Hi: LI is troll paradise and difficult to have a conversation on. I'm also a floater here and don't tend to see these unless shared (I do have a practice to run). Please email to get in touch.

For now, because honesty about comp is important, some responses:

- Fixed Pay: We have done a benchmarking for Tier 1 scales based on information from a third-party executive search firm. This firm was chosen by the consensus of our fee earners (excluding me). It has shared ballparks for every year of PQE. We calculate our fixed as the average of this ballpark as reduced by 20%.
- Variable Pay: The variable is intended to bring the team up to Tier 1 scales. Therefore, variable benchmarks are equal to Tier 1 benchmarks + the 20% discount to fixed, subject to individual and team performance. This is a WIP and we are still young, but last year, the best performers made more than their Tier 1 colleagues.
- A0s: We do not benchmark for A0s, for two reasons: a) We are a specialist boutique and looking for people who are a good fit for the work we do. A0s usually need some time before they are able to add value; b) There is a signaling value to A0 compensation which we don't want to participate in. If compensation is the primary driving factor (to an extent that we are discussing Which Tier 1 to peg pay to, amongst a group of highly paying Tier 1s), then it's a culture mismatch i.e. we are not the right firm for you. For the same reasons, we will not put up numbers on a public platform, but we are happy to publicly share the method of calculation. This is our commitment to transparency, but is also intended to give you a sense of whether you're likely to be financially comfortable with us, because money is important. If you need more details, please reach out to us and we'd love to have a longer chat once we are able to assess each other.

Thanks for all the interest!

Any educational degree & especially LLB degree should be allowed in online & even in distance mode. Classrooms are OBSOLETE. Only desperate & insecure professors are making people attend by force. These SoB do not want to get that if teaching is good, people will rush for it. Let people have classroom who want but don't cling on others. A fresh law grad from anywhere is not anyway good enough to get even a circulation, forget about arguing the matter.

NLUs folks, have a remarkably giant chip on their shoulders when they meet people who don't care they went to NLUs. The reactions are very telling. Stop making college your identity.

What problem did you solve? That is your selling point and calling card as a lawyer. In litigation or corporate law. Not a few letters adorned next to your linkedin profile or CV.

Unfortunately some people are treating these letters as a salesman would, leveraging it for credibility. That doesn't go so far as you people tend to think.

Focus on problems of the law. Work on it long enough. You start building credibility. Otherwise you're just another lawyer, like any other lawyer from a college you openly disrespect.

Despite assuming office in 2014 amid expectations of sweeping Thatcher-style liberalisation, the Modi government has largely steered clear of comprehensive structural reforms. Instead, it has pursued a dual-track model: favoured conglomerates have received land and regulatory concessions, while incremental changes—such as digitalised administration, faceless tax assessments, and streamlined approvals—have improved India’s rankings on the ease of doing business index. However, these have left deep-rooted inefficiencies in land, labour, and capital markets largely untouched.

https://frontline.thehindu.com/economy/next-generation-reforms-gst-rationalisation-india-economy/article69984626.ece/amp/

I don't think there is anything wrong with wanting to make a career for yourself on your own. From what I understand, the only unclear variable is the salary which you will get at this Delhi law firm. With regards to the questions which your family ask you, it is not that difficult to understand the cost of living in Delhi. Have you looked at potential places to stay and their rent? It should be fairly simple to draw a rough estimate of what your monthly expenditure will look like. In any case, I would assume that your family is quite well off due to which money should not be a problem (assuming you are not averse to taking financial help from your parents).

I am son of a retired High Court Judge, but I never want anyone to think that my achievements in life are result of me solely being connected to a powerful person. That is why I made a promise to myself, that I will leave my Parent HC and practice in the Delhi High Court. I received an offer letter from a recently opened Law Firm however, they have not disclosed their salary to me.

Every time I get into a discussion about this with my family, I do not have any answers to their practical and much warranted questions like - How would you manage in a city like Delhi and all by yourself? Or whether you would be able to make it on the whatever little salary they would offer?

I am afraid that if I join any place on the basis of their recommendation, I would be looked down upon and since I am just a beginner, I know I don’t know many things which people might expect me to know.

