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Realistically do understand how the logistics (if you can even call sending an email with the subject as 'thoughts on this?' a logistical issue) could be somewhat of an hindrance but the task at hand is merely one question paper, less than 50 pages, to be created once a year. This shouldn’t be so consistently flawed year after year. I sincerely hope that at some point, steps are taken to address these shortcomings, which have unfortunately become a common and accepted part of entrance exams. Coaching institutes and students alike seem to have normalized this—"CLAT always messes up some questions, it’s no big deal." While it might seem trivial, it shouldn't be so difficult to craft a paper of a somewhat decent standard without errors or polarizing options. Perhaps it sounds too idealistic and utopian, but it is important.
https://nationallawuniversitydelhi.in/notification/20241207061800.pdf
Circulating on telegram 😀. The link is on their home page too right on top!!
2. Team player
3. Ownership of work
4. Ability/skills
Not in any particular order. And before you just paste this on CV, actually seniors can assess you during interview about these. Many don't/can't/won't, many do.
(coming from a pov of a commercial lawyer)
At first instance, when it comes to "deadlines" over "personal time" there is nothing other than abstract numbers on financial statements that is at stake. Weather it be a commercial dispute, an ipo, tax dispute, ip infringement etc. we are dealing with things that can actually wait.
Simultaneously, there's this reality of competition! If I as a counsel don't act upon it immediately, (or my client forgoes the first mover advantage) somebody else will, and as a consequence I (we) lose out.
Now when your criticism is targeted towards gen z (or any other lawyer who struggles to reconcile the dichotomy) either you justify why it's better to sacrifice the things that actually matter over superficial benefits of some corporate demand, or we bow down to the paradigm and just agree to your timeline just because it's how things are run (which will definitely lead to resistance)
A PhD may seem to make a simple point but has to make that point under thorough standards of excellence and rigour. These are no joke, especially in good Western institutions. Most of humanity's progress, whether in STEM or otherwise has come from research like this in these institutions. I think they know what they are doing.
novels is actually worthwhile or useful. This is a person who received funding and subsidies through her life to study this, she now has a job where she’s paid quite well because she wrote this inane nonsense. Surely Cambridge can spend their money more wisely. People can still love novels and write book reviews. It’s just nonsense that there is such a wide gulf between what’s required to get a phd in economics and to get a phd in English.
There's a serious lack of freshers who have solid b&f work experience, so you will get somewhere easily by the time you graduate. Plus 2026 is far away, you have enough time chill
JSA and Trilegal are solid internships and you'll learn a lot
NLS recruitment notice: https://www.nls.ac.in/news-events/call-for-applications-faculty-positions-at-nlsiu-november-2024/
Quality of students at NLUJ is much much better plus the alumni base is also much stronger
Thank me later!
Is that substantial with increasing PQE?
https://x.com/NLSIUSpeaks
The same goes for CBCL. Look at both of these centres’s convenors too, academically well off and incredibly dedicated to collegiate achievements….so I feel it’s just you who appears to be sour grapes
I am a Disputes lawyers based out of New Delhi and tend to use the metro for my daily commute. I've run through a bunch of mid-range (price) wireless earbuds through the years which had good audio but always fumbled with their microphones. I tend to get lots of calls in the morning and after work, i.e., when I am in the metro and having to hold my cell phone to my ear is really annoying. It'd be awesome to get some recommendations for earphones with a good microphone (<Rs.10k). Thanks.
P.S. - Let's not recommend Apple, Bose, Sony and Sennheiser.
It is about convenience honestly, firms know the top rankers go to top tier NLUs (not all NLUs have the so called NLU advantage) - so its easier for them to pick and choose from that crowd
Its like Non- IITians saying why do IIT students get such top notch placements!
If you are from non- nlu, rather than cribbing about the fact that NLU students have an advantage (which they deservingly get, ofc you are free to disagree), i would suggest you work hard on your CV and prove that you are worth it
I have seen some smartest of students being from non-nlus so dont think you cant achieve success like a NLU grad
Hope this helps!
Your queried are incoherent and wide-ranging.
Each contract is different.
Now, first things first, college will matter a lot for me, considering I am pretty sure my after-college career will be Corporate, and my dream is to crack a Tier-1 Law Firm Job, and I am willing to work for this, whether thats internships, batch rank, MOOTs and papers. Whatever, the hardwork won't be an issue, but I need advice as to which college will make this hardwork easier or increase my chances at a good above-average placement.
My current credentials are, based on the provisional answer key, I am getting a score good enough to get into GNLU or above, most probably NLU Jodhpur if everything stays as it is. I know this is just speculation, but for the time being just assume I have the option between choosing NLUJ or GNLU.
Now, I am writing AILET, not very confident, but I am not writing SLAT, so symbiosis is out of the pool for me. In case, CLAT result is no favorable, I do have the option of writing LNAT and getting into Jindal (considering LNAT cutoffs for Jindal are very low). I can afford Jindal.
