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Who would've guessed, the world is not completely white and black.
Why would we work? Because we want to get even richer. Simples. And because those of us who do want to work understand that money is a finite resource that can run out.
Some of us, like me, who had (what are considered in India as) very high-class opportunities want to give our kids even better opportunities, but for that, we need to be richer even than we are now. For example, if I ever have a child who is a son, I would like him to go to school at Eton (assuming he can pass the admissions tests etc, of course, I'd never donate in exchange for admission), and would like any daughter of mine to go to an equivalent in terms of a good English boarding school. That kind of an education was never available for pocket change prices and is out of reach even for most British families earning in GBP, so obviously will be out of reach for the overwhelming majority of Indians. And yet, very conveniently, the current UK government has gone and slapped a VAT charge on fees for private schools like Eton, making the cost go from about £52000 a year to £63000 a year. (My dad claims he could have managed it, but that he didn't ever think about getting me to do that sort of thing because he "didn't want it drilled into [me] that [I am] a rich man's kid", but also because those kinds of prices are a bit of overkill for him, as it is for me practically at this stage - though I want to be in a position where it isn't, down the line.)
However, in the larger scheme of things, 52000 and 63000 isn't all that different - if you can manage 52000, you can manage 63000 (unless you're the sort of fool who is so impractical as to mess around with loans when the latter kind of number comes along or one of the lucky ones who can grab some of the limited partial funding that might be available from time to time). So to be in that position, you need to first get enough that you can spend £63000 a year without living on the street or even crying. Standard way to get to that? Work hard now (maybe even have a miserable career) and try for the most financially rewarding opportunities, so at least you can go to the grave in peace, knowing that the next generation is sorted, thanks to a combination of any generational wealth passed down to you + your own contribution. Unlike a lot of Gen Z people, I feel that if my dad could make such sacrifices for me, then why not do the same for the one who will come after me.
And if the next generation wants to work? Their business, though I would be disappointed if they, too, decided to compromise on career satisfaction as I have. If not? Well, they might throw away the money, ain't nothing I can do about that after a point, that's not my business either.
PS: I didn't go to Jindal. I don't agree with many LI readers on most things, but where I do agree with the majority viewpoint is that JGLS is a bad place to study law. Cohort sizes are totally off the charts, seemingly you can get there as long as you successfully finished primary school.
I know that I am somewhat capable since I cleared CLAT and got an admission here w/o any quota but still I feel I lagged behind tremendously. I did nothing in my life school life. Not even fun like others. i feel that I absolutely wasted my seat that I wished someone else would’ve taken in order to thrive at such a valuable place.
What should I honestly do? Idek if I should sit for placements since my rank is at rock bottom and I don’t have anything to showcase to make up for it either. Moreover, getting a similar crowd at T1 firms is something that I don’t want when I will be in complete agony again. I feel completely lost as to what I want to do myself when most have figured it out already. Litigation is a no go due to plethora of obvious reasons that you guys must’ve figured out by now.
Needed genuine advice. Will appreciate if anyone from the legal fraternity (students are also welcome) could share their insights. Thank you :)
So it's hard to be settled and stable as a law grad before you are 30/35. Unless you are a nepo kid. Anyone disagree?
The Joint Managing Partner is still a rude authoritarian, the firm still employs a policy designed to make the life of it's associates miserable (no WFH, strict 9AM punch in, can't leave before 6:45, random sandwich leave policies, random working Saturdays), and the firm still operates like a boarding school instead of a firm, where associates are treated like shit, and continue to do mechanical labour with little to no application of logic or law.
I recently got into the 5-year LLB program at USLLS, but today during the document verification and offline counselling, I felt quite shattered about my dreams and expectations. The crowd didn’t feel right to me, and maybe it’s just me, but since the cut-offs were lower this year, I couldn’t help but notice that the peer group wasn’t as competitive as I had imagined. I felt a bit out of place.
I haven’t even started preparing for CLAT 2026 yet (my CLAT 2025 rank was around 2.5k – Delhi quota, which honestly I consider sheer luck). I don’t know how I’ll do it, and I feel scared and lost. In fact, I didn’t even feel this lost after the CLAT 2025 results. Part of me feels I should’ve gone with HPNLU or another option.
I don’t mean to shame anyone or the crowd, it’s just my personal thoughts and feelings. I’m 17 right now, and I feel that I could handle taking a partial drop year, but of course, I don’t want to take a huge risk either.
If anyone here could share some wisdom, guidance, or even personal experiences, I’d be really grateful. At this point, I just want to figure out whether I should stick it out at USLLS or give CLAT another shot.
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these are not 'extra' chevening, although the UK govt says that it increases the number of scholarships what they have done is creative accounting, if you read the actual numbers it has only increased by 3, which means that UP govt is basically paying for 2 seats in total
although kudos where it is due, by having govt participation in the selection process UP govt will be able to sway 5 seats, but paying for only 2.5, this is far better outcome than Jahrakhand govt which pays for overseas scholarships but the process does not have the chevening stamp
When things are good......NLUs are exclusive and deserve special treatment.
BCI couldn't care less about NLUs. As someone pointed out already, if BCI wanted to exclude NLUs from this, this very well could have. But they didn't. So that tells a lot.