people: Listen to your conscience, avoid the US, do your postgrad at JNU, SOAS, EU, Australia etc.

2. For fakers cosplaying as left: Delete your pro-Palestine/anti-Trump posts, apply for an LLM in the US and confess that you want to work for a law firm (rather than misrepresenting your human rights credentials to get a scholarship, then eventually choosing corporate law electives).

NLU students should be very afraid now. If you have posted anything in public attacking Trump and Israel (or the right in general) see if it can be removed, else think about studies in another country, as you are probably not getting a visa!

Maybe also a lesson for everyone to stop being so political on social media? I mean, is it really necessary? Wasn’t social media created as a fun way to keep in touch and follow celebrity fashion trends?

1. Frankly, I really don't think they care what Indians think about Modi too much. They have much bigger issues to deal with.

2. You seem to have thoroughly missed the point, as so many who are blinded by orthodoxies of any sort - be it ultra-liberal or ultra-conservative - usually do:

(a) It ain't so much the criticism of Modi as the criticism of Israel. They don't want that at all. Instead of reading clickbaity newspaper articles, you should read the actual "compact" between the Trump administration and the universities to keep their federal benefits that recently came into force. They do not want foreign students who express hostility to the U.S. or its allies. That obviously primarily includes Israel. Oh and I forgot, read the Volokh Conspiracy blog if you are serious about becoming literate in U.S. constitutional law and constitutional questions. Here's some information as to why this blog is worth reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Volokh_Conspiracy

(b) This would have to be a bit of a stretch, and they'd be really foolish if they tried to argue this. However, hostility to Modi (or at least, expressions of hostility to Modi) could be seen as a violation of the no foreign visitors who express hostility to us or our allies clause. They'd be foolish, as I said, to stretch the interpretation like that, considering Modi's pro-China tilt post the tariffs, but not impossible. And there is nothing preventing them from behaving foolishly if they want to - you, as a foreign citizen, have zero rights against them to hold them accountable.

(c) Are you guys that constitutionally illiterate? Do you not know that freedom of speech applies only to U.S. citizens, and not to you people? Do you guys not understand that literally nobody who matters or who is responsible for making decisions gives a shit about your outrage on Legally India (or anywhere else, for that matter)?! If you wanna be taken seriously, argue for how freedom of speech is being eroded for U.S. citizens. Or just sit this one out. We always tell Americans when they shove their ore into discussion of other countries' affairs, "Sit this one out". I think we may just need to follow the advice we give them. This is because this policy is neither as stupid or damaging (to the U.S. economy and U.S. interests) as H1B $100000 application fee (i.e., it doesn't have the typical hallmarks of being an administrative law red flags policy: they haven't failed to consider stuff they should have considered, nor have they taken into account stuff that they can't or shouldn't have taken into account), while also totally being within the U.S. executive's margin of appreciation.

(d) All of you guys are kicking up such a fuss about all this! Have you fools never learned to think about comparative practice? Do you not know that the British essentially have the same rules (even under the administration of Starmer)?! That celebrated points-based immigration system of theirs, created by Boris Johnson in 2021, blamed for the so-called post-2021 "Boriswave" of immigrants entering there, is basically a created-by-Oxford-gentlemen version of exactly this. Their questions on their student/work visa forms regarding "extremist content" are basically the same thing! Saw somewhere somebody creating about how the U.S. administration warning foreign students not to skip class! The fuck? The British have already got there!! So literally either concentrate on your studies, keep your heads down and actually do something to contribute to western societies, or stay in India and confine yourself to doing Palestinian protests there. You have no right to be admitted to any university or to be allowed into any state. Actually read up on the philosophy of immigration law. Maybe instead of screaming into the void on this far-left site, ask your jurisprudence teacher to recommend good texts on the philosophy of migration law. You know what? I'll make their jobs a little easier by getting you started:

Vincent Chetail, ‘Sovereignty and Migration in the Doctrine of the Law of Nations: An Intellectual History of Hospitality from Vitoria to Vattel’ [2017] 27 (4) European Journal of International Law 901

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/kaushik-raj-indian-student-denied-us-visa-social-media-vetting-13939942.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/03/india-students-visas-trump-social-media/

