LNL was seperated with SP because owner of LNL used to remain at foreign location the whole time. Also because equity was locked with RKL. This equity was called 'dead-equity' by the very owner of SP, due to which SP was created.

Now as Legally India fraternity, we ask MS - Whether the person holding equity along with you, and is also a female partner (Gitunjuli Sharaf) - will abide by this policy?

If not, why she has a cabin next to you. Is this how a professional firm built?

Also, have the shame and decency to announce the bonus and increments on time before sending such bs emails.

This is nothing. I have seen several such policies in other firms in metropolitan cities, both the good ones and the bad ones. It only shows that these firms are nothing and will suck your blood for nothing - no career growth and nothing to reward you other than money - with no way to grow up. This is why litigation is much better - real work is done there and there is no concept of leaves - everyone is their own boss and can leave work and take a vacation whenever they want

What even is the discretionary bonus. Inse yearly bonus toh time par diya nahi jaa raha.

Yahaan yearly bonus bhi discretionary hi hai. It is the owners discretion when the bonus is to be released and how much is to be released. Billing, partners' recommendations, your hardwork, nothing matters

JGLS students are no longer allowed to take more than 1 class off for Moot Courts. The previous policy allowed 3 days leave for memorial submission, and then leave for travel and the same. Mind you, the same applies for international moot courts, i.e. 1 leave per subject. How is this asking students to take their education seriously? The funding for the moot courts has also gone down, which used to be one of the biggest reasons to join JGLS. You pay exorbitant fees, but you get fully funded Moot Courts.

How are people supposed to do an assessment internship? (The student council is arguing heavily on this and should be changed, hopefully).

The marking scheme is being changed heavily; however, no consultation of the student base has been done in any manner. With more than 13 sections in a batch, the fluctuation of CGPA differing from classroom to classroom has been an issue. Some professors give inflated marks hoping to get good feedback (tlfq review), while other professors refuse to give anyone a perfect grade, believing it to be against their policy. This has led to CGPA becoming meaningless as a matter of comparison.

This problem is not present in NLU becuase of its small batch size but increasingly prominent in JGLS. DJ's solution? Bell Curve... Now you will see 6 students ONLY can get perfect grade while everyone else gets A+ for the good

Prof. Mohan Gopal’s remarks – https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/justice-chandrachuds-comments-could-be-ground-to-file-curative-petition-against-ayodhya-judgment-professor-mohan-gopal-305529

My hot take: Justice D.Y. Chandrachud was neither reckless nor out of line - https://youtu.be/vOKMaOhc_5E

To claim otherwise is the intellectual equivalent of throwing mud in a monsoon—messy, pointless, and revealing of the thrower. Where I’d fault him is in choosing his interlocutors: engaging with click-bait artists is like pouring champagne into a gutter.

What really rankles the self-styled custodians of “secular harmony” is that the SC Constitution Bench led by Justice Chandrachud has punctured their balloon of duplicity. For decades, a cynical lobby fattened itself by keeping Ayodhya as a festering sore—an ATM for appeasement politics and an annuity for electoral blackmail. Now that a definitive judgment has cauterised the wound, they’re sulking like pickpockets deprived of a crowded bazaar.

Let’s be clear: this isn’t about constitutional niceties, it’s about the collapse of a cottage industry built on permanent discord. And the tragedy for these merchants of misery is that, this time, the shop has shut for good.

Posting this comment as a prime example of why such comments are trollish.

1. Calling mods 'snowflake' is not a bona fide attempt to engage in discussion.

2. Please learn constitutional law: the government has a duty to you to protect your right of free speech, internet platforms or people's living rooms have no such duty to you.

3. You are constantly posting spam about law firms being places to do clerical work and only litigation being real law. We get it, you really do believe so and have reasons for it, but it's not what the person has asked and is a trollish attempt to derail a thread.

The PAs in this team leave because the existing partners are surviving on existing book and there is no scope of growth. In last 4 years, at least 7-8 PA level and 5-6 SA level people have left the team. Just facts for anyone arrive at conclusion and these facts can be easily confirmed.

Your SA was absolutely correct. You see there are a few mistakes your SA made, and principally, two of them - one, to join a law firm, regardless if its a T1 or not, and second, to choose to continue there. Working at a law firm does not affect your skill sets at all - they remain stagnant, and you end up in an endless loop of doing the same work again and again. To choose to continue there - where you have to ask for leaves, have people to report to, be in a desk job, call yourself an "employee", doing a "job" after having done a professional course is nothing but sheer stupidity. Law is a very difficult profession, and the saying goes correctly - law is a jealous mistress. You make choices in life on the basis of the situation you are in. Say, you got really bad CLAT rank and have to choose between a T3 NLU or a private law college. You take a call on the basis of the situation you are in. The SA here made the mistake most bright people do - to work in a law firm knowing fully well that their career would stagnate in 10 years. They'll either be thrown out or continue to do the same thing again and again. Do litigation, you'll only face issues w money in the first few years, but thereafter the sky is the limit - you will be in a profession, you will be your own boss, and can charge as much as you want and work whenever you want while actually applying your mind.

So take more of it..,..,

Genz or whoever the fresh entrants are have a problem with “practice”. It takes time to learn something and acquire a skill which they have no patience to do. Since they want things faster they will probably leave the race, or end up doing things like fraudulent stuff more easily just get that A1 life!

