But.. but.. but..

Why doesn't "Self" Made_Second-Gen know the answer to this already?

This individual is a troll, who ordinarily makes up scenarios aiming to gain traction, and talks people down owing to not javing any valid points.

One simply cannot trust such an individual.

The SelfMade_Second-Gen who cried 'Wolf'

two of them are basically taking the job to find a place to retire. Anup- I dont know what exactly he's thinking. But is anyone still buying this stuff with nalsar hiring one or two new people every few years and claiming a new renaissance? they never stay. The people that do stay are not even worth mentioning as serious academics. When was the last time your evidence law, constitutional law, environment law, labour law, criminal or corporate law faculty published anything of note? The lifers are firmly locked in to the place and theyre the ones who will set the culture, whatever other visitors come and go.

Do it. Youve found someone youve been with for 6 years and want to be with for many more. Whatever opportunities life throws at you- grow with each other and accomodate each other. Its extremely difficult to form emotional attachments as you grow older and even harder to deal with all the baggage the other person might be bringing in. Best to marry young and stay married.

Another way of looking at it is that whenever you get married you'll have those obligation and responsibilities. When you are relatively senior, you'll always be accountable to partners and clients and the wedding preps and other stuff will be harder. Do it right now if you're sure of the person as they'll be a pillar of strength for you to achieve what you want over time and you'll also get some time before pressure of having kids.

One possible reason you may want to put it off for now is if you are in a T1, and if you may be able to save up substantially in a couple of years, it will take care of some part of the expenditure.

NUJS>GNLU>NLUJ>NLIU. In all honesty, there is barely any difference between NLUJ/GNLU/NLIU. The placements are slightly better in GNLU, but then the other two colleges have less number of students. NUJS is though fairly better, it still falls in the trifecta of the Big 3 NLUs-NLS, NALSAR and NUJS. So choose NUJS.

YOU'D BE A FOOL TO NOT CHOOSE NUJS. I have 4 reasons for this. (I want to clarify, i am NOT. astudent/alumni of nujs)

1. Culture- they have an excellent senior-junior support system, which helps tremendously in moots/comps/internship opportunities/research etc. Seniors often go out of their way to help their juniors.

2. Alumni- They have an amazing and successful alumni base (i dont even need to elaborate on this)

3. Recognition- Despite what one says, all t1s in India, and multiple magic circle firms recognize nujs as a top tier institution. They prefer nujs students, and have slots for them (can't say that about the other colleges you mentioned barring lets say nluj)

4. Academics- nujs fac is decent, and academics rigorous enough to ensure you come out of nujs a good lawyer, but not so stressful that it kills you

so please do yourself a favour and choose nujs

Bhai, I am from GNLU, and I would request you to consider NUJS. It's not that GNLU isn't a good university, it's just that NUJS is better. As a law student, there are only two parameters that should matter to you (1) Placements and (2) Faculty. In both the parameters NUJS is better than us. GNLU has a beautiful campus and a very chill environment, but I would still prefer NUJS over GNLU. Best of luck

Gujarat is a peaceful place only if you are an upper-caste, Hindu, cisgender male. Please be real! They don't even rent out properties to Muslims, queer people, or those belonging to lower castes. I spent 10 years in Ahmedabad, living in one of the posh areas of the city, and yet I’ve had people ask me about my caste and other such nonsense. Kolkata, on the other hand, is a much better choice.

Kid, firstly, it’s good that you’re really passionate about law.

As someone who was in your shoes not too long ago- I understand where you’re coming from. I took CLAT twice, and got a rank good enough to get into a Tier 2 NLU, my parents insisted that I go to a pvt uni instead. I am extremely privileged that way, I’ll admit.

But at that point, I felt that I was good for nothing if I didn’t get into T5 NLUs. As someone in their penultimate year with adequate mooting experience, internship experience and generally as someone doing academically decent, I’d like to tell you, except for the fees and infrastructure theres basically no difference between your education in an NLU and some pvt unis.

It really really doesn’t matter in the long run. You are no different from any NLU kid, however smart you or they think they are.

Piece of advice- at this point in your life you may not know what corporate law actually is. What you like right now may be commercial law- give it a few semesters: actually go to law school and make your decision.

Do not base your self worth off of precedents of people who have done well.

You will do extremely well yourself. Good luck!

I am so sorry for being that person but

1) how is corp law the "only" law that excites you when you've just joined University and have neither read corp or any other law for that matter. It's like saying you only like Chicago when your passport is yet to come.

2) let's say you somehow read all you had to before college. Tbe laws regarding corporations are the only thing that made your mind tickle?

P.S: I've met really amazing people from Non-NLUs yiull

Good point re the clown emoji 🤡. It is now used almost entirely by Republicans and right-wingers to mock liberals. This emoji is also problematic because the clown is quite evil-looking and it might be some sort of homage to the Joker. That’s really offensive because the Joker is a violent, misogynistic character. Whether it’s the Jared Leto version in Suicide Squad or Joaquin Phoenix.

LI used to be a place where people could discuss pay and salaries in chambers and firms and understand what the work environment was in a particular place. Was of great use to someone who would want to switch jobs. Slowly it degraded into becoming a dick-waving arena for cringey NLU students and now it has just become a forum to bash wokeness and discuss politics. Unfortunate.