This is his X account. https://x.com/kaushikrj6

All he has done is retweet people like Prashant Bhushan, Indira Jaising, Ravish Kumar, Kunal Kamra, Mohammed Zubair of Alt News, Rajdeep Sardesai, the Wire, Al Jazeera etc etc. Just mere retweets and he got denied a visa!! If this is the standard, then 90% of Indian law students have left-liberal political views and will have retweeted or liked tweets by such people!! And perhaps criticised Israel too. So we all get denied visas now??? 😡😡😡

I condemn the throwing of a shoe on CJI Gavai. But he invited this when while hearing a petition praying for restoration of a statue of Lord Vishnu in Khajuraho he commented " You say you are a staunch devotee of Vishnu. Go and ask the deity itself to do something. Go and pray ". Such remarks were totally unwarranted, inappropriate, and unnecessary, having no bearing on the legal issues involved in the case. Judges should talk less in court, and not deliver sermons, homilies, and lectures. What would happen if a Judge hearing a petition regarding demolition of a mosque said " Let Allah or Prophet Mohammed restore it ? "

https://x.com/mkatju/status/1975921138405433593

He has also written an article on this:

It's quite banal. Only Ophelia and Opalite are anywhere in the same universe as her earlier body of work. A lot of it seems to be her nurturing some giant chip on her shoulder (more overtly than in her earlier lyrics).

It's overall like Metallica's Hardwired To Self Destruct, or Madonna's MDNA- competent albums on a standalone basis, but ones that pale beside the artist's overall body of work.

This will go down as Mostly Forgettable.

It’s hard to get an objective opinion, because it’s become a toxic war on social media ever since Sridhar Vembu came out as a BJP supporter. So those who support Modi love Zoho and hype it as better than US products. Those who support Rahul hate Zoho and claim it is unsafe, useless etc. Literally a redux of what happened with Covaxin!

I read on Wikipedia that Sridhar Vembu is an IIT Madras grad with an MS and PhD from Princeton. So surely not the fraud that his critics on social media are making him out to be???

Anyone actually used Zoho here?

need all details about parinam law associates, pune office including but not limited to pay scale, office timings, work environment, how to apply, should i apply

also please suggest other alternatives.

i had a job but quit it...due to some reasons.... without any backup. now i can't seem to find another job

i am A2

Can we keep this thread pinned considering lots of callbacks for the 2027 batch are scheduled from November to March? Hopefully the conversion rate is better considering firms are switching to the PPO model.

Additionally, any insights into what hiring would look like for the 2027 batch in disputes and gen corp would also be very useful! Please enlighten us.

I'm in 4th year studying in Manipal University Jaipur, I have done an internship in a law firm high court and 1 in district court. Currently I'm hoping to get an online internship in a fintech and have 2 options for December internship one in a botique corporate law firm and a litigation firm. I have interest in corporate and want to make my career in it. I am also gonna write an article in IBC amendment bill.

Tell me realistically how hard it will be for me and what I can expect for my future

Thank you so much. My only issue is I have no reference point to know if I am improving or not. I take so much time and now I have started messing up even basic tasks too. What would you suggest? How do I deal with this? It's the sense of inadequacy, of not been able to do even the most basic things. Every failure chips at my confidence.

Ask her if she has heard of TCS, Wipro, Mahindra etcwhen she says yes

Tell her aapke bache wahin tak ka soch sakte hai 5 lakh per annum wali companies ka

jab 25 lakh per annum ke layak ho mere pass bhej dena bata dunga kaunsi companies deti hai aisi job

Be blunt, do it once, mouth will be shut forever

What you didn't hear is:

1. Entry barriers in sarkari colleges are huge. 1500 people apply for 12 unreserved seats.

2. In private institutions, the pay is bad.

3. Your LLM helps zilch in your practice if you take it up.

Keep switching from one in house to the other.

Why stop at this firebrand? Another man on fire who may/ not have much sense when it comes to economics of protests and diminishing returns is known to have incurred the wrath of EC when the Exam and Acad depts pursued formal complaints against him at the EC.

