ABVP would be a very strong bloc. However, I do not think they can elections in the top NLUs at least. That could be for a progressive platform represented either by traditional student organisations or even independent student organisations, like we see in Bengal. NSUI could be a non-entity. SFI could do well.

OP here. I know the pay is peanuts but I have been unsuccessful in getting into Corporate. Did 2 assessments at T-1s and bagged 2 interviews through placement committee, but still couldn't get in. I'm not gonna place it entirely on luck but yeah I couldn't conveniently get a reason for my shortcomings neither from myself nor from the seniors in those firms, even though they happened to act like buddies back then. Anyways, now I am unable to sit at home too, looking over my degree, AIBE score and my parent's disappointment, so just gotta start somewhere to start the tap of cash flow even if it is just peanuts.

Cute. What litigation practice is there in "tech laws"?

Anyway, you gotta have a solid command of civil procedure even if you go for any "technical laws". It's not like it's an altogether separate branch.

Of course, you could just be in a bubble and just do writ petitions. You'd be away from "age old civil criminal corporate and tax". But that's not "technical".

I also wonder what remains if you take away "age old civil criminal corporate and tax".

Easily NLIU Bhopal. It is a tier 1 and has been underrated for the past few years as well. It easily hosts the most number of prestigious events in an academic year, and almost all NLU's regularly participate in them. Students continue to do well and the seniors are friendly as well (albeit, there may always be a few bad apples here and there).

The only issue I may flag is their lack of PR, essentially that most people outside of the university are not aware that NLIU actually does so much. Talking to my fellow peers from other colleges made me realize we have so many opportunities that you usually don't find elsewhere. Just imagine having an exchange program at Switzerland, a picturesque campus (especially close to a nature spot), great cultural events, a good sporting culture, good internship culture (recent batches are seeing a good number of internships being alloted from Tier 1s and the College has expanded to collaborating with T2s and T3s as well), and all the freedom in the world. Mind you the academic rigour may not be that great, it is solely your drive and willpower that will guide you here, the college will give you a great platform.

NLIU bhopal is on a downfall. Placements are also going down.

In mumbai you can intern at mostly every law frim's office and get a PPO + litigation game is strong in mumbai as well just that its no delhi.
Alumni base of NLIU bhopal did not come to help it last year like it did in NLS/NALSAR/NUJS.

5 years back it would have been NLIU bhopal, now its MNLU mumbai. After 5 years NLIU will go from T1.5 to T2. MNLU Mumbai will go from T2 to atleast T1.5

Hi- I am working in a tier 1 law firm (2 year PQE). Completely burnt out, depressed, crying everyday situation and not getting time to eat properly. No holidays, weekends, festivals- nothing. Toxic partner- always yelling and playing blame game. Been to therapy also but nothing's working. It's affecting my personal relationships as well (couldn't take up that guilt also anymore). Tried hurting also myself physically at a few instances and felt terrible after that.

IS IT OK TO QUIT THIS SO CALLED "PRESTIGIOUS" JOB WITHOUT A BACK-UP AND FIGURE OUT LIFE LATER?

Yes. Smart kids are now opting for b.com/bba/btech llb more than ba. Similarly newer universities are pushing for a b.tech+llb course. However, this doesn't mean that ba courses will be useless. It depends on how well you can incorporate tech in humanities. Even in humanities, digital humanities is gaining more ground. People are focusing on the philosophy, sociology and psychology of tech and it's allied areas. So everything is revolving around tech, it doesn't mean humanities is dying. It's just evolving.

Humanities is an important part of the world albeit not as much materially pervasive as STEM or Commerce.

And Law as of now is the ONLY sector where Humanities student can excel. Scrapping the B.A. will be 9/11 for financially ambitious Humanities enjoyers. The gates will be thrown open to unemployed engineering hordes who have already infested MBA and underwhelmed poor BBA students

Working at a T1 law firm. My partner prefers to take the team out for lunch every Friday, as long there isn’t too much work. However, he’s insanely into Asian food and gets annoyed if people do not roll with his preferences. I objected to having raw fish but he gave me such a look of disappointment that I ended up having it. He also commented saying that sometimes I need to step out of my comfort zone.

How do I back out politely without ruining my impression? I am someone who loves flavourful North Indian dishes but the concerned partner hates almost all Indian cuisines.

A current partner at AZB Bengaluru interned after he graduated, until September. He then got in having shown his merit. Not that it says anything definitive about the time you must intern for after graduating, but just know you're not the only one that's ever been in that position.

So, I'm from a T2 NLU. I just got done with my 4th semester, and I have average grades and some extracurriculars. I have studied substantive criminal law and family law, but not laws like administrative law or BNSS. I was wondering if reaching out to independent lawyers, based on their LinkedIn profiles and posts, would get me an internship for July. It is less than 10 days to July, but considering that I could mail a few dozen lawyers, some would hopefully reply. Or would that approach be akin to jumping into a bottomless pit with no results?

Today on ABP Ananda, the complainant who triggered CID investigation against Prince of Corruption Inc for "DJ" dog whistle case made an explosive allegation against a celebrated senior IPS officer (who nearly became the first Muslim CP of KP). It was alleged that the complainant had previously personally handed over confidential information concerning child trafficking by a senior minister of the Grassroots Party. But the IPS did zilch. No one knows what happened thereafter. But that former MLA is very much up and about.