Ketan is very chill, extremely supportive and insanely talented. However, has a small team, and not a lot of work. Their hiring is also erratic apparently. The RE team is paid less, and non t1 nlus are also paid less. pay disparity is the main reason behind people leaving. saraf needs to stop this, and take deserving people

Just sharing what he said. This was during a lunch meeting. He was saying that his employees in their early 20s are very entitled. They don’t want to stay in office after 6, even if that means missing a deadline. He said that they don’t want to do any boring work. Suppose you give them good work and then some boring task in between (like arranging folders or sorting our records) they will refuse to do it and say that it should be done by an intern. He also said that his mangers can’t scold them or rebuke them, as they will then complain that it’s triggering to their mental health and escalate things to the HR head and sometimes even CEO level. He said that this is now the situation across corporate India.

Again, just sharing what this CEO said. Retweets are not endorsements! 🙂

Hello Guys!

I have an internship lined up with a T1 in Delhi in the next couple of months. I selected my preferred practice area while fulfilling the obligation with the HR.

However, I was wondering if I could call the HR to assign me a particular team/partner that I want to work under or will that be out of the norm?

I have also interacted with the PA of the said team and partner in person before so I believe I might have better luck securing a callback or a PPO during the course of the internship.

Any advice is appreciated!

Moved to Mumbai 3-4 months ago. I've matched with a lot of girls but I believe a lot of them are law students 2-3 years older. Do firms care if their associates date younger girls? Does it being any scrutiny from the firms? How do associates make sure their dating profiles are lowkey and don't get discussed? Or is it normal to discuss dating life in law firm circles?

Hii,

I just cleared Clat 2025 ug and most probably I will be getting mnlu Mumbai. What do you think should I consider it ? The college doesn’t have its own campus and the new campus is just on papers. The hostel also shifted to Kanjurmarg/Chandivali with triple sharing. Considering all of this is it worth it ? Please need you point of view.

In law firms' recruitment circle: SAM, CAM, AZB, KCO, Trilegal are considered as tier 1 firms. Shifting amongst these will not result in any discounting of experience or salary.

However, if you come from any other firm, even JSA, Argus or Saraf, you're likely to take a hit on the CTC or position (if you're not incredibly talented).

Should we be hosting such live shows, charging thousands of rupees for tickets, when the infra is so bad???

https://www.indiatoday.in/music/story/diljit-dosanjh-says-no-more-concerts-india-lack-live-show-infrastructure-dil-luminati-chandigarh-concert-2650424-2024-12-16

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/social/diabetic-man-tags-zomato-ceo-deepinder-goyal-over-lack-of-toilets-at-bryan-adams-concert-i-paid-to-pee-in-my-pants-/articleshow/116369811.cms

They thought if Lalaji pays less tax, Lalaji will increase the salary of his employees. Who's going to tell them? 🤡

https://indianexpress.com/article/business/concern-in-govt-private-sector-profit-at-15-year-high-but-salaries-stagnant-9719816/

A hearing took place on 5 Dec. Akhil Sibal and Jawhar Raja represented Liang, versus two much younger lawyers for the other side -- Ruchira Goel for the survivor (2009 NALSAR-NYU grad and former JGLS faculty) and Hardik Rupal for AUD (2018 JGLS grad). The counter affidavit of the survivor was accepted, while the counter affidavit of AUD is pending. Next hearing date: 1 April.

Current status: 6 years and 8 months. 16 hearings. Still at stage of filing submissions and affidavits.

https://dhcappl.nic.in/dhcorderportal/GetOrder.do?ID=svn/2024/100025571733480777256_6839_34352018.pdf

I am a fresher working at an ed-tech company. The salary is decent given the market (10 LPA fixed) but I want to work at a law firm so that I could earn good money, gain valuable exposure and then go abroad to study and settle.

For some context, the work in the company is quite interesting with plenty of exposure to company restructuring, contracts and funding transactions. However, I would prefer to eventually transition to a law firm team focused on M&A. I graduated with good co-curriculars and an above average CGPA.

So, I have a few questions:

1. 1. Is this the right time for me to switch?
2. 2. How likely is it that I can get into a Tier 1 law firm?
3. 3. Are there any better-paying in-house roles that could serve as a stepping stone to a law firm transition?

Hi Fellow Professionals,

I am a corporate lawyer with around 16 years of experience. After working with a few top tier law firms, I went independent around 7 years back. I have a decent practice with average annual fee revenues in the range of INR 1.25 cr to 1.5 cr.

Things are generally fine, but sometimes I miss being part of the so called 'law -firm lawyers circle/ network. I would love know from folks in similar situation if they also have similar thoughts? Should I consider associating with a law firm (though I love my freedom and flexibility)?

Are there any such law-firms which might want to absorb professionals like me on my terms?

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Presently an A1 at a small firm. Have been considering an LLM for a while now (just because I want an LLM. I do not see it as a ticket to get anywhere). However, UK and US are way too costly for me to be able to afford it at the moment, even with the 5000 GBP/Dollar scholarship that they award.

Was looking around and came across the MEXT Scholarship. I was only aware of the YLP being specific to lawyers but had no idea that MEXT also included LLM.

Just wanted to know if anyone here has any idea/has been a MEXT candidate - how the process is, the local language requirements pre and post exam, and the experience in Japan.

My friends and I are incredibly unhappy and exhausted at law firms with no boundaries, horrible teams, and work 24x7 including weekends. We need to exit right now. Does anybody know any good in-house legal team that's hiring and pays around 10 lpa? Looking for companies like ITC, HUL, ICICI and similar banks etc. but really any company with a good work environment and healthy work life balance would do. Would be grateful for any leads since you'll be helping us a lot here. Thanks so much!