UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Singapore. Don't consider U.S. unless you specifically know you don't wanna work there and unless you are sure that you are ready to take a second LLM, because that's what they'll want.

Other than that, Germany, Switzerland may also not be all that bad.

As somebody who has lived abroad for about four years now, here's what I think the writer of that 'life abroad is tough' comment means:

1. She has to do her own cooking, cleaning, dishwashing and laundry for herself.

2. She has to clean her backsides with toilet paper - genuinely, my sympathies for that, BTW, it is disgusting and hard to adjust to on a visseral level.

3. She has to work her butts off and continually prove herself, because other countries' academic setups have accountability systems with consequences, unlike our own. Also, there are caveats to the thinking that people won't have to struggle with as much admin as in India. You do have to struggle with silly uni admin, and, if you are living in the UK, lots more besides (UK folks will know what I mean).

4. She has to deal with the prospects of changing visa policies and immigration rules, because these are constantly kept under review by the host country's government. She went in hot, thinking there was no need to be adaptable and ever think about the fact that the host country, even if it was welcoming initially, may not remain welcoming. Essentially, she felt she'd get red carpet treatment and never feel the need to argue for why she is not indispensable.

5. Again, she came in hot, not anticipating some of the natural factors abroad. For example, cold. That does make your life hard.

6. She is trying to speak to the genuine reality that job markets - even overseas - are tough now. As an example, constant hawkishness by the UK government over immigration in recent times has meant declining international student enrolment. The consequence that this has had for people in the UK - including pre-existing international students and university graduates (recent postdocs, for example) - is that universities are making layoffs to compensate for the loss in international student tuition fees and yet balance the books.

7. All the above has to be managed with a high cost of living, the price for all the good things the west gives you.

Why is the tone of my response a mixture of contemptuousness and politeness? Contempt because the way this has been worded is extraordinarily irresponsible. This seems like a discouragement to look abroad for opportunities, when a more thoughtful way of writing that would have been that your expectations need to be realistic, especially remember that there are always tradeoffs in life. Polite because life abroad can be hard, and there's no use denying that - so it's a good point, as far as it goes, but not very far. It is the non-elaboration that angers me most, because it seems to have been designed to discourage.

I made the life-changing decision to go abroad, with the hope that I might be able to live and settle abroad in the long-term. Did I have an expectation that it has to work out? Not necessarily, because that ain't how life works. But my experience of studying, working and living abroad has, overall, been a great one. Even if it doesn't result in long-term living there, that's okay. I would obviously be sad, but I wouldn't change a thing about it.

I'll be entering my third year this august. extremely interested in corporate law, what are some good gen corp/M&A, PE/VC & IBC teams from T1/t2 firms that I can aim to apply for? I'm also interested in comp law and have an internship w a t1 confirmed for July 26'

Really confused on how to start building up on my internships looking at how bad the hiring scenes are currently.

Glad to see that NUJS students and alumni have now finally accepted the truth. No longer living in denial. This is the first step towards improving the college.

The next step will have to be twofold:

1. Approach the courts against misgovernance. The SC rather than the Cal HC, which is useless. Also, file an intervention petition in the NLSIU national status case pending before the SC, since it affects NUJS too.

2. Simultaneously, go on a protest and immediately seek the resignation of NKC and the appointment of a new VC. His tenure is over and his extension is illegal.

I know a girl who chose NLUJ. She visited NUJS and found the hostel terrible, so she chose NLUJ.

That aside, the key problem is that the TMC government has ruined NUJS over the past 15 years (as they have ruined other institutions in the state). I don’t blame the students and disagree with the above comments. If you have bad leadership, students anywhere will become lazy and woke, even at NLSIU. The students inherently are bright. They just lack guidance.

Jyoti Basu was a London-educated barrister and Buddhadev Bhattacharya was an intellectual and very honest man. They gave full autonomy to Madhava Menon, BS Chimni and MP Singh, who recruited good professors and invited the country’s top luminaries to the NUJS governing body. In contrast, Mamata Banerjee and her ministers are as corrupt as they uncouth and uneducated, and you can see this reflected in the quality of leadership and governing body invitees at NUJS today.

As for the future, I don’t see the TMC losing in the 2026 elections. They start with a default 35% head start in vote count, because the Muslim vote bank has shifted en masse from the Left-Congress to the TMC.

Thus, choose NLUJ.

Honestly NLUJ is doing better in every aspect currently. They have on par corporate placements, better foreign placements, good LLM prospects, great faculty and a vibrant campus life.

