You are partly right. Both NLS and NALSAR have been a joke. When these two places decided to increase the student intake (assuming that the administration felt that each could handle additional students) what did they do? NLS just increased the intake of BA-LLB and NALSAR started the IPM programme. Being in Bangalore and Hyderabad, both had access to the tech industry but chose not to leverage the same and offer something innovative. What a lost opportunity. But then one can't expect much from state universities. Mapping to MASLOW's hierarchy of needs NLUs are struggling to stay even at the lowest layer having been orphaned by their respective state governments. For NLUs even mere survival is a big task, let alone think about innovation.

Agree. The education would need to be broader.

It's also disingenuous because it sounds like PR for NFSU. Part of me really feels sorry for responding with the comment about degree options, because somebody has chosen to turn this debate back towards the direction of dick measuring contests (which I was hoping could be avoided), by piggybacking on my earlier reply.

Why do you look at them as mutually exclusive? Rather than go on this exclusionary (and ridiculous) tirade, ask for more options and diversity. What is impractical and uninteresting to you may not be for others, and vice-versa. Live and let live, the heavens will not fall down.

You see, as a criminal law practitioner, I feel this is very disingenuous and unhelpful - BSc LLB should not be in data science! How does that help a lawyer in any real sense? Now had it been in Human Biology/Anatomy or anything of that sort...could have been very useful.

Similarly for corporate forensics... I don't think we need any more than a strong understanding of accountancy & bookkeeping here.

These frankly seems like science degrees with LLB slapped on, rather than law degrees being paired with a field of study that could be used to advance the understanding & practice of law itself.

Just my two cents. Feel free to disagree.

An excellent counter, to which I don't think I want/need to add anything substantive.

Just here to say that even if we were to adopt the OP's worldview completely, I think the call to 'replace' a BA LLB degree is uncharitable, and therefore disappointing. I think a much wiser call would be for NLUs to provide more programme options (i.e., providing students with the option to register for a BA LLB or BSC LLB or BBA LLB degree). The world's reputable universities have done this, e.g., providing students with the options to study Law and Criminology, Law and Politics, Law and History, Law and Business, English Law and French Law etc., so why can't a place with a strong reputation like NLSIU do something like that in the context of our circumstances as well?

NKC is reportedly doing a Faizan at NUJS. There is a very strong chatter that Faizan is getting ready for Kolkata. Back in 2018, student action at both CNLU and NUJS ensured the eviction of PIB and also the corrupt administration of the then VC of CNLU. Unfortunately, the subsequent state-sponsored interim VCs and their successors have brought things back to square one. Both CNLU and NUJS now have student associations that prefer handouts from admin. So things are likely to spiral downwards but NUJS will fare better due to its location and alumni base. But that will go down eventually.

Never really understood how corrupt administrations are allowed to continue and inquiries casually stymied despite the presence of the HC and SC representatives in the EC.

It definitely is worth a lot on your CV if you win something, especially if you rep your Uni at internationals. But it certainly isn't an end all or be all of things; if you're from a lower NLU or private college and have it, you may still not be placed, and if you're from a better college you can certainly be placed without it.

I agree with the first sentence. While I am from a top NLU, I have seen a few kids from underprivileged backgrounds do extremely well at moots. Therefore, even if the second sentence may be statistically true, it shouldn't deter those who don't have the social capital from trying their hand at it

Deeply hilarious to see the involvement of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy in the drafting of the IT Rules Amendment, as exposed in legal documents. The Amendment sought to clamp down on dissent with the government-run fact check body and was held unconstitutional by the Bombay HC.

What amuses me:

1. One of the cofounders himself has been liking posts on LinkedIn about the BHC judgment;

2. Holders of INR 1 cr foreign LLM in human rights were working at Vidhi, on a high horse for not working for an "evil corporate lala firm";

3. Every law student who chose to join a firm but was ridiculed by people belonging to (2) has been partly vindicated. What their firms are doing may not be great but Vidhi is DIRECTLY involved in creating the legislations actively harming democracy;

4. For all of this, Vidhi was supposedly only asking for INR 8-9 lakhs. Lmao

The repute of T1 firms only matters vis a vis the top 1%, the wealthiest or most powerful people and their businesses which can afford to hire them (and do). I have seen a few NRIs/HNIs actually being aware of all these firms and even their deals (more than me, who interned at one of them). They don't care (and needn't care) about being known by your cousin who is earning 3LPA in Infosys. In fact, famous Sr Advs are only known to the common man because of the powerful, famous and wealthy whom they represent in court. Add to this the bar on advertising - no firm has a reason to, or legally can, spend too much money on promoting their brand beyond what it already is.

I am writing this to warn students who use paraphrasing software for their articles or research papers.

There are paraphrasing tools in the market, such as Quillbot. These tools work by allowing you to input a paragraph, which they then rewrite or refine in different ways. Please note that they do not generate new content but simply rewrite what you have already written in a different way. To make my research paper appear more polished, I used Quillbot. At that time, I had no idea what ChatGPT was. Unfortunately, if you use paraphrasing software and then run your text through AI detection tools, it flags your work as AI-generated, even if it's not.

Recently, during an interview, I had a hard time convincing them that I didn't use ChatGPT for my paper. I eventually had to remove my publication from my resume.

Hello, I wanted to know if working at Big4 as "Associate Consultant" in Risk Analysis, Contract cycle management or Tech is useful for a career in the long run.

Also, what is the difference between the job profile of a Consultant at Big4 and an Associate in a Law Firm?

Thank you.

It is a boutique law firm with decent work for lawyers interested to pursue a career in the Employment and Labour law sector. They don't have any decent work/guidance/experience in corporate law vertical and load you with secretarial work which a CS would ideally do in any other law firm, so please don't go expecting closing big deals or working on any M&A/Venture Capital work - it doesn't exist. They have one loyal client from ages (an educational institute), with whom they have a few commercial agreements so you may get some drafting and advisory experience through that in bits and pieces.

It is a sole proprietorship of the labour law partner and has a total of maximum of 3-4 lawyers and one/two admin staff at any given point. No concept of HR in a firm that size obviously, so good luck escalating any issues. The culture is more relaxed when compared to Tier 1/2 law firms and you may have your weekends to yourself. Although, this might not be the same in the labour and employment vertical. There also might be long periods where one might not find any work in the corporate vertical and will be dumped with work from the labor vertical. ▮▮▮ culture is questionable if put simply, the pay and bonus are low and entirely depend on ▮▮▮ [long passage of examples redacted] All in all a good learning experience and a great place to work for (6 months until you find something else :)). Goodluck

As a person who converted an assessment into a full time role, I'd say it depends on the place. I was offered an assessment internship on the basis of my one month internship with the boutique firm. If you're getting an assessment internship on the basis of your previous experience (as an intern) with the firm, obviously the chances of converting it would be higher. The rest also depends on what kind of firm it is since some of them are notorious for having long term interns. Ideally don't commit for anything longer than 2 months since you've already graduated. Hope this helps, good luck!

Can someone who's working at tier 1s please give some information about if your team is hiring for 2026 batch? (T1 NLU, interest is GC/M&A) Don't have a lot of money, can't afford to waste on living in T-1 cities for endless internships, so some help would be really great.

hi, can someone give some real insights about LKS, Mumbai specifically for IDT teams? I am aware there are many threads on this. I wanted to know how are things post the revised pay scale ? Can someone share insights on the PPO prospects (Real ones), growth (Hike over the years), etc.

Thanks in advance