Hey everyone! I’ve been curious about something and thought this would be the best place to ask. When it comes to hiring at Tier 1 law firms in India, there seems to be a noticeable preference for NLU students over non-NLU students. Is this because of the difference in the pedagogy or the exposure they receive during their course, or are there other factors at play?

Do things like alumni networks, internships, or brand value of NLUs make that much of a difference? Or is it just a bias that has developed over time in the legal industry? Would love to hear your thoughts, especially if you’ve experienced or observed this difference firsthand.

Don't think Covid had anything to do with any mental health crisis, unless it was brought on by self by immersing in all the problems by focusing only on that and giving up any possibility of growing by doing something better with time.

Secondly, you're forgetting K&E happens to lack WLB but tops firms list. No one likes excess work, despite whatever may be your beliefs.

And lastly, since you like all the boundaries etc, why do you get worked up when the shoe is on other foot, say the food delivery is late (since the delivery person chose to drive safe and slow, instead of getting all antsy about delivering you your parcel immediately) or thousand other such cases. Why you start ranting in any forum you can find in such cases? Look in mirror my friend.

TMT is an interesting practice area but long hours is the norm across all good TMT teams - TRILEGAL, KHAITAN, INDUS all have long working hours. Since it is advisory work partners take up more mandates to reach their targets and hence maintain the bonuses. You will have to choose between mundane work or an interesting arena where you get to learn up new things in an upcoming field.

Are any of the TMT teams worth it in reference to money. Most TMT teams do bulk of advisory work with long working hours. Is the money earned in these teams any good or is corporate better given that you are anyway working long hours - at least you get to earn more?

Please advise. Need to choose between gen corp or TMT practice.

What’s to happen to this team now that he’s left upon designation as Senior Advocate? Will they all be spread to different partners? Heard his team runs on its own so there may be difficulty with working with different partners. Full disclosure - applied to him for Senior Associate position. Not sure what will be the fate of my application.

Could it be that the bad quality of CLAT 2024 ended up selecting masses of mediocres into NLS. And since there's more of them than earlier (2024 increased seats big time), bo'29 is having more weight in the discourse. And therefore, the SBA is under pressure to kowtow to this group? Like the local politician who panders to populist demands of numerically larger groups in exchange for the gaddi?

And hence (absence of) room cleaning, physiotherapy and buses to airport are the top revolutionary ideas that's agitating NLS?

See this summary by Sonia Shenoy: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDMZgnKtvxt/?img_index=1

For me, the most shocking stat is this -- the per capita GSP drops from the current USD 2400 (around Bangladesh level) to USD 1,900 (around sub-Saharan African level) if you hit the top 1%. And I guess if you exclude the top 5% we will probably rank close to last in the world???!!! So I blame Nirmala Sitharaman for the recent drop. Her taxes on short-term capital gains and refusal to give IT slab relief have reduced consumption by the top 1 to 5%, who are the engine of the economy.

I don't know why we need such elaborate campuses. The building should just contain classrooms, faculty offices and admin offices. There should be a library. (this can all be one multi story building). Let students figure out accommodation themselves and commute to campus. We can also solve the ragging problem this way.

This is most stupid thing to say mca is most hyped cell of the college I myself tried to be part of the organisation since done a lot to be part of mca but I was not that fortunate, for mca whole batch gives interview and smartest people get in.

Second reason for mca people getting good rank in freshers pool could be that because mca is cell with lot of work related to reviewing and conducting regular open challenge inside college but it is always short with no. Of people so people from 1st year get ample amount of time to learn from being either court cleark. And other than that when who are in close community with the best mooters of college then it really helps.

Guys don't Panic you are new I can say Nliu is pretty fair in these aspects.

NIKHIL RANJAN

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Am I? If that’s the case, then you are definitely someone who barely managed to get through to senior years based on his/her low IQ. To be fair, if you look at it, your finalists are not even in top 5, let alone top 3. You know who is tho? That one finalist who is in MCA. I can give you numerous examples. There were two teams in the semis, the one who lost was arguably better than the one who had THE MCA member from your holy reign. These are just two examples. Want me to continue? I have nothing against them, they might be really sweet people. But there are participants who deserve much better. MCA has been a shitfuckery and everyone knows it, I ain’t the OP but your centre or ‘association’ rather, is not even close to the other centres/cells that were mentioned above. So please take the blame and improve, a lot of college’s reputation depends on the MCA, amongst other aspects like publications and corporation. Be better.

And fyi, these seniors are really pissed with the results. Ask around. It won’t take much time.

How do you decide talent , there is no objective criteria rather than organising a competition, if you are so good, contest an OC and win, people who are actually good don't cry over such events, because they perform well and get good ranks, on the other hand when someone is incompetent, they blame the OC for the loss. Lol get a life or you'll lose every other competition here. Competition is very fierce.

Lol, you are definitely a first year, nobody is surprised, although they will tell you that, so that you don't mourn over your loss and get some relief that ohhh... I didn't perform bad, the organisation was bad, it's just to cheer you up after not being able to score good ranks due to your incompetency.

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Any basis to this or wishful thinking? Is the US Deep State out to depose Modi and using Adani as a whipping boy, or is the BJP overreacting?

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-targets-rahul-gandhi-alleging-george-soros-link-congress-cries-foul-7178010#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-soros-ek-hai-bjp-hits-back-at-oppositions-modi-adani-ek-hai-slogan/amp_articleshow/116004376.cms

I've always wondered, how are law firms srtuctured? I guess an LLP makes sense given easier complaince minus unlimited liability which is what one of the XAMs is. But then, what exactly does making "partner" mean. Is it only a notional title or is there real profit sharing?

It appears that an actual "equity" partner is inly a member of the family and the rest of them are only partners nominally and not a part of the partnership agreement. Is that an accurate characterisation? Are they merely employees? Is there a difference between equity partners and the rest?

Also, how do "employees" (i.e., associates, for instance) pay Income Tax? Do they pay tax as professionals and do they have to do the whole advance tax rigmarole? So are they not then employees per se? Will non-legal roles like HR in a law firm be on a different pedestal where they will be employees instead?

Do Corp law firm associates thrn file tax in exactly the same way that an advocate would? Would they get PF?

thank you, unfortunately the provisional answer key has royally screwed me over. 90.75, which will increase to 94 or so because of a few blatantly incorrect answers. could go as high as 98, but i doubt consortium will give up its ego. really sad right now, hopefully final answer key is a saving grace.

JSA is very top heavy now, most EP's or RP's rake in huge numbers while associates get paid way less. Their fixed is really really low and the 8% is very situational. 8% depends upon your teams billing, your hours (which would be cut if they dont like you), the deals that year and their invoicing. The 8% also is a sham, to an extent, because 8% of what you have billed will always be lesser than your hours posted on your timesheets, so it comes to roughly about 1.25 to 2.5LPA. The WLB is also not always great, in slower months, its good otherwise its just bad like any other place. Unless your team is good and they really like you, you will not be matching T1 pay. Only a handful of teams have that pull and even inside those teams, there is discrepancy in work allotment. The work culture isnt also that great, its not toxic as in people wont micromanage or shout or have unreasonable expectations, but it still has politics, groupism, insider-outsiders, and generally also, the work quality is very very very partner determined. So, take it as a grain of salt. JSA is good for two kinds of people, (1) people who have been in T1s but have toxic or dead teams, (2) counsels and partners who are not doing well in T1s. For associate level, not really worth it, unless your main issue is toxicity in your team.