Ofc nothing happens without the day so of VC. The more interesting point is what did NKC do after EC initiated an inquiry? Likely it never got done and is used as leverage by NKC.

May explain why the man is (in)famous for street protests (self claimed) but ever absent from protests at NUJS or speaking truth to power (despite tall claims in classrooms and elsewhere).

Some gifted Nobel laureates are also known for these qualities.

Got scholarship abroad and EC approved leave without pay on NKC request. He gave an undertaking (just like others bfr) that he will serve for 5 yrs after his return. Then the princeling did what his ilk do. He negotiated his current position while he was abroad and joined there as a Prof. No one missed him here except his Guru who got OBE

Explain this. Apparently, the state govt or a certain Minister wants NUJS to set up campuses in Asansol and Siliguri but starting with the former although the latter has one of the circuit benches of Cal HC. This Asansol campus or "study centre" has support from certain faculty members too having roots in that area. More recently a young Turk (also an EC member) had accompanied NKC and Registrar for site selection and that's already done.

So PIB tried to get EC approval but got shot down. He got an extension though. Repeat with NKC. But what I don't understand is the need for EC approval. The EC was not even consulted when the NUJS Act was amended by the state govt for domicile quota and a disguised attempt to take NUJS out of CLAT. The then SJA understood it couldn't fight the domicile quota, which had tacit support from HC as well. Hence it chipped away on technicalities and stalled the move as long it could and ultimately stymied the CLATexit.

This means that if the govt is keen it can easily get the Act amended and set up campuses in Asansol, Siliguri and other sites in Bengal. They could all operate on the ISI model or MNLU model or NIFT model etc.

Why then is the govt playing coy and can the SJA realistically and legally cancel moves to open "study centres" elsewhere with new courses such as BBA LLB (Hons)?

Trump likes to shoot bullets in the air. The bad thing is that he has started to shoot them at 90 degrees right above his head. He should keep up the good work, and one day he'll realize the value of contributions of students from countries like China and India and how the US can't function properly with only people who have hamburgers and football fields as their measuring units.
#Trump_hai_toh_mumkin_hai

I’m from a non-NLU, tier-2 college (Batch of 2027). Done a fair number of internships in the TMT space, including T1s like Khaitan and SAM - all secured without any references. As I approach my final year, I’m quite anxious. I’ve been reaching out to the TMT teams at Indus, Trilegal, and CAM, but haven’t received any responses yet.

Ffeeling quite confused at this stage. Could someone please suggest more firms with strong TMT practices that also offer decent pay and might be open to hiring for BO27? Already aware of Spice Route and Ikigai, but would love to know of other good options.

My personal experience has been very good. I took two Courses: M&A and IP Law. There was a couple of rescheduling, but that is understandable since working professionals take the Course. Overall, really loved the quality of mentors and Dashboard feature. Could be a little cheaper.

Not really. If the team has that much work it is not associate's fault. But yes if she/he feels she/he doesn't want to do that much work, joining this team was wrong. One should always do research before joining a team and decide based on your priorities. While it is not fully possible to determine how the people in the team are, figuring out that this team's expectation is work 24x7, is not difficult

which are some tier 1s where its easier to get internships at bombay office than delhi ncr

i’m going to bombay so would like to try out there

i’ve heard khaitan and azb bombay are easier to score than in delhi ncr.

is it true for some others as well

any insight is appreciated thanks

Said who?

Tax teams are busy, truly valued and if you are someone who understands tax, T1 do fab work compared to big4s who thrive on compliance. It’s a niche practice and you can specialise in M&a tax or funds taxation or IBC structuring or tax focused PCP structuring or provide advice on international tax issues or do litigation or advice on RE tax…. possibilities are endless.

One of my colleague was trapped into giving a larger notice period. Partner told him that he needs to speak to higher ups and only then should you mail the HR. He sat on this for about two weeks and gave my colleague a full 3 month notice period (which started from the date of email and not the date of discussion; which is correct in terms of the contract but we all know is a dick move). Our assessment was that it was done to co- incide with the incoming freshers, so that the partners head count was not disturbed.

Hence, make it a point to follow up the discussion with an email on the very same day.