Gen Y uncle here. I think (know for a fact) its perfectly cool to (1) ask intern for help on a Saturday. I know the power dynamics argument - that she will not say no to me. But guess what, I had work, which required an intern to pull through, and couple of them did, with out whining like you. They will get credit for it, ofc. (2) its ok to speak rudely when its warranted. This one intern literally pulled a 'tumko malum hai mai kiska beta' on office staff who asked him to not speak loudly everyday. Guess what I did? Ask around - it got famous. And I will do it again. No one walks over my staff. Period. (3) this memes thing is pretty specific. Plus I dont have that kind of connect with my interns yet. But I will meme, so long as the intern is cool with it, and maintain professional boundaries, otherwise it will make my office a very boring place. (4) Not sure what gendered language means, but I am fairly certain I am doing it within the team. We are very close, work 10-12 hours together every day, and share stuff. (5) I dont even want to get started on jokes - you will be horrified by the sick jokes we do in team. Lets just say - 'langde ko langda nai to kya andha bolenge' does not even qualifies.

You son seem to have been hurt. Please complain about it. My whole rant was about it - no one should be scared of anyone and feel free to speak their mind.

The number of Gen Z student deaths in a span of 5-10 years is much more than the number of Gen X and Gen Y student deaths combined in a span of 20-25 years. We are in the middle of a very serious mental health crisis. The causes for it are:

- Social media

- Increased competition for jobs and growing population

- Culture of shaming, ridiculing boycotting and cancelling people. It's traumatic when a teenager is shunned and ostracised by his peers because he is socially awkward, or because he said something politically incorrect.

God! What is happening at that place? It still has got decent faculty who care for the students. Why aren't they doing something to at least talk to the students, provide mentorship, getting a campus counselor, trying to understand the issues that these kids are facing? All this is such a terrible waste of life and potential. I was reading another LI thread where multiple commentators claimed that empathy has got no place in the modern university. Are they really immune to these tragedies?

A first year student at NLU Delhi passed away yesterday due to suicide. This marks the third such incident at the university in three months. It is hard to believe that this is a mere coincidence and reflects shamefully upon the university's atmosphere. Immense shame upon the university administration and their apathy for creating such an environment.

1. Very small number of LLM students they take in per year.

2. Very strong expectation (from what I understand) that selected students will become academics.

3. Expectations that lead from the above re. quality of scholarship published prior to LLM application etc.

Yale takes about 20-25 student every year. It is also the highest ranked US law school so is the most prestigious. It prefers students who can show a demonstrated interest in academia or public service related professions for LLM admissions. So it gets a lot of applications, it is hyper competitive, and it generally takes only people with many years of experience (I know of only 3 people who have got into the LLM directly from UG from India and all of them are now academics). That's why it is so tough to get into.

All great expect would remove UC Davis, Sydney and Osgoode Hall from this list. They are a notch below.

For example, in the UC system, UC Berkeley > UCLA > UC Law SF > UC Irvine > UC Davis. For JD, Berkeley is for all practical purposes, the exact same as Harvard/Yale/Columbia/NYU/UMich.

Not really. More prestigious the law school, more difficult to get into.

Yale takes 25-30

Harvard 180-190

Oxford 100-110

Smaller class makes it more competitive but prestigious institutions attract applications from 100 countries

Stanford

NYU

Columbia

UPenn

Cambridge

Georgetown

Michigan

Sydney

Melbourne

NUS

LSE

McGill

York Osgoode Hall

UC Berkeley

UC Davis

Next best in no particular order.

Brother,
It feels like you are starting the marathon with your head hung. (Old convenient cliche, a career in the Law is a marathon not a sprint). I am sure you bring in real world experience with you to every brief that you hold. Maybe do what you are good at for a years or two.
There are plenty who start their career in the Law in middle and late 30s and still do well in the Law and more importantly in life. Do read up about another GLC Alumnus, one CJI S. Kapadia
and his journey.

Another old convenient cliche, We are a sum total of 4 of closest friends. Well why not 5, you may ask!? Point is, please spend time with quality seniors and friends. And, there is no reason why you should not do just fine.

Best wishes!
A 37 year old, who has changed areas of work and cities, more than any cliche definition and markers of success will have you believe. But doing not doing too badly :)

Buddy, there are ordinary 3-tier options available where the return fare would not exceed 1K. As far as "wasting 16 hours" is concerned - don't be under the wrong impression that your time is that valuable and that you are so important. You don't matter to the world. So as a student try to be frugal. Spending a night on the train will not do you any harm.

We need to discuss this more. Being someone who's first language is not English, and don't have a command on the language, I use quillbot a lot. I feel like I'm not cheating since the original idea is mine but I'm just polishing it to make it sound coherent and better. I can understand chatgpt since that's a idea generator but quillbot is more of a checker. This is concerning that it's marked as AI. No matter how hard I try, I feel grammar & using correct words is something that doesn't improve drastically, especially if you're older. Sad that there is no difference between idea generation and spelling/grammar checkers.