So should I just choose a chamber on the basis of the recommendations given by my father or am I being foolish by opting to choose to go on my own way, and working for a small law firm?

In an interview to the press, jindal kids have claimed that no body in college pays attention to their complaints and therefore they are forced to go to the social media. They are made to run from one department to another and the registrar doesn’t intervene!

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN3COcsVEpp/?igsh=N3o3anZ1MjdlcjY5

College sucks balls. They claim to have got the placements for students in trilegal and fox mandal but nah, they were students who got it by themselves.

There are so many from BO 26 who have interned in top tier places and they all did it by their own merit.

There is absolutely no incentive for any firm to come and hire from our college because the crowd sucks worse than the management.

I can assure you that 90% of them won't know the different kinds of writs.

Does anyone know the requirements to be an NLU VC? Asking for a friend.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cu-probe-panel-submits-law-college-rape-report/amp_articleshow/122982642.cms

if you dont study- you wont crack anything- in any field. you think theres no competition in stem careers? or do you think that IITs are easy to get into? or that there isnt a drop off in education standards between IITs and private universities? do you think coders starting out earn much money these days?

Hey, I graduated in 2024 and have been preparing since 2023. Since the 3 year rule came into place, I am not really keen to denote 2 more years. I last interned in Jan 2023 and idk how to switch to a decent role that pays enough to cover rent and manage expenses. Litigation pays peanuts and I wanted to shift from home as it's getting too toxic for me. If there are any advices/links etc. that y'all can provide, I'd be grateful.

It has been damn frustrating and I do not want to pivot to UPSC/other exams as it is the same loop.

You're mistaken.

https://www.thequint.com/videos/news-videos/indian-consumers-pay-80-percent-taxes-today-middle-class

Hi, I am a fourth year student at a private law university in Central India and want to secretly complain about my college to BCI because the management is poor, highly corrupted and deliberately fail some students to make extra money. Even heard them speaking about this that this time they have failed less students. Everything is a mess. It's so bad I can even type so much. Kindly suggest some ways where I can reach out to bar council by being anonymous since they will make my life miserable if my identity gets revealed. We have had enough, fees is exorbitant and we don't even get SCC and manupatra as they say they can't afford. We don't have unity that is why I am unable to take an action or build pressure against the authorities. Please help.

Insert the "jor jor se bolke scheme batana" meme.

I am very familiar with what is happening at Bombay rn. Read the comment again, and read between the lines. One gentleman (not naming him on purpose) was made to wait till he legit reached the "I've had enough" point and withdrew his consent. Read between the lines.

The Government will do what is good for the Government. Why will the Government do anything that the Opposition wants or likes? Show me one instance where any Government has done anything that the opposition wanted. The Government of the tyrannical dictator, Smt Indira Gandhi, didn't hesitate to imprison the opposition leaders during the Emergency, and the pliant judiciary didn't even whimper!

Not denying nepotism in legal field but how many of your relatives would actually do such favours for you? In fact, most would try to sabotage your success or keep you down, if they manage to climb up. You are completely discrediting the class 12th distinction, MSC Gold Medal and 60 % (back then was a good score). Performing good at 3 very different stages of education definitely shows that he had ben working hard, consistently.

Just want to know if there’s anything else wrong with Nayantara’s team apart from the long hours? In my opinion, you can expect long hours with a tier 1 firm paying you on the upper end of the tier 1 pay scale. But genuinely curious as to why soo many downvotes for her and the team.

Asking for a friend who has been offered a role in her team.

I always advise to clients that you must have faith on your advocates to get you the best outcome - I am sure your lawyer would have had the best of intentions for you while he would have been dealing your case.

In any case, if you feel otherwise, I would recommend that you first understand the quantum which is at stake. If it is in lakhs/crores, engage a senior advocate. Their fees are exorbitant, but they are the most effective at securing relief for their client. Your current advocate can help you with that. If the quantum isn't that much, just look for similar cases on Indian Kanoon - be specific to the forum - and you will find those lawyers who have been able to secure relief in cases similar to yours. You can always approach them. All the best!