There are so many IPS and WBPS in WB who should be investigated and terminated from service for dereliction of duty, obstructing justice, supression and destruction of evidence, initiating malicious prosecution, harassment and abuse of position and authority. Despite the rhetoric the new govt is busy laying escape routes for Green "rebels" and sabotaging cases against Corruption Inc.

Many are writing books, doing podcasts, TV interviews etc. All because Instagram got them there. But how successful are they in terms of their practice, using metrics like income, clients, no of cases etc? Or are they simply not interested in that hustle and would rather be known as influencers and media celebrities? Not at all interested in things like AOR exam, senior gown, tier 1 law firm partnerships etc?

Hi everyone,

I am at a crossroads of sorts and need some help from this community to decide what next steps I should take. Some context: I am from a T-1 college and had previously done internships with law firms across three practice areas, with m&a being one of those. Unfortunately, day z didn't pan out well for me despite have decent grades and profile and I could not get any converts. Now long after the hiring has closed for 2026, I have managed to get an internship (just an internship, with the promise that if I do well they would consider me for an assessment) at a T-2 firm in their IP practice. The problem is this is not where my heart is at (I had some IP related internships and hence got a shortlist), and although the internship would look great on my CV, I don't see myself doing IP long term at all. Unfortunately, none of the m&a teams are offering assessments for the batch of 2026. I am stuck in hard and rock place mentally and just a depressive state, even though this internship is my only decent shot at getting employed. My only concern is: My CV looks so scattered that I come across as someone who does not know what they want. What do I do? Should I forego this internship, or do it anyway and keep applying to corp places? ( But none of these places are hiring, or even offering assessments including the boutiques). Alternatively, if people have leads for corp and m&a boutiques, I would be very happy to pursue those too. Please help a kid out!

A2 here in GC practice in a T1 firm. My health has deteriorated to some extent since I joined the firm. Sometimes I feel like collapsing, other days I have headaches and backaches. At the same time, I wonder how many partners at my firm are so fit. Of course there are obese folks ( and I mean obese to the point it is concerning) and folks with heart and blood pressure issues but most of them are fit, regular to gym and healthy than even many associates. Litigation lawyers I would say are way better. Even at the age of 80-90 they work late nights. They appear way better than my dad and mom who had work-life-balance all their life. Is it the case that I am just looking at minority of folks who survived and not the ones who left or is it that working hours don't really affect your health as your body gets used to it.

Who else amongst the equity partners left JSA in recent times? Only Kapur who is anyway close to retirement- right?

Quite a few teams have in fact joined JSA in recent times. The firm is expanding. There is no place left at the Mumbai offices including at the new OLP despite acquiring additional space.

Zero. Why don't people understand the basics of what they wish to pursue ? How does a publication even affect working litigation, judiciary or corporate ? Work experience is what matters. Publications are more for an academic career. Some professors don't even have that, lol. But the point is...

Degree-Work exp-internships. That's it !!

The rest mumbo jumbos like moots, mocks, muns, debates, publications are not worth a cent.

Every time I here undergraduates from Indian law schools deal another death-blow to the meaning of the word "publications", like what has been done in this thread, I feel huge regret that I don't live near to a very deep body of water into which one could easily jump.

Get into a small law office, ideally one where there's a lot of work and very few people to handle it. Thats where you will get the much needed experience to qualify for corporate firm jobs. I myself joined a small lawyer's office, learnt the ropes and then after 2 years applied to join a corporate firm, cleared the test and was hired.

CAM is generally the bane of all gripes because of the way they treat people. It is a great firm but the lack of respect for people and n apparent "god complex" that is harboured by the those on top coupled with incessant ass kissing, absolutely incompetent HR and the sheer requirement of top approval for even the smallest thing stand as major cons - of a larger con.

As NLUD alum, I think NLS seems to be doing a phenomenal job hiring faculty. Not only have we lost some of our best to them (Mrinal, Aparna, Arul etc), a lot of the new faculty they're hiring are also incredible. NLUD (and other unis) need to figure out how to bridge this gap. I'm still proud of our faculty, but I do not think we are where we were 8-10 years ago.

While faculty do seem to prefer moving to NLS, I do not think it is merely because Sudhir is Ex NLS. We need to find out what is that he does as an administrator that makes people flock there. My dad's a prof (non law) elsewhere, and I know that he and his colleagues do not move colleges merely because the Dean / VC has great pedigree.

From an NLUD perspective, I think we should really amp up our seminar / credit courses led by practitioners. I'm grateful for the fantastic seminars I got to attend (arul, Ankita, Sekhri, Eashan Ghosh etc) - I do not know if the present students enjoy the present seminars as much. On credit courses also, we used to have really smart people talking about really cool things - we need to focus on that as well. Solid senior counsel / corp lawyers may not want to commit to 50-60 teaching hours for an elective, but we should persist and get weekly lectures or so.

I am 2023 graduate and have been working in-house for over 2 years now predominantly with IPR/Trademark and copyright matters, I am looking to make the shift from In house to a firm practice to strengthen my core legal skills, I am placed in Bengaluru, looking for some good recommendations to make this move, anybody who has been down this road please let me know any caveats and requisites for the same.