Increase the budget by what margin?

There is no scope for a laptop to last more than a couple of years kya? In that case, why bother paying a lot at all, refurbished try kar sakta hun.

I can't afford to buy another laptop every three-four years. Refurbished seems like a good option.

Even if corporate isn't your choice, it makes sense to stay closer to home. I'm assuming that you're getting NLUJ via domicile, and NLIU via rank. I was in the same position as you a couple years ago.

1. Infra and facilities: While both the institutions are T1, and will offer you nearly equal opportunities - NLUJ offers you single rooms since Day 1, trust makes a lot of difference, be it in exams or during parties - cuz even if you don't party, your batchmates/roommate would. And since you are not focused on corporate at all, it makes to stay closer to home and save money, or just not spend extra if you don't need to. NLUJ also has a lot of sports facilities, and people are very actively engaged in them. We have our own Cricket and Football leagues as well. You can expect similar classrooms at both the places too.

2. Faculty wise it's kinda harder to differentiate, since when it comes to law most good professors are concentrated and consolidated at JGLS, NLS and NALSAR. So they would be similar in that regard.

Would advise in favour of NLUJ (as a previous comment has done, for the same reasons). Avoid NLIU. It has had a reputation for administration-facilitated corruption scandals and scams that is beyond comparison (not like most Indian unis are paragons of virtue, but on a test which scores highly based on how corrupt uni administrations are, NLIU would have historically scored very highly indeed).

Potentially, not quite confirmed yet. Canning Town area, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For just over £610000. UK Government's Consular Exchange Rate (CER) for May 2025 states £1 = INR118, so do the calculation yourself from there, because the number is frightening even for me to say. Two bedroom. Could have got it at a (slightly) reduced price a few months ago (if I had known about it), but this high tax Labour admin has gotten new stamp duty rules to kick in.

Not really. I disapprove because JGLS doesn't really need the money, given the fees that they charge. Public universities do. It is also true that overall public universities in this country do produce better quality research than private ones. Had Cyril really been trying to make a difference in Indian legal education (not that he is obliged to), then he would have donated the money where it could have made a real difference. That is indeed a valid point of criticism.

Nobody is engaging in dick measuring, embarrassing and exhibitionist display of inferiority complexes and trolling , other than you. Nobody is even talking about placement numbers on this thread. This thread is not about that. It is about how JGLS got (in the Indian context) an amount of money that is considered to be a significant donation. Why do you repeatedly have to bring that up?

Well last 3-4 years, CAM has been hiring many from Jindal. There are regular flow of interns too. As regards partners, well it’s fairly young compared to NLS et al. They did make the one or two that continued in the firm for 9+ years.

Things are gonna change soon. Law Firms aren’t looking for extra ordinary bright lawyers anymore! The bright ones usually leave for LLM or opt for better things in life. With AI now, law firms just did junior lawyers who are tech savvy and decently smart.

It's his choice whom he gives it to. If you're so anxious that the NLUs have money, (i) advocate for the abolition of artificial tuition fee suppression mechanisms and for the fees to be raised per year in line with inflation for self-funded students who are funding at least 75% of their studies by themselves; and (ii) donate yourself to your own uni.

1. "Just as I think that you're the same guy who has been deliberately pushing that narrative of it being a concerted and diabolical attempt to harm him.": LOL. Really gave me a good laugh, this one did! Finally started reading books, have you? Good, at least Sudhir managed to teach you something. Using big words now, are we - "concerted and diabolical attempt to harm him", eh? I don't think your sort at that time could have had the brains or self-application required to make a "concerted and diabolical attempt to harm him". The only sorts of people who could come up with something like that are people with actual brains (the sort who've never heard of CLAT and who'd consider it faltu, if they did) - like the Israeli Mossad. You were more like the U.S. foreign intelligence agency, the C.I.A., who hired a bunch of idiots to kill Fidel Castro, the Cuban dictator, each of whose attempts was more bizarre than the last.

2. However, just because you lacked many of the qualities at that time to organise a "concerted and diabolical attempt to harm him" doesn't mean you have eternally remained so useless. You have grown and become more dangerous over time. You have realised that the best way to do this (i.e., to harm him) is by sustained and motivated attacks on his character and ability. What you didn't bargain for, however, is that there'd be folks who have a bit of common sense and who are ready to fight fire with fire and who can call out your bullshit.

3. People whose PhD research doesn't come up to scratch have no right to graduate with that degree. If really he has been doing something wrong, give me a source. One person who has not engaged in anonymous discussion, but spoken out in their own name to call this out. When the western unis (including Oxford) have fucked things up, students, alumni and academics of theirs have gone on Twitter and LinkedIn and blasted them openly and without any compunction. Surely, if Sudhir was so bad, someone would have the balls to do that (or something like it)?

False: You are making the criticisms. I am not. You are creating these great benchmarks against which to measure one of the cleverest people in Indian legal academia (based on which he is found wanting), I am not. At the same time, (a) you are doing nothing to make Indian legal academia better; and (b) the crap state of Indian legal academia for a very long time is thanks, largely, to the complacency of egoists, which may or may not include you or people like you. Therefore, anyone who has an interest in these matters (such as myself) has every right to hold you accountable, by asking what substance and substantive thoughts, knowledge or intellectual contribution you have, other than bitterness and trolling. You have ventilated your so-called criticisms consequence-free for far too long. Now cope and seethe.

