I got a call for PhD at NLUJ. The final selection would be 70% net score and 30% interview scores. Now the problem is that my net scores aren't that great, almost below the barrel. However looking at the list, there's atleast a 100 applicants.

Just based on my assumptions I feel majority would have JRF or even net scores better than mine. So even if I score exceptionally well in the interviews, there may be a chance that I won't make it through to the final list. Should I still go?

Wouldn't it be futile, that I do well in interviews but absolutely can't get through cause of my net scores. Help me decide.

I'm from CLC, got an associate position with a lawyer working at the DHC and district courts. Paying 25k, I expected a bit more from it but I also understand how the litigation scene is especially for first gen lawyers (especially who are also not from NLUs). Looking for any helpful tidbits, advice, warnings about surviving in litigation, enjoying the work, dealing with work-life balance etc!

Yes...got know from a friend..that in an effort to compete with Tier 1 firms, ▮▮▮

The firm was once recognized for its strong work-life balance and collaborative environment. However, it’s now gaining a reputation for a much tougher culture, prompting several loyal and reliable employees to leave the firm.

That said, the founding partner remains a standout — both a great leader and a genuinely enjoyable person to work with. He is the only hope who can make great changes to the firms policy and take tough decisions...If you have the opportunity to join his team, take it. His approachable and supportive nature is what made Lex Consult attractive in the first place. He has the vision and capability to elevate the firm to a new level, securing high-profile deals while building a strong, well-trained legal team.

One hopes that Lex Consult can revive its original collaborative spirit — attracting not just employees, but driven, talented individuals who are in it for the long haul. With the founding partner at the helm, there’s real potential for the firm not only to match Tier 1 standards but to become one of the top legal destinations in the country, where young graduates compete to join and clients seek out the best legal expertise.

Brother, you’re doing false information now. In the batch of ballb, bballb, bcomllb and llb, 1/4 of the students goes for higher studies. Meanwhile, some students go for NGOs, corporate legal councillor, work under their family business or go for law firms. Some even go for opening their own chambers or to become a judge. So with that, the top tier firms like SAM, Trilegal, etc, they actually consists of many Jgls students because they prefer more Jgls students. This is due to jgls’s alumni, connections and that the professors from top tier universities like Harvard, Oxford, etc teach us here and they make it mandatory for us to take 1-2 internships per semester. Most of us are able to get very good internships and many students have also done internships at white and case. Yk you should reallyyy need to stop trolling.

Yes I agree. While few students work with their relatives/family, the rest may go for solo practice, higher studies , corporate legal teams and law firms. The competition can be fierce depending on how many students actually value it, I can assure atleast 10% students may not be really serious or be good at this field.

What’s the point of you even talking about ABZ’s reputation for bad workplace environment? That’s something you’ll everywhere. Also even if it were a bad working environment then why would it be one of the top tier firm and still have positive reviews of the professionalism of the lawyers there? Doesn’t bad workplace environment means that your workers will get inefficient and demotivated over time? Bruh be fr, it’s either that you were just trolled by someone informing you this or that you just want to hate on Jgls grads💀

I did my internship with the corporate and commercial team. It was a really nice experience because they had pretty good mandates from acquisition, power delivery Agreement, international PPP, and Insolvency auction deal.
It depends on the team that you intern with at HSA Mumbai. I was curious to learn, so some days I even stayed till 10 in the office. Partner is very chill, and all the associates not only guide you but also teach you.

At the end of the day, JSA is not a tier 1 despite its efforts to be one. This reflects in the firm's culture, processes, firm-wide infrastructure. JSA folks are also still vastly underpaid even with bill share compared to equivalent designations at legit tier 1s. Most teams operate by taking on a large number of low-value deals which leaves associates working round the clock but results in insignificant revenue.

Focus on publishing more, intern in a law firm/chamber (go for a law firm or chamber based on your interest and understanding, where you can showcase your skills) in the remaining two semesters and obviously there is no other way for academics, but to give it your all and push, you won't have a drastic improvement in acads at least but it'll be enough....it will help you go from place A to B.

