Women are not far more emotionally mature than men on account of any actual study, this feels a narrative perpetrated by predatory older men who are shunned and ignored by women their own age.

@OP, it's because senior guys are turned down by women their age/older than them, so they turn to the younger ones, leading to the cycle repeating ad infinitum.

For the older lawyers here, who all remember the sangeet dance gang at (what is now) CAM? Jog my memory - who all were in the Sangeet Gang? Initials can be dropped to avoid naming names.

How are they doing now? Did dancing for Small Daddy invite the benevolence of Big Daddy? How many of them ended up leaving for other pastures?

According to his academia.edu profile, the title of his Ph.D. thesis is 'Juridical Engagement With Electoral Reservations'. Those who have read the full draft are saying it is one of the best pieces of doctrinal legal research produced by a serving Indian law teacher in decades. The word is that he has had the full draft ready since the first half of 2022 but had a tough supervisor who has made him go through several revisions since then. I hope he sends it to a good publisher and does not waste his efforts as he did earlier with the report on the NLUs (sometime in 2018) and the extensive ghost-writing that he has done for judges and senior academics over the years. It is time for all that effort to bear fruit and for him to catch up with his immediate peers such as Arghya Sengupta, Madhav Khosla, Neha Mishra and Prashant Reddy, all of whom have published extensively over the last decade.

C'mon we all know that they won't OPT for litigation but they'll HAVE TO do it coz they didn't intern and secure their chances of a job (not that it matters because these colleges aren't active enough to get companies to campus for hiring)- no one WANTS to to do litigation and work for peanuts except when you come from a family of lawyers

I really doubt that, your thread is very narrow-minded in thinking that that they will be unable to pivot to the various opportunities available in the profession today. Many of them would have come with the thought of an alternate plan and will do something good. With the multiple law schools with negligible faculty and opportunities, people still come out and become great depending on their grit, these students will do no less.

Genuine Question - I am a senior associate at a tier 1 law firm and have been applying to job postings from various top companies - especially Google - for over three years now and it never proceeds - not even for an interview.

Any one have any idea on what basis they reject and whether it only works on the referral process and if you don’t have an in it’s not even worth applying.

Nothing. Wait three years - ASI is one the edge and its going to be so over. We already have AGI years before it was predicted. Last stages of normal humanity and you care about a CORPORATE Job? Go join that chamber g. Talk to people, have fun, learn new things, go out. This is objectively THE worst time to get a corporate job

Top 5:

1. Seoul

2. Tokyo

3. London

4. Munich

5. Melbourne

Among other Asian cities, Singapore at 11, KL at 12, Beijing 13, Taipei 14, Hong Kong 17, Kyoto 18… and many more cities. Even Amman (Jordan) at 64.

In contrast:

Mumbai - 98

Delhi - 104

Bengaluru - 108

Chennai - 128

That’s it. No Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad etc.

😭😭😭😭😭😭

Parameters used were:

- Student perception

- Student mix

- Presence of recruiters in the city

- Desirability

- Affordability

https://www.topuniversities.com/best-student-cities

I genuinely do not understand comments or the general narrative that there is no “learning” in an in house job. What learning are they referring to really? As if law firms don’t have mundane and repetitive tasks. Not everyone in a law firm™️is doing something Earth shattering in the legal domain all day everyday. The pay is high due to the role being client facing, the pace of work, and the consequent pressure. But, work is work. It’s about an individual’s preference on what works best for them and what they choose to make peace with. Simple as that imo.

If I were a university leader from one of the IITs or IIMs, this sort of thing would snatch away a lot of my sleep. Many of the combinations you mentioned are distinctly unappealing:

- NUJS with IIM C or IIT KGP: Thanks, but no thanks. NUJS has enough nonsense of its own. A bonfire of academic standards has destroyed any semblance of its former glory. TMC has made enough of a mess with it.

- NLUO with IIT Bhubaneshwar: Heard NLUO VC is behaving in a very stupid way, pretending to implement "academic rigor" when there is actually nothing of the sort at that uni.

- RML (and NLU Prayagraj) with IIM Lucknow or IIT Kanpur: Both NLUs mentioned are very average universities. If I were IIT Kanpur, I wouldn’t want the baggage of these average-to-borderline-between-average-and-poor brand names hooked to me.

- TNNLU with IIT Madras: Same as above.

- MNLU (all three campuses) with IIT Bombay: Same point as the proposal re RML.

- NLU Sonipat with IIM Rohtak: Certainly not! Nobody has ever heard of “NLU Sonipat”, well I haven’t. Risk is too great.

