I have scored 98% in my boards. Have a T2 nlu still struggling for job. Boards marks don't even matter a bit. Please don't waste even an iota of your mental energy on shitty things like board marks. They're so useless, I've seen it. Your practical skills is all that matter. But once you get to law school your marks would matter. Don't be anxious, it takes away your ability to give your best. Chill out. All the best.

This. I know the struggles sound harsh esp when your peers are living their life but to build something is what men are wired for. Imagine being 50ish and seeing things youve made or created from ground up. Delayed gratification is as close to divinity as what men get. (Even women, don't go on the term men but the point beyond it)

I am currently in my 4th year and will be starting my 5th year in June from a private university. It is well known; however, we do not have great placements. Please tell me a roadmap of what to do and how to plan further. I am from Delhi NCR but looking to relocate to Bengaluru pls tell me what all possible options i have.

I attended a session on use of AI tech in the legal field today. The host taught us how and what type of prompts to write in order to make best use of AI and towards the end touched upon how it is a rising field and right now is the best chance to get into it. The session gave me food for thought and now I wonder how to like break into this area..? It sounds intriguing to me as I already rely on chat gpt and perplexity a lot for research. But how does one get internships with legal tech startups.. what skills or knowledge is required?

Please forward the trailing email tomorrow to contact@lexconsult.co.in, and you’ll hear back from us.

@OP Pay for an Associate at Lex Consult starts at 85k per month (bonus additional).

What about "The London School of Economics and Political Science"? Also a "university" (for all practical purposes) but an institution which, for practical short-hand/concise communication, uses the term "the school"? I don't see you (or anybody else who levels this criticism against NLSIU) criticizing them? Double standards much? :)

Your concerns are very valid. But I suggest you stick to Disputes itself because you have bagged a T1 internship mostly on the basis of your past internships. Even otherwise, as it would be your first time in GC/M&A/CM, highly likely that their might be other interns who have already interned in this area and are much better. It is obviously better if you know the basics when u hope to get hired at a T1. (work at boutique firms allow you to learn basics). Do not be disheartened, you have already work your arse off all this while. Worst case scenario, you do not get a T1 disputes job but then you will atleast have the option to compromise and work in a chamber / boutique dispute firms that would actually appreciate your previous experience. You will eventually get to move to T1.

You may want to consider exploring not just from a hiring perspective but also to ascertain if you really enjoy disputes as compared to other practice areas. Ofc, if you’ve made up your mind then ascertaining anything is out of question.

Also, you’re right that placement scenario in disputes is quite bleak so corp can definitely be a backup option.

As a student from a recent batch of NLUO pre-2020 batches. I would like to point out some stark reality.
1. So the 2020 batch and onwards are the most detached batch of NLUO and its history. Although 2020 batch had the taste of some old seniors of 2017-22 and 2018-23 batch, but things wen spiral after they graduated.
2. 2019-24 is the batch that set a precedent of zero interaction with juniors and the most lethargic batch, which followed down the lane of upcoming batches.
3. VC changed the whole culture of how students interact with their seniors and juniors. This led to a situation where Student Council voice was shut and Freshers were overtly protected from even having a conversation with senior batches. This led to the extend wherein, there is not much of engagement between the juniors and seniors.
4. The inclusion of 3 year LLB was another blow to it. The first batch is the worst. A University of National Importance, decided to induct the first batch purely on the basis of first-cum-first serve. The worst decision to ruin just for some extra revenue. The result was expected. A group of oblivious and ignorant people who are more into student politics and creating rukus with the 5 year LLB. Even the first year of 3Yr LLB are more sad for their seniors.
5. The crowd at this point of time is more of self-engaged personality.

The culture that NLUO used to have been now gone.

I am just a guy who heard it from some other guy. And I might be partially right on this.
So here it goes. Lawyers in 10 years do not make them partners at the end of the decade if they are not ready for it. The promotions from associate to senior associate and so on are performance-based at times. Dont know if this happens on every firm.
Second those principal associates/managing associates/counsel/partner designate are not made partners until and unless they are capable of it. Mostly firms train these new soon-going-to-be-partners.

Some are made to resign because they are not able to generate revenue for the firm. [Recent Dentons to Burgeon Law]
Some leave to join small firms to have a more relaxed work-life balance.