Ok this might be a silly question but if a firm (TT&A) sends a rejection letter for an internship the very next day but says "we would be keen for you to apply to us later", is that just a formality thing or should I actually just try applying again for a later date (I applied for an internship for the very next month in the original mail)

His calculation is:

Salary minus tax, minus home loan, minus car loan, minus child's school fees, minus maid's salary, minus petrol, minus various bills, minus food, minus one holiday a year leaves you with ZERO savings.

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To unilaterally increase batch size over 200% in last 5 years speaks volumes about the senseless which prevails among those with decision making at the institute. Read more from our piece at - https://bluepencilling.com/2025/06/21/ail-mohalis-hostel-crisis-from-bad-faith-to-constitutional-betrayal/

A total collapse of infrastructure needed for a mere civic existence, what good are the placements when students fight and kill for the most basic amenities?

Trilegal is a good place to be an Associate / SA.

After that it is very very bad place to be in.

You will need internal godfathers to grow.

So if you don't have one - learn and scoot.

People will come laterally with client books.

In the end, that is all that matters to everyone.

It's kind of bleak. Foreign funding for PhD is getting very uncertain, Indian universities are not good enough or don't have support for PhD scholars (NLS being a prime example), hirings have almost stopped in public sector- most hirings now are backlog posts. Private sector universities are opening but they also prefer people with foreign degrees, and most of them are not that good as well. Papers get 1 year to get reviewed in good journals, while frauds get published very easily in random Scopus journals.

And most importantly, we have lost a connection with the students. It feels very transactional- one semester or trimester getting over feels like a merger getting over in a law firm. Not much personal connections with students, like we used to have during our student days. It's hard to remain motivated to teach.

No, that's a very wrong notion, particularly looking at Europe. There are hyper-specialized programs there for people who want to specialize, and they start working in Europe.

I've done an LLM from India, and I have been a TA for LLM students as well. While there are people who're serious, most Indian students do not take up an LLM to join academia.

I wouldn't comment on J School because I have no experience with people there. But NLS is also valuing foreign degrees, in the sense that people fresh out of LLMs with foreign degrees have also been hired on contract.

No, it is going to be difficult. You will have to shift based on your internship experiences & knowledge in corporate. And you will go back to A0 position. Your IDT PQE will be disregarded. But it is still possible! From what I have gathered, it seems you should make the shift in the first 2 years, after that it will be too difficult.

mast hota hai- you just dont have access to any internet or outside resource apart from Manu and SCC. thats the only catch. otherwise they give drafting test on the bases of your level of joining (A0/A1 etc). time will also be dependant on the kind of drafting test it is (legal opinion/ notice)

I guess we know the reasons why they may not have managed to settle down: demanding work hours, takes many years to establish yourself in litigation, perhaps guys get intimidated by lawyers, perhaps high expectations in men, perhaps toxic past relationships, perhaps lacking physical attributes that Indian men consider attractive etc.

But I am more interested in the options ahead. Adoption? Sperm donor and IVF? Forever childless? Dog mother? Cat mother? Still hoping to find a soulmate? Maybe devote spare time to politics and social service?

Curious because of the high numbers of women lawyers in this category I see, compared with women engineers or doctors or designers or MBAs, that’s all.

the team is extremely understaffed at all levels. A friend of mine works in this team and has told me it has gotten much much better in terms of culture in the past couple of years while the volume remains the same, due to understaffing. Trainees are being hired with an intention to retain.

Literally no. It might pretend to be such, but it's nothing of the sort! It has a hugely problematic colonial legacy, which it has refused utterly to address. Be as critical of the SOAS as you like (I am from one of the other institutions mentioned as being better, and quite like hating on them myself), but saying that they are an "English version of JNU" is falling into their trap - that's what they'd like you to think.

Hello everyone. I have graduated from T1 NLU and 2pqe working with a senior counsel. My main goal is it to set up my own chamber practice in the near future. I come from a lower mid. background and monetary wise I'm on the lower front as compared to my clg peers.

Presently, I'm planning to prepare for government exams, especially the Public Prosecutor exams of various states, as it will provide me a decent pay, and respectable job profile, but when I connect with my college mates, they think that I'm a fool prepping for Prosecutor Job being an alumni of a T1 and atleast look for Judiciary as a career option. ( But, I'm least I interested in joining judiciary as a. Career, as I feel I would be more than happy to argue and present cases rather than deciding them). :)