The admin and faculty in NUJS has declined significantly over the last 3 years. Our domestic placements are at risk due to incompetent recruitment cell bodies with no strides in foreign placements and even fewer LLM admissions.

Mooting achievements are going worse every year and so is debating. The only area where NUJS might be doing better is ADR competitions but NLUJ isn't behind either.

Faculties are increasingly horrible with most good professors having left. Every subject has innumerable components and despite that the marks awarded suck.

The only reason why you could maybe choose NUJS is if you want a chiller academic and campus life where you can enjoy four years and be okay with an average rank and CV, ultimately getting placed somewhere mediocre. That also is no longer a guarantee the way placements have been in the last 2 years.

NLUJ will give you better infra for sure and relatively better access to Delhi and its courts. NUJS despite its problems still has better quality faculty, especially those left from its glory days, and research culture. Student life at NUJS will be a lot more chill and Kolkata provides a more diverse environment for sure. Alumni connect-wise, NUJS will be a little ahead, though NLUJ have done great too in that front. Recruitment-wise, both are great when it comes to Indian law firms. NLUJ has apparently better success with foreign firms lately, though I'm not sure about the stats. NUJS grads certainly opt for a wider range of careers including academics and policy work, besides law firms. I don't think you will regret either decision at the end of five years.

Many congratulations!

I think your question is can someone without clientele become a partner. Yes, absolutely they can.

Logic: A PA3 could get offer for partnership from T2 / T1 law firms. His EP would not want him to leave so he would offer partnership.

Some firms also have targets - bill enough and become a partner. Lots of partners IK do not gave connections / contacts/ clientele.

Having said that, you should also look out for building connections & networking - not from requirement standpoint but growth.

The finding in All India Judges Association v. Union of India [2025] GCtR 1064 (SC) also says that "All the High Courts and the State Governments in the country shall amend the relevant service Rules to the effect that the quota of reservation for LDCE for promotion from the cadre of Civil Judge (Senior Division) to the Higher Judicial Service is increased to 25%".

It also says that "All the High Courts and the State Governments in the country shall amend the relevant service rules to the effect that candidates desirous of appearing in the examination for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) must have practiced for a minimum period of 3 years to be eligible for the said examination. To fulfill the said requirement, the Rules shall mandate that the candidate produces a certificate to that effect duly certified either by the Principal Judicial Officer of that Court or by an advocate of that Court having a minimum standing of 10 years duly endorsed by the Principal Judicial Officer of such a District or a Principal Judicial Officer at such a station." (page no. 60)

By the time you have 10 PQE, you'll earn about a crore in most T1 firms. With 15 PQE, you can expect around 2-2.5 crores and with 20 PQE 3.5-4 crores is the minimum you'll earn. So even if you are very average, by the end of your career expect to earn 5-6 crores easily. Rainmaking equity partners make 8-10 crores by the end of their career easily.

Bro look at the level of competition also within the two streams. By the percentile of these IIT dudes, Indian law kids also end up with foreign placements and make great money too. The world is capitalist and there's a tech boom going on, what can you do about that? Also, do you know anyone from literally any other stream other than engineering making 60L etc in India as a fresher without a foreign degree?

Is its just me or even others feel that HNLU Raipur deserves the 'ComeBackKid' Award ! It seems to have resurfaced from deep trenches of maladministration, mediocracy and gloom. Resurfaced, and yet to gain heights, but atleast showing good signs of recovery. There are constant events happening at the University, visits of SC and High Court judges, Alumns getting involved in a lot of initiatives, frankly even the students sound more confident and positive when they come to intern at my office.

I graduated from HNLU ages ago, and trust me those were the good ages :) So would really like to know what has changed.

During my time, the vast majority of people did not care about politics unless you happened to be on the fringes of the spectrum. Most of your opinions should be fine, but you may get ostracized if you speak too much against affirmative action.

Most top NLU kids are centrist liberals who generally don't yap a lot about politics unless something significant comes up. Then there's a small but very vocal left-wing group which never fails to make a lot of noise. Similarly, right-wing Sanghi groups exist, although they tend to tone down their controversial opinions. Libertarians are a rarity - it is a foreign ideology in Indian context, thus many are completely unaware of what it is.

However, you will definitely find a few in every single batch. It was fun occasionally wearing a Gadsden flag t-shirt on campus, as on multiple occasions I was asked about it by those who actually know what the symbol stands for.