Possible as long as you have above average to good/very good marks, a good personal statement, at least some extracurriculars/work experience to show on your CV and good recommendation letters. There is limited wiggle room for the marks requirement if you have 5 years or more good PQE (i.e., where they might normally look for a 65%, a 62 might just be viewed as acceptable), but it is very limited indeed, marks are the most important thing (i.e., a UCL, for example (as you mentioned that institution specifically), might prefer somebody with an average of 75% with five years PQE, rather than somebody with 60% and five years PQE). For UCL specifically, they are looking for at least a few (what they call in the UK) 'firsts' in the transcript (i.e., a few courses where you have obtained so-called 'first class' marks, or the top grade, basically).

This list might help. It only about professors of international law though. https://allaboutil.wordpress.com/2021/10/13/top-cited-international-law-scholars-in-india/

I have two very dumb questions (please don't hesitate to point out if so).

First, may I ask if you could elaborate on why you don't expect foreign law firms to make any substantive moves until at least a year from now? Aren't they just wasting valuable time and opportunities? Is it because they want to observe the market a bit more?

Also, wasn't the point of the recent change in the rules of the BCI that foreign law firms shouldn't be restricted to Option 3)? Isn't option 3) similar to the old 'best friend' arrangements of which A&O (as it then was), CC and the like got tired, because they didn't see the prospect of further opening up of the market soon? So why are some firms still limiting themselves to consideration of option 3)?

I am employed by a foreign law firm currently. I had the good fortune of meeting and having some time to speak to our Global CEO, and I asked him about India plans and if I could assist with anything.

Turns out that some of our competitors and our firm has come down to India throughout the year to think about how they want to approach entry into the Indian market. They’ve met some major MDs of Indian firms.

The 2-3 options they are currently considering from a Business perspective is whether to 1) Open a brand new office, 2) Acquire a smaller law firm and rebrand it - which seems to be a common method for large global law firms to enter into new markets or 3) do an exclusivity deal where the foreign firm do exclusive referral for jurisdiction specific work to their Indian partner and vice versa with the Indian firm, when there is outbound work. My firm has done both 1) and 2) but recently found success with 3) in another jurisdiction after pulling out their offices in that jurisdiction.

There is excitement about India, which is obvious but a lot of firms and their competitors are waiting for others to make the first move and then see what the results are so they can enter at a slower pace. I would not expect to see firms do anything for the next 1 year at least, but that is just a guess.

Feds have just cut rates, so expecting work to really push into third gear, maybe if another “free money” era passes by, foreign law firms can use all that extra capital to do either of 1) or 2) above.

I’m as excited about what is to come with the future of law firms in India because I think it might really be a great decade or two for the economy.

Did your central training teach you how to stereotype and generalise? One person does an objectionable thing, and all the NLUs are to be blamed for that? That's like saying you should be treated like a criminal every time a human being commits a crime.

@Mod: These ragebait titles and posts are really passing your moderation standards?

Here comes another one. He even comments on their clothes.

https://www.barandbench.com/apprentice-lawyer/vice-chancellor-surprise-visit-to-girls-hostel-sparks-controversy-rgnul-students-demand-resignation

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The Internet is fighting against the toxic work culture of the big 4 which is greaaat…….but I feel like they will literally FLIP if they get to know law firm work culture.

And I say this with no sarcasm - every day people in law firms talk about how good it is to be in one of the big 4 accountancy firms. I swear.

while what you are saying isn't incorrect, you're overemphasising on only one aspect of the legal world, perhaps the ones that receive the spotlight because of their social impact. However, most of the cases that are courts are faced with aren't such socio-politico-legal matters, they are plain commercial disputes. That is where the money is. That is what everyone in law school who intends to make a career in law is after. Even for criminal matters, a lot of them are white-collar crimes. Understanding society and its evolution and impact on jurisprudence is essential, and I agree there is no need to "replace" BA with BBA or BSc. But to look at things fairly, it makes more sense to popularise and adapt the latter two streams than the former. The reason why BA is so popular is because law has conventionally been viewed as a part of humanaties, and that the sort of disputes a couple of centuries ago were not of the same nature as today. Social leaders popularised law. But the world has changed, businesses are growing, and we have more commercial disputes than ever. Having a deep understanding of how money and businesses work obviously gives you an edge in your day to day life.

yaar. if you dont want to do BA course why sign up for a BA course and then tell universities to change? Go na. Do BSc, BCom, BBA. then do an llb. why should the world be remade in your image?

FWIW Jindal has all of these Bcom BBA llb type courses. The best students still want to do the BA course. Make of that what you will.

Hi, I've recently graduated and started working at a Tier 2 law firm. While I don't have an issue with the long working hours and I'm enjoying the work I get to do, certain aspects of the environment are taking a toll on my mental well-being. Office politics, visibility challenges, getting randomly yelled at or targeted by seniors, and the uncertainty around weekends are unsettling for me.

I am committed to corporate law, so please avoid suggesting a career switch. What I'd like to know from industry seniors is whether these issues are just part of the A0 phase and will ease over time, or if they tend to escalate as you move up the ladder. How do you maintain mental peace in such a demanding environment?

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