Indus is losing partners, and the talent drain is due to teams leaving with their respective partners. There is not general attrition at associate level – may be because of good work culture. Therefore, the issue seems to be due to (1) equity pay outs, (2) partner compensation, and (3) what kind of platform the firm is providing to partners.

(1) Equity – I hear that they wanted partners to pay into equity initially – not sure if that is true. If yes, may explain some departures – this is not market.

(2) Partner Compensation – From my sources, I hear that the targets have been hikes massively, and bonuses were delayed/withheld. Can someone confirm?

(3) What kind of platform does the firm provide its partners? I believe this is the key issue (along with (2)). The targets going up, and no cross-sell from the firm/founders (especially the Delhi ones) will always lead rainmaking partners to look for greener pastures.

I am sorry my views are quite uninformed but I still want to make my guess, people can correct me if I am wrong

It’s more of the partners leaving with their team rather than the associates attrition rate

So it could be for better pay and such incentives.

I have heard that their cap markets team was toxic but idk which office and it’s not my first hand experience, something others have told me

Purely from a commercial point of view, no trolling please.

Just trying to understand how did this happen because once Indus was doing amazing and was a serious contender of being next T-1 with good pay and among the best working environment out there. Why did it start to lose talent?

This is a prime example of the majority of youth that are brainwashed by media & academia. If you had only paid more attention to your studies and used a bit of your brains without falling into propaganda, you'd recognise the difference in repercussions between a first world citizen criticising a third world country, and a third world citizen criticising a first world country. They criticise cause they can, they're the citizens of that country, you aren't or haven't become one, you're dispensable. Moreover, keep rolling on your own hypocrisy wherein you criticise them and now try to join them. I have more respect for students who criticize our country yet stay here to work to improve this country. You're neither Ghar ke naa Ghar ke. You criticise their country yet want to receive their benefits, you want to leave this country yet used all it's resources. If you really cared about human rights then why not go to a neutral country like Switzerland or the nordics where they have more respect for human rights. But no, you won't, cause you won't be able to brag to your neighbours about being a US-UK returned top star. Hope next time, jiss plate mei khana ho, usmei cheedh mat karna.

UN has a centralised applications system which involves a (very long) application followed by multiple interviews and sometimes written tests. check https://careers.un.org/ for more details (includes all jobs, not just legal ones)

He wants you to move on. His son is his only priority. Though, what your senior is doing is nothing new in this profession. litigation is only about "kith and kin". If you are a first generation lawyer, you will face this in chambers, you will face this in courts, you will face this in getting reference for work and you will face this if you aspire to become a HC judge someday. Advice from me to you - learn to live with it and concentrate to improve your skills. It takes time but it is doable. Most of these kith and kins are nobodies without their support, so not much of a competition. Patience and consistence is the key.

Full time just means theyre working full time. it doesnt mean they are necessarily regularised. Visiting faculty who only teach one course every now and then and are clearly part time are identified clearly on the website. Srijoni was also running a centre during her time at the university , a venture which sadly failed but I dont think many part time visiting faculty were doing that. perhaps she left because of the centre failing as well.

Does this mean that many faculty who were being portrayed to the outside world as full time, were actually not? Because Srijoni's profile on the website never mentioned her as an adjunct professor or such. She was clearly mentioned as an Assistant Professor and indistinguishable from other full time APs.

I am an A0 in Competition Team at T-1 law firm. I hope to make it to competition team of HSF London.

I am from T-3 law school but my CV is fantastic. Great scores and remarkable extracurricular feats.

How can I make it to HSF?

PS: Trolls please don't stay away. Bring it on, let it out. I have all the confidence and esteem.

Please do not take coaching when you already are in your law school, instead focus on core law subjects. Think of joining coaching once you graduate, coaching involves exorbitant money, time and peer pressure while they teach you only equivalent to what you would be taught in law school. Try to master subjects like Constitution including Administrative Law, CPC, IPC, procedural law and Family laws. Things will be cakewalk. No coaching please.

There are some good young partners in real estate in Delhi team too. Heard them being thorough to the practise and good mentors.

Some batchmates told that post Mr. Bajaj's exit, AA and SRK have handled his portfolio and firm's, quite well, inspite of having their own clients. Any opinions on this duo?

The consortium is not competent to run a CBT. That's the reality. They messed up 2020 CLAT that way. No quality devices, poorly managed labs with no proper setup for sitting, working out sums etc. There were so many technical issues with the devices and internet that people lost out on time and honestly, it takes a toll on your mental preparedness for the exam. How calm can you sit when your device stops working and you're losing out on time in an aptitude based exam. It's a NO for computer based exams if you do not have the Infrastructure for the same.

On asimilar note, any idea why CLAT and AILET are not conducted via Computer Based Testing mode? Afte r the recent NEET fiasco it should be clear that CBT is the way forward to avoid paper leaks and other integrity issues since the papers are stored securely in a central server and not released till the start of the exam. IIT JEE and even AIBE have not faced any issues of paper leaks etc ever since they switched to CBT mode.

Forget about wasting time. If you're earning 5 lacks per month in litigation, then you're swamped with work, dude. I know lawyers who earn similar or even lesser and they work 24*7 and take no leaves. So someone earning this much surely won't waste his time here out of all the places. Surely seem like some guy who has never set foot in the court or some junior who's massively exaggerating his income. All for internet likes.

I agree with the senior lawyers view. For a solo lawyer this will not really give you the exposure and base to grow as a professional. It's a highly procedural practice and not high on substantive law. Few teething issues were there in the new law so still some key judgements came out. Don't expect much jurisprudence in this area to develop over time. Bigger law firms or senior counsel manage this as they charge higher and have a team. Yes you may consider another practice area like arbitration or commercial litigation, but getting regular briefs remains an issue for few years till you establish a name.

I would like to really understand the long term scope of an IBC practice. Some good senior lawyers have told me recently that IBC /NCLT practice is mostly procedural, and not full of substantive legal/tax issues for growth/ exposure. I am a small time litigator with my very small IBC practice but I wondering whether I am wasting my professional time in this IBC solo practice ? It's OK money wise it pays the bills but what is the opportunity cost I am missing out on ? Should I move to another practice area within litigation?

Stay with me for a min, it all started with trilegal poaching partners from CAM and Saraf, followed by Saraf poaching a team from JSA. TT&A was also able to set up its cap marks practice as a result by poaching a team from CAM. CAM poached the whole the whole team from Indus, making Indus the ultimate loser in this series of events.

No, I'm saying that criminal background checks have no nexus to education and therefore they have no jurisdiction to enforce criminal background checks on educational institutes.

The BCIs powers to regulate the legal profession and legal education are separate and distinct. They cannot use one set of powers in the other field.