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a week down, there was a selection for HSF organising committee and i think one prime selection criterion in a team was typing 🙏 i may be beat the bests today in that but it was certainly not the case then, because i had no conditioning of laptops. at the end, you’ll learn if you use laptops regularly?
I type extremely fast. Both on laptop and on the keyboard. I recommend you learn full hand typing, extremely useful.
Use www. monkeytype (dot)com to practice.
I always recommend using an external keyboard, preferably a mechanical keyboard with brown switches for an excellent tactile typing experience. Fewer errors, faster typing and fingers feel like they have had sex. I recommend Keychron Keyboards and Ducky Keyboards, beware, they are an expensive rabbit hole though. Cheers, all the best!!!
What really slows down the typing is distraction and breaks. So see if you can jot down the broad points of what you want to type before you type.
And of course - please avoid typing with 2 fingers. People who do that look silly - but caveat lector - some people go through their entire lawyers lives just typing with 2 fingers, and manage just fine.
I think at PQE 0 / Internships - having reliable and fast typing skills gives a good advantage. When I feel my speed is lacking, I practice on 10fastfingers or some similar sites.
It is an easy skill where the only cost is practice and repetition - I don't think any innate skills or talents are needed. So it is a good skill to have.
Currently my peak is 138 wpm on monkeytype :)
Taking typing class is not required, but you should learn by yourself to type faster. Typing fast has its perks
There’s something quietly alarming about how you’ve framed this: a whole group of accomplished women in law are being reduced to a kind of curiosity because they haven’t “settled down” by their late 30s or 40s. Why is that even the lens? Do we pause to dissect the life paths of single men in litigation? Do we ask whether they’ll adopt or become “dog dads”? No, we just assume they’re focused, driven, or haven’t met the right person yet. The same grace doesn’t seem to apply here.
And the list of “reasons” you rattle off like demanding hours, intimidating men, high expectations, physical appearance, really just blames women for their own singleness in a hundred passive-aggressive ways. It completely ignores the structural and cultural double standards that exist in law (and society). Maybe some of these women didn’t want to get married? Maybe they had partners but didn’t see marriage as essential? Maybe they did want it and life just worked out differently? Or maybe they’re tired of being told their life is incomplete unless it follows a specific, socially approved script.
Also, the idea that these women now need to pick between IVF, adoption, being a “cat mother,” or throwing themselves into social service... it’s honestly quite patronising. Their lives aren’t some backup plan in motion. They’re already full and complex. Fulfilment doesn’t hinge on marriage or children for everyone, and it certainly shouldn’t be the only frame through which we assess women’s choices. If you're genuinely curious about gender patterns in the legal profession, there’s a meaningful way to have that conversation. But this post? It’s steeped in subtle (and not-so-subtle) sexism. Might be worth sitting with that discomfort a bit.
Settle for less, or regret forever.
Moderator- Post this. These selfish people need to be called out for what they are. Ungrateful opportunists. Leeches.
50% lawyer girls marry someone from college
15% lawyer girls marry someone from work
15% lawyer girls marry someone from outside, like a social acquaintance or someone from a dating app
10% lawyer girls go in for an arranged marriage
10% lawyer girls stay single lifelong
So odds reduce if you don’t meet someone in uni.
Of course, if the only way you and your pals can get women to marry you is to scare them by saying they can't have children any other way then you do you.
But power-partner babes, ignore these idiots. The world is your oyster.
Legal fraternity is a small world, very closely knitted. Things spiral out like a wildfire. Being aware of it, and bypassing the trouble is the best way out.
Ofc doesn't apply to everyone but on a general scale even if 30% of the batch strives for excellence (whatever you consider that to be) there is a intrensic requirement for atleast 40% to do something, hence even if the rest don't do anything, the minimum standard is maintained.
Not the best model for sure but it's what we have at the moment, i believe.
