Frankly, virtual internships are not worth it. I understand that because of their strict policies restricting sharing of information to personal email ids, you would hardly get an meaty work during VIs. It's completely different experience if you manage to get a physical internship. A few of my batchmates who did get GC internships (physical) managed to get an assessment internship which converted into a placement.

1. Will he get another extension?

2. If not, who will be acting VC and for how long? Will the WB govt transplant someone like Amit Talukdar again and keep him as acting VC for a long time?

3. The students had opposed an extension for NKC and were ignored. Will the students become more confrontational and aggressively push for a transparent procedure to appoint the next VC?

4. What role will TMC bigwigs like Kishore Datta, Sanjay Basu and Kalyan Banerjee have in selecting the next VC?

5. What role will the CJI and Justice Dipankar Data play? Will they wash their hands off and let the state govt decide everything?

6. Given the public mood following the RG Kar case, will the govt face greater opposition, be it from the students or judiciary, than last time?

While both have their pros and cons, including your personal preference for a certain kind of work, one aspect to consider will be that in transactions, you'll never be able to go independent or do big transaction matters at smaller places. You'll also always be dependent on international markets and investments and the work you get from other people. In litigation, you'll atleast have a choice to do your own thing and also if you create a niche for yourself, sky is the ceiling. You'll also never be out of work given that our judicial system will always be broken.

Hi, I am PQE 3 years having experience in mostly corp and a very brief stint in litigation (both at T1s) and at this point pretty confused about what can be a more satisfying career to pursue. While the financial aspect in transactions is extremely lucrative, I do feel after a point of time it's hard to go independent or run your own shop for big ticket transactions while the one can go independent in a smoother way if someone pursues litigation with the right mindset and with good kind-hearted bosses. Any advice would be appreciated as to factors one should consider while making the choice.

It is true that effort pays off, but I don't want to deny that bias exists. Bias exists in the world. Consider law school your training ground to overcome it. Hilary Clinton and Michele Obama both talked about how minorities have to work ten times harder to prove their worth. It is not fair, but that is how it is. The question is whether you want to throw up your hands and complain or whether you want to use the time to learn to find your allies and persuade even the people biased against you that your work is too good to ignore.

1. That's your assumption and far from reality. You're trying to pass off the ideal as the real. Many teachers have got bias and legislative prejudice of their own, be it NLSIU or anywhere else.

2. Not all the marking is anonymized, the internal components certainly aren't.

No one belongs in any NLU. Think of all the poor people in this country who might have been better lawyers if only they had had the privilege of being born in the right family, having an English education, being able to access clat prep materials, getting lucky on that ridiculous examination, and then being able to afford law school fees. You won a lottery at every turn to get something they would cut off a limb for.

So what can you do ? Make the most of it. Squeeze as much value as you can out of this opportunity. Be the best student you can be. Use every resource you can that the university offers you, pull yourself out of your comfort zone and learn everything you can in college. And then really make something out of yourself. Succeed in law firms or litigation or academia or whatever and give back to those less fortunate. Count your blessings and stop pitying yourself because you’re perceiving someone else as having an easier time than yourself.

You absolutely belong. The fact that you have maintained good marks overall shows that you should be where you are. Focus on getting good internships, doing other good skill-building and other kinds of activities, build a circle of friends and so on, and of course on either maintaining your academic position or making it better.

where do you live? if travelling ain't much of an issue, you can still apply to smaller firms in del/cal/hyd/blr/chennai? Search the internet as bad as you can and get something. Had you applied before, firms like Khaitan and Khaitan would've offered online internship as well. And you can still get ample lit internships, they don't really care about deadlines unless it's a really good chamber(don't think too much, you're out of options). The point being- last moment internship isn't a far shot if you apply to enough number of places.

Secondly, if you do decide on not interning, make the best of your month. It's a sem break so you don't have to study. So, start writing. Madly. Read up the paper each day, pick contemporary issues and write smaller articles, under 1000 words, and send them to decent publishing places. You won't manage to get evrything published, neither will all of your writings be substantial, but you'd still have something to add on your cv at the end of the day.

Ideally try not to stay at home for a month because it's tough to be productive when one gets to stay in the comfort of home. But if that's what you choose to do, do make good of it. Don't overthink, but do act.

I'm a Third Year BA LLB student from a non nlu but "at par with NLUs" private law school, if you believe in the NIRF rankings. My 5th semester gets over next month and I've successfully failed at securing an internship for this semester break. I would not say that it was due to delay in applications because I did start applying fairly early and mostly got ghosted even after follow up mails. I do have previous internships- one in litigation, the other a judicial internship and this would've been my first law firm internship but ahoy. The past week I've frantically applied to a lot of places but no responses.

Any advice as to what can I do at this stage and how screwed am I if i don't get to intern at all this sem break? Alternatively what other things can I do during all this time to not lose my mind and upskill myself into a non ghostable, employable candidate for my future endeavours? Be as blunt as you want, I need a reality check to understand that I'm probably not even smart enough for Imposter Syndrome. Help a sister out!!!!

TL DR: 5th sem end break no internship, non nlu, advice as to last minute reparations/ alternatives, or any general tips?

More money for christian evangelicals will be funnelled through American NGO's. Lesser scrutiny on polluting companies which will lead to more pollution and more climate change. Trump will impose more duty on Indian goods. We won't be able to trade with Iran at all now, so chabar port is doomed too. Most probably our economy will suffer.

As we all cope with the shock defeat of Kamala Harris, one view that is coming across is that Harris supporters are elitist and out of touch with the working class. They are Harvard/Ivy grads who read the NYT, live in fancy homes, work for Goldman Sachs etc.

Just wondering if the same kind of applies to India as well? NLU graduates are either from elite backgrounds, or soon move into the elite strata after graduation, earning lots of money and living a wealthy life. Are we then losing touch with the common people?

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https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20241111-high-and-mighty-the-ultimate-power-list-2024-india-today-high-and-mighty-rankings-2024-2626560-2024-11-03

https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/high-and-mighty/story/20241111-professionals-better-than-the-best-india-today-high-and-mighty-rankings-2024-2626563-2024-11-02

There are some market leader such as TTA which have air purifiers in offices, however many big Tier-1s such as CAM, SAM etc. dont have air purifiers in offices.

Imagine working in firms with no air purifiers in such harsh polluted conditions. This should be a wakeup call....