KCO competition is not a T-1 practice.

SAM has Meta and Microsoft

Azb has Google

JSA has Apple

These three have also done amazing deals in competition law.

Trilegal is also not a T-1 but since Aparna is joining this month, she'll make it T-1 in no time.

KCO competition stands no where near sam azb and jsa.

I would suggest NUJS NRI. To the extent I know, there is absolutely no bullying or anything of that sort regarding the NRI status. Once first sem exams come around, and you prove yourself, the veiled comments (if any) disappear. Coming to what’s important, the college life and experience is amazing, in terms of competitions in various areas and internships. The opportunities you get here are helpful for any career you decide to pursue, not to mention the access to the kind and helpful alumni base. So if it’s financially possible, I would suggest go for it blindly.

Coming from a senior NUJS NRI (genuinely)

DON'T GO TO NLUO. Admin has gone crazy, they now have classes till 8PM, yes from 9AM-8PM (11 hours) from Monday to Friday, with Admin having the option to conduct additional classes on Saturday. Your life will be completely fucked up here. They don't have good teachers barring a few, and with this schedule you won't be able to do much of the co-curricular activities like moot, debate etc. Even finding time for yourself would be a bit tough with this schedule. So think very wisely about NLUO and what are you subscribing for.

Coz there is a senior bhaiya in my college (NLUJ) who is really into it and I also met others who tried communicating with people using a candle in a dark room and said it works. It was supposedly used as a ragging ritual many years ago by early batches, but was stopped after a student got haunted by a spirit and became traumatised and disturbed.

You can tell Sheela Rai that she works at a uni which will and should be the laughing stock of the world. Can you please drop her email as a response (mods please don't get in the way, this is a matter of public interest...), maybe some external "[bombardment]" will do her some good. Shai Davidai published emails on Twitter of high level University of Columbia administration officials when he wanted people to blow back against their responses to Gaza protests, similar exercise here (though not being so emotive obviously).

The dean of our college has lost it. This is the latest mail that the student body has received from her. Now we have classes till 8 PM. No time for internships, seminars, extra curriculars, competitive exam prep, etc.

On top of this there are day scholars in the college and the surrounding area around Cuttack is not safe at all. A zomato delivery boy was killed in front of our college 1.5 years ago at 5 PM.

Mental health issues in the college have been at peak with numerous suicides and suicide attempts in the last 5 years.

There is regular breathalyzer checks when students enter college. They have taken away access from rooms allotted to college committees. Boys are not allowed to drop girls to their hostels since that is against the culture of the college. Juniors cannot go to a seniors room (Under the guise of preventing ragging)

The Admin refuses to communicate. VC is non existent, if she is there she usually makes stuff worse. If we go to registrar he says it is not my department go to concerned people. Dean will outright refuse to communicate.

Surprisingly this mail is one of the more competently and sensibly drafted mail by the dean. This is the standard set by the dean of academics of a national law university.

Mail:

Dear all,

We worked out tutorial time-table yesterday.

1.As of now after engaging empty slots in the time-table, tuorial classes will go till about 8 pm. 7.30 if we remove 5 minutes breaks after 3.30 class. So requests such as I can't come at 9 am and can't stay after 4 pm cannot be entertained.

2. It is not possible to have groups either of 15 or 20 because we do not have enough rooms. SO as of now kindly take tutorial classes of all students in the section to mark attendance.

3. With time table tight from 9 am to 7.30 or 8 pm, there is no option but to take compensatory classes on Saturdays.

4. Whether there will be evaluation for tutorial or not, and if there will be what will be the mode, has to be finalised. The group discussion is not working out in physical mode.

5. Students and faculty PLEASE do not bombard this email account with responses. I wont be reading and replying. Whatever your views and inputs, it needs to be sorted in a different, peaceful and sensible way. I dont have time and energy to engage in endless discussions on mail.

--
Sheela RaiDean Academics

National Law University Odisha

I don't know, man. There will always be someone who isn't impressed with you. You just have to deal with it. I went to Ivy for advanced degrees. My extended family is more impressed with my cousin who is a cancer surgeon—and that's completely fair. He saves lives. Some folks assume I paid for the degree and didn't earn it, I've heard folks in indian academia essentially argue that it takes no merit to get in or earn those degrees- it's apparently all privilege for reasons they wont explain. I can sit around and fume about it or I can whinge about how unfair it all is. But at the end of the day- I know what my work is about, I know how meritorious or otherwise I am. Wont do to go looking for validation elsewhere.

happened recently. i just went mum. nothing could've been worse. for people who think package batana is the answer, then im not really one of those guys tbh, i dont want to stoop so low because this screams insecurity. this profession, atleast the corporate side has 0 clout for real. disappointed! now dont come and say "if u want to impress others you are in the wrong business", i dont want to impress anyone but it hurts when people are not impressed and feel that my cousin working an entry-level job in the big4 is on a better footing. really looking for an answer as this happens more often that you can imagine! if i explain competition law etc, nobody gives a flying fuck. idk how people get high on doing 500cr deals when they have nothing to do with that kind of money. it's not your money, ur going to get a simple paycheque which isnt uncommon in urban india now. foreign firms pls come.

[2026 Batch, Non-NLU]

This January ('25), I'll be interning with Khaitan's Mumbai office in the DR Team. It's my first internship there, and I've heard from peers about their "one-internship policy". Could someone clarify what this policy entails? As a 2026 batch student, would I still be eligible for a PPO (or future interviews) if callbacks aren't an option?

