I have noticed a recent trend where the firms where our seniors used to intern at, a few years back after their 5th sem, have suddenly changed for my batch ('28). Even good t2 firms now want mostly interns in their 4th years.

Maybe my CV also isn't enough but can people here please suggest good firms to intern at after 5th sem? And what exactly is it that they look for? My preferred location is Delhi.

hi, I am working with a small firm in m&a/vc. drawing a decent 65k now. joined the firm as fresher and been working for almost a year now.

exposure is good here, but if I want to move to a tier-1 ( ambitious, but just asking) or a better firm, how should I go about it?

hi ive just gotten done w my clat im from mumbai with around an 840 rank in clat. i secured my seat at nmims mumbai because its close to where i live and altho ive heard alot of bad reviews its the only options. messed up my slat and didnt get slsp, jindal is too exp same w bitslaw. and my parents dont want me to go to tier 2/3 cities so im skipping out on nlus :) but if i get mnlu m ill take it pls help me

The answer is very simple, expectations. Once you get into a NLU (Most of the times it's a First Gen Guy), you expect the placements, the jobs, the environment that you dreamed. Corp law is just a tiny part. Law is raw and brutal, the chamber system, and the restrictions on how you approach the courts are primitive and not lucrative.

Unfortunately, all this culminates to a pressure like situation. I'm T2 grad, couldn't secure placements and that seems to be an end.

For your situation, impossible, I think. The "kar le PhD" comment, though probably intended as a joke by the one who wrote it, is actually not that bad advice. Let's be clear though, I don't think a PhD is gonna help you get into Trilegal. In your circs, go for academia and have done with it!

Very very difficult with your profile to anywhere near a T-1. I would suggest joining a commercial disputes court chamber, leverage that to move to a t-2 in a couple of years, leverage that to move to a t-1 in a couple of years

It's going to be a long and hard road, best of luck

I flagged this comment. Please see the video objectively first. The remarks she made were not directed at prophet Mohammed. She made a crude joke about the virgins in paradise concept. I can’t see how that’s equal to attacking the prophet Mohammed. The remark was directed at the terrorists to say that they will not go to paradise but a whorehouse. Then what about Mamata’s comment about “Ganda Dharma”? And worse comments made by her party colleagues and DMK bigwigs?

I would also like to point that Wikipedia itself hosts a page called criticism of prophet Mohammed and has a painting by William Blake of Mohammed, depicting him in hell. Wikipedia also has a page on the Danish cartoons which reproduce the cartoons. Should Wikipedia be banned then?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Muhammad

after more than 10 years of marriage and two kids later, my wife (who is a high flying medic) still pinches me during fights for being a lawyer. I usually counter by saying that she may save lives but I am a master at saving PDFs. This inevitably breaks up the fight. Use humour to defuse the situation, never say anything that you may regret later, do not get into a fight or flight mode.

Given the poor misgovernance and rise in language and identity politics under Siddaramaiah — who is disliked even within the Congress? Plus rising costs, traffic etc?

Maybe Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are better and will overtake Bengaluru if things continue like this? At least anti-Hindi sentiment shouldn’t be there in these cities, given the large number of Urdu speakers in Hyderabad and the fact that Gujaratis are comfortable in Hindi?

It seems like you haven't learned (or haven't been taught) the difference between fact and speculation. Be careful mate, you'll get in trouble for that sort of thing one of these days.

Equally shocking, you don't seem to have learned to recognise a joke. This will cause reputational problems for you, too, unless you remedy this lamentable state affairs as soon as you possibly can.

i am from the 2026 batch- and quite frankly, terrified of sitting for day 0. would love to have any sort of help/ pointers about how to go about it, GD questions, interview styles etc. my batch rank would be in the top 30s (mostly) but i still cant bank on merely my marks getting me something.

on a sidenote, how does the community think day z hiring for batch of 2026 gonna go? especially in T1 NLUs

Mostly people leave and as for people still working there - they will bounce as soon as they can.

Bharucha lacks the incentives which can retain resources. The pay isn’t comparable. The work is mostly uninteresting. The environment is depressing, perhaps they were right to select black and grey as their colour scheme - cause that is how it feels to be there. I would also add that the partners are unimpressive barring the ones not in Delhi and Mumbai. Hardly any conversation or partner reviewed work product stands out. Their incompetency coupled with their mannerisms and toxicity doesn’t bode well for Bharucha.

OP here. Let me answer the 'what did he do for debating?' query. I attended one of the other colleges in Bangalore and was a regular participant in the NLS Debate during my student days. I remember Sid.C being the Tournament Director in 2005 and being part of the adjudication core in 2006 and 2007. He personally convinced people from many Indian colleges to start their foray into parliamentary-style debating around that time. Alumni from NUJS, NALSAR, Christ Law, IIT Bombay and several DU colleges have told me that he helped in developing the activity at their institutions, either by judging internal selections or helping them in organising the early editions of their tournaments. I last met him in 2012 when he had just started teaching at NLSIU and was very much helping the students interested in this activity. I lost touch with him after he moved to NALSAR and just recently found out that he is back at NLSIU. Good to know that some current students have positive things to say about him.

I’ve been facing a mental health crisis for the past two and a half months, with things steadily worsening. In my mid-level role, I’m constantly witnessing expectations from partners and trying to manage associates— who can at times be exclusionary and cold. To be frank, I have been far from an ideal colleague to work with either.

But also this often leaves me feeling isolated and overwhelmed, especially when symptoms flare up mid-workday. A lot of these things also exaggerates inside my head when I face a bad mood swing. And above that, taking any sought of stress or being angry worsen the condition and leave me with feeling of heavy pressure on my brain and pain in body, because of which I often avoid speaking. The cold work environment only deepens the emotional toll, affecting my stability and night sleep.

I’m not looking to quit, but I’m trying to understand how others cope in similarly passively cold environments where you feel unwanted. I’m willing to fight with my teeth then to fall into depression but the crisis do end up making me feel as if I’m walking wounded.