You need to understand the salary one gets paid in a tier 1 firm, is a fraction of the billings you generate for the firm, sometimes in a single month you may generate 4-5x your yearly payout to the firm.
dont worry though everything will happen in time.
https://www.commoncause.in/wotadmin/upload/SPIR_2025.pdf
How accurate is this study ? And can such studies be used as arguments in writs against issues such as this
This is my plan, for each workout, which I do 4 days a week: 15 mins of warmup, 15 mins of back workout, 15 mins of chest workout, 15 mins of leg workout. Be creative, search online for routines which are manageable. Have been doing this consistently for the past 1.5 year with medium success (which I am satisfied with). Saturday and Sunday workouts I never miss. That is 50% of the weekly target achieved. I get creative and squeeze in my workouts the remaining two days in a week. Always follow up my workouts with a protein shake. I don't be a bitch about spending on money on a good whey protein. I spend 10k a month on my protein, including eggs, chicken breast etc.
I am proud of my arms, and shoulders, and my legs which are no longer chicken legs. And I do 10 mins of lower body stretching before bed every night, which has allowed me to completely defeat my sciatica and alleviate 100% of the pain from my herniated disk.
But what all of the above means is, that I rarely drink alcohol (it is impossible for me to workout the next day after working out), prioritize my workout over social engagements, and generally never eat crap like chips and all the random packaged stuff.
Not having time after a law firm job to go anywhere outside for my workout, and also being told my doctor to either quit the profession or get fit, forced me to re-think my priorities in life and buy the above said mini-stand. Best investment of my life so far.
It is possible to be fit and also a law firm lawyer. You just need to prioritize. Indians never prioritize their mental and physical health over other aspects of their lives.
Observation 2: I have used Legally India for a while now, and yet, I cannot come up with the kind of childish tripe that is a regular feature of this website.
I see a bright future for young corporate lawyers, who are bright enough to peek into the future and word hard. Law firms are not the easiest places to be, but you can find your place if you look in the right places. The economy is booming, more foreign investors are coming in, and more and more independent corporate lawyers are finding it easier to set up their own shop. You are on the right track - in terms of realising the importance of being a specialised lawyer and having the skillset to go independent. Keep at it, keep ahead of the curve, and create your own niche. In any area of business, specialised products and services find it easiest to sustain and have lesser existential threats from bigger players.
Deets - Capital Markets, Mumbai office
I would have said HNLU over NLUO but considering HNLU has worsened the academic structure by incoporating compulsory mooting (even for BA Subjects like Polictical science and economics) and assignments running all over the semester- NLUO now ranks far better in corp perspective.
Should I join such a firm's office which has only senior associates and management keeps visiting but is based in another city.
Give pros and cons
What is the pay for a person with 3-4 PQE?
Corporate- NLUO
Previously, HNLU would have ranked over NLUO on corporate side. But HNLU now has compulsory mooting (even for BA subjects like political science, economics) plus assignments- so you are all occupied during a sem. Literally, no time for anything else. And that also makes interning during an ongoing sem difficult. Trust me, you will not want to make memorials for 6 subjects then oral argument and then in the next 15 days make projects. As you get free, end terms come over.
Plus, NLUO outranks HNLU on day zero placement statistics. The placements are nearly double at NLUO for last 3 years.
1. The HR: She barely had a BA degree and wasn't even qualified to become an HR, but she was the most controlling, ▮▮▮, and micromanaging person ever born. She used to scold the associates like a school teacher for non-sensical things. We were not even allowed to take our food orders without her permission. Even when associates were discussing something silently, she used to shout " speak loudly, i want to listen" (plus there were cameras with microphones on top of our heads, and the partner used to listen to our full day conversations on his way back home). We couldn't leave the office without her permission, no matter what time we are leaving. Even when she used to be on leaves, we were supposed to text her to take her permission for going home post work. She used to control our smoke breaks, taking print outs for work purpose, our lunch time, and basically everything.
2. Office culture: Micromanagement, interference in personal lives, working hours (12-14 hrs everyday), 6 days WFO, can't even go for 5 min walks, washing our own plates, sometimes they even made my female associates make coffee for the clients, monitoring phone screens of associates through zoom in camera, etc.
3. They purchased a new office and for around 2 months they made the associates do all the construction work post office and on Sundays (yes, you heard it right). I refused to volunteer and maybe that's the reason they let got of me.
This is just a small picture of the firm, as I was there for only for 4-5 months. I hope my 3 fellow colleagues from that time (who went through all of this with me) are at a better place now.