Again: show me what you have, genuine request in good faith. There is one respect in which I am at fault, it is true - not talking about this in terms of anonymity safeguards before. Understandably, you'd want to not dox yourself on here. Happy to drop a throwaway email, which we can preliminarily use as an introductory mechanism to engage in good faith on this, before moving to using identifiable contact info. If you are willing to genuinely engage in this (or an alternative) way, I am happy to listen to what you have to say.

NLUD places around 20-25% of a batch in tier one firms. NALSAR around 40%, about the same as NUJS. GNLU maybe 30-32%, but they have a higher batch size. NLSIU rarely reveals its full stats, so the exact number is not clear, but it's less than NALSAR and NUJS and the future NLSIU numbers are likely to drop way lower because of their heavily increased batch size.

Also continuing from the previous comment. Given the following:

1. Supreme Court's stance on CLAT 2025 challenge it's still sub-judice

2. Oral observations by Bench that 3 years practice requirement is needed

3. Recent orders by the Supreme Court staying civil judge recruitment in few States and more States following suit

4. Submissions by States

It's highly likely that 3 year practice requirement would be imposed from this year. Even if it is allowed this year, as a caveat, please do understand that judicial recruitments in some States take a lot of time even after the results.

This is mostly due to litigation challenges.

Better to go back to practice, have financial backing and write the District Judge exam or do international/domestic arbitration and get appointed directly to the Bench like SAM Partner Tejas Karia.

Hi- I work for a boutique law firm (disputes team) and have 1 year of experience. Since the practice is really niche and my learning has stagnated, I want to make a switch, preferably to a Tier 1.

I understand that these are my initial years of practice so I should not chase a prioritise learning over money- even if that means a pay cut. However, I have financial responsibilities at home and the money would be extremely helpful.

Please let me know if any Tier 1 Disputes teams/Arbitration teams are hiring and what I can do to reach them. I am a first generation lawyer and barely have any contacts apart from the ones made in the past year. Any guidance or direction would be deeply appreciated as I'm stuck in a rut.

I have been cold emailing partners and sending personalised LinkedIn messages too, please let me know what else I can do.

I'm in my fourth year at a non-NLU and have an upcoming assessment with the Corp team at a regional office of a Tier 1 firm. This is my only opportunity as I don't have any other internships lined up and lack industry connections to fall back on. The team has previously mentioned that they’re unsure about hiring more people since they’ve already taken someone from my year, but informed me recently that they have not finished hiring for my batch. I really want to secure a PPO from this assessment, and although I know that the team rarely gives out call-backs unless they want to hire, there are a few others from my year who have also been given assessments for the same month considering that the office is notoriously known for hiring just a handful of people every year. I’m feeling really anxious about this, especially since the partner conducting the interview has a reputation for being intimidating. I have been working really hard these past few months to leverage my placement prospects - CV-wise, I have national and international mooting achievements with some good publications and essay competition wins, while my GPA is pretty average, unfortunately. I would truly appreciate it if people could advise me on how I can excel in this interview and maximise my chances of getting hired, especially because I don't really come off as affable in general. I'm always in awe that some people can yap well and build better rapports with Partners, etc, and I've never managed to do so - so maybe any advice in that regard would also work. I'm really sorry if I'm coming off as desperate, but I can't help it :((

Many find GC mundane and mechanical, but stick with it because having a generalist background can lead to more diverse experiences. But frankly it’s fine to start specialising when you already have a preference.

I’m not working in TMT, I’m still in a corporate practice. It’s hard to transition quickly.

1. No. Theoretical IP is increadibly different from what you would practice at work. The actual work is increadibly boring, mundane and repetitive. I don't understand who are the people saying this is going anywhere but the number of partners and associates telling me to they can't leave even though they're trying tells me another story. I was told to venture out before I locked in, and I couldn't be more grateful. A profession in IP academia seems interesting but actual practice will have you begging to opt out.

2. Low attrition, but equally low demand. A lot of IP work can very frankly be taken up by someone who knows basic data entry and can replicate submissions, you do not need a law degree or for that matter even a deep understanding of IP. The pool of resources and cases is small, and India's IP practice is not nearly sophisticated enough for it to require you to use your brains

3. If your only concern is getting placed, it would not be hard. But you would be paid a lot lower, the work does not get more interesting, and the scope for you pay scale to increase doesn't increase much either. Think of this in the long term, not just for the short term. IP litigation might hold another story, but even in that a lot of recent cases seem to revolving around IP issues that have largely solid foundations and clear answers.
4. Start elsewhere, the work you do in IP will largely be the same everywhere. And unfortunately so is the pay, most tier 1 firms do not pay their IP teams at par with others. The only difference that you would face, is maybe the quality but even that would be marginally so. Start at a boutique firm, build your connects and then branch out.

5. No. Theoretical ipr is increadibly different from practical. Most students after a single ipr internship usually end up deciding that this is not the thing for them.