Even if that were the case, how come similarly fortunate people from TLCs did not (prior to the NLU system coming up) and still do not achieve such things, or at least not in the kinds of numbers we see from the NLUs?

Sudhir Krishnaswamy, the VC of NLSIU, said in an interview once that when he was at NLS as an undergrad, he and his contemporaries felt that their uni was "behind the curve" regarding things like Rhodes. People from the famous "Delhi colleges", as he puts it, were regularly "[walking through]" such procedures. He said this to highlight how much things have changed by now. Are you able to quote statistics to show why his perception in this regard would have been right in terms of people studying law at those universities? In other words, how many law Rhodes scholars did we have from India prior to the NLU system's advent on the scene? And how many TLC law Rhodes scholars have we had since?

PS: Don't say C. Raj Kumar, because he was Sudhir's contemporary, and is therefore already counted. Also don't count Rahul Bajaj, because I already know about him. Give me the statistic for all other Rhodes scholars who did postgraduate law degrees with the Rhodes from TLCs.

OP’s post should be a cautionary tale for everyone. Cracking UPSC is very, very, very tough. Seats are very few and only 50% seats are in the general category. Plus, you are competing with people from small towns who have been preparing full-time for 4 to 5 years, because they went to colleges that fudged their attendance and automatically passed them (not just small local colleges but even larger places like Aligarh Muslim University do this).

Objectively, your odds of marrying a Bollywood actress are probably higher than your odds of cracking the UPSC. Let that sink in.

Disagree with the alumni network bit. Think it is very subjective. I have personally got internship as well as job due to alumni network, and have ensured that I am able to pass on internships and jobs to my juniors (in both cases people who were in law school at the same time as me as well as before and after my time).

You're going to get the same nonsense cookie cutter advice here that goes:

- Reach out to your "alumni network", even though said networks don't actually exist. If you brown-nosed a senior enough in college they may offer some help but beyond that you're on your own. (I'm fairly certain you must've already tried reaching out to your seniors and it didn't work out, which is why you're asking this question in the first place. This bit about sucking up to the "alumni network" is pretty trash advice and is regurgitated unthinkly on this forum.)

- Work at a local law chamber in your city

- "LLM kar le"

You need to understand that most law firm environments comprise a mix of petty, stressed out and bitter people. Stop expecting help from those quarters. Join a company or a firm and work your way up. Send hundreds of cold emails. Ask for a job, if not that then an assessment internship if not that then an internship. Write articles of the practice area you're interested in and try to get them published. Send them to relevant partners.

Don't depend on your seniors. MS Dhoni had once famously remarked, "Don't look up, God isn't coming to save you". Carry this attitude in your life and you'll go far. Keep your dignity and wits about you. All the best.

With your lawyer skillset, you can always join social impact sector which will keep you engaged for 6-7 hours a day, give your life more meaning than sucky corp jobs, and take care of your monthly expenses. 10 crore is more than enough for retirement. You need to put it in a mix of liquid funds + FD + bonds + flexicap funds.

In your dreams bro.......are you still high on dope or hoping that you get placement this year.....chill you won't....just because you formed a pr team which is leaving no moment unturned.... dosent mean NLIU is doing great....its in a fucked up condition. The infrastructure is literally shit ....the profs ....let's not even go there....if you want to have a reality check ...go and read gohill report on Nliu ....all honesty of the profs will be out in open . Nliu literally has shity culture , its doomed to be fucked up and the Vc and admin are in cohort leaving no stone unturned to achieve that.

a person who values a sheet of paper, graduation day matters. for a person whose family has had no education, graduation would be a milestone. but for others, it's such a shitshow. the only reason to go back to a college where you had to "umra bhar ke marr marr ke jeena" (read alc till 4am and exams at 11am next day) would, maybe, be friends.

only way they will be able to control this to some extent is by taking extremely strict measures like actually reporting these kids to the police and when two people will serve jail time, most of them will stop. But honestly, I would feel really bad for those two kids because so many people for os many years have been smoking up and they will go as collateral damage.

Totally agree that some of the stoners really made successful lawyers but you cannot use them an example to excuse 100s who smoke up everyday. In the recent batch where almost 80% of the seniors were consuming weed, only 4 got placed, rest of them are still slogging for a job or at a local chambers, hoping to score some at the end of the day.

Indeed. Lee Kuan Yew was right. What he did with Singapore should be done with India. Drawing inspiration from the Singapore policy, residents of each state could have to learn the state's local language as the mother tongue at school. Then they know the link language (English) and an Indian language as well!

She was visiting for a specific event and is head of state for the entire country. Not someone moving specifically to Karnataka for a job who refuses to learn even a bit of the language after living there for many years. In this particular case, his comment was crass and against the norms of hospitality

If any IIM Rohtak student is seeing this thread, please don't be disheartened. I am from one of the first batches of JGLS. Even during our time these NLU people felt really threatened due to their insecurity.

If you guys are doing well. Keep the good work going and I don't think there is anyone out of an IIT or an IIM in India who didn't make something out of their lives.