- HPNLU with IIT Mandi: HPNLU isn’t even an attractive university for the state it is in, no. No. Ain’t happening.

Hey "buddy", if you've never been in the system please don't misguide.

I do not disagree with your comment, however promotions are not decided based on what we think is suitable or not for law. In the larger scheme of things, definitely scholars from across the world will respect your quality publications more. However, the promotions system and structure built is still a government job, and we know how that is. If it's not official, no matter how great the journal, it will not be counted.

Secondly, yes some journals are listed in Scopus. I never denied it. But the whole list isn't. And if some young acadmic is mistaken that by publishing in them will get work for them, then it unfortunately won't. So it's the onus on the acadmic to see to it that the list and Scopus match.

Thirdly, you are overestimating NLSs influence on the government. The government and its bodies hardly have any NLU alumni, let alone from NLS. The majority are from TLCs like DU, BHU etc. So even the legal community would not care as much, it's called TLC blackballing anything of significance NLUs do. Wait till the new list comes out, and you will find that majority of journals for promotion are going to be thrash, since the whole process is a nepotism favoured structure for the ruling govt.

Fourth, I am in no way demeaning a great initiative. I think for the younger academics it's a good initiative. However, I stress on the fact that it's not "official". It does not have the Central Govt, Ministry of Education or even UGCs approval. So the younglings should not take it as the end all and be all for publishing. It may help improve your credibility but since when has government promotions focused on credibility and quality.

Fifth, it's good for personal growth and development to publish in these journals. However at the end of the day, promotions are not dependable on quality, unfortunately. This govt is hellbent on discrediting anything with "quality". That all I stated.

Why does it matter that an inexperienced assistant professor and few students have come up with random metrics that gets to talk about the quality of journals that are the result of hard work of many over a long period of time? They have tried a good initiative, it doesn't have to be great or perfect. Doesn't need to validate anyone else's work either. Any academic worth their salt knows that these ranking processes for journals are mostly hogwash. Journals that are good are known for their quality among peers. For example, ILR didn't get famous because it's scopus indexed. It had made its rep way before that. Similarly, JILI, despite its age, is no longer that relevant. It being indexed in this metric won't really change that.

Ha ha! Lots of jealous haters who expected their university journals to he ranked high, but have got a reality check. They are dissing this ranking and simping for Scopus, but know very well that their university journals are not listed in Scopus either.

In any case, Jindal and ILR are listed in Scopus.

Waah, Kya baat hai!!!! Look at the sheer scale of funding. State NLUs are not even aspiring to grow - they seem to be happy in their ditch and are content with that. The NLU-fixated junta on this platform is happy with its own rankings/tiers, engaging in endless and meaningless discussions around the same. There is not a single instance or example of transformational change that NLUs are bringing to the legal ecosystem. Every state is busy launching its own NLU and propagating mediocrity. The unfortunate part is that state NLUs are not even trying - neither students, alumni, faculty, nor the administration. Everyone is equally complicit in this failure.

Hi, i'm in my final year right now and i really don't know where i should work. I just wanna work at a place which has a good work environment and decent pay. i am a student from O.P. Jindal and was just wondering which firm should i aim to intern in for dec-jan that has the highest chance of offering a ppo or a job after i graduate. i've been thinking samvad, induslaw, mostly 2nd tiers because i dont think i can get a tier 1.

I was once virtually interning at a tier 2 law firm when I was in my 3rd year. I was assigned a A1 as my mentor and on the joining day he asked me call him at 12. I called him at 12:05 as my class got delayed by 3 – 4 mins. As soon as he picked up he said, “what time did I ask you to call?” with a voice when you have your teeth closed. I instantly apologized, but he insisted on me answering his question. I answered and he kept the topic going, after that, no introduction, nothing, he instantly gave me work, which I was supposed to deliver in the evening, and I did and I asked if that is okay or he wants me make any changes. He calls me next day and asks me to explain what have I done, I explained him and he just kept saying “accha, accha”. He wanted me to explain just to bully me. I accept it might not have the best work, it was literally a checklist, I may have missed out on some things. Trust me, it might not sound bad, but that accha accha made me tear up.

This happened for good 10 days, he used to call me, give me shit and give me more work, without any reference material, and I used to work from morning till 11 in the night along with classes and other college thing. One day he calls me and I was in class, he knew that I had classes that time, so went out of my class and picked up his call, he gave me work, explained me the proposition and as I just ran out of class I did not have a note book with me so I typed everything on my phone. Just to bully me, he asked me repeat me the proposition he just explained, and I did and I forgot to mention “one” word that he had said before, I only typed keywords. He screamed at me, got really mad, so I explained it to him and told him the word that I missed as well. He just said “I will find an intern who doesn’t have classes” and cut the call and did not accept my call after that.

