How can this post get downvotes? What kind of people use this forum?

The legal industry is marred by elitists or self-proclaimed elitists. Looking down on somebody is what we have learnt from our very own seniors (as in the old players in the industry). And it's been followed in a very religious manner.

Even one NLU per state is too many, for instance North eastern states are too tiny. With nationalisation, domicile could be done away with and land/funding woes solved, but it would bring in massive RW politicisation as we can see even in some of the IITs and DU/JNU at the moment

I got my job at a T1 by cold emailing my Partner. It took eight months (you read that right) of following up before I got an offer but it wouldn't have happened if I hadn't cold emailed him.

I got my second T1 job (after quitting my first one) again by cold emailing my Partner. I do want to emphasize that I had a decent CV in terms of non-T1 experience for a few years before this worked and that I had to email a LOT of Partners in the process.

Now that I've been in the system for quite a few years, I know how insanely lucky I was. I'm not a Partner and yet I get several emails from potential applicants on a weekly basis. My Partner has to spend a solid fifteen minutes every other day just deleting random emails. It is very unlikely that cold emails work out and actually convert into jobs but you might get lucky. (Apologies to Partners reading this, I know no one wants to read fifty unwanted applications a day).

For younger folks reading this: it is EXTREMELY unlikely cold emailing will work for you if you have less than one year of experience. Big Law has an insane amount of intern churn on a daily basis. There is absolutely no reason for a Partner to go out of his/her way to give time of day to a kid out of law school (no matter how brilliant their CV might be) if they can just call HR and ask them to send pre-vetted CVs of fresh graduates who have already cleared interviews.

I am sophomore studying AI ML in tier 3 engg college and honestly I hate it. Law has been my interest but the issue is I am already 20 now and I come from middle class family so I don't know whether should I continue engg or follow my interest of studying law as I will need a job in future. My parents are again perstering me to prepare for GATE to do Mtech in AI but I am not interested at all

I am a fourth year at a t1 nlu, I have decent marks, ~69%, decent internships so far, even in firms, only litigation teams. I want to have a career in litigation however, I got the advise from a few people to do at least one corporate internship. The issue is I do not have marks that are good enough to get t1 internships. Unable to get any from connections as well, what might be going wrong. Which firms should I try for and any other suggestions?

1. Far too emotional: Inflammatory rhetoric over relevant facts or logical argument.

2. Anti-Semitism: Implicitly doing the one form of equating regarding Israel's conduct that IHRA definition makes clear is out of order.

3. Use of ableist language: Repeated reference to "blind" and blindness. Language matters. Using language that equates the disability of blindness with stupidity and/or ignorance. You will argue very loudly about how society's foundations are inherently unjust. Unjust for browns and blacks in the countries of majority white populations, for Palestinians in their power difference with Israel, LGBTQ persons in many parts of the world (including India). So why is there an exception for disabled people and disabilities which allows us to say bad and demeaning things about and/or regarding them? What's the difference between the language of your comment and the brother of the protagonist in Ratigan's 'The Winslow Boy' promising his father he would 'work like a black' if he (the father) sent the brother back to Oxford for his second year of studies?

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case.

As someone who received a deferred MBA admission as a law student (T1 in India) a few years back, I have one piece of advice for you: there is no perfect profile. Unique profiles are better.

For extra curriculars, maybe focus on the pro bono cases you take up to support social causes, moderate high scale debates and essentially do anything that you like at a decently high level, which is ideally not work, but can be work adjacent.

Get your GRE/GMAT scores in order - get them as high as you can, I had a near 330 on the GRE. Choose any one of the exams that best suits you to maximise your score.

Of course, you need to do some soul searching genuinely to find your "Why MBA" answer, and why specifically from the university that you're applying to - for example: INSEAD is good for consulting placement in Europe, LBS has other strengths (as well as consulting, but finance is one of the main points), and Stanford has a broader tech focus.

Let us hope that the immigration legislation draftspeople and policymakers in popular destinations such as Britain, Australia and the U.S. are not acquainted with this website, and never do end up becoming acquainted with it. The most right-wing among them would scream with delight and demonstrate these threads to a gullible electorate as "evidence" that their rhetoric of "invasion" of third-world migrants is correct.

