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2. Since they're the ones usually attending the high profile client BD meetings, yes. Associates wont be judged negatively. May get some snarky comments from others if you're doing it regularly but no one else is. Ignore them.
3. No, since no one cares about the ties. Wear whatever ypu can afford if you want to.
4. Eh
When Indians do it : OhMahGod this contry my maahn
OP- if you want to do IAS only and dislike law, I suggest you just focus on that. Academia is not easy and you will need a PhD to advance which youre unlikely to complete if you dislike the law.
Plenty of Indian law graduates (of NLU type and other places) also live fancy lives in the UK and the U.S. as highly-paid lawyers. You may not know this (but should if you had been astute and minimally competant), but the UK government recently released its list of new King's Counsels (KCs). The KC designation is a great honour, awarded to only those who have served in the English legal profession with great distinction, with the pannel who awards the titles to people comprising judges, legal professionals and lay persons. Two Indian lawyers (and by "Indian lawyers" I am exclusively referring to lawyers born and educated up to the undergraduate level in India, not to those who might have been born in India but went to school in Britain or went to school in India but university outside or any combination of born outside and educated entirely abroad/born outside but educated partly in India) received that honour. As someone familiar with the workings of the English legal system (and not an NLU student or graduate), that is a billion times more than anything you will ever achieve in your entire miserable life.
Theres nothing regressive or boomer about my comment. I didnt name marijuana, drugs of far more intense varieties are all the rage in Ashoka and other law schools nowadays. in any case if you read my comment youd know I'm alright with folks doing whatever drugs they want provided they dont hold others responsible for their decisions.
His friend in the neighbourhood spoiled him.
Jindal, symbiosis Pune better than them. Nirma, Christ etc comparable and equal
But if I had to pick, Id say regulatory finance work is much more engaging than cap marks, which is largely templated and monotonous for the first 3-4 years.
Forgive me if this comes across as an unsolicited imposition of idealism upon a young student in your position but, if you can, you should pursue a career in judiciary. All things being equal, this is what NLUs were built to achieve and a life in public service is the single greatest opportunity you will have in making sure that to your fellow citizens the word “law” amounts to more than just an instrument of leverage.
As for corruption, of course it exists or else this country would not be in the state that it is. But in your judicial career, whether it stops with you or not would be entirely your choice even though at the moment of deciding you may think it is not, that someone else compelled you to. For one cannot commit wrong without first deceiving themselves that there is no such thing as wrong.
In Bengalore, V. Raghuraman, G Sivadass, etc.
Students are not always right.
Other than that, I would recommend enjoying your fifth year as much as possible and refresh and recharge :) but I do understand if you are anxious about getting lazy and wanting to prepare. Know the basics of arbitration act, landmark judgements, read the news, etc. but most importantly, focus on procedure. Don't make anyone have to explain to you what is a Section 8/9/11. Be well acquainted with Microsoft Word, checking court orders, etc. The work in the initial few months is unlikely to be more demanding than supporting your seniors. Remember, it ultimately matters what you do when you get there.
Congratulations on securing your job!! be diligent with your work when you join and everything will go well