I completed my graduation in 2023 and got enrolled with our state's bar council in the same year. Then I joined a senior in our local district court who was extremely supportive and helpful in everything. He was a great mentor to me, and I worked as an associate for him for 1 year and 3 months. The only downside was that my pay was anywhere between ₹2000-₹3000 a month, and even after a year it did not increase.

I am also the sole earner in my family of 3 now. Mother and father have health issues, and they are unemployed because of that. I have one sibling whose college fee is also to be paid by me, starting next year. Our family survived somehow by using our savings for the last one year when I was in litigation, but now when we had almost nothing, I had to give up on litigation. So I joined a small company in my city as an in-house counsel.

The problem is, I'm learning literally nothing here. Most of the days I'm free and workless, just sitting on my ass staring at the blank screen in my cabin. Once or twice a week they ask me to draft a legal notice or two. Very rarely I've to draft some plaints for recovery. But I'm still getting paid around 25k a month for this "work" which is very useful in my current family circumstances.

On the flipside, everyday was a new learning experience when I was in courts.

All this work I'm doing here can easily be done remotely, yet they still ask me to "work" 10 hours a day in their office. I feel like I've made a massive mistake by going in-house. Are most in-house jobs this mind numbingly boring and unfruitful or is it just my company? Would it be better if I join some small boutique firm instead?

late but, along with those in the prev list, hope this could help
1) shivadass and shivadass law chambers - predominantly idt matters
2) lakshmikumaran and sridharan (not a chamber, but a decent tax law exp could help you get in for an internship, they do majority of idt work in india by and large)
3) shreya rao - does dt matters specifically

In no specific order -

ThinklawLexconsult

Pioneer

Stratgage

Fountainhead legal

Anb legal

Clove legal

Rajani associates

Aquilaw

Agama legal

Klaw

Anoma legal

Veyrah law

BTG Advaya

MDP Partners

Verist law

Agram legal consultants

India Juris

It's a loan, not a grant. so not really "funding" https://education.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/government-policies/du-to-begin-work-on-east-delhi-campus-as-hefa-approves-rs-930-crore-loan-for-various-projects/104743169

Reducing Savarkar to a mercy petition (written in a prison where inmates were brutally tortured) is similar to reducing Gandhi to his infamous sexual experiments; his insensitive remarks about women, Jews, Armenian Christians and Africans; and his indifference towards the mass murder of Hindus in Bengal. Or reducing Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to his handshake with Hitler and alliance with Japan.

We should look at historical figures holistically and with nuance. Remember than even Indira Gandhi praised Savarkar’s bravery and patriotism. And in many ways Savarkar was more modern than Gandhi, as he criticised cow worship and expressed atheist views.

Even better, they will probably learn to reclaim history and offer a decolonial perspective of the events that unfurled in our own country. Savarkar was a great historian and scholar, the first Indian to write a book on the revolt of 1857 and terming it as the " First War of Independence", the book's greatness evident from the fact that it was banned in Britain

I'd already tried to post something like this here, but it got censored - thanks, mods. I have some truly terrible stories to tell, and I really want to tell them - but not at the cost of my own career. How do I go about this? I can leak emails, yes - but they can be traced back to me. Had a good laugh at the email that came from the management committee recently about the "flat and inclusive" culture they've built

Your response is riddled with flawed assumptions and a misplaced sense of entitlement. It also reeks of defensiveness and an inability to confront uncomfortable truths.

First, claiming that seniority equates to efficiency is not only illogical but also dangerously complacent. Titles are not shields against accountability. The fact that someone has reached a senior position does not automatically exempt them from scrutiny or criticism. Professional capabilities must be consistently demonstrated, not presumed based on rank. equating seniority with efficiency is laughable. A title does not guarantee competence, let alone absolve anyone of inefficiency. If anything, it should invite greater scrutiny, because leadership demands higher standards—not a free pass.

Second, your so-called “boat metaphor” is as irrelevant as it is inaccurate. Pretending that inefficiencies don’t exist at senior levels is delusional. Workflows break down due to poor leadership just as much as execution, and brushing it off with some mythical idea of hierarchy only exposes your unwillingness to address real issues. Let me make it clear: inefficiency at any level—junior, senior, or partner—deserves to be called out, and defending it under the guise of hierarchy is nothing but a weak excuse.

Finally, as for your argument about CC’ing partners on emails—are we seriously equating being aware of work with actual contribution? That’s not engagement; that’s passive observation. If you believe that’s how leadership is measured, it’s no wonder inefficiencies persist. It is absurd to suggest that merely being copied on emails is an adequate measure of engagement or accountability.

Your attempt to dismiss valid criticism as “personal vindictiveness” is both unprofessional and baseless. If your idea of professionalism is to suppress legitimate concerns under the pretense of respect for seniority, then perhaps it is time to re-evaluate what efficiency and leadership truly mean.

Stop hiding behind empty defences, stop hiding behind hierarchy and start addressing real issues.

It's called giving them a reality check. People need to do the hard work. Not everything can be spoon fed or an easy jugaad. Everyone university has admission procedures and requirements listed down. One just needs to do a bit of groundwork. Sitting on your ass won't get you jack.

Are there any good virtual competition law internships that I can apply to? I am a 4th year (8th sem) law student and have found that my interests are in competition law through self-reading, moots and research. I am unable to travel atm as I have college, but I am eager to gain some practical exposure. I do not mind an unpaid internship but it would be more encouraging to be paid even if it is very less. Although i do not have too much to demonstrate my interest in competition law atm, i do believe i have at least a decent grasp on the subject....