I have read on multiple posts that IP teams are paid lesser than most teams in law firms. In some cases, I have seen the same people who handle IP handle TMT as well, because TMT invariably has IP elements to it. Is the pay scale for TMT teams better or the same as IP teams? Also, if these teams are in fact paid lesser than other teams in firms, is it the difference too big to ignore?

Can a member/partner of a TMT team ever be as significant or as big of fee earner as a partner in say GC/M&A?

Also, does beginning a career in and focusing on TMT limit ones options to move to any other roles in the future, could this be dangerous given that TMT generally seems to be handled by a smaller number of people?

Something is seriously wrong with you if all you see in Beatles is four "white" men. You're confining people to their races/ colour, rather than the content. In your attempt to be woke, You're literally being racist. Stop attempting to be relevant with clickbait comments and spend some time educating yourself.

As we reflect on the evolving identity of our beloved festival, perhaps it’s time the name reflects the values we now hold dear — merit, unity, culture, and growth.

A few humble suggestions:

- Merit Mela
- Vikas Utsav
- Dharma Jam
-New India Nights
- Sanskar Sessions

Let’s align our celebration with the spirit of the nation — inclusive, aspirational, rooted.
#Rebrand #CulturalRenaissance #OneNationOneFestival

So, I am BO’25 student, graduating from a state law university by July-August. I have been offered an internship with a firm, with their up and coming capital markets team. Is it advisable to take up that internship and then ask the team for an assessment internship or maybe a traineeship or an offer!

I am really clueless and any advice would be helpful

Does doing a PhD from a private university, not Jindal or Symbiosis, affect my chances in securing an academic job ?

I'm practicing in the district court, and I thought about doing a part time PhD to shift into academia later on. However, I do not have the time or energy to crack the top law schools, it's competitive as F.

So I planned on doing one from a nearby private university. How much detrimental would that be ?

So, everyone is passionate about tier 1s, however obviously not everyone is going to get it. Some of us are just not that smart or hardworking enough, including me.

So for those who are not tier 1 material... Yet still want a decent academic experience and a chance to grow, what would your rankings be for the tier 2 NLUs ??

Bump. Can someone who has previously worked with KCO, Bangalore please give a more specific reason for the high attrition rates? As far as I understand, the culture is not toxic (in terms of personal insults etc.) and the work provides a good learning experience. Is it because everyone feels that they are not valued? Have people who quit joined better teams and felt success there?

Freshly out of 12th, I've always been after corporate law, but having a breakdown in the middle of CLAT 2025 has resulted in an atrocious rank and mark, ending any prospects I may have had with the 5 year BALLB at a government college. I have a whole lot of career paths planned, however I understand that I'm being really naive, and just need a little support in choosing what to do now:

Option 1 : BA (Hons.) + 3 Year LLB from NLSIU

* The BA is a new program started by NLSIU, and honestly the only reason I'm looking towards it is because of the connections I can gather from the NLSIU outreach as well as an increased chance of me doing a 3 year LLB from there as well, as a few seats for the program will be kept for students who've graduated from the BA (Hons.) program.

* Do a qualification like the CS or CFA during both my degrees at a good pace, intern like hell during the LLB, and then basically kiss all the asses I need to in order to secure a PPO in the 6 years I will be in college.

* Risky, but unfortunately one of the few I have.

Option 2: Drop/ Partial Drop, try CLAT again

* dont need to delve into this years CLAT fiasco, and I dont really prefer this because I'm afraid of it happening once more.

* If i score well, all good. if not, i go to a reputed private uni's BA LLB (ahem Christ) and basically just start a year behind.
* Or combine this path with option 1, make it so that I can do a partial drop while studying the BA from NLS, and if CLAT 2026 goes to shit, I have option 1 to fall back on.

I want to build my life in India, but I dont want to close any doors which may allow me to practice in the UK in the future.

Havent been able to sleep most nights, petrified by the irregularity of my future when compared to my peers.

I know its a tall ask, but please help a brother out

India's previous generation of lawyers, everyone - whose only way of responding to arguments is to try and bully the person making them. I present to you... a representative specimen of that generation, who have left our country and our legal profession in the mess it is in now.

You could have responded to the argument constructively by pointing out the flaws in the OP's understanding, but you chose not to, instead making snied remarks. Why don't I give you a taste of your own medicine? Why don't you go and climb into a bin? And once you do, please stay there. It will do you some good.