Now my question is: what should I be picking between GNLU and NLUJ if it comes to that, and can Jindal in anyway make things better for me? Can Jindal be picked over GNLU/NLUJ? Again, I only have three expectations from my college:
1. A great corporate Tier-1 Law Firm Placement
2. Ease of landing Internships, Moot Opportunities and other CV Building Activites
3. A decent average campus life if not better.
Kindly suggest and help!
Meanwhile, the SJA has publicly opposed his extension but has now retreated. Very unfortunate.
The brilliance of NLSIU alumni needs no validation, but what should make us all happy is the mention of an NLSIU prof. It shows that Sudhir has made a genuine effort to recruit the top academics in India, who studied at top universities abroad, as faculty. This never happened when NLSIU was run by the TLC lobby. Now the TLC lobby has greatly diminished in size and will likely disappear over the next decade.
Other NLUs really need to do the same.
https://theprint.in/feature/who-are-indias-political-thought-leaders-of-the-next-decade-theprint-intellectuals-list/2392099/
https://theprint.in/feature/who-are-indias-economic-thinkers-of-the-next-decade-theprint-intellectuals-list/2389650/
i) For someone planning to transition into litigation, which one of the above areas would allow me to do so?
ii) Is it even worth litigating in any one of these areas in BLR? Or would it only make sense for me to go to Bom/Del?
A bit about myself: I have had a software engineering background for 5+ years. I have tried and failed in building a startup 2 years ago. I am an engineer, from an old IIT, 2019 batch. Please take this post in the spirit of curiosity and not a rant.
What is this post about?
I have been forever curious about how the legal world and the tech world is so much mutually exclusive. Why is that so?
Basically, what I mean is, 0 people in tech know anything about legal world and vice-versa.
People don't know their rights, they get scammed by police, thugs and sometimes by their employer as well. The list is endless, spouse, tenant, even a road accident dispute. Whoever can fuck up with you will eventually do–I believe that is India's version of Murphy's law.
First reaction whenever this happens to a first timer is...pants down on a busy street. Are things always going to be this bad in our country?
Once someone gets trapped in such cases, even the most educated people in the society are not aware how to represent themselves. Here the worst victims are the ones who has been clean throughout their lives... they suffer the most...because of lack of knowhow of the legal system.
Why, in our country, people still afraid of things related to law/lawyers/police/people in power?
Lets say a police man misbehaves with some poor fellow, and if the poor fellow is not "connected" then he is literally hopeless. Also, even if you remove "poor" from the previous sentence,
the story will not change.
I will share a recent anecdote to put things in better perspective: recently I found myself searching for a lawyer, for a financial fraud case. I was at Bengaluru at that point of time, so infinite language barrier with police/local lawyers.
Also, no one in my friend circle had any idea how to search for a lawyer who can be trustworthy(wont scam me). I went online and talked to 10+ lawyers, all based in Bengaluru. All of them shared different quotes for taking my case. Some were good, some were high, and I had no idea how to evaluate these quotes. How do I filter the true ones?. I had 0 knowledge about what they are saying–no way I could trust them because there are so many miscellaneous expenses involved!
Also, one problem I faced was to share the case evidences with all of them...so many times, I have to repeat the same story, share evidences repeatedly....it was not the most fun time of my life !
A guy said it will cost 5k for the initial work(case prep/consultation etc), then 25k(including bribes to the police etc) and then if I get back my lost money then 20k(misc expenses) more. You know what the net amount we were trying to recover was 2Lac. And he asked me ~50k as fees to recover that amount. Ofcourse I didn't go ahead with him, but I found myself questioning that why is there no proper mechanism to find out about the legitimacy of the quotes he is claiming, or to cross check his competency based on his previous client feedback etc. While buying a mobile phone, we go through hundreds of trusted reviews...but here there was no option. I know there are websites which have this feature, eg: Lawrato. But to be entirely honest, I didnt find those reviews of any practical use. I found it very hard to trust a legal counsel online.
When I tried to look for a reference for a good lawyer, it took me 2+months to go through all of friends and ask them if they know someone. Eventually, I found someone good where I could trust of whatever he says.
I wanted to have a discussion on how the following challenges can be solved:
1. discoverability
2. trust(alternative of going via reference)
3. transparency money involved.
4. high visibility of client over every step of the procedure.
PS: Please forgive me of my ignorance if I said anything which is stupid/false in this post. As I said please take this in the spirit of curiosity. Can we make this process as straightforward as ordering a pizza? Would love to know your thoughts!
AZB is far better than all these offices: at least it's openly toxic and pays 5x of these places, in terms of money and exposure both. Plus, even if you stretch it for a year, AZB on your CV will help you more than any of these.
Your choice ultimately, I have seen people in both RPV and Singhania personally CRY during and after their stints and I wouldn't want to see anymore of that.