Just a warning - a lot of people here randomly advise others to do a "foreign MBA". FYI, a foreign MBA anywhere like US, UK, Australia etc. will not cost less than 90ish lakhs (including living expenses) for a decent university, and there is no guarantee of a job nowadays. Most countries do not have a skill shortage of "MBAs". In this age especially, most countries are looking to cut down on immigration and are only looking for candidates who are qualified in STEM (where most of these European countries have a shortage of eligible candidates). If you're going to pursue some MTech or medical degree from a nice university, you'll have a good chance of staying there after education. For non STEM (and especially humanities), at this stage, it is quite hard.

I know that most of the students from 2026 batch are placed at respectable places. However, me, being a somewhat introverted guy, is in dismay as to what will happen in the upcoming Day Zero for my batch scheduled next year. I barely have any connections and an overwhelming majority do—judging from how they procured T1 internships this sem break. People have done so many moots/adr/publications and I have nothing on my CV. Plus, I am quite sub-standard in speaking english fluently since I grew up in a small city in a state board school where no one had an exposure to the kind of language that is required to even survive in this field. Idek what lies ahead for me.

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 :)

Am hearing from my seniors who have joined CAM that CAM has changed its rotation policy for freshers of batch of 2025. CAM used to have 3 rotations of 6 months each. Now they have changed to 2 rotations of 4 months each. This seems to be an unattractive change. CAM already pays on a lower scale compared to firms like Trilegal and now option of rotation is also restricted. Thoughts?

Hello Guys, I'm a Bo'26 student frustarted with the college's performance lately in terms of placements as I've seen other private law colleges performing better. Also, the so called 'Placements Coordinator' who has a fancy Linkedin ▮▮▮, Since college students doesn't have strong voices against the management, treat this thread to anonymously point out all the valid reasons for them not buidling a good legal rapport even though it was formed back in 1995 and still finds it difficult to turn autonomous, such is the plight :(, express without any hesitations fellow alumns :).

Between 50 to 75k for A0. Very small team for corporate and commercial. It’s mostly commercial work not corporate. Not equipped to handle complex work. Low quality work. Even if in a rare chance that some assignment is good, working here would feel like a bank job. They just have random people working in the team including the partner doing random work on random clients.

Would it be cool if we could connect? Had some questions regarding cold mailing and also as to why my cold mailing failed in this case, will drop down my mail to connect, will be glad if you mail and give some tips. curiousthinker15@gmail.com

Don't worry about it. Be honest to yourself - if you are firmly committed to cracking an entrance examination like the CLAT/AILET, give it a go. Your english is good, and that tells me that you have a decent shot at these entrance exams since they are mostly based on reading comprehension, logical reasoning, and the application of a few elementary legal concepts such as those related to torts and contracts.

I don't get this: A lot of people present litigation as something that eventually pays off, but wouldn't even consider how difficult it is for anyone with social and financial capital to find their footing. And really what's the point of getting money at a later stage in your life when you spend a significant amount of your youth slogging for peanuts? What will do with all the money when you are at a point in your life when you can't even enjoy it. The best time to earn loads of money is when you are young and not when you are in your 60s. Litigation, just like corp is pretty saturated- the opportunities are limited in lit too. For every 1 litigating lawyer who made it, there would be 5 who did not. To OP- I would say focus on your CAT Score and maybe do the assesment if you feel it would add to your profile.

Thoroughly go through the paper book before each hearing. Know all the important dates, events, and parties by heart. Have a solid understanding of the law involved. Obviously know what stage the case is at and which, if any, applications are pending. Should be more than enough.

Get an M2/M3/M4 (latest is the best, but if you have a budget constraint, M2/M3 won't kill your work. If you dont have a budget for M2 as well, go for a 16GB M1, it will be good for next 3-4 years) does not make a lot of difference. Don't invest in 512/1TB versions. If you run out of space, get cloud storage. No need to go beyond 16GB of RAM, there is no need, but if your budget allows and you want to futureproof it for the next 15 years, go for it; otherwise, 16GB RAM will be good for the next 5 years at least.
Tab with a keyboard won't be able to replace your laptop. I thought of getting an iPad with Magic Keyboard, but it's more expensive than the M4 MacBook.