An (entry) equity partner at Indian law firm makes less money than a Senior Associate at a foreign law firm. Also, whether a salaries partner at Indian law firm is actually a partner or a glorified PA (we can debate about this but everyone knows).

If Partner tag is important for you, then yes please stay in India but if excellence, exposure, learning and real time growth is important, then there is no doubt.

I am very infuriated everytime I see people encouraging litigation. How can anyone who doesn't want to or cannot live on their Baap Ka Maal, earn a decent salary in litigation where the maximum amount these lawyers can pay is mere 20k aka the industry standard. Honestly it feels so unfair to spend 10lakhs in law school to not even get 6LPA

Lmfao, funny how I read this and knew everything was 100% true because it matches with my experience 100%, I hope this comment helps prevent this comment from being taken down because the Tatva Legally India manager flags it as contested and cries about the truth.

If that person actually does flag this and try to censor it like every other comment on how difficult t▮▮▮he ▮▮▮ please give the interns and students a chance to share their voice rather than running afraid from their legally india manager.

That’s generally the case with most in-house roles. Annual appraisals usually range between 10–15%, and if you’re already on a higher pay scale, it’s typically around 10%. The upside, however, is that by switching roles every 3–4 years, you can secure a 25–30% hike with each move.

Not everyone is looking to hire all the time. If you approach someone through a reference, they may sit down with you or speak with you on the phone as a favour to the person giving the reference. This does not mean that they are looking to hire someone at that moment. So really, you need to do a few of these interviews before you find someone who likes you and is looking to hire at the time. My advice would also be to ask the person who you interview you with for feedback or if they can possibly refer you to some other person who may be hireing.

The reason is that your interviews are not going as well as you think. If I were to make a suggestion, it would be to request your interviewer to give you feedback after the process is over. Most of them will be happy to have a chat and you will have a better understanding of where you stand.

Partners need Associates and therefore they are not hired to fire. Lawyers work in high pressure situations so if you are the one who understands where is the senior coming from and deliver what you are expected to do, imo you will not find ppl toxic unless they use abusive language or yell.

There are definitely some good things about working in a law firm. The pay is steady, especially compared to starting out in litigation. At a young age, you can be financially independent and even support your family if needed. The learning in corporate law is structured—you get trained in processes, drafting styles, and deal management in a way that’s systematic. Exposure to big-ticket transactions is real—you may work on billion-dollar M&A, financing, or tech deals that shape industries. The network you build in firms—clients, foreign counsel, partners—can be valuable if you ever branch out later. The brand name of a top-tier firm on your CV can open doors globally, even if you decide to shift careers. That said, the drawbacks are equally real. At the end of the day, the work in most teams is repetitive—document review, diligence, mark-ups, and compliance drafting. Even negotiations, once the novelty wears off, follow a template. You are executing deals, but not really shaping the law or creating anything uniquely your own. Then comes the lifestyle. A 10- to 12-hour day is normal, nights and weekends often get swallowed, and boundaries are blurred. The pay is the justification, but it comes at the cost of health, time, and sometimes even personality. Many corporate lawyers will tell you they didn’t “choose” this life as much as got used to it, because the money made them too weary to imagine something else. And beyond the hours and the monotony, there’s also the fact that in firms, your name rarely matters. The credit sits with the firm or the partner. Even if you’ve slogged on a deal for weeks, no one outside will know your contribution. It’s a career path that gives financial stability but doesn’t necessarily give personal recognition.

Litigation, on the other hand, is a different kind of life. The money doesn’t come immediately, but the work is real, dynamic, and your own. You’re not boxed into clerical tasks—you draft, argue, interact with clients, and solve problems head-on. Every brief is new, every courtroom exchange is different, and every appearance builds your skills. You’re tested daily, not by the length of your working hours, but by the strength of your preparation and arguments. Most importantly, in litigation you build your own name. Clients come to you for your reputation, not to a firm logo. Over time, the financial rewards surpass what most corporate lawyers will see, but beyond the money, there’s the thrill, the independence, and the sense of ownership over your career. For anyone who can afford to invest two to three years in building a practice, litigation offers not just a job but a profession in the truest sense.

You did the correct thing. Please brace yourself for two things - one, the lesser pay in the initial years as compared to the law firm counterparts, and second, the success that you will have after a few years.

Litigation is not so rewarding in its intial years, but as has been said and proved time and again, it is much more intellectually rewarding, makes you well known in social circles, and gives you complete independence - everything that a corporate law firm does not provide, and where your career and skills would have stagnated because of the clerical nature of the work there.

Hi, people of LI. I have secured an internship at this firm, but it will require me to relocate for a month. Can anyone tell me about the firm? I know it is a good firm for M&A/PE/VC. But any additional information would be useful, as well as their hiring prospects. Thank you!

I recently interned for a well known DRT, DRAT lawyer in Mumbai. What I wanted to know was how much money could a lawyer starting in the field could hope to make. To the best of my knowledge, the practice is heavily dependant on getting yourself empanelled with various PSBs and playing the volume game well while managing costs by hiring relativity junior lawyers.

Hi all,

I got my LLB degree in 2018 and an LLM in 2019. I have worked in various capacities since then - litigation, legal journalist, in house role, law firm and also as a knowledge manager. None of them have been satisfying - sometimes its the boss, sometimes it's the team, sometimes work culture. Money has been a constant source of disappointment too. At my current job, its all 4. I think its time that i quit law. But I cannot figure out what to do next. Any guidance would be appreciated.