I instantly drafted a mail to HR, apologizing and terminating my internship. I don’t mind working day and night, but the least you can be is being nice to interns. Later that month, he texted me on the day of diwali for some research, I without saying anything left what I was doing at my home and did his research. Sent him that, and told him I had resigned from internship days back.

I'm a Final year student with a core interest in Dispute Resolution. Have interned at firms like S&A Law Offices (twice)

I’m currently facing challenges in securing interviews or internship calls. I’ve reached out to several firms in the past months, but responses are either delayed or met with rejections, and in many cases HRs are simply unavailable.

As I approach the final leg of my law school journey, I’m reaching out with a humble and sincere request for guidance on how to proceed: 1. How should I prepare for interviews, especially in Dispute Resolution?

2. What kind of internships (or locations, teams, or matters) should I prioritize in the remaining months?

3. How do I strategically position myself to secure a placement before the end of 2025?

I would truly value even a few pointers from someone who knows how this journey unfolds in practice. I want to make this final year count, not just by doing more, but by doing what’s right. Open to any insights or direction. Thanks in advance.

Isn't it Cambridge's money to begin with? She showed how the use of 'smell' is essentially a tool for all privileged folks to de-sensitize the lives of many who have been subject to such insults, ofcourse you don't have a clue about it, coz other than maybe reading the first two pages of Avtar Singh's Partnership Law ( which is a classic now for most Law students, except they go for rattafication ), you haven't read shit in your life, you don't even know the impact Literature has had in so many historical moments, especially with vilification of minorities, religious, social and economic ( immigrants etc. ), you don't even know how Canterbury Tales of all texts is credited with deep-rooted Antisemitism, how seemingly harmless authors like Roald Dahl have also contributed to Anti-Semitism, and let's talk about Economics if you want to, I am pretty sure you haven't read what a lot of Economists write to this day, a lot of it has quantitative reasoning, but it has qualitative nuance to it as well, especially the Neoliberal School of Economics has brought back the ability for underrated analytical fields like Political Economy, Economic Geography, Welfarism etc. to be brought back in the mainstream, and that's why a lot of 'developed' and OECD countries that we see today, are nothing but a product of Neoliberal Welfare States, a lot of ideas for whom have stemmed for Egalitarian Literature written throughout ages, but Mr. BoxHead ( Chief of Bullshit Law at UselessDegree.Com ), won't think twice before understanding how extensive her literature was, I bet you haven't read a page of it ( I have for reference, and I truly admire her extensive research ), and you don't know much about getting a PhD both in English and in Economics ( you think it's hard because of 'quantitative' reasoning, and empirical analysis, can't be far from it, the most significant issue with graduating for a PhD in Economics is the ability to collect the required data, and understand how to analyze the data, to produce a scholarly and scholastic piece of work, that your institution, your advisor, and your Doctoral Committee deems good enough to graduate ).

So how about you stop being an ignorant anti-intellectual P.O.S.? who speaks on topics he has no clue about.

So can such research, in this age of hate, where 'body odor' is used in a negative context, and almost akin to an insult, not realizing that there are various parts of the world where people do carry body odor, and though they are used to it, it's still unhealthy and damaging, and without any doubt, must have had a significant impact on Labor Productivity.

Good Luck, convincing Governments across the world getting fund for establishing a 'Centre for Diffusion Theory of Innovation, Technology and Social Systems' but had you spent a day in formal academic circles of repute, you would've understood how important it is to understand the value chain innovative practices, products and principles create, and why they MUST be studied, I believe it's similar with Literature, the Author is more than capable to recognize the effect 'Smell' has had in Literature, an example is, use of these words in a negative context against Minorities to initiate a sense of alienation, and slowly corner them in all aspects of their socio-political and socio-economic life, this has been the case with so many minorities across the world, may it been the Depressed Classes of India, or The Afro-Americans in Northern America, The Jews back in the day, it's more than important to study this, but hey, this one uneducated, good for nothing, LI contributor thinks she's useless, whilst he went to NLU 'No-Placement-But-High-Fee' Nagar.

It's good that people like you are daring enough to show their ridiculous and callous views on others' scholarly work so openly, only shows how dwarf they are in any sort of understanding.

Hi everyone, i understand Indus pays more or less equally across different levels. I have an interview lined up for an SA position but i have been told by the recruiter they might also offer me an A4 position and promote later.

Can someone tell me genuine A4 and SA1 salaries for transactions team?