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They claim to be a firm with offices in Dubai and Singapore, but no one works in the Singapore office and the Dubai office has now become non-existent.
If you are a fresher then you'll have to wait at least 2 years to be called anything other than a "trainee". Although, the work for an NQ is good as compared to any other firm which says they do international disputes. And if you are in the 3-6 PQE bracket - the work depends on your ability to cope up with different legal systems. Also expect little to no work on Indian law.
In terms of firm culture and atmosphere, it is toxic and unrealistic, being run like a chamber/sole proprietorship and not like a firm, with some lawyers running the show as the partner's pet while partner himself spends 6 months on vacation in Europe.
However, If you are someone who has more than 6 PQE and have aspirations and dreams of making partner one day then run in the opposite direction. No growth only a lot of noise about purported growth.
Pay depends entirely, as they claim to pay Tier 1 firm salaries, which is entirely a false narrative. Tread carefully as they are known to make exits hard specially if you resign.
Yes, I know the decision has to be taken by Parliament, but these protests can help raise the issue of nationalisation or INI status in Parliament. Without asking for it, nobody is going to give it for free. Let us raise our voice.
And to the JGLS folks, please stay away from this discussion if your point is going to be that “you won’t get INI status.” You got your IOE status only because your university has funds. The application fee for IOE itself is ₹1 crore.
Give us some ideas. We will gather students from all NLUs and start a movement towards nationalisation.
Wanted to know what's Khaitan Chennai (esp the Dispute Resolution team) like? Do they pay as much as their counter parts in other cities? How's the work culture? The kind of opportunities one may expect and their clientele? The Chennai Disputes partner being T. Kannan? (heard good things about him)
As far as i know, there's an application form which is accompanied by a research brief assement of sorts. However, I hope that someone more acquainted with the process could shed some light upon it. Perhaps it's wiser to apply to multiple offices to maximise your chances of getting atleast one judicial internship.
Associates draft, partners proofread.
Struggle sirf STEM me hota hai.
Not even in CA, as CA is a distance learning certificate course.
I have no problem with people living their life to the fullest or celebrating their personal milestone or achievements. As I mentioned earlier, every degree has its own value and importance.
The point is "overdramatization" for just a stepping stone and that to with ease, with no pressure, no sacrifices, nothing!!
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2. I can't see it adding much value to the CV, except to show that you are continuing to work on a specific project. You'd certainly be an idiot to put it on LinkedIn under 'publications', unless you wanted people laughing at you till their sides ached, that is.
https://kpmg.com/xx/en/our-insights/ai-and-technology/legal-department-of-the-future.html
1. till which month AZB continues hiring through PPOs AFTER day zero- realistically, if they don't, pls lmk.
2. is Shagoofa rashid khan's team hiring?
3. are noida GC teams hiring, and if yes, should I prioritise that over SRK?
https://vishallegalghy.blogspot.com/2025/08/expected-removal-of-high-court-judge.html
Is it a good sign for functioning of judiciary ?
I fell in love with western classical music from about the age of 11 and started learning the piano myself by ear, by painstakingly learning individual pieces from recordings made by the big names of classical music (Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Vladimir Horowitz, etc). Had to do it this way, partly because (1) my official music teacher knew jack about classical music and going to one who did necessitated certain immense problems which could have made life very difficult as my academic studies became increasingly pressurised; and (2) the learning by ear had to happen, instead of the more conventional method of learning by access to sheet music, because I am completely blind and never had access to Braille music scores or the teaching needed to learn it (learning to read Braille for other contexts in life is very different from learning Braille music, not even considering the financial and logistical headaches of obtaining Braille scores of well-known but still complex pieces, such as that of Beethoven's Sonata no. 8 in C Minor, called the “Pathétique” sonata). Not to blow my own trumpet too much, but all this hard work paid off in my developing a reputation for being a good performer, and, until the COVID pandemic, I performed regularly at my music school's and academic school's concerts (and at other places besides). Somehow, never could get back to performing afterwards due to the pressures of starting university and studying law.
And where, you might ask, did I obtain such recordings? Off YouTube of course! Where else? Are you trying to tell me that every potentially talented musician in Australia, even in such out-of-the-way spots such as the Grampians or other places in the outback (forgive me, my knowledge of Australian geography is limited to casual reading + one visit at age 16), has access to quality music teaching? And/or to Braille music scores of some of the most complex pieces of all time? That would be a very surprising claim, if that's what you were to be saying. If not, you'd need to provide a reasonable explanation for how someone in equivalent circumstances to mine (blind or partially sighted, enthusiastic about learning music, good at it and not having a music teacher who could properly guide) would be able to learn more advanced music on their own, with as few financial or logistical headaches as possible.
Sure, there are age verification checks. I am happy to agree on that. Even put limitations on what content kids can access, I can't see a problem with that. But the idea of cutting off YouTube access entirely has the potential to be, hopefully as this detailed example should have illustrated, a dangerous path to go down. Banning FB, X,, Snapchat, Insta and TikTok? My 100% full support. That needed to be done, it's good that the Australians took a lead and others should follow in their footsteps. But this? Not so good.
It also shows you the pathetic state of the country. Though China buys more Russian oil than us, they are not being touched because they economically strong and manufacture for the world. Our country is running only by taxing the 10% rich and middle-class,m.
Any books/sites/yt channels/other resources for new advocates to learn how courts function, how cases are filed,various stages in any case, what to do , when to do, how drafting is done etc
Culture is mostly good. Hours are what you would expect in a standard disputes team but you won't be disturbed on leave etc especially if you are junior. If court is on holiday, you can WFH, dress casually etc. Most bosses are fine. Some are grouchy but only one is evil. If you want WLB choose a diff practice. But there are very few vacancies.
This reality creates a kind of perverse incentive for law firms to maintain bad work cultures that are bearable just enough for the required number of people to stick around. As a result, progression in BigLaw is based on how compliant people are in putting up with stupidity, unfortunately. The only exception is that you bring connections either in the form of clients or high-level government connections.
There are a large number of people who exit the system because of its absurdity irrespective of the fact that they may be a better lawyer than some/most of their colleagues. I’ve seen a fair bit of Partners sell their self-respect as they grew up the associate ranks and they expect that those following them will do the same. I’ve seen associates get dressed down in the most public way continuing when others with a sense of self-respect quit.
The incentive to behave badly will only get entrenched further with time, as earlier (think 2000-2015) the talent pool was much smaller than it is now and will be going ahead. So, unfortunately, GenZ will not be the harbinger of change.