Others leave to start their own practice.

this is too less. if that is what one is earning at the top firms after 10-15 years of passing out, litigation seems far far better. Yes 10-15 PQE you won't be earning as much as these people, but surely atleast half if not 75%. And 20 PQE and thereafter in litigation, you'd be outearning these partners by far even including profits

Get a some coping mechanism techniques from a mental health professional if you can afford it and implement them in your professional sphere. Don’t take everything so seriously. Everyone makes mistakes. But if it’s debilitating your existence to such an extent then seek some help and rework your thought process.

The interviews have been completed. A little birdie from Level 2 OAB tells me that a “branded” prof has been given an offer letter just a few moons back. Though who knows if the “brand” will add to ours as they have an offer from an upcoming “brand” in the Wester part of Inde…….

But it did answer your question. Only you do not want to admit it. You talked about fairness. Well, here is a university whose idea of fairness is to punish and censor those who do not toe its line of intellectual and political conformity. A university that can destroy its own students after they have been admitted (and on merit, no less) for reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of their academic work then what kind of a fair admission process do you even expect from such a university? And even after admission, what kind of research are you going to be allowed to do in a university like this? Hardly worth anything. Still want to join it? Fine. But don't blame others later for not warning you.

Thanks for your comment. I wonder if these people are also bothered when Indian judges beg, borrow, and steal American jurisprudence in their judgements. As for the fear of contamination, they should worry more about the air they breathe and the water they drink because it is more likely that they are already contaminated. It is nonsensical to use a concept in science like "contamination" when talking about the human behaviour. The science of genetics has already proved that there is no pure race of humans. And human languages are living endorsements of eclecticism. As such, there is no pure Indian legal disourse or, for that matter, a pure American or British legal discourse. Yes, there are unique histories and politics embedded in each of them, but the act of thinking and the generality of circumstances in which it happens remains the same.

i mean sure you must have to talk to everybody in the firm regardless of how they look but do you have more fun talking to good-looking people? do u release more dopamine when interacting with the latter? recently saw a group of friends take a picture, and then once the first pic was done, the good looking lads and ladies took another picture in the same pose (because, let's not kid ourselves, only the second pic was instagrammable and not the first one). guess what, i was part of the first pic and not the second. feeling very sad since then

Since March is close, I think these questions will be relevant for many people.

Question 1: Please share how bonus is allocated among associates in SAM/CAM/AZB/KCO/Trilegal/S&R. In addition to your partner's review, what else matters? If I am an A1 at one of these firms, how much can I realistically expect if (a) My team achieves its billing target (b) if it is close to billing target. Also what is the ideal individual billing at A1 level.

Question 2: What are the expected bonus payment timelines? Some firms retain a certain percentage of bonuses which is distributed in April/June to as late as October, November.

If each of you can chip in about your individual firms, we will have a holistic idea about the market.

Thanks

penultimate here, it takes me more time to explain certain intricacies than most people, though I have an in-depth understanding of facts & law in cases i work.

How can i be a great explainer?

I've found that it's a lot about vocabulary and memory of word placement, which can be done two ways primarily: (1) reading (2) keep talking. (2) is least possible for me as i am sort of an introvert. So, this leaves me with (1). But the problem is—most of the commentaries are a dry read, which doesn't build the ideal vocabulary.

Suggest some readings which also have some meaningful connection with law.

Hi everyone,

So I joined my first ever corp internship at a T1 firm and experienced this; The associates were too busy to mentor us and expected us to know everything before hand.

Problem is college does not teach us these things and the only way one can learn is through these internships ( college is T1). On the first day itself I was assigned a task- pretty clerical, I did it but took a lot of time because it required me to sift through multiple documents. After that I wasn't assigned work at all or if assigned it was insignificant.

Mind you, this is a small team. Another variable in this equation is an assessment intern who while wasn't getting significant work, was still getting more work than me. I asked my team for feedback and they said they weren't in a position to assess me since they haven't assigned substantial work to me. For good measure, I asked if I am not doing well, if I have not performed my tasks well; to which my team said that whatever I was assigned I did well. I want to understand from seasoned folks in the industry- Are assessment interns prioritised over interns who are interning for the first time? How does one learn stuff if the expectation is that we know everything?