It seems that the university is desperately trying to create a rift between the student body and its representatives. They want us to blame student reps for how the protests turned out, and distract us from the fact that they have been acting in bad faith throughout. I don’t think we should fall into that trap!

They claim to want transparency and “foster open communication” but the VC won’t even have an open house.

All the demands are, as people have pointed out, completely unrealistic and nonsensical, but one stands out as worse than others.

Room cleaning, of all things!? Do you know how surprised people from the world's best universities would be to hear you saying this? Their response would be 'Why do you want to operate your uni like Oxford of 1890?'. Those universities (and their associated accommodation providers) make students do cleaning of rooms and cooking themselves (and charge additionally if students want meal plans or whatever). I have myself studied for an extended period in one such institution with access to a friendship/contact network in analogous places, and the most the admins do is to arrange for cleaning of common areas and kitchens within hostels. I have found this good enough for me and have faced no need to pay additional charges for someone to cook my meals for me or to clean my room, I see no reason why it shouldn't work for you too! As far as I can see, all Sudhir is doing is to align his uni with global best practices - which, BTW, remember, he has had sustained exposure to - so you will have to decide: do you want your institution to operate like the global best or not? This is liberalism of 21st century, Indian best law students can't even clean their own rooms? Come on! You will be flattened in even a mediocre western environment - where you will have to cook, clean, wash up your own dishes and do your own laundry, as well as study, get good marks and get a job! Nobody is going to give you a free pass for any of this! Why do you take the best uni for law in India for granted?

PS: And BTW, even the global best don't have physiotherapy on staff! They have administrators whose job is to refer students for these kinds of things (as and when required!).

how did they violate privacy? did they hack into your phones? know their tech capabilities, they couldnt hack through a thick fog. Clearly someone shared those messages with the admin and that is how they came to know. If you are writing stuff on big whatsapp groups you should assume zero privacy. The university is not required to look the other way when folks are spreading rumours to sew discontent. I mean- clearly they already do because youre posting here, but they can ask students why theyre doing this. Perhaps admin isnt buying your attempts to weasel your way out by minimising and rationalising your own behaviour.

Nls also has a health centre where a nurse is available and a doctor during working hours. So at least on that count - y’all are getting the same thing. A physiotherapist is a different type of ask.

I’m extremely surprised that those are library timings anywhere. I think it’s very unnecessary . We have all been students when libraries shut at 6pm. I promise it’s not actually going to impact your studies to sit in your room rather than sit in the library. A midnight closing time is very reasonable.

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Let’s call it what it is: this designation isn’t about building a robust legal career. It’s a branding exercise, the same way Supreme Court AoRs flash their titles for clout. “I’m special because I’m a Supreme Court lawyer!” becomes “I’m Senior Advocate, DHC!” It’s all smoke and mirrors.

And for the NLS grads who also made the list this time—don’t start singing meritocracy’s praises just yet. Each of them brought connections and influence to the table from day one. The difference? At least they’ve got the receipts: a body of serious appearances to back their application.

The whole spectacle is an indictment of the system. If this is the benchmark, maybe it really is time to quit litigating.

Jindal used to have this non-law elective called Alternative Investments and Portfolio Management, where we could cover a lot of basics on personal finance.

This elective was offered by Jindal School of Banking and Finance and they allowed us to choose BA electives offered by other schools other than law school as well.

And lawyers can learn those things in company law, securities law, and insurance law classes. Those still exist. Internships still exist. A personal finance course is geared toward teaching people how to save and invest- by definition its about their personal development and any legal knowledge is incidental. Paying attention to nutritionists and fitness coaches might teaching me something incidental about the law like food regulation or health regulation. It is not the job of the university however, to get rid of my regular classes to make room for this nonsense.

This has nothing to do with ivory tower academic and everything to do with ensuring legal education remains legal education and protecting academic rigor.

Learning curve seems to be quite good, you get to directly work with partners (lot of them review your drafts in-person with them). Quality of work is high and you’ll start with client facing important tasks fairly early. Having said that, pay seems to be a major concern (can expect tier 1 pay only SA level onwards)

they do have an NLU bias. As is the case with most law firms, there is biasedness between the NLUs as well, i.e., different pay for the top 3, then the other T-1s, then T-2s, where a couple private unis can expect the pay to be matched, then t-3s, and lastly, any other college. Although for a firm like DLL, t-1s don't join often because of poor pay scale and toxic work culture. So if you're from any decent college, chances are you can negotitate for a pay parity of that league, provided you are meritorious enough. But despite all the negotiations, you would be within the 6-8lpa bracket.

The left is held to a higher standard because the left is constantly moralising. Joe Biden is your cha cha ? Why defend this at all ? You’re not a recruit for dems or inc or whatever. Be a person. Be honest with other regular people about politics. This is messed up and you know it is.

Dr Louks revealed that her thesis, titled "Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose," focused on exploring the politics of scent within literature. According to Dr Louks, her research studied how the language of smell and its imaginative representation in literature help structure social dynamics, including gender, race, class, and even species power structures.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/cambridge-teacher-earns-phd-with-thesis-on-politics-of-smell-leaves-internet-divided-101733109428197.html

On 30 May, NUJS Speaks tweeted:

The Vice Chancellor was granted an extension of 6 months at the Executive Council meeting yesterday. The representation by the General Body was never considered. We unequivocally reject the same and maintain our stance. #SaveNUJS

EdEx Live also did a report on it: https://www.edexlive.com/breaking/2024/May/30/nujs-vc-accused-sexual-harassment-allegedly-6-month-extension-tenure

29 May + 6 months = 29 November

So his extension is